The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 299
In the imperial study room, Zhang Yan had long been immersed in Zhu Cihong's description of the future society.

After Zhu Cihong finished speaking, he took a deep breath and stared at him blankly, with a trace of admiration in his eyes, and his heart was churning like a stormy sea.

She didn't expect that Lang'er's ambition would be so lofty, to make all the people in the world literate, equal in status, no distinction between high and low.

Having been in charge of the family in Nanjing for a few years, Zhang Yan is no longer the former female in the harem, but has her own insights and cognitions in governing the country and politics.

Because of this, she knew how lofty, noble, and difficult Zhu Cihong's ambition was, and she also thoroughly understood Zhu Cihong's philosophy of governing the country.

The strong men, the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the rich Song Dynasty, and those ambitious emperors in ancient and modern times, their so-called aspirations and prosperity, compared with what Lang'er thought and pursued in his heart, it is simply the difference between a firefly and a bright moon.

"Lang'er, Auntie didn't expect you to have such a mind and great ambition. If you can finally achieve what you describe, I'm afraid my Ming Dynasty will really prosper for thousands of generations, instead of being just a flash in the pan like the prosperity in history. Today, Auntie finally understands what it means to create peace for all ages. It is really better to listen to your words than to read ten years of books. The ancients are sincere and do not deceive me."

After a long silence, Zhang Yan said with emotion.

She originally thought that as long as the Ming army is strong and the horses are strong, the monarchs and ministers are wise, the country is prosperous and the people are safe, and all industries are prosperous, they can create a great prosperity that surpasses all the prosperity of ancient and modern times.

But now after listening to what Lang'er said, I realize how narrow my vision and cognition are.

And those so-called prosperous times in history, now it seems so ridiculous.

It's no wonder that those prosperous times can only last for a maximum of 20 years. It turned out that they were only superficially powerful and prosperous.

And what Langer wants to create is a truly powerful and prosperous world, and fundamentally make everyone strong and rich. Only such a strong and rich can last for a long time.

Zhu Cihong was quite surprised to see Zhang Yan say such words. Originally, he just wanted to share some of his thoughts about the future with Zhang Yan, so that she could understand and implement his policies well in the next two years. In order not to ask myself for everything, and I have to explain everything to her, who would have thought that she really understood her own thoughts and ideas on governing the country.

After all, even Ma Shiying and Hong Niangzi can't understand his true thoughts and ideas on governing the country, let alone other civil and military officials and scholars.

And this is also the reason why these literati and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River have been nervous and unsteady, because in the past, the Ming Dynasty's concept of governing the country, everyone knew only two words, benevolence and filial piety, and all the principles of governing the country must not violate these two words.

This is also recognized by the whole society and the emperor, that is, benevolence and filial piety are above all else, at least on the surface, even the emperor dare not do things that are not benevolent or filial, let alone ministers and ordinary people.

And the facts are indeed true. Compared with the bloody, ruthless and cruel royal families of other dynasties, the royal family of Daming is the most humane. In order to compete for the throne, father and son turned against each other and brothers killed each other. Uncle and nephew seize the throne, at most it is house arrest.

For example, King Fu and his mother Zheng Guifei, even if Tianqi and Chongzhen hated them deeply, but because they were elders, they could only bear it aggrieved.

If it were any dynasty, even if the emperor didn't directly kill and take revenge, he would probably find a reason to put him under house arrest, but the fact is that King Fu was happy and happy in Henan, and when he was killed by the rebels, Chongzhen had to cry hypocritically one game.

But now?

Although the rumor that Zhu Cihong killed his father and seized the throne has been proven to be nonsense, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and Zhu Cihong's military remonstrance that night forced the palace, and now everyone knows it.

So from the moment Zhu Cihong ascended the throne, the so-called benevolent and filial governance of Ming Dynasty no longer existed, and anyone who mentioned it again would be a big joke.

And since the emperor ascended the throne, he never said that he wanted to rule the world with benevolence and filial piety. In addition, he used generals heavily and was keen on military affairs and business affairs. People really couldn't guess what kind of thinking the emperor planned to use to govern the country.

Is it to rule the country with military force, emphasizing agriculture and prospering business?

Or should we rule the country with literature, benevolence and filial piety first?
Even the most basic thought of governing the country cannot be determined, no matter how rich and powerful the army is, how can everyone feel at ease?

Zhang Yan is naturally aware of this point. In the past, she was also not sure. She had tried several times to persuade Lang'er to return to governing the country with benevolence and filial piety, so as to stabilize people's hearts, but in the end she still had concerns and dared not bring it up.

Now that I know what Lang'er really thinks, I immediately said: "Lang'er, why don't you issue an edict to rule the country by people? It's better to calm people's hearts as soon as possible."

Although she understood Zhu Cihong's thoughts on governing the country, she didn't know how to sum it up. When she thought of what Zhu Cihong said in the morning, people-oriented and humane governance, a flash of light flashed in her mind, summarizing Zhu Cihong's thoughts and ideas on governing the country into one word.

"Well, it is true that people all over the world must understand the thoughts and ideas of governing the country in the future, but the word "ren" is not enough, and we have to add "fa" and "dao" after the word "ren". From now on, my Ming Dynasty will put people first and rule the country by law."

Zhu Cihong nodded. Compared with Zhang Yan, he is more aware of the importance of the idea of ​​governing the country. If the thoughts are not unified, it is impossible to clarify a program for governing the country, and everything will be half the effort.

And once the thinking is unified and the program of governing the country is clarified, no matter what you do, you can get twice the result with half the effort.

"Then you can draft now, and Auntie will grind the ink for you..."

Zhang Yan stood up excitedly, apparently deeply attracted by Zhu Cihong's idea of ​​governing the country by people, and became the most staunch supporter.

Because the word "person" itself includes benevolence and filial piety, but it is more suitable as the idea of ​​​​governing the country than simple benevolence and filial piety.

Seeing her impatient look, Zhu Cihong smiled wryly, but still asked suspiciously: "Auntie, you really understand, what is people-oriented? What is humane governance?"

"Didn't you just say that?" Zhang Yan asked strangely.

"Okay, let me give you an example. Is it right for widows to keep their chastity?"

"Of course it's right!" Zhang Yan blushed slightly, but still nodded without hesitation.

"Then is it right or wrong for a widow to remarry?"

"This…"

Zhang Yan originally wanted to answer that she must be wrong, but when she thought about a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl who died of her husband right after she got married and became a widow from then on, even if she met a man she liked, she would not be able to remarry. On the contrary, he hesitated again.

"Auntie doesn't know if she's right or wrong. Does that mean that the widow should keep her husband's chastity, or should she remarry in order to be more humane?"

Zhang Yan thought for a long time, and finally looked at Zhu Cihong with a confused face.

(End of this chapter)