Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 711 Political Opinions and Positions

Hearing Li Jing praise Huang Degong, Zhu Youjian looked at Li Jing and fell silent for a moment.

Seeing this, Li Jing couldn't help but smiled: "Your Majesty, Huang Degong is a loyal man. I don't have any thoughts about him, just like I do to the Emperor. Has Li been disrespectful to the Emperor in the past two years?"

Zhu Youjian shook his head quickly: "Brother Li treats me as usual."

Li Jing smiled: "Your Majesty, do you not understand my approach? I guess many ministers in the court do not understand my approach."

Zhu Youjian pondered for a while, then nodded slightly: "I said before, if it were me, I would definitely take you down."

Li Jing waved his hands and smiled: "Your Majesty, don't provoke me. It's useless if you provoke me. I won't touch you, including those who follow you. I'm telling the truth."

Turning his head to look at Wang Chengen, Li Jing patted him on the shoulder lightly: "From now on, put your heart in your stomach and don't think wildly."

"Master!" Wang Chengen shouted.

Li Jing waved his hands, sighed and said, "You are loyal to the emperor, and I respect you in my heart, and it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong in this matter. I cannot punish you just because you oppose me."

Speaking of which, Li Jing suddenly smiled: "Actually, in the eyes of most people, I, Li Jing, are nothing more than a traitor and a traitor. Everyone can punish a traitor! Hehe, I understand it very well in my heart."

Hearing Li Jing's tone full of loneliness, Wang Chengen's blood suddenly turned up, and he said anxiously: "The marshal's contribution to Daming can be learned from heaven and man. Who dares to say that the marshal is a traitor, and this old slave is desperate for him."

Li Jing smiled and shook his head slightly.

After a while, Li Jing continued: "I said this not to complain, but to tell you that some people think that I am a loyal minister and a good person, but some people think that I am a traitor and a bad person. They have different positions and opinions. different.

But what about the position?Just like me and the emperor, because I deprived the emperor of his power, our positions must be opposite, but if the power is thrown away, then our positions are the same, both for the people, for the sake of the people. The imperial court, for the country, for Ming Dynasty.Therefore, most of the systems I have formulated are supported by the emperor.

Therefore, this position cannot say who is right and wrong. Since it is impossible to say who is right and wrong, then one cannot judge a person on the basis of loyalty and adultery.

In fact, in my opinion, as a political figure, there is no distinction between loyalty and traitor, good or bad. People in the world say that Yan Song is a traitor, and Wei Zhongxian is a traitor, but they don't think they are traitors, they think they treat the emperor very well. Loyal, everything they do is for the emperor.From this point of view, it can't be wrong.

But from the point of view of the imperial court, from the point of view of the common people, what they did for the emperor, or in the name of the emperor, are all bad things, and they are all disasters for the country and the people. They must be bad people and treacherous ministers.right? "

Zhu Youjian and Wang Chengen nodded after hearing the words.

Li Jing smiled and continued: "So, I never judge the ministers of the court by their loyalty and traitors, I only look at whether they are doing things for the country, for the sake of the court, and for the well-being of the people.

Those ministers who opposed me, in fact, many of them were for the sake of the country and the court. They only opposed me because of different ways of doing things, different ideas, or because they did not understand my government orders. Take it, then I am too domineering. "

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of tea, Li Jing continued: "In addition, I can tell you clearly that if I take down all these dissidents, although the country may develop rapidly and become stronger in a short period of time, But it won't be long before the country is in trouble."

Zhu Youjian was puzzled when he heard the words: "How could it be? Do as soon as the order is issued, how could something go wrong?"

Li Jing smiled and shook his head: "There is no one who does not make mistakes, the question is whether they can be found, and whether they can be corrected after they are found.

But it is easy to find other people's mistakes, but it is difficult to find your own mistakes.

Just talk about me, I have made many mistakes over the years, but who discovered my mistakes?Not Shen Zheng, not Zhou Hengchen, nor Yang Liufeng, these important cabinet ministers can't see the mistakes I made, or they don't say anything when they see them. As for the reason, I think the emperor should understand.

Those mistakes were discovered by people who disagreed with me politically, and they pointed them out.Why can they find these mistakes, because they spend so much energy finding my mistakes all day long, you said if I take all these people down, who will pick the mistakes?

Some mistakes are made, and even if they are not corrected, there will be no problem.However, we made a decree that concerns hundreds of millions of people in Daming, and if we made a mistake, that would be a big deal.

Let’s just say that I employed people with practical knowledge in the past few years. I did recruit a group of people who can do things, but many of these people are illiterate, unable to read or write. Being bossy, many things made them mess up.

Fortunately, someone told me this situation in time, so I immediately re-established the selection criteria. Those who were illiterate but knew some skills were only allowed to work, not to manage affairs, and officials were selected from among scholars.

Do you think it is okay not to correct this mistake?If this mistake is not corrected, who will study in the future?What will our officials of Ming Dynasty look like in the future, a large country that appoints a group of illiterate officials?
Let’s not talk about embarrassing Daming by appointing illiterate officials. The point is that these people look down on literati, and literati will be suppressed by them in the future, which will be a real disaster for Daming. "

Zhu Youjian nodded again and again: "Brother Li knows his mistakes and can correct them. It's rare to see a politician like Brother Li."

Li Jing shook his head: "That's why I don't move people who have different political views with me. If they all have the same political views as mine, will they point out my mistakes?"

Speaking of which, Li Jing sighed softly: "It's a pity that I only realized this truth in the past two years. If I had understood this truth a few years earlier, I would not have treated those people in Fushe like that."

Wang Chengen hurriedly said: "Commander, you are lenient enough, you didn't do anything to those people in Fushe, and you also hired some talented members of Fushe, such as Fang Yizhi, who has already started Now that you are in an important position, the promotion is fast, even if the rehabilitated person takes power, it won’t be so fast, right?”

Li Jing shook his head: "In the end, it's a bit too much, and a few people can't replace the experience of the entire Fushe members."

Wang Chengen smiled and said: "Didn't the commander-in-chief order the members of the Fushe who were sent to the barbaric land to return to the country? According to the old slave, after these years of tempering, it will only benefit them and not harm them."

Li Jing smiled: "You just pick up the nice ones and say it." "

Seeing Li Jing showing his face, Wang Chengen smiled and picked up the teapot to refill Li Jing's cup.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Cheng En, your ability to comfort people is really amazing, as long as you are by my side every time, it always makes me happy."

Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "So, these years, I can't do without Cheng En more and more."

Li Jing shook his head and smiled, "I won't rob you, don't talk to me."

Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

After laughing for a while, Li Jing continued: "What I said just now actually has only one purpose, that is, to reassure the emperor. No matter whether they have different political views or standpoints, I will not suppress them."

Zhu Youjian sighed softly: "Actually, I also feel that Brother Li is not going to do anything to those people, otherwise, with Brother Li's current power, if he wants to deal with anyone, he doesn't need to speak at all, just a look, naturally Someone has done things for Brother Li."

Li Jing also sighed: "Your Majesty, don't you think this is very lonely? Over the years, my old brothers don't dare to joke with me anymore."

Gently patted Zhu Youjian's shoulder, Li Jing sighed: "Your Majesty, I am now almost the same as the Emperor was back then, and there are not many people who can speak intimately."

Zhu Youjian sighed: "Brother Li, you have at least a few old brothers, but I don't even have a brother."

"Your Majesty, only I can understand your thoughts. Similarly, only you can understand mine. You say, if we have nothing to say, we will really be alone." Li Jing sighed.

Zhu Youjian nodded silently when he heard the words, and after a while, Zhu Youjian suddenly cupped his hands at Li Jing: "Thank you, Brother Li."

Li Jing smiled and took Zhu Youjian's arm, and patted it lightly.

Zhu Youjian was emotional for a while, and suddenly exclaimed: "Oh, I almost forgot the business, brother Li, you haven't explained to me the marriage between An Guo and Aimee."

Li Jing smiled and said, "Isn't that clear?"

Zhu Youjian said: "You only said to wait for Aimee to grow up physically, but you didn't say when to get married."

Li Jing smiled and said: "In three years' time, Anguo will be 20 years old, and the princess will be [-] years old. At that time, we will arrange for the two to get married."

"It's going to be three years!" Zhu Youjian couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard that.

Li Jing smiled and shook his head: "Why, you are in a hurry to hold your grandson. You are not yet 40 years old in three years, so why are you so eager to hold a grandson?"

Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "According to your arrangement, the prince will have to be 20 years old to get married, and that will delay my grandson."

Li Jing couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

After a while, Li Jing continued: "Your Majesty, the crown prince can't just let him stay in the palace all the time, he has to go out and have a look and experience the world. In this way, the emperor hasn't left Beijing for two years, so find a time to go out for a while." Turn around, and bring the prince with you when the time comes."

"You really agree with me going out of Beijing?" Zhu Youjian looked at Li Jingdao suspiciously when he heard the words.

Li Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty won't do something like last time, will he?"

Patting Zhu Youjian's shoulder lightly, Li Jing smiled and said: "Your Majesty, just feel free to go out, even if someone wants to use the Emperor to cause trouble, it doesn't matter."

Zhu Youjian couldn't help being a little nervous when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)