King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 139: The civil servants’ confidence in the problems in the government (Please subscribe! Please vote!)

In the imperial study room.

Sure enough, it was not what Zhu Gaoxu expected.

Not long after, the prince dragged his fat body in from the door, pretending to salute.

Zhu Di, who was leaning on the soft couch, saw this and waved his hand at him, saying:

"okay."

"There are no outsiders in the house, so there is no need to be so formal."

"sit down!"

After receiving the order, Zhu Gaochi smiled, stretched out his hand and scratched his head, nodded to Zhu Gaoxu who was standing aside, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

When the two of them were seated, Zhu Di looked around the two of them with half-closed eyes, with a faint smile on his face, and said:

"You all know the specific situation."

"Just stop making those high-sounding words and don't talk about what happened last night. Just let each other know what's going on."

His eyes fell on Zhu Gaoxu, and he said with a half-smile:

Hearing this, both of them looked startled and looked at him blankly. They didn't understand what he meant by bringing this matter up again.

All of them have taken advantage of what happened last time and have spit out all the money they were about to eat.

"Second brother, it's up to you to say it first."

This is the purpose of his coming today. Now he doesn't need to take the initiative to speak. The old man takes the initiative to ask, so he simply doesn't hide it.

“Right or wrong, good or bad.”

Feeling the eyes focused on him, Zhu Gaoxu took a few deep breaths, briefly considered his words, sorted out his thoughts, and then slowly said:

Now that the old things are brought up again, what do you want to do?

"I forgive you all."

Zhu Di has also issued an oral decree of pardon.

"My boss and I have talked about this issue for a long time. We have talked about it once or twice."

"Dad, boss."

"Let's talk about the current situation in the Ming Dynasty today. You two can speak freely and share your views on each other. I want to hear your opinions."

"Second brother, isn't this matter over now?"

This matter is completely over.

"I think you must have verified the previous corruption issues later, right?"

"Isn't it shocking?"

Say it!

Regarding these words, Zhu Gaoxu smiled noncommittally.

You know, whether you are a civil servant or a general.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi looked at him with confusion and asked:

"What do you mean?"

Listening to the Crown Prince's question, Zhu Gaoxu noticed the doubts of the two people. He waved his hands to the two of them to calm them down and asked:

"Dad, boss."

"I wonder if the two of you have thought about it after seeing so much evidence of guilt."

"There are so many ministers in our court, and civil servants work for the emperor and herdsmen. How many civil servants sincerely serve the emperor and herdsmen, and plead for the lives of the people?"

"How many people can really govern the people?"

"In other words, among today's civil servants, how many have the character that a civil servant should have?"

"How much of what today's civil servants and students have learned and learned are relevant to governing the world?"

"How many people have truly worked for the welfare of the people?"

"Have you ever gone to the world to really see what kind of life the people live?" As soon as he finished speaking, the entire imperial study fell into an eerie silence.

The two of them were directly asked by Zhu Gaoxu for a long time and did not come back to their senses. They frowned and fell into deep thought, not knowing what to say.

Regarding this issue, the two of them had never thought about it before.

After a while, Zhu Di came back from his daze, narrowed his eyes, a look of solemnity flashed across his face, and asked in a deep voice:

"Second brother, what do you mean by this?"

In response to such questions, Zhu Gaoxu did not answer directly. Instead, he half-squinted his eyes and asked:

"Old man, do you think the world today belongs to our Lao Zhu family, or..."

Isn't this nonsense?

The world naturally belongs to their Lao Zhu family. If it weren’t for their Lao Zhu family, how could it be someone else’s?

However, since Zhu Gaoxu dared to ask this question.

There must be some truth in thinking about it. Neither Zhu Di nor the prince said anything to refute this, and motioned for him to continue.

"Actually, such questions, criticisms, and stubborn illnesses are not the fault of our Ming Dynasty."

"Since Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, the military general Huang Pao joined the rebellion and conquered the world. He was worried that someone in the future would imitate him, excluded the generals, and licked his face and made a rule of the world with the scholar-bureaucrats. The civil service line became the climate, and was given preferential treatment by the court. As long as he gained fame, he could compete with the emperor. Divide and rule the world.”

"And the gentry, which was suppressed by the Tang Dynasty with great difficulty, has revived again."

"How many people from aristocratic families care about the lives of the people?"

"Actually, you might as well think about it. How many civil servants in the court are not from aristocratic families?"

"In the eyes of these literati families, no matter who becomes the emperor, they need their herdsmen, and the court needs civil servants to manage them. This is what makes them more courageous."

"For these literati and aristocratic families, it is not that they need the court, but that the court needs them."

"This is why they are so bold and dare to do those things."

"In their view, if the master is gone, they can change them at will, and their lives will not change in any way."

"Just like this, you know that so many people are corrupt, enriching themselves, preying on the common people, don't you think of killing them all?"

"What's the final result?"

"The board is raised high and dropped gently. Do you feel very uncomfortable and aggrieved in your heart?"

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi were both silent, their brows furrowed and their expressions changing from time to time.

Regarding this matter, Zhu Di feels the most closely, because he is the common master of the world.

Zhu Gaochi, on the other hand, is well-read in poetry and books, and is very knowledgeable. Although he has never thought about it before, but considering Zhu Gaochi's current words and what he has seen over the years, how can he not understand?

After a while, Zhu Gaochi frowned, his face turned slightly pale, and asked in a deep voice:

"Second brother, have you ever thought about it, if there are not these scholars and officials, who will replace the emperor's herdsmen?"

"How can the emperor reach out into the countryside even if he is capable when he is sitting in a high hall?"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu licked his slightly dry lips, grinned, and said with a cold look on his face:

"The situation in the court is about to change. If the emperor does not want to be suppressed, if he wants to be prosperous, and if he wants these people to do their best, he must break the self-confidence of these bastards."

"Let them understand that it is not the imperial court that needs them, but without the imperial court's preferential treatment, they are nothing."

"The theory of the world is not just a one-way journey to the Zhu family."

"It's just that the Song Dynasty only respected Cheng and Zhu and suppressed other theories."

"And among Confucianism, it is not limited to Cheng and Zhu."

"Do you believe it... As long as we start to restart the Hundreds of Families and no longer only respect Cheng and Zhu, those bastards in the court will be more anxious than us?"

"Why?"

"Because they have no confidence and are worried about being eliminated."

(End of this chapter)