Shared Talent: Traveling through a hundred worlds simultaneously

"Immortal."

Jiajing looked at Su Chen excitedly, "Please grant me the magic."

At this moment, Hai Rui, who had just felt that he was a good emperor and angrily rebuked Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, felt as if the sky had fallen. His emperor was still the same as before! Damn! Why on earth?
"I don't have any magic!"

Su Chen explained: "But I know that if you work hard before you die, you can go to heaven to be a minor official, but if you don't work hard, it will probably be difficult for you to go to heaven to be a minor official."

"I can go to heaven?" Jiajing was overjoyed, "But why can I only be a minor official?"

"Why do you want to rebel and become the Emperor of Heaven?" Su Chen asked with a smile.

Jiajing shuddered and said nervously, "Master, you can't talk nonsense. I am just a small official. I think it is a good thing to be able to go to heaven."

Su Chen pointed at Hai Rui and said, "I advise you to give your subjects some confidence. Otherwise, based on what you are doing now, you are not qualified to go to heaven anyway."

Jiajing coughed twice. He looked at Taizu and Chengzu. Considering Taizu's achievements, he was indeed qualified to go to heaven. Chengzu... Although he was not in a legitimate position and was cruel and inhumane, his achievements were beyond reproach. That one seemed to be Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Biao? Why was there a child? Could it be that he was related to the heaven?
Zhu Houzhao, no, how did Zhu Houzhao get promoted? What he did was quite absurd, but he did gain control of the military and defeated the little prince who unified the grasslands again.

He did a good job in the beginning, but ignored the affairs of state for many years afterwards. He was imitating Emperor Wen of Han who ruled by inaction.

He ran to comfort Hai Rui, saying that he would work hard in the future. Don't worry, if we think we can change the Ming Dynasty, let it shine with new vitality again, and restore the glory of the Ming Dynasty, we will do our best to do so!
Hai Rui: "Since Your Majesty wants to change, and wants to be a minor official in heaven like the emperors of previous dynasties and people with great merit, I dare to make some suggestions to Your Majesty."

Jiajing has a headache.

He knew that Hai Rui would definitely find another opportunity to attack him and say something he didn't like to hear.

"explain."

Hai Rui first cited the example of Emperor Yongle Zhu Di. He first said all kinds of bad things about Zhu Di, and then talked about all the deeds Zhu Di had done and what Zhu Di's son Zhu Gaochi had done. He first criticized and then praised him, and used this to speak to Jiajing.

Jiajing, the mistakes you made are no less than those of Emperor Yongle Zhu Di, but your achievements are far less than those of Emperor Yongle Zhu Di. If you continue to lie down and do bad things, you will not be qualified to go to heaven to become a small official, let alone become one.

Even though Jiajing was criticized, he still had to smile, because Hai Rui criticized Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di and was not afraid of even Emperor Yongle. This shows that Hai Rui was truly an official who was not afraid of death.

"You go on."

"go on."

Taizu, Chengzu, the immortals, and all the officials in the court were watching. What could he do? He could only let Hai Rui snipe him and get close to him. He had to say, "Hai Rui got close to him and got close to him. Great job!"

Hai Rui: "Your Majesty, please give me some time. I need to think carefully and write a letter to Your Majesty titled "Public Security Comb".

Jiajing: “…”

Su Chen interrupted, "You don't have to write anymore. I know what you wrote."

He looked at the civil and military officials in the court with great interest and amusement.

"You are Zhao Zhenji, right?"

Zhao Zhenji was stunned, not understanding why the nobleman asked his name, and replied, "My lord, I am Zhao Zhenji. What do you want to tell me?"

"I'm fine. Don't try to figure out what I'm thinking. I'm worried that you might trick me."

Su Chen took out special instruments from other parallel time and space and busied himself in the court, preparing arrangements. He wanted to let all the officials in Jiajing's court watch the video together for fun.

"Immortal."

Jiajing was curious, "I wonder what this is?"

"Immortal weapon."

Su Chen said evasively: "I got it from the fairyland."

He had discussed with Zhu Yuanzhang and others yesterday that this is what should be said about an emperor like Jiajing. Although Jiajing might have guessed some of the truth, no matter how smart he was, it was hard for him to see such an incredible thing.

Without telling him the details, Jiajing must be more willing to believe what he wants to believe in his heart, that is, there are immortals, the fairyland exists, and he must work hard and become a minor official in the fairyland in the future.

Su Chen was busy alone for a while.

Under the observation of the shrewd and scheming civil officials in the court, they had no idea what the other party was going to do, but they knew that the other party had already controlled all of them. If something really happened, none of them would have the power to resist.

After all, their civil officials were the main force, and the military officers had long been eliminated by them. Many civil officials regretted that they had not cleaned up the military officers so thoroughly, which led to their current embarrassment.

They all don't know how to fight. They have no ability to resist this group of people of unknown origin. Instead of resisting, it is better to believe that this group of people are immortals. At least the emperor will definitely not mistake his cousin, Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao.

Su Chen asked the officials in the court one by one, adapted the TV series, changed it into their appearance and their voices, and played it for them again.

Zhu Di asked, "What you played for us is not the same as this."

Zhu Yuanzhang helped explain: "That's called the butterfly effect. You don't understand. Different parallel time and space will have different changes. Even if we don't participate, there will be some differences in some aspects."

Zhu Di looked at his father, shrank his head and stopped asking questions. He felt that he was not as educated as his father.

But Emperor Yongle used strength and was very tough, which was much better than the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty. Even if he did not understand the principle of "rule of law under the barrel of a gun", Yongle implemented this principle throughout his life.

Among the later Ming Dynasty emperors, only Zhu Houzhao was able to control military power, but he was too naive.

This time, the video was about Hai Rui presenting the congratulatory message.

After reading it, Jiajing looked at the congratulatory letter written by Hai Rui from the perspective of an outsider. He was almost so angry that his face twisted. He looked at Zhao Zhenji again, wondering why he hadn't realized that this guy was so eloquent before.

What does it mean to be the disciple of the emperor? I am your accomplice!
I am so angry that I can only say, let heroes investigate heroes, let good men investigate good men, you can do it! The court of mine is really full of talents!
Jiajing rubbed his temples.

Fortunately, his physical condition has improved a lot, otherwise he would have been angered to death by this group of ministers and the future he saw from the immortal weapon, making him lose face in front of the immortals and his ancestors.

I can’t afford to offend the immortal, so how can I afford to offend you?
With the help of our ancestors, I will take care of you one by one. I will take control of the military power! I will let you know what it means to be strong!

Hai Rui said, "Your Majesty, what is said above is correct. He has not attended court for more than 20 years. He is said to be cultivating himself, but secretly he is ruling alone..."

Jiajing was in a lot of trouble. He just wanted to build a new house for himself. Is it that difficult? Forget it. I won’t build a house. I will go to heaven to be an official in the future.

Among the three dynasties after the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Han was the most wise ruler, and Jiajing's idol was Emperor Wen of Han.

In the court, he constantly gave Hai Rui advice.

Hai Rui counterattacked.

Su Chen stopped eating the melon and put down the rind that he had not yet finished eating.

Watching the confrontation between Hai Rui and Emperor Jiajing live was much more exciting than what was shown on TV.

He said that he was following the example of Emperor Wen of Han, but in fact he was building a lot of buildings? He did not let the people rest and recuperate? He just wanted to build a new house. Compared with his greed, corrupt officials, civil servants and big landlords were greedier.

"That's enough." Jiajing felt that his heart couldn't take it anymore. "I'll take out all the money I saved and use it for people's livelihood. I'll take out all my money, and you have to take out yours too."

"You don't have to take it out, but you can tell Taizu that you are corrupt officials, and Emperor Taizong will personally execute Taizu's order!!!"

The Manchu civil service group: "???"

They all looked at Hai Rui.

Oh boy, they got into trouble.

Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang hated corrupt officials so much that the four major cases of the Hongwu period are terrifying to think about.

Emperor Taizong Wen, Wen? Executed all ten clans!

The civil servants were all in a panic. Many of them were greedy, a little too much, and wanted to help Jiajing build many houses.

Among the civil servants present, only Hai Rui and Gao Gong had expressionless faces. Even Zhang Juzheng could not help but twitch his lips.

Zhang Juzheng was a very capable and talented official, but he was also quite greedy.

Jiajing no longer wanted to argue with them about this. He had saved money for so long, but now he couldn't even build a new house. So he might as well not build it and just give it all away.

Since I am your representative, you must pay me.

Yan Song: "Your Majesty, please give me a chance!"

If I had known that there were gods watching from heaven, and that ministers with great merits could be promoted to heaven as officials like Yu Qian, I would have said so earlier! If he had worked hard, he would not only be able to become a person with a name that goes down in history, but also continue to be promoted to heaven as an official!

Gao Gong saw an opportunity and immediately stood up to accuse Yan Song, hoping that Jiajing would not listen to slander and not listen to Yan Song's words that he would change, just as a dog can't change its eating habits. It is naturally impossible for the civil officials of the Jiajing period to speak so directly, but the translation can be so vulgar.

It's like Jiajing said Hai Rui had no king or husband, and Hai Rui's retort to Jiajing meant, you are my father!

Gao Gong and Yan Song started to curse each other.

Gao Gong said that he only had one wife, but Lord Yan Song had married countless wives! Corruption and extravagance!

after a while.

The court was completely renewed, but some long-standing problems among the people and in various places were difficult to eliminate.

In response, Hai Rui said that he would be sent to various places to govern them one by one.

Jiajing agreed, but looking at the money collected on the bill, he couldn't imagine that those civil servants were so rich. Under the pressure of Taizu and Chengzu, they contributed all the silver.

Even when death is imminent, he still says that he dares not touch or spend anything.

There were tens of millions of taels of silver, and taking out a little from it was enough to help him repair his house. Then, Jiajing was criticized again.

"No! No! I won't practice anymore!"

"You leave now!"

"Go and solve the problems below!"

"go!"

"I will use the money for people's livelihood!"

Jiajing was really impressed.

He finally understood why Li Shimin hated Wei Zheng so much.

How annoying.

He was a capable king, but he was also a rotten king, and was called "Lazy Dragon" by later generations.

Compared to Hai Rui, Jiajing felt that Zhang Juzheng was more to his liking.

Jiajing: "Zhang Juzheng, the immortal said that you are very capable and can prolong the life of the Ming Dynasty. I originally planned to leave you to my son and grandson, but now I have decided to do things myself."

A few more days passed.

Zhang Juzheng was entrusted with important tasks, Gao Gong was promoted, and in terms of military generals, famous generals such as Qi Jiguang were promoted to specifically deal with Japanese pirates along the coast.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at this series of news: the Tartars in the north were harassing him, and in the south, Japanese pirates were causing chaos.

"What did we say? We knew from the beginning that not only the north was a threat, but also the Japanese country in the south. We shouldn't leave it to be dealt with later."

Zhu Di: "Dad, don't be angry. I will send Zheng He to the Western Ocean and destroy Japan by the way."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Old Fourth, that's not right. Let's remember that in the parallel universe that didn't change, why didn't you destroy Japan?"

"what?"

Zhu Di replied: "Didn't you say that Japan is a country that should not be conquered?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

He really slapped himself in the face. Why did he listen to Liu Bowen in the first place? He was stopped twice, and then he formulated a series of policies, which hurt his descendants and restricted them by the civil service group.

By abolishing the prime minister, not only did a civil servant group emerge, but also a chief minister emerged. Wouldn't all my work be in vain? !

……

Jiajing put on the dragon robe again and continued to implement his previous policies, making corresponding changes on the basis of the previous policies, making the world rich, improving the Ming Dynasty inside and out, and leaving a better Ming Dynasty for his descendants.

I want to go to heaven and become an official.

Jiajing felt that being a minor official who just lived a carefree life was in line with his ideals.

With the opening of maritime trade, he sent people out to look for high-yield grain seeds. Once they were found, he would naturally promote them vigorously.

Jiajing: "My Immortal, you know everything about astronomy and geography, and you understand the lives of the people. You can see into the future. I am very interested in how my descendants will evaluate me. I wonder if you can tell me?"

Su Chen: "Are you sure you want to listen?"

Jiajing was silent for a moment. If he could withstand Hai Rui's sniper attack from the middle gate, how could he not withstand the evaluation of himself by future generations?
"Listen."

Su Chen picked up some comments about Jiajing and showed them to Jiajing. Most of them were bad, and there were also many people who expressed resentment and pity towards Jiajing. Jiajing read them one by one and realized that he had indeed not done well in all these years when he was not attending court.

"Immortal."

Jiajing said: "I just want to live a little longer. I don't want to die in obscurity. I have paved the way for my descendants. They will definitely make the Ming Dynasty better in the future."

"The three capable ministers have all been arranged. As long as my son can work for thirty years, no, just fifteen years, he can leave a strong Ming Dynasty to my grandson."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "You are making excuses for yourself. If you don't have the ability, that's fine. There are few emperors in our Ming Dynasty who are smarter than you. Let alone our Ming Dynasty, there are so many emperors in history, and we can say that few are smarter than you, but you are too selfish."

"Taizu, what's wrong with being selfish?"

Jiajing said, "I am afraid of death, it's human nature. I just feel fed up. People in later times said that palace maids could not bear the humiliation. Well, do they think that now is the same as in later times?"

"A mere maid dares to attack the emperor. Are you not afraid that your entire clan will be killed? There is no one behind you. Do you believe it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense. There are only 16 emperors in the Ming Dynasty. Look at your number and count the number of emperors after you. What is this called?"

"This means that your future plans have come to nothing."

Jiajing: “…”

He fell silent. He was the eleventh emperor of the Ming Dynasty. That was to say, after him, there were only five more emperors in the Ming Dynasty, and then the Ming Dynasty ended.

Including his sons and grandsons, there were three generations of emperors.

Su Chen: "His son did a good job later."

Jiajing said happily: "What did I say? My son is capable. The team I left behind can definitely save the Ming Dynasty if he has time."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Why are there only a few generations of emperors left in the Ming Dynasty?"

Jiajing: "Maybe there will be another emperor similar to [The Emperor Calling the Gate]?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned red. He was so angry that he couldn't stand the emergence of a "King of the Gate". He couldn't imagine having a second emperor like him.

Old Zhu asked: "Xiao Chen, tell me, is there really another emperor like the Emperor Jiaomen? Is he the last emperor?"

Su Chen replied, "No, the last emperor was very hardworking. Among all the emperors, he was one of the best in terms of hard work."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Then how did our Ming Dynasty fall? We suffered from internal and external troubles, and finally were taken over by foreign races?"

Su Chen: "The demise of the Ming Dynasty was quite complicated, with internal and external troubles being part of the reason."

At that stage in the Ming Dynasty, unless a bottom-up reform was carried out, it would be useless no matter who came. Of course, if Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the Ming Dynasty and changed his identity to rebel, it might really be useful.

"Sage, please tell me about my son."

Jiajing wanted to show off in front of Taizu, "Didn't you say my son is good?"

"Your son is really good."

Su Chen: "But he died after only a few years. He died of poor health."

Jiajing: “???!!”

Are you sure you're not feeling well?

Wasn't he cured by the imperial physician?
In the past, the two great Ming dynasty leaders, Zhu Jianshen and Zhu Youtang, were killed by imperial physicians.

The imperial physician has not been punished yet.

It is conceivable that at that time, the civil service group had grown large, and they felt that the two generations of leaders of the revival were difficult to control, so the two generations of emperors died in confusion.

The third emperor, Zhu Houzhao, was another capable and competent emperor. However, they gradually lost control of him and he fell into the water.

The next emperor was the Jiajing emperor.

Jiajing had just been in power for a while, and had just lost many of his children. He almost died himself. Okay, you guys are so cruel. I’m not going to play with you anymore. Let’s start!
Later, when he was old, he met capable ministers such as Hai Rui, Gao Gong, and Zhang Juzheng. Unfortunately, he was no longer the same person he used to be, which completely disappointed Hai Rui.

Seeing that Jiajing was not doing well, Su Chen told the truth: "Historical records show that your son indulged in sensual pleasures, had poor health, and died young."

"Bullshit!"

Jiajing asked, "My Immortal, what good things did he do?"

"Announce the lifting of the maritime ban, adjust overseas trade policies, and allow private individuals to trade in the East and West Oceans. Rectify the administration of officials, promote the Single Whip Law, develop water conservancy projects, and reform personnel..."

Su Chen: "At that time, the Ming Dynasty made a lot of money from overseas, and it also laid the economic foundation for Zhang Juzheng's reforms."

Su Chen told Zhu Yuanzhang and other emperors a series of things.

After hearing this, they felt more and more that the advantages of maritime trade outweighed the disadvantages. Although there was the threat of Japanese pirates, they could make money, a lot of money, and allow the whole world to support their country.

Jiajing and Su Chen stared at each other, and then he looked at his son.

Su Chen: "There is nothing we can do about the emperors behind us. Your grandson is a ruthless person, but he is quite abstract. His ability is definitely much stronger than the [Ming War God] and [Kick-door Emperor]. It's just that his idea from the beginning was to give you face and be shameless. We will all be finished together!"

Jiajing: “…”

He looked at his grandson. Is his grandson so abstract?
Su Chen told Emperors Zhu Yuanzhang and others that Wanli had done a very good job in the early period. In the first ten years, the economy was unprecedentedly prosperous, capitalism sprouted in the Jiangnan region, and overseas trade flourished.

Later he discovered that his teacher was actually a corrupt official. His faith collapsed and he felt like a puppet. He wanted to seize power madly, but he could not overcome such a behemoth as the civil service group.

In the end, it led to a very terrible consequence. Wanli went to extremes. All right! We are all finished together! You damned group of civil servants! I won’t play with you anymore!
Wanli, who wanted to be a good emperor, found himself struggling on the puppet line. He launched the Three Great Expeditions of Wanli and did a series of relatively abstract things.

This shows that the Ming Dynasty actually ended during the Wanli period.

Now let alone Jiajing.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and other Ming Dynasty emperors who were listening on the side were also helpless in this situation. No wonder the guy named Wanli at the back was so abstract.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "After seeing so much, I think that the problem of the Ming Dynasty's demise is clear to me. The civil service group has become too powerful and the emperor is not doing his job properly."

Both Jiajing and Wanli were capable emperors, but each one was more talented than the other. They were not as talented as Zhu Qizhen, but both of them.

One was good in the early stages and had the ability, but after losing eight children, he felt it was boring and he almost lost everything, so he simply chose to lie down.

Jiajing was such a capable emperor who fought hard for a while and then lay down and did nothing.

Wanli is a talent. You civil servants, I gave you face, but you don't want shame, right? All right! Let's finish it together! I'll talk about it after I'm done with it!
Wanli launched several expeditions and did whatever he wanted.

Therefore, Wanli was the longest-reigning emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperors Jiajing and Wanli lived long lives. They did not die by drowning, did not die of illness, and were not killed by imperial physicians. They were both very good in their early years.

Later on, they were all capable emperors who gradually felt exhausted.

They felt that being an emperor was meaningless. They were restricted by their ministers every day and had to fight with them all the time. They wanted to concentrate on doing big things, but they couldn't do it as the emperor.

Jiajing chose to practice Taoism in order to achieve immortality. You can do whatever you want, power will not be delegated and he will hold it firmly in his own hands.

Wanli chooses, and we are all doomed!
All we can say is that it was a matter of time and fate. If Jiajing and Wanli were placed in Zhu Qizhen's position, they would have been able to become wise rulers and make the Ming Dynasty bigger and stronger.

In the future, your name will definitely be recorded in history.

But they happen to be in an awkward period.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at Jiajing, then looked at the future little Wanli, "You grandfather and grandson are quite abstract. Your son is not bad, but he died too early, right? It must be more than just a problem of indulging in sensual pleasures. Your little Wanli also indulged in sensual pleasures and lived for so long, becoming the longest-serving emperor of our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang was very disappointed with Wanli's image, but given the situation at the time, if he was so suppressed, he would really have to go to Purple Mountain again.

It's the other way around!

The Ming Dynasty began to fall during the Jiajing period, but actually ended during the Wanli period.

But both emperors were capable, except that one was just giving up and the other was pushed to extremes.

The root cause of the Ming Dynasty's decline and the hidden danger of the civil service group starting with Zhu Qizhen.

No emperor of the Ming Dynasty would have done that if he were in Zhu Qizhen's position.

Not to mention any emperor, even if the brain-dead Jindouzi under Zhu Di sat on the throne, it would be impossible for him to defeat the three major camps like Zhu Qizhen did, leading to the decline of the Ming Dynasty.

Jiajing: "Grandpa, Emperor Yingzong of Ming inherited such a strong foundation. I really can't figure out how he managed to ruin the family. I have ways to control the military power if you have them, but what if you don't?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

Zhu Qizhen died too easily and too early. It's very difficult for us to find him and give him a good beating.

As a result, in the later generations of our Ming Dynasty, capable emperors who always went against the civil service group would not live long, while capable and smart emperors would tend to become abstract.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "We will help you control the military power. When you are in power, we will bring back high-yield grains and promote them. We will develop overseas trade and let other countries support the Ming Dynasty. We will also help promote several useful policies in the future so that the people can live a better life."

"I still agree with you that you finally distributed the land of the King of Chu to the people."

"We have too many useless descendants. We really shouldn't keep them around. When we go back, we'll set a rule that the treatment of our descendants will be reduced from generation to generation, and the standard will be linked to the Ming Dynasty's finances."

He had already fought against Jiajing, a capable but unjust monarch. The Ming Dynasty had fallen to its current state, and it was indeed no longer something the emperor could reverse.

The court said that they wanted to enforce a balance, but the balance had already been lost.

The civil service group is unshakable. Even if all the civil servants in the court are killed and replaced by a new group of civil servants, there is a 99% chance that the newly promoted civil service group is related to the previous one.

This is the saddest thing.

After solving the problem of Jiajing, Su Chen, Zhu Yuanzhang and others went to the next dynasty to meet Zhu Zai'e, Emperor Muzong of Ming Dynasty, to help regulate Zhu Zai'e's health, tell him some things, and help him calm down. Zhu Zai: "It turns out that overseas can not only make money, but also do this kind of thing. Taizu, Cheng... Taizong, I will do my best and will not let you down."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the boy.

After going through so much, he already knew that overseas trade was very important. Of course, the maritime ban he set was only to protect the people along the coast from invasions by Japanese pirates as much as possible.

But this guy was able to lift the maritime ban, which showed his courage, but he did it for too short a time.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Don't worry about the problems in the north for now. We will help you deal with them. The Japanese country is wreaking havoc along the coast. We will say that it is a great disaster!"

Zhu Yuanzhang once again formulated various strategies, not just to eliminate the Japanese pirates, but a complete strategic plan, including the handling of a large area.

After teaching everything, I also helped the child to practice it again.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "You need to make sure that the people live a good life. Food is the most important thing for the people. High grain production is very important, and social stability is equally important. In the Ming Dynasty today, Japanese pirates are rampant along the coast, and the order is not good."

He patiently said many things, asking this descendant to pay more attention to his health, change some of the things he had previously formulated, reduce the useless expenses of the Zhu family, not give the civil service group any loopholes, and do a good job.

After his death, he went to heaven and became a minor official with Taizu.

Of course, the latter sentence was a lie to the child.

Zhu Zaigui: "Grandmaster, I don't care whether I can be an official in heaven or not, I just want to live a good life."

Before he became emperor, he was always a nobody.

He was able to successfully become emperor thanks to his good health.

Yes, too many of Jiajing’s children died, so he relied on his good health to pick up the throne. After sitting on the seat, he was always trembling with fear, wanting to do a good job.

Shortly after.

Su Chen and others came to the next dynasty and arrived at the critical moment of Wanli's change. They stopped Wanli from going to extremes in time, helped Wanli change, let Wanli take control of the military power and promote talents.

It created a real check and balance between the civil service group and the military service group in the court, and also helped Wanli solve the problems in the north.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Let's not talk about the food problem. High-yield food has been introduced. You should promote it for us. The times are progressing. Those who lag behind will definitely be punished. You should not suppress the people who have technical skills and let them develop."

He had heard about those things from Su Chen a long time ago and felt that he had taken them seriously enough. Now, after reading the later part of Ming Dynasty, he felt that he still did not take them seriously enough.

The times are developing, and the tide of history will not stop for anyone. He cannot let the Ming Dynasty lag behind the world. Change is change, how can there be anything that remains unchanged?

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that it was good to move towards modernization, but at least he wanted to retain the throne and have a constitutional monarchy in the future, which he thought was good enough to establish a Ming Dynasty on which the sun never sets.

In the distant future, a long time from now, even if the British Ming Dynasty really declined, relying on its own foundation and base, it would not decline as miserably as the British Ming Dynasty in that parallel universe.

After all, the Ming Dynasty’s territory and foundation are there.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Xiao Chen, I find that you are right about many things. I was wrong. But I think that each generation has its own mission. I have done my mission very well. With your assistance, I will do it even better. The future should be handed over to the next generation."

"We still have a few offspring to look at. After we finish, we should go back and spend some time with our sisters."

Zhu Yuanzhang found that he talked more and more, but his hands became weaker and weaker. Perhaps he was heading towards a different path from his original destiny. Biaoer, Xiongying, and the girl were all there.

After seeing so much, future generations have become more open-minded about many things.

I am so old.

"Children and grandchildren have their own blessings..."

Su Chen has accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to see so many dynasties, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that some things really cannot be changed. No matter how they change, the trend of the times is like a river rolling forward.

The trend is unstoppable.

He inexplicably thought of himself from Fox Demon, the self who taught Tushan Rongrong how to scheme, saying that the biggest scheme was an open conspiracy, or it could be to go with the trend of the times and crush others head-on.

It seems to be a mindless crushing, but in fact it is the most profound strategy. However, most people like to calculate the small profits in front of them, or see the next few or dozens of steps, and make plans to achieve their goals, thus falling into the inferior position.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "How about telling us about the next emperor?"

Su Chen: "He did a good job in public affairs. He appointed virtuous officials, eliminated bad policies, actively carried out reforms, abolished mining taxes and customs duties, restored order, and revitalized the court's discipline."

"But not in private matters, indulging in sensual pleasures."

Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently: "That is a small problem, as long as it does not affect state affairs."

Su Chen: "He was in office for only one month."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."

Wow, he is such a good guy. Wanli is also lustful. How did Wanli live so long?
Jiajing ate heavy metals every day, yet he still lived so long.

This civil service group specializes in doing serious work, and the emperor doesn't use other means to avoid a head-on confrontation with the civil service group?

Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless. He had seen that most of the emperors of his Ming Dynasty, except Zhu Qizhen, wanted to do a good job but failed.

Too many died too young.

Su Chen told Zhu Yuanzhang in detail about the emperor Zhu Changluo.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "What I heard is quite good, but it's a pity that his life is too short. If he lives a few more years, he can also extend the life of the Ming Dynasty."

Not far away, Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian worriedly, "Yu Qian, what should I do?"

Yu Qian: "Your Majesty, when we return, we should promote military generals and nobles. We cannot let the military generals become too powerful, nor can we let the civil officials become too powerful. Your Majesty must learn to check and balance."

He has witnessed the hidden dangers of a growing civil service group.

terrible!

Yu Qian suddenly thought that he might have inadvertently become a representative and a knife pushed forward by the civil service group, causing almost all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty to be miserable by the civil service group.

The only two emperors who were capable, competent and lived such a long life were forced to become so abstract by the civil service group.

In Yu Qian's eyes, although Zhu Qiyu was good, he was not as capable as Jiajing and Wanli.

He wrote a sentence in his notebook.

No matter what group it is, it must not be allowed to become too big. Without checks and balances, it will be out of control.

They went to meet Zhu Changluo.

Tell the Ming emperor their origins.

Su Chen helped to take care of Zhu Changluo's health, and he didn't seem like the kind of guy who would die so soon.

Zhu Yuanzhang also helped his descendant to deal with the problem by letting him work hard. He did not promote any eunuchs until the civil service group was cleaned up, and allowed the military group to develop.

Whoever becomes powerful should be checked and balanced by others. Be careful to protect yourself and work diligently for the people.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually told his descendants to be careful to protect themselves.

The Ming emperor felt a great sense of helplessness.

He could help his descendants kill all the civil servants in the court, but it was meaningless. After so many years of development, it had come to this point. Unless there was a rebellion, they would be purged from bottom to top.

Otherwise, the tail will be too big to be removed, and he will not be able to rise from the bottom, which will cause countless people to be displaced.

I can only say that I, as a descendant, must work hard to make people's lives better and to stabilize social order. I must be careful about what I do...

Zhu Yuanzhang taught very patiently.

Zhu Changluo listened very carefully.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Let me tell you, if it really doesn't work, you should divert the internal conflicts away and don't believe in the teachings of Confucius and Mencius so much."

Zhu Changluo: "Grandpa, I understand. I will definitely be a good emperor. During my reign, I will make the Ming Dynasty prosperous."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted his shoulder and said, "I'm glad you have this thought."

Zhu Changluo wiped away his tears.

No one ever thought highly of him.

He obtained the throne in great fear and trepidation.

He has a soft personality, but he wants to be a good emperor.

He knew about Zhang Juzheng.

Personal matters can be a loss as long as they do not affect national affairs.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "It seems that there are only two emperors after him. You said that the last emperor was very hardworking, but there always appeared a tyrant. Is he the second to last emperor?"

Su Chen: "How should I put it? The second emperor tried hard, but the civil service group became more and more powerful. He probably knew it, so he made a series of efforts, and then successfully lay flat and let things go."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "...How did he die?"

Su Chen: "He got sick from drowning while boating. Although he recovered, he still indulged in sensual pleasures and drank "Xian Fang Ling Lu Drink" in the hope of immortality. As a result, his whole body became swollen, he was bedridden, and died."

Falling into the water again?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Houzhao, and then at the other emperors.

"Why did we let that bastard Zhu Qizhen commit suicide!"

Emperors such as Zhu Di and Zhu Zhanji were also furious. Starting from Wanli, the emperors who followed were unable to turn the tide even if they had great abilities.

"Zhu Youxiao was a famous carpenter emperor in later generations. He made a series of efforts to suppress the civil service group."

Su Chen told the story of that period of history. In the end, the eunuch party became powerful, conflicts broke out in various parts of society, and there were internal and external troubles.

Zhu Youxiao was equally helpless.

He left a sentence, "My younger brother should be Yao and Shun," which means he hopes his younger brother can inherit his will.

But he didn't expect that his brother was not that smart.

Uh……

All I can say is that destiny cannot be defied.

Starting from Zhu Houzhao in the Ming Dynasty, although there were some eccentric emperors and some short-lived emperors, they were basically all very smart and capable. It’s just that since Zhu Qizhen, they really had no power to do some things.

The hardliners die quickly, while those who are lazy and extreme lunatics live longer. It is probably because they scare the civil service group, so they live longer.

But you can't say that Zhu Youjian, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was not diligent, but the harder he worked, the bigger the troubles he caused, which in turn accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youxiao thought that his younger brother Zhu Youjian was as smart as Jiajing.

If one were as smart as Jiajing, there would definitely be hope.

By then, we can train a group of capable officials for the next generation, who can make the civil servants run around in circles and prolong the life of the Ming Dynasty.

This is probably Zhu Youxiao’s last expectation.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't think that he was wrong.

His younger brother Zhu Youjian really wanted to be a good emperor. He did have good character and was a good man. He worked hard and loved his people. Logically, he had all the merits.

He probably saw this and thought it was very good, believing that his brother would be able to persevere.

I need to give my brother a boost at the end so that he can persist a little longer and not give up like Jiajing halfway through.

Zhu Youxiao did not consider whether his brother was capable enough? Was he smart enough to be like Jiajing, who had never learned anything, and yet could still make the court run around?
Zhu Youjian was a good man who wanted to be a good emperor and wanted to do things for the people of the world, but he was not a good emperor, not a qualified emperor.

So when Zhu Youxiao chose his younger brother Zhu Youjian, he ended up doing something bad with good intentions.

They went to see Zhu Youxiao.

When Zhu Youxiao saw that Taizu and Chengzu had all arrived, he immediately stopped pretending.

It can only be said that the Zhu family's genes are still strong. Jiajing, who had never learned anything, and Zhu Youxiao were both smart people. For example, Zhu Houzhao was proficient in many languages ​​and learned a wide range of things.

Zhu Youxiao carried out a frantic reorganization. Instead of promoting Wei Zhongxian, he would rather centralize power in himself. He wanted to firmly concentrate the military and political powers together.

Let them know what the supreme imperial power is!

With the support of Taizu and others, Zhu Youxiao completed the centralization of power, skipping the process of promoting Wei Zhongxian to fight against the civil service group and then engaging in intrigue with Wei Zhongxian.

No matter which side is more powerful, he will need to spend a lot of time and energy to fight.

This saves years of effort.

"Hahaha!"

Zhu Youxiao was extremely excited.

It took me such a short time to completely grasp the power. Good! I will do great things in the future.

While learning from Taizu and others, he also worked hard.

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied with this descendant, at least he was quite smart.

"Most of our descendants are really smart. I don't like Jiajing because he is too lazy and selfish. This kid is good and hardworking."

Zhu Youxiao: "Taizu, do you want to go see my brother? I also want to see how he lost his country. I think he is not bad."

Su Chen: "He's a good person, but not a good emperor."

Zhu Youxiao: "..."

Isn’t it similar to Emperor Jiajing?

Could it be similar to Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen? ! !

Zhu Youxiao felt inexplicably guilty. He had just learned from Taizu and others that the Ming Dynasty fell at the hands of Zhu Youjian.

Zhu Youxiao: "Could it be that my brother is a tyrant?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Yes, these emperors are very smart. You said the last generation of emperors were very hardworking. I don't quite understand."

Su Chen: "I'll take you to see it, and you'll understand it by yourself."

They went to see Zhu Youjian together.

Faced with this mess, Zhu Youjian, who was diligent and loved the people, fell into a frenzy. He kept thinking about his brother's last words before his death: My brother should be like Yao and Shun!
I must work hard!

The Ming Dynasty will never perish in my hands!!!
Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang and others arrived.

Zhu Youjian's eyes widened, "Brother?!"

Zhu Youxiao introduced: "This is Taizu, this is Cheng... Taizong, this is Renzong..."

He introduced the emperors of the Ming Dynasty to Zhu Youjian one by one.

Zhu Youjian was shocked and asked quickly, "Brother, why are all the ancestors here?"

Zhu Youxiao: "The Ming Dynasty will perish because of you."

Zhu Youjian: “??!!”

"My Ming Dynasty is dead?!"

Zhu Youjian couldn't believe it and said, "Brother, I have always listened to you. I dare not slack off. I will kill Wei Zhongxian soon!"

Zhu Youxiao: “???”

"Why did you kill Wei Zhongxian?"

After understanding.

Zhu Youjian: "Wei Zhongxian should not be killed?"

Zhu Youxiao: "We shouldn't kill him so early. It will easily cause the court to lose balance."

Zhu Youjian: “???”

Is that so? Bro, I don’t know.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Shouldn't you introduce him to us? I don't think this kid is very smart."

Although he had had many unhappy emperors before him, none of them were stupid, and many were extremely smart.

Su Chen talked about the story of Zhu Youjian, also known as Emperor Chongzhen.

He was the kind of person who, the harder he worked, the faster the Ming Dynasty would fall.

Killing Yuan Chonghuan too late and killing Wei Zhongxian too early led to an imbalance of power in the court.

Frequent replacement of cabinet ministers.

The only thing he did well was to appoint Hong Chengchou, Yang Sichang, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others to solve internal and external troubles, but he ultimately failed.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "There are so many smart people in our Zhu family, but how come you are the one? I can't describe you. You change the cabinet so quickly. Are you afraid of stability?"

Zhu Youjian was extremely embarrassed. "Grandmaster, what should we do now? Can the Ming Dynasty still be saved?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "There is definitely hope. It depends on how much you can save your life. But since the Ming Dynasty has fallen in your hands, it means that the Ming Dynasty has come to an end."

Zhu Youjian asked again: "Taizu, how can I change the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Tell me first."

Zhu Youjian was about to speak.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, turned to look at Su Chen and said, "Tell me about the situation."

Su Chen talked about the rebellion of the Later Jin Dynasty, the internal peasant uprisings, and the successive natural disasters. Yuan Chonghuan colluded with the Later Jin Dynasty and nurtured the Later Jin Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang: "Is this Hou Jin the wild boar skin group that calls itself Jurchen?"

Zhu Youjian added: "They intermarried with the Tartars, they are in the same group."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "So that's the situation. We can easily help you deal with the rebellion, but the Ming Dynasty has too many problems. If we can't solve them, we can only prolong its life for a while. If we want to make real changes, we need to follow the trend of history."

Zhu Youjian: “?”

Zhu Yuanzhang taught Zhu Youjian many things and told him many things.

Zhu Youjian: "Grandmaster, I will definitely complete the task you set for me. I will build the Ming Dynasty into a land on which the sun never sets. If I fail, let the next generation build it."

"Accompany me to Purple Mountain!"

Late Ming Dynasty! That's it? I've never fought such a rich battle in my life!

Zhu Yuanzhang simply disdained this situation.

"How many years can we live at most?"

"fifteen years."

"That's enough! Emperor Gaozu conquered the world in six years. We, Zhu, have the experience. Three years!"

Under Zhu Yuanzhang's manipulation, the Ming Dynasty accelerated its demise.

In just one year, the Ming Dynasty was overthrown, the Later Jin invaded the country, and the Southern Ming was established.

The next year, Zhu Yuanzhang was surrounded by a group of elite soldiers and generals. He took control of the Southern Ming court and did not bother to care about the lives of those useless descendants. He successfully launched a northern expedition, wiped out the alien races, and fought all the way to Fenglangjuxu.

In just three years, all the corruption was swept away.

Zhu Youjian was stunned.

Many people hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang would become the emperor, but in the end it was handed over to Zhu Youjian.

The royalist ministers were delighted.

It’s great that our emperor is not like the little Ming King.

With the help of Su Chen, they went to other parallel time and space and chose to exchange some people.

Everyone in Lan Yu was dumbfounded.

what?
Come to the Ming Dynasty in the future and meet other Ming Dynasty emperors in the future?
Have I met a god?
Zhu Yuanzhang fooled Lan Yu, telling him that as long as he worked hard and assisted Zhu Houzhao well, he would be able to become a heavenly soldier and ascend to heaven in the future.

When Lan Yu heard about this good news, he immediately expressed his loyalty.

Zhu Houzhao, along with Lan Yu and other generals, waved his hands and said, "Taizu, Taizong, I'm going back!"

"How many princesses do you think we can snatch?"

When Lan Yu heard this, he realized that this emperor was a fellow traveler!

Zhu Youjian: "Taizu."

"Be nicer to the people."

Zhu Youjian: “Yes!”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and looked at the renamed Ming Dynasty, which was gradually moving towards the era that Su Chen had described.

The trend of the times is irreversible.

The Ming Dynasty is over! (End of this chapter)