Ming politicians

Two months have passed, and Zhu Cihong's knowledge has greatly increased. Many things are impossible to see in the palace. Some things even directly shake his understanding. The status of merchants is the lowest, and they should not have status. Businessmen do not cheat. Many teachers in class also said the same, but Zhou Tianhao didn’t think so. Su Tiancheng believed that the status of merchants was very important and must be respected. Without the contribution of merchants, it is impossible for a place to become rich quickly.

Zhu Cihong didn't quite understand these truths. The teacher's lectures were all Confucianism, and everyone had a big meal, including how the ancient sages did it. Distressed, a ten-year-old child is naturally a little scared when he thinks that he will have to abide by so many rules in the future.

But Su Tiancheng didn't care about these opinions at all, and his insight was unique. This made Zhu Cihong begin to trust Su Tiancheng. Whenever he had the opportunity, he would watch Su Tiancheng handle official business and chat with Su Tiancheng. During this chat, Zhu Cilang Gradually, I heard some truths that I had never heard before.

Fang Fengnian and Yao Minggong continued to attend classes according to the requirements in the palace, but Zhu Cihong couldn't listen to them anymore. These boring things were not attractive at all.

Slowly, Zhu Cihong used the excuse that he wanted to learn how to handle official duties, and basically followed Su Tiancheng. Su Tiancheng had a lot of things to do every day, and it often took half a day to deal with them. At this time, Zhu Cihong silently observed, and sometimes, carefully Ask about it, trying to figure out why it's being handled the way it is. [

Su Tiancheng was very patient.Serious explanation.

Zhu Cilang understood one of the most basic truths, which he personally experienced, that is, to correctly understand the relationship between scholars, farmers, businessmen, and scholars.Farmers, craftsmen, and merchants are inseparable. Conversely, literati rely on agriculture, industry and commerce to support them. Therefore, literati must truly understand the truth that water can carry a boat and also capsize it.Don't always say that if you regard yourself as the parents of the people, if the people do something wrong, they will beat or scold them. This is not acceptable, and it will eventually hurt yourself.To respect the people.

Su Tiancheng handles everything according to this principle.

For example, solving the problem of the poverty of the people in Sichuan is the biggest problem. If this problem is basically solved, it will be easy to wipe out the bandits. Under the current conditions, this cannot be done for the time being.But it is also necessary to minimize the taxation of the common people. It is better for the government to be poorer and the attitude of the officials to be better, which can solve a lot of problems.

Su Tiancheng often explains the changes in Shaanxi. In fact, there are two points. The first is to make the common people have food and clothes to maintain their basic life. The second is to give full play to the role of merchants and let them trade.The government collects taxes from the transactions.These two points have been achieved, so Shaanxi began to undergo tremendous changes.

To achieve these two points is not as simple as it is said, there are many things that need to be done and implemented.If it is said that officials cannot fulfill their duties, they cannot do it at all.

As for the management of officials, Zhu Cihong also has a vague understanding. To see whether an official is qualified and fulfills his duties, it mainly depends on the local situation. They are all good, but as for those morally exorbitant demands, they are secondary.

The current Zhu Cihong is like a sponge, constantly absorbing knowledge and understanding, and constantly enriching his brain. He feels that the knowledge taught by Su Tiancheng is more useful than what all the teachers said.

Zhu Cihong would not know that all of this was carefully designed by Su Tiancheng.

Su Tiancheng tried every means to get Zhu Cihong to participate in the handling of government affairs, educate Zhu Cihong with real examples, let Zhu Cihong form a basic understanding, and abandon some pedantic things.

It takes a lot of energy to do this. Su Tiancheng understands that Zhu Cihong is the future emperor, and his ideology is related to the future development of the Ming Dynasty. The possibility of affecting Zhu Youjian is not too great, but he still has to If he can do it, he must seize this opportunity and let Zhu Cihong follow him as much as possible.

There must be opportunities. It takes time to wipe out the bandits, and even more time to fight against Houjin. Zhu Cihong can follow in doing these things. After a few years, Zhu Cihong's understanding will undergo a fundamental change.

From this aspect, influencing and infecting Zhu Cihong is Su Tiancheng's most important task.

"Master Su, I have a request."

Just after handling the government affairs, Su Tiancheng was going to ask Zhu Cihong to go back to study. During this time, both Fang Fengnian and Yao Minggong had some opinions. The main reason was that Zhu Cihong could not calm down and listen to the lectures. He was always absent-minded, and the time could not be guaranteed. In any case, cultural knowledge is also very important. After all, Zhu Cihong is only ten years old, and the knowledge that should be learned still needs to be learned. It is the most perfect to be able to combine the learned knowledge with reality.

"What is your request, His Royal Highness?"

"I want to handle government affairs, preferably directly handling the government affairs of Kuizhou Prefecture or Fengjie County."

Su Tiancheng opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhu Cihong. He almost thought he heard it wrong. Zhu Cihong was only ten years old, so how could he think of dealing with government affairs? For a child of this age, all he can think of is how to play around.

"Why does His Royal Highness make such a request?" [

"I've thought about it, my father is very tired every day, I must get familiar with government affairs earlier, so that I can share my worries for my father."

Su Tiancheng's body trembled slightly. Fortunately, this is the Ming Dynasty. If in the Qing Dynasty, if the young crown prince had such thoughts, wouldn't he be the target of public criticism? What would the emperor think?

"I think that the best way for His Royal Highness to share the emperor's worries is to study hard and sharpen yourself."

"I know all these principles, and the teacher has said a lot, but this time I come out, I understand, I still want to be able to do things directly."

Su Tiancheng looked a little serious. He felt that Zhu Ci was slowly forming his own understanding, but this kind of understanding was not good. After all, Zhu Ci was a prince, not an ordinary person.

"I don't agree with His Royal Highness's idea, nor support His Highness's decision."

"Why, I just want to try."

"I have two reasons. If I speak more seriously, His Royal Highness, don't be angry."

"Master Su, just say what you want."

"The first reason is that dealing with local government affairs is a very serious matter that requires continuity. His Royal Highness is trying to act as an agent of government affairs. If some policies are issued, it is difficult to guarantee whether they will be implemented and implemented. In addition, His Royal Highness does not Familiar with the local government affairs, the decisions made will inevitably be biased. After His Royal Highness leaves, the local officials will be very embarrassed and do not know how to handle it. Therefore, this decision of His Royal Highness will definitely affect the local government. .”

"The second reason is that the identity of His Royal Highness is different. In the future, the purpose of governing a county, a government, or a province is not to govern our Ming Dynasty. Therefore, His Royal Highness's thoughts cannot be placed in one place. Focus on the big picture."

Zhu Ci was a little disappointed, but he was not convinced either.

"Master Su, my father often said that governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, you must be familiar with local affairs. I will be familiar with this process after experiencing it."

"I think that His Highness the Crown Prince's idea is very good, and he wants to be familiar with government affairs, but I think that His Royal Highness's starting point is wrong, and His Royal Highness's focus is not on this place."

"Master Su said, what is my point?"

"The focus of His Royal Highness is to control the overall situation. To put it bluntly, His Royal Highness must learn the art of employing people. The specific government affairs are handled by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. The focus of His Highness is to choose the right person and the right person. His Highness can Think carefully about what I said, there is a specialization in art, and you need to do what you need to do in any position. The main responsibility of farmers is to cultivate the land to harvest food. Good business, earning money, everyone has their own focus, the focus of His Royal Highness is to grasp the overall situation."

"I understand all these, but how can I grasp the overall situation."

"This requires learning, but what I said about learning is not to do everything. If the peasants do the business of the merchants, and the merchants do the work of the farmers, it will definitely be messed up. His Royal Highness is learning, the focus is on the predecessors. Based on the summed up experience, I believe that if His Royal Highness can realize the hard work of the peasants and realize that it is not easy to act as an agent of government affairs, then the purpose of learning has been achieved."

"But I think that many of the things I have learned are not of much use."

"His Royal Highness will be acting government affairs in the future, and he will know that these things are useful. I can also give an example. If you overstep, His Royal Highness forgives the crime. Take the minister as an example. The minister must be loyal to the emperor and His Royal Highness. The minister should How to do it is to do the job well and wipe out the bandits, so that the minister will serve the emperor and His Royal Highness, but the emperor is different, killing the bandits is just one of many things, and the emperor has to think of many, many things For example, let the civil and military ministers in the court concentrate on acting government affairs. Such matters cannot be considered by the minister, because this is not something that the minister can consider. If the minister thinks about these things, it is treason .”

Zhu Ci nodded, faintly understanding. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)