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Chapter 414: A Nest of Snakes and Rats


Zhu Cixiang was in a good mood.

He gently stroked his son's face and said with a smile, "I hope Yuan'er can become a promising king in the future."

Tongtang said harmoniously: "Yuan'er will definitely be as outstanding as Your Majesty."

Zhu Cixiang coughed and said: "Yuan'er is still young now.

When he becomes sensible, I will personally teach him.

My son must not be poisoned by the corrupt Confucianism."

Zhu Cihong hated Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism deeply.

The so-called preservation of natural principles and the elimination of human desires are simply contrary to human ethics and human nature.

But since the Song Dynasty, all unified dynasties basically followed Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

At this time, Confucianism was no longer the Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius, but had changed its flavor.

It had completely become a tool for scholar-bureaucrats to gain profits.

It happened that Huangming followed this kind of Confucianism.

Zhu Cixiang always wanted to attack Confucianism, but he never found a suitable opportunity.

It's easy to cause problems if you use too much force or act too hastily.

It would be fine if it was a peaceful time, but now we are in troubled times, and the fate of the Ming Dynasty is not stable.

At this time, we should still seek stability.

Confucianism will have to move sooner or later, but not now.

Otherwise, if this group of corrupt scholars rebelled, even Zhu Cixiang, the emperor, would have difficulty controlling it.

Now that Ming's external environment has just improved, there must be no more internal problems.

But even so, Zhu Cixiang would not give in on the issue of the prince's education.

His son can only be taught by himself.

In fact, if we think about it from another perspective, if Zhu Cixiang had not traveled through time, the crown prince of Chongzhen would still be his own person, even if in this time and space the emperor and Ming Dynasty would be divided and fought internally like in history.

A person's judgment and decision-making ability are directly related to his education.

A person who is poisoned by corrupt Confucianism will be timid and find it difficult to make changes even if he wants to.

Huang Ming has been raising scholars for nearly three hundred years, and he has raised some monsters and monsters.

Expecting these people to assist the emperor to become the Holy Emperor is tantamount to wishful thinking.

Zhu Cixiang knew that if Huang Ming wanted to revive, he could not rely on him alone.

This cannot even be accomplished in two generations, it will take at least three generations.

Then his successor must not be a mediocre person.

Even if it doesn't reach his achievements, it should be at least 80% similar.

Therefore, Zhu Cixiang wanted to personally intervene in Zhu Heyuan's education to make Zhu Heyuan develop in the right direction.

Tongtang's eyes lit up and he said, "Then I would like to thank Your Majesty very much."

Zhu Cixiang laughed and said: "We are all one family.

We don't say thank you or not.

If you have anything you want in the future, just tell me.

It doesn't matter whether it's in heaven or on earth.

As long as you have it, I will get it for you."

"Your Majesty is so kind to me.

I just hope that I can stay with your Majesty for a long time and watch Yuan'er grow up."

"This is a realistic idea.

I still have some official business to deal with, so I'm going back to the palace first.

I'll come see you and Yuan'er when I have time."

"I respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."

Tongtang saluted Zhu Cixiang and said softly.

But it is said that after Zhu Cihong returned to Qianqing Palace, he went straight to Nuange and started reviewing memorials.

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The memorials sent to the cabinet by the Secretary of General Affairs every day can pile up into a mountain.

Even if the most important ones are selected by the cabinet and sent to the imperial court, there are still quite a few.

Zhu Cihong was already considered a diligent emperor, but it would take him until midnight to finish reviewing these memorials.

Those melon-eating people who think that once they become emperor, they can sleep in silence and play with women, I am afraid they are really wrong.

Zhu Cihong frowned just after reading two memorials.

One of them is about the drought in Jiangxi.

Generally speaking, the disasters in the first year of Hongye were much less than those in the 17th year of Chongzhen.

However, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was so large that there were always some places where disasters were inevitable.

Take Jiangxi for example.

In the past, people had the impression that it was a land of plenty, but I didn’t expect that it would also encounter a drought this year.

The drought at this time and the drought in later generations are two different concepts.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was in the Little Ice Age, and the weather was extremely cold.

Coupled with the drought, it's cold and dry.

Zhu Cixiang saw the fleeing victims with his own eyes on his way to Nanjing.

The victims' bodies were all swollen and their eyes were red.

They must have experienced inhuman torture, and they resorted to cannibalism when starvation became unbearable.

People who have eaten people will have red eyes and their bodies will become swollen, which is really scary.

Of course, Zhu Cihong did not want such a situation to happen in Jiangxi, so he wrote Zhu Ci and asked Yuan Jixian, the governor of Jiangxi Military Affairs, to immediately open a warehouse to provide relief to the victims.

Jiangxi has always been in a safe rear area, so it has not been disturbed by military disasters.

Although the warehouses are abundant now, there is still no problem in providing some food to the victims.

Zhu Cixiang is still very confident in Yuan Jixian's personal character.

He believed that Yuan Jixian would not enrich himself in the process and commit such greedy acts.

As long as the government provides relief in good faith, no matter how severe the famine comes, it can be overcome.

The scary thing is that the government still wants to take advantage of the famine to make a fortune, which is really afraid of causing a catastrophe.

Fortunately, the drought only broke out in Jiangxi, and there were no reports in southern Zhili or Zhejiang.

Even if Jiangxi is in urgent need of grain reserves, Zhu Cixiang can definitely dispatch them from other provinces.

After reviewing the memorial, Zhu Cihong put it aside and was about to take another copy to read when Han Zanzhou suddenly asked to see him.

Zhu Cixang declared his presence, and Han Zan entered the Nuan Pavilion on Monday and knelt down in the tunnel with a plop and said: "Your Majesty, it was found out that those who colluded with King Gui are Qu Shishu, the governor of Guangxi, Ding Kuichu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and, and..."

Zhu Cixiang said with a straight face: "What else?"

"There is also the Fujian General Soldier, Nan'an Marquis Zheng Zhilong" When Zhu Cihong heard Zheng Zhilong's name, instead of being surprised, he had an idea that it was indeed the case.

After thinking about it, he thought that only Zheng Zhilong might have colluded with King Gui.

One of them is a clan king and is quite ambitious.

The other was a warlord from a small town and had an affair with the Manchus.

Now that Zheng Zhilong is blocked by Zhu Cixiang and can only go to Guangdong and Guangxi to buy grain, it is not surprising that he and King Gui are together.

It's just that Zhu Cixiang is a little surprised that Qu Shichun is also among the cronies who support King Gui.

In the original history, Qu Shichun did strongly support Zhu Youlang against Emperor Longwu, but that was when Prince Chongzhen was missing.

Now that Zhu Cihong has inherited the throne, what is Qu Shichun doing again?

Does he really want to covet the merit of being established to this extent?

As for Ding Kui, Chu and Zhu Cihong were not surprised at all.

This man is a typical warlord who cares about nothing but his own interests.

As long as Zhu Youlang can provide him with benefits, it is normal for him to seek refuge there.

The combination of these three warlords and a prince really posed a problem for Zhu Cihong

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