Crossing the Swordsman: Lin Pingzhi, the Swordsman of Evil

Chapter 562
Emperor Wanli looked at Lin Pingzhi and asked: "Since Aiqing understands my meaning so deeply, is there any kind words?"

After thinking about it, Lin Pingzhi said: "This humble minister has an idea, but I would like to ask the emperor to pardon my crimes first."

Emperor Wanli waved his hand and said: "Ah! Right now, there are only you and my monarch and ministers in this palace. I know that Aiqing comes from the rivers and lakes, so I don't want Aiqing to be like officials. Although you and I are monarchs and ministers, I have more I want to treat Ai Qing as a 'friend'."

Hearing this, Lin Pingzhi stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty's words are serious, and I dare not be friends with you. A ruler is a ruler, and a subject is a subject. A ruler and a minister should never dare to overstep."

Hearing Lin Pingzhi's words, Emperor Wanli couldn't help but sigh.

His sigh is a sigh of loneliness.

Although he is the son of heaven and rich all over the world, there are not many people who can speak the truth.Lin Pingzhi came from the rivers and lakes, and the Lin family has been a chivalrous family since Lin Yuantu, and Lin Pingzhi's reputation for chivalry in recent years has surpassed that of his great-grandfather.

After this period of observation, Emperor Wanli felt that Lin Pingzhi didn't have as many ghosts as other courtiers, so he really wanted to make a friend with outstanding abilities.At least this Lin Shaoxia is not a person who values ​​profit too much.It's just a little "lusty".

But this little hobby is nothing.

If a person has no hobbies, he is not a person.Those without the emotions and desires are gods.

Lin Pingzhi wasn't shying away from anything, but he didn't want to have too much to do with this great son of heaven.After all, the most elusive thing in this world is human feelings.

If I really became friends with him, then it is certain that I will share the blessings, but this matter is based on his absolute loyalty.

But Lin Pingzhi's heart is still in Jianghu, this time he entered the imperial court just for thousands of people.After finishing his business, he will return to the arena.

So his current mentality is more like a "wage earner".

Emperor Wanli is his boss. As the boss, he pays himself wages and various employee benefits.He is doing his best to work for him.For the same purpose, the two of them can walk together.

What Lin Pingzhi wanted was the safety of all the people in the world, so that they would be protected from future famines and wars.

And Emperor Wanli, in order to maintain the long-term stability of the Zhu family's throne, as well as the longevity of the Ming Empire.

Although the interests of the two are different, the purpose is the same.Only when the common people are fed and clothed can they stop rebelling.Only by eradicating the scourge of Jurchen, there will be no military disasters in the future.

Emperor Wanli sighed and said: "Well, since Aiqing is determined, then I will absolve Aiqing of all guilt, and today the speaker is not guilty."

Lin Pingzhi said at this time: "Thank you, Your Majesty, if this is the case, then I will speak bluntly."

Then Lin Pingzhi said straight to the point: "According to the ministers, this should be constantly disturbed. It is always a disaster for these rats to stay in the court. Today they can cooperate with Shanxi merchants, and they may be able to cooperate with salt merchants in the future." Cooperation. If the gentry collude together, it will always be a challenge to the emperor's authority."

"Although I'm in the field, there is not much difference between Jianghu affairs and the court according to me. Before I became an official, I was the head of the Five Sacred Sword Sect. Although the Five Mountains and Five Sects are clearly the same There is a lot of anger, but there are also open and secret fights in the dark."

"Then Zuo Lengchan, as the leader of the Five Sacred Mountains, suppressed the other four factions many times in order to maintain his power. This is true for the heroic Jianghu sect, let alone the court with deep officialdom. The most serious party in the court today It belongs to cronies who interfere in politics, and the imperial power falls aside."

"My minister said something disrespectful. This longevity is just wishful thinking. After all, people are people, and people's lifespan is only a hundred years. Right now, the emperor's body is healthy, but if the emperor is a hundred years later, can the successor be able to suppress it? , these cronies?"

"The emperor doesn't think about the present, but also about the future. Since ancient times, the collusion of cronies and the expansion of the family is the beginning of the country's subjugation. It is as strong as the Han and Tang Dynasties. At the end of the Han and Tang Dynasties, it was the collusion of local tyrants. Court officials, annexation of land, plus years of natural disasters."

"All the common people are struggling to die of hunger, so they have no choice but to take risks and rebel. Therefore, if the dynasty is to have long-term stability, the imperial power must not be left behind, the family must not grow bigger, and the people must live in peace. Is this the case for the succession of dynasties. It is not What illusory Feng Shui national luck."

"If a country is lucky, an illusory mausoleum can be suppressed, so what will civil and military officials and good officials do? Wouldn't it be more straightforward to find a group of alchemists?"

At this time, Emperor Wanli looked at Lin Pingzhi with wide eyes.Lin Pingzhi's words really shocked him a little.

Seeing Emperor Wanli stunned, Lin Pingzhi cupped his hands and bowed his head and said, "I ask the emperor to forgive me for my stupid words."

Hearing Lin Pingzhi's words, Emperor Wanli came back to his senses and said: "What did Aiqing say? Just now I have absolved Aiqing of guilt. Aiqing is not guilty. Aiqing's words are indeed good words. Aiqing continued Said, according to Ai Qing's opinion, I don't know how to deal with this matter?"

Emperor Wanli was stunned because Lin Pingzhi's words really touched his heart.

He was supported by his teacher Zhang Juzheng.He ascended the throne at the age of ten. Before he came to power, the power of the imperial court was always in the hands of Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Although Zhang Juzheng did not become Cao Cao, he was Huo Guang.A person whom Emperor Wanli both respected and feared.

It was not until Zhang Juzheng's death that the emperor regained a little bit of power.But because of Zhang Juzheng's management for many years, there are already cronies everywhere in the court.

Even though Emperor Wanli took back a little power, the cliques in the court and China were already deeply entrenched, and he could no longer shake them.

Although Emperor Wanli was the Son of Heaven, he did not even have the right to establish a prince on his own.

Most of the ministers in the court supported the eldest son as the prince, but Emperor Wanli disliked his cowardly and incompetent eldest son very much.If the eldest son becomes emperor, he will only be a puppet in the hands of courtiers in the future.

Therefore, Emperor Wanli wanted to make the shrewd and capable third son the crown prince.

But because the eldest son inheritance system is the ancestral system, the courtiers used the ancestral system as an excuse to try their best to prevent Emperor Wanli from making the third son the crown prince.

After all, "the emperor is cowardly and easy to bully, but the emperor is shrewd and hard to serve." No one wants to be a minister, the emperor is a shrewd and capable person.

Only cowardly and stupid people, they, the courtiers, can be manipulated and fooled.

Because of this incident, Emperor Wanli began to stop the court. This is also the "dispute between the country and the foundation" in history.

Lin Ping's historical achievements in his previous life were not bad. The "National Controversy" was a turning point in Ming Dynasty's prosperity and decline, and it was also an important event in Donglin's party struggle. During the exam, it was also a key point.

After all, the three main problems of the Ming Dynasty's demise were "Party Struggle", "Little Ice River Natural Disaster", and "Later Jin Rebellion".

First, it made the internal instability of Ming Dynasty, making it impossible to manage the administration.

The second prompted the uprising of Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others.

The three large-scale consumption of Ming's national power became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Therefore, Lin Pingzhi wanted to use this as an opportunity to do the first thing, which was to eradicate the traitors in Donglin and nip the party struggle in Ming Dynasty in the bud.

Only by killing these gentry gentlemen who have harmed the country and the people can his proposition be implemented.

(End of this chapter)