Li Qing secretly thought about where to start. After much thought, he still felt that the best way was to let the little emperor take charge of the army first.
Civil servants and military generals are naturally not easy to deal with!
Nowadays, the civil servants are powerful. If you want to suppress the civil servants, you can only let the military generals rise up.
The best way for a general to rise is to establish military merit, in other words, to launch a war.
Li Qingxin said: I don’t know what kind of trouble the good saint grandson gave me.
It is not difficult to gain Yu Qian's trust, but it is difficult to gain the trust of the young emperor. Even though he has great talent, it will be in vain if the emperor does not use it.
However, he was not very worried.
He couldn't understand Zhu Zhanji's plan clearly, but he didn't completely understand it.
For example, Yu Qian.
Without Zhu Zhanji's operation, Yu Qian would not have been able to get to this point. In addition, there was a united front between Zhang Fu and Yu Qian. It can be said that Zhu Zhanji has strengthened the entire situation he laid out.
He could definitely gain the little emperor's trust through Yu Qian.
Zhu Qizhen...well, I don't know what happened...Li Qing sighed secretly.
Having been in the Ming Dynasty for so long, he no longer believed so much in the history of the Ming Dynasty that he knew, such as Zhu Di's overseas policy.
In the eyes of later generations, this was a money-losing business, but in fact it was Zhu Di's capital for establishing his unparalleled achievements.
There is no way, history books are written by officials and gentry headed by scholars, and anything that is not conducive to their interests will be processed, and even private goods will be included.
The actual records of the Ming Dynasty are not just a few. The entire history of the Ming Dynasty has more than 16 million words, with an average of one million words for each emperor.
This is not a novel, but an entire classical Chinese text, extremely refined, recording the emperor's life;
It has no punctuation, no story structure, or even sentence breaks.
After the previous emperor's actual records were compiled, the next emperor only glanced at them briefly. You know, a book only has tens of thousands of words in total.
With so many books piled together, who has the time to read them all?
There is great operability in this.
But that doesn’t mean that the history of the Ming Dynasty has no credibility. In fact, most of it is true. For example, what edicts the emperor issued, who was promoted, demoted, and killed... These are all true, but the above
But there is no record of why the emperor did this.
As a result, historians of later generations always said that the public was right and the mother-in-law was right.
History is like a woman shrouded in a mysterious veil, which people yearn for and want to uncover. However, its true face has long been submerged in the long river of history, and no one can explain it clearly.
Li Qing has changed, changed a lot.
The little known history had no reference value. He even felt that even if he didn't come, the battle might not happen.
Or perhaps, the decline of the Ming Dynasty was not due to that battle, but...the years when Zhu Qizhen was a minor.
With the current level of chaos in the government, in another ten years it will definitely affect the people.
Li Qing's thoughts were flying and he was in a daze.
At this time, Yu Qian and Zhu Qizhen walked out of the palace gate together.
Li Qing stood in the most conspicuous position at the entrance of the palace, and both of them saw him.
The two stopped at the same time and looked at Li Qing blankly.
When Yu Qian entered the capital, Li Qing had been wearing a mask, so he did not see through Li Qing's identity, but he felt an indescribable sense of familiarity and intimacy.
Even the moment he saw Li Qing, the heavy burden on his body was instantly lifted, and he felt extremely relaxed.
Zhu Qizhen looked at Li Qing blankly, his mind full of thoughts: He is here, he is really here, my father really did not lie to me, there really is such a person.
While the two of them were looking at Li Qing, Li Qing was also looking at them.
The tall and thin young man in the past is now in his early forties. There are grooves between his eyebrows, the marks left by frequent frowns.
He has gained some weight, and has a sense of vicissitudes of life. His hair is no longer black, but mixed with snow white.
In sharp contrast to Yu Qian is the young man in the dragon robe. He is very immature and is still in the stage of growing his body. He has slightly dark hair on the corners of his lips. He cannot be called a beard. His body is very thin and he is not tall.
.
The little guy's skin is paler than his father's, and he's also more handsome than his father.
But he is still a child after all.
But it just so happens that such a thirteen-year-old boy is the master of the entire Ming Dynasty.
The three of them looked at each other for a long time...
Li Qing came back to his senses and bowed in salute: "Long live my emperor, I am here!"
"Plain body."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The first meeting was very official.
In front of the little emperor, Li Qing couldn't say much to Yu Qian, so he stepped aside and let the two of them go first.
But neither of them left.
Yu Qian was eager to find out why he had such different emotions towards such a young man.
Zhu Qizhen, on the other hand, felt lucky to have met the person of his destiny.
"emperor……"
"Teacher, please hurry up and do the things I've asked you to do."
They both spoke at the same time, but Zhu Qizhen was the king, so Yu Qian let him finish his words first.
After hearing this, Yu Qian had no choice but to suppress his doubts secretly and said goodbye.
Before leaving, he took a deep look at Li Qing.
Zhu Qizhen stepped forward and looked directly at Li Qing.
Li Qing cupped his hands and looked at him with a calm look: "Does the Emperor have any orders?"
Zhu Qizhen calmed down and said, "Follow me into the palace."
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Qianqing Palace.
Li Qing looked at Zhu Qizhen on the dragon throne, and suddenly felt that this young man was much more mature than he thought.
He didn't speak. The little emperor's appearance was somewhat beyond his expectation.
Finally, Zhu Qizhen spoke first, "You know the late emperor, right?"
"The name of the late emperor is so powerful that I naturally know it." Li Qing said.
Zhu Qizhen's delicate brows wrinkled, "What I mean is, do you know the late Emperor?"
"The late emperor is the king of the country. Who in the world does not recognize the king?"
Zhu Qizhen asked no more questions.
He stood up and asked, "What's your name?"
"Li Qing."
"What a good name!" Zhu Qizhen praised it officially and then said nothing further.
Li Qing could also remain calm. In fact, he still hadn't figured out why the little emperor was acting like this.
Did Zhu Zhanji tell him? Probably not, that guy always keeps his promises... Li Qing thought to himself.
"I ascended the throne at a young age, and I am in charge of a young country. All the affairs of the court, big and small, are handled by the Empress Dowager." Zhu Qizhen spoke again, "Although I am a king, I don't have half the power;
The Empress Dowager is responsible for important matters, the cabinet ministers headed by Yang Shiqi are responsible for civil affairs, and Zhang Fu and Yu Qian are responsible for military affairs;
Thanks to the loyalty and hard work of my ministers, the Ming Dynasty is what it is today!"
Zhu Qizhen looked at Li Qing and saw disappointment.
Surprise flashed in his eyes, and he continued: "The Ming Dynasty has been without a military for many years, military discipline has been corrupted, military morale has been scattered, and combat effectiveness has plummeted;
Fortunately, the guarding ministers were able to save the situation;
The country does not compete with the people for profit. The maritime trade advocated by the imperial court has been stopped. Cochin, Siam, Burma and other ministries have also lost control. They are now very clear-minded;
But, so what? Our Ming Dynasty is vast and rich in resources, and whether they exist or not has no impact at all!"
Zhu Qizhen asked with a smile: "Li Qing, do you think my point of view is correct?"
"What does the emperor think?" Li Qing asked.
Zhu Qizhen smiled and sat back on his chair, "This is not my point of view, this is my point of view in the eyes of the world."
Li Qing nodded, "Does the Emperor have real power now?"
"From tomorrow onwards, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager will return power to me," Zhu Qizhen said.
"After the emperor takes power, can he be sure to take back the imperial power?"
Zhu Qizhen was silent for a moment, "It will be difficult. There are already many people with vested interests. I... have no power, and the officials' inherent impression of me has been formed."
After a pause, "There is an old saying: The Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the Lord is concerned about the humiliation of his ministers and their death. I am very worried now. Does Li Qing have any wise ideas?"
Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied with this test, and Li Qing met his expectations.
Li Qing was also very satisfied. This little emperor was no inferior to Zhu Zhanji of the same age, but he was not as lucky as Zhu Zhanji.
"Take military power!"
Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly and shook his head slowly: "Sending troops to the grassland will have a huge impact. The check and balance strategy set by the late emperor is likely to collapse."
"I mean, hit Siam, Burma."
"This is even more difficult." Zhu Qizhen didn't care about his claim. Since the temptation has passed, there is no need to hide it. "Officials and gentry are not allowed to do business. This is aimed at local officials and those in power in Beijing."
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They have made a lot of money from ocean trade, so how can they let the imperial court restart shipping?"
"Yang Ji, the son of Yang Shiqi, was rampant in lawlessness in his hometown, raped women of the people, committed all kinds of crimes, and committed murders more than ten times." Li Qing said, "According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, killing him ten times is not enough."
"Yang Ji? Yang Shiqi?" Zhu Qizhen's eyes brightened, and his little face couldn't contain the joy.
It took him a while to calm down.
After thinking it over in his mind, he added, "It's a clever idea, but it's not appropriate."