Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 389 Lan Yu is the knife sharpened by His Majesty for His Highness!!!

Xia Zhibai stood tall and said slowly: "Perhaps in your opinion, all this is unnecessary."

“But in my opinion, it is necessary.”

"First, to win popularity for His Highness, second, to clear obstacles to the implementation of future policies, and third, to find a group of qualified officials for His Highness. The Ming Dynasty has been established for twenty years. During these twenty years, the court has killed many people, including corrupt officials. But for local people, what they fear most is often not corrupt officials. Corrupt officials are at most bad and evil, but the ruffians living around them are the real evil."

"And in this regard, the court has not done enough."

"Your Highness cannot compare with Your Majesty in terms of mobilizing officials, but when it comes to protecting the hearts of the people, Your Highness can have his own way to uproot the hooligans who threaten the people, and at the same time use this to publicize some of Your Highness's ideas on governing the country. This will also help the people get to know Your Highness better and have better expectations for the Ming Dynasty."

"Without these local tentacles, many things in the court will be carried out smoothly."

"of course."

“In fact, the better way is to transform it.”

“Everyone makes mistakes, but not correcting them is the real problem.”

"However, the Ming Dynasty does not have that many officials now, nor does it have the patience to persuade and change the situation. Therefore, the simplest and most direct way is to kill. Uproot all those who dominate the local areas and act as so-called local tyrants. At that time, the imperial court's control over the local areas will naturally increase."

"in short."

"Purge the old local forces."

"Your Highness has never lived among the common people, so you won't have a deep feeling about this. As the saying goes, it's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with the little devils. These local ruffians are the little devils entrenched in the local area. In fact, to a large extent, the evil they inflict on the common people is even greater than that of corrupt officials. Many things have become real evils because these people are accomplices to the evil."

"Your Highness, this move is also to restore order."

"Give peace to the people!"

"And in this case, if there is resistance in the local areas when Your Highness implements any policy in the future, it will be unreasonable, because the evil forces have been cleared by Your Highness, but the court's decrees cannot be promoted. This can only mean that there is something wrong with the local government."

"This is the best way for Your Highness to improve his popularity."

"At the same time, Your Highness underestimates the political game of the court."

"Your Highness, do you know how many officials' vital interests will be affected by what you want to do? How many officials will be made uneasy and angry? The word 'economy' is filled with money and grain. If the court wants to make moves in this area, how could it encounter little resistance?"

"If you act rashly, even if Your Highness is the crown prince, you will probably get yourself into trouble."

"I am not exaggerating, but Your Highness cannot do it."

Xia Zhibai did not lie.

Zhu Biao underestimated the resistance to reform. There has never been a reform in history that did not involve killing people. Zhu Biao still wanted to carry out the reform in a peaceful manner, which was simply impossible. The reform of the Ming Dynasty was destined to be a complete overhaul, and everything from top to bottom had to be changed. The interests involved were too great.

It was so big that even Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to act rashly.

He didn't believe that Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't see the benefits of his suggestions, but Zhu Yuanzhang kept doing nothing. It wasn't because he had no ideas or was really conservative. Instead, he was worried that some policies could not be implemented. Even someone as strong as Zhu Yuanzhang had to compromise with his ministers and show some subservience to them on many occasions. What's more, what about Zhu Biao?
He was not optimistic about Zhu Biao's diligence and bravery.

To achieve great things, one must be able to remain calm and determined.

Don't care about the gains and losses of a city or a pond.

We must not aim too high.

He always believed that if he wanted to promote reform, he must have the protection of the army, otherwise even Zhu Biao would be in danger of "falling into the water". Moreover, the death of Zhu Biao in history was itself somewhat strange. If he remembered correctly, Zhu Biao in history was planning to "move the capital" at that time.

Moving the capital has a huge impact on the world.

Especially in the south. The capital is the political center, and China has always been based on power since ancient times. Many southern bureaucratic groups cannot accept leaving the south. This is even why Zhu Di did not dare to stay in the city for a long time even after conquering Yingtian Prefecture, and moved back to Beiping early.

Some of them may not be unaware of the dark forces of these officials.

Zhu Biao is good at everything.

It means that you don’t have your own base.

As for building up his own base in the court, Zhu Biao could not do it and it was neither realistic nor possible. Most of those who were close to Zhu Biao had ulterior motives and just wanted to rely on power. They did not really want to consider Zhu Biao. The only one Zhu Biao could truly rely on and trust was the army.

A power reshuffle in the court.

Absolute violence must be mastered.

Otherwise it can't be completed.

This is what Zhu Biao lacks most at the moment, and Zhu Yuanzhang is very strict in this regard. Even Zhu Biao is not allowed to get involved. This is also the biggest contradiction between the ancient emperor and the crown prince. The emperor will never cede military power to the crown prince unless it is absolutely necessary.

Even if it is granted temporarily, it will be taken back soon.

Without the support of the army, the power of the crown prince is largely a castle in the air and flashy. In order to consolidate their position, the crown princes in history could only collude secretly with some military generals, which would increase the emperor's suspicion. This is actually an unsolvable problem.

He made all kinds of big promises and raised all kinds of banners for Zhu Biao, but in fact he just wanted Zhu Biao to get a hold of military power.

Only when you hold military power can you remain calm.

Zhu Biao frowned, looked at Xia Zhibai deeply, and asked, "I heard that you met Lan Yu and the others more than a month ago."

Xia Zhibai nodded and said, "Indeed, we have met before."

Zhu Biao asked, "What do you think of Lan Yu and the others?"

Xia Zhibai hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "He is a fierce general, but not easy to control. He is arrogant and doesn't know how to restrain himself. He is in a high position, but doesn't know how to hide his shortcomings. He can only be a vanguard sword. He must be discarded after use, otherwise he will endanger himself."

"But for now, the benefits to Your Highness outweigh the disadvantages."

"He is very close to me." Zhu Biao said with a stern face.

Xia Zhibai said: "That's why we have to be more vigilant, because Lan Yu's personality is too arrogant, his emotions are all shown on his face, and he is also very aggressive. The closer he is to Your Highness, the easier it is for people to mistake his attitude for Your Highness's."

"Isn't this also making enemies for Your Highness?"

"It's just that Your Highness doesn't have many people available right now, and Lan Yu is very suitable for charging into battle. It's normal to let him charge into battle for Your Highness. But I can tell Your Highness with certainty that the more powerful Lan Yu is, the more dangerous he will be."

"perhaps."

"When your highness's wings become stronger, Lan Yu will die."

"In your eyes, he must die?" Zhu Biao frowned.

Xia Zhibai shook his head. He looked at Zhu Biao and said in a serious tone, "It is not that I want him to die. I do not have the power to do so. It is Your Majesty. The reason why Lan Yu has become what he is now is, to some extent, caused by Your Majesty. Lan Yu is the knife sharpened by Your Majesty for Your Highness."

"It's to clear the way for His Highness."

Zhu Biao was silent.

(End of this chapter)