Touring the Ming Dynasty

Zhengde frowned, he didn't ask these questions, but he didn't expect Duan Fei to say so much. Hearing what he said seriously, he couldn't believe it. Duan Fei watched his expression from the corner of his eye while talking. Seeing this, he sighed in his heart, and continued to bite the bullet: "Today's officialdom is corrupt and corruption is prevalent. It is necessary to make great efforts to rectify the administration of officials, abolish and eliminate those conservative officials, and promote some aggressive and flexible officials. Today, the Holy Majesty is in his prime. What is needed is a group of young courtiers who are young and promising and dare to fight for the first. Looking at the Ming emperors in history, how many of them are old ministers? The officialdom should not only be the imperial examination. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Taizu Emperor, Emperor Yongle used to use the talents he recommended, so the so-called meritocracy is not an imperial examination."

Hearing this, Zhengde couldn't help smiling. Duan Fei's words were probably arguing for himself, but Duan Fei made a conclusion: "I have never been an official before, so I can only think of these for a while. The above are just my humble opinions. Please point out if something is wrong."

Zhengde said with a smile: "It's hard to say that in your capacity, but you are not in the position, and you don't know the hardships of the reform. How can you take it lightly if it affects the whole body? Think about Shang Yang, the great Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty knew it. In my opinion, the reforms of Yang Ting and Master Yang today are rare. The person who carried the hammer was beaten to death after being shaken back."

"Opening the sea and doing business is not that easy, but I have never heard of what you said. Those Japanese pirates are really pirates who can't do business? And what kind of Western pirates are so powerful? Are you from How did you know?" Zhengde laughed and refuted all Duan Fei's words, and Duan Fei couldn't help being a little discouraged, because he was still a little ignorant, and he was unprepared, it seems that this interview failed again...

Seeing Zhengde's question about Western pirates, Duan Fei replied solemnly: "What I said is absolutely true. Although the imperial court is afraid of Japanese pirates and tried to seal the sea to avoid them, some bold businessmen are still willing to take the risk to go to sea. Trend, they have traveled thousands of miles and are well-informed. I also heard from them. They said that the pirates in the West have big ships, bigger than all our ships in Ming Dynasty. They are well-equipped and have more guns than ours. Daming’s cannons hit twice as far and twice as fast. Compared with Western pirates, Eastern Japanese pirates are like beggars. Eastern Japanese pirates can only harass the coast of Daming. Western pirates come from far away in the West. They burned, killed and looted along the way, and they were more ferocious than Japanese pirates. It is said that they are currently looking for a foothold in Nanyang, and if they succeed in establishing a base in Nanyang, their next step is to invade our Ming territory."

Zhengde laughed and said: "You are too alarmist. You should be talking about Frangji people. As far as I know, they are only a tiny place, and they are not as big as Nanzhilu University. Their businessmen came to Daming a few years ago, and they are also I have never heard of how big their ships are and how powerful their guns are. At that time, they did not have a certificate of credentials, so they failed to go ashore. Didn’t they go away in despair? In the 11th year of Zhengde, they were stationed in Manchuria and the governor sent an envoy. North Korea, voluntarily surrendering to the court, is much more obedient than those capricious Japanese in the East, how can you say it is so terrible, you don’t see them with blue eyes and think they will eat people?”

Duan Fei stared at him blankly. When Zhengde thought he was speechless, Duan Fei sighed and said, "Mr. Zhu, hasn't he heard of a sword with a sweet belly and a sword with a honey belly? If you see Folang Jiren again, you might as well ask them what they call Privately plundering licenses, they sent envoys to the DPRK to test our strength, and they have not come to Ming Dynasty in these years, probably because they are stabilizing the front lines of Nanyang and Xiyang, and they will attack Daming when the time is right."

"Private license? What is that?" Zhengde asked curiously.

Duan Fei explained: "Private licenses are official documents issued by their country to ordinary people, and the country authorizes them to drive armed civilian ships to attack, capture, and rob other countries' merchant ships. All countries are robbers, as long as you act weaker than them, they will attack you unceremoniously, defeat you, and enslave you. Established a base, and even dispatched a governor. Does our Ming Dynasty still have a ship that can go directly to Nanyang? Let alone travel thousands of miles to visit Flangji. Mancijia used to be a vassal state of Ming Dynasty? Now it has become a colony of Flangji, etc. They have occupied all of Nanyang, will these bandits let Daming go?"

"Is there such a thing?" Zhengde hurriedly stood up, took a few steps in the cabin, and said with a frown: "When Mancijia was invaded by Frangji, he was still young today, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were willing to accept the title of minister when they saw Flangji Paying tribute and allowing them to occupy Mancijia, now that I think about it, this is really a disaster."

"That's right, the majestic Ming Dynasty can't protect its own country. When the country is invaded, it doesn't care. It also admits the legitimacy of those bandits... It will inevitably make other subjects of the Ming Dynasty feel cold." Su Rong suddenly After interjecting, Zhengde snorted, glanced at her, and said, "This is something I can't do anything about. Since my ascension to the throne, domestic wars and disasters have continued, and internal troubles have not yet been resolved. How can we be able to solve foreign troubles? There is always a priority. Well."

Su Rong sighed: "With today's temper, I'm afraid that internal and external troubles will be extremely difficult to eradicate, but unfortunately, when he ascended the throne, he was at the right age, and he should have been a wise king of Zhongxing, but unfortunately he was bewitched by a traitor. In addition to being able to look at it, the only thing left is the reputation of flirtatious and lustful..."

Seeing that Zhengde's face was dark, Duan Fei hurriedly interrupted Su Rong, and said, "Rong'er, how can you say these words casually? This is the Han Wu of the Ming Dynasty, and he just passed by at this moment, because his mind is stable. , When you are in the prime of life, as long as you make up your mind and have virtuous officials to assist you, you will be able to create a new situation, and people in future generations will probably call it a prosperous age of righteousness, what do you think, Young Master Zhu?"

Su Rong replied: "Master, what you said is that Su Rong is talking nonsense, Mr. Zhu, don't take offense."

Zhengde was happy again after being praised by Duan Fei, he said with a chuckle: "Miss Su is right, you have indeed messed up a bit today, brother Duan, what you said is also very right, there is still time to achieve great things today."

Su Rong pursed her lips and smiled at him: "Emperor Taizong of this dynasty (Ming Taizong is Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, the original temple name was "Taizong" after Zhu Di died, and it was changed from Ming Shizong Jiajing to "Chengzu" more than a hundred years later. The name Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty) came to the throne after 22 years, and he has been on the throne for [-] years, and his martial arts and martial arts are all rare in the ages. I only hope that I can surpass Taizu and Emperor Taizong and become a generation of Mingjun!"