Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 742 A Promise

The room fell silent, Long Wu looked at Wang Yan with complicated eyes, but Wang Yan was silent for a while.

He thought about it for a while, thinking about how to persuade Long Wu, and after a while, he looked straight at him and said: "Your Majesty, what I want is naturally to drive out the Tartars, restore the Han Dynasty, the world is peaceful, and the big man is high-spirited." , the king and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together."

Long Wu frowned slightly, narrowed his cloudy eyes and looked at him, and said coldly, "Joint rule by the monarch and his ministers? Even if Qing thinks so now, will he still think so in the future? What if the generals force Qing to replace him?"

Once a person is in a high position, the more power he has, he has to be responsible to the more people who support his power. Many things are beyond his control. As an emperor, Long Wu can naturally see this.

Which step Wang Yan takes in the end depends not only on himself, but also on the demands of a large group of people behind him.

Wang Yan felt that Long Wu was not satisfied with his words, or he didn't believe them. He pondered for a while, and then said seriously: "I can't guarantee the future, but your majesty's worry is also a matter of vigilance. .”

Hearing what he said, Long Wu did not blindly emphasize that there was no double-mindedness. He became serious on his skinny face, and heard Wang Yan continue to say, "It is not easy for the monarch and his ministers to rule together. The system is easy to build, but the people's hearts are hard to change. The disaster of the Yuan Dynasty, coupled with the dominance of the imperial power for more than 200 years in this dynasty, made it even more difficult for the ministers to ask for it. This is not just about reforming the system, restricting the imperial power, strengthening the power of the ministers, and arousing the responsibility of the scholar class to the world. Teaching them how to adapt to this set of rules can only be realized after the majority agrees. If the ministers seek rebellion and don’t abide by it, how can others agree, and the subordinates will naturally follow suit, so the ministers are very vigilant against this.”

After Song Taizu Huangpao was added, he was depressed all day long, and he was worried that his subordinates would be added by the yellow robe, and fell into a cycle. Finally, he used a glass of wine to release his military power and used a system of using literature to control military affairs to solve his worries. Many questions.

The system of the Ming Dynasty has rarely changed since the founding of the ancestors, and the same system was able to conquer Mobei and cross the oceans when it became the ancestor, but it is now going to perish. The reason for this is that people have changed.

Long Wu nodded slightly. The system is only auxiliary, and the past dynasties in China were actually rule by man.When people are familiar with the rules and recognize the rules, the system can play its role.

Wang Yan's thinking is different from that of the powerful officials in the history books. What he seems to pursue is a long-term governance of the world, to get rid of the shortcomings of the past dynasties, and he has the same feelings as Zhang Zai in his heart.

If one had to find a person to compare with Wang Yan from history, Long Wu would be like Wang Mang of the new dynasty.

According to historical records, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, social conflicts intensified unprecedentedly. Wang Mang was regarded by the government and the public as the best candidate to turn the crisis. Restructuring".

If Wang Mang succeeds, his name will definitely go down in history, but unfortunately he failed in the end, and his reputation will last forever.

Long Wu raised his hand, suddenly got Wang Yan up, sat down on the side of the dragon couch again, stared at him and said, "Qing wants to become a saint?"

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Shu Sunbao, a senior official of the State of Lu, wrote "Zuo Zhuan" and said, "The first is to establish virtue, the second is to make meritorious service, and the second is to establish words. Although they will not be abandoned for a long time, these are called the three immortals."

The "Three Immortals" have become the standard for Confucian saints. "Establishing morality" is to establish noble morality. Yan fought against the Qing soldiers and tried his best to turn the tide several times. Wang Yan could barely achieve the first two points. The key is the last point of "making a statement", which requires him to come up with a set of insights that are beneficial to people and society.

Everything has a motive, or driven by profit, or name, or righteousness.

Hearing Longwu's words, Wang Yan was slightly taken aback, "Live a long life, benefit the country and the people, the heart of the minister is enough, how dare you stand side by side with the saint."

Long Wu didn't speak. Judging from the current conversation, at least Wang Yan didn't intend to seek rebellion at this time, but this didn't reassure him. After all, no one could predict the future.

After a while, Long Wucai said: "I understand your thoughts, and you should also know my worries."

Wang Yan sighed slightly, and now he and Long Wu were the only two people in the room, so he said bluntly: "Your Majesty is worried that the minister will replace the Ming Dynasty, but the change of dynasties is a historical norm, and the minister can't make more guarantees, but the minister has a I wonder if His Majesty would like to hear it?"

Long Wu felt a little heavy in his heart. After more than 270 years in the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of accumulated ills had been deeply rooted in his bones, and it was hard to get back. However, as the emperor of Zhu Ming, Long Wu was unwilling to admit this emotionally, but he had to face it at this time. right.

Wang Yan waited for a while, but Longwu didn't make a sound, so he assumed his acquiescence, so he said slowly, "China has been going up and down for thousands of years, and it has been repeated for hundreds of years. Each time it brings serious disasters to the world and plunges our nation into internal friction , Incapable of distributing military power all over the world, enlightening all directions. Han Wu resisted the Xiongnu, expanded the Western Regions, and hundreds of thousands of cavalry wolves lived in Xuxu, but the descendants were unable to protect these achievements. Every dynasty and generation will flourish and decline, and finally go to perish. It seems to be the destiny. , but the root cause is still the corruption of the imperial court, and from then on it fell into internal friction, the struggle between old and new forces, until the old corrupt bureaucrats were replaced by enterprising new bureaucrats, and the next cycle began.”

Wang Yan paused, "Every time the old and the new change, it will cause great harm to the world, and the time will last, ranging from tens of years to hundreds of years. I once thought that if the time for the change of old and new can be shortened , when the dynasty is in decline, what will happen if the old forces do something to the new forces so that the dynasty can maintain its vitality for a long time?"

Hearing this, Long Wu felt that Wang Yan's thinking was a little naive, and that he might really follow Wang Mang's path. He looked at Wang Yan and said, "If the old forces are willing to decentralize power, how can there be so much blood and rain in the world?"

The Zhu family has been in the country for more than 270 years, but Longwu still wants to continue the Zhu family's state for a hundred years. Those who have vested interests will not be willing to give up their interests.

Wang Yan nodded. He also knew that these ideas were too ideal, but in everything, one should first have a good ideal, and then constantly compromise with reality.

"Your Majesty, I look at history books. From Han to Chen, for more than 58 years, the legal system of the descendants has been abdicated by the previous generation. The alternation of regimes undoubtedly caused the least damage to the world. The Wei Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty were all turmoil within the ruling class, which had the least impact on the people. Emperor Xian died well, and Emperor Wei and Yuan also lived for [-] years. In addition, there are Zhao and Song Dynasties Here is the example of Chai." Wang Yan looked at Long Wu, saluted sincerely and said: "Your Majesty, if I am forced to take the road of treason in the future, I would like to follow the example of Zhao Song and treat Zhu family kindly."

In the past dynasties in China, there were no more than two methods to gain power, one was violent overthrow, and the other was abdication. Li Zicheng wanted to engage in violent overthrow.

After hearing this, Long Wu's face flushed suddenly, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood. Wang Yan suddenly turned pale with shock, and hurriedly stepped forward to wipe it, but Long Wu raised his hand to stop it.

(End of this chapter)