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"If you are poor, you will be good for yourself; if you are rich, you will be good for the world."
This sentence of Mencius is known to everyone in the world.
As a politician who still has some conscience deep down in his heart, Zhao Junchen has always comforted himself in this way.
In Zhao Junchen's eyes, although he has high power and wealth, he undoubtedly still belongs to the category of "if you are poor, you can live alone". After all, no matter how lucky Zhao Junchen is, he can't even control his own destiny and choice.
Control - From this aspect, Zhao Junchen is not even as good as ordinary people.
Therefore, with the self-comfort of this sentence, Zhao Junchen could only provide some help within his ability for the hidden dangers of trilateral defense without compromising his own interests.
Zhao Junchen understands that these help are his current limit. If the intensity is greater and attracts attention, it may endanger himself.
However, is this really the case?
Looking at Xu Wenqing's leaving figure, Zhao Junchen still felt uneasy after all.
He knew clearly what it would mean if there were any flaws in the trilateral defense and how terrible the consequences would be, but he did not try his best to change it. This filled Zhao Junchen's heart with a sense of guilt that could not be dissipated.
There are so many hidden dangers in the military towns on the three sides and they are so big. It is shocking. If it is just a small repair, can it really resist the invasion of the Mongolian cavalry? In the past few years, it has been barely resisted. Zhao Junchen also
I often use this to comfort myself, but what if something unexpected happens this year? At this time, how can we take chances?
If the border is broken, what is the meaning of Zhao Junchen's many plans and calculations now?
Could it be that, at that time, Zhao Junchen still used this sentence to comfort himself, and then changed from a treacherous official and a corrupt official to a slave and a traitor?
The decision had already been made. Now that it was actually done, Zhao Junchen began to feel uneasy.
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When Xu Qingyan sent Xu Wenqing away and returned to the study, he saw Zhao Junchen's face was gloomy and uncertain, with some contradictions and hesitation.
Xu Qingyan hadn't seen this kind of expression on Zhao Junchen's face for a long time.
However, today's Xu Qingyan, after Zhao Junchen's deliberate experience, has finally grown up. Seeing Zhao Junchen's appearance, not only did he not ask eagerly like before, but he stood aside silently without saying a word.
Fa. Without any interruption, just let Zhao Junchen think about it quietly.
After a long time, Zhao Junchen finally made up his mind.
"Qingyan, you secretly organize a caravan and send them to the Mongolian grassland after the southern tour." Zhao Junchen ordered: "Take the opportunity to find out the reality and mutual relations of the Mongolian tribes, and conduct a detailed investigation
"This year's harvests of fodder, grain, cattle and horses of various tribes in Mongolia. If there are any natural disasters there this year, resulting in poor harvests and losses, please report them to me immediately."
Nowadays, the season is still late spring, but the invasion of grassland peoples always comes after the autumn harvest.
This gave Zhao Junchen a buffer time to wait and see what happened, and also gave Zhao Junchen enough time to investigate and prepare.
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The next day, in the morning, the situation became more stable.
Seeing that the southern tour is about to begin, Emperor Deqing is now in high spirits and full of expectations. The officials are also very knowledgeable. No one will destroy Emperor Deqing's elegance at this time, otherwise he will only ask for trouble.
Therefore, in the morning court on this day, all the officials had nothing to report, as if the world was peaceful, and Emperor Deqing only discussed the southern tour with the ministers. As a result, there was naturally a harmonious atmosphere between the emperor and his ministers in the court.
, in a happy and harmonious manner.
However, among everyone, Prince Zhu Heyu kept his brows furrowed, which was out of tune with the atmosphere of the morning court.
There is no other reason. Throughout the whole night last night, in the prince's mansion, princeling officials kept asking to see the prince Zhu Heyu, and advised Zhu Heyu to take back his orders and not to reform the commercial tax for the time being, otherwise what would happen...
During such admonitions, everyone had their own reasons and their words were conclusive. Although they were all rejected by Prince Zhu Heyu, looking back at this moment, Zhu Heyu still felt a little depressed.
After the morning court, seeing some of the princeling officials still looking ready to go, as if they wanted to admonish themselves, Prince Zhu Heyu simply ignored them and did not stay in the palace, but returned directly.
Arrive at the prince's residence.
In fact, Prince Zhu Heyu's return to the Prince's Mansion was not just to avoid those princeling officials who had different opinions. He did have something to deal with.
After the experience in recent days, despite repeated setbacks, Prince Zhu Heyu finally gained some practical ability, and even understood the principle of "investigate first before doing anything", so before today's morning meeting, he had already
I sent someone to the Ministry of Accounts to ask for some relevant account books, and planned to take advantage of these few days to learn about the specific situation of commercial taxation in the Ming Dynasty.
…
But he said that when Zhu Heyu returned to the prince's mansion, he found that the account books of the Ministry of Revenue had been brought. However, before Zhu Heyu had time to look through them, he heard from his subordinates that Lu Chunxiao, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, asked for an audience.
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The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the headquarters and gathering place for princeling officials, and Lu Chunxiao has helped Zhu Heyu manage the Metropolitan Procuratorate over the years. He has worked hard and made great achievements. He is also Zhu Heyu's right-hand man and has always been highly valued by Zhu Heyu.
Now, when I heard that it was Lv Chunxiao who was asking for a meeting, Zhu Heyu naturally wouldn't miss him, and quickly asked someone to invite Lv Chunxiao into the study for a talk.
However, when Lu Chunxiao entered the study, before he could speak, Zhu Heyu was the first to speak: "Mr. Lu, you are not here to persuade me to change my mind and stop reforming the commercial tax, are you? If so, there is no need.
Once I speak, I have made up my mind and will never change my mind."
Lu Chunxiao also heard some of the excitement in the Prince's Mansion last night. After sighing, he said: "Your Highness, no matter whether other people have changed their minds or not, I still support you. I am here to support you."
I am not asking you to take back your life, but I want to introduce a great talent to you. Although this person is still young and has little qualifications, his talent and mind are many times better than those of the lower officials.
I also believe that if you, Prince, have this person to assist you, the next commercial and tax reform will definitely be more effective and reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles."
Hearing what Lu Chunxiao said, Prince Zhu Heyu felt a little relieved, and then he was very interested in the person Lu Chunxiao said, and asked: "Oh? Who is it? Lord Lu admires him so much?"
"He is the close disciple of the former Crown Prince and Grand Master He Minghe, the second-place finisher in the undergraduate examination, and Zhao Shancai, who is known as the talented man from the south of the Yangtze River!" Lu Chunxiao replied solemnly.
"Zhao Shancai? Is that the Zhao Shancai who reminded me through you not to implicate the case too widely when I was away from Beijing to investigate the 'Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case'?" Prince Zhu Heyu's eyes flashed and he sighed: "This person
He is indeed a great talent, but I did not follow his advice at the beginning, so my father was quite dissatisfied with the results of my case handling. He thought that I did not understand the importance and the general situation, which almost caused a catastrophe, and eventually he reprimanded me.
Fan…”
However, despite saying this, the strange thing is that there is no regret in the expressions of Prince Zhu Heyu. He just paused and then said: "It's rare for me to be so stubborn. But he is
He still wants to serve me. It seems that this Zhao Shancai is not only talented. He is also an upright and loyal person, which is really rare. Based on these alone, this person is enough to rely on, not to mention that he is also a disciple of Master He.
And he is so highly praised by you! Well, please invite him in quickly."
Following the instructions of Prince Zhu Heyu, Zhao Shancai was also led to the study not long after.
After entering the study, Zhao Shancai did not feel any embarrassment even though he was facing the prince Zhu Heyu. Instead, after saluting, he raised his head and looked at the prince Zhu Heyu carefully, as if he wanted to see clearly what the prince was like.
people.
Faced with such a somewhat rude move, Prince Zhu Heyu was not angry. Instead, he also looked at Zhao Shancai. Seeing Zhao Shancai's extraordinary temperament, he nodded with appreciation and said with a smile: "You are Zhao Shancai? I have heard it earlier.
As I told you, in the imperial examination of Jinke, the number one scholar should have been your prize. Unfortunately, Zhou Suwen is the grandson of Zhou Shangjing, and Zhou Shangjing is not only extremely powerful, but also a veteran of three dynasties. Even his father has to show him some kindness.
In the end, I have wronged you..."
Having said this, Prince Zhu Heyu shook his head and sighed, and then said: "Also, I remember that when I left Beijing to investigate the 'Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case,' you reminded me of many things through Mr. Lu. Facts have proved that
Your views are all correct, but I didn’t adopt your suggestions in the end. I hope you don’t blame me.”
Seeing Prince Zhu Heyu's stance, Zhao Shancai couldn't help but be stunned.
Originally, Zhao Shancai thought that Prince Zhu Heyu was a stubborn and self-willed person, and he was already prepared in his heart. But at this time, both his observation and words and actions proved that Prince Zhu Heyu was not as imagined.
Stubborn, not only did he not blame Zhao Shancai for his rudeness, but he admitted his fault very simply and even took the initiative to express his apology to Zhao Shancai!
This should never be the behavior of a stubborn and stubborn person!
After Zhao Shancai looked at Prince Zhu Heyu again, his eyes moved and he suddenly asked: "Your Highness, I would like to excuse my students for asking, if you could do it all over again, during the trial of the 'Southern Tour Preparation Fraud Case',
Will you change your mind and follow the students’ suggestions?”
After Zhu Heyu was silent for a moment, he finally replied: "I'm afraid not. I will still arrest every corrupt official involved in the case and never let any of them escape the law! In this world, times have changed, the situation has changed, the country has changed owners, and the dynasties have changed.
, you can say anything will change, but one truth will not change, that is, corrupt officials bring disaster to the country and the people! For the people and the court, the fewer corrupt officials the better, so how can I let them go!?"
After hearing this, Zhao Shancai frowned and said: "Your Highness, don't you think you are too eager to do things? There are many things you are doing now as the Crown Prince, which is half the result with half the effort and many obstacles. You will not be able to do them again when you ascend the throne in the future.
It means getting twice the result with half the effort, and things will come naturally. I know you can't tolerate sand in your eyes, but why do you have to do some thankless things now? Wouldn't it be the same if you do it in the future? Tolerate it for the time being. That's the tolerance an emperor should have!"
If someone else made such a straightforward accusation, he would probably get furious on the spot. Zhao Shancai also knew this, but he still did it, but he was testing Zhu Heyu's character and bottom line.
However, Zhu Heyu still did not get angry. He just asked: "Zhao Shancai, do you know which son of my father I am?"
Zhao Shancai was stunned for a moment and then replied: "As far as the students know, you are the fifth son of His Majesty."
Zhu Heyu asked again: "Yes, I am only the fifth son of my father. There are four elder brothers in front of me. It was not my turn to take the position of prince, but do you know why it was finally
Have I become a prince?"
Zhao Shancai pondered for a moment before replying: "As far as the students know, your majesty's eldest prince was established as the prince after he was born, but he died of illness many years ago; and after the second prince succeeded to the throne, he died not long after because of'
He was deposed for being immoral and is now being imprisoned in Fengyang, the central capital. The third prince died at an early age. The fourth prince also died of illness after becoming the prince, so you became the prince and heir apparent."
Zhu Heyu nodded and said: "Yes, if it weren't for so many accidents, it wouldn't be my turn to be the crown prince, but it is precisely because of this. I have thought since I was a child that I would only be the crown prince.
The idle prince has never learned the art of emperor's mind. In fact, even now, I don't want to learn it."
Speaking of this, Zhu Heyu's eyes stayed on Zhao Shancai's face and said: "Since I was six years old, I have studied the Four Books and Five Classics, moral articles, and moral articles from Taishi Xiao. According to what my father said, Taishi Xiao taught me
I was stupid. Although I didn’t think so, after I became the prince, I still studied with your master, Mrs. He, for a period of time. What he taught me was the art of the emperor. At that time, I asked Mr. He,
What is the art of the emperor? Master He said that the so-called art of the emperor is the art of checking and balancing, the art of compromise and tolerance, and the art of guessing people's hearts. Zhao Shancai, you are a close disciple of Master He. What do you think of Mrs. He?
Is the teacher’s summary accurate?”
Zhao Shancai nodded and said: "Master He's summary is naturally correct."
Prince Zhu Heyu said: "However, because of these words from Grand Master He, I stopped studying the emperor's mental skills with all my heart."
Zhao Shancai was slightly stunned and asked: "Why?"
Prince Zhu Heyu sighed: "Because, I have seen with my own eyes the changes in the eldest brother, the second brother, and the fourth brother after they learned the emperor's mental skills! Originally, they studied with Master Xiao like me, and their temperaments were similar to mine.
Almost the same, but after learning the art of the emperor, they all changed drastically in a short period of time, became jealous and indifferent, and lost their original principles. In their eyes, those corrupt officials and traitorous ministers can be tolerated, and even must exist.
of……"
While shaking his head with a wry smile, Zhu Heyu added: "I don't think this change is a good thing, and I'm also afraid that I will become like them, where I gradually develop a habit of tolerance and compromise and regard it as natural. At that time, I will no longer
It's me. Even if I become the emperor, I won't be a good emperor if I indulge in the emperor's mental tricks. So I didn't study anymore. Instead, my seventh brother studied for a while out of curiosity. However, Mrs. He did it because of
He is not a prince and is unwilling to teach him...
In the end, Grand Master He probably also felt that I was stubborn, so he resigned from the position of Crown Prince and Grand Master not long after, which made me feel quite ashamed of him. Now seeing that you are still willing to assist me, Master He is obviously
He didn't blame me either, so I'm very happy..."
At this point, Zhu Heyu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "After seeing you, I always unconsciously think of Mrs. He, but I took the topic far away. You just asked me why I always do things.
Eagerness, obviously you can wait until you succeed to the throne, but you are always impatient. In the end, you often get twice the result with half the effort...
In fact, I understand what you said, but if you have experienced the transition of the crown prince like me, you should understand that as long as you think it is right, the best time to do it is now, because things in the world
Impermanence, no one knows what will happen in the future. Although I am the crown prince, the same is true!
Maybe there are some things that you think you should tolerate temporarily, but you don’t know how to tolerate them. You have regarded forbearance as a habit, and you no longer have the courage you had before. Or maybe after you tolerate it for a long time, you find that you never do it again.
The ability to do something.
It's the same for my royal brothers. Didn't they have great ambitions at the beginning? But between tolerance, or died unexpectedly, or gradually lost their courage, and gradually fell into decline because of this, the great ambitions at the beginning have disappeared.
Because they didn’t take any actions, they were all a thing of the past, and future generations would not remember them at all...
Mencius once said that if you are poor, you can be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you can be good for the world. But I feel that if you really have the heart to be good for the world, why should you care about being poor? There is always something you can do, whether you have big or small strength. What's more, what's more, what's the point?
What is poverty? What is Da? Now that I am a prince, am I not Da? If only after becoming an emperor can I dare to do the right things, then in this world, shouldn’t everyone be on their own? Everyone should be alone.
Nothing has been done? So in this Ming Dynasty, who else can uphold justice?
Therefore, there is no good or bad timing for some things. The so-called forbearance and the so-called timing are just to find reasons for myself not to act. Of course, there are many things that I do too eagerly, and the results seem not to be good, but if
If you do nothing, how can you know that the result will be good? I'm afraid it may not be possible! Even if you get half the result with twice the result, as long as there are any good results, no matter how big or small, why bother about how much you have to pay?"
After hearing what Prince Zhu Heyu said, Zhao Shancai was speechless.
Although Zhao Shancai was very eloquent and could compete with other scholars, he didn't know how to refute at this time.
Originally, Zhao Shancai only thought that Prince Zhu Heyu was self-willed. Although it was troublesome, Zhao Shancai finally found a way. People who are self-willed just think that their ideas and methods are not wrong. As long as they truly realize their mistakes, they will still be able to do it.
It will be changed.
But Prince Zhu Heyu knew that his method was wrong, but he still persisted!
Because he believes that his wrong method may bring trouble, but it will also bring good results!
Because he has values that an emperor should not have!
From this, Zhao Shan discovered that assisting the prince was more troublesome than he had imagined.
However, for some reason, after hearing what Prince Zhu Heyu said, Zhao Shancai did not retreat at all, nor did he feel any regret about assisting Prince Zhu Heyu.
However, I don't know what Zhao Junchen will think after hearing these words.
In fact, the news of Zhao Shancai's meeting with Prince Zhu Heyu was quickly received by Zhao Junchen.
Although Zhao Junchen didn't know what Zhao Shancai and Prince Zhu Heyu actually said, in order to prevent Zhao Shancai from assisting the prince in reforming commercial taxes, Zhao Junchen quickly responded!
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