Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 31 Good things are about to happen

Back in Xianyang Palace, Zhu Houzhao said to Liu Jin: "Here are those food, I'm hungry!"

Naturally, Liu Jin didn't dare to be negligent and quickly went to greet people to get food. After serving by Zhu Houzhao's side for so long, Liu Jin would still look at Zhu Houzhao's face to some extent.Of course, even if Zhu Houzhao's current expression is not Liu Jin, even people who have never been in contact with Zhu Houzhao can tell that His Royal Highness is in a bad mood, no, it's not as simple as being in a bad mood, but in a bad mood.

After the food was served, Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand to greet Wang Shouren and said, "Come, sit down and eat together!" He picked up a piece of meat and took a bite.

Naturally, Wang Shouren has his own share of meals, and it is still necessary to share meals at this time, otherwise Wang Shouren probably wouldn't dare to stretch out his chopsticks.

After running with Zhu Houzhao all morning, Wang Shouren was naturally hungry too, so he sat down and started eating.Eat without talking, sleep without talking, neither of the two of them speak, and concentrate on dealing with the food in front of them. This rule is also beneficial, and it can make people eat well.Especially for those who accompany the leader to eat, the attention is all on eating, and there is no need to carefully serve the leader anytime and anywhere.

After the meal was finished, the leftovers were cleared away, and the warm tea was brought up. Zhu Houzhao took a sip, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, and his face looked better.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Wang Shouren, and then said, "There's nothing else to do, Ai Qing, let's go back and rest first!" As he said that, he turned around and left, but Zhu Houzhao really didn't know what to say.What's there to talk about in the morning?What can I and Wang Shouren talk about?Simply stop chatting, the more you chat, the more troublesome you will be, and you can go back to rest.

Wang Shouren was not surprised when he heard Zhu Houzhao's words. He also knew that the prince was in a bad mood, so he bowed and said, "Resign!"

As he walked out, Wang Shouren thought, although the current crown prince is only ten years old and has not shown any political inclinations, but today's behavior is actually a tendency.Different from today's emperor, today's emperor is benevolent, a literati emperor, hardworking, down-to-earth, generous, and the perfect emperor in the hearts of civil servants, with almost no other problems except his body.

The prince in front of him is different, he is no longer physically strong, he is not brave enough to describe it, he is only ten years old, and he is proficient in bow horse riding and shooting.

People are good at what they like to use to solve problems. This principle has not changed since ancient times. People often think that if they solve problems with what they are good at, the success rate will be higher, and this is the truth.His Royal Highness is good at martial arts, he is very brave personally, and he is also proficient in the art of battle. It is impossible for such a prince to make him a literati emperor.

This will be Emperor Wu. Emperor Wu usually likes to use violence to solve problems, whether it is the Taizu Emperor who founded the Ming Dynasty or the Taizong Emperor who succeeded him later.

From the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, what civil servants want is a literati emperor, not a warrior emperor. A warrior emperor can carry a knife, kill people, and slaughter literati like a dog.If it weren't for the military generals of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms who killed literati too much, the Song Dynasty would not have been on guard against generals throughout the dynasty, and they would have stepped hard on the military generals into the mud.The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty also wanted a literati emperor. After so many years, it finally came to fruition.

The current emperor is a literati emperor, and everyone hopes that the current prince will be the same. A while ago, the prince studied hard and ranked among the best in all kinds of homework, and the civil servants were very happy.

It's just that what happened this time, I'm afraid some people will be unhappy, but some people will be happy. In this world, there will always be people who like this, then there will be people who like that, and some people will support His Royal Highness, such as yourself.

Wang Shouren looked up at the sky, imagining what happened today, Wang Shouren thought this might be a good thing?The sky was blue, the sea was broad, the air was fresh, and he was in a good mood. Wang Shouren left the palace with a smile on his face. He knew that from today onwards, Daming might be troubled.But it's nothing, it's a good thing, Wang Shouren believes it must be a good thing.

Great things are about to happen!
Of course Zhu Houzhao didn't know that Wang Shouren had thought so much, but Zhu Houzhao did it on purpose besides being angry today.

In fact, by this time in the Ming Dynasty, the army was already useless, and the historical Emperor Zhengde wanted to clean it up, but before the cleanup was finished, Emperor Zhengde died, and then Jiajing came up.Jiajing abolished many of the policies of the Zhengde period to show his status. The military system reformed by Emperor Zhengde was abolished, and the Jingying re-established the three major battalion formations of Emperor Taizong Zhu Di's period.

It can be said that this is driving backwards. What is the result?Ming's army couldn't even beat the Japanese pirates, and the Mongols fought all the way to the city of Beijing.

During the reign of Emperor Zhengde, Ming's national strength began to rise, and its military strength began to increase. Even if there was a rebellion of King Ning, Daming would still fight against the little Mongolian prince.

Originally, Zhu Houzhao thought that the methods of Emperor Zhengde in history might have been a little too drastic, but now it seems that this is not too drastic but not drastic enough.After the Tumu Fortress Change, the military strength of Ming Dynasty went downhill. In addition, the disadvantages of the military household system began to appear, and the troops in various parts of Ming Dynasty were gradually reduced to the servants of the generals.The civil service group is getting bigger and bigger, the wind of investing in cash is prevalent, and land annexation is becoming more and more severe. It is time for reform in the Ming Dynasty.

If you don't change it at this time, if the method is not drastic, it will be even more difficult in the future. Facts have proved that there are many people with such insight.

At the end of the Jiajing period, the reform had already become a voice and a wave. Whether it was Gao Gong or Zhang Juzheng, they all held the banner of reform.

Zhu Houzhao also knows that if civil servants are allowed to reform civil servants, this kind of reform is destined to not have any great results, and it can only be tinkering.If you want to extend your knife to the civil official group, then there must be someone who supports the emperor and passes the knife to the emperor. These people are eunuchs, and they are the most suitable for doing this. This is what the cruel officials did during Wu Zetian's period, and eunuchs played this role.

Besides eunuchs, you need more support and confidence. Who can give you this support and confidence?Of course you are a military commander, as long as you hold the military power in your hands and have an army as powerful as your arms and fingers, you will have the courage to act.

Like Zhang Juzheng's reform, Zhu Houzhao felt that it was just scratching the surface, and it was not at all to the point of scraping the bone to cure the poison, so naturally it was impossible to talk about rebirth from the ashes.The only one who reformed thoroughly was the Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty. He divided his households into acres, and the officials and gentry paid for food. Yongzheng also made it, but Yongzheng died early. Maybe it was a coincidence of history, maybe not, and Zhu Houzhao didn’t know. , but at this moment, Zhu Houzhao has begun to consider the problem from another direction.

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