My Brother-in-law is the Prince - Chapter 403

Chapter 403 Rewards that Shock the Ancients and Shine the Present

Jin Zhong sneered.

Although he was born as a word tester, what he is best at is talking. He is better than anyone else at things like speaking the truth.

Instead of discussing the so-called ancestral law, it is better to simply expand the scope and continue to attack. Attack is the best defense.

Xia Yuanji coughed, but said nothing.

It was Hu Guangdao: “Could Duke Jin also agree with this proposal?”

“The king of Shu has written a letter. He is a clan relative. He agrees with it. What can I say?” Jin Zhong said naturally.

Hu Guang still hesitated and said: “But once this case starts…”

Jin Zhongdao: “During Emperor Gao’s reign, he would beheaded if he was greedy for a few taels of silver. If there was more, he would be skinned. This is also the law of the ancestors. But since Hongwu, there has been almost no such severe punishment. , This also violates the ancestral system, why doesn’t Mr. Hu say a few words?”

Hu Guang was a little speechless for a while, and he just stammered: “Ah… this… this is different.”

“Why is it different?” Jin Zhong said coldly, “It’s because the crackdown on corruption is too strict, which is of no benefit to Mr. Hu. And maintaining the ancestral system of not being able to confer kings with different surnames is an eyesore to Mr. Hu? You must treat everyone equally in everything you do, and you can’t. What I like is the law of my ancestors, and if I don’t like it, I just turn a blind eye and pretend that Emperor Taizu Gao never had such a successful practice?”

Hu Guang: “…”

Jin Zhong went on to say: “It is up to you to uphold the law of the ancestors. If you want to do this, the old man will not object. You will oppose this with righteousness, and the old man will also play it. I implore you to follow the example of Taizu’s ancestral system in governing officials. To learn, You have to learn as a whole, you can’t just learn one thing and not the other. People who read the books of sages and sages, don’t they only learn the benevolence of the sage Confucius, but not the righteousness of the sage Confucius? What kind of a scholar is that?”

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but they all murmured in their hearts, did Jin Gong take gunpowder today? How come you are so angry.

Hu Guang was silent at this time.

It was Yang Rong who said: “I will be a courtier in the end, and I will beseech His Majesty’s holy judgment on this matter.”

He paused, and then said: “Duke Jin is right, the winter is coming, the people are lonely, and now the mind should be on the people’s livelihood.”

Yang Rong made the final decision, and Hu Guang had nothing to say.

So everyone dispersed in dismay.

Just waited for Jin Zhong to leave Wenyuan Pavilion, and within a few steps, an **** came.

The **** only gave Jin Zhong a wink, Jin Zhong understood, and immediately followed the **** to Wenlou.

Here, Zhu Di groaned behind the copybook without saying a word.

Jin Zhong saluted and said, “I have seen Your Majesty.”

Zhu Di then said: “How did the Wenyuan Pavilion go?”

“As long as Your Majesty sticks to his own opinion, this matter will not be a problem.”

Zhu Di said: “Who is against?”

Jin Zhong was silent.

Zhu Di looked at him strangely and said, “Why doesn’t the Qing family speak?”

Jin Zhongdao: “The minister is the minister of the Ministry of War. The ministers have their own ideas when discussing affairs, but in any case, they still think about it for the sake of the country. Gentlemen are harmonious but different. Why should your majesty care about these? If your majesty asks the minister, the minister will not know How to answer.”

Zhu Di’s face softened a little, and he said, “You, I always want to be a good person.”

Jin Zhongdao: “I just don’t want to be a bad person.”

Zhu Di smiled and said: “In this way, Zhang Qing’s matter is settled. After the court meeting tomorrow, a decree will be issued, but… I have something to discuss with you.”

Jin Zhongdao: “Your Majesty, why don’t you call Wenyuan Pavilion and other ministers to discuss together?”

Zhu Di showed a look of frustration, and said quietly: “In the past, I would naturally ask Master Yao to discuss things like this. But now that Master Yao is gone, I have something to say, and I have nowhere to say it. I just think about it. I can find you.”

When mentioning the old friend Yao Guangxiao, Jin Zhong was silent for a moment and sighed.

Zhu Di glanced at Jin Zhong, who was feeling lonely for a while, and then said, “Do you know why I canonize Zhang Anshi as king?”

Jin Zhongdao: “Your Majesty, who dares to speculate…”

Zhu Di simply said: “Speak from the heart.”

Jin Zhong had no choice but to say: “Nowadays, Zhang Anshi is the New Deal, and the New Deal is Zhang Anshi, but the measures of the New Deal have caused great harm to many people, and it has even reached the point where fire and water are incompatible. Now they hate each other deeply, and Song Shenzong At that time, the old and new party struggles between Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and others began.”

Zhu Di nodded: “Yes, Wang Anshi’s new law is already extremely mild, at least compared with this new policy, it can even be regarded as superficial, but even such a mild reform started with Shenzong, and the old and new parties continued to quarrel. For decades, it was not until the Jin people wiped out the Northern Song Dynasty, and the two Qinhui sects were captured that it was barely over. Today’s New Deal treats the old party ten times, a hundred times stricter, and the opponents who have followed suit, let alone mentioned.”

Many people may not understand why some people dare to risk their heads and jump out one by one, ignoring their lives in order to oppose the New Deal.

But the reforms and party struggles of the past dynasties have always been like this. Zhang Anshi’s practice in Zhili is the most ruthless, which is tantamount to directly digging the roots of others.

In comparison, Wang Anshi’s reform is considered mild. In order to reduce opposition, Wang Anshi has tried his best to give the people a little bit of benefits without touching his interests, but the final result is a struggle between the old and new parties. For decades, two generations have racked their brains for it, just to bring down the other party and control the court.

Zhu Di said with a bit of emotion: “This time I went to Jiangxi Chief Envoy, and I was very touched. Only then did I know how frantic these people have become. I carefully examined the gains and losses of party struggles in the Song Dynasty, and now I carefully examine them. Thinking about it, I always feel that this problem still lies with Song Shenzong.”

“He wanted to change the law, abolish redundant staff and officials, and reduce the burden on ordinary people, but on the other hand, he was submissive. Although he supported Wang Anshi, he always compromised at key points in order to maintain his image of a benevolent monarch. Since then, the Song Dynasty The emperors of all dynasties are probably like this, their Zhao family… can’t bear to lose face, they want to do something that will benefit the future, but they don’t want to offend others, and they want to teach scholars to call them a name of benevolence.”

“What is the use of such a reform besides causing disputes in the court?” Zhu Di paused, and then said: “I have made up my mind, since I am determined to benefit the future, then I will simply go to the end, just like the old days. Just like Jing Nan, when I was in Jing Nan, a mere Beiping Mansion had no more than 10,000 soldiers, no more than a thousand horses, only a narrow escape, and only then did we have what we are today. As long as the determination is made, nothing is impossible.”

Jin Zhongdao: “Your Majesty’s strategy is admirable.”

“Admiration for a bird.” Zhu Di scolded him.

Jin Zhong was a little embarrassed, but fortunately he got used to it.

Zhu Di continued: “Zhang Qing is Wang Anshi in today’s world. Let him do it to the end. I named him king, just like you scholars. You must respect Zhu Xi as a sub-sage, since you have taught Zhang Anshi and the people in the Youdu Dufu to know. I want to teach them not to have any worries, and let me do it to my death. I also want to teach the soldiers and civilians in the world to know that I will never change my will even if I still have a breath.”

“Naturally, this is also a warning to some people, don’t be like the mantis that blocks the car, let alone the mayfly that shakes the tree.”

Jin Zhongdao: “Your Majesty is wise.”

“The uncompetitive matter of Master Yao is also related to our Daming Sheji.” Zhu Di said this, and suddenly looked at Jin Zhong seriously and said: “So… Zhang Qing is the king of the county, and the feudal land is Xinzhou. If you don’t let it, it will be called Wuhu Prince of the county, I want to grant this Taiping Mansion as a vassal land in addition to Xinzhou, what do you think…”

After hearing this, Jin Zhong was taken aback, and couldn’t help saying: “Your Majesty, this is too heavy.”

Zhu Di smiled and said: “This is the most important place for money and food in the world. Of course, I also know it in my heart, so… this feudal land is different from other places. It only has the name of a feudal land, but only a little bit of the reality of a feudal land.”

Jin Zhong was surprised and said: “What is a little bit…”

Zhu Di smiled and said: “It’s just a little bit. The vassal king can be supported by local taxes. Eighty-nine out of ten of the Taiping Mansion’s taxes are all paid to the court and the government. 10% is given to his Zhang family.”

Jin Zhong: “…”

Zhu Di went on to say: “We must open a mansion for him and teach him to set up subordinate officials completely according to his own method. On weekdays, the imperial court places too many constraints on him, even in Zhili. When I was a political envoy, what I saw was that the local government and the local gentry were working together, and the local guards were rotten, and most of the people under their rule were in a state of confusion.”

Jin Zhong thought for a while and sighed: “This is the truth, not to mention other places. Even in Zhili, I have seen some people who are afraid of the New Deal. After all, there are still some deep-rooted ideas…”

“That’s what it means.” Zhu Di said with deep sympathy: “If something really wins people’s hearts, it can be accomplished only by promoting some officials like Wang Anshi to become partisans and new parties. Such things, after all, It is still necessary to gain popularity, but it is not easy to penetrate the hearts of the people. After thinking about it, I simply… Let Zhang Anshi untie all the shackles and let him go. Don’t you always say that if the name is not correct, the words will not go well, and if the words do not go well, the words will not go well. Is it not possible? To be crowned king is to rectify the name.”

Jin Zhong couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

Zhu Di looked at Jin Zhong: “What is Jin Qing feeling?”

“Your Majesty is very human.”

Zhu Di said: “What do you mean?”

Jin Zhong said without any hypocrisy: “Emperors have been taking over power throughout the ages, lest someone else sleep soundly under the couch, but only Your Majesty dares to give the important land of the capital to others.”

Zhu Di looked at him quietly: “Then you see, why am I like this?”

Jin Zhong seemed to understand a little bit, and said: “The so-called willingness, willingness, and willingness to gain. Since the sixth and seventh years of Yongle in my Ming Dynasty, I have successively moved vassal kings to open up the world, and since then I have controlled the desert. , Your Majesty has the heart to swallow the world, such a long-term career, I am afraid that only the First Emperor has such an ambition, but today the world is so big, the land of the world, and the rich products are too numerous to enumerate.”

“Because of this, in His Majesty’s eyes, not to mention Taiping Mansion, Zhili, and my Ming Dynasty, it is actually just living in a corner. Your Majesty’s heart is not in Zhili, nor in the two capitals and thirteen cities in the pass. province, but in the land of the world.”

Zhu Di couldn’t help pointing at him with his fingers, and said with a smile, “You bastard, no wonder you were testing Chinese characters, your mouth…”

Jin Zhongdao: “Your Majesty’s ministers know everything.”

Zhu Di nodded: “What you said just now is only one of them, and this is the second… In my opinion, all the prefectures and counties in the world can make the country rich and the people real, only the new policy of the Taiping Mansion. I am so bright and glorious, I am really unwilling to do so. But it is extremely difficult to accomplish this, and the matter of the Jiangxi chief envoy has already sounded the alarm for me.”

Zhu Di paused, and then said: “Those scholars, only when the court gives them a steady stream of benefits, will they talk about monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons, once they are weaned off their milk, they will immediately turn against each other, no king, no father, They must get rid of people quickly, they are doing the same to Zhang Qing, and they are also doing the same to me, I should plan ahead and make arrangements.”

Jin Zhong pondered for a moment, opened his mouth, but stopped talking.

Zhu Di looked straight at him: “What else do you want to say?”

Jin Zhong hesitated for a while, and finally said: “Your Majesty… Zhang Dudu… Is Your Majesty so relieved of him?”

This sentence can be said to have reached the point.

Zhu Di stood up with his hands behind his back. He took a few steps, and suddenly sighed: “He was raised by the prince’s kindness. To be honest, he and I are like father and son over the years. I don’t believe that he will betray me.” , he dare not betray me.”

Jin Zhong nodded, and said nothing more.

The next day, Ting Yi made a fuss for a while.

A letter of decree was quickly sent to Qixia.

At this time, Qixia was always shrouded in dark clouds.

But now, Zhang Anshi led his people to accept the order, and everyone was shocked when the order was announced.

Although rumors had spread in advance, no one expected that the holy family would go to such a point.

Just when everyone was dumbfounded, Zhang Anshi received the decree, thank you.

The one who came to convey the imperial decree this time was Yi Shiha.

Yi Shiha smiled at Zhang Anshi and said, “His Royal Highness Wuhu County King, congratulations, congratulations.”

Zhang Anshi and Yishiha are also old acquaintances, at this time he said: “I’m not afraid of jokes, I’m in shock right now, I don’t know what to do.”

Yi Shiha said: “It’s okay, it’s okay, Your Highness is welcome.”

Zhang Anshi came to his senses and said, “Do you want some tea, father-in-law?”

Yi Shiha immediately said: “That’s unnecessary, we still need to rush back to the palace to reply to the decree, Your Highness, remember to enter the palace tomorrow to thank you.”

Zhang Anshi nodded. He was in a very complicated mood at this time. He was holding the imperial decree. Many messages in the imperial decree really shocked him, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

At this moment, someone came and said, “Your Highness, General Zhu, General Zhang, and General Qiu are here to meet you…”

Zhang Anshi waved his hand: “Teach them to go away and play elsewhere. I still have something to do. At this time, teach them not to get involved. By the way, go and invite Yang Pu.”

Soon, Yang Pu came and said congratulations first.

Zhang Anshi directly took the imperial edict and showed it to him.

Yang Pu looked at it, smiled and said: “Such kindness is rare even in the past dynasties. His Highness is in the heart of the emperor, which is really unimaginable.”

Zhang Anshi frowned slightly and said, “I’m guilty.”

Yang Pu smiled and said: “The lower officials can see it.”

Zhang Anshi then said: “That’s all for the king of the county. I, Zhang Anshi, are not bragging. I deserve so much credit. But making this Taiping Mansion the vassal of my county king, also… also… Besides, I also There are people from the left and right guards of Wuhu, and Kaifu…”

Yang Pu took a deep look at Zhang Anshi and said, “Your Highness thinks it’s hot.”

Zhang Anshi smiled wryly and said: “Mr. Yang understands me. Sister Sister usually teaches me that one should not be too greedy, and one can get it.”

“The weight of Enlong also means greater responsibility, not to mention the attention of so many people, it is indeed… um…” Yang Pu smiled.

Zhang Anshi lowered his head and thought about it seriously, then said: “You see how I should deal with it, do I have to ask three times?”

Yang Pu shook his head and said: “Everyone in the world knows His Highness’s temper. If you pretend to be hypocritical, it will appear that Your Highness is hypocritical.”

Zhang Anshi looked at him straight: “Then what should I do?”

Yang Pu pondered and said: “Your Majesty’s decree means trust and grace, but at the same time, it actually has greater expectations for the New Deal. So… since this authority is in hand, if His Highness does not take it, Not only the officials in Zhili who support the new policy will be greatly disappointed, but even Your Majesty will not like it.”

After a pause, he continued: “So, since His Highness has been granted authority, His Highness can take it and benefit the world, why not?”

“However…” Yang Pu smiled again and said, “I have an idea, which can not only let His Highness accept the order, but also teach His Highness to feel at ease.”

Zhang Anshi was overjoyed, and looked at him with burning eyes: “Mr. Yang, teach me quickly. If there is a clever plan, I will teach my brothers to worship under your door and call you father…, no, call you mentor.”

Yang Pu smiled and muttered a few times.

After Zhang Anshi listened, the trace of worry on Caicai’s face disappeared, and his eyebrows were beaming instead.

The next day, Zhang Anshi entered the palace to have an audience.

Zhu Di seems to have been waiting for Zhang Anshi to thank him for a long time.

At this time, he was promoted to his seat in the Wenlou early, looking calm and relaxed, waiting for Zhang Anshi to salute, Zhu Di glanced at Zhang Anshi, and said with a smile: “How about it, Prince Wuhu…”

Zhang Anshi said sincerely and tremblingly: “Thousands of death, ten thousand deaths, I was really shocked when I got the will. Your Majesty, how can I have any credit…”

The smile on Zhu Di’s face disappeared immediately, and he snorted coldly: “Don’t do this with me, just thank you, why is it so long-winded.”

Zhang Anshi stopped the words directly and had no choice but to salute and thank you.

Zhu Di said: “You can make up your own mind about the opening of the mansion. I will not ask about all the subordinate officials. Besides, the Wuhu Guards must have more people. Starting today, the model battalion will be transferred to the capital and returned to the palace for control. .”

“As for your Wuhu guard, there are three guards on the left, middle and right, one guard is stationed in Xinzhou, one guard is stationed in each county of Taiping Prefecture, and there is another guard to protect the safety of your palace. I will not give you the mansion, you The mansion in Qixia is very big, it’s still a new one, just change the plaque by yourself, that’s all.”

Zhang Anshi seems to have learned his lesson now, saying yes repeatedly.

…

Ask for a monthly pass.

(end of this chapter)