I am the king of the dead

Zhu Qiyu said solemnly: "If you speak these words, you will fall into an extremely dangerous situation. You must know this clearly. I can't teach you much. You must protect yourself."

Zhu Jiancheng has a younger brother, the eighth prince Zhu Jianzhi, who was born in the first line, and he was young, without Hu Wei's teaching, he was a perfect substitute.

When the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty found out that the prince Zhu Jiancheng was going further and further on the evil road, what would they do?

Zhu Qiyu was worried about Zhu Jiancheng's future situation again.

Zhu Jiancheng is not a very smart person, he can only memorize a lot of truths, and understand them after seeing them, for example: before he has been wondering why he rarely sees his father, why his father first lived in Tai'an Palace, and then why he lived in Tai'an Palace. Arrived at the backyard of the lecture hall.

"Baby understands." Zhu Jiancheng's answer was not to follow the holy instructions, but to be clear.

He wants to grow up under his father's wing.

Chapter 992 Take the train to Xuanfu

"What did you see?" Zhu Qiyu asked about the prince's experience.

The prince's expression was very strange, with mixed flavors on his somewhat childish complexion, he was silent for a long time before he said: "I can't see it at all, some people don't want my minister to see those poverty."

"It's as if someone wanted to weave a dense web to tell my children that the world is beautiful, but I still saw it later."

The crown prince is the heir apparent, so it is absolutely impossible to hide it from him for a while, and Zhu Qiyu has actually encountered those specially prepared programs for the inspection. In order to show some of the six virtues of Confucianism, he did some weird things For example, when Zhu Qiyu visited Tai'an Prefecture in the south, Tai'an Prefecture was ruined.

If the parents are sick, and the children jump lightly from the sacrificial cliff and their bodies are smashed to pieces, the parents who can be replaced are safe and happy.

Is this really filial piety?

Apparently, Zhu Jiancheng encountered similar incidents on his southern tour, which aroused his vigilance. In the end, he pierced through the net and saw the whole world.

Zhu Jiancheng continued: "I ran out secretly, took three Tiqi and two fans, and went to the street to see for myself. As a result, no one wanted to talk to Erchen. Only then did I know that Erchen was walking. They are all different from the common people, the mother taught her sons and ministers from a young age, how to walk, how to walk, how to walk, step forward, look up to the temple, tie your belt in a dignified place, wander around and look at it, and then you will be magnificent."

Zhu Jiancheng had a lot of odds and ends hanging on his body, all kinds of ornaments, such as jade hooks, jade pendants, jade hangers, chongya, huang, jade flowers, jade drops, etc. Different patterns were worn on different occasions. If the pendant is unsteady when walking and cannot step on all sides, it will jingle and jingle. This is a manner.

The prince's meaning is very clear. If he wants to deal with the common people, he must first become a common people before he can talk to the common people.

Zhu Qiyu remembered that when he was on his southern tour, even if he and Yu Qian, Li Binyan, Chen Zongqing and others sat under the willow tree at the head of the village, the little Yang Shanren who persecuted Yang Tie did not dare to provoke him. The third master Jin at Dabatou, from a distance, knew that the visitor was not friendly, and his tone was quite submissive.

Jin Sanye, the big boss of the ferry in Hukou County, was hit by Zhu Qiyu with a spear right in the middle of the mouth, and he was very happy.

The prince saw that everyone could understand what he meant, so he continued: "For three months, my minister went out for a walk, and the people finally stopped avoiding him. Although they still knew that my minister was a noble person, they were more or less willing to talk to him. "

"There is an old farmer with four children, but no one to support them. They can only live in the mountains and raise three acres of mountain fields for a living. The mountain fields are already barren. As a result, the local gentry and grain chiefs still have to come to beg for high taxes and grain. Renting and private begging, the old farmer had no food in his family, and his son was unfilial, so he died."

"There was another family who fled into the mountains because of unbearable high taxes, grain rents, and self-seeking, and planted mountain fields. At dusk, they put down their hoe and plow, picked up a dustpan, and went to the mountains to pick wild fruits. After a while, she died, and when my son saw it, the old lady of the household was about to die, so she was rescued by my son and sent to a nursing home."

"There was a flood in Anren County, Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. The fields and houses of the common people were soaked. My son was in Anren. When he checked the county storehouse, he found that there was a layer of new grain on the top to welcome the inspection. He squatted down to check and found that there was a There is a little rotten grain, but the bottom grain has turned into soil. Since the examination of the law, inspections have been strict, and they dare not steal the treasury for personal gain in a big way, only dare to steal a little, but they still allow the grain to rot in the warehouse. Willing to give the people nothing."

"It's still in Duchang, Jiangxi, and my sons and daughters saw the luxurious family's rich clothes and fine food, wearing gold and silver, not only that, but the boxes they accompanied were neatly stacked with silver coins, one box after another, really dazzling, and they The dog at home eats meat all the year round, so it is said to be vicious.”

"My son thought it was absurd. Those dogs, when they saw the Tiqis, lay down on the ground, they didn't even dare to whimper, and dodged in fear."

"The weaving households in Nanya press gold threads every year to show off their wedding dresses. If they have a red dress when they get married, it is extremely precious. It is probably to cherish the things of a lifetime, but most embroiderers only have red hair ropes when they get married. "

"In Nanya, I asked Governor Li Xian of Yingtian, Governor of Songjiang Chen Zongqing, Governor of Jiangxi Xibo Yaolong, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Chen Ruyan, Governor of Xunhe Xu Youzhen, why the people of Ming Dynasty are so rich, but so poor."

"Their wealth is that they are willing to endure hardships, work hard, be down-to-earth, and be down-to-earth. They are not afraid of wind, frost, rain and snow, and they are not afraid of hard work. Their poverty is so obvious when compared with those of the extravagant households."

Zhu Qiyu asked calmly: "You are blaming me, blaming everyone for being a sage and wise emperor, why didn't you wipe out the world's suffering, why didn't you protect the people of the world, so that you can have a job, a place to live, a job to earn, Everyone is happy."

Yu Qian, Yao Kui and other officials immediately became nervous.

"I do have resentment in my heart." Zhu Jiancheng admitted generously. The people of the world look forward to the British Lord, but the Daming under the British Lord's rule is still full of suffering and homelessness. What kind of British Lord is this?

"Knowledge never changes."

"Li Xian, Chen Zongqing, Yao Long, Chen Ruyan, Xu Youzhen, etc., all laughed when they heard that I was puzzled. They gave me the same answer. They said that the suffering I saw was not suffering at all."

"More than ten years ago, people from Guangdong and Guangxi went south to the west and fled. Millions of people in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and even Jiangsu and Zhejiang were in chaos. In Shaanxi, Gansu, and Shanxi, the common people even had to join the Tatars in order to survive."

"People are in chaos everywhere, bandits and bandits are born, the people are displaced, and there are countless refugees, so it is suffering."

"Now the prince's southern tour has to think about the suffering that can only be seen. Ten years ago, it was just common. The local bureaucrats couldn't hide it even if they wanted to. Family affairs and state affairs are world affairs. It is impossible for everything to go smoothly."

"After my son was born, as far as I can remember, the Vientiane of the Ming Dynasty was renewed. When my son was inspecting the Nanya, the new policies of the Ming Dynasty had begun to take effect. The local officials tried their best to hope that the goodness and beauty that my son saw was true. My son saw it for himself. suffering is real."

"To travel thousands of miles, there is only one reason. It is not easy to govern the country, and it is even more difficult to govern the people. Some things require compromises and concessions before they can be thoroughly implemented."

"Seek above, and get within."

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and replied: "You have learned to look at one thing dialectically, so you have the image of a prince."

"My ability is not great, and my ability is mediocre, but this country has been handed over to me. After all, I have not insulted my ancestors. It is true that the world praises me and praises me. It is true that the world slanders me. , For these flattery, I can say that I have no regrets."

"Also, Xu Youzhen's flattering words should not be trusted."

Yu Qian originally wanted to persuade, but seeing the tense atmosphere eased, he dismissed the idea, but after hearing His Majesty's last sentence, it became clear why Xu Youzhen refused to return to the court as an official, and Yu Qian would not come back if it was him .

Xu Youzhen's answer is the same as everyone else's!Why can't Xu Youzhen believe it!

"How did you deal with it?" Zhu Qiyu asked about the prince's plan.

Zhu Jiancheng said quite seriously: "According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, I punished the three unfilial sons to the chicken coop for logging. Logging is tiring, but there is a generous labor reward. In Nanya, I invited Yang Han, commander-in-chief of Nanzhen , inspected a group of luxury households, those who should be killed, those who should be shed, since it is so wasteful to feed dogs meat all year round, the money will not be clean, my son turned over their bad debts, It really wasn't clean."

"My son dealt with some corrupt officials in Jiangxi, and most of them went to the north of Tianshan Mountain."

"My son raised some labor remuneration for Daming's weaving and embroiderers, about one silver coin per year, but the silver coin will still be taken away by their parents, but I have no better way."

This is why Zhu Jiancheng said that governing the country is not easy, and governing people is even more difficult. He only dealt with some unimportant things, and found that what he wanted to achieve was really difficult to achieve.

For the matter of increasing the labor remuneration of the embroidered mother by one silver, the increased silver will still be collected by her parents;

If the money is deposited in Yinzhuang, when the embroidered mother gets married and withdraws it, there will inevitably be embezzlement and corruption, and finally it will become a place for filth, and even embroidered mother has to bribe the secretary in order to withdraw the money. , whether it is money, goods, or people.

When Zhu Jiancheng really put himself in the situation and thought about how to solve the problem, he realized that it was really not easy for his father these years. What he dealt with was still leftovers, important affairs in the court, and interests in all aspects, which were even more complicated and difficult to deal with.

His father has done well.

Zhu Qiyu said, "Actually, change your mind. Jiang Ning weaves. Isn't it better for an embroiderer who has been weaving for five years to give her a wedding gown when she gets married, and allow her to return to the weaving bureau to continue weaving and dyeing after giving birth?"

Embroidery lady is a skilled worker, not everyone can be that, and the labor remuneration of embroider lady has almost caught up with the hard work of the capital.

It is not difficult to give a wedding dress, the key is to have this favor, and then return to the weaving bureau after giving birth, so as to change the life trajectory of the embroidered mother.

In fact, the weaving bureaus of all the prefectures of the Ming Dynasty were reporting on this matter. The embroidered lady was married, and the weaving bureaus of the prefectures were seriously short of staff. It was difficult to recruit female workers, and it was not easy to train the embroidered lady. This woman returned to the weaving and dyeing bureau after giving birth. A certain wind power has been formed in the court, and Zhu Qiyu Zhu approved the memorial. The courtiers debated this matter a lot, mainly because the women showed their heads in public.

As a result, Yao Kui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: The Ming followed the Tang system, so women in the Tang Dynasty also showed their faces, and there were female officials in the Tang Dynasty, why not the Ming Dynasty?If you want to deny the idea that a woman can still be an embroiderer after marriage, you must first refute the Tang Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was petty, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty looked down upon it.

In the end, it was due to the lack of labor force. The weaving and dyeing bureaus in various places were a big source of income for the imperial court. In the end, the proposal was passed by the court and tried out in Songjiang Prefecture.

Labor makes man free, and work gives human rights.

"Thank you father for teaching." Zhu Jiancheng thought about it carefully, and found that although he was young and full of enthusiasm, he lacked experience.

"Go and play. I've been running around for two years. After five days, I'll go to school and wait on politics." Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and signaled the prince to play for a few days. It is benevolent.

Xing'an was disappointed, His Majesty also knew how to combine work and rest, he was busy all day, and he was unwilling to rest for a few more days.

"My son, leave." Zhu Jiancheng was a little helpless. He actually wanted to say that he had been traveling for two years. He didn't have a cheat sheet, so he passed the test. Zhu Jiancheng knew his father's nature and had something to say. I will say it face to face, and if I make a mistake, I will admonish it face to face.

After Zhu Jiancheng left, Zhu Qiyu said to Yu Qian and other officials: "The prince is good, I am very pleased, I don't ask him to open up, but to keep it."

Yu Qian always felt that His Majesty's request was too high, no matter how you look at it, the prince is also a master of success, which is really not easy. If he has the ability to carry forward the past and open up the future like Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, it is really a blessing for Ming Dynasty.

Wang Wen was slightly melancholy and worried. He is also the prince's teacher, but the prince listened to what he said, but he only listened to it a little bit.

"Xing'an, now go get the Four Books and Five Classics that Mr. Hu has annotated to the prince. I will read them too. I always feel that Mr. Hu is hiding something from me." The more Zhu Qiyu thought about it, the more wrong it became. He often heard that this old man Hu didn't mix private goods with the prince, he definitely didn't believe it.

Zhu Qiyu, Yu Qian and others discussed the state affairs for a long time, and then picked up the Four Books and Five Classics annotated by Hu Wei and looked at them, and found something wrong, Hu Wei really annotated the classics in a strange way.

Hu Wei said to Zi: Only the superior knowledge and the inferior fool are unshakable, and the annotation has become what Zhu Jiancheng understood.

Zhu Jiancheng read this kind of Four Books and Five Classics, and then traveled thousands of miles, it would be strange if he didn't read the books of sages and sages, "the way of the world turns people into ghosts".

Zhu Jiancheng went to play. After he came out of the lecture hall, he went straight to Xitu City. Zhu Qiyu had asked him to follow the military horses every day. He already had the authority to go to Xitucheng camp. He went to Xitucheng this time. , It’s an early adopter!

Duke Zhong, Shi Heng, is going to take Tai'an No. [-] to Xuanfu, passing through Beitu City, and Zhu Jiancheng is going to Xuanfu by train!

Shi Heng went to Beitucheng and took the train to Xitucheng. When he heard that the prince had arrived in Xitucheng, he was shocked. What does the little prince think?

Shi Heng is now the No. 1 honorable man of the Ming Dynasty, the Duke of the State, and still in charge of the military. Right now, Yang Jun, Marquis of Changping, is in the Western Regions.

The old affairs of Tang Dynasty Prince Li Chengqian and Hou Junji flashed before Shi Heng's eyes like a picture. Who dares to say that Jingying's surname is Shi?Shi Heng had to draw out the hook and sickle gun and fight the opponent desperately.

Everyone in the Beijing camp knew His Majesty, and the commanding officers and generals were all disciples of the Son of Heaven. How much Shi Heng couldn't think about it, why did the generals rebel in the Ming Dynasty?

Butcher Zhang is a guest of Duke Zhong's mansion!

Shi Heng thought for a while, if the prince really had any plans, he planned to use King Xiang's unique skill - pretending to be sick.

When he learned that the crown prince was on vacation and he just wanted to take the train to Xuanfu to try something new, Shi Heng repeatedly weighed the pros and cons and decided to let the emperor take the next train.

As for the Prince's bus, refer to His Majesty's past events, build a roll cage, soft compartment, five-point seat belts, run twenty miles an hour, stop as you go, it's right for sightseeing.

Zhu Jiancheng saw that Shi Heng's train began to accelerate slowly after the whistle sounded. Although it was not as fast as a fast horse, the speed was still fast, much faster than ordinary cars.

He got on the train full of expectations, and then asked the same questions as his father.

Why is this car so slow.

Chapter 993 Going Out and Bringing It Back

Zhu Jiancheng was sitting on the train, watching the scenery outside the window slowly receding, the train was indeed running very slowly, and opposite him were Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jianshen.

Zhu Jiancheng returned to the court for a holiday. Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jianshen were brought here by Zhu Jiancheng. The three brothers hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they were very eager.

There is no conflict of interest for everyone, so they naturally have a good time meeting. If they are fighting endlessly for the throne, it is better not to meet each other.

The brother and brother Gong of the Ming Emperor stabbed King Jili to death with a sword in the Taimiao, but these brothers got along fairly well.

"The train is going too slow." Zhu Jiancheng scratched his head while looking at the slowly receding scenery outside the window, and then at the roaring train.

In order to verify the reliability of Jingxuanchi Road, there are more than one train running on Jingxuanchi Road, and their special train for the emperor occupies a lane. When many trains pass by, they will whistle six times to show Respect.

Of course, this kind of respect is more like ridicule in front of the train moving at a fast speed.

Everyone is a train, why are you so slow.

"It's better to slow down, it's better to slow down, if you slow down, you can walk steadily." Zhu Jiancheng comforted himself.

Zhu Jianji, on the other hand, was relaxed. He said jokingly, "Let father take the train driver to Jiejieyuan, and the next driver will not dare to slow down."

Zhu Jianshen shook his head and said, "That can't be done. How can it be like this? If you kill the driver, wouldn't the car fall into a ditch? But since you've already killed him, you can only make up for some regrets and restore the driver's reputation."

Zhu Jiancheng heard about it, thought for a while and said with a smile: "Why don't you close the window, sit in your seat and shake your body, pretending that the train is still moving?"

"Hahaha!" As soon as Zhu Jiancheng said this, the three friends were already happy.

This is a joke, a joke that three people can understand.

Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jianshen have a very good relationship, but they often criticize each other.

What Zhu Jianji said was to ask his father to kill the driver. In fact, Zhu Jianji was mocking Zhu Jianshen's father, King Jili. Once King Jili was restored, Yu Qian, the driver, would undoubtedly die, and he would not die well.

The three brothers Zhu Jianji, Zhu Jianshen, and Zhu Jiancheng discussed that if the emperor father had not personally killed King Jili in the Taimiao back then, then the Ming Dynasty would have been surrounded by two cores, fighting to the death.

There can't be two cores in the imperial court, otherwise demons and ghosts will run rampant.

In the end, there were only two results of the party struggle. One was that the father killed King Jili himself, and the other was that King Jili was restored and killed the father.

And what the three brothers were discussing was what King Jili would do if he restored his father and queen to kill him.

King Jili will definitely continue to hunt down and kill all the courtiers who have done something during the Jingtai period, because from the perspective of King Jili, all the courtiers who have done something during the Jingtai period are all traitors and disobedient. , bear the brunt of it.

This is what Zhu Jianji said, kill the driver.

And Zhu Jianshen, as the eldest son of King Jili, naturally has to continue to deduce. After the restoration of King Jili, Zhu Jianshen will become the first heir. Keep going up.

And Zhu Jiancheng played the role of the king after Zhu Jianshen. Zhu Jiancheng said that if this is the case, he can only cover his eyes and shake his body, pretending that Daming is still forging ahead.

However, the three heirs who have received Hu Wei’s serious emperor’s education actually understand a truth deeply. State affairs are like a train that is always going up a mountain. If you don’t advance, you will retreat. Up, what kind of power is needed?

"The herringbone slope is here." Zhu Jiancheng watched the train stop at the foot of the mountain, and knew that the most difficult point of Jingxuan Chi Road had arrived.

What is designed here is a herringbone slope, two locomotives, one pulling in the front and one pushing in the back, through the herringbone structure, the steep slope is divided into two, reducing the resistance of climbing, while increasing the loading capacity and reducing the downhill Danger.

The train blew its whistle and climbed up the steep slope of Juyongguan Pass. When it came to the stop, Prince Zhu Jiancheng suddenly said, "Da Ming can accept a certain period of stability to accumulate energy for the next climb."

Zhu Jianshen slightly disapproved and said: "Actually, it's not bad to stop halfway up the mountain. We can't see the top of the mountain on the train, we can't see the goal, and we don't know when it will be realized. As we walk, people's hearts will be scattered. Stop. It’s a good way to be on the mountainside.”

But Zhu Jianji asked with a smile: "You're not right, how do you know that we are halfway up the mountain, not at the foot of the mountain? How do you know whether we are going to climb a one-legged slope or a ten-character slope? Stop." Where does it fit? So, I still have to gather enough strength to climb up."

"I agree with my brother." Zhu Jiancheng said in deep agreement: "Because once you stop, you will start to slide down."

Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jiancheng are the sons of the Great Emperor. They both have a strong pioneering spirit, but Zhu Jianshen does not, because his father is King Jili. It is already worthy of praise if he can put Daming in a good position. something happened.