Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter
Chapter 822 The gap between the monarch and the ministers: who really owns the world
silence!
There was silence in the Hall of Martial Arts.
The internal servants and internal eunuchs dare not listen to a word with low eyebrows, but Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tigan are the most frowning. They are beside Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu, and they can't run away even if they want to.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Haogu on the opposite side, his expression unchanged: "Answer me, Master."
Zhang Haogu bowed and saluted: "Go back to Your Majesty, the new army is naturally His Majesty's."
"The original intention of the ministers to train the new army for His Majesty is to train a strong army that is loyal to His Majesty and the court."
"So the new army belongs to His Majesty and the court."
Zhu Youxiao leaned back and smiled: "So, I am not the same as the imperial court?"
Zhang Haogu said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court naturally respects you, but the imperial court must also pay attention to rules and regulations, especially when it comes to military and state affairs; the important affairs of the country are only sacrifices and soldiers. Such an important matter, your majesty, why do you hide it from the ministers?"
Zhu Youxiao's complexion changed, he sat up straight and looked at Zhang Haogu and smiled angrily: "Hiding it to Master?"
"Heh, it's a very good use of this word."
"Should I discuss everything in this world with Master?"
"In the past five years since the apocalypse, I have entrusted all important military affairs to Master. Could it be that I don't trust Master anymore?"
"But what is the result of my trust in Master? The new army doesn't even obey my will!"
"Does this world belong to me, or whose?"
"I am the Son of Heaven!"
Zhang Haogu straightened his body and replied stiffly: "Naturally, Your Majesty does not need to discuss everything with your ministers, Your Majesty is the only one who can dominate the world."
"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, the world belongs to His Majesty, but this world belongs to the people of the world!"
"The imperial court belongs to His Majesty, but the imperial court also works for the people of the world. As a member of the imperial court, naturally, I cannot just sit back and watch Your Majesty do this."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, with a dazed look on his face: "Ah, I understand. After all, in Master's opinion, I am not as important as the people in the world."
With that said, Zhu Youxiao pointed to the outside of the hall, and then pointed to himself: "Then I asked Master, the people rebelled, is Master standing with those rebellious people, or with me?"
Zhang Haogu took a deep breath, and asked helplessly: "Your Majesty, what is a rebel against the people, and what is an obedient person?"
Pointing to the southwest, Zhu Youxiao said, "The 50 people who rebelled in Sichuan and Shu, aren't they mobs? Rebellious people?"
Zhang Haogu did not back down and said in a clear voice: "If the so-called obedient people have to endure exorbitant taxes, be oppressed by corrupt officials, be ordered around by lawless dignitaries, be involuntary in their own lives, be ignorant, work all day long, and can't even meet the needs of one person in the family. , Even the family is ruined, the wife and children are scattered, and the last bit of blood and sweat has to be sold into slavery for the powerful and gentry."
"The minister would rather hope that there are no such obedient people in Ming Dynasty, and there are no such obedient people in the world."
Zhu Youxiao raised his voice suddenly, and leaned forward to look at Zhang Haogu: "So, it's my fault? Is it because I owe the people?"
Zhang Haogu sighed and said: "Your Majesty! The people's requirements are very simple. They can eat enough to eat, have a house to shelter from the wind and rain, reunite with each other at home, and change their clothes for their children during festivals and festivals, so that their children can be safe and sound." Grow up and have a family."
"Isn't the meaning of the existence of the imperial court just for the wish of all the people in the world?"
"The fault of Sichuan and Shu is not your majesty's fault. It is the king of Shu and the corrupt officials of Sichuan and Shu. Why did your majesty want to take it for them?"
Zhu Youxiao also regained his composure at this time, and leaned back again, with a playful voice: "I am the Son of Heaven, the world belongs to me, all people are my subjects, and officials are also my subjects."
"When they make mistakes, it means that I have made mistakes. If my ministers make mistakes, it is the fault of the king. Are you right?"
Zhang Haogu shook his head: "Chen, I don't mean that."
"But you all think so." Zhu Youxiao said coldly.
"It is said that the world belongs to me, it belongs to me, but what can I really be the master of? People have demands, officials have demands, merchants, gentry, dignitaries and students, who has no selfishness and demands? If I don't follow their wishes , I am a foolish tyrant, so what is the difference between me and a marionette?"
As he said that, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help standing up and pointing at Zhang Haogu with a smile: "If I can't meet Master's request, I'm afraid Master will think I'm a foolish king?"
As soon as these words came out, Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian knelt down on the ground, and the servants and eunuchs in the outer hall trembled even more and dared not speak out.
Zhang Haogu's heart trembled: "Your Majesty! Justice is in the hearts of the people, what His Majesty does is seen by all people in the world, scholars and merchants, even other countries, no one can deny His Majesty's achievements. "
Zhu Youxiao waved his sleeves, and turned his back to look at the map of Daming behind him: "Let them say what they say, whether it is a faint king or a tyrant, I don't care."
"What is the reason for the southwest incident? I know, but this matter cannot be spread. This matter is related to the dignity of the royal family and the face of the court. It is impossible for me to let this kind of news spread. So, master, do you understand?"
Zhang Haogu nodded, trying to maintain calm: "This is the reason why His Majesty kept this from the minister."
Zhu Youxiao's voice was ruthless: "That's right! I am the Son of Heaven, and I am in charge of the power in the world, and I can kill anyone. Since all the people in the world are my subjects, they naturally want to serve me."
"Not to mention how I have done these years, but now, I need tens of thousands of lives to maintain the majesty of the royal family and the court. The court's majesty cannot be lost, and the royal family's face cannot be lost. Tens of thousands of lives are enough to shock the world. , As for the others, I will not kill them, I will only send them to join the army in Liaodong, and they just serve before the army. When I pacify Liaodong, I will naturally let them go back. Now I have explained the reason to Master. What else can Master say? Is it?"
Zhang Haogu was startled, and finally said: "I have nothing to say, I congratulate Your Majesty, I congratulate Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao turned to look at Zhang Haogu: "Master, what are you congratulating me for?"
Zhang Haogu leaned over and said: "Naturally, His Majesty congratulates you for realizing that the destiny is selfish, and the Son of Heaven is still alone."
Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then Master, is there anything else you can teach me?"
Zhang Haogu shook his head: "I have nothing left to teach Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then he was sitting on the dragon chair: "Then, regarding the matter of Sichuan and Shu, please send an official letter from the cabinet to the counter-insurgency army, ordering them to follow the orders of the angels."
Zhang Haogu smiled: "Your Majesty, I still say the same thing, the world belongs to your majesty, and it also belongs to the people of the world. The destiny is selfish. Your majesty can take life and death when he holds the power, but I don't have to obey the edict."
Zhu Youxiao's expression finally really changed. He stared at Zhang Haogu, looking at the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty who was wearing a python suit and wearing a seven-beam black sand crown, and his voice gradually became cold: "So, Master intends to Are you going to rebel against me for the tens of thousands of people in the southwest?"
Zhang Haogu bowed and said: "Of course I will not disobey Your Majesty, but I also cannot ignore the lives of tens of thousands of people."
Zhu Youxiao was a little puzzled: "Is what I did wrong? What did I do wrong, please master teach me?"
Zhang Haogu shook his head, and said slowly: "Your Majesty is certainly not wrong. All your actions are in line with the way of being a king. It can even be said that what your Majesty has learned is a collection of the achievements of emperors throughout the ages. Your Majesty is naturally right."
"Then why didn't master obey the edict?" Zhu Youxiao asked again.
Zhang Haogu smiled: "From His Majesty's point of view, His Majesty is right, even to the court, His Majesty is right, but to those tens of thousands of innocent people, His Majesty is wrong."
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking: "The face of the royal family, the majesty of the court, is not as good as tens of thousands of people?"
Zhang Haogu said: "When His Majesty asked this question, His Majesty had already placed the imperial court on the opposite side of the people of the world. Your Majesty, the people of the world and the royal court, everyone has his own opinion on which is more important."
"Oh"
Zhu Youxiao nodded suddenly: "I understand, I understand."
"In the final analysis, I still don't know enough about Master."
"Master, in your eyes, those rebellious mobs are more important than me, right?"
Zhang Haogu sighed again: "Your Majesty, how innocent are the people in Sichuan and Shu? They were oppressed and bullied by the king of Shu and corrupt officials. The grass roots and tree bark in Chengdu Mansion will be eaten away, and they never thought of doing it."
"If it wasn't for the King of Shu's continuous oppression and the people's desperation, why would they rebel?"
"Even if they rebelled, they didn't attack other people, let alone attack the imperial county. They even just surrounded the Chengdu mansion, as long as the king of Shu gave them an explanation."
"Even if it's against him, he's so cautious, fearful, and respectful. Doesn't Your Majesty think that the people in Sichuan and Sichuan are too pitiful?"
"The fault here is that the king of Shu and the corrupt officials in Sichuan and Shu are the ones who forced the common people to rebel, and they broke the majesty of the court and the laws of the country. They should be punished according to the law. Going up, it is also the minister The fault of the chief minister of the cabinet, not His Majesty."
"If you want to make a mistake, it should be the fault of the minister's negligence."
"What's more, His Majesty's previous decree announced that the people would be released to avoid their crimes, and then he issued a secret decree to execute the people. The whole court is majestic. Doesn't Your Majesty feel that there are two ends?"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Haogu: "Master still dare to speak as always."
Zhang Haogu said respectfully: "Is there anything you dare not say in front of His Majesty?"
"I can't just watch tens of thousands of people die in such a daze, let alone watch those hungry and trembling people go to Liaodong to die on foot like this."
"There is a new army in the war. Why bother to use these innocent people on the front line? Even if they are just as laborers, how many people will survive after a big war?"
"This matter is different from what I believe in, so naturally I can't sit idly by."
Zhu Youxiao praised: "Master's philosophy is indeed noble and clean. The New Party and Datong Academy have always followed Master's philosophy. The so-called Datong in the world?"
Zhang Haogu said: "This is the ideal of ministers and others, and everything they do is for the world."
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "The ideals of the New Party and Datong Academy, the great unity of the world, for the sake of the world, is really good. For the people of the world, it is not mentioned for the court, for the emperor."
"Is it true that if I stand against Wanmin, Master and the New Party will also stand opposite me without hesitation? Then what's the point of me supporting the New Party?"
Zhang Haogu said: "There has never been any new party, Your Majesty."
"The establishment of Datong Academy was jointly established by His Majesty and his ministers. His Majesty also participated in the ideal concept. The establishment of Datong Academy was originally for the imperial court and for the world. How could it stand against His Majesty?"
"The so-called New Party is nothing more than the benevolent people from Datong Academy who want to reform the administration of officials, assist His Majesty to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, and yearn for the prosperity of the country, the peace of the people, and the peace of the world."
Zhu Youxiao sneered and said, "The Reform Party, the Conservative Party, the Township Party, and the Xue Party, my court really has everything."
"What I want is nothing but stability in the future. This great Ming Dynasty will last forever. That's why I support the students who come out of Datong Academy. If you say that, am I not an independent husband?"
"Master, there is no need to say too much. I don't care about that now. As long as I want you, Master, I can issue a cabinet official letter and order the counter-insurgency army to act according to the secret order."
"This is my request."
Zhang Haogu looked at Zhu Youxiao with disappointment in his eyes: "Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao was indifferent, with his hands on the dragon chair, his expression calm: "This is my imperial decree."
"Master, don't you still obey the edict?"
Zhang Haogu's body was a little stiff. He didn't expect that Zhu Youxiao really didn't care about the lives of tens of thousands of people, and didn't care about the lives of the 50 victims.
That's not a mob against the people, it's just a disaster victim who can't survive.
Zhang Haogu looked at Zhu Youxiao and suddenly realized something.
Yes, this is the Ming Dynasty. Even if he brought new ideas and new theories, he still couldn't change the general trend of the world in just a few years, and he couldn't change the hearts of the people in the world.
The emperor is always the emperor, the emperor is always high above, overlooking the world, looking at the world and all the people in the world.
This world is the emperor's world, it is a family world, not a public world, and all the people in the world are the emperor's people, and the emperor wields the power to seize life and death.
The life and death of ten thousand people is ultimately not worth the price of one family
For a moment Zhang Haogu suddenly felt disheartened. Was it right or wrong for him to work so hard for such a long time to make the Ming Dynasty so prosperous?
"Master?"
"Don't obey the edict yet?!"
Zhu Youxiao's calm voice came, as always, but his eyes were already cold.
Wei Zhongxian on the side hurriedly pulled Zhang Haogu: "Master Zhang, hurry up and obey the order."
Does what you do make sense?
Zhang Haogu looked at Zhu Youxiao, and suddenly smiled, what he did was meaningful.
At least I have implemented the New Deal, so that the people of the world will be exempted from exorbitant taxes, so that they can live and work in peace; It was fishy; I at least opened up the horizons of the people of the country, so that the people of Ming Dynasty could open their eyes to see the world, develop science, and develop industries;
Promote the new policy, train the new army, establish the national examination, set up industry, popularize education, lighten the corvee and reduce the tax, emphasize business and heavy industry, and evenly divide the acres of land.
I've done it myself, isn't it pointless?
"What is Master laughing at?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
Zhang Haogu took a deep breath to regain his composure: "Returning to Your Majesty, I just thought of something, my ideal has never changed, and I have always been on the road of practicing my ideal, I am happy for myself."
Zhu Youxiao had a bad premonition in his heart: "So?"
Zhang Haogu tidied up his clothes, the seven-beam and black sand crown on his head, the vermilion python dragon suit on his body, and the gold and jade seal ribbon on his waist, all of which were bestowed by Zhu Youxiao.
Zhang Haogu is already satisfied to be able to get the position of a first-rank grand master, be granted the title of Duke of the State, be a special honorary doctor, and lead the cabinet chief assistant to manage military and state affairs.
Bowed to Zhu Youxiao again: "I am a farmer in Linqing, Shandong Province. I was fortunate to meet your Majesty at the end of my life. I have won His Majesty's trust. I don't entrust my minister with a heavy burden because of my despicableness. Fortunately, I can be valued by His Majesty, and I have today's minister."
"Over the past 11 years, I have been conscientious and dedicated, and I believe that I have done my best and have never disappointed His Majesty."
"But today, His Majesty ordered me to kill those tens of thousands of people, and to send those 50 innocent and poor people from Sichuan and Sichuan to Liaodong. I am sorry that I cannot obey the order."
"Your majesty entrusted me with important military and state affairs, led the cabinet's chief assistant, and was appointed a grand master. Naturally, I will do my best for your majesty and for the great tomorrow. What your majesty did today is not an act of a wise king, nor is it a dignified and righteous way of the court."
"What the imperial court does should put the world first, follow the sky and respond to people, the decree should be clear and proclaim to the world, the government should be clear and the people should be announced, and the criminal law should make clear the reasons to set the record straight; deceive the people, fool the people and suffer the people, and hurt the people. People killing people is the way of barbarians, not the way of China."
"If it is for the so-called court prestige that all the people in the world can be regarded as worthless, then the court prestige has never existed."
"The king regards the people like grass, how should the people regard the king? Although the people are precious and the king is light, it is not liked by all dynasties, but this is the truth in the world. The justice of the world is nothing more than the people-oriented; Tang Taizong once said that the people are water. Zhou, what His Majesty did today is not an act of sinking the boat?"
"If Your Majesty really wants to order to kill those tens of thousands of innocent people in order to honor the royal face with the whole court, please forgive me, I will disappoint Your Majesty today."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Haogu deeply admired him.
Silence, the Hall of Martial Heroes was silent again, Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian were already trembling, they had already sensed the violent storm in the Hall of Martial Heroes, it was the wrath of the emperor that could destroy everything.
Zhu Youxiao stared at Zhang Haogu, and said for a long time, "Oh, that's how it is."
"Zhen, what you did today, did you disappoint Master?"
Zhang Haogu remained silent, while Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Understood, I understand."
"I will give Master another word based on the 11 years of friendship between the monarch and his subjects."
"Today, if master does according to my will, master will still be the emperor's tutor, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the grand master of the court, who will be under one person and over ten thousand people, and the family will still be prosperous and rich, and rest with the country."
Zhang Haogu finally raised his head and looked at Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, I have never assisted you for the position of being under one person and above ten thousand people. If I am a person who is greedy for power and wealth, today's Zhang Haogu It’s so old, it’s already a person with a wealth of hundreds of millions, and the Zhang family in Linqing has already had hundreds of millions of hectares of fertile land, and officials are all over the court.”
"Your Majesty is thinking of the friendship with my minister, and I am grateful; but, have you forgotten the ideals of your majesty and your minister, as well as the bold words of that day?"
"If the ideals of Your Majesty and Your Majesty really go for a fork, then I will not be able to walk with Your Majesty."
There was silence in the Hall of Martial Arts.
The internal servants and internal eunuchs dare not listen to a word with low eyebrows, but Wei Zhongxian and Wang Tigan are the most frowning. They are beside Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu, and they can't run away even if they want to.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Haogu on the opposite side, his expression unchanged: "Answer me, Master."
Zhang Haogu bowed and saluted: "Go back to Your Majesty, the new army is naturally His Majesty's."
"The original intention of the ministers to train the new army for His Majesty is to train a strong army that is loyal to His Majesty and the court."
"So the new army belongs to His Majesty and the court."
Zhu Youxiao leaned back and smiled: "So, I am not the same as the imperial court?"
Zhang Haogu said: "Your Majesty, the imperial court naturally respects you, but the imperial court must also pay attention to rules and regulations, especially when it comes to military and state affairs; the important affairs of the country are only sacrifices and soldiers. Such an important matter, your majesty, why do you hide it from the ministers?"
Zhu Youxiao's complexion changed, he sat up straight and looked at Zhang Haogu and smiled angrily: "Hiding it to Master?"
"Heh, it's a very good use of this word."
"Should I discuss everything in this world with Master?"
"In the past five years since the apocalypse, I have entrusted all important military affairs to Master. Could it be that I don't trust Master anymore?"
"But what is the result of my trust in Master? The new army doesn't even obey my will!"
"Does this world belong to me, or whose?"
"I am the Son of Heaven!"
Zhang Haogu straightened his body and replied stiffly: "Naturally, Your Majesty does not need to discuss everything with your ministers, Your Majesty is the only one who can dominate the world."
"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, the world belongs to His Majesty, but this world belongs to the people of the world!"
"The imperial court belongs to His Majesty, but the imperial court also works for the people of the world. As a member of the imperial court, naturally, I cannot just sit back and watch Your Majesty do this."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, with a dazed look on his face: "Ah, I understand. After all, in Master's opinion, I am not as important as the people in the world."
With that said, Zhu Youxiao pointed to the outside of the hall, and then pointed to himself: "Then I asked Master, the people rebelled, is Master standing with those rebellious people, or with me?"
Zhang Haogu took a deep breath, and asked helplessly: "Your Majesty, what is a rebel against the people, and what is an obedient person?"
Pointing to the southwest, Zhu Youxiao said, "The 50 people who rebelled in Sichuan and Shu, aren't they mobs? Rebellious people?"
Zhang Haogu did not back down and said in a clear voice: "If the so-called obedient people have to endure exorbitant taxes, be oppressed by corrupt officials, be ordered around by lawless dignitaries, be involuntary in their own lives, be ignorant, work all day long, and can't even meet the needs of one person in the family. , Even the family is ruined, the wife and children are scattered, and the last bit of blood and sweat has to be sold into slavery for the powerful and gentry."
"The minister would rather hope that there are no such obedient people in Ming Dynasty, and there are no such obedient people in the world."
Zhu Youxiao raised his voice suddenly, and leaned forward to look at Zhang Haogu: "So, it's my fault? Is it because I owe the people?"
Zhang Haogu sighed and said: "Your Majesty! The people's requirements are very simple. They can eat enough to eat, have a house to shelter from the wind and rain, reunite with each other at home, and change their clothes for their children during festivals and festivals, so that their children can be safe and sound." Grow up and have a family."
"Isn't the meaning of the existence of the imperial court just for the wish of all the people in the world?"
"The fault of Sichuan and Shu is not your majesty's fault. It is the king of Shu and the corrupt officials of Sichuan and Shu. Why did your majesty want to take it for them?"
Zhu Youxiao also regained his composure at this time, and leaned back again, with a playful voice: "I am the Son of Heaven, the world belongs to me, all people are my subjects, and officials are also my subjects."
"When they make mistakes, it means that I have made mistakes. If my ministers make mistakes, it is the fault of the king. Are you right?"
Zhang Haogu shook his head: "Chen, I don't mean that."
"But you all think so." Zhu Youxiao said coldly.
"It is said that the world belongs to me, it belongs to me, but what can I really be the master of? People have demands, officials have demands, merchants, gentry, dignitaries and students, who has no selfishness and demands? If I don't follow their wishes , I am a foolish tyrant, so what is the difference between me and a marionette?"
As he said that, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help standing up and pointing at Zhang Haogu with a smile: "If I can't meet Master's request, I'm afraid Master will think I'm a foolish king?"
As soon as these words came out, Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian knelt down on the ground, and the servants and eunuchs in the outer hall trembled even more and dared not speak out.
Zhang Haogu's heart trembled: "Your Majesty! Justice is in the hearts of the people, what His Majesty does is seen by all people in the world, scholars and merchants, even other countries, no one can deny His Majesty's achievements. "
Zhu Youxiao waved his sleeves, and turned his back to look at the map of Daming behind him: "Let them say what they say, whether it is a faint king or a tyrant, I don't care."
"What is the reason for the southwest incident? I know, but this matter cannot be spread. This matter is related to the dignity of the royal family and the face of the court. It is impossible for me to let this kind of news spread. So, master, do you understand?"
Zhang Haogu nodded, trying to maintain calm: "This is the reason why His Majesty kept this from the minister."
Zhu Youxiao's voice was ruthless: "That's right! I am the Son of Heaven, and I am in charge of the power in the world, and I can kill anyone. Since all the people in the world are my subjects, they naturally want to serve me."
"Not to mention how I have done these years, but now, I need tens of thousands of lives to maintain the majesty of the royal family and the court. The court's majesty cannot be lost, and the royal family's face cannot be lost. Tens of thousands of lives are enough to shock the world. , As for the others, I will not kill them, I will only send them to join the army in Liaodong, and they just serve before the army. When I pacify Liaodong, I will naturally let them go back. Now I have explained the reason to Master. What else can Master say? Is it?"
Zhang Haogu was startled, and finally said: "I have nothing to say, I congratulate Your Majesty, I congratulate Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao turned to look at Zhang Haogu: "Master, what are you congratulating me for?"
Zhang Haogu leaned over and said: "Naturally, His Majesty congratulates you for realizing that the destiny is selfish, and the Son of Heaven is still alone."
Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly: "Then Master, is there anything else you can teach me?"
Zhang Haogu shook his head: "I have nothing left to teach Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then he was sitting on the dragon chair: "Then, regarding the matter of Sichuan and Shu, please send an official letter from the cabinet to the counter-insurgency army, ordering them to follow the orders of the angels."
Zhang Haogu smiled: "Your Majesty, I still say the same thing, the world belongs to your majesty, and it also belongs to the people of the world. The destiny is selfish. Your majesty can take life and death when he holds the power, but I don't have to obey the edict."
Zhu Youxiao's expression finally really changed. He stared at Zhang Haogu, looking at the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty who was wearing a python suit and wearing a seven-beam black sand crown, and his voice gradually became cold: "So, Master intends to Are you going to rebel against me for the tens of thousands of people in the southwest?"
Zhang Haogu bowed and said: "Of course I will not disobey Your Majesty, but I also cannot ignore the lives of tens of thousands of people."
Zhu Youxiao was a little puzzled: "Is what I did wrong? What did I do wrong, please master teach me?"
Zhang Haogu shook his head, and said slowly: "Your Majesty is certainly not wrong. All your actions are in line with the way of being a king. It can even be said that what your Majesty has learned is a collection of the achievements of emperors throughout the ages. Your Majesty is naturally right."
"Then why didn't master obey the edict?" Zhu Youxiao asked again.
Zhang Haogu smiled: "From His Majesty's point of view, His Majesty is right, even to the court, His Majesty is right, but to those tens of thousands of innocent people, His Majesty is wrong."
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking: "The face of the royal family, the majesty of the court, is not as good as tens of thousands of people?"
Zhang Haogu said: "When His Majesty asked this question, His Majesty had already placed the imperial court on the opposite side of the people of the world. Your Majesty, the people of the world and the royal court, everyone has his own opinion on which is more important."
"Oh"
Zhu Youxiao nodded suddenly: "I understand, I understand."
"In the final analysis, I still don't know enough about Master."
"Master, in your eyes, those rebellious mobs are more important than me, right?"
Zhang Haogu sighed again: "Your Majesty, how innocent are the people in Sichuan and Shu? They were oppressed and bullied by the king of Shu and corrupt officials. The grass roots and tree bark in Chengdu Mansion will be eaten away, and they never thought of doing it."
"If it wasn't for the King of Shu's continuous oppression and the people's desperation, why would they rebel?"
"Even if they rebelled, they didn't attack other people, let alone attack the imperial county. They even just surrounded the Chengdu mansion, as long as the king of Shu gave them an explanation."
"Even if it's against him, he's so cautious, fearful, and respectful. Doesn't Your Majesty think that the people in Sichuan and Sichuan are too pitiful?"
"The fault here is that the king of Shu and the corrupt officials in Sichuan and Shu are the ones who forced the common people to rebel, and they broke the majesty of the court and the laws of the country. They should be punished according to the law. Going up, it is also the minister The fault of the chief minister of the cabinet, not His Majesty."
"If you want to make a mistake, it should be the fault of the minister's negligence."
"What's more, His Majesty's previous decree announced that the people would be released to avoid their crimes, and then he issued a secret decree to execute the people. The whole court is majestic. Doesn't Your Majesty feel that there are two ends?"
Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Haogu: "Master still dare to speak as always."
Zhang Haogu said respectfully: "Is there anything you dare not say in front of His Majesty?"
"I can't just watch tens of thousands of people die in such a daze, let alone watch those hungry and trembling people go to Liaodong to die on foot like this."
"There is a new army in the war. Why bother to use these innocent people on the front line? Even if they are just as laborers, how many people will survive after a big war?"
"This matter is different from what I believe in, so naturally I can't sit idly by."
Zhu Youxiao praised: "Master's philosophy is indeed noble and clean. The New Party and Datong Academy have always followed Master's philosophy. The so-called Datong in the world?"
Zhang Haogu said: "This is the ideal of ministers and others, and everything they do is for the world."
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "The ideals of the New Party and Datong Academy, the great unity of the world, for the sake of the world, is really good. For the people of the world, it is not mentioned for the court, for the emperor."
"Is it true that if I stand against Wanmin, Master and the New Party will also stand opposite me without hesitation? Then what's the point of me supporting the New Party?"
Zhang Haogu said: "There has never been any new party, Your Majesty."
"The establishment of Datong Academy was jointly established by His Majesty and his ministers. His Majesty also participated in the ideal concept. The establishment of Datong Academy was originally for the imperial court and for the world. How could it stand against His Majesty?"
"The so-called New Party is nothing more than the benevolent people from Datong Academy who want to reform the administration of officials, assist His Majesty to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, and yearn for the prosperity of the country, the peace of the people, and the peace of the world."
Zhu Youxiao sneered and said, "The Reform Party, the Conservative Party, the Township Party, and the Xue Party, my court really has everything."
"What I want is nothing but stability in the future. This great Ming Dynasty will last forever. That's why I support the students who come out of Datong Academy. If you say that, am I not an independent husband?"
"Master, there is no need to say too much. I don't care about that now. As long as I want you, Master, I can issue a cabinet official letter and order the counter-insurgency army to act according to the secret order."
"This is my request."
Zhang Haogu looked at Zhu Youxiao with disappointment in his eyes: "Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao was indifferent, with his hands on the dragon chair, his expression calm: "This is my imperial decree."
"Master, don't you still obey the edict?"
Zhang Haogu's body was a little stiff. He didn't expect that Zhu Youxiao really didn't care about the lives of tens of thousands of people, and didn't care about the lives of the 50 victims.
That's not a mob against the people, it's just a disaster victim who can't survive.
Zhang Haogu looked at Zhu Youxiao and suddenly realized something.
Yes, this is the Ming Dynasty. Even if he brought new ideas and new theories, he still couldn't change the general trend of the world in just a few years, and he couldn't change the hearts of the people in the world.
The emperor is always the emperor, the emperor is always high above, overlooking the world, looking at the world and all the people in the world.
This world is the emperor's world, it is a family world, not a public world, and all the people in the world are the emperor's people, and the emperor wields the power to seize life and death.
The life and death of ten thousand people is ultimately not worth the price of one family
For a moment Zhang Haogu suddenly felt disheartened. Was it right or wrong for him to work so hard for such a long time to make the Ming Dynasty so prosperous?
"Master?"
"Don't obey the edict yet?!"
Zhu Youxiao's calm voice came, as always, but his eyes were already cold.
Wei Zhongxian on the side hurriedly pulled Zhang Haogu: "Master Zhang, hurry up and obey the order."
Does what you do make sense?
Zhang Haogu looked at Zhu Youxiao, and suddenly smiled, what he did was meaningful.
At least I have implemented the New Deal, so that the people of the world will be exempted from exorbitant taxes, so that they can live and work in peace; It was fishy; I at least opened up the horizons of the people of the country, so that the people of Ming Dynasty could open their eyes to see the world, develop science, and develop industries;
Promote the new policy, train the new army, establish the national examination, set up industry, popularize education, lighten the corvee and reduce the tax, emphasize business and heavy industry, and evenly divide the acres of land.
I've done it myself, isn't it pointless?
"What is Master laughing at?" Zhu Youxiao asked.
Zhang Haogu took a deep breath to regain his composure: "Returning to Your Majesty, I just thought of something, my ideal has never changed, and I have always been on the road of practicing my ideal, I am happy for myself."
Zhu Youxiao had a bad premonition in his heart: "So?"
Zhang Haogu tidied up his clothes, the seven-beam and black sand crown on his head, the vermilion python dragon suit on his body, and the gold and jade seal ribbon on his waist, all of which were bestowed by Zhu Youxiao.
Zhang Haogu is already satisfied to be able to get the position of a first-rank grand master, be granted the title of Duke of the State, be a special honorary doctor, and lead the cabinet chief assistant to manage military and state affairs.
Bowed to Zhu Youxiao again: "I am a farmer in Linqing, Shandong Province. I was fortunate to meet your Majesty at the end of my life. I have won His Majesty's trust. I don't entrust my minister with a heavy burden because of my despicableness. Fortunately, I can be valued by His Majesty, and I have today's minister."
"Over the past 11 years, I have been conscientious and dedicated, and I believe that I have done my best and have never disappointed His Majesty."
"But today, His Majesty ordered me to kill those tens of thousands of people, and to send those 50 innocent and poor people from Sichuan and Sichuan to Liaodong. I am sorry that I cannot obey the order."
"Your majesty entrusted me with important military and state affairs, led the cabinet's chief assistant, and was appointed a grand master. Naturally, I will do my best for your majesty and for the great tomorrow. What your majesty did today is not an act of a wise king, nor is it a dignified and righteous way of the court."
"What the imperial court does should put the world first, follow the sky and respond to people, the decree should be clear and proclaim to the world, the government should be clear and the people should be announced, and the criminal law should make clear the reasons to set the record straight; deceive the people, fool the people and suffer the people, and hurt the people. People killing people is the way of barbarians, not the way of China."
"If it is for the so-called court prestige that all the people in the world can be regarded as worthless, then the court prestige has never existed."
"The king regards the people like grass, how should the people regard the king? Although the people are precious and the king is light, it is not liked by all dynasties, but this is the truth in the world. The justice of the world is nothing more than the people-oriented; Tang Taizong once said that the people are water. Zhou, what His Majesty did today is not an act of sinking the boat?"
"If Your Majesty really wants to order to kill those tens of thousands of innocent people in order to honor the royal face with the whole court, please forgive me, I will disappoint Your Majesty today."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Haogu deeply admired him.
Silence, the Hall of Martial Heroes was silent again, Wang Tiqian and Wei Zhongxian were already trembling, they had already sensed the violent storm in the Hall of Martial Heroes, it was the wrath of the emperor that could destroy everything.
Zhu Youxiao stared at Zhang Haogu, and said for a long time, "Oh, that's how it is."
"Zhen, what you did today, did you disappoint Master?"
Zhang Haogu remained silent, while Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Understood, I understand."
"I will give Master another word based on the 11 years of friendship between the monarch and his subjects."
"Today, if master does according to my will, master will still be the emperor's tutor, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the grand master of the court, who will be under one person and over ten thousand people, and the family will still be prosperous and rich, and rest with the country."
Zhang Haogu finally raised his head and looked at Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, I have never assisted you for the position of being under one person and above ten thousand people. If I am a person who is greedy for power and wealth, today's Zhang Haogu It’s so old, it’s already a person with a wealth of hundreds of millions, and the Zhang family in Linqing has already had hundreds of millions of hectares of fertile land, and officials are all over the court.”
"Your Majesty is thinking of the friendship with my minister, and I am grateful; but, have you forgotten the ideals of your majesty and your minister, as well as the bold words of that day?"
"If the ideals of Your Majesty and Your Majesty really go for a fork, then I will not be able to walk with Your Majesty."
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