Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 344: Establishing a credit social system, creating a creditable Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qiyu taught his son

When the Ming Dynasty launched a war, it had to prepare one to two years in advance.

The war in the west is still going on, the development in the north is still going on, the new seven provinces are under construction in the south, and we have to prepare for the war in western Baiyue.

If all the Ming Dynasty's national power was focused on war, it could support two battlefields.

But the emperor made it clear that domestic construction could not be delayed. The management of the Yellow River was over, but the world's rivers still needed to be managed, and irrigation projects had long been put on the agenda.

Chidao construction, factory development, invention research and development cannot be left behind.

People in the Ming Dynasty consumed a lot of meat, and the livestock industry in Rehe and Ningxia was extremely important. This was a reassurance to win over the herdsmen.

Don't look at the fact that the Ming Dynasty always carried out massacres on the grasslands. There are seven to eight million herders on the grasslands who have submitted, and there are also three to four million savages who have submitted. If these people are not controlled, chaos will sooner or later.

The Central Committee spared no effort to promote Sinicization, and constantly adopted methods such as marriage alliances, drawing sons, promoting Lamaism, and binding and educating the herdsmen.

The most important thing is economic means, selling the herdsmen's cattle and sheep at high prices, so that they can live a good life without robbing them.

Try to prioritize meeting their life needs.

People from the mainland are allowed to come to Mobei, but people from Mobei are not allowed to go south.

Rehe has not yet removed its governor, and has even implemented military control, which will last for more than ten years.

Zhu Qiyu married several nieces to Mongolians.

He also governed the foreign tribes of Yunnan and Guizhou in the same way. He even accepted beauties from the Mongolian, Miao, Yao, Yi, Zhuang, Zhen and Chao tribes as his concubines.

After taking over the Western Region, he also planned to make several Uighur girls his concubines.

The forty-five-year-old Zhu Qiyu would not refuse anyone who came, but he could not suffer alone. The prince should also take over, and the King of Chu also packed a few of them.

Anyway, he has many sons, and they can all share the burden for his father in the future.

Daughters must also be married off, so that the ethnic groups can be integrated and become Han and Ming people.

Zhu Qiyu was really hungry, so he asked someone to pass on the meal. While he was eating, Zhu Jianqi came in with his five younger brothers and knelt down at the door: "My son, I pay homage to my father."

These are the older ones. Zhu Jianqi, Zhu Jiansong, Zhu Jianyu, and Zhu Jianzhen are the same age. Zhu Jianhu, Zhu Jianluo, and Zhu Jianchao are all the same age. They are all thirteen years old. Zhu Jianchao has been ill in recent days and did not go to school. .

Zhu Qiyu glanced around and saw that Zhu Jiansong and Zhu Jianyu were twin brothers who looked very similar. Zhu Jianyu was the most like him and his favorite son. Zhu Jianchao was in poor health.

"Let's eat."

The six sons sat carefully in a circle, eating and sleeping silently. Their father didn't like to talk while eating.

It wasn't until Zhu Qiyu put down his chopsticks that they boldly picked up vegetables and ate, paying great attention to the appearance of the food.

"What did master teach you today?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

The elders were all educated by Hu Hui, and the younger ones were educated by Yu Qian. Nowadays, those who give lectures to the prince are all well-educated people. They take turns giving lectures. The emperor will also let the Imperial Academy scholars give lectures at his whim. Give a lesson.

Even important ministers who have free time will give lessons to the prince. For example, Geng Jiuchou, Wang Lai and others who are recuperating in Beijing often give lectures to the prince. There are no restrictions on the content of the lectures. Officials who return to Beijing to report on their duties will also give lectures to the prince.

Not only civil servants, but also nobles and nobles must go to the palace regularly to give lectures to the prince. When the border generals return to Beijing, they must also assume the responsibility of the prince's teacher.

All princes studied very miscellaneously. In addition to the six arts of a gentleman, they also had to study medicine, mechanics, chemistry, agriculture, and even textiles. They also had to read Zong Lusi's classics and understand multiple languages.

In fact, the princes of the Ming Dynasty had plenty of vacations, with about one month of vacation a year.

Zhu Qiyu was cancelled, and could only rest on New Year's Eve. All princes and princes were the same. They learned what the prince learned, and they also had to learn the art of the emperor.

Every day after the emperor goes to court, the prince will get up and start a busy day of studies. The prince has been studying hard since he left the court at the age of six. He will not be considered finished until he gets ratings from all the teachers, and gets at least 60% excellent. academics.

The four Zhu Jianqi brothers were the oldest, but their teachers were the most elite civil and military officials in the entire dynasty. It was very difficult to get their approval.

Don't think about cheating. The emperor allowed the teachers to beat them. Among them, Nian Fu beat them the most. In the 21st year of Jingtai, Nian Fu returned from the place and entered the cabinet. He served as the first teacher of all the princes. He beat Zhu Jianqi and let Tang The queen gritted her teeth and said that sooner or later she would have to be rich and look good.

However, Nianfu's strict demands on the prince were rewarded by the emperor, and he returned to the palace to reprimand the Empress of Tang Dynasty. I also went through this when I was studying. I can't even read the book, so what kind of emperor do I want to be?

Empress Tang sent someone to give a ruler to Nian Fu, and also sent a ruler to all the teachers.

Nian Fu beat her even more severely, and Lao Fifteen returned to the palace to call her mother. Empress Tang gritted her teeth and had no choice but to give her another ruler.

Zhu Qiyu completely adopts wolf education, a gu-raising education. If Zhu Jianqi can't do it, what kind of big brother will he be?

"Back to my father, Master Qiu gave a lecture on economics to my son." Zhu Jianqi reported back.

Zhu Qiyu frowned: "How can Qiu Jun have time to teach you? Aren't the officials busy? Besides, I'm telling you such profound things, do you understand?"

The six brothers didn't dare to speak, and they really couldn't understand.

"But who of you pestered Qiu Jun and forced him to tell you?" Zhu Qiyu thought that Qiu Jun had a sense of proportion. After all, Qiu Jun was a master of education.

The six brothers silently put down their jobs and did not dare to speak. Zhu Qiyu's education for them was an open education, allowing the children to listen to all kinds of doctrines without any restrictions. This led to people from hundreds of schools of thought wooing the prince.

"Fourth, was it your idea?" Zhu Qiyu's eyes could see through people's hearts.

Zhu Jianjian was so frightened that he knelt on the ground: "Father, I am only interested in economic theory. I didn't want Master Qiu to explain it to me personally."

"Young master, you forced Xie Qian to tell you, but Xie Qian couldn't defeat you and thought you were stupid, so he moved his master out, right?"

Zhu Jianji showed a flattering smile: "No one can hide this from my wise and mighty father."

"Qiu Jun didn't spank you, it was to give me face. When I first met Qiu Jun, Qiu Jun dared to contradict me. This time I didn't spank you idiots, it was to give me face."

Zhu Qiyu pointed to one of Zhu Jianji's favorite dishes: "Feng Xiao, give it to Qiu Jun. I submit this love."

"This slave obeys the order." Feng Xiao sent someone to send it.

Zhu Jianjian swallowed his saliva. He was a prince, and he didn't eat all kinds of good food every day. He often ate meat, but the palace emphasized comprehensive nutrition and had to eat everything. No picky eaters.

The emperor used chopsticks to eat by himself, but they had to be served by eunuchs. The eunuchs served the princes according to the recipes of the imperial hospital.

At the emperor's dinner table, the eunuchs did not come to serve food.

"There is no war in the west for the time being. I plan to start a war in the south to expand new territories. What do you think?" Zhu Qiyu examined his sons.

Zhu Jianji rolled his eyes and immediately grabbed the food.

Zhu Jianqi tilted his head and saw that they all lowered their heads to eat. This was to make him stand out among these bastard brothers.

He could only clear his throat: "Back to my father, I feel that now is not a good time to start a war."

"The War in the Western Region consumed so many slaves and supplies that it took Ming two years to recover and completely recover."

"Furthermore, after the occupation of the Western Region, a large amount of materials will be needed for construction. The waterways in the Western Region are impassable and can only be transported by land. Transportation is difficult and expensive. Construction consumption is three to four times that of areas along the river. This is another large budget."

"Third, there is a serious shortage of people in the Northeast. The potential of Jilin and Heilongjiang is there. As long as the population exceeds 30 million, the Ming Dynasty will have a top-notch granary. The Ming Dynasty should mainly immigrate to the Northeast."

"One of the three Burmese was destroyed, leaving only two Burmese. After Yunnan was actually controlled by the central government, it was no longer a match for the Ming Dynasty."

"After the occupation, large-scale immigration will be needed. Ming Dynasty is already short of people. People are needed in three places. How to immigrate?"

"Last point, Erchen feels that the territory of the Ming Dynasty is too big, and the central control power cannot control such a large territory."

When the prince mentioned the issue of territorial expansion, the prince lowered his head.

Everyone knows that territory is the enemy of the emperor. Anyone who dares to say which territory to give up will be scolded by the emperor. Even Li Xian, Bai Gui, Geng Jiuchou and others suffered this fate.

What kind of evil wind did the prince draw today? Not happy to find the emperor?

"This is the first time I heard that the emperor thinks the territory is too big."

Sure enough, Zhu Qiyu was annoyed: "Then why do you want to be the prince? How about you go out and find a small country to be the king?"

Zhu Jianqi was so frightened that she put down the bowl, knelt on the ground, and did not dare to speak.

"You only look at the interests of things and don't look at the underlying logic. Is this what I taught you since you were a child?"

Zhu Qiyu asked with a gloomy face: "Have you ever thought about it, if Yu Qian dies, who can handle a national war?"

"The Northeast is meat that rots in the pot. What's the difference between eating it today and eating it ten years from now?"

"Don't the people have enough to eat? Aren't they unable to eat meat? They couldn't eat meat before, so they died? What do you care what they do?"

"Do you really think it is so easy to expand to the west? The Timur Khanate and the Golden Horde have indeed declined, but how many new powers are there? Just say that the Yarkand Khanate and the Junggar Khanate, the Ming Dynasty has to avoid It’s so sharp! Moreover, the transportation here is not smooth, so it would be great if Ming Dynasty can score one point with ten strength.”

"If all the countries attack together, who will command hundreds of thousands of troops to fight a national war?"

"As for the expansion in the south, do you really think Burma is so easy to fight? Have you looked at the terrain? That place is full of mountains. After Laos surrendered, it has not been cleared out for ten years. How long will it take? Who can say for sure?"

"Further west, there are the Indian countries. Do you really think the Indian countries are that weak?"

"Humph, where have you used the knowledge you have learned over the years?"

“Don’t always look at problems superficially, but have a long-term perspective.”

"When Nian Fu was pacifying Hubei, he drove people into the Dabie Mountains. It took him two full years to pacify the bandits in the Dabie Mountains. This was a strategic vision!"

"Although you were enlightened by Hu Hui, it was Yu Qian who taught you step by step after you studied. Haven't you learned anything about Yu Qian's strategic vision?"

"The most elite talents of the Ming Dynasty teach you every day. Have you become a merchant?"

"You only know how to look at the benefits and losses, but don't you know how to look at the problem from an overall perspective?"

Zhu Qiyu was really angry. The prince was fourteen years old. How could such a prince control such a huge territory and be the emperor of Zhou?

If there is a peaceful Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jianqi is a good material, at least he is a conservative king.

But the world has changed.

It was changed by Zhu Qiyu. He wanted Ming Dynasty to be the emperor of Zhou, and all his sons were enfeoffed and made eight hundred towns princes.

The Emperor of Zhou had to be smarter, more visionary, and better at employing people than other princes in order to ensure the steady expansion of his territory and not lose the land acquired through expansion.

Otherwise, the princes will definitely encroach on the territory of the Ming Dynasty. In a few years, the Ming Dynasty will shrink back, and countless new dynasties will appear in the world.

That is not something that the small countries of today can compare with. They are all powerful countries and no one is inferior. Emperor Zhou is in danger of collapse.

"I know I was wrong." Zhu Jianqi cried and kowtowed.

The other five also knelt on the ground, not daring to look down at the angry emperor.

"You don't need to ask Qiu Jun, ask Xie Qian and see how Xie Qian answers this question!"

Zhu Qiyu said: "For your education, I have invited the best talents in the world to be your teachers, and your classmates are also the best. I wish I could put the world's Jinshi in the East Palace as your companions."

"The King of Chu has been the crown prince for more than ten years. He doesn't have a single reading companion in the East Palace, and he doesn't have a large lineup like you when he goes out to study. However, he shines like a beautiful jade and cannot be blocked by anything."

"I asked you to learn more from him. Do you usually go to Prince Chu's Mansion to find him?"

"Since you are my biological son, you look down on the King of Chu, right?"

"I see, you are the stupidest one. I have protected you so well that you don't know how high the world is."

Zhu Jianqi trembled. He had rarely seen his father so angry. He had always spoken kindly to him since he was a child. He also considered himself smart and hard-working, and his teachers praised him, so his father liked him.

Now that he has been demoted to nothing by the emperor, is he really worse than that deposed prince?

"Where is the King of Chu?" Zhu Qiyu asked Feng Xiao.

"Back to your lord, the King of Chu has left the capital."

Zhu Qiyu frowned slightly: "Ask the King of Chu to write down the difficulties encountered, send them back to the capital, and then hand them over to the East Palace, and let the prince solve them. Let's see who is more powerful, the prince or the King of Chu. Don't tell this to the King of Chu. , we will compare it again when King Chu returns to Beijing."

"Don't you look down on the King of Chu? Let me show you what kind of person you look down on, the King of Chu."

Zhu Jianqi really didn't believe it. How could the King of Chu, who was stuttering even when speaking in court, have any kind of qualifications?

"I obey the decree!" Zhu Jianqi's stubborn temper also rose.

Zhu Qiyu snorted coldly: "After asking Xie Qian, let Nian Fu take the ruler and let Nian Fu teach you why I am in such a hurry to conquer the west."

Zhu Jianqi looked unconvinced, and Zhu Qiyu looked at the other sons: "What do you think of the prince?"

The five sons trembled. If they said something bad about the prince, would they be considered coveting the prince's position?

Although he knew that he would be enfeoffed, who would want to go out? Wouldn't the great emperor of the day be more majestic?

"Second brother, tell me." Zhu Qiyu said.

Zhu Jiansong hesitated and said: "I think the eldest brother may be stupid because of studying, but he is good to his younger brothers."

You are all going to be enfeoffed, and of course I will treat you well. This is for me to see.

"It's really stupid to read."

Zhu Qiyu said to Feng Xiao: "Go and invite Qiu Jun."

Qiu Jun was a famous educator, and the apprentices he educated were all great talents. The two most prominent among them were Xie Qian and Wang Hao, a pair of kings.

Therefore, Qiu Jun was supposed to be a governor somewhere, but he was forced to stay in the center as the prince's teacher. Although the prince was ineffective, there were still some powerful sons among his.

Send the princes out.

Qiu Jun came in, a Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai, and he had become the figure in charge of the center. They were now the young men.

"What do you think of the prince?"

Qiu Jun shivered and hesitated to speak.

"I know that the prince is a man of character. If you have anything to say, just say it. The prince will not hate you." Zhu Qiyu said bluntly, and he was not that satisfied with the prince.

Qiu Jun showed a bitter look, "You two are father-in-law. Now ask me, I said something that offended others. When you think about it, it's still my fault."

But when the emperor asked, he didn't dare not say it.

"Wei Chen feels that the crown prince is a jade..."

Before he could say the next words, Qiu Jun felt cold and gritted his teeth and said: "The prince is not a beautiful man, but fortunately he is good at accepting advice and follows it smoothly. He can be said to be as wise as a fool."

"He only has the advantage of being receptive to criticism."

"To put it nicely, it means following advice; to put it worse, it means having no independent opinion."

"Humph."

Zhu Qiyu sighed: "Qiu Jun, what do you think is wrong with my education? Am I too spoiled to him?"

It is said that the emperor attaches so much importance to the prince's education, and the prince does not work hard, no matter what, he will not be worthless as the emperor said.

But people are afraid of comparison. The fourth child Zhu Jianji, the eighth child Zhu Jianyi, the fourteenth child Zhu Jianzhan, and the twentieth child Zhu Jianjun were so smart that they outshone the prince.

Especially Lao Twenty, who is so young and extremely smart. He is a complete replica of Cao Chong. He is also the younger brother of the prince and the third son of Empress Tang.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is only fourteen years old this year. A fourteen-year-old child who can be like the Crown Prince is already a genius." Qiu Jun comforted the emperor.

"Humph, don't you feel guilty for saying this?"

"Comparing the prince to your apprentices, not to mention Xie Qian and Wang Hao, but the others are also better than the prince, right?"

"The prince was also taught by you. I ask you, are you hiding anything?"

Qiu Jun showed his Sima face, do you have to expose the lie?

"How to educate! I don't want to hear nonsense!" Zhu Qiyu said angrily.

"I feel that the prince can get involved in specific affairs and let the prince hone his skills slowly."

Qiu Jun didn't have any good ideas.

This thing is pure talent. He lost his father when he was young and studied with his brother Qiu Yuan, but he knew it as soon as he saw it. What can be done about it?

However, Zhu Qiyu glanced at him: "Let your son Qiu Dun enter the East Palace to study with you. He will learn whatever the prince studies. Let me see if the prince's qualifications are too poor."

These words frightened Qiu Jun and he fell to the ground: "The prince is learning the art of the emperor. How can I learn this? I beg your majesty to have mercy!"

Qiu Jun didn't know what to do. What could Zhu Qiyu do?

But he was young and slapped Zhu Jianqi's butt ten times.

Nianfu had a gloomy old face, obviously unwilling to teach the prince.

During the Jingtai Dynasty, the political atmosphere was very relaxed, especially the education of the prince. The emperor was completely left to his ministers, who were allowed to beat him as his own son.

He is rich and has a golden body by his side. He is also the teacher of the prince. No matter how rebellious the prince is, he will not dare to take revenge on him after he ascends the throne. Otherwise, I will stop serving you and go home to live in old age.

Besides, the prince hasn't ascended the throne yet, but he is the emperor's favorite.

"Do you know why my master beat you?" Nian Fu's voice was majestic.

"I don't know." Zhu Jianqi was also sad. If he knew, would he be beaten?

"Your Majesty views the overall situation from a broad perspective, so the war should be fought sooner rather than later. Not only the generals are aging, but the soldiers are also aging. The people have even become war-weary."

Nian Fu said: "The Ming Dynasty has indeed reached the end of its expansion of territory."

"But Your Majesty wants to turn the Ming Dynasty into the Emperor of Zhou and implement the laws of Zhou. Then the prince will be the vassal queen, and he will naturally defend the central government."

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, eight hundred formations of princes were set up to guard the center.

Nianfu saw that the prince clearly understood, but was unwilling to understand because of his anger. He sighed in his heart. Every family has sutras that are difficult to recite.

The root problem of the prince is that compared with his brothers, he is not that his qualifications are too poor, but he wants to completely overwhelm all his brothers and then show himself in front of the emperor.

madness!

Being rich is just an evaluation. You are already a prince, why do you need these false names?

No matter how good your brothers are, they will still be entrusted to others. The more you behave like this, the more worried the emperor will be.

"Serve as a minor official in the cabinet for a period of time. You are a teacher in the cabinet. No backdoors are allowed for you. Just be a minor official honestly. Stop other courses for the time being."

Nian Fu believes that this is a matter of mentality. If the prince is immersed in busy affairs, he will abandon these and show off his talents.

The prince is not bad, but he has used his wisdom in the wrong place.

"Students obey orders." Zhu Jianqi could not hold his head up in front of all the important officials in the court, who were all his teachers.

The emperor did not give him a chance to show off. In front of the teacher, he had to behave like a student. There were no monarchs and ministers, only teachers and students.

This caused Zhu Jianqi to have a low self-esteem and feel inferior to everyone, and his mother was nagging in his ears that he was the prince, which created a status gap.

He has not experienced the joy of being a prince at all. He is overtaken by his younger brothers, scolded by his teachers, and has to maintain the relationship with his younger brothers, which is tiring.

To be honest, Nian Fu was pretty good to him, and he had to serve Yu Qian like an ancestor.

Yu Qian liked to torture the prince. If the emperor tortured him, he would torture the emperor's son. It was fair.

In the evening, Zhu Jianqi limped back to the East Palace.

Empress Tang was waiting for him in the East Palace. When she heard that the emperor was angry in Yangxin Hall and punished the prince, she stewed ginseng soup to replenish the prince's health.

But when she saw the prince limping in, she stood up with a cry, ran over and hugged Zhu Jianqi: "My son, who hit you again?"

"Nianshi." Zhu Jianqi's butt hurts, and she still has to finish her afternoon studies.

The emperor did not allow the princes to ride in sedan chairs, and asked them to run in the palace to exercise. "Why did he hit you again!"

Empress Tang was like an angry mother: "He is a teacher, not an executioner. Why torture my son for nothing? No, go to His Majesty for my mother's sake and let His Majesty make the decision for you."

Zhu Jianqi made a crying face: "It was the father who asked his son to receive the punishment."

"you!"

Empress Tang was so choked that she said, "Your father can't torture you like this. I'm going to ask the Queen Mother to see how her eldest grandson was beaten!"

As he spoke, he wiped away tears.

"Mom, my son is fine." Zhu Jianqi was also suffering. My father asked me to say it, so I said it. Who knew that my father would be so angry? I'm not wrong either.

"He said it's okay. Mom gave you the medicine. Nian Fu is really evil. After being beaten like this, he didn't let you come back to give you the medicine and forced you to sit for several hours. He is really evil. His son is not living up to expectations. Just torture my son, you old and immortal thing!"

Empress Tang scolded her and took off her pants to apply medicine to her son.

Zhu Jianqi is so old that even if he were to die, he would not let his mother give him medicine.

"You bastard, you crawled out of my belly, and when you grow up, I can't stand it anymore?" Empress Tang was angry and had to apply the medicine herself.

Zhu Jianqi burst into tears. I was bullied by my father, bullied by my teacher, and bullied by my own mother when I came back. What a fate. Concubine Shu would never treat the second or third child like this, and Concubine Zhuang would never do that.

"Forget it, forget it, I can't help my mother when I'm older, and I won't watch it if I'm a mother."

When Empress Tang saw that her son was really crying, she asked the eunuch to give him medicine. She did not allow Gong'e to climb into her son's bed. Her son was still young and was growing up, so he must not be taught bad things.

Even in the entire East Palace, there was not a single young palace maid. Most of them were eunuchs and elderly aunts, and the princes in each palace were the same.

"Why is your father so angry?" Queen Tang asked.

Zhu Jianqi told what happened.

"Is there any problem with your answer?" Empress Tang thought it was perfect and asked her to answer. She also answered in the same way. This advice was for the good of the Ming Dynasty. Why was the emperor angry?

Zhu Jianqi was suddenly startled, and instantly realized who he looked like!

The fourth child was loved by his father. His mother was Concubine Zhuang, and his great-grandfather was Hu Hu. He had been studying since he was a child. Although his mother was a queen, she had no talent.

Suddenly, he began to hate this ignorant old woman.

"Go and prepare some snacks, and I will deliver them to Your Majesty right away." Empress Tang wanted to know clearly what her son's mistake was.

Zhu Jianqi realized that something was going wrong and stopped her. The problem was that she couldn't stop her.

After the palace gate was locked, Empress Tang came to the Nourishing Heart Hall with snacks.

The emperor in the palace was exercising. When he saw her coming in, he stopped his gestures, took a long breath, dispersed his energy, and took the handkerchief from Feng Xiao: "The queen is here?"

"It's been cold these days. Your Majesty, please don't exercise with your upper body shirtless. It's easy to get cold." Empress Tang took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the emperor's body.

The emperor has a strong body, with sinews all over his body, and his fingertips are hard to the touch.

"I know."

After putting on his coat, Zhu Qiyu cleaned his hands, sat on the couch, and looked at the exquisite pastries: "I've had dinner tonight, so I won't eat any more."

Holding his head with both hands and raising his legs, Empress Tang sat over and pressed his legs.

Zhu Qiyu does sit-ups to exercise his abdominal muscles.

I was covered in sweat from practicing again.

After practicing for half an hour, today's exercise was over. Empress Tang wiped him clean and then asked someone to prepare water for bathing.

"Your Majesty, are you targeting Qi'er again today?" Entering the bathroom, Queen Tang helped him bathe.

"Why are you here?" Zhu Qiyu tilted his head and looked at her.

"I take care of my son as a matter of course, and you do it for Qi'er's own good. After you reprimanded me last time, I don't dare to take care of the prince blindly anymore."

Empress Tang said: "I heard that I didn't turn over the cards today, so I came here."

We have been husband and wife for thirty years and know everything.

Zhu Qiyu said: "The prince came to you to complain?"

"My concubine forced me to ask. I don't understand. What did Qi'er say wrong?" Empress Tang also didn't shy away.

"That's true."

"But he is the prince, the future emperor."

"Although he is good at accepting advice, he must also have his own ideas."

"When looking at problems, we should not just look at the surface. We should look at the problems from the standpoint of the entire Ming Dynasty."

"Just talking about this matter, do you know why Li Xian and others are opposed to it?"

"Because he is the chief minister, and from the position of the chief minister, he will advise the emperor on whatever he does. Moreover, it is really not appropriate to start a war at this time. He is right."

"Everyone's position is different, so what they say is correct."

"The emperor decides whether to listen or not. I am the emperor, and he is the future emperor. The emperor must look at the problem from the overall perspective."

Seeing that Empress Tang still didn't understand, Zhu Qiyu could only say bluntly: "He looked at the problem from the perspective of the minister, not the emperor, so he was wrong."

Empress Tang suddenly understood: "Your Majesty, do you want the prince to view this matter from your point of view?"

"Nonsense, he is the future emperor. What does he mean by admonishing me from the perspective of a minister?"

Zhu Qiyu said: "I found out, does the prince look more like you?"

"Ah?" Empress Tang didn't understand genetics.

Just looking at each other in a daze, why do they look more and more like each other?

Facing the emperor's questioning look, Empress Tang became anxious: "Xiao Twenty is not like this. You said Xiao Twenty is as smart as Cao Chong."

"Twenty-year-old looks like me!" Zhu Qiyu felt that the Empress of Tang was stupid, so the prince was stupid.

"You!" Empress Tang cried angrily.

Zhu Qiyu felt more and more right: "Old Shififu is not as stupid as him. It seems that the prince is more like you."

When Empress Tang burst into tears, she refused to wash them away and left the palace angrily.

"Tang Yunyan, come back and finish washing me." It was Zhu Qiyu's turn to be anxious.

"You are so capable, just wash it yourself!"

An angry voice came from the Empress of Tang: "Pujiao, go back to the palace!"

Zhu Qiyu touched his nose and saw how old he was, but he was still acting like a child.

But soon, Empress Tang came in again. If she left, I don’t know which fox would be better off, but tonight would be mine.

"I've finished washing, you can go back to the palace." Zhu Qiyu said angrily.

"I will wash you again, my concubine." Empress Tang smiled sweetly.

Zhu Qiyu laughed: "The prince does look like you, so cute and cute."

Empress Tang's face was obviously falling apart. In the next few days, she whispered in the prince's ear, if only you were as smart as Xiao Twenty.

I made Zhu Jianqi doubt his life. Am I really that stupid?

He is indeed much slower than others in working in the cabinet. Many people cast strange looks at him, as if to say, this prince is too stupid, and the mystique of the Ming Dynasty prince is being shattered inch by inch.

Zhu Jianqi cried secretly.

March is here in the blink of an eye, and spring is blooming.

"Nian Qing, how is the prince?" After the morning court, Zhu Qiyu kept Nian Fu.

"Your Majesty, the prince is not mediocre, he is just too strong. Please don't push too hard." Nian Fu was also helpless.

Zhu Qiyu gave him a look: "It's not a good thing if a brother is too good."

"If the third, fourth, and fifth princes are not entrusted to each other, I will be very worried that the tragedy of the princes seizing the heirs will happen again."

Nian Fu smiled bitterly: "Especially the fifth prince (the fourth), he is very smart."

"But Your Majesty, everything that is good in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. The person who truly becomes a great talent will never be the person who took first place back then."

"How do you say it?" Zhu Qiyu asked.

"Your Majesty, are the ministers the number one scholar? How many ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are the number one scholar? Where are the number one scholars in all previous imperial examinations?"

The comparison of old age and wealth is too appropriate.

The top pick is the most outstanding one, but the actual success rate is the lowest.

There are many reasons, but the bottom line is pride.

The smarter the person, the more proud he will be, the more he will get into trouble, and the more he will be unable to get up after falling. This is the rookie wall of geniuses. If you get over it, you will be a top talent. If you can't get over it, you will be lost to everyone else.

"The fourth child is indeed too good."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly laughed: "Nian Qing, what will happen to him if you say you let him run into obstacles everywhere?"

Are there any biological fathers like you?

Nian Fu suddenly understood that it was the emperor who suppressed the prince to death. The emperor beat the prince into the dust and let him grow out of the dust. Only in this way could he become a vigorous weed instead of a flower in the greenhouse. .

Only those who break their minds into pieces again and again, reassemble them and stand up again are the strong ones.

The prince is obviously not a super genius, and he is not very outstanding in military and political affairs. But if the emperor can keep polishing and polishing a piece of brilliant jade, then the future of the prince is limitless.

But there are huge risks involved. What if the prince cannot stand up? Don't want to stand up? Then he will become a super piece of trash.

With the emperor's character, would he give up on him?

When Nianfu saw the emperor's wicked smile again, he understood that this was an opportunity for Zhu Jianji to fight for the throne.

"Nian Qing, do you think he can get up?" Zhu Qiyu asked wickedly.

"Weichen doesn't know, because Weichen is not a genius. Weichen achieves everything through hard work."

I dare not say it when I am young. Who can reach this point is not a genius?

However, there are also many extremely talented people who have fallen behind.

"Then let's see."

Zhu Qiyu likes this kind of experiment very much.

He needed a powerful son to inherit his legacy and lead Ming Dynasty to never stop pioneering.

Rather than a waste lying on his credit book and ceding away the land he worked so hard to manage.

"There is a serious shortage of people in the Northeast. What do you think?" Zhu Qiyu said.

Nianfu has served as governor of two places and knows the places well. He chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, your immigration has always been forced immigration. Whether it is criminal immigration or any method, it is all forced and there are no rules to follow. .”

"And this will create a great sense of insecurity for the people."

"Because no one knows who will be removed one day. This insecurity creates a sense of alienation between the center and the people."

"The hub can definitely set an immigration standard."

Zhu Qiyu didn't understand: "Speak in human terms."

The two of them were on their way to the Yangxin Hall.

Nian Fu took his time and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, what do you think of the people's sentiments?"

"Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, advocating for the superior and suppressing the inferior. If you have breasts, you are a mother. You are greedy by nature."

Zhu Qiyu said bluntly: "Of course, human nature has good sides, such as a little kindness and a hint of compassion, but there are more bad sides."

"Is immigration a good thing or a bad thing?" Nian Fu asked again.

"Nonsense, of course it is a bad thing for the people." Zhu Qiyu asked him to speak quickly.

Nianfu stroked his beard and smiled: "Nowadays, the folk customs are far less simple than in ancient times. Especially after the business boom, people's hearts are getting worse and worse."

"In the eighth year of Jingtai, when Wei Chen first arrived in Hubei, he would just knock on a door and ask for a sip of water. The peasants would also bring out food that they could not bear to eat, and entertain Wei Chen without giving him any money."

"Last year, in the 22nd year of Jingtai, Weichen went to Jizhou for a business trip. He changed into regular clothes, went to a farmer who seemed to be living a good life, and asked for a bowl of water. Guess what?"

"Ask Wei Chen for a penny!"

"It's just a bowl of water, how can you ask for money? Wei Chen finds it difficult to understand."

"Weichen went to several stores, and those who asked for a penny were all conscientious. Some wanted a dime, which scared Weichen."

"There are even people selling water on the road. It's just a bucket of boiled water for a penny a scoop. It's almost like robbing money."

Nian Fu lamented: "It has only been fifteen years. People's lives have been prosperous and visibly improved for the better. But people's hearts have visibly changed for the worse!"

"Not to mention compared with ancient times, it cannot be compared with the people's hearts fifteen years ago."

"Yue Zheng wrote a letter to Wei Chen last year. He said in the letter that he often paid a private visit and was eating steamed buns on the streets of Tianjin when he encountered a forced purchase and sale. A passerby asked how much a candy man cost? Then he I didn’t buy it, so I was caught by the candy seller, who threatened me and forced me to buy it.”

"Tell me about this human heart. It has deteriorated to this point in fifteen years!"

Zhu Qiyu frowned: "Why didn't I know?"

"Your Majesty, who would mention such a trivial matter in a memorial?"

Nian Fu smiled bitterly: "There are so many important things for the family and the country, and there are so many things to deal with every day, you don't have the energy to deal with them!"

This was just a matter of mutual emotion among the officials, and no one said that such things would displease the emperor.

Just as he was talking, he entered the Nourishing Heart Hall.

Feng Xiao served tea to Nian Fu. Nian Fu took a sip of the hot tea and put it on the table: "So I thought, how can we regulate people's hearts?"

"Prosperous business brings benefits, but more often it makes people become greedy, forget the teachings of the scriptures, forget the culture of their ancestors, and even forget that they are a human being."

"That's why I feel that the law should be used to regulate people's hearts."

Therefore, all dynasties have focused on agriculture and suppressed business, because businessmen will completely destroy the positive energy of society.

"Don't beat around the bush and get to the point."

Zhu Qiyu was a little angry. This businessman was really the root of social morality. How many troubles had he caused since the re-business? Just control it because it affects business development, but leave it alone because you can’t see it.

"I think that the entire Ming Dynasty can implement a scoring system."

"The behavior of the people in the world is scored and graded. If the score is poor at the end of the year, all the people will immigrate to the frontier. According to the different points, the farther the immigrants are, the less land they will be allocated."

Nian Fu said: "The center can include all aspects of people's clothing, food, housing and transportation into the points system."

"Points may be deducted for any behavior that violates morals, such as spitting, lying, ill-gotten gains, and if the circumstances are serious, such as forced buying and selling, after the Jimo family property is demoted to a slave."

Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up, isn't this a credit society?

Everything adopts a credit system and a points system. Those with high points can enjoy more benefits, while those with low points will be punished as necessary.

The ancients were full of positive energy. Is it the result of the laws being too strict?

"You still have to be young and wealthy. This is a good way."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "But, who will score? After the score, who will supervise it? Are local officials really trustworthy?"

Never believe in the hearts of the people. Local officials who have the power to score will use their power for personal gain. It is the good people who are really arrested.

"Your Majesty, the scores can be graded at different levels by each department. Finally, one department will compile the scores and publish the scores so that the people can supervise them voluntarily. If they feel it is unreasonable, they can give them a chance to litigate."

Nianfu had already thought about it: "But in the early days, for the sake of immigration, there was no chance of litigation. As long as the score was lower than the set score, we would directly immigrate."

"There are many cases of deception and abduction among the people."

"As long as the central government is willing to investigate, a large number of them can be found. The population of the Northeast and Western Regions is enough."

"Moreover, the central government has established a mechanism to encourage people to do good and change people's hearts for good."

"Once this mechanism is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, people will know what the standards are for forced immigration, and people will follow the regulations, and people's hearts will naturally improve."

Zhu Qiyu thinks this suggestion is good: "This is called building a trustworthy society. This score is called credit points. The credit system is universal for the whole society."

"You are still bad enough in your old age, hahaha!"

"You go back now and write out your set of things. We will discuss it at the upper court tomorrow morning, and then let the ministries start to formulate it and implement it immediately."

Immigration is a big problem, and the emperor cannot allow people's hearts to turn bad.

The direct harm is that when people's hearts become bad, they will have messy thoughts. Can the emperor secure his position?

The indirect harm is that people's hearts are corrupted and alienated from each other, which leads to the lack of centripetal force in the whole society, and people become extremely selfish and lack a public heart.

"I obey the decree." Nian Fu knew that the emperor would agree.

"But there are bad people on the border, so what should we do?"

Zhu Qiyu considered: "Some people will not be allowed to immigrate. For example, crimes such as rape, murder, robbery of large amounts, intentional injury, etc. will not be released!"

"Especially for rape, obscenity, insulting women, etc., they will all be castrated, paraded through the streets for three days, and then languished to death. All those with family members will be sentenced to the same punishment. They will be castrated, paraded, and languished. There will be no amnesty."

"Those who commit murder must pay for their lives. In special circumstances, you can go to the Ministry of Punishment and get forgiveness from the Ministry of Punishment. If the circumstances are serious, the whole family will be executed."

"Border Province implements a three-year probation period for all criminal immigrants. If they make the same mistake again, they will be executed. No marriage will be allowed within three years, and no land will be divided."

"Let the Ministry of Punishment introduce a new law in the border provinces, and criminals must be educated and corrected. Only those with good ratings can be separated and naturalized."

Zhu Qiyu felt that in the past, criminal immigrants were too kind, which led to the deterioration of folk customs and even the increase in civilian crime rates.

There is no death for committing crimes anyway, they are just immigrants to the frontier.

So who will be a good person?

This time, the whole society was fundamentally changed, so that while Ming Dynasty was developing externally, it should also educate itself internally.

(End of this chapter)