Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 578 Can’t civil servants and military generals work together?
  "Please, Your Highness, don't get too close to the general!"

"Please, Your Highness, don't resort to violence!"

Kong Gongjian still shouted firmly that Zhu Xuan's "mistakes" must be corrected and the interests of their civil servants must be safeguarded.

The civil servants present in the court heard what Kong Gongjian said, and they only dared to nod in agreement. They also wanted to safeguard this interest, but they had learned from the past and did not dare to speak out, so they just nodded.

It's rare for Kong Gong to be convinced, and it's hard for them to disagree.

Similar topics were raised again and again by their civil servants.

The generals stared at Kong Gongjian with dissatisfaction, but it was difficult to say anything in the court. If they wanted to debate with civil officials, they did not have the confidence to make such talk.

"Does Duke Yan Sheng think that military generals are useless?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to get angry, but Zhu Xuan gave him a calm look, looked at Kong Gongjian, and asked this question.

Although Kong Gongjian thought in his heart that military generals were indeed not very good, he did not dare to say it directly. He raised his hands and said: "I don't think so. Without military generals, there would be no Ming Dynasty. Military generals are of course useful, but they cannot govern the country. Please, Your Highness." Don’t get close to military commanders easily.”

"Bullshit!"

Li Jinglong finally couldn't help it, shouted loudly, and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, I don't agree with what Yan Shenggong said. Who said military generals can't govern the country? Without military generals, you civil servants don't know where you are!"

Kong Gongjian said with certainty: "Without military generals, we civil servants can better assist His Majesty in governing the world."

"In Duke Yansheng's opinion, what is governing a country?"

Zhu Xuan gave Li Jinglong a look and told him not to argue with Kong Gongjian yet.

Li Jinglong opened his mouth and could only give Kong Gongjian a fierce look.

Kong Gongjian responded: "The purpose of governing a country is to make the world peaceful, the seas and rivers clear, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the officials govern the country with clarity. This is governing the country, and only civil servants can do it."

Upon hearing this, the civil servants nodded collectively once again.

They have a very high self-esteem and think that reading is better than anything else.

They were very dissatisfied when Zhu Yuanzhang reformed the imperial examination, added military assessment, and deleted a lot of content. They even opposed it together, but Zhu Yuanzhang implemented it forcefully and the objection was unsuccessful.

Although the imperial examinations were reformed, they could not change the stubborn ideas of corrupt Confucianism and sour Confucianism in the court.

The truly changed scholars have not been able to enter the center yet.

Those sour scholars continued to govern the country in the central government.

Zhu Xuan even worried that if the imperial examination could not be reformed and Confucianism could not be changed, how serious would it be if the Ming Dynasty would be governed by these self-righteous scholars in the future.

"Since Yan Shenggong also said that the purpose of governing the country is peace in the world, then I want to ask you, how does peace in the world come about?" Zhu Xuan followed his words and asked.

"Naturally..."

Kong Gongjian was about to blurt out, but soon felt something was wrong.

Seeing him pause, Zhu Xuan continued: "In the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when the people were in dire straits, was there peace in the world? No, it was the emperor who led a group of generals who brought peace. Only in this way could the later Haiyan Heqing exist. Live and work in peace and contentment. No one denies that civilian officials govern the country, but military generals cannot govern the country. According to Yan Shenggong, isn't it contradictory?"

After all, the chaotic times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty ended only a few decades ago.

Some older veterans still came from that period.

Even if they don't want to admit it, they have to accept this fact.

"I also know that you civil servants attach great importance to your own interests, think of yourself as noble, and look down on military generals who only know how to fight and kill."

Zhu Xuan added: "If there were no military generals, this time the Jurchens, Tatars, Goryeo and others invaded the Ming Dynasty, no one would resist. They killed them all the way to Yingtian. Can you civil servants still govern the country? Can you still use your benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust? Retreat the enemy?"

"If I had known this, I should have asked Your Majesty to let Duke Yan go to the front line to fight!"

Li Jinglong added something at this time. "Here……"

Kong Gongjian fell into his own conflict, struggled for a while and said: "Your Highness, this is strong words."

Zhu Xuan laughed and said: "You can't defeat me, so you say I'm arrogant? In fact, I also think that what Yan Shenggong said at the beginning was arrogant."

Kong Gongjian was silent.

The civil servants in the court were also silent.

"You said that I am close to military commanders, and that's true."

Zhu Xuan nodded and said: "But I am also close to you civil servants. If I had not been close to you, I would not have opened my mouth to intercede for you not long ago. Many officials of the Third Division, if it were not for me, would have been killed in large numbers."

This is another fact that no one can object to, especially the officials of the Third Division.

"Your Majesty is right!"

Yang Shiqi stepped forward at this time and said: "Without Your Highness, I would still be just an ordinary Imperial College Supervisor. Your Highness treats civil servants and military generals equally."

Zhu Xuan glanced at Yang Shiqi, who was promoted by himself, and said: "I don't understand, you civil servants have to focus on the military generals to find faults? Can't the civil and military forces work together to govern the Ming Dynasty? If a hundred years later, You civil servants hold great power and constantly suppress the military generals. Even the weapons and equipment have been abandoned by you. If a foreign enemy invades at that time, what can you do? Or do you want the Ming Dynasty to turn into the Song Dynasty? "

"I dare not!"

Kong Gongjian immediately knelt down.

He didn't dare to refute this statement.

How useless is the Song Dynasty?

Just look at Jingkang’s shame.

But the status of civil servants in the Song Dynasty was indeed high.

"Well said, dear grandson!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said loudly.

This speaks to the aspirations of many people: Why can't civil and military forces work together and have to fight non-stop for this power?

If there were no generals, there would be no Ming Dynasty.

By suppressing the generals, the Ming Dynasty might become the next Song Dynasty.

"It is also true that military generals are arrogant and domineering, but civilian officials are not necessarily any better. Civilian officials are dissatisfied with military commanders, and military generals look down on civilian officials..."

Zhu Xuan continued: "Why don't you put down this prejudice? Grandpa Huang and I will not be afraid of military generals, but the civil servants think that military generals may respect themselves. You have been in conflict for a long time. Can you think of a way to solve it? ?”

As soon as these words came out, both civil servants and military generals fell silent.

The conflict between the two groups is a large group conflict.

In fact, privately, the relationship between some civil servants and military generals is still very good.

However, the interests of the group forced them to be destined to have conflicts. This was a law that could not be changed for thousands of years. The status of generals was only higher in the decades after the founding of the country, and was gradually weakened as the country stabilized.

Can this law really be changed?
  "Officials from the six ministries, the Imperial Academy and the Hanlin Academy, and the generals."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and said loudly: "Did you hear what my dear grandson said? Let's discuss it carefully and come up with a solution, otherwise... we all go back to farming!"

All the officials had to accept the order.

They also understood that, driven by the little emperor's grandson, His Majesty must resolve the conflict between the two groups.

(End of this chapter)