Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 100 The Emperor is a Chess Player
In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Youxiao told Zhu Youjian a truth, but when he was still thinking, Zhu Youxiao spoke.

"Sun Gechen, what do you think?"

Zhu Youxiao pointed directly at the leader of the Zhejiang Party, Sun Ruyou, a cabinet minister in the world today, and everyone was sweating for Sun Ruyou.

But for Sun Ruyou, he had been an official in the Wanli Dynasty for [-] years, and Zhu Youxiao's tricks could not deceive him at all.

He held the wat board, lowered his eyes, and said in a flat tone:
"Long live, I believe that Huai'an government officials should not be wronged because of one person's words."

"Is there a famine in Huaibei? Is it changing children to eat? Or starving to death of hundreds of thousands of people? All things need to be investigated."

Sun Ruyou responded with a flat face, and Zhu Youjian looked at him, knowing very well in his heart that Sun Ruyou was not talking bluntly, but had a strong sense of trust in the finishing ability of local officials of the four parties of Zhejiang, Kunming and Xuanqi.

After all, this era is the early seventeenth century, not the twenty-first century.

There is no Internet, no mobile phones, and no videos here. Although the common people are literate because of the promotion of education by the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, they do not have the right to speak.

Newspapers, a great weapon for time travelers to control public opinion, but Zhu Youjian knew that as long as newspapers were published, there would be no possibility of promotion at all.

To put it bluntly, except that the first emperors of the founding of the country had this basic promotion, and a small number of second- and third-generation emperors like Li Shimin and Zhu Di also had courage, most emperors could only compromise with aristocratic families, powerful families, and gentry.

If Zhu Youjian produces a newspaper, the end result is that the newspaper can only be popular around the capital, and it is difficult to even open the local newspapers.

Most of the people are dull and easily incited, especially in ancient times.

The emperor was too far away from them, and they believed even more that the yamen servants patrolling in front of their gates were in charge of the magistrate of a county.

As long as this group of people incites a little, the people will burn Zhu Youjian's newspapers and periodicals.

It is difficult to promote even a royal store, let alone grab the high ground of public opinion.

Unless Zhu Youjian has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses and distributes these soldiers and horses to more than [-] counties in Daming, collecting taxes, newspapers, and opening imperial stores are all bullshit.

But it is too far to say that. The most important thing right now is how to prove that the Huaibei famine is true under the collusion of local officials, gentry and country gentry.

Yang Lian and others can't fly, and neither can Zhu Youjian's seven guards and one battalion. Even if they send cavalry, it will take several days.

However, Zhu Youjian still overestimated the punishment of officials in ancient times, and underestimated the determination of the good emperor to punish the Zhejiang Party.

"Luo Sigong!"

Zhu Youxiao said suddenly, which made all the officials feel terrified.

"Long live, my minister..."

Luo Sigong walked in from the gate of the palace, bowed and saluted, and Zhu Youxiao also said:

"Sun Gechen wants evidence, what do you think?"

"Hui Wansui, Beizhen Fusi's Hundred Household Office in Huai'an Mansion, South Zhili, has already found out that during the Huaibei famine, the number of people starved to death is not less than [-]!"

Luo Sigong responded loudly, and this sentence made the officials of the five parties in the hall sweat profusely.

But facing this kind of thing, Sun Ruyou said indifferently:
"Long live, the minister said that the people of Huai'an Prefecture are less than one million, and the people of Huaibei are less than [-]."

"If you follow Commander Luo's words, is it possible that all the people in Huaibei have died?"

"It must be impossible. Although the people's livelihood in Huaibei is dying, it is thriving."

Looking at Sun Ruyou's appearance, Zhu Youjian really wanted to peel off the old man's face to see how thick he is!
There are all the witnesses and evidence, how dare this old guy refute?
"Long live!" At this time, Liu Yixiu, the second assistant to the cabinet, stepped forward and said:

"It is very simple to investigate the matter in Huaibei. First, arrest the officials of Huai'an Prefecture and bring them to justice, and the new officials. After that, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Metropolitan Procuratorate will jointly interrogate the officials of Huai'an Prefecture."

"Wan..." Hearing this, Fang Congzhe wanted to step forward and say something else, but Zhu Youjian said before seeing this:
"Brother Huang and younger brothers think Liu Gechen's words are very true!"

"In this case..." Zhu Youxiao didn't want to give the Zhejiang Party a chance to argue, so he glanced at the silent Sun Ruyou and said:

"Remove all officials in Huai'an and Xuzhou, imprison them in the local Jinyiwei hundred households, and restore Zhao Nanxing as the left servant of the official department, Gao Panlong as the right deputy capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Gu Dazhang, member of the criminal department, Wailang, Xia Jiayu, and the official department to test meritorious service Yuan Wai Lang, Zhou Zongjian Nanzhili inspector censor..."

Zhu Youxiao dismissed the officials of Huai'an Prefecture in one go, and even put Zhao Nanxing and others from the Donglin Party, who had been dismissed several times before the Jingcha, into important positions such as the Ministry of Officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Punishment.

Who is Zhao Nanxing?That is the guy who made the five parties of Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuan, and Kun to death several times.

Zhu Youxiao's behavior should not be too obvious, it is almost to engrave the words "kill the Zhejiang Party" on his forehead.

"Long live..."

"Long live Shengming!"

"The reform of the Jingchao system, once every three years, from the beginning of the first month of the next year, the court will be withdrawn!" Seeing that one group of officials shouted no, and the other shouted for Shengming, Zhu Youxiao also knew that if this continues, he will only fall into the quagmire.

Now he has done what he should do, now is the time for the Donglin Party and the Zhejiang Party to compete with each other.

Zhu Youxiao took Zhu Youjian away, and Zhu Youjian hurriedly ordered Wang An:

"Ask Lu Wenzhao to protect Yang Lu."

"The maidservant takes orders..." Wang An bowed slightly and nodded, and Zhu Youjian was also dragged to the middle hall of Wenhua Palace by Zhu Youxiao.

When he came here, the quarrel in the front hall was much quieter, and Zhu Youxiao also said to him:

"In the next few days, don't worry about Huaibei and other things, just stay in the East Palace or Yanshan Camp."

"Well, I see." Zhu Youjian understood that the good emperor brother was afraid of affecting himself.

After all, Yang Lu was brought back to the north by Shen Lian, and Yang Lian was from the Donglin Party, so the attitude towards him before the meeting was much better.

Thinking about it this way, it's hard for Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and the five parties not to associate him with the Donglin Party.

Therefore, what we have to do now is to stay behind closed doors and minimize the struggle with these politicians.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian also apologized to Zhu Youxiao:

"I'm outside the capital, and I don't know the dangers of the court. It's really not easy to leave my brother alone in the capital."

"Where is it?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile on his face, completely different from the court just now:

"Recently, I'm going to let Admiral Zhongxian supervise Dongchang, but Luo Sigong flirts with all the officials, and it's not easy to use. Can you see Lu Wenzhao?"

Zhu Youxiao was afraid that Zhu Youjian thought he was going to rob him, so he deliberately discussed it, but Zhu Youjian didn't have that kind of thought, so he laughed immediately:
"If Lu Wenzhao gets promoted and I'm too happy, why would I blame my brother?"

"What's more, if he can help my brother, I will feel better."

"That's the case." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Then when the Huaibei incident is over, I will signal Luo Sigong to return to his hometown for retirement, and send Lu Wenzhao to the position of commander of Jinyiwei."

"It just so happens that Jinyiwei has some problems. My brother thinks of a way and asks him to rectify Jinyiwei, so as to deal with these cronies."

Zhu Youxiao's words, inside and outside, are all indifferent, using the civil servant as a chess piece. It seems that to him, the civil servant is just a chess piece, but this chess piece has certain rights.

This is the family world, and it is impossible for Zhu Youjian to fight against the emperor, so he bowed and said:

"In that case, then I'll go back to Xuqin Palace first. I'm a little hungry after breakfast, and I'll write some textbooks for the students of Yanshan Institute later."

"Oh? Written by my brother?" Zhu Youxiao became interested, and then patted Zhu Youjian on the back and said:

"When the time comes, write it out and show it to me. I want to see what the teaching book written by my brother is like."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao also laughed, but Zhu Youjian had no choice but to bow and quit the nave.

Looking at the back of Zhu Youjian withdrawing from the nave, Zhu Youxiao also slowly calmed down with a smile, then glanced at Wang An behind him and said:
"In the future, the regular court will be changed to one court every three days."

"The maidservant leads the decree..." Hearing this, Wang An knew that Zhu Youxiao was also avoiding the court that might become noisy in the future.

The matter of Jingcha has now been settled, and Zhu Youxiao blocked the mouth of the Zhejiang Party with the Huaibei Great Hunger.

Does he really care about the life and death of the people in Huaibei?Maybe he cares, but not as much as Zhu Youjian thought.

Not only Zhu Youxiao, but it can even be said that in the entire court, except for a small number of officials who came from rich and poor peasants, other ministers didn't care much.

Walking on the long road, countless images flashed through Zhu Youjian's mind, all of which were about Chang Chao just now.

Is all that just now a political struggle?Shouldn't count.

Such methods are not clever, let alone superb.

Things that can be put on the table are not smart.

So, when will the real political struggle come?Where are you coming from?Why are these political struggles so easy for the good emperor brother?
"Power..." Zhu Youjian murmured softly.

He understood Brother Haohuang's words, the so-called political struggle was nothing more than a lack of power.

This is not modern, this is ancient.

This is a place where as long as you have power, you can control everything, military power, imperial power, local power...

Civil officials elected by these three powers and local powers are the most difficult to deal with.

But as long as the imperial power controls the military power, no matter how difficult the local power is, it will eventually be unable to resist a sharp knife.

"If this is the case, then I will become the knife in the hands of the emperor. At least in this way, China will not sink, and I will not die..."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian's eyes became firm, and all he did from beginning to end was to save his life on the premise that China would not sink.

It's just that right now he has one more person who needs to be protected, and that is the good emperor brother.

The memories in his mind, as well as the care and love he has experienced in the past two months, are all given by the good emperor brother.

Whether the good emperor brother will also lie to him, he does not know this point, from the historical point of view there is no, maybe the relationship between the two will only start to crack when the good emperor brother gives birth to an heir.

"Lu Wenzhao..."

"The humble job is here!" Hearing Zhu Youjian calling himself, Lu Wenzhao stepped forward, and Zhu Youjian also looked up at the falling snowflakes in the distance, and said softly:

"Protect Yang Lu well, and tell Lu Jianxing to seize the opportunity to sell enough money."

"The humble job takes orders!" Lu Wenzhao bowed his head in response, and Zhu Youjian also comforted himself in his heart.

"Transporting grain is not to promote the trend, but to earn enough silver to create enough people to break this mess."

"The ones who only save the people in Huaibei are warriors, but the ones who can make the world peaceful are the heroes!"

"Giving money from the famine is nothing compared to what I want to do!"

Zhu Youjian walked towards Xuqin Palace one by one, and then entered the study room. After asking someone to bring paper, pen and ink, he began to write according to his own ideas under Wang Chengen's grinding.

Zhu Youjian is very clear about what the thousands of students at Yanshan Institute want to learn.

The first thing is to unify the thinking, to arouse the experience of all the students in Yanshan Institute. When learning these things, you can think of your own experience, and the second is to create a common enemy...

"Corrupt officials!"

"Yanshan Thought..." Watching Zhu Youjian write these four words as the cover, Wang Chengen murmured softly.

In this textbook, Zhu Youjian made revisions by combining the homework he had done early with the experience of the children of the frontier army.

In "Yanshan Thought", Zhu Youjian first described the glory of the frontier soldiers in defending their homes and the country, and then cited the famous battles of the frontier troops in the past dynasties.

Li Mu and Yanmen Pass resisted the Xiongnu, but Meng Tian defeated the Xiongnu for [-] miles, and the empire swept across the desert.

Stories about the northern and southern frontiers opening up territories to defend the country were put on the paper, and Zhu Youjian even drew maps of East Asia and Central Asia from his memory, showing the marching routes of each battle Mark it out.

All this is to ignite the pride of the children of Yanshan Institute, and after the pride, there is sadness.

The death of Li Mu, the death of Meng Tian, ​​Zu Di, Liu Kun, Wang Zhongsi, Ge Shuhan, Gao Xianzhi, Feng Changqing, Di Qing, Yue Fei, Qi Jiguang, Qi Jiajun...

He wrote the deeds and endings of all these heroes, and he even wrote about the experience of Qi's army in the Jizhou Incident without any shyness.

Wang Chengen, who was watching the story, couldn't help shaking with anger.

Wang Chengen, who was born in Neishutang, had respected Yue Fei and Yue Wumu since he was a child, so seeing so many heroes who had encountered similar situations to Yue Fei, his anger was aroused.

If the anger is aroused, it is necessary to find some people to release it.

Guo Kai, Li Si, Zhao Gao, Wang Dun, Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Wen Yanbo...

Familiar names appeared on the paper one by one, and the process of how they slandered the famous general to die in depression or was directly killed was also written.

The process of their framing was clearly written by Zhu Youjian, but he did not mention the ending of these people for a long time.

What he had to do was to arouse the anger of the students when they were reading, and after arousing the anger, he brought up the filth of civil officials after the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the licentiousness of the military generals in the late Tang Dynasty.

He compiled corrupt civil officials and dissolute military generals into the class opposition figures of the children of the frontier army, and then gave the answer to the "Hua-Yi debate" that the Ming Dynasty had debated for more than two hundred years.

"Everyone who enters my Huaxia is Huaxia"

Not only that, after this argument, he also needs to choose an external enemy, and this enemy cannot be Houjin, nor can it be the Mongols, just because the former is too small, and the latter is the object that Ming needs to conquer.

The main reason why the Ming Dynasty could not rule the Mongolian Plateau was that it attached too much importance to the debate between Hua and Yi, so he could not use this group of people as external enemies.

He wanted to occupy the Mongolian plateau and assimilate them, so Zhu Youjian attributed the origin of the ethnic groups in Mongolia, Wusi Tibet, and Indo-China Peninsula to the Xia Dynasty in terms of ethnicity.

He set up the external enemy as Japan.

This country with a population of [-] million people is definitely enough for Ming to take a lot of time to conquer.

The west is too far away, and the logistics and science and technology based on farming in the Ming Dynasty can at most recover to the Tang Dynasty in the west, the Yuan Dynasty in the north, and the peak of the Ming Dynasty in the south.

Therefore, the issue of the east has become an object of ideological fire.

From Baijiangkou in the Tang Dynasty to the Japanese Invasion in Imjin more than [-] years ago, Japan has given out many thoughts of hatred that can be studied in detail.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian's special book, and even Wang Chengen's breathing became heavy after reading it. He wished he could take a knife and find some Japanese pirates to hack.

But before he got angry, Zhu Youjian began to explain some thoughts that were plain and deep into the soul.

The theme of the thought is "Loyalty to the Emperor, Love the Country, Love the People, and Love the Family".

This is an ideological education that has no way. It is impossible for Zhu Youjian to engage in republicanism and democracy in this era.

If he really did this, the one who was beheaded in advance would not be the one on the other side of the ocean, but himself more than a hundred years earlier.

Thinking this way, Zhu Youjian continued to improve the subject of thinking, and he continued to work on his time for three consecutive days. He started writing books every morning, went to Qianqing Palace in the afternoon to find the emperor, and continued at night. Book.

Three days later, under his sleepless nights, "Yanshan Thought" was written in front of him as a general chapter.

The total number of words in this chapter is about [-] words, because it is written in classical Chinese, and if Zhu Youjian asks someone to write it out in detail in vernacular later, it can be expanded to about [-] to [-] words.

The teaching at Yanshan Institute and Zhu Youjian's thinking is six years, and the [-] to [-] words are enough to be used as teaching materials for five years.

After writing "Yanshan Thought", Zhu Youjian had no chance to rest, so he started to write out some mathematics in his memory.

The words "Yanshan Arithmetic" appear on the cover, but compared to "Yanshan Thought" and "Yanshan Arithmetic", it is much easier.

After all, science is different from liberal arts. Every word and sentence in liberal arts and a wrong punctuation will affect reading and comprehension.

But in science, as long as you write out the equation how to calculate it, and solve it according to the equation, if you are right, you are right, and if you are wrong, you are wrong.

What's more, Zhu Youjian didn't want to train some mathematicians, what he needed was officials who could figure things out.

He has already made up his mind that in the first year, the students of Yanshan Institute are required to know how to read and write, and from the second year, they should use both arts and sciences.

Beginning in the third year, basic military and political courses will be added, followed by classes in the fourth year.

From the fourth year, students will be divided into two subjects: officials and officers.

Therefore, the pressure on Zhu Youjian is not too great at present. After all, knowing how to read and write can be handed over to the teachers selected by the Imperial College, so it is time for Zhu Youjian to compile textbooks from now to the end of next year.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian also let go of the pen in his hand, and after rubbing it, he glanced out the window.

It was pitch black outside the window of Xuqin Palace, only the stone candlesticks in the courtyard were more conspicuous.

"Chengen" Zhu Youjian called out, and immediately footsteps came from the main hall, and Wang Chengen also walked into the study with a cup of hot tea.

"What time is it now?" Zhu Youjian took the hot tea and took a sip.

"Back to Your Highness, it's already six o'clock in Xu o'clock." Wang Chengen responded, and Zhu Youjian calculated the time, but it was only after [-]:[-] in the evening, so he asked Wang Chengen:
"Where did Lu Wenzhao and the others go south?"

Because of brother Haohuang's instructions, Zhu Youjian did not leave the palace to send Yang Lian and the others south, but the atmosphere of party struggle in the palace was very strong.

Every day when he went out for a walk in the East Palace, he could hear the roar from the Wenhua Palace.

The civil servants of all parties started a full-scale war, and Brother Haohuang changed the regular dynasty to a three-day dynasty, which made those officials of the Zhejiang Party who were dying of anxiety scratch their heads and couldn't find a chance to impeach the Donglin Party.

The memorial?Immediately, Zhu Youxiao stayed in middle school without dealing with it, and went to the Qianqing Palace to apply, but was told that Zhu Youxiao felt a little cold and could not meet the minister.

This scene immediately reminded all officials of Emperor Wanli, but they were helpless.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian sighed, and Wang Chengen also responded:

"Earlier this morning, Jin Yiwei came back and said that he had already arrived in Jinan Mansion, and if there are no accidents, he will arrive in Huaibei the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow..." Zhu Youjian rubbed his eyebrows, and then continued to ask:

"Jin Yiwei checked the Guozijian, how many people have been found out?"

"Return to Your Highness..." Wang Chengen bowed slightly and said:
"The Guozijian in Shuntian Prefecture has [-] students. According to His Royal Highness's requirements, the family background is poor, the net worth is clean, and they are not keen on talking about state affairs. So far, the Shuntianfu Guozijian has only found [-] qualified people."

"Right now, there are still more than [-] students whose family circumstances have not been investigated. I am afraid that all of them have been investigated. There are less than [-] such people."

Among the [-] people, less than [-] people met Zhu Youjian's requirements, which just shows that he made the right choice.

What he wants is teaching, not genius for governing the country.

What's more, 1 people is not a lot, and it is completely possible to teach students at a ratio of 10:[-], which is more conducive to students' knowledge acquisition.

Even if there was not enough teaching in the later period, at that time, Zhu Youjian could still find someone from Yingtianfu Guozijian.

The number of students in the Yingtian Kingdom Zijian is probably not small, and it is enough to select seven or eight hundred students.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian said to Wang Chengen and others:

"Let the people below not be afraid of making mistakes. After the other people are selected, they will be taken away from the Imperial College. The salary is thirty taels a year."

"Thirty taels?!" Wang Chengen was a little dumb, thinking that the salary was too high, after all, the salary of the seventh rank of Daming Zhengzheng was only twenty-seven taels of silver.

But Daming's salary... It can only be said that it is really difficult to survive in the period of high prices in the late Ming Dynasty without corruption.

The imperial court does not have enough taxes, even if Zhu Youjian wants to persuade the emperor to increase his salary, it is impossible, and he is not willing to send money to the current group of self-interested civil servants.

He set such a high price in order to keep these Guozijian students at Yanshan Institute with peace of mind, and even moved their families to Yanshan Institute.

Thinking about it, Zhu Youjian also added:

"If you don't want a salary, you can also choose to exchange [-] acres of fertile land, which will be divided from the farmland of the Yumajian."

"The servants take orders..."

Seeing that His Royal Highness was serious, Wang Chengen could only obey obediently, but Zhu Youjian also asked someone to enter the palace to undress himself after seeing that the time was almost up, and then lay down back to the bedroom and fell asleep.

He was waiting, waiting for the fermentation of the Huaibei Great Hunger incident.

For some reason, he had a hunch in his heart that in this matter, he could get some benefits that would benefit the court.

(End of this chapter)