Can you live forever

Chapter 186 Emperor Ming’s Ancestral Precepts, Legal Principles Are in the People

Jiajing has done many things in the past ten years, and he is also considering a problem.

After all, what is imperial power.

If it only refers to the power to control the world, then this power is undoubtedly in the hands of the gentry, and the emperor can only be regarded as a puppet. Even if he is as strong as Qin Huang and Han Wu, he cannot truly command the world.

Because the imperial power does not go to the countryside...

Before meeting Zhang Zhixiang, Jiajing believed that Daming was no different from other dynasties, at most it was "the most righteous country", and he believed that everyone was the same.

However, after hearing Zhang Zhixiang talk about the history of later generations, he realized that Daming was different.

Because of Daming, there was Taizu.

After Xia Qi and before the Ming Dynasty, the kings were the representatives of the noble class, and they were the biggest rentiers. Perhaps in order to maintain the rule and think of their own interests, they would restrain the noble class and let them not be too messy.

But in fact, the emperor and the dignitaries are in the same group.

They are all exploiting the people, but the emperor hopes that the water will flow for a long time, while the rich and powerful like to fish in a dry marsh.

However, since the ages, there has been an outlier.

Zhu Yuanzhang.

He expelled the Tartars and restored China, he distributed land to the people all over the world, and he spent his whole life revising the law of the Ming Dynasty, trying to give the power of supervision to the people and protect the people from being exploited...

He was the only emperor who truly regarded the people as his subjects, and the only emperor who brought imperial power to the countryside.

and so.

He can kill countless corrupt officials, officials don't have a living, and they dare not rebel, so if he dares to kill nobles, those nobles with heavy soldiers in their hands can only die as kings and ministers.

Li Zhi, the number one lunatic in Ming Dynasty, once commented:
The first emperor is the one emperor through the ages; Han Gaozu is the only person after Yao; only my holy ancestor started from Haocheng and ascended the throne. For 50 years before and after, there is not a day that does not miss the support of the people, and there is not a moment that does not miss With the help of the virtuous, my great ancestor, Emperor Gao, is one of the emperors of thousands of years!

Zhu Yuanzhang is an emperor for thousands of years!
He used the facts to tell his descendants what imperial power is, and he laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to "get the country's righteousness".Did not betray the old master?Taking over the world in an upright manner?

Absolutely not!
The truth of the Ming Dynasty's victory lies in the fact that Zhu Yuanzhang regards the people of the world as his own people. The truth is that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been separated from the powerful and powerful since Zhu Yuanzhang!
Because of this, in the Ming Dynasty, the struggle between the royal family and the powerful was extremely fierce.

This is unprecedented in any dynasty.

It can be said that if any emperor in the middle really pulls his hips, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has long been completely reduced to a puppet. Even the most incompetent Renzong Zhu Gaochi still sticks to some bottom lines, so he died within nine months of being in power...

If he compromised ignorantly, why did he end up here?

Xuande, Zhengtong, Chenghua, Zhengde, Jiajing, Wanli, Tianqi, Chongzhen, which one has succumbed?
The emperor guards the gate of the country, and Lao Zhu's family really tried their best.

Before meeting Zhang Zhixiang, Jiajing figured out these things even if he was a vassal king, but in Jiajing's view, their Ming royal family is like a monkey. don't know.

The gods and Buddhas in the sky are so depressing and suffocating.

They are fighting, but they have no companions, they are guarding, but they are unknown, they are like lonely guardians, they are simply inheriting the behest of their ancestors, and following this responsibility.

I don't bother to explain to the world, and I don't bother to tell the protected people about my difficulties.

In fact, it has been extreme...

If no one tells them, no one wakes them up, they will just go on like this, until there is no way to reverse it, and Ming Dynasty perishes.

Jiajing is lucky.

When he showed "Journey to the West" to Zhang Zhixiang, Zhang Zhixiang immediately understood the aloofness of the guardian, and understood the approval Jiajing desperately wanted in his heart, longing for...comrade.

and so.

He told Jiajing all the history of later generations, what he knew, and Jiajing finally understood where they went wrong, they were too negative and too conceited.

You want to save the people of the world, how can you ignore the power of the people?

Indeed, people have been the most ignorant since ancient times.

But, if you don't teach, how will they understand?
If you don't understand the people, how do you know if they are willing to fight?

The child is not a fish, An knows the joy of fish.

An emperor can only be a real king if he stands in the field and thinks from the perspective of the common people!I am originally a commoner, so what can the world do to me!

Taizu wrote clearly why the old Zhu family became emperor!
This is the real "Emperor Ming Zu Xun"!
After Jiajing enlightened, he finally walked out of the palace and went to the fields to experience the real people's livelihood bit by bit. He talked with the old farmers about their daily routines, gave them advice, told them how to deal with family relationships, and how to be a father. Be considerate of children and respect their opinions. A son must know what filial piety is, not stupid filial piety.

The farmers taught Jiajing how to plow the land so that he could save energy and not get injured, and how to sow seeds so that more rice could grow.

Ten years ago, when Zhang Zhixiang left, he gave Jiajing three suggestions.

One of them is the "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook". In the past ten years, with the vigorous promotion of the imperial court, every village has a doctor. There are two barefoot doctors in Nancun, where Jiajing is now.

In other words, a master and an apprentice.

The master's name is Chen Sheng, a farmer in Nancun. He had studied for several years, but he was unable to take the imperial examination. Eight years ago, he heard that he had the opportunity to study medicine, so he participated in the training.

Over the past few years, he has been practicing medicine while studying medical books.

Chen Sheng said to Jiajing: "The common people are not afraid of His Majesty, and they are willing to tell the truth to His Majesty precisely because of His Majesty's benevolent government over the years. Caomin became a doctor himself, and only then did he understand how many people His Majesty's action has saved."

"Before there were barefoot doctors, the villagers looked down on doctors."

"Because you have to invite a doctor or go to a town or county to see a doctor. The distance alone costs a lot. The doctor in the medical center prescribes medicine, even though he didn't intend to make money, it is not something ordinary villagers can afford."

"When I really studied medicine, I realized how many things a pack of needles can do, and then I realized that onions, ginger and radishes can also be used as medicine."

"Sometimes, a few pennies can save a life."

"It's not that those doctors don't do it, but they are powerless to do it. How many doctors in the world? How many patients? Even if they are willing to teach a few more apprentices, most of the apprentices are unwilling to learn without the inheritance of the master's family business."

"After all, livelihood comes first."

"But since the promulgation of the Barefoot Doctor Order, after verification, I can receive a subsidy of two taels of silver from the Royal Bank every year. When I practice medicine again, I don't need to think too much about food. I can wholeheartedly consider the patients. "

"It is these two taels of silver that maintain countless doctors who are dedicated to treating diseases for the people."

"If the imperial court has statistics on newborns in these years, His Majesty should know that the number of infant deaths has been greatly reduced. In the past, half of the infants would die prematurely. Now, out of ten infants, at most one or two will die prematurely."

"Why?"

"Is it because I am not good at medical skills? No, it's the common people who... look down on doctors!"

(End of this chapter)