eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 189 Digging a Pit
There are different opinions in history books about whether Liu Daxia burned Zheng He's voyage map or just hid it. There are also textual researches that Liu Daxia hid the map of Emperor Yongle's conquest of Annan.

It doesn't matter what it is, anyway, when Liu Daxia was a doctor in the Ministry of War, he did the work of collecting pictures.

As long as he has done it, he is an unqualified courtier to Zhu Houzhao.

So Zhu Houzhao didn't like Liu Daxia.

Storing maps is not what a doctor of the Ministry of War should do. You can persuade the emperor, but you cannot destroy the plan.The civil servants also praised his stinky feet, thinking that doing so was a direct and loyal minister, and portrayed his behavior as a glorious deed of steadfastness.This is putting gold on your face.

Zhu Houzhao sat down and looked at the old man who was kneeling straight. He couldn't figure out why Emperor Hongzhi favored him so much. Basically, an upright Confucian old man could do the deeds he left behind in history. , Wu Kuan and Ma Wensheng also have a bottom line.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian are not so villainous.

"...Elder Sima, what did you say to Emperor Father? So that Emperor Father was so depressed that his old illness relapsed."

Liu Daxia is pedantic, and pedantic is upright, so it is impossible to lie, "The minister remonstrates that your Majesty has seen less of the court recently, and has gradually become indolent in politics, and entrusted all affairs to the East Palace. So that the emperor is not the emperor, just like the emperor; the prince is not the prince , Just like the son of heaven, although His Majesty and His Majesty have the relationship of father and son, they also have the righteousness of monarch and minister. Monarchs and ministers are different, and there is an orderly order. If you lose order, you will lose virtue, if you lose virtue, you will lose the people, and if you lose the people, you will lose the world. The minister said this yesterday , Your Highness asked today, but I still said the same thing. But I didn't intend to provoke His Majesty, and as a result, I also know that guilt is useless, so I can only... die and apologize!"

"Apology with death, apology with death." Zhu Houzhao murmured these two sentences, "I have heard too many such words in the Forbidden City alone. Mencius said that he sacrificed his life for righteousness; Heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather. Da Sima, do you think your life and death are important?"

Of course, a literati with strong bones should not take his own life and death too seriously. How do you say that, I am a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!

"Returning to Your Highness, how dare you speak seriously of your life?"

Zhu Houzhao's eyes widened with anger, and he suddenly reprimanded: "Then what's the use of throwing your unimportant life here?! Apologize with death?! What can your death thank you for?!"

He spoke in a gentle manner before, but suddenly he yelled violently, everyone trembled in fright, even those who got up too early and were a little confused, this thunderous angry reprimand shook him into a clear altar .

The eunuchs and eunuchs serving at the side, and the guards on duty all knelt down at this moment.

"Liu Daxia, I just want to ask you, are you really loyal to the emperor?"

Liu Daxia wasn't frightened too much, but he was frightened just now, and at this moment he replied firmly: "Why did His Royal Highness ask such a question, my minister is loyal to the country, and the sun and the moon can learn from each other!"

"According to this palace! You are not loyal to the emperor, you are loyal to your own posthumous name, it is how you are recorded in the history books, Liu Daxia, and it is what other people say about you, Liu Daxia, whether you are a gentleman or not!"

Then the crown prince came down and walked among the ministers who were kneeling on the ground. He couldn't vomit today, "By using the matter of Liu Daxia, I have something that I have kept in my heart for a long time, and I have to tell you. I always feel that The ethos of the court is very strange. Just like just now, our loyal Minister of the Ministry of War said that he would apologize with death in one sentence, but I asked him whether your life or death is important, and he said it was not important. Isn’t this a contradiction? words?"

"Liu Daxia, Gu just said that you are so loyal to your name, not the king, are you convinced?"

"Chen, don't be convinced!"

"Okay!" Zhu Houzhao quickly turned around and walked to him, "You are all great scholars who have read poetry and books. Naturally, you know that Tang Taizong and Wei Wenzhen are a pair of Ming emperors and ministers. Then you should also know that Tang Taizong was in Wei Wenzhen. After death, you hate to 'serve the stele', why?"

"Because Wei Zheng once recommended Du Zhenglun and Hou Junji as prime ministers, and later Du Zhenglun was deposed for crimes, and Hou Junji was punished for treason, so Tang Taizong suspected that Wei Zheng was suspected of being a private party." Xie Qianhui said this.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "What about the last sentence?"

"Later... Emperor Taizong of Tang was even more displeased when he heard that Wei Zheng had shown the manuscript of his remonstrance to Emperor Chu Suiliang to the historian Chu Suiliang.

"Yes, Tang Taizong and Wei Wenzhen, a pair of famous monarchs and ministers through the ages, were finally annoyed by this. Even if they were as wise as Tang Taizong, they couldn't bear Wei Wenzhen to do this. You handed the remonstrance to the emperor to the historian? What do you mean? Is it because you are afraid The historian doesn't know how great you are, how stupid the emperor is? Tang Taizong is such a powerful emperor, he can't tolerate this, and Gu can't tolerate this either!"

"Liu Daxia, think about it! The monarch's health is not good, and you still say those words to anger him, and when you are done with anger, you go to this hall to use your unimportant little life to apologize with death, yes, you are not afraid Death. But why are you not afraid of death? Because you know that as long as you kill you, your name will be recorded in the biography of famous ministers for thousands of years, and our father and son will be included in the list of fatuous and mediocre lords, and will be reviled by future generations. If you put your heart into it, you can also be called Zhongjun?!"

The prince reprimanded him severely because he hated the current political atmosphere.

"There is another point, I have wanted to say it a long time ago. In June of the 15th year of Hongzhi, the father wanted to send troops to fight the Tatars. You reported the ten evils of Chen Bingzheng, saying that the soldiers were as poor as the people, and half of the salary was deducted by the general. At that time, you just became Minister of the Ministry of War, so I will not pursue you. But in the 17th year of Hongzhi, when your father talked about sending troops again, you said that the army was exhausted, and the soldiers had a hard time feeding themselves, so they were unable to fight. Liu Daxia, you are the Minister of the Ministry of War, from the Ministry of War These things are the problems under your rule, if you haven't done well, why can you justly use it as a reason to advise?"

Zhu Houzhao really smiled helplessly. He walked up the stairs, turned around and looked down at the courtiers, "Gu made it clear here today. In the future, when the cabinet, the Ministry of Officials, and other six ministries and nine divisions recommend or recommend ministers to Gu, It is not allowed to recommend ministers who have a good reputation but only have a good reputation! This kind of person comes to the court, and his mind is full of how to make himself famous in history. He is loyal to the emperor because of his own reputation, and everyone knows the traitorous minister. The name doesn't sound good!"

"In the tenth year of Hongzhi's reign, Ben Gong also said that the merits should not be attributed to the superior, and the faults should not be blamed on the subordinates. It is the same with you. Manage your own one-acre three-point land. If you can't do it well, you can't do it well. Don't flatter yourself when you need it. When it is time to say that the emperor is wise, when it is necessary to find a reason for the poor performance of a certain government affairs, it is said that the emperor is cautious."

The prince's words seem to be terribly long.

But the ministers were smart, and the crown prince consciously reprimanded Liu Daxia from two aspects. One was that he seemed loyal to the emperor, but he was actually famous for being a straight man.

That is to say, whether it is false or real, he can't do it.

Under these reprimands, the figure of the emperor's favored minister who used to be infinitely tall and the Minister of the Ministry of War suddenly became very small, so small that he might be lost with just a word from the crown prince.

Liu Daxia was trembling, and he also let out a cry of grief, with tears in his eyes, and said in a sobbing voice: "Your Highness said today, the old minister has been educated. Your Highness is so dissatisfied with the old minister's actions, you can remove him from the post of minister of the Ministry of War !"

"You're not right."

Zhu Houzhao is not that kind of stupid person. It is really not good for him to violently expel the Minister of the Ministry of War.Who said that... A person who wants to show his strength has never relied on violence. Those who challenge this criterion will inevitably be eliminated from the ranks of the strong by history, which has always been the case.

"Whether Gu is satisfied with an official is never a reason for Gu not to dismiss him. Min Gui, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, also said a lot of nasty things in Gu's ear, but Gu also didn't dismiss him. Why? The reason I said when I was in charge of the country for the first time is that the court cabinet, the six ministries, and the yamen should do what they are responsible for first and foremost. As for the Ministry of War, if Da Sima is a good minister of the Ministry of War, even though I don’t like you , you will not erase the credit, but if you do not do well, Gu just likes you, and the imperial court can't give it to others privately. Of course, people like you love the name more than the king, and I feel a little wronged , must be ready to abandon Junfu and ignore it."

"I'm not irritating you. Today, all the princes in the court are here. Because my father's body is sick, I am really annoyed by you. But I... will not withdraw you today. If you are ambitious and loyal, you are willing to serve the country. Do something for the people, and make some achievements in the position of Minister of the Ministry of War. As long as it is good for the country, no matter how lonely you hate this courtier, you must give him all the high officials and generous salary."

As soon as the crown prince's words changed, all the ministers in the court felt relieved.None of them thought that the crown prince would be able to tolerate it, which is not something ordinary people can do.

However, smart people like Li Dongyang know that the crown prince is not letting Liu Daxia go, this is clearly digging a hole for him.

First of all, today's matter, the crown prince really doesn't want to do anything to a Minister of the Ministry of War, because to speak to the emperor... Regardless of whether the words are appropriate or not, at least in the hearts of many ministers, Liu Daxia is a loyal minister!

What's wrong with persuading the emperor to pay more attention to the court and listen to politics?

Then who withdraws loyal ministers?Faint king!

This is the public opinion environment of the Ming Dynasty, don't get angry, it's useless.

But after the prince's operation, it was different,
He first took advantage of the emperor's illness to be a little annoyed at Liu Daxia, so he scolded him head-on and face-to-face in the court hall. The old father was sick, and it was okay to treat his son as a little angry, right?

But after the scolding, he immediately changed his tone, saying that my prince is based on his actual political achievements, you are good for the country, and it is okay for me to suffer some grievances. This is called a mind.

But the problem is...how could the crown prince let him make 'political achievements' easily?Don't even think about it!

Zhu Houzhao can also be regarded as a flexible learner. He has seen with his own eyes the harsh methods of leading disgusting people.

Isn't you Liu Daxia a cow?How about a good reputation?Okay, then I will give you the hardest bone to crack, just gnaw it down, yes, give it a thumbs up, and then I will give you another tough bone,

You are not the protagonist of a web novel, there will always be times when you can't finish it.I'm sorry if you can't chew it down.

Spears and knives, dismissal from office can all be used, and the charges were sufficient at that time, and the punishment must be more ruthless than now...

This is the Forbidden City, the officialdom.

Above the officialdom, there is all right and wrong, and there is no right and wrong at all.

Some things are useful, and some things are not.

Good and bad are like wind and clouds, never fixed, and even more elusive.

Do you think I can't deal with you because you have the reputation of a loyal minister?Tell you to see what it means to be ruined!

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Mixed tubes were already positive last night... After a long night, it was tested that there were five people eating at a table, and three were positive... I am still negative, and I have a great success in the nine yin scriptures!

Recently, some chapters are very small, just for these things. I originally had a fixed time for coding every day.

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