Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 446 The dusk of the Ming Dynasty is approaching: Yu Qian’s last words ()

"Then Hu Xiu, does he know the truth?" Zhu Jianji asked.

After all, Hu Wei was his uncle, and his mother was almost the same age as Hu Wei. The two had a very good relationship. He vaguely remembered that Hu Wei was kind to him when he returned to Beijing, but his memory was very blurry.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I probably don't know."

"You don't understand Hu Hui. Hu Hui is the kind of person who does things to the extreme."

"The most important thing is simplicity. The simpler the thing, the greater the knowledge inside it. It is easy to do big things but hard to do small things. Hu Hui can do these small things well."

"Every little thing is piled up into a big thing. He makes the little things perfect. When he piles them up into a big thing, the big thing is also perfect."

"This is Hu Hui."

"Hu Xiu is one of my people, and I understand him."

"If he knew his life story, he would commit suicide."

Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "Hu Xiu is also an astonishing talent. Many of his ideas coincide with mine. He is a versatile military and political person. I have high hopes for him. I once said that he and Wang Yue are the best in the empire." "Double jade."

"But he died young. During the march to capture Luzon, he contracted acute dysentery. He rushed to get the magic medicine, but it didn't arrive. His death cut off my arm."

"You were young at the time and didn't see his amazing talent."

"No worse than Li Dongyang, and he is very courageous and more powerful than Li Dongyang. In terms of fighting, he does not belong to Li Jin or Yang Xin."

"Hu Hui died of illness just a few years after Hu Hui left."

"I think it's such a pity."

"If he were still here, Ming Dynasty's development speed would increase a lot. It's a pity for Hu Xi."

"Your mother-in-law has a very good relationship with him. He knows that your mother-in-law is bored in the harem, so he will search for interesting things and bring them to the palace to relieve your mother-in-law's boredom."

"I rely heavily on him. When leading troops to fight, the first thing I think of is him and Wang Yue, followed by Fan Guang, Li Jin, Yang Xin, Li Zhen and others."

"It's a pity that Hu Xiu's death was a huge blow to the Hu family, as well as your mother. It also caused turmoil in the Ming Empire."

"A few years ago, I was still thinking about a twenty-year-old famous general. When he grows up to be sixty, will he become the next Yu Qian?"

"Even if it can't be done, if Wang Yue adds Hu Xi, he is still the same as Yu Qian."

"Maybe Ming Dynasty is not on this track."

Zhu Qiyu sighed quietly: "Great talents always have a bad fate. Wang Yue's leg, Hu Xiu died young, he died in office when he was rich, and Fan Guang died on the road. This is my Ming Dynasty."

"There are too many small stories in the glorious and majestic history of the Ming Dynasty."

"Historians have mentioned it in one stroke, but no one knows that Hu Xiu was the most amazing person in the Jingtai Dynasty, and the most amazing weirdo I have ever seen."

"And his life experience is also confusing."

Zhu Jianjian also didn't expect that the old emperor thought so highly of Hu Xi.

Unfortunately, his impression of this young uncle was very weak.

On the contrary, Wang Yue gave him a huge impression. Wang Yue's talents were not weaker than Yu Qian's, but Wang Yue was not given a platform to show off.

Of course, this is what he saw. In the eyes of the old emperor, Yu Qian was number one.

"Fourth, you don't understand Yu Qian's amazingness."

"In the first year of Jingtai, there was a lot of talk about the southward movement of the central government. It was him who stood up to stop the southward movement. He is from Qiantang. It would be more beneficial for him to return to Nanjing."

"Those who oppose southward migration are all northerners."

"He is the only southerner who opposes southward migration."

"The battle to defend Beijing was a war with no chance of winning."

"You know how to fight. You can review the battle to defend Beijing. The Ming army seems to be strong, but in fact it is frightened. None of the armies can fight a tough battle."

"Moreover, this is the imperial capital, which means great political significance."

"No victory allowed, no defeat allowed."

"If we lose, we will be cursed for eternity. Yu Qian resolutely dared to fight the battle to defend Beijing."

"In the first year of Jingtai, there was no precedent for civilians to command the army. Yu Qian was the first civilian to command the army in the Ming Dynasty, and he was only the Minister of War at the time!"

"I was the one who promoted him to Minister of War!"

"You have to know, he is just a civil servant, a civil servant who has never fought on the battlefield, but he has to command those generals. Do you know how difficult it is?"

"In the battle of Tumubao, many nobles died, but there are still mainstays in the court. They don't dare to lead troops in the battle. They have obviously predicted the outcome and will lose the battle."

"That's why we let civilian officials control the troops. Whoever commands the troops will be responsible, and whoever defeats will die."

"The whole world is in mourning. This is a losing battle."

"Seventy years have passed."

"When I think back to those moments, I still feel frightened."

"When Yu Qian died of illness, I asked him, did he have confidence in that war?"

"Do you know what he said?"

Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up: "He said that war is a gamble. If there is a 30% chance, it is worth the gamble. In the battle to defend Beijing, he thinks there is a 20% chance of winning."

"The first 10% chance of winning lies in sealing off the city of Beijing and working together from top to bottom."

"Second chance of winning. The capital is prosperous. Allowing the Ora soldiers to plunder will reduce their combat effectiveness."

"It depends on the 20% chance of winning."

"He won the unprecedented battle to defend Beijing."

"That war ranked among the top three among all the wars in the Ming Dynasty."

"It's not about how brilliant the strategy and tactics are, but about the ending. Yu Qian saved the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu let out a breath: "So, he has been fighting with me all his life, but I have not killed him, because his contribution has contributed to the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. I am reluctant to kill him, and I will not kill him."

"In this life, I cannot see through four people."

"Hu Hui, Yu Qian, Li Xian and Wang Shouren."

Can the first three understand that Wang Shouren is so young and the old emperor can't see through him?

"Hu Xi can be ranked ahead of Yu Qian simply because he is older and knows too many secrets."

"Yu Qian is not the case. I simply can't see through him."

"He can obviously devote himself to the Ming Dynasty, but he is unwilling to devote himself to me."

"He obviously supports me, but sometimes he turns a blind eye to me."

"He's got his own back, and sometimes he's a scoundrel."

"He has been dead for so many years, and I haven't even figured out what kind of person Yu Qian is?"

"It is said that he is dedicated to serving the public good, but I made him become a nobleman, and he also started to collect benefits for himself."

"It is said that he loves his country more than his family, but his children and grandchildren are well settled."

"Do you think he is unpatriotic? When the country is in trouble, you can always trust him and put the burden of the country on him."

"Call him patriotic, but he often doesn't listen to my imperial edicts."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "I still can't figure out what kind of person he is."

"When he was dying, I went to visit him."

"I had a confidential conversation with him."

Zhu Jianjian pricked up his ears: "What did you talk about with Master?"

"We talked a lot. That was the first heart-to-heart conversation between me and him."

Zhu Qiyu fell into memories: "He was worse than me now. At least I can still speak."

"He was struggling to speak."

"But it's surprisingly strange. I can understand everything he says."

"Perhaps it's a tacit understanding cultivated over many years. There are some words that he doesn't say, but I understand with just one expression. Then I repeat what he meant, and he nods or shakes his head."

"I asked him, wasn't he afraid during the battle to defend Beijing?"

"He said, of course he was afraid, but he didn't want the Ming Dynasty to become the Southern Song Dynasty, and he didn't want the Ming Dynasty to perish at the hands of his generation."

"When the Zhengtong Emperor left the capital, he left all the affairs of the Ministry of War in his hands."

"He believes that he has an obligation to take charge of the security of the empire."

Zhu Qiyu said: "For more than 20 years, he never talked about the battle to defend Beijing with anyone."

"He always believed that it was extremely disgraceful to exchange the lives of the people in the capital for the victory of the war."

"He rarely mentioned his military exploits. He believed that he killed too much and would be punished by God."

"He always wanted to be a saint."

"I just didn't do what he wanted, so I didn't let him become a saint. I kicked him into the excrement pit of nobles and let him swim in the excrement."

Zhu Qiyu laughed: "Now it seems that I did the right thing."

"There is one less saint, Yu Qian, in this world, and one more god of war, Yu Qian."

"It can be said that Yu Qian took most of the credit for conquering the entire Mobei."

"You know, the Yu Qian that Jingtai had eight years ago is completely different from the Yu Qian that you knew."

"I have actually been suspecting that these are two Yu Qians."

"So I asked him, why is he so arrogant at the front and respectful at the back, so different?"

"He said that before he was sixty, he lived for the Ming Dynasty. After he turned sixty, he wanted to live for himself."

"This change in the way of life was forced by me."

"Because I knighted him."

"It would be disloyal for him not to confer it. He will feel unhappy after receiving the title. He must either change or die."

"After a serious illness, he felt like he was dead for once."

"So he said it was time for him to change his lifestyle."

"This also kicks off the fight against me. He will fight against me."

Hearing this, Zhu Jianjian pursed his lips and smiled.

The person he is most grateful to is his master Yu Qian.

When he accepted Yu Qian as his teacher, Yu Qian was already too old and had no energy to teach students. However, after Yu Qian tested him, he decided to teach him.

At that time, Yu Qian was just like Zhu Qiyu now, with his oil exhausted and his lamp drying up, relying on his inner energy to support him.

Zhu Qiyu's mind is on theory.

Yu Qian put his last energy into teaching him the art of war.

Moreover, Yu Qian's teaching method is very interesting. He does not give lectures according to the script, but practices it personally, allowing students to understand on their own and giving a little teaching on the side.

Even though Yu Qian is too old, he still aims to make him understand the principles of the art of war by stimulating his interest. Every class is more interesting.

Yu Qian had many students, but there were only three who stood out, Zhu Jianji, Wang Xin and Wang Li.

In the middle of the Jingtai Dynasty, the middle-level generals in the army had more or less a master-disciple relationship with Yu Qian. He taught not many famous disciples, but many who were unknown.

In the current army, more than half of the families have received Yu Qian's education and kindness.

When Zhu Jianzhen recalled his teacher, the corners of his eyes were a little moist. When his teacher died of illness, he did not serve him at his bedside, which was unfilial.

"I think about it carefully. The prosperous Jingtai is thanks to Yu Qian and me."

"I am holding back my strength, so I have to govern this world well, and let him kneel at my feet and convince me."

"But even when his life came to an end, I didn't do this."

"Instead, I convinced him in front of his sickbed."

"Without him, there would be no such prosperous age of Jingtai."

Zhu Qiyu wanted to sit up, but Zhu Jianji supported him and let him lean against him comfortably: "During that secret conversation, I asked him who would be able to set the sea needle for the court after he left."

"He suggested to me not to enfeoff you."

"I have reduced your authority and made you the boss's talisman."

"Twenty years later, you can set the sea needle for the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jian felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

His most beloved master stabbed him in the back.

"Haha, this is the greatest affirmation of your ability."

"Yu Qian said, you are not like me, but like him."

"If I hadn't seen that he was about to die and felt sorry for him, I would have slapped him to death. You are my own son! What a bastard! You are like me!"

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "However, I am very happy that he has such a high opinion of you."

"It means that among my sons, there is also a stunningly handsome man."

"At that time, I was thinking whether to abolish the boss and establish you."

"Yu Qian got up from the hospital bed, knelt on the ground and begged me hard. He must not abolish the elder and establish the younger. This is the way of troubled times."

Zhu Jianji was confused again.

His master is a bit of a cheater.

"Yu Qian is a civil servant after all, and a civil servant must support his eldest son."

"I discovered a long time ago that you are more suitable to run the Ming Dynasty than the boss."

"Yu Qian is opposed, Li Xian is opposed, Nian Fu is opposed, Geng Jiuchou is opposed, Bai Gui is opposed, Ye Sheng is opposed, Wang Hong is opposed... everyone you can think of is opposed!"

Zhu Jianzhen found that he fed the dogs with his conscience and still missed these people. As a result, these people regarded him as a villain.

It seems that his father has killed fewer people.

"The establishment of the eldest son cannot be shaken."

Zhu Qiyu breathed out: "I promised Yu Qian that I would not touch the prince."

"The boss's character is submissive in the early days, but in the later stages he becomes arrogant when he succeeds." "I discovered it very early."

"So from that moment on, I decided that living a long life was more important than ruling the world."

"It's not that I'm afraid of death."

"But I can't bear to see the prosperous world that I have worked so hard to create be destroyed in the hands of the boss."

"So I try my best to teach Quer, hoping that Quer can inherit my career."

Speaking of this, Zhu Qiyu sighed: "Fortunately, the emperor changed his name to the crown prince, and you ascended the throne, so I can close my eyes with peace of mind."

"Although I feel sorry for Qu'er, for the sake of Ming Dynasty, I can only be cruel."

Zhu Jianjian didn't understand what the old emperor was worried about.

The Ming Dynasty is so powerful, even if the boss is a prodigal, he will still be defeated. The key is that the boss is not a prodigal.

"Fourth Brother, the future is a great era of mutual benefit."

"The prosperous age of Jingtai is just the starting point for a great era."

"I have created so many vassal states. War is inevitable, and the Ming Dynasty cannot survive alone. The development of science and technology in war is even more important."

"The future will be a time of great strife."

"The boss can be an emperor in a prosperous age, but he cannot be the overlord in a time of great contention. The world will enter an era of contention among a hundred schools of thought."

"Fourth, you can be the emperor well."

Zhu Jianjian was a little embarrassed to be praised so highly by his father.

The world will soon enter a time of great struggle. As soon as the old emperor dies, the world will enter a struggle for hegemony and the First World War will begin.

In the past few years, various countries have begun an arms race, but they are just waiting for Dad to die.

But Zhu Qiyu, who was sitting in the Yangxin Hall, also foresaw this possibility.

Without struggle, how can the world progress?

"Fourth Brother, do you think I built the world structure?"

Zhu Qiyu murmured: "Wrong, it was built by Yu Qian."

"Like Oceania, if five countries are established to check and balance each other, a superpower cannot be born."

"He came up with these ideas of checks and balances."

"And every feudal country, how to seal it, how to choose the fiefdom, and how to check and balance all have their own merits."

"Dad, it wasn't enfeoffed yet, right?" Zhu Jianjian wondered.

"Yes, there is no enfeoffment, but there is a world map, and the central government has started planning. All the important officials of the court have participated. The main decision-maker is Yu Qian."

Zhu Qiyu said: "All feudal states in the world are planned."

"The next few are planned by me."

"The right bay of this Yangxin Hall is the preparation room. All decisions are made there!"

"I built this Hall of Cultivation of the Heart. I have lived in it for most of my life and turned a brand new house into a dilapidated state."

"And countless important decisions of the Ming Dynasty all came from this hall."

Zhu Qiyu said: "That conversation is still fresh in my memory. Those words seem to have been spoken to me yesterday."

"He is different from Hu Hui. Hu Hui has many secrets."

"Yu Qian is a magnanimous person. Even if there are disagreements, they are at the national level and there are no personal grudges."

"I was on guard against him back then, but he hated me."

"He is for his family and country, not for the emperor."

"He wants to be a saint, but I won't allow him. He will fight with me for the rest of his life."

"Tit for tat, it's fair."

"Ugh."

"I didn't understand him when he was alive."

"When Keren turned into a handful of loess, I felt relieved."

"I have been in love with him for half our lives."

"But neither of them can forget each other."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Yu Qian has been dead for so many years, and I can't forget him."

"Wang Hong and Ye Sheng are both dead, and I have forgotten what they looked like."

"They have never disobeyed me. They are my most loyal subjects, but I have forgotten them."

"This guy is indeed a bit of a bitch."

"I am an emperor, but I like disobedient ministers."

"Of course, the premise is that this rebellious minister is capable, otherwise he will seek death."

The smile on Zhu Qiyu's face widened: "I have Yu Qian, just like Taizu has Xu Da, and Emperor Taizong has Li Jing. It is because of him that the Jingtai Dynasty can expand unscrupulously."

"Because I have him to keep me safe, I feel at ease."

A smile appeared on Zhu Qiyu's face: "With him here, Daming will feel at ease."

"Just like today, if you do whatever you want, I can give you the bottom line."

"You know how comfortable I feel with him here."

"But eight years ago, I didn't understand Jingtai, and I was provoked to doubt him to the extreme."

"I was wrong."

"Later on, I no longer doubted him, but he lived a trembling life."

"Hahaha."

Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly, "I'm going to see him, and the first thing he'll say is, 'How did your Majesty get so old?'"

"Fourth, I am not afraid of death."

"I have never been afraid of death."

"I just don't worry about the Ming Dynasty and everything in the future."

Zhu Jianjian quickly said he knew.

"Yu Qian also told me this before he died. He was worried that I was old and dim, that the prosperous age would leave with him, and that no one in the world would dare to advise me, so before he died, he wrote a letter in blood to I."

Zhu Qiyu asked Lao Si to open the drawer and take out a wooden box with paper wrapped in brocade.

Zhu Jianzhen took it out and found that it was really written in blood. Now the blood stains were dark red and many of the handwriting could not be seen clearly.

"This is written in Yu Qian's blood."

"Yu Mian said that his father bitten six fingers before he could finish writing this letter."

"The old man's blood flow is slow. With his status, he can use other people's blood, but he is unwilling. He has to use his own blood to appear sincere."

"The handwriting on this blood letter cannot be read clearly now."

"He is advising me to be a good emperor in this prosperous age and not to imitate Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty in their later years."

"Did you know that in the early Jingtai Dynasty, Hu Hui and Yu Qian were the only two people who could persuade me."

"The two of them combined can check and balance the imperial power."

"At that time, I was like a demon star killing a god, killing people all over the place. The whole world was afraid and the courtiers were horrified."

Zhu Qiyu said slowly: "With Hu Hui's death, Yu Qian is not only the Dinghai Divine Needle, but also my Wei Zheng. He is the only shackle that can hold me back."

"So, he was worried that no one would be able to hold me back after he died."

"Da Ming will go according to my wishes completely."

"I'm worried that I will bring Ming Dynasty to the top and then to the bottom."

"The lessons learned from the Anshi Rebellion make people have to guard against it."

"That's why I wrote this bloody letter."

Zhu Qiyu looked at the blurred blood letter and said with a smile: "Yu Qian, I have lived up to your hard work. Jingtai has been seventy years, and Ming Dynasty is still at its peak and will not fall to the bottom."

"This is my Ming Dynasty, your Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty of all Ming people!"

Zhu Jianjian could feel that the old emperor's feelings for Qian were very complicated. From being defensive to relying on each other, from challenging to being dependent on each other, the two people's life of loving and killing each other made the old man long for the past.

"Dad, Master, if he could see the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty in the seventy years of Jingtai, he would definitely be able to smile."

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "When I go down, I will tell him personally that his blood book is useless. Without him, I will still let the banner of the Ming Dynasty fly around the world!"

Zhu Jianji rolled his eyes.

"When it comes to Yu Qian, we have to talk about Li Xian."

Zhu Qiyu asked: "How much impression do you have of Li Xian left?"

Zhu Jianjian shook his head: "I have almost no memory. I just remember that when Master Nian beat me, he often made shocking remarks and ridiculed his son everywhere. My son hated him the most when he was a child, but when he grew up, he didn't have much memory."

Zhu Qiyu laughed loudly: "The third person I can't understand the most is Li Xian."

"When talking about Li Xian, we must first talk about being rich."

"Nian Fu was promoted by me, and he can be said to be my die-hard loyalist."

"The eradication of the bandit rebellion in Hubei and the pacification of the Miao rebellion are all the result of being rich in years."

"In terms of the governor's ability, Zhu Ying is the first, the richest is the second, and Han Yong is the third."

"Zhu Ying served as governor of two places, first as governor of Shandong and then as governor of Jiaozhi. In terms of governor's merits, he ranks first."

"But it was Nian Fu who became the first assistant."

"Nian Fu is the teacher of all princes. You have a deep impression on him, right? He beat you since you were a child, and you can't forget it, right?"

When it comes to being rich, Zhu Jianji both loves and hates it.

That old man was always beating them up, and Li Xian was not a good guy either. He and Geng Jiuchou were just fanning the flames, and then they didn't hit them themselves and let Nian Fu beat them up.

Looking back now, that time was actually the happiest.

"Nianfu has given the first assistant a good start."

"He worked hard and died suddenly in office, so that the subsequent chief ministers were no longer idle, but willing to work diligently."

"This is the result of old age."

"But he is too greedy for power because of his wealth. During his tenure, he pushed the power of the six ministries into the cabinet. If I had not stopped him, I am afraid that the six ministries would have become empty frames."

"As the prince's teacher, Nian Fu is very qualified."

"I always thought that he got sick from overwork. If he hadn't been your teacher, he wouldn't have died early."

Zhu Qiyu said: "You have a very deep impression of Nian Fu, but I have no other impression of him except that mouthful of blood."

I have an impression. The old man beat me every day. It left a deep impression on me.

However, he must thank Nian Fu.

A strict teacher produces a good disciple.

The excellence of the princes is inseparable from the strictness of Nian Fu and other courtiers and teachers.

If the old emperor treats the princes favorably, restricts teachers, and is not allowed to punish my children, then the princes will not become successful.

Zhu Qiyu has forty-one sons, all of whom are excellent.

The main reason is good education.

Well done to the courtier teacher.

All the ministers of the dynasty have served as teachers for the princes, and all of them have beaten the princes.

Only through hard work can talents be created.

Zhu Jianjian had to thank the teachers who beat them. Without beating them, they would not be successful.

"As for Li Xian, the biggest impression on me is that I can't see through it."

"Li Xian is not as simple as you think."

"If my prediction is correct, he is a member of the Zhengtong Emperor, but he was like a spring breeze in the Jingtai Dynasty. His daughter married the contemporary King Wenxuan. However, this person is still standing, which shows how powerful he is."

Zhu Qiyu said: "I sent him to supervise Liaoning, and he did not complain or scold him. While in office, Liaoning regained its vitality and prospered."

"He was transferred to the cabinet because of his merit. In the cabinet, he can handle all the things you entrust to him perfectly, so that you can't find fault with him."

"I don't like him, and I always find fault with him, but I can never find the reason."

"After his work every day, he would go to the market to sit. Many things that happened in the capital, which were beyond the control of Shuntian Mansion, were reported to the reporting center by him."

"You may say that he wields power, but he has brought justice to many people."

"You can say that he betrayed me, but he stood by me during the incident of seizing the door."

"You can say that he is loyal to me, and he always pleads for the Orthodox Emperor."

"You can say that he is a loyal minister. His family has more than ten thousand acres of land, and his son cheated in the imperial examination."

"Such a monster."

"I've been watching him for decades, but I still can't see through him."

Zhu Qiyu expressed helplessness: "Unlike Nian Fu, Nian Fu is just greedy for power, but he supports me extremely firmly."

"Li Xian seems to support me, but in reality he may not."

"I can't see through it."

When Zhu Jianjian grew up and was in power, Li Xian had already begun to take care of his old age and rarely spoke, so he did not have a deep impression of Li Xian.

And the person who can leave a deep impression on the old emperor just shows that he is a capable minister in governing the world.

　There is too little today, and it ends suddenly, disrupting the rhythm of the whole book.

　　I’ll make up for it tomorrow, and I’ll update more tomorrow. I’m really sorry. It’s still finishing every day. There may be two or three additional chapters, otherwise I won’t be able to finish it. It depends on the situation. It’s too difficult for me.
　　So sorry, more updates tomorrow

　　
　
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