Rule over Ming Dynasty

Chapter 2 How to Govern a Country
The next morning, the city of Beijing ushered in a gloomy and bad weather, and the magnificent Forbidden City in the center also lost some of its color.

From a bird's-eye view of the entire Forbidden City, passing through the Meridian Gate Tower, there are five Jinshui Bridges in the center of the square, and then there are three magnificent halls: Fengtian Hall, Huagai Hall and Jinshen Hall.

The Qianqing Palace is located behind the central axis of the three halls, and it is the designated residence of the Ming emperor.

"Concubine Wan!"

Zhu Jian, who was lying on the dragon bed, looked at the roof in rapt attention. Since Wan Zhen'er passed away, he was getting thinner and thinner. Suddenly, he stretched out a palm and called out softly as if unconscious.

The attending imperial physician Liu Wentai gave Zhu Jianshen his pulse, his bitter face became even more bitter, and he shook his head gently facing the minister kneeling outside, he was already very pessimistic about His Majesty's condition.

When Wan An, chief assistant of the cabinet, felt that the situation was getting worse, the Ming Dynasty might really change this time, and felt sad for a while.

He was a Jinshi of orthodox 13 years. He entered the Hanlin Academy as a concubine, and was later awarded the editorship. Because he had no background, he chose to call himself his nephew to Concubine Wan Gui, and he had a close relationship with Concubine Wan Gui's younger brother, Wan Tong, so he was promoted to the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Thanks to being obedient and knowing how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, especially to win His Majesty's trust, I have been in the position of chief assistant for ten years.

It's just that Concubine Wan Gui died of illness at the beginning of the year, and now if His Majesty dies, then I will lose two of the most famous "big backers" successively.

With this in mind, Wan An had already started wiping his sleeves before the officer next to him had any reaction, and two lines of hot tears had overflowed his cheeks.

Li Zisheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, secretly marveled at Wan An's acting skills, but he reminded softly: "Yuanfu, His Majesty is critically ill now, and the subordinate officials are already heartbroken, so you should call His Highness the Crown Prince into the palace to accompany you!"

If it is really necessary to change the dynasty, then the most sensible approach now is undoubtedly to do everything possible to please the new emperor, instead of continuing to show off his acting skills in front of the old emperor.

"You are right in reminding, His Royal Highness should be passed on to the palace!" Wan An felt that Li Zixing's proposal was reasonable, and nodded his head.

"This is inappropriate!" The second assistant Liu Ji stood up to stop him, but he gave his own explanation: "The dragon's body is ill today, and the dragon's spirit should not be attacked! If His Royal Highness is summoned into the palace at this time, it may be harmful. Your Majesty's Dragon Qi, this is the next policy! When it is passed on to the Empress Dowager Zhou, the Empress Dowager Zhou will take charge of the overall situation, so that both sides can be achieved!"

"Old Liu Ge's words are also reasonable!" Wan An actually did not want Zhu Jianshen to die, so he agreed with a bit of luck.

As the chief assistant of the court and the person His Majesty relies on most, naturally he must always be tied to His Majesty's interests, and in order to prevent Emperor Chenghua from being suspicious, he had to distance himself from the Crown Prince.

It's just this deliberate estrangement that caused him to not have much contact with the prince Zhu Youtang.Now that His Majesty is in his prime of life, it is better to take another gamble instead of cramming temporarily.

Just like that, he decided to bet on Emperor Chenghua, hoping that Emperor Chenghua could survive this calamity, and he was still the unbreakable evergreen tree as the chief assistant of the court.

The eunuch Li Rong, who was in charge of ceremonies, was listening to the exchange of several ministers. Seeing that Wan An agreed not to summon the prince, he looked thoughtfully at the second assistant Liu Ji, whose mouth was slightly raised.

If something unexpected happens to His Majesty this time, there will definitely be a bloodbath in this court.

Wangfu Street, Prince's Mansion.

When the princes go out to study in the cabinet, the cabinet officials will make a review and other officials to give lectures, draw up the beginning and end of the scriptures, and send out the imitated characters they have learned every day.

In the 13th year of Chenghua, at the invitation of the minister, Zhu Youtang was arranged to study in the cabinet.

It's just that at that time the class was held in the Wenhua Palace in the Forbidden City, but in February this year Zhu Youtang married the Crown Princess Zhang Yujiao, and the married prince will naturally move to live outside the palace.

As Zhu Youtang is the crown prince, his studies are naturally more valued by the courtiers. Both the quantity and quality of the teachers are the best, and the daily course schedule is full.

The first lecturers are Xu Pu and Liu Jian, but each lecturer has a nine-year tenure for no special reason, and now the second lecturer is Hanlin Xiuzhuan and Zuo Shuchang Xie Qian and Zhan Shifu Zuo Yude Zhang Sheng.

Liu Jian, who has now been promoted to a bachelor's degree in Hanlin, came today uninvited. After replacing Xie Qian's course, he began to teach Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang is trying to adapt to this new identity. In order not to let other people see the clues, he naturally sits in front of the case and listens less, and even deliberately creates a dull image for the other party.

"The Master said: If you rule by doing nothing, Shun will also be with you? What is the husband doing? You are just facing the south. His Royal Highness, what's the explanation?" Liu Jian came to the case with a book, but suddenly asked.

Liu Jian studied under Xue Xuan, a great Confucianist of Confucianism, a Jinshi in the fourth year of Tianshun, a native of Luoyang, Henan Province, and entered the Imperial Academy as a Shujishi. He was one of the core officials of the Qingliu at that time.

He is 55 years old this year. Although he is not tall, he looks very strong. He has a standard Chinese character face, piercing eyes, and a strong Henan accent.

Zhu Youtang met Liu Jian's hopeful gaze, and uttered four words very cooperatively: "Govern by doing nothing!"

"That's right! According to the words of the sages, Shun is the only person who can govern the world without doing anything. What did he do? He just sat solemnly on the throne of the court." Liu Jian's bladder was swollen, and his face was reddish explained carefully.

When he finished speaking, his face was full of longing, as if he hoped that the Ming Dynasty would also have a good monarch who ruled by doing nothing like Shun.

Facing the excited Liu Jian, Zhu Youtang smiled and said nothing. In his previous life, as an employee, he took kickbacks and didn't like the boss who was in charge.

"His Royal Highness, why is the world governed? Why are the people rich?" Liu Jian, a young old man with good eloquence, suddenly asked a question after he talked about the rule of Wenjing and King Kang's obedience.

Zhu Youtang knew that the other party had gone around for a long time to instill in him the idea of ​​governing the country, but he still said calmly: "Master Liu, please explain!"

"Now that the virtuous ministers are in the court, as long as we get rid of traitors, abolish factory guards, and reuse honest officials, we can rejuvenate!" Liu Jian stroked his beard and gave the answer as if it was a matter of course.

Zhu Youtang knew that Liu Jian was one of the leaders of the so-called Qingliu virtuous ministers in the civil official group, so he cupped his hands calmly and said, "I would like to be taught!"

"His Royal Highness, if you become a great treasure in the future, do you know how to use talents and talents in this dynasty?" Liu Jian continued to ask questions while talking about the matter.

Zhu Youtang knew that the other party was going to nominate his favorite candidate in advance, so he said calmly, "Master Liu, please give me some advice!"

"His Royal Highness, today's governance should focus on the administration of officials. You only need to use honest officials to rectify the officialdom, and you can get rid of the treacherous officials in the court and the local corrupt officials. Looking at the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty, the former Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing Shu is the most upright, and Wang Shu can be appointed as the Heavenly Official!" Liu Jian liked Zhu Youtang's modest attitude very much, so he immediately recommended it.

Although Zhu Youtang knew that the evaluations of literati should not be trusted, he also combined the information of later generations to examine the courtiers he was about to face.

Wang Shu, a native of Shaanxi, was a Jinshi in the 13th year of orthodoxy. He entered the Imperial Academy as a Shujishi. After three years of examination, he was transferred to Dali Temple Zuo Pingshi.It's just that there are frequent admonitions, and the words are not true. Emperor Chenghua ordered him to retire last year.

Zhu Youtang knew that this person liked giving advice very much, but he hadn't heard that he had made any outstanding achievements, so he expressed his attitude calmly: "I will remember it!"

"His Royal Highness is holy!" Although Liu Jian knew that Zhu Youtang was an obedient and obedient student, seeing Zhu Youtang behaved so well-behaved, he couldn't help clapping his hands in joy.

Just now a very definite news came out from the imperial palace, the old emperor is seriously ill now, this time it is very likely that he is going to die this time, so the prince who is humbly accepting advice is about to ascend the throne.

As long as things go well, the court will definitely usher in a major reshuffle.

The Mei Party headed by Wan'an will definitely fall, and the factory guards will not be reused by His Majesty, then the whole world will be completely controlled by them, a group of Qingliu officials.

Zhu Youtang saw the self-satisfied Liu Fenjian, but suddenly came up with an idea: in the prosperous age of literati and the ruling class, the common people are still the stepping stones that no one cares about in the prosperous age.

It's just that with the fusion of the two souls, he felt that he was actually Zhu Youtang who had a dream. How could he allow his own world to be led into the abyss by these civil servants?

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(End of this chapter)