Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 603 The Heart of the Benevolent

When it came to business, King Zhennan obviously took it a lot more seriously, and he stood upright with his face restrained, and said respectfully.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I know that I dare not lie to Your Majesty. My father's hands are shaking so badly that I can no longer hold the pen. The memorandum of resignation was dictated by my father, and I wrote it."

As he spoke, the fat prince said with a look of sadness on his face.

"Actually, the old man has always said that it is not easy to have a chance to do his best for the Zhu family, but if he can manage it, he will definitely not submit a memorial to resign, but..."

"Father's illness is too serious. I have searched all over the famous doctors, and they all said that my father is only supported by a single obsession. Maybe when... That's why I have to be so anxious about the marriage."

The atmosphere in the hall seemed a little gloomy.

During this period of time, King Zhennan's appearance in front of anyone was beaming and full of energy, but at this moment, when he mentioned the old Min King's illness, the strong sense of sadness was irrelevant. Can't hide it.

"Of course, I know the great uncle's heart. The reason why I called my uncle here today is not only for the marriage of your two families, but also for the errand of the patriarchal order."

There were not too many people in the hall at the moment, so Zhu Qiyu did not hide his words, and after a moment of silence, he said.

"During these days, many ministers felt that King Xiang was well-known, and now he is concurrently serving as Zuo Zongzheng and also in charge of Zongxue. Therefore, they think that King Xiang can succeed the clan order, what does my uncle think?"

In fact, such an initiative has been around for a long time.

You must know that although it is said that King Min is the patriarchal order now, the old man has been ill since he took over the patriarchal order.

Zuo Zongzheng, Prince Xiang, was basically taking care of all the affairs of Zongxue.

Therefore, many ministers in the court felt that King Xiang was the most suitable for this position.

It's just that, after all, it is a clan's mansion, with the word "Zong", then one cannot escape the seniority.

As the only surviving heir of Emperor Taizu, the old King Min could only rely on this status, and no one could shake his position in the clan's mansion.

However, as soon as King Min's request was made, there were more discussions in the court.

After all, today's clan mansion is no longer that empty shelf, and it still needs to be taken seriously to manage and teach the Zongxue of the eldest sons of various palaces.

In this way, the virtuous and capable King Xiang was naturally elected.

Zhu Huixun didn't answer in a hurry, but just pondered for a while, and said.

"Your Majesty, King Xiang is indeed well-received among the clans, but I believe that the position of clan order should not only consider fame, but also seniority, ability and many other factors."

"Even if seniority is not discussed, I'm sorry to say bluntly that King Xiang's actions are rather reckless, and he is not suitable to be the patriarchal order."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu became interested.

He really didn't think about giving the patriarchal order to King Xiang, but he also didn't think that Zhu Huixun could tell what King Xiang was really wrong about.

After all, apart from the last memorandum, King Xiang has never been high-profile, and he is also very diligent in his work. In the several tests of Zongxue, the students' grades were quite good, so the whole court recognized him very much. of.

Sensing the gaze cast by the emperor, Zhu Huixun said unhurriedly.

"Your Majesty, although I have been busy with my son's marriage during the time I have been in Beijing, there are still some relatives walking around. Many clans in Beijing come to visit the palace. When talking about King Xiang, they always show The meaning of fear, between the words, is also quite dissatisfied with some of his methods."

"Although these eldest sons are diligent in their studies, there are inevitably people with insufficient talents. However, King Xiang is very strict with these eldest sons because he is Zuo Zongzheng and has the right to discipline the clan. It is a place that everyone avoids and fears that they will not be able to reach it, so I am afraid it is not beautiful."

"Thus, I think that King Xiang's temperament still needs to continue to recuperate. If he takes over the position of patriarchal order at this time, I'm afraid that some troubles will happen to these patriarchs."

I have to say that Zhu Huixun is a wonderful person.

Before he said it, even Zhu Qiyu didn't think about it from this angle.

Indeed, King Xiang's ability and reputation are impeccable, and the management of Zongxue has been quite effective during this period of time. The ministers in the court are most satisfied with so many royal relatives and nobles gathered in the capital, but there is no There is a scandal of bullying men and women.

This is almost impossible for the clan in Ming Dynasty who has real immunity from criminal law.

For the court, this is of course a good thing.

However, for these clans who are studying in Zongxue, King Xiang is not a virtuous person.

In the hearts of these teenagers, I'm afraid they might scold King Xiang!
However, no one paid attention to this before Zhu Huixun said it.

Everyone subconsciously felt that Zongxue should be like this, and how can one not endure hardships when entering school.

However, they forgot that these "students" are not bitter hahaha, they were born with gold spoons in their mouths, and they came to the capital only for the convenience of inheriting the title in the future. One is not bad.

In fact, Zhu Qiyu didn't intend to educate them to become talents. Regarding the eldest sons, he still said the same thing, firstly, they should have their heart towards the imperial court, and secondly, they should keep their own place and not be arrogant and domineering.

If these two goals are achieved, Zongxue is considered successful. As for whether there are a few talents in it, it doesn't matter at all.

Zhu Qiyu did know that the results of the recent Zongxue assessments were not bad, but, speaking of it, it could be regarded as the merit of King Xiang. He really hadn't thought about it, and he could still consider it from this perspective.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Qiyu said.

"The stability of Zongxue is still important. These eldest sons are all good seedlings of the Zhu family. Only when they are well can the Zhu family be well. Regarding this matter, I will make a decree to Uncle Xiang first."

"Uncle, you are in the capital during this time, you can also go out with these eldest sons more. Although I am the Son of Heaven, I am also from the Zhu family. If they have anything to say, you can submit it to the Ministry of Rites and send it to me."

Zhu Huixun arched his hands, with a smile on his face again, and said.

"The minister will thank His Majesty for his grace on behalf of these children."

So in fact, many times, many things don’t need to be explained thoroughly, just point to the end.

Zhu Qiyu nodded, seemed a little emotional, said.

"During this period of time, uncle has worked hard. After being crowned and married, the eldest son has finally grown up. After that, he has to learn to be independent."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Huixun's expression froze slightly for the first time, but only for a moment, the fat prince laughed again.

"What your majesty said is that when a child grows up, he will always have a family and start a business. To be honest with you, this time, the minister went out and brought the princess with him. He left in a hurry. There are only a few concubines left in the mansion. Now, Maybe something went wrong!"

So, Zhu Qiyu knew that the uncle in front of him understood his intention, and continued.

"In such a huge palace, there must be someone who can sit in charge. However, the matter of his own mansion is arranged by the uncle, so don't worry too much for a while. Right now, this marriage is the most important thing."

Yu Qian and Shen Yi on the side just listened to the emperor leaving them alone, and then started gossiping with King Zhennan.

They could probably guess that the emperor wanted to hand over the position of patriarchal order to King Zhennan, but in the end, the emperor didn't say anything, and neither did King Zhennan.

This incident seemed to be over like this, and then it turned to the topic.

After talking about the marriage for a long time, the emperor seemed to finally realize that there were still two ministers in the palace who were not the parties to the marriage, so he turned his head and swept his eyes over them, and finally settled on Shen Yi.

"Mr. Shen, do you know why I left you alone?"

Uh……

Shen Shangshu looked around and thought, we are not the only ones left behind.

However, since the Son of Heaven asked this question, he could only bow his hands.

"The minister is terrified. Your Majesty is keeping the minister because of the military settlement."

From a very early age, Shen Shangshu realized a profound truth.

That is, in this world, there are all people with malicious intentions who are staring at the money and food of the household department, and the most rampant among them is called the Son of Heaven.

This His Majesty, apart from helping out during the market, all calls to come over, without exception, are all asking for money.

Just now, Shen Shangshu once wanted to lie to himself, the emperor asked him to come here, and wanted him to help manage the marriage of the prince of Zhennan.

However, it is a pity that the emperor himself took care of it.

This was the first time that Shen Shangshu felt regretful and... heartbroken for not being able to pay.

Because if the small money is not paid out, the big money will be lost!

The emperor didn't have any idea about the marriage of the prince of Zhennan. It can only mean that there is a bigger hole to be filled in the future.

Sure enough, a smug smile appeared on the face of the emperor, and then he glanced at Yu Qian next to him.

Immediately, Shen Shangshu discovered that Yu Qian, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, also cast expectant glances at him.

Yu Shangshu pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"Shangshu Shen, Yu Mou did not mince words. Although the military regulations discussed just now are complete, they are not the entire plan of the Ministry of War."

Even though he knew that what he wanted to hear next would not be what he wanted to hear, but Shen Shangshu had no choice but to flatter him honestly under the watchful eyes of the emperor.

"Oh? There is such a thing, I would like to hear the details!"

Yu Qian nodded seriously and said.

"That's right. In fact, the entire charter just now seems to have caused quite a stir, but in fact, it has avoided a question, that is, how to deal with the military settlements that have been occupied as civilian land."

"Or to put it more bluntly, how to get rid of the cysticercus lying on Daming's body and sucking blood while ensuring that ordinary tenants can still survive!"

It was only at this moment that Yu Qian's face showed the familiar look of determination, not a 'competent minister' who could only compromise.

The so-called bodhisattva heart, thunder means.

It is true that Yu Qian really wanted to clean up all the gangsters who invaded the military settlement at once. It would be better to confiscate their property and exile them for thousands of miles, so as to make an example of others.

However, the charter he finally came up with was still what everyone saw, the gentle charter with a little bit of thunder.

This is not because it does not involve a small group of people. Behind every cysticercus, there are hundreds or even thousands of tenants who make a living on it.

After talking with Hu Wei that time, Yu Qian thought about it for a long time.

Until he remembered the time when he played against the emperor, he couldn't remember when, but he remembered the words of the emperor very clearly.

"The people who suffer the most in this world are the common people. What the imperial court has to do is to make them live better, or at least not let these common people who just want to live be unable to live..."

Those people at the bottom, Yu Qian has seen, they are the most industrious group of people, working hard for a whole year, just for a little bit of food that can struggle to survive.

The emperor is right, it is not wrong to want to live, and it is not them who are wrong.

Therefore, they cannot be allowed to bear the consequences!

Many people may think that those who achieve great things do not care about small things.

Compared with the benefits brought by bringing back a large number of military settlements to the imperial court, these lowest-level tenant farmers are not worth mentioning at all.

Even if he became a refugee, the imperial court sent people to help and appease him, and it would be easy to solve the problem.

This is something officials are good at doing.

However, those small families who were originally consummated, and who might be able to buy a new dress for their children during the holidays, who should bear the fragmented pain in the process?

It was also until that time, sitting in the flower hall of the Hu Mansion, that Yu Qian finally understood that it was not only him who was protected by the emperor, but the people of the world who were protected by the emperor.

In the heart of the emperor, there are always all the people in the world.

The word 'benevolence and righteousness' is always in his heart!
Perhaps someone can take sacrifice as a matter of course, regard giving up as helpless, and regard cold-bloodedness as the most important thing...

However, the emperor didn't believe it!
The so-called benevolent is to try every means so that those who shouldn't be sacrificed don't have to sacrifice.

Therefore, even Yu Qian, who was destined to cut through the rotten tumor in Juntun and was destined to be bloody, was not given up.

Even those struggling people, who are said to be able to overwhelm a boat, but are actually regarded as trivial, will not be sacrificed.

Because they are doing the right thing, no matter how much pressure there is, they will be guarded.

It's not about profit, it's about heart.

In front of the benevolent heart of the emperor, Yu Qian was ashamed, even ashamed.

Every innocent person should not be sacrificed, no matter for any reason!

Looking back at the piles after the civil engineering battle, Yu Qian suddenly had a feeling.

That is, the emperor is using practical actions to prove to him that no matter how difficult a situation is to break, there is a way to break it.

The biggest difficulty in really trying to solve the so-called deadlock is never that there is no way out, but that you have to resist that path, which seems to only need to pay a little price, and you can go through the path.

This kind of temptation is hard for countless people to resist, and Yu Qian was almost blinded by the so-called greater interests of the court, so that he could not see those pitiful wailings.

So, in the end, Yu Qian followed Hu Wei to become a big media.

He is willing to compromise, is willing to be gentle, and is willing to restrain his edge.

Because he wanted to verify whether the Son of Heaven, as he thought, sticks to the word "benevolence and righteousness", which is as light as a feather, but as heavy as Mount Tai!
These are the two words that are really worth Yu Qian's going through fire and water...

　Going back to my hometown tomorrow, I probably don’t have time to write on my way, and I don’t know if I will be quarantined when I go back, so I have to ask for a leave of absence in advance...

　　
　
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