Wanli 1592

Chapter 259 At least, can you save your family?
Xiao Ruxun was speechless. He found that even if he used the most pessimistic perspective to judge his way to save Daming, he seemed a little optimistic. The sharpness of the confrontation between the emperor and his ministers, the sharpness of social conflicts, and the sharpness of international conflicts Rui, one after another reached the peak in the 20th year of Wanli, and one after another began to burst out with their own strength. The twilight years of the Ming Dynasty inevitably came, and as a general, no matter how hard he struggled, it seemed that he could not do anything. Unable to guide Daming to the right path.

With everything I have done since time travel, are I saving the Ming Dynasty or continuing the life of the Ming Dynasty?Are you a doctor or a witch doctor?Is everything you have done an improvement or useless?Is it possible for the Ming Dynasty to peacefully resolve disputes and regain prosperity?
As the saying goes, everything is possible, but is this possibility enough to make hopeful people see the light of hope?Xiao Ruxun tried her best to win one victory after another for the Ming Dynasty, and won a sum of silver after another, but in the end, the turmoil in the court wiped out the only joy that was left.

The national war here has just ended, and the political struggle over there has revived again. It is still so fierce and terrifying and so invincible, as if it is impossible to continue to coexist without distinguishing between life and death.

The emperor wants to regain his power, the officials want to guard their own bottom line, the emperor wants to be the only one, the officials want the emperor to share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, the emperor wants to follow the path of the Ming Dynasty, and the officials want to pull the Ming Dynasty back to the old path of the Song Dynasty, back to the Song Dynasty In the golden age of literati, both sides believed that they were right and the other side was wrong, but at this moment, who was right and who was wrong, could they really tell the difference?
When we should coexist peacefully and develop local construction, we are held back by political struggles. When we should coexist harmoniously and turn our eyes to the outside world, the brain and hands and feet fight, and finally he becomes paralyzed. No one can solve the problem as he wants. Settle disputes, and in the end, in the afterglow of the setting sun of the Ming Dynasty, the last emperor was martyred, and the most quarrelsome courtiers surrendered.

Xiao Ruxun always felt that since Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was destined to perish. The overthrow of the Yuan Dynasty by the Ming Dynasty was not a national revolution, but a periodic change of dynasty. The Ming Dynasty inherited too much dross from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Although the Han people were liberated, they still failed to embark on the road of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang probably wanted to learn from Li Shimin, so he set up a guard system imitating the military system of the Tang Dynasty. However, he did not learn the advantages of Li Yuan and Li Shimin's father and son who are generous, optimistic and high-spirited, but climbed himself from the bottom to the top. The hostility accumulated at the top was injected into the soul of the Ming Dynasty. Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, no matter what period, except for the Jianwen and Hongzhi dynasties, from the emperor to the officials, there seems to be an inescapable hostility .

This hostility seems to have not dissipated until now.

Is the demise of the Ming Dynasty predestined?Thinking about it now, it seems to be true. Xiao Ruxun found sadly that he was too naive. He wanted to do something for the Ming Dynasty, but in the end he found that he was just an insignificant chess piece, only qualified to be placed on the political chessboard. See There is less than a little hope of becoming a chess player.

But if you want to save the Ming Dynasty, you must not become a chess player. However, under such a social environment, as a general, you are inherently deficient, and it seems that there is no possibility of becoming a chess player at all.

So is everything I have done so far, everything I have planned to do, really meaningful?

500 years later, in the hopeless era of the end of the world, everyone can't see hope, thick dark clouds are covering their heads, and they can't find a way out. But now, in this era that should be full of hope, why can't we see a shred of hope? ?
Is it worth it?

It was the first time that Xiao Ruxun questioned himself like this since time travel.

"Forget it, forget it, the old man will send more people to the capital to inquire about the news, at least before we set off to return to the capital, we need to get the exact news of the capital, don't pick the wrong time, and bump into the muzzle of the two sides. It's really a big joke, Ji Xin, what do you think?"

Xiao Ruxun smiled helplessly, and said, "What else can I say now? Follow Duke Song's orders! I don't understand these political matters, and I just want to go home as soon as possible to accompany you Beloved wife, stop worrying about these annoying things."

Xiao Ruxun seemed a little disheartened.

Song Yingchang thought of Ye Mengxiong's letter, and wanted to persuade him, but in the end he was also very disheartened, unwilling to continue tossing up and down in the maelstrom to survive, instead of spending his life in political struggle, he exchanged his life for several years of power To monopolize, it is better to take advantage of the most glorious time to retreat bravely, return to the hometown with glory and rewards, have grandchildren, enjoy family happiness, write articles and read books, and no longer care about government and military affairs.

After thinking about this, Song Yingchang seemed to really yearn for such a life in a paradise, and he didn't want to participate in government and military affairs anymore, and intrigue with others all day long.

He seemed to have a retreat.

"Sometimes, the old man also thinks, instead of continuing to fight with others for power and profit, it is better to go back, retreat bravely, return to the countryside, spend the old age with family, have grandchildren, enjoy family happiness, and stop worrying about the country For big things, I no longer have to worry about armaments and rations, I no longer think about dealing with the relationship between various factions and departments, and I don't think about what to do if I can't fulfill the emperor's order.

Over the past few decades, the old man has devoted most of his life to Daming. For Daming, not to mention going through life and death, he has exhausted all his efforts. He wanted to make contributions to seek the peace of the country, but he never thought that after making contributions, he would intensify the conflict between the monarch and his ministers. , In this way, is there any meaning to what the old man has done?The old man has done too much for the Ming Dynasty, but until now there is no hope at all. The Ming Dynasty is in a slump, seeing chaos abounds, but the old man has nothing to do!Ji Xin, should the old man really go back? "

Xiao Ruxun suddenly remembered Tao Yuanming's poem.

For a long time in Fan Cage, he returned to nature.

The turmoil in the world is all because of being in a cage. If you are detached, you will no longer care about those mundane things, and go back to your hometown to live in peace and stability. Family happiness, not worrying about food and clothing, having nothing to do, having a drink and chatting with one or two friends, finding a small fish pond for fishing, eating, drinking and having fun, regardless of the torrential flood, isn’t it a fairy-like day?

Calculating the time, I am 23 years old, and calculating the life span of the Ming Dynasty, there are still 51 years left. If there is no accident, I will be 17 years old in the 74th year of Chongzhen. what?

He resigned from office and returned to seclusion, and left the Central Plains with the rewards of gold and silver to settle in Lingnan, or even Hainan Island. When the Jiashen Kingdom changed, if he was still alive, he would take his descendants abroad, go to Korea, go to Japan , or go to a certain place in Nanyang, and if he dies, he will leave a will for his descendants so that they will not be obedient citizens of the Qing Dynasty, but just leave China and go abroad to settle down.

If you can't save Daming, you can't save the world, at least you can save your own family - at this moment, such an idea really appeared in Xiao Ruxun's mind.

(End of this chapter)