Zhu Youxiao actually wanted to scare and scare Wang Yongguang, but he didn't mean to make a big deal out of the literary prison, so he smiled and said, "Get up and sit down!"
I just asked Aiqing, why did Aiqing do this. ”"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Wang Yongguang had to sit down, and thought to himself: "In the future, I will never casually talk to some people who seem to be very loyal, Your Majesty obviously has eyeliner among our ministers!"
”"Besides, I think that you courtiers are not great traitors, you have read the books of sages since you were a child, and you have learned the way to help the people through the world, for the people of the world, and the country is governed by you, so you can make the world govern, so I believe that you can share the state affairs for me, but there are many courtiers, even if there is no great evil, there must be a difference between good and bad character, high and low ability.""
You have been selected to be recognized by the civil and military officials of the fourth rank or above in the capital in terms of character and ability, I will ask now, if you are the ministers of the three places of the government hall, the cabinet, and the privy council, how will you do things, and what are the practices of the king?"
Zhu Youxiao asked after speaking.None of the ministers dared to speak freely.The main reason is that they feel that the pulse of His Majesty in front of them is really difficult to touch, and they have no way of knowing what His Majesty the Emperor means.Obviously secretly monitoring his own ministers, but not condemning his words, and discussing the minister's private words in a grand manner, does His Majesty the Emperor know what his people are scared of at this moment?
Now he wants to talk about the practice of advising the king after he is promoted.Zhu Youxiao first looked at Li Biao, who was sitting on the outside: "Li Aiqing, you talk about it first, don't tell me, since you joined the office, you have been being an official in a muddle, without thinking about the gains and losses of the government." ”Li Biao had no choice but to stand up first, and said in his heart: "Since Your Majesty's attitude is unpredictable and unpredictable, let's honestly say what is in my heart first, anyway, if you are guilty or not, it is not up to you to decide, just ask for a clear conscience." ”So, Li Biao replied: "Back to Your Majesty, if the minister is among the center, he should be clean and self-conscious, not forming a party for personal gain, and in the humble opinion of the minister, the minister cannot be the party affairs of the king, and the people can not be the party suspicious minister."
Always check the character carefully, distinguish the loyal and traitorous, and then act appropriately.If the spear rises in the hall, the palace is divided horizontally, and it is not the blessing of the country, and peace should be used to cultivate the vitality of the country. ”Zhu Youxiao nodded after listening.Since the Ming Dynasty, the party struggle has not been interrupted, even if he Zhu Youxiao was in power, because of various reforms and more fierce battles between the courtiers, and even several times, he, the emperor, personally went down to stand in line to pull the bias, otherwise, it will not be able to reverse the previous bad situation, after all, according to the original inertia of the Ming Dynasty, Xiong Tingbi will be punished for party strife, and the situation in Liaodong will deteriorate, so that it will not be as easy as now to destroy Jiannu.However, in essence, it is impossible to avoid party contention, because in essence it is a competition of interests.Li Biao may be unwilling to explain the essence and pretend to be stupid, or maybe he really doesn't understand the essence of this, so he only said that because of the increasingly fierce party struggle in the Ming Dynasty, he felt that as a central minister, he should eliminate the idea of party struggle as much as possible."
According to Aiqing's meaning, should the civil and military officials all unite to deal with me?"
Zhu Youxiao didn't care what Li Biao thought, and asked directly to the point.After hearing this, Li Biao was also the same as Wang Yongguang, his face turned pale: "Your Majesty, minister, minister doesn't mean this, what the minister means, we should all serve the king with sincerity, and do the world's affairs for the king, not for our own selfishness!"
Your Majesty, please be wise!
”"I believe that what Aiqing said is not a lie, but it is also suspected of being false, where will this party fight be eliminated, when the tongue is still bitten by the teeth, I can only say as much as possible, or say something practical."
Zhu Youxiao replied with a smile.Actual?
Not practical just now?
Li Biao was a little embarrassed.The education of scholars in this era was more about teaching them how to cultivate their self-cultivation than political theory.Therefore, unless they have been up and down for a long time, know the people's suffering, and have some ideas of reform and disadvantages, most of them have no clear political goals.In particular, Li Biao is still from Qingliu, and he has been an official in the capital since he was a Zhongjinshi, and he is not so big in the fight for interests, so he has not participated in previous battles, and now the emperor asks him to say some practical political goals, and he can't answer.Yuan Keli looked a little anxious on the sidelines, the hundreds of thousands of arrogant soldiers and fierce generals who had been added to suppress the eastern captives, when they were not properly reduced, how many miles should be added to the official roads, how many border walls should be built in border towns, how much should the imperial court taxes be increased, how much should the cultivated land be increased, and now that the pressure on transportation is increasing, should it be opened by sea, and there are so many government affairs that need to be dealt with urgently, why don't you know how to answer.Zhu Youxiao therefore looked at Liu Hongxun: "Liu Aiqing, you can talk about it." ”"Back to Your Majesty, if the ministers have any strategies for the country, then the ministers only want to use the ministers to completely eradicate the harm of the officials, students, and squires, and the first to recommend the officials!
Guy because the local affairs involving the common people are controlled by the officials, and the court decrees are also implemented by the officials, and there are treacherous officials who can even control the officials, although His Majesty has set up the West Factory, although the opening of the medical hall has set up medical officers, although the East Factory Anti-Corruption Division has been set up in various places, but in the end it has not completely eradicated the harm of the officials!
”Liu Hongxun saw that His Majesty the Emperor wanted to listen to reality, so he directly said what he thought in his heart.Although he was also born in Hanlin, but unlike Li Biao, he did not only focus on the court, in the Taichang period, when he was still editing Hanlin, on the way back to Beijing from North Korea, he received refugees to understand the people's feelings, and had great plans to prepare for future governance.Now that I finally got the opportunity to discuss politics in front of the emperor, I simply said what I thought."
Go on!"
Zhu Youxiao searched for the resume of Liu Hongxun that was piled up in front of the case, and nodded approvingly while looking at it.Historically, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, a group of Han doctors learned from the pain, such as Gu Yanwu, who concluded that the three major evils of the Ming Dynasty were officials, students, and squires.Gu Yanwu, who belonged to the scholar, could say that he was one of the three major evils, and even said that the squire was one of the three major evils, and he was obviously very high and objective in thinking.And now Liu Hongxun also took the initiative to propose this, which naturally made Zhu Youxiao have to admit that sure enough, there are also people who have heads that are not swayed by their butts."
There are also students, although His Majesty has canceled the regulations on the preferential exemption of students, prohibiting the association of students, but in the end there is no prohibition on students to discuss politics, so the people are still clamoring for public opinion for these students, where the people make trouble, there must be students from the encouragement, and with the increasing number of scholars in the world, the number of students is getting bigger and bigger, these people are not willing to be poor and arrogant, and because of the love of speech and a large number of supporters, so it is the most easy to cause trouble, should be strictly controlled, otherwise, in the long run, public opinion will be unfavorable to the court and government.""
The minister risked his life to say bluntly, if he just slandered His Majesty, His Majesty could ignore it, and it would be no big problem, but if he completely denied the orthodoxy of my Ming Dynasty and the necessity of the people, it would be because it would make the foundation of the dynasty unsafe."
Liu Hongxun replied."
Where's the squire?"
Zhu Youxiao continued to ask."
The lord of their township, the officials and the students, take advantage of their situation to fight against the government, and also collude with them to seek the interests of the people and the government!"
Liu Hongxun replied.