Chapter 288 Economy and Party Struggle (Xì 6) Heart-to-heart
Once the truth is explained clearly, the subsequent conversation will be easier. Since it can make money, the Western Expedition is no longer a loss-making business in the eyes of the emperor, and it can avoid the embarrassment of Chengzu taking Annan and Xuanzong having to give up.
Earning both merit and reputation, and more importantly, making money, Zhu Yijun finally gave up his previous thoughts and once again strengthened his determination to conquer the West.
Oh, not only the Western Expedition, but more importantly, we must follow a highly pragmatic vision. After the victory of the Western Expedition, we must build a city in the Ili Basin and the Fergana Basin. The two cities will form a corner, relying on and supporting each other.
These two cities will also become the two major cornucopias of the Ming Dynasty in Central Asia, forming a concentration of wealth throughout Central Asia and even the wider region. Eventually, they will not only become the core of the Ming Dynasty's power in Central Asia, but also feed back the Central Plains in wealth.
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In Zhu Yijun's view, if he can really achieve this step, his status as a "sage king" will be as solid as Mount Tai, and no one will dare to question it anymore.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yijun's heart surged. He stood up, held Gao Pragmatic's hands with all his strength, and said: "Rixin, I said when I was at your house a few days ago that I will make you the Duke of the country after the ceremony. This is not a joke! Today I
I also want to make one more promise: As soon as these two new cities in the Western Region are built and financial surpluses begin to be turned over to the Ministry of Household Affairs, I will personally go to Tianshou Mountain to pay homage to my ancestors and report your achievements over the years to your ancestors.
Forgive me for making an exception, and I will make you the first living king with a foreign surname in the Ming Dynasty! I will do what I say!"
"Your Majesty, you must not..."
Gao pragmatic declined quickly, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhu Yijun interrupted in a low voice: "You are joking! I am not acting on a whim, he also wants to resign again!"
Perhaps because he felt that his voice was too soft, Zhu Yijun calmed down a little and said warmly: "Rixin, in fact, I have weighed the issue of his reward eight times recently. I didn't tell him that I defeated Can Yuan in the first place and forced him to
When I fled to the Western Regions, I thought that he was completely worthy of the position of Duke, and it was not even possible for him to be crowned king...
I came over and calmed down for a while, thinking that although the remnant Yuan escaped far away, Zeng Ji was completely destroyed. I am afraid that no one in the court would take the ancestral system as an issue and force me to give in.
Why should he wait any longer if he is so passive, because I doubt that he can accomplish even smaller feats for me!
As I expected, the Japanese rebellion broke out and the Korean War broke out. Although Li Rusong and others performed well in the first battle, in the end he had to personally supervise the battle to drive the Japanese pirates out of the peninsula. And when the annexation of Korea was completed,
At that time, I finally couldn't help myself. At this time, I was awarded the title of Duke of another country. No one in the court dared to speak up against the deception.
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "This minister can only think of some ways to try to stay behind His Majesty."
Zhu Yijun continued to laugh warmly and said: "If there was really no small crime in the Western Expedition, why was he still ranked first among the heroes of Qilin Pavilion before his death?"
"If this is the case, I'm afraid the government and the public will all be talking about it, insisting that I will be a minister."
Both of them seemed to have realized that what they said just now was not a little bit respectful, especially the emperor, who instead made a joke. Gao Pragmatic also shook his head and replied: "Of course it's a little bit of respect."
It's a blessing. If I had taken the first step, I guess with His Majesty's benevolence, I would have been able to make a living, gain a title, and be worthy of the imperial mausoleum, and my descendants would be able to rest with the country. How perfect would it be? But if there is no such thing as
What if... it would be a bad idea for me to come on stage?"
Now that Gaoyuan has arrived in southern Xinjiang, even if he really doesn't mean anything, he is afraid that someone will inherit his inheritance. And I don't have my biological mother Huang or my aunt Liu, and these seven men are ordinary people. I guess he is planning to let one person be his father. He is in charge of the army, and one person is in charge of the government. With him, the situation in southern Xinjiang will be in chaos.
Just before I made a decision, Shen Yiguan wrote a letter mentioning the matter of Fengchan Taishan. When I thought about it, if I were to Fengchan Taishan, based on his hard work and achievements in those years, he should be able to claim the merit of a hero. There must be objections from the government and the public. Therefore. I just wanted to take it easy, thinking of giving him that surprise when I got to Mount Tai...but I guessed the impeachment intention, so I had to tell him about it first."
"You said it would be bad if he went on the Western Expedition." Zhu Yijun snorted: "What happened to the Western Expedition? Did the Western Expedition usurp the Han Dynasty?"
What? What the hell? Expedition to the West?
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "I don't have this intention, but it may be difficult to have both sides. In comparison, what I do is a good idea."
Low pragmatism's eyelids twitched, and he just asked loudly: "Why did your Majesty say this?"
Is he afraid that I will be deceived? What’s worse, in the future, he will personally select all my lecturers, so that’s okay? Not yet, it’s just lecturer Guang, and he will select all the eunuchs around me. He personally You can always choose Wang Zhen and Liu Jin, right?"
Gao pragmatic opened his mouth, but stopped talking. I mean, I was vague about the truth, but now I understand the emperor's thoughts one day, so I just say these truths - the emperor also knows, but the emperor cares.
Seeing that I was at a loss for words, Ran Shijing comforted me and said: "I know that if he wants the Low family to become the Huo family, I do too. And since he hasn't made the situation in southern Xinjiang what it is today, so what?" Will the Gao family become the seventh Huo family?"
Gao pragmatically said: "There is no saying that 'one emperor and one courtier', if the future ministers are lucky enough to leave one step later than the emperor..."
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But this is the case: in the court, I have old officials all over the place, and cronies are spread in the sky; in the army, I don’t have thousands of old generals, and there is nothing awe-inspiring on all sides. Although the small achievements of the ministers all depend on the trust of the emperor, so the emperor has Now, the people in heaven are worried about me. However, if your Majesty...not to mention the prince, I am afraid that people in heaven will be worried that I have too much power, or that I will not be overthrown by Tai'a. Because of this, I will Said, if I take one step too late...it will be a blessing."
Ran Shijing didn't seem to be too emotional when she said that. She patted Pragmatic's shoulder hard and said: "I often say that you and him are just monarchs and ministers, we are just friends, we are just classmates, and he and you are close friends... He I know everything about the things we did in southern Xinjiang, and at most I can only give a rough idea."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ran Shijing said outside that "the Gao family will become the Huo family" and also mentioned the situation arranged by Gao Jingjing in southern Xinjiang. This is not actually a hint of the Gao family's future. As long as people try to continue to control government affairs like their fathers did like the predecessors of the Huo family, such a lowly family will definitely be fine.
"That's nonsense!" Zhu Yijun categorically agreed, saying, "If that's the case, wouldn't I still have to bear the reputation of being suspicious of the heroes? That's absolutely true."
Gao pragmatically looked at Ran Shijing sincerely and said: "Either I invite you to return home as soon as possible; or the emperor confers a vassal to southern Xinjiang. And... both of those things must happen when the emperor is healthy.
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Gao pragmatic thought he heard wrongly, and said in shock: "What did the emperor say?"
"Oh?" Zhu Yijun glanced at me doubtfully. Seeing Gao Pragmatic's calm expression, he felt a little better, but he slowly began to ponder again and said: "If you are doubtful, it must not be because you are worried that the prince will be the prince in the future.
Will be deceived by others. Well, although as a father, I do want him to speculate like that, but one day, someone can really guarantee that kind of thing... Even if I leave a will, as long as I really do it at this time
If the ghosts are obsessed with it, the imperial edict may not be effective."
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Gao pragmatic interjected: "Your Majesty, stop worrying. I have never thought of this."
Zhu Yijun frowned slightly and asked, "What does he mean by this?"
The two of us seemed to be playing charades, but actually we haven’t made it very clear yet. What does it mean to turn the Gao family into the Huo family? What happened to the Huo family?
"The reason why southern Xinjiang is in its current situation, is it because of preparations for that?" Zhu Yijun sighed: "Did he let your son Gaoyuan go south, really just to let me know the military one day, or to establish prestige at home?
Rixin, he is indeed extremely talented, but after all, this is my first day as emperor...
Before I could finish my words, Zhu Yijun chuckled and said, "It's bad for him, Gao Rixin, if he dies before me, is it still bad? What do you mean by taking a step too late?"
When Ran Shijing said that, he suddenly lost interest. He sighed, shook his head and said: "It's ridiculous. The emperor may not be able to decide the affairs of heaven with just one word after his death, but once the dragon controls Bintian, even his own affairs will be forgotten.
No matter how small it is, let alone ensuring that he is wealthy and peaceful for the rest of his life. Come on, you understand what he means."
I sighed and asked: "Has he stopped worrying after a long time, worrying that one day I will overwhelm the emperor because of his low performance, and the power will be overwhelming, but the prince is still young and ignorant, so he will be
I will deceive him and treat him as an enemy. Then, I will have to play a trick of killing the rabbit and cooking the dog after dying. I will first use deception to get him, and then I will slander him and get rid of him.
The charges...all these are just to leave the prince a safe and peaceful heaven?"
Ran Shijing raised her eyebrows and said, "So what? He just went on the Western Expedition."
"Pa!" Zhu Yijun slammed the table and said angrily: "What nonsense is he talking about! Why, he thinks that what I am telling him now is to force him to death?" It seems that I am really not angry anymore, it is obviously a smile.
On the fat cheeks, you can actually see the bulging veins.
Gao Pragmatic sighed and said: "If this is really the case, your Majesty should have asked me to take care of my orders. However, the way I take care of my orders is quite different from the previous generations of this dynasty. We are almost all civil servants, so we don't have the ability to control the troops all the time.
Ministers often retreat when things are done, and their relationship with the armies is very deep.
I am very puzzled. He has obviously grown up with me and knows me well, so why does he have so little confidence in me? Is it possible that I am willing to be a bad generation of saint kings, but I want to be a ruthless and unjust person?
Foolish king?"
Gao Pragmatic continued to be astonished and said: "Although I have not usurped the Han Dynasty, I have carried out the Western Expedition and abolished it. This is not the way of a minister."
It's very complicated. Two years before Xi Zheng's death, the entire Huo family was executed by Emperor Xuan for treason. Among them, Xi Zheng's son Huo Yu was cut in half, and his son Huo Chengjun was deposed from the previous position. The Huo family has since fallen. Only Ran Shi himself has died.
Although I passed away one day, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was extremely kind to me. He only allowed me to be ranked among the top heroes of Qilin Pavilion, and he did not offer sacrifices every year and enjoyed low-level courtesy.
In other words, the emperor is saying: He is too low-minded and pragmatic to be powerful, because you worry that he will covet the throne. Just like when Ran Shiquan was so powerful, he had no intention of usurping the Han Dynasty. However, before him, his predecessors wanted to continue
If you stay in the center of the imperial court, why not go to southern Xinjiang to be free and restrained? After all, southern Xinjiang has already been effectively controlled by him, right?
"Fart!" Zhu Yijun lowered his head angrily. He didn't care about being polite anymore and said angrily: "I said when I was canonizing the crown prince, he has to be the prince's teacher! Only if he teaches me, I can't worry. If I were to do it,