Chapter 960 The distance between ideal and reality
Zhu Yiliu's series of big moves made the censors unable to sit still.
In fact, the censors had long been unable to sit still. When Shen Shixing held a meeting to work not long ago, he could no longer hold back his six subjects.
For this reason, Shen Shixing met Zhu Yiliu, which was originally more than the few problems in Wanping County.
But before he started, Zhu Yili explained a lot, and asked Yili's competitive questioning, which made him feel very stressed, and later he felt that there was no need to say it.
Because he understands that empathy is not simply pleasing, and it may not be possible to touch gently. Why is it a kind of empathy through layers of testing in a tense atmosphere?
Therefore, he still had many questions when he met. Originally, he was a master Duanshui and never easily offended or provoked any party.
Some of the issues raised by the six departments at that time were not promptly reported, and the concerns about the pilot reform of Wanping County were only one of them.
There are other concerns and even criticisms, such as sending large troops to other countries.
Other countries have been making active preparations when they go on a mission, but the main force of preparation is not in Beijing but in Nanjing. At that time, when Nanjing is ready, the officials from Beijing will go to Nanjing to meet with it and then set off from the sea.
As soon as it was proposed, it had already discussed and argued, and some objections and some were in favor of the mission.
Zhu Yiliu's strong approval came to an end.
But the debate came to an end, and the preparations for the mission to other countries continued.
As we learn more and more about the theme of this mission, discussions have once again become rampant.
Why? It’s just because there are too many people on missions and too much expense, but the future is slim.
Those opposing officials represented by censors talked about it, and they could not see the "interest" at all, and they didn't understand what to send so many people to spend so much money. Isn't it nice to have so much manpower and financial resources to do something else?
The mission to other countries was a huge project. Zhu Yiliu ordered Zhang Jianxiu to temporarily lead the six ministries and nine ministers, supervise shipbuilding and plan all matters to the West, and cooperate with the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Rites, and together with the five places in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Fujian to raise funds and collect labor, civilians and all materials.
In this way, after the Yongle Dynasty, the whole country once again set off a wave of vigorous craze for large-scale sea ships.
Hundreds of large sea ships are under construction, and various cargoes needed to send other countries are also being planned...
You know, these are very expensive.
Especially the officials in the five places in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian and Guangdong, which were responsible for raising special funds, were complaining and the opposition became increasingly fierce.
The core of the objection is still worrying that manpower, material resources and financial resources will be undone, but in the end, the people and things in the foreign countries that Zheng He successfully brought back to the West actually caused trouble to the Ming Dynasty.
At first, the opposing ministers did not expect that Zhu Yiliu would make such a big move.
But as time progressed, they saw more and more clearly that Zhu Yiliu seemed to be trying to exhaust the whole country's strength and also to send other countries.
Of course this cannot be tolerated.
However, the imperial edict has been issued and cannot be changed, but fortunately, the navigation has not yet been started, so they feel that it can reduce the scale and reduce expenses to reduce uncontrollable risks.
In fact, Zhu Yiliu has received several opposing memorials, but he just stayed at the end and didn't want to pay attention to it.
After all, with his eyes, he knew that this thing would be done sooner or later. If he didn't do it today, he would have to do it tomorrow, otherwise he would have to face the situation of being behind and beaten.
But how do you say some things?
Should we tell those ministers who hold opposition to keep their country closed, Western powers are developing at a rapid pace and will soon surpass the Ming Dynasty, and even come to plunder and divide the Ming Dynasty soon?
Who believed it?
They have never seen it, nor do they know how to explain the great significance of capital accumulation to development of the Renaissance, opening up new routes, and how can they explain it clearly?
They thought the Ming Dynasty was the best in the world.
Perhaps the Ming Dynasty was really the best in the world at this time, but it was just because the lean camel was bigger than the horse. The Ming Dynasty was already on the decline, while many other countries were pioneering and advancing.
The first leader Zhu Yiliu said it and asked the ministers in the court seriously, do you know what the Western countries were doing at this time? No one couldn't answer.
He even had no idea about the Western countries, and he basically knew nothing about which countries there were. At most, he knew the countries Zheng He had contacted when he went to the West.
However, some of those countries have developed rapidly, such as Portugal, but the ministers in the court are not clear about this.
Zhu Yiliu wanted them to go out and see what the world outside the Ming Dynasty looked like, and what are the areas worth learning from, not just as simple as free trade exchange items.
It was useless for Zhu Yili to explain it once, but later he didn't want to explain it because he couldn't explain it clearly.
Who knows nothing, how to explain?
Only do it and speak with the facts.
Just like the pilot reform in Wanping County, there must be voices of opposition, and the explanations must be unclear, but it depends on who can laugh to the end.
But facing the chirping opposition, it makes people feel a little bored. When facing the unknown, they are very inflammatory and even bewitching people's hearts.
When humans face the unknown, they are easily guided, misled, and then blindly followed. People who originally had a neutral attitude may change their minds and stand on the opposite side once they are encouraged.
Although it is the most convincing to talk about facts, the reality is: the facts you want will not come so soon, and facts will take time to realize them, and many people can't wait to be patient in this process.
This is the gap between ideals and reality.
For example: a person is still pursuing his ideals when he is almost forty years old, and has no house or car, and even if he knows that he will succeed in the future, he can make up for all the losses he has lost before.
But what about people who are not clear about it? You can wait for five years and wait for ten years, and what about the people around you?
They couldn't wait, so they objected.
What should I do at this time? Should I move forward bravely and make some concessions at all costs or make appropriate compromises?
Isn’t Zhu Yili facing this situation? The opposing ministers could not see hope. They only saw the constantly consumed manpower, material resources and financial resources. Zhu Yili could not produce the future facts. Whether it is the pilot reform of Wanping County or the mission to other countries, the necessity will take time to prove.
It is not clear to reason, and it seems that the crackdown and suppression with power is not a good idea.
This is exactly what Zhu Yili was worried about.
Zheng Miaojin gave a suggestion.
Although Zhu Yiliu didn't think it was a good suggestion, it was a bit funny.
But I think I can give it a try.
Therefore, when Zhu Yiliu listened to Zheng Miaojin's suggestion, he immediately smiled slightly. After coming out of Yikun Palace and returning to the East Nuan Pavilion, he immediately asked the attendant Zhang Yunxiu to invite his brother Zhang Jianxiu.
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Chapter completed!