New Shun 1730

It doesn’t take Tian Zhenyi to explain the allusions to the stories of Doctor Sanlu, Wu Zixu, Bigan and others. Of course Liu Yu himself knows them.

However, Tian Zhenyi used these people to talk about another possibility.

That is, "the possibility that is closest to the 'Zhengchen' among the four ministers of the country, but is not the 'Zhengchen'".

The story Tian Zhenyi told is this:

After Dr. Sanlu was exiled, although he was depressed, he believed that his talents could still contribute to the monarch. One day, King Chu Qingxiang encountered a crisis and remembered that Dr. Sanlu was available, so he brought Dr. Sanlu back. Dr. Sanlu continued to work without any complaints.

Or Wu Zixu advised Fu Chai to destroy Yue first and then attack Qi, but Fu Chai refused to listen. When Wu Zixu was sent as an envoy to the State of Qi, Wu Zixu did not complain like "if you don't listen to me, the State of Wu will be ruined sooner or later. Son, you should run away first." Instead, he did things without any complaints.

After returning to Wu Kingdom, he knew that he would be defeated, but he still tried his best to prevent Wu Kingdom from being defeated and destroyed. In times of crisis, he tried his best to save the king of Wu.

After listening to this, Liu Yu burst out laughing.

"Zhenyi, Zhenyi, Wu Zixu has such a temper. He can even dig up graves and whip corpses, but he is actually allowed to not complain, endure for the country, and have no complaints. This...is this still Wu Zixu?"

Tian Zhenyi also laughed and said: "So, if Wu Zixu does this, will Xun Qing think that they are ministers, a blessing to the country, and a treasure to the king?"

"Because they didn't do this, they are the ministers of the country and the treasure of the country."

"That's why the emperor doesn't want you to be ministers. Don't learn from the real Wu Zixu. Learn from the Wu Zixu that the emperor hopes for - capable. If you are left out, you will have no resentment; you will not listen to advice and will not complain; when needed, stand up Come out and serve; when you don’t need it, just stay at home and be honest.”

"The fierce and heroic figures and male ministers of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods are no longer needed or wanted in the world."

"However, since His Majesty left a loophole in the 'Zhengchen', there is something to be said for it."

"The ancients said: There are those who are great loyal, there are those who are less loyal, there are those who are less loyal, and there are those who are traitors to the country: restoring the monarch with virtue and transforming him is great loyalty; using virtue to train the monarch and assisting him is secondary loyalty; hence admonishment If you are not angry, you are loyal; if you do not care about the honor and disgrace of the king, and do not care about the status of the country, if you secretly marry and live in poverty, just to maintain your salary and support your friends, you are also a thief of the country..."

"From this point of view, Wu Zixu is naturally a loyal minister. But loyal ministers are also divided into three, six, and nine levels. Wu Zixu is called a loyal minister."

Liu Yu nodded frequently as he listened. He had naturally memorized this book. But if you memorize it, there is a long way to go before you can quote it at any time and understand it thoroughly.

This theory of superior loyalty, secondary loyalty, and inferior loyalty is similar to the emperor's "four ministers: Zheng, Jian, Fu, and Fu."

Both superior loyalty and secondary loyalty cannot be learned.

The only way to learn is to be loyal.

The representative figure of "Xia Zhong" is also the representative figure of "Zheng Chen", Wu Zixu.

Needless to say, there is no need to mention great loyalty. Only when the Duke of Zhou assists the king can he be called great loyalty. Huo Guang, Zhang Juzheng, etc. in later generations are not counted, because Duke Zhou was not liquidated and his reputation was always good.

There is only Duke Zhou and no one else.

With the emperor's temperament, he would certainly not like this kind of loyal minister, nor would he want Dashun to appear.

The representatives of Cizhong may be called Guan Zhong and Wuhou.

Liu Chan was called "Little Qi Huan" in ancient times, at least he had the style of Qi Huan. Before the death of Guan Zhong and the death of Wuhou, they were both in great power, and they used virtue to regulate the king and supplement it. After the death of Guan Zhong and the death of Wuhou, Qi Huan and his successors all showed their normal standards.

This loyal minister must be someone the emperor does not want to appear. The emperor would never want to have "sacrifice to the few and government to the prime minister", and Dashun did not restore the position of prime minister who could open the government.

The last remaining "loyalty" is similar to the reason why the emperor dislikes "zhengchen".

"The remonstrance is wrong and you get angry", that is to say, does Wu Zixu have the ability? have. Is that right? right. But what he said made the monarch unhappy, showed no mercy, and made the monarch lose face. Then he retorted harshly. The monarch couldn't get off the stage, couldn't keep his face, and felt extremely unhappy and angry. Such ministers are loyal ministers, but they are inferior loyal ministers. They still lack some means to be more loyal ministers or less loyal ministers.

In the pre-Qin period, it was Wu Zixu; in the Middle Ages, it was Wei Zhenggong.

After understanding what Tian Zhenyi wanted to say, Liu Yu smiled helplessly and said: "The most loyal minister must be the Duke of Zhou; the less loyal minister must also have the power of Guan Zhong and Wuhou. The emperor is not allowed to be the most loyal minister or the second most loyal minister. Of course. Now the emperor doesn’t like the loyal ministers. What does this mean? I suggest that everyone should become traitors to the country?”

Tian Zhenyi also smiled and said: "Of course that's not what it means. It means that as a minister, you still have to pay attention to methods. As a minister, don't try to imitate Zhou Gong, Guan Zhong, and Wu Hou. Firstly, the system of the country does not allow it. Secondly, To be a minister of the country who is both extremely loyal and less loyal requires both ability and political integrity.”

"Not everyone can be a Marquis of Wu. If you are not careful, you can easily become Cao Cao or Sima Yi. People's hearts are hard to resist temptation. Of course, the emperor does not want his ministers to be assistant ministers or fu ministers; he will not let his ministers be loyal ministers or secondary ministers. Opportunity for loyal ministers.”

"Then, you can't be a traitor to the country. It is useless to die as a minister. Your Majesty said, let them ask how the third brother became a minister. I also said that in His Majesty's eyes, you are actually more like eunuchs. The answer is ready to come out. ”

"Third brother, let me ask you. Take the military reform during the conquest of Junggar. Did you use the name of the Pingzhun Department for military reform? Or did you reform the military for the sake of the Pingzhun Department?"

It sounds like there is no difference, but when you think about it carefully, the difference is actually quite big.

Liu Yu didn't think about it and blurted out: "It's for military reform, in the name of Pingzhun."

It can be said that Dashun's military reform started with peace.

Tian Zhenyi said: "That's it. Do you think that military reform is necessary for the country. However, if there are no foreign enemies, or if it is not necessary, is Your Majesty willing to spend a lot of money on military reform? Are you willing to spend high amounts of military pay to renovate the army? Yes. Risking possible failure and chaos in the world, go to the military reform? "

"Obviously, no."

"The third brother's idea is: as long as the military reform is completed, bayonets are equipped with self-generated guns, and then supported by artillery, military formations, and tactics. Junggar is not worth mentioning. Once the military reform is completed, it can be easily defeated. After the military reform, the east can conquer the Japanese; the south can drive away the Dutch; and the west can fight for the British and French in India."

"So, how did Third Brother get His Majesty to agree to the military reform?"

"The third brother's purpose is to reform the military, but he did not tell the real purpose. Because of the Northern Krosha, the third brother knew that His Majesty had the ambition to expand the territory and had the ambition to teach the Han Wu and Tang Sect; and because of this dynasty Taking history as a guide and considering the destiny of the northwest, we know that we must level the balance to prevent the Wara from coming again."

"However, the difficulty of leveling out lies not in fighting, but in logistics. It lies in completing a ten thousand-mile raid with the minimum number of troops and the minimum logistics."

"So, the third brother 'guessed his mind', not just for the sake of military reform, but for the sake of His Majesty's wishes. In the end, it was changed, so it was promoted and the military reform was completed."

"Another example is the trip to Nanyang. Did the third brother go to Nanyang for the so-called taxes from several Henan provinces? Others don't know, but you and I talk about everything, but I know. But, have you told your Majesty about this truth? "

"Your original reason was that you saw that His Majesty was planning to do some big things, but he had no money. So, you said you could get money by going to Nanyang."

"This kind of behavior, at worst, is called a 'sycophant', trying to figure out what is better than others and obeying it."

"Third brother, think about it, do you understand the difference between you and Wu Zixu's way of being a minister?"

Liu Yu suddenly understood and nodded with a smile. No need to say it, it’s obvious.

If it were Wu Zixu, he would definitely have written directly and talked about military reform. Without military reform, the country will be destroyed sooner or later. The emperor will definitely not listen directly, because the implications are huge, and how can it be persuaded so easily? Wu Zixu would definitely scold him when he got home: "You idiot, if you don't listen to me, your country will be destroyed sooner or later."

Or if he goes to Nanyang, he must also directly write a letter saying that he will go to Nanyang and seize India. Either go to Southeast Asia and seize India. Sooner or later, Western warships will arrive at your doorstep. The court would definitely not agree, Wu Zixu would definitely have to curse again, a bunch of idiots, maybe one day the scolding emperor would be unable to step down, so he would give him a sword.

Most likely before Wu Zixu committed suicide, he would have said that he would dig out my eyes and hang them on the Humen Fort in Guangzhou. I would like to watch with my own eyes the powerful ships and artillery of the Westerners, using India as a springboard, to capture the coast! Foolish king and useless minister!

When Tian Zhenyi made this metaphor, Liu Yu praised: "That's why Xun Qing said that Wu Zixu can only be a loyal minister. Although he has great talents, he is not a great loyalist or a secondary loyalist."

"If this is true, how will it contribute to national affairs?"

Tian Zhenyi chuckled and said: "So. Third brother, you see, the most loyal ministers and the second most loyal ministers must be Zhou Gong and Wuhou. The emperor does not allow the appearance of the dynasty."

"As for the loyal ministers, they are of no use to the country. But they asked those people to ask the third brother how to be a minister, and praised the third brother for being a minister of the country, but he was not a Zhengcheng, admonishment, auxiliary, or Fu minister. A sort of."

"Then third brother, let me ask you."

"Who is best at pleasing the emperor?"

"Who gives the emperor money-making ideas when he is short of money?"

"Who does what the emperor wants, just like a wife pleases her husband?"

"Who can do great things by relying on the emperor's closeness and trust without having a formal official position in the court?"

"What kind of person has no power in the court? The emperor told him to die, but he didn't even have a chance to resist?"

"Who can follow the emperor's wishes? If the emperor wants money, he will go to Nanyang to 'work people and money'; if the emperor wants money, he will 'compete with the people for profit' in industry and commerce?"

"What kind of person does things without Confucian moral principles? And doesn't agree with them at all?"

Speaking of this, Liu Yu's face turned slightly red and he had no choice but to hold back the two words.

"Eunuch."