Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1549 The Emperor's Heart
The Spring Festival in the 18th year of Wanli was still cold, so that the earth dragon was opened early in the palace.From the Qianqing Palace to the Harem of the East and West Courts, relying on Jinghua's continuous supply of coal mines, they don't have to worry about the cold winter.For all these things, the annual cost is about 4 to [-] taels. With the dividends from the Liaonan Salt Field, the emperor didn't care about it.

Now that the Spring Festival has passed, His Majesty the Emperor in the palace has been liberated from a series of ceremonial activities and is currently resting in the Qianqing Palace. However, his mood does not seem to be very good, and there is even a little haze in his complexion.

Taking a cup of clear tea from a lacquered lacquer plate in the hands of a court lady, the faint tea fragrance is refreshing, Zhu Yijun smacked his lips lightly, and thoughtfully looked at this azure and crimson two-color tea The Yu Porcelain Dark Dragon Cup, admiring the exquisite art known as "Jun Porcelain Wushuang" (Yu Porcelain is the Jun Porcelain of the Gao family, avoiding Zhu Yijun's Jun character) since ancient times.

The big peng serving the emperor today is Zhang Cheng. He fully understands the emperor's thoughts, but he does not intend to speak first, but is prepared to wait for the emperor himself to raise that extremely important question first, lest the emperor's thoughts change in the future. I can't afford it.

The few maids and eunuchs who were waiting nearby were silent, secretly looking at the emperor's facial expressions, even his subtle movements and expressions when he looked at the teacup.They were also speculating about the important confidential matters that the emperor would ask Zhang Cheng about. These important matters were not something they dared to hear, and they didn't want to know at all, but they didn't see any instructions from the emperor, and they dared not take the initiative to avoid them.

These maids and eunuchs usually don't need to wait for the emperor to speak, they will naturally act according to any part of his eyebrows, lips or beard, and any slight movement, which can completely meet the emperor's wishes.

When the emperor's eyes just left the teacup, a court lady immediately stepped forward, took the teacup with a stack of lacquered lacquer plates with both hands, and walked out carefully.The rest of the maids and eunuchs seemed to have been instructed, and acted together in an extremely tacit understanding. They all retreated in an orderly manner, one after another.

Soon, Zhu Yijun stood up, walked back and forth in the Xinuang Pavilion for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "I heard that the Ministry of Household Affairs is very busy this year, right?"

"Yes, everything can't escape the eyes of the emperor." Zhang Cheng said cautiously: "The number of household affairs this year is more than double that of previous years. If it were the same as in the past, it would not be uncommon for the local officials to be so anxious to give up their picks... But Gao Situ is such a person, even if everything is messy, it is in order in his hands, the emperor need not worry."

"Well, there is no need to talk about practical talents." Zhu Yijun said, paused for a while, and said casually: "Not only are these things not difficult for him, but he even has time to do some other things."

Zhang Cheng also seemed to be very casual, and quickly answered: "The emperor is talking about Lu Song?"

Zhu Yijun stood by the window, looked at Feixue outside the window, and said in an elusive tone: "I remember that in the early years, someone always told me that the nobles now would not fight wars long ago. Now, he can only rely on the grace of his ancestors to win the title and take care of sacrifices for the Tian family.

Zhu Yingzhen and Zhang Yuangong also often said that they were ashamed of their ancestors' fame. In the past few years, when the Beijing camp was divided into two parts, they were willing to give up their assignments in the Imperial Guard, and only cared about the production and construction corps.

But I never imagined that once the servants of this group of people get a pragmatic command—not even a direct command, they can send troops thousands of miles away and spread their prestige in foreign lands... Tell me, why is this? ? "

Zhang Cheng's heart moved, but he still didn't dare to act presumptuously. He just continued to say cautiously, "I think those soldiers from foreign lands are really ineffective, far inferior to the Mongols, right?"

"Well, there is probably some truth to this." Zhu Yijun said lightly: "But what I am curious about is that since the Luzon country was occupied by the Hongyi, and the Hongyi had such huge cannons decades ago, it can be seen that Unusual barbarians, after all, have some tricks.

However, to be practical is to send someone to bring a group of servants of the nobles to the south, and they will defeat Hong Yi in a devastating manner... This is really strange.I thought, when the Guangdong navy described the Hongyi in the early years, it was not that the Hongyi were vulnerable, but that they had strong ships and huge cannons, and there were few opponents in Nanyang.You said... Is this Guangdong Navy trying to deceive Sheng Cong again? "

"This... slaves only know how to serve the emperor, how can they know these things clearly. If the emperor has any doubts, why don't you call Gao Situ into the palace, and it will be clear when you ask?" Zhang Cheng replied with his head down.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "I really want to call him to ask questions, but hasn't Huang Zhiting returned to Beijing? His husband and wife are separated by thousands of miles on weekdays, and it's hard to get together. It's inevitable that I call him to ask questions now." If you are inconsiderate, it is not the way to be a king."

"Then... why don't you send the Chinese envoy to Gao Situ's mansion to find out?"

"What's the difference?" Zhu Yijun turned his back to Zhang Cheng, and waved his hands casually: "Based on my understanding of pragmatism, as long as I send someone to ask about this matter, he will definitely come to the palace to see you immediately. It's snowing so hard now , he came all the way with the north wind blowing, I don't feel guilty seeing him?"

Zhang Cheng was startled when he heard that, and he secretly reminded himself to be careful, but when he said the words, he seemed to have no intentions: "The emperor was joking, and the saying goes: Thunder, rain, and dew are all the grace of the king. The Gao Situ family has passed through generations. Bathing in the Holy Grace, he himself is a role model for courtiers. Whatever the emperor orders, Situ will always obey. It has been nearly ten years since Gengchen became the leader of the gold list. It's a wild and remote place, why have you ever heard him complain?

Although there are some disputes in the court about some of his practices when he was appointed abroad, but with the ears and eyes of slaves, no matter what adult has to admit, if Gao Situqi is in Guangxi, the southern border will be determined; if he is in Liaodong, Jurchen will be peaceful; When he envoys to Fengzhou, the captives will follow him from the west; For that. "

"Huh?" Zhu Yijun turned around in surprise, stared at Zhang Cheng for a few times, nodded and said, "You have grown a lot, which is rare."

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said: "The slaves dare not be praised by the emperor, not to mention that the slaves only know how to serve the emperor, even if they really benefit, it must be because of being around the emperor."

"Hehe." Zhu Yijun smiled, not noticing that Zhang Cheng's words had already given Gao Yushi some eye drops, but he just said casually: "This guy is good at everything, but his move to collect financial power this year is really a bit... ...Well, some moves are too big. I know that he is unparalleled, but right now many people in the outer court are waiting to see him rushing around, but he doesn't take it seriously, thinking that these things can't trouble him...

Alas, I also know that he looks peaceful and gentle to everyone, but in fact he has the arrogance to be the first in the world, which is no different from Mr. Gao back then.It is nothing more than that Mr. Gao's pride is not concealed in his words and deeds, but his pragmatic pride is only hidden in his actions.

But this is also what I am most worried about. As Mr. Gao is a person, his opponents often use face-to-face confrontation as a means.

If it was in the past, because of his pragmatic and various merits, this move might not be easy to make, but last year's move of pragmatically gathering wealth and power was really too ruthless.I heard that now even the little money that the ministries buy pens, ink, papers and inkstones by themselves is recorded in the account and handed over to the Ministry of Households for review.If some things are expensive, they will be inspected one by one by a group of eighth and ninth grade officials, and they will even be ordered to return them, or make up for it with their own funds...

Of course I know that I did this pragmatically for my own sake and for the court, but when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples. This is a sincere and reasonable statement.The crown is in front of the head, so it can cover the eyes;To see something clearly, to be wise but not to hear something, to promote great virtues, to forgive minor faults, there is no righteousness to be prepared for one person.

Today's pragmatic move is to seek perfection from all officials.Everything is recorded in the account, and everything is supervised. I am afraid that if there is any mistake in him, it will be the situation of "full court upside down" in the past. "

"Of course the emperor's words are reasonable, but the servant girl imagined, how can there be any mistakes with the talent of Gao Situ?"

Zhang Cheng smiled, bowed his head and said: "Nowadays, the barbarians everywhere in the north, south, west, and east are all afraid of Gao Situ like a tiger, and when they hear Situ's name, they kowtow to the north, trembling, and dare not speak.

The treasury of the imperial court is also abundant due to Gao Situ's talent. This year's annual income is high, and it is heard that it may exceed ten million.Such a huge amount of money is in the hands of Situ, but as the emperor said, even the purchase of pens, ink, paper and inkstones is under Situ's control. Who would dare to be unfavorable to Situ?

Just now the emperor asked, why under the command of Gao Situ, even a group of servants could sweep away Hongyi, and arrived in Luzon in a few months... The slave girl thought, maybe it was because they did not dare to offend Situ Huwei?After all, the Production and Construction Corps was also established by Situ, and today's profits must be made by cooperating with Jinghua. If Gao Situ is evil, where should such a huge sum of money be obtained? "

After Zhu Yijun heard this, he didn't speak for a long time. After a long time, he waved his hand and said, "You go down now, I want to read a book for a while."

Zhang Cheng responded honestly, and retreated out in a proper manner.

Zhu Yijun walked to the window again, remained silent for a while, then walked to the imperial couch, and sat down with half of his buttocks leaning against the edge of the bed, as if there was someone lying on the imperial couch, and he seemed to be carefully serving that person. people.

"Father, you taught me back then, saying, 'All ministers and workers in the world have selfishness, and no one will completely agree with the emperor, because in the final analysis, the world belongs to the emperor, not him.'

I don't understand. When I asked you what to do, you said 'choose people and use them'. You said, 'people in the world seek power for nothing but power, and power is nothing more than two reasons: one is for fame, or for the other. Wealth, of course, there are more, both are sought. '

You ask me, if I become emperor, how do I plan to choose.I said, the natural choice is the one seeking fame.But you are wrong, saying 'you have to use either one, it just depends on how you use it. '

Later you said, "There are actually only two things that the emperor needs to consider when employing people: whether the emperor can afford what they want, and whether he is willing to give it." '

Then you and I slowly said that "it takes three days to burn the jade, and it takes seven years to distinguish the material"-now let alone three years, even seven years have passed.It stands to reason that the son has already seen clearly that being pragmatic is the real talent of Wang Zuozhi, and he is also loyal enough to his son.

As Zhang Cheng said, no matter where he was in office or what his situation was, he never complained, and he did what his son told him properly, and he could always do more... Only such a person can serve his son , not only a blessing for his son, but also a blessing for Daming.

However, you have not told your son what attitude he should take if he is so tall and powerful that all the kingdoms around the Ming Dynasty bow their heads.

You gave Mr. Gao a lot of power back then, with the head and assistant in charge of government affairs, the world's political affairs are almost determined by one person, I asked you, but you said it doesn't matter.You said, 'In Daming, no matter how powerful a civil servant is, as long as you don't relax on two points, at least you don't have to worry about this person becoming Wang Mang. '

The two points you mentioned, my son still remembers clearly, that is, the factory guard and the Beijing camp.

However, in the factory guards, Chen Ju of Dongchang has known Yushi for more than ten years, and he respects Yushi like a teacher; among Jinyi, there are two governors in the north and south, one is his cousin and the other is his cousin.Even though it has never been heard that Pragmatic has intervened in the matter of factory guards, this situation seems unreasonable.

Jingying was originally under the control of Xungui, Xungui and my Tian family share weal and woe, and all ancestors are at ease.But now that the Beijing camp is divided into two parts, Qi Jiguang, the commander of the imperial guards, has been under Pragmatic's sect for many years, and he obeys Pragmatically like a disciple's teacher;
The Construction Corps is still in charge of the deployment of military households and military households, but because it cooperates with Jinghua so much, if it wants to oppose the pragmatism, it will inevitably cast a mouse.Not to mention that after the establishment of the Maritime Trade Alliance, the nobles are following the pragmatism to do business. Although this incident has brought huge benefits to the court, it also makes the nobles dare not disagree with pragmatism..."

Zhu Yijun bent down, put his elbows on his knees, put his hands on his forehead, and said to himself: "Pragmatism has no power, but Yu Yin, the chief assistant of the three generations, is all in his body; being pragmatic is not a minister, but the cabinet is rational. Which one of the political decisions would dare to go against his will?
You said, can the factory guard now be regarded as his son's factory guard?Can this Beijing camp still be regarded as the son's Beijing camp?If you were in your son's situation, what would you do? "

He sighed, stood up, paced around the imperial couch, turned around a few times, and said: "My son still feels that there is no malice towards him from being pragmatic, but it's just that now...you say he is so powerful, will he be so powerful?" Could it be that the phenomenon of 'flying dragon is in the sky' has already arrived? If we continue to ignore it, will we have to 'repent the dragon' in the future?

If you are faced with this situation with your great wisdom, where will you start so as not to make the situation out of control, but also not to misunderstand your son's mind pragmatically? "
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