my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 585
These days, Zhang Anshi spends a lot of time going to see him.

It's quite a taste of being courteous for nothing.

Zhu Di has been ill recently, he is indeed a little old, and he even lacks a little breath when he speaks.

However, people who are getting old always hope to have someone by their side.

Therefore, every time I see Zhang Anshi, I can't help being overjoyed.

It was getting colder.

It was hot inside Wenlou, as warm as spring.

Zhu Di was only wrapped in a thin shirt, and instead of sitting upright, he just snuggled up on a small chair, which was covered with a tiger skin.

This skin was shot and killed by Zhu Di himself when he was in Liaodong. It was already 30 years ago. At that time, Zhu Di was a dragon and a tiger, but now, he is no longer young.

Zhang Anshi sat on the brocade pier.

Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi, and said slowly: "These days, my health is a bit weak, but a few days ago, I read a lot of memorials, my ministers... ah... it's really hard to describe."

Zhang Anshidao: "When I was drafting tickets in Wenyuan Pavilion, I also saw a lot of memorials, but there were no outrageous remarks. Why is Your Majesty feeling so emotional?"

Zhu Di smiled and said: "I teach you to read more articles on weekdays. Although I know that most of those articles are useless. But..."

Zhu Di paused, and then said: "Teaching you to read articles is not about teaching you to find out the truth and solutions to problems from the articles. It is about teaching you how to read and understand the people who wrote the articles. Articles are just a combination and arrangement of words. However, people who write articles will inadvertently hide their careful thoughts behind the article. Since ancient times, literati are best at spring and autumn brushwork. Sometimes he is clearly praising you, but in fact he is mocking you. "

Zhang Anshi's heart was shocked, and he said, "Is there such a thing?"

But Zhu Di said to himself: "Hey...Zhang Qing, these years, I have been conscientious and conscientious. For the people of the world, I think it is beneficial. If the minister has no bad intentions, he can still be considered tolerant, compared to Emperor Gao, the great ancestor, he is considered close."

After a pause, Zhu Di said again: "It's just that I found out that these people seem to be against me no matter what. They used to come here openly, but now they come secretly. This kind of people's hearts are really scary."

Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Di seriously, at this time he felt more and more that Zhu Di was already old. In the past, Zhu Di's oldness was only related to his physical structure, but now, it is related to his psychology.

His Majesty is now more prone to express emotion, and more and more likes to chatter.

In the past, the heroic figure who was born and died, ruled the world, was brave and brave, and the domineering person, but now, he is not much different from the old man of ordinary people.

Zhang Anshi's heart felt a little blocked, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion, and he couldn't help but sigh the horror of time passing by.

After thinking about it, Zhang Anshi replied: "Your Majesty, I am a realistic person."

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, he didn't understand, so he said authentically: "A real person?"

Zhang Anshi said: "I have learned a truth from studying with His Majesty over the years, that is, to judge things, we must proceed from reality."

Zhu Di slightly opened his eyes and said, "Oh? When did I have such a reason?"

Zhang Anshi smiled, and continued: "I believe that only when the top and bottom share the same benefits can the top and bottom be united. The reason why your majesty is so emotional is nothing more than a hundred officials, who cannot share the same benefits with your majesty. What your majesty wants is a stable country. The ten thousand year foundation of Ming Dynasty. But to the officials, serving His Majesty today is no different from their ancestors serving the Emperor of Yuan Dynasty, they are just receiving a salary, and they are just being appointed by the court to govern the people."

"Because there are such fundamental differences, it is inevitable that there will be the same things and different opinions between each other."

Zhu Di tilted his head and thought for a while before saying, "There is some truth to what you said."

Zhang Anshi continued: "In order to solve this problem, all dynasties and dynasties have vigorously promoted Confucianism in an attempt to bridge the fundamental differences between monarchs and ministers. However, in the eyes of the ministers, it seems that the effect is not appropriate. Although people all over the world have been admiring loyal ministers and filial sons, since ancient times, there have been a few people who are truly loyal to the death. Relying on the so-called three principles and nine constants to restrain some people, although it is useful, but at critical moments, it is not useful big."

Zhu Di was taken aback, thought for a moment, and then said: "From the perspective of the endings of the past dynasties, what Zhang Qing said is not unreasonable, so the way to long-term peace and stability lies in the same desires of the monarch and his ministers?"

Zhang Anshidao: "There is a saying that twisted melons are not sweet. Why should Your Majesty keep thinking about it? In fact, Confucius has a lot of words that make sense. The stability of a country lies in whether it can benefit the people of the world. , This is the foundation of Confucianism’s so-called benevolent government.”

"However, in today's world, many Confucian scholars' understanding of the word "benevolent government" may actually have some deviations from others. The so-called benevolent government does not mean excessive exemption from taxes, nor is it easy to leniency and amnesty. To run the court, it must need The fundamental problem with a large amount of taxation is not exemption from taxation, but that we should try our best to levy more taxes on the rich and less taxed on the poor. As for the treatment of criminals, we should severely crack down on them. It is necessary to try our best to identify whether there are cases of unjust imprisonment, instead of blindly so-called leniency and frequent pardons."

Zhu Di nodded and said: "Of course I know these principles. I have abandoned Confucianism for more than [-] years since I ascended the throne, and this is why. When I was young, Emperor Taizu Gao chose a good teacher for me to teach me. But the most glorious thing about me is my decades of military career. In terms of learning, I may be far inferior to hundreds of officials. In terms of knowledge, how can ordinary people compare with me? Now, the world is finally looking like it , but I'm still a little uneasy."

Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Di with piercing eyes and said, "I don't know why Your Majesty is uneasy?"

Zhu Di took a fixed look at him before saying, "This... I can't say well."

Zhang Anshi said: "However, I heard one thing. Any uneasiness can be resolved with money. Maybe His Majesty's internal money is still too little."

As soon as this remark came out, the dignified monarch and his ministers were right, but they seemed to be a little crooked all of a sudden. Zhu Di's eyes lit up suddenly, and he suddenly changed from sluggish to energetic.

Zhu Di's eyes were obviously brighter than before, and he said: "Yes, who would think that money is too little? With money, future generations will be blessed."

Zhang Anshi smiled, but changed the topic: "I heard that His Royal Highness, the Prince, recently supervised the new policies in Henan, Guanzhong and other places, and will return to Beijing in the next few days."

Zhu Di said: "Over the years, he has been in Henan and Guanzhong, and the emperor's grandson is in Jiangxi. I intend to sharpen them, but now, my energy is getting weaker and weaker. I really don't have the energy to solve the world's trivial matters, so I issued an edict. , ordered the prince to return to Beijing."

Zhang Anshi understood the implication of these words, and next, Zhu Di obviously started to work on the matter of the crown prince supervising the country.

Although Zhu Di began to try to let the prince Zhu Gaochi supervise the country since the [-]th year of Yongle, in fact, Zhu Di has always held the power in his hands very tightly, but now, Zhu Di's age is so far, it is obvious that the prince can truly participate in the world The decision-making of major events has reached the point where it is imminent.

Zhang Anshi seemed to have awakened, but his expression was normal.

Although he knew it in his heart, he couldn't say it outright.

Zhu Di is
Frowning slightly, he said with a bit of worry: "The prince has gradually learned how to govern one side over the years, and has his own understanding of the New Deal and the real situation in the world. The only thing I can't rest assured about is his temperament."

Zhang Anshi didn't understand for a while, so he said: "The so-called temperament of your majesty is..."

Zhu Di sighed and said: "Of course the prince's temperament is too gentle, and he is still a little indecisive in his actions. All the sage emperors have always been able to kill decisively. How can those benevolent women be able to punish evil and promote good? Make the world stable?"

Regarding Zhu Di's worries, Zhang Anshi actually knew that Zhu Di's heart existed a long time ago, so he said, "Since that's the case, why don't your majesty wait and see what the crown prince's royal highness is doing when he comes back this time?"

Zhu Di pondered for a moment, didn't say any more, just nodded.

Two days later, Prince Zhu Gaochi returned to Beijing as expected.

When he came back this time, his body was actually in great condition, his whole body looked stronger and stronger, he was no longer as obese as before, and he looked much more energetic.

When Zhu Gaochi returned to Beijing, he first entered the palace to meet Zhu Di, and then went to the harem to pay respects to his mother. It wasn't until dark that he returned to Zhan Shi's mansion with a bit of tiredness.

Zhu Gaochi and the Crown Princess Zhang have a deep relationship, but after returning to Zhan Shifu, although he missed his wife in his heart, he did not immediately enter the back court, because he knew that Zhang Anshi must have been waiting for him in the palace of Zhan Shifu at this time.

Sure enough, as he expected, Zhang Anshi had been waiting here since noon, and he was a little bored at this time. Seeing Zhu Gaochi, he forcibly cheered up, smiled a little and said, "Brother-in-law."

Seeing his brother-in-law whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Zhu Gaochi was also happy, nodded to him, with an easy-going face, and also smiled: "I knew you would be here, come on, sit down, I'm a little hungry, teach me to cook some porridge , you eat some together too."

Zhang Anshi nodded, and then said bluntly: "This time brother-in-law enters the palace, what can your majesty say?"

Zhu Gaochi trusted Zhang Anshi, and said directly: "Father has repeatedly said that he is old..."

Zhang Anshi sighed, "Brother-in-law... maybe next time, brother-in-law is really ready to govern the world."

These words are naturally outrageous, but in front of Zhu Gaochi, Zhang Anshi has nothing to shy away from.

Zhu Gaochi nodded, and said: "Father, the dragon is not in good health, and has issued an edict to order my palace to supervise the country, but this supervision of the country is not easy..."

Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu Gaochi and said, "Brother-in-law means...doesn't brother-in-law have such confidence?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head, but said: "If you do it too well, you will inevitably be jealous, but if it is not good, you will inevitably disappoint the world."

"Brother-in-law, I don't think so, this is definitely not His Majesty's temptation to Brother-in-law..." Zhang Anshi paused, and said: "It is more likely that His Majesty really hopes that Brother-in-law can stand the test this time, so that His Majesty will be happy to succeed in the country. Someone."

Zhu Gaochi's heart is very complicated. It is impossible for him not to worry. His father's temperament is too changeable. He may hold your hand today and say from the bottom of his heart that you are my son and everything about me belongs to you. Work hard and work hard.

Turning your head, you will suddenly start to suspect something, so you will order to kill the courtiers of Zhan Shifu who are close to you and you are close to.

Companion to the emperor is like companion to the tiger, this is true for ministers, and even more so for the crown prince.

Zhu Gaochi sighed again in his heart, and said, "Then, what do you think?"

Zhang Anshi thought for a while and said, "My opinions are all here."

As he said that, Zhang Anshi took out a charter, handed it to Zhu Gaochi, and said: "The so-called farewell for three days, you should look at it with admiration. Next, it's time to teach your majesty and the people of the world to see what your brother-in-law does."

Zhu Gaochi flipped through the regulations casually, and the candlelight reflected in his eyes, he pondered for a long time, and said, "According to what you said."

Zhang Anshi smiled back!
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What is really lively in the capital is actually the recent actions of Qixia Commercial Bank.

Suddenly, they began to build a mansion in the west of the city.

This place was originally the emperor's forest garden, but as time went by, it gradually fell into disrepair. There used to be a guard stationed here, but now, this guard has been transferred away.

Today is different from the past. In the past, a large number of soldiers and horses were needed to defend the capital. Therefore, the Fifth Army Battalion under the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion set up a large number of troops near Nanjing.

According to the design of Emperor Taizu Gao, a large number of military settlements were set up around the entire capital to supply the local garrison soldiers and horses for farming. It serves multiple purposes.

But now, after the model battalion appeared, Daming has begun to gradually lean towards the recruitment system. Although the original military households were not disbanded immediately, they were also allowed to fend for themselves. After such an edict was issued, military households in other places in the world , but still hesitating, after all, grandparents and grandchildren have been in the army for several generations, and now they suddenly have to fend for themselves, which is inevitably daunting.

It’s just that the military households in the capital city are quite different. The capital city was the first to start the New Deal, and the commerce and trade are the most prosperous. Whether it is a business house or countless workshops, it requires a lot of manpower. , and the military households who have been living in poverty, as long as they have the strength, no matter where they are, they can find a bite to eat, and their lives are much better than before.

Because of this, when the edict was issued, the other guards in the world did not make any movement, but the guards in the capital almost dispersed.

Of course, it is impossible to just let them fend for themselves, especially for military officers. After all, after all, they have made contributions and obtained a military position, or relied on their ancestors to inherit an official position. Ordinary military households are naturally eager Dismissal, but for them, this is nothing less than a catastrophe.

In order to alleviate such complaints, the military training school had to make some inclinations to the original hereditary military positions. For example, Zhu Di specially created a military training primary school, allowing the children of the hereditary military positions to study free of money and food since childhood. It is probably some knowledge from the Armed Forces Academy, which provides better conditions for them to really pass the Armed Arms Academy.

Under normal circumstances, as long as he practiced and studied hard in the Wubei Primary School, there would be no big problem in being admitted to the Wubei School. As for those who were really muddy and couldn't support the wall, he could only blame himself.

In addition, if there are military officials who are willing to go overseas, the imperial court will still give them their original official positions and let them serve in the palaces of various feudal princes.

Since ancient times, the so-called New Deal has essentially been a game of pie-sharing. Once the original pattern is broken, it will inevitably encounter huge resistance. After all, with so many gentry and military officials, taking people's money is like killing their parents, and the wrath of a man is only five steps of blood , but it seems that once these people with authority get angry, the consequences will be extremely unpredictable.

The success of each of these measures is due to the fact that Zhu Di is the emperor immediately and has enough prestige. The most important reason is that with the expansion of overseas, Ming urgently needs a large number of civil servants and generals. big.

So in essence, this cake, from you taking a bite and he doesn't have to eat it, has changed to him eating more and you eating less. Although it will also breed dissatisfaction, it will not make people turn red-eyed and turn the table.

The military households were demobilized, and a large number of military settlements around Gyeonggi, naturally, fell back into the hands of the emperor.

Although these lands can grow crops, with the development of agriculture, the increase in grain production, and after the New Deal, people's need for arable land is no longer urgent, so these lands are actually not very valuable.

Qixia Commercial Bank directly purchased a large amount of land from the palace, and then began to build a mansion, but it was bustling and bustling all of a sudden.

At this moment, in Wenyuan Pavilion, Zhang Anshi was sitting idle with the princes, sipped his tea calmly, and then said seemingly casually: "Your Majesty sold the piece of land in Habayashi Guard in the west of the city to Qixia Trading Company at a low price. , the Habayashi Guard area is not far from the palace, and it is only a short distance from the capital. His Majesty intends to open up such a place, build a mansion, and distribute it to the civil and military princes in Beijing..."

When he said this, all the scholars subconsciously raised their ears.

Zhang Anshi kept saying that it was just a short distance away, but in fact, it was still too far away from the capital.

It's not that the distance is far in a straight line, but in the planning of Nanjing City, for the sake of defense, the Habayashi Guard area is far away from the city gate. In this way, if you want to enter the city, you have to take a long detour.

Yang Rong and the others also listened carefully to Zhang Anshi's words.

But at this time, a eunuch suddenly came in a hurry and said anxiously: "My lords, His Royal Highness has an order to order the Wenyuange Grand Scholars to go to the Habayashi Guard."

As soon as this remark came out, Yang Rong and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, and some even raised their eyebrows complicatedly.

They clearly realized that it seemed... that something was going to happen right now.

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I'm probably too tired these days, so I didn't feel well the first two days, so I didn't update it. I'm only here to explain to you now. I'm very sorry.

(End of this chapter)