I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 168 The Way of the Foundation of Eternity, Jiangshan Pays You!

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze, and he asked with a smile, "Then what's your opinion?"

Zhu Yunxuan asked in return: "Grandpa Huang, do you hope that the Ming Dynasty will be in charge of the country for hundreds of years, and then be overthrown by the people and change dynasties, or do you hope that the Ming Dynasty will be eternal and unshakable for all eternity?"

Lao Shi smiled and said: "Of course I hope that the Great Ming will last forever."

"That's right." Zhu Yunxuan's voice was immature, but his tone was extremely firm, and said: "The Northern Zhou Dynasty did not exist for many years after the death of Qin II."

"This shows that their actions may seem reasonable, but in fact they are not."

"Since the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, dynasties have changed, and the fortunes of the country can last for hundreds of years, or as short as decades. Have you ever seen a dynasty that lasts forever?"

"Literati say that the general trend of the world will be divided if it is united for a long time, and it will unite if it is divided for a long time."

"The same goes for the change of dynasties."

"It is extremely difficult to have a national destiny for 500 years, let alone it will last forever."

Old Zhu was silent.

Although he hoped that Daming would last forever, he also knew that the hope was slim.

Which dynasty in history did not die?
Who can truly live forever?

Zhu Yunxuan continued: "Those who plan for the overall situation plan for one place, and those who plan for eternity plan for one time."

"Whether it is the five techniques of controlling the people, the use of corrupt officials, or the theory of killing corrupt officials, they are all just techniques. They can only achieve temporary happiness, but cannot protect the eternal foundation."

Lao Zhu asked: "In your opinion, how can we have the foundation of eternity?"

"Grandpa Huang, as the old saying goes: the world has changed forever."

"The sea may one day become farmland, and farmland may become a vast ocean."

"The mountains may disappear, and the rivers and lakes may no longer exist in ten thousand years."

"For example, in the past, soldiers used swords, axes, and bows and armor to fight. But my grandson's new army abandoned swords and axes, threw away bows and armor, and only used flintlocks. Instead, its combat power increased a hundred times. Why?"

"Everything in the world is in the process of change and development."

"Gentlemen's Ze, beheaded for the fifth generation."

"If you want it to be fixed, it's going against the sky."

"Even if you can find temporary peace, it will destroy the foundation of eternity."

"Let the class be solidified, and the people be imprisoned. The son inherits the father's business, and the grandson succeeds, and the son and grandson will never change. This seems beautiful, but it violates the principle that everything in the world is invariable."

"How can it be possible to govern a country like this for a long time despite being stable for a moment and experiencing changes for eternity?"

Zhu Yunzhen's voice is not loud and very immature, but his words are very resounding.

Lao Zhu stood there blankly, his expression frozen.

"Then if you say so, our old Zhu family's empire will be lost one day. Is this a destiny?"

Zhu Yunxuan said seriously: "If you respond to it with stability and seek it with stability, wouldn't it be natural for the country to change hands?"

"Grandfather Huang was only a commoner back then. When the situation was changing, he got the destiny at the right time and worked hard to start a business. Only then did the great Ming Dynasty come into being."

"In the future, the fate of the Ming Dynasty will fall, and there will be people who will fulfill their fate."

Zhu Yunxi said word by word, "If you want to have the foundation of eternity, you have to follow the changes of the sky."

"Say it quickly." Lao Zhu's breathing suddenly became heavy.

Unlike Emperor Qin Huang, Han Wu Taizong and other emperors, Lao Zhu never asked for immortality.

He knew very well that they were all false.

But Mrs. Zhu hopes that the Ming Dynasty will always be in the hands of the Zhu family.

Eternity, eternity, eternity, never change.

Of course Zhu Yunzhen knew that this was wishful thinking.

However, it is possible to think of some ways to extend the life of the Ming Dynasty.

"As the emperor's grandfather said before, Dayu's control of the flood is worse than blocking it."

"Blocking the rivers and preventing the water from flowing may appear to be temporarily stable, but in fact it has laid the foundation for a huge crisis."

"Let the descendants of farmers continue to be farmers, let the descendants of soldiers always be soldiers, let the descendants of craftsmen always be craftsmen, and let the prostitutes always be prostitutes."

"On the surface it looks the most stable, but in fact it buries huge instability factors."

"As time goes by, drops of water will penetrate the stone."

"The descendants of farmers are unwilling to be farmers, the descendants of soldiers are unwilling to be soldiers, the descendants of craftsmen do not want to be craftsmen, and the descendants of prostitutes are even more resistant to continuing to be prostitutes."

"If they are forcibly solidified, the pressure accumulated later will become greater and greater and become increasingly impossible to suppress."

"Only by respecting the way the heaven and earth change, and following the principle that everything in the world changes, let them change."

"Today is a wealthy businessman, tomorrow is a craftsman."

"Today you are a high official, tomorrow you are a poor person."

"Today is poor and cheap, tomorrow is high and expensive."

"Hedong for 30 years, and Hexi for 30 years, Fengshui will take turns."

"As an emperor, adapt to these changes, change with the times, and change with the times."

"On the contrary, if you are greedy for a moment, suppress it, and go against the sky, how can you not perish?"

Zhu Yunzhen took a deep breath and added: "In the past, Wen Yanbo once said: The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together, not the common people." "

"Shang Jun's book on the Five Skills of Controlling the People and Su Chuo's theory on officialdom are all based on this principle."

"But in Sun'er's view, the most powerful and powerful people in the world are always the people at the bottom."

"Grandpa Huang used to be a commoner, but he was able to conquer the world because he relied on thousands of poor people."

"As the Son of Heaven, you should form an alliance with the greatest power in the world and stand with the people instead of suppressing them."

"Let him change if he changes; let him become stronger if he is strong."

"The emperor does not need to be afraid, just accept it calmly."

"As long as you change at the right time, follow the way of heaven, let it change, the world will be turned upside down, adapt to it, and respond to it."

"We will always be with the people and share the world with the people. How can the people rebel?"

"The Tang-Wu revolution follows nature and responds to man!"

"They want to change. We don't wait for them to revolt. We don't wait for them to rebel. Let's change ourselves and revolutionize ourselves."

"Then they have no reason to overthrow the Ming Dynasty."

“Only in this way can we sit back and watch the ups and downs of the wind and clouds, and only by lying on a high fishing platform can we have a foundation for eternity.”

After the solidification of the class, is the society stable?
From a short-term perspective, it is indeed the most stable.

But from a long-term perspective, class cannot be fixed forever, and will definitely change.

If the stratum is not allowed to flow freely and the pressure of its changes is fully released during the flow, then one day, it will be released suddenly like a volcanic eruption, destroying everything and overthrowing the rule.

Then establish a new dynasty.

This is the law of dynastic period.

In the later stages of the dynasty, class solidification will become more and more serious, and the upward passage is basically blocked.

The lower level was completely desperate, and then broke out.

The solidification of the class by the rulers in every possible way is actually laziness, stealing the convenience of the moment, and ruining the long-term development in the future.

It is of course much more difficult in social governance to let the class flow freely instead of solidify.

It caused a lot of inconvenience to the government.

But doing so is precisely the most stable in the long run.

The mobile class will make the power of resistance disappear and achieve true stability.

Of course, this requires the rulers to constantly formulate different policies according to the time, place, and people, constantly adjust themselves, adapt to the development and changes of society, and constantly carry out self-revolution.

Otherwise, it will also be swept into the dustbin of history.

Continuous self-revolution to adapt to the development and changes of the times and things is the only way to preserve the foundation of the world forever.

On the surface, the feudal emperor is the representative of the landlord class and the largest landlord in the country.

But in Zhu Yunxu's view, if this is really used to position the emperor and position himself, it will be the most natural thing for him to be overthrown by peasant uprisings and rebellions in the future.

Only by jumping out of this framework, among the landlord class and the peasant class, choose the peasants who account for the majority of the population, and choose to be with the common people, so that they can always control the power.

Although this means that in the court, the emperor will become a real loner and lose the power of support.

But relying on the prestige of the emperor, coupled with the tens of thousands of people in the lower class, it may not be impossible to succeed.

An emperor should be transcendent, not limited by his own class, and should jump out of his class.

The emperor should be a mediator of conflicts between different classes, and be consistent with the interests of the majority of people, not stand on their opposite side.

The emperor should be a judge who transcends classes, not a participant in class movements.

Only by being a referee can you never lose.

As long as you participate, the class will change. Today the east wind will overwhelm the west wind, and tomorrow the west wind will overpower the east wind. How can it last forever?
This may be difficult.

Because the power of the vested interest class is too strong.

But if you don’t try it, how will you know?
Lao Zhu was silent for a long time after hearing what he said.

After a full quarter of an hour, he sighed and said, "Xiao'er, what you said is correct."

"Nothing in this world remains unchanged forever."

"If future generations of the Zhu family want to preserve the country forever, they can only continue to adapt to changes."

Lao Zhu smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that the "Ancestor's Instructions" compiled by us should be burned."

Zhu Yunxian was startled, but he didn't expect that Lao Zhu could be persuaded so easily.

It should be noted that a person's thoughts are very difficult to change.

The older you get, the more stubborn your thoughts are and the less willing you are to accept new ideas.

In his previous life, he had seen countless keyboard warriors on the Internet, his face was swollen from being beaten by others, but he still refused to admit that he was wrong.

But on second thought, who is Lao Zhu?

From a beggar, he can climb all the way until he becomes the ninety-five supreme.

Start with a bowl and win the whole country.

How can his learning ability, ability to accept things, and ability to change himself be compared to those keyboard warriors of later generations?

After all, a person's progress comes from the constant denial of his past.

Realize that you were wrong in the past and keep changing, so that you can make progress.

And for those who refuse to admit their mistakes, there is no difference between 60 years old and 20 years old. Their cognition will never improve.

Most people are like this.

Therefore, most people live an ordinary life.

Until the time they educate their children, they still teach their children a bunch of wrong things.

But Lao Zhu obviously does not belong to the majority.

Therefore, he quickly realized his previous mistakes and corrected them.

This is Lao Zhu's most terrifying ability.

"Grandpa Huang." Zhu Yunzhen didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only call him softly.

Old Zhu held him in his arms.

"My grandson still has some political matters, and he wants to discuss them with Grandpa Huang."

Zhu Yunxi thought of currency reform.

This is not a trivial matter and should be discussed with Lao Zhu first.

There is also the matter of sending ships to sea after the sea ban is lifted, which should also be put on the agenda.

During this time, he has drawn a rough map of the world based on his impressions from his previous life.

I plan to talk to Lao Zhu about the world situation and the overseas situation.

"Needless to say." Old Zhu shook his head lightly: "We have entrusted you with the Great Ming Dynasty, and you can manage it according to your own ideas, and you don't have to report everything to us."

"When I talked to you today, I wanted to explain it to you. Now it seems that we are worrying too much. You think very clearly, even more clearly than Grandpa Huang."

"Stand with the common people, stand with the largest group in the world, well said."

"We, the descendants of the old Zhu family, must keep this in mind."

"The world belongs to our old Zhu's family, and it belongs to the common people."

"The emperor represents the herdsmen and establishes his destiny for the people of the world."

"Our old Zhu's family wants to be the foundation of all generations, not to be greedy for a momentary joy, and to share the world with the people."

"According to the destiny, changing at the right time, self-revolution."

Lao Zhu stood up and looked at the setting sun in the distance.

"Grandpa Huang will go to Yangshan to recuperate tomorrow, and the government will be completely entrusted to you."

"You just go ahead and do it."

"Let's see, where will Daming go under your rule?"

"Don't be afraid, even if the sky falls, Grandpa Huang will hold you up."

In the evening glow, the old man stood quietly, his back slightly hunched.

(End of this chapter)