eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 437 Want a benevolent government?Na Ren to the end!

In Fengtian Hall, the emperor lives above and all the ministers live below.

White-haired and red-robed, he is the elder of the imperial court and the arm of the emperor.

Under the eyes of the ministers, the old man bowed to face him. He spoke with great force, resounding through the palace, but the speed of his speech was not fast, and the words were pronounced, "Your Majesty! I heard that the emperor's rule of the world begins with the accumulation of benevolence in one thought." ;The emperor's benevolence in the world begins with the people who have accumulated a single thought. The emperor has benevolence, the highest is the sky, and the lower is the earth. The inner is the summer, the outer is the barbarians, the mountains, the ghosts, the gods, the grass, and the trees. There is nothing inferior. The emperor accumulates benevolence and does not interest, so the emperor.

His Majesty is here for two years.What you read makes the people live with the time, and the people live with the square.Your majesty's policy ministers are only to love the people and strengthen the country.The minister also looked up to see that His Majesty had passed on the heart of the late emperor, and he wanted the benevolence of the world to do so.I secretly think that in the past three generations, there has never been a benevolent monarch like me in the Hongzhi and Zhengde generations of the Ming Dynasty.

However, if you have apologized in recent years, there will be a shortage of grain and millet, and there will be no food for the people, and the empty pockets will not be able to take care of the people's livelihood, and those who cry about hunger and coldness are deeply respectable.When the people are poor, they will abandon the hometown they have long relied on, and those who are displaced from their hometowns are deeply sympathetic.Today, there is not enough food for the people. With Your Majesty's benevolence, how can you hope to fight for the country? !Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer.If the minister looks forward to His Majesty looking down and watching, the world will be more fortunate than this? ! "

Li Ge's words are sincere and touching.

That means, the common people in the world still can't get enough to eat. Since he is a benevolent king, can he really have the heart to spend the country's money on wars instead of benefiting the people?
Elder Ge is Elder Ge, when he said this, Fengtian Hall was silent for a while, as if he was overwhelmed by this whole incident.

Zhu Houzhao still kept his sharp eyes, his complexion unchanged.

He only asked: "Old Li Ge, according to your words, the most important thing in this world is to feed the people. For this, everything else needs to be compromised?"

With this sentence, Li Dongyang nodded naturally, "What your majesty said is the meaning of the minister. Therefore, I hope that your majesty will stop fighting for a while and rest with the people."

"Okay. I grew up reading the history of the country, Mr. Li Ge, I am a little puzzled, are there more hungry people in Taizu Taizong than now?"

"When Taizu Taizong was in prosperity, there were naturally fewer hungry people than there are now."

"During Taizu Taizong's time, was the number of raising troops less than now?"

Li Dongyang was stunned, "Naturally, there are more of them than at present. But Your Majesty, in the past hundred years since my Ming Dynasty, the laws of the country have been deteriorating, and there have been many malpractices. The situation today is not comparable to that of the Taizu Taizong."

Zhu Houzhao said in a deep voice: "That is to say, the war is one of the reasons why the people cannot have enough food, but it is not the root cause, it is the bad government!"

Li Dongyang was about to speak, but Zhu Houzhao raised his hand to stop him first, "I haven't said that I will conquer the Tatars this year. I just want to ask, since the war is going to stop, are there other reasons why the people can't have enough food, should we also go?"

Li Dongyang was puzzled, and many ministers were also puzzled.

"Chen, I don't know what your majesty means, please show me your majesty."

it is good.

Zhu Houzhao simply put it simply, "What I mean is that when the court is not fighting, many people will not have enough to eat. Shouldn't the reasons be found out and investigated one by one?"

This is not excessive.

Since it is a benevolent government, then let's be fucking benevolent to the end.

During the reign of Emperor Hongwu, not only were there more people who had enough to eat than now, but also the court fought more battles than now, which shows that there are other reasons.

Now you are elevating the issue of having enough food, okay, no problem.But you can't just use this reason to frame me and prevent me from fighting, regardless of other issues, right?
"The teacher said that the palace and the mansion are all one. Since Mr. Li Ge advised me to cherish the people and stop the war, there must be other strategies that benefit the people. The cabinet will definitely support me."

Otherwise, you are deliberately using words to trap me, and you are not sincerely for the common people.

If this is the case, then I will not discuss many reasons with you.Because you're not trying to reason with me.

At this point, Li Dongyang understood what the emperor meant, but he didn't understand why the emperor said that.

"The policy of benefiting the people is what I have been looking forward to, so how can I speak out against it? I think that this year, the treasury has more than enough, and we should speed up the withdrawal of the people and herdsmen in the land of Hebei. There are more than [-] counties under the governors of Shuntian and Baoding. Most of them still practice herding. The so-called not worrying about the few but the unevenness, some counties retreat, some counties do not retreat, the people feel uneasy, once the situation intensifies, the consequences will be disastrous. And the land of Hebei is close to the capital, hope Your Majesty has made a decision early to return the people to the farmers!"

Zhu Houzhao said: "The life of the people in Hebei is hard. I have known this for a long time. Otherwise, I would not have ordered the people and herdsmen to withdraw one by one. But what really worries me is that in the counties and counties where the people and animal husbandry have withdrawn, the common people Is life rich?"

"The imperial court provided granary food, and withdrew from the people's herding, so I think they would be able to live more comfortably."

"Have you ever seen it with your own eyes?"

This question stumped Li Dongyang, he didn't dare to speak nonsense, the emperor might have sent someone to touch him if he asked this question, isn't he deceiving the emperor by talking nonsense here?
Zhu Houzhao didn't chase him too deeply, "It's almost the end of the fight this morning. Lovers, you should take a break. It's hard to decide in a few words about this big event. Let's talk about it in the afternoon."

The emperor posed an unanswered question, but suddenly stopped the court meeting.

After the ministers went down, they really began to gather and discuss.

Because the cabinet and the six ministries are at the gate of Miyagi, they can go back separately.Even local officials will find a yamen to worship, so don't worry about them having nowhere to go.

"...Yu Qiao, Ying Ning, what do you think His Majesty's last words mean?"

The three members of the cabinet will naturally return to the cabinet.

Xie Qian was also recalling carefully, "It sounds like His Majesty is going to take advantage of something else. But there was no rumor at all before."

"What does Ying Ning think?"

Yang Yiqing said: "Your Majesty's intentions are indeed hard to guess. But what I heard is that it is a policy that benefits the people no matter what. Mr. Li Ge, Mr. Xie Ge, why are you so worried? Do you think His Majesty will do harm to the people?" Things?"

This is not light or serious, but it is still a bit of a nail - the emperor wants to benefit the people, so why worry about it here.

Xie Qian smiled, "Ying Ning is right, we're in love."

Later, a decree came out from the palace that it was difficult to decide on the matter of repetition, so we should discuss it later.

Wang Jia also showed Fengxi, Wang Qiong and Wang Shouren the meaning of the palace,

"As far as you can see, what is your majesty's intention?"

Fengxi was originally in the attendant's room, and he had some confidence in Shengyi, "Your Majesty, it must be what the cabinet wants..."

But what exactly, it's hard to say.

"By the way, Bo'an, what do you think about the timing of the re-set?"

Wang Shouren said: "It's all reasonable. However, the situation that the cabinet said would hurt both sides, the subordinates don't think it will happen. What if one loses and the other doesn't hurt? At that time, the court will fight harder. Now [-] The cavalry is not enough, and [-] cavalry may not be enough at that time. A war with everything ready can be encountered but not sought. Therefore, my subordinates still prefer this opportunity when the situation is good for me. Wait, the power of the grassland will weaken on its own It might actually be smaller.”

Wang Qiong also thought it made sense, "Yeah, the words of both sides hurting are just lip service. After all, Dayan Khan is also the leader of a party. The right wing used to have [-] households, but now there is one less, and the remaining two will be cleaned up. Where could he be hurt?"

Even if some people die, the remaining two million households can still be incorporated, both of whom are Mongols. With a little integration, the strength will be condensed.

"Then I have to report this to the emperor." Wang Jia thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty is having a hard time solving it, so he must think that it can be resolved earlier." Feng Xi guessed, "It's just that what the cabinet said... well, the people are indeed suffering."

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"The poor people, I will bear the blame!" In the Yamen of the Ministry of War, Wang Bing shouted, "This matter should not be delayed, if it is delayed, it will be a blunt knife to cut the flesh. Only the people can eat so many fertile fields after World War I. Relying on the imperial government's relief alone, what will we do next year if we have been relieved this year? When the military pay is exhausted, we won't even be able to get back the million mu of fertile land!"

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As for Zhu Houzhao himself.

He is seeing someone.

The eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor, Zhang Yong.

"This is a letter from the Internal Guard Office. Immediately dispatch the soldiers of Tengxiang Left Guard and Tengxiang Right Guard to lie in ambush near Wenningbo. This stupid fellow is about to cause trouble."

When Zhang Yong read the letter, his face turned pale, "Your Majesty, this...!"

"Don't say too much, do things according to the order." Zhu Houzhao sighed with a little struggle, "There is a chance in a changing situation. It's just that the people of one side are really going to suffer. But things have reached this level, and we have to do it. method."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this servant will live up to His Majesty's expectations."

"Go." Zhu Houzhao waved his hand.

After that, he also kicked everyone else out of the house, leaving only himself in this world.

Again,
Knowing that I am guilty of me is only the Spring and Autumn Period.

(End of this chapter)