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Chapter 801 Nanjing Rebellion (Part 1)
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Given an example, why did Chen Si miss the most convincing Chen Hong? This shows his political maturity, because the court never admitted that the late emperor encountered a rebellion during his southern tour, Chen Hong's charges should not be put on the table. But this matter was not far away, and Long Qing was extremely worried during that time. After Chen Si said this, how could he not think of Chen Eunuch Chen's voice, appearance and smile?
Since ancient times, there has been a saying that 'Good medicine is good for diseases, and honest words are good for actions.' However, practical experience tells us that good medicine is not necessarily bitter, and loyal words are not necessarily unpleasant. The reason is simple. People always like to hear praise and praise words, but they do not want to hear criticism or derogatory words. This is a characteristic that is inherent in life, especially those who are not firm in their minds and have no courage... For example, Emperor Longqing is one of them.
However, for the emperor who was born with a bit slowness, he paid too much attention to the art of persuasion, and even the art was so difficult to understand and could not explain the key points clearly, but it was difficult to achieve results. What should be said must be made clear, so silently, by playing chess, first make Longqing happy, and then continue to uncover and extend it, telling the emperor that he is not the one around him, that is, it must be reliable.
After hearing the silent words, Longqing lowered his head and thought for a long time before saying, "Master Chen is talking about me, shouldn't he be close to the waiter in everything?"
"If you listen to both sides, you will be clear; if you believe in both sides, you will be dark. The emperor has indeed become a little distant from the foreign court recently." Chen Si sighed softly.
"But you also see how they bully me." Long Qing suddenly picked up a 'cannon' and said with a hint of excitement: "Everyone said that I was talking about Tianxian. Is Gan Gang really the arbitrary? Before all, in the court, they were all erotic, talking endlessly, and even openly scolding each other, not taking me seriously at all. When I speak, no matter whether it is good or bad, I will definitely be criticized by them by quoting scriptures. Since that is the case, then I will not speak anymore. What else can you do?"
"I didn't expect that there would be cursing if I didn't speak." Long Qing had been so angry that he had no place to vent. Today, he was finally able to vent his anger: "They severely accused me of being in Chao Yuanmo again, and being absent-minded. If this continues, the power will definitely fall behind. This is really a way out. I stopped talking and asked them to curse. It actually made me make a fuss on my head. I scolded me and scolded me. I didn't speak. What do you want me?" At this point, Long Qing was about to shed tears in pain, and he held the chess piece tightly and said, "I am a coward. I want to buy some jewelry for my concubines as gifts. In fact, it doesn't cost much. However, the Minister of Revenue refused and said that you can buy it, but I won't pay."
"I didn't get a penny and was also embarrassed. The censors learned the news from somewhere and wrote letters to impeach me. This was a luxury and wasteful act of destroying the country." Long Qing's eyes were red and said: "It's a pleasure for them to embezzle and accept bribes, but they insisted that I be a wise king from ancient times who is pure and has few desires. What is this way of being a minister?"
"If it weren't for the money you found in Southeast Asia, I would be afraid that I wouldn't have the money to buy jewelry for my concubines yet..." Long Qing was so aggrieved that he was about to cry: "It would be fine if he didn't give money, after all, this was considered a saving for the country. However, I wanted to go back to Yudi and go to the suburbs of Beijing to relax and have fun, but they stopped me from leaving the palace gate on the grounds of safety, and even raised me as a piglet, even private affairs in the palace were taken out, and arrogance was made. I thought that these censors who were so arrogant and worried about the country and the people would not pay attention to the disadvantages of many political affairs, but focused their attention on my family matters and were talking about them. What's the difference between this and the village woman?"
Chen Shi knew that Longqing was excited, so he didn't say anything, just sat quietly and listened.
"But these are all trivial matters. I put the country first and can endure it." Long Qing took a few deep breaths and calmed down and said, "But do they really put the country first? I know very well about the masters of Yudi, especially Master Gao. I know his great talent and virtues and have absolutely trusted him. However, he was not at fault, nor did he violate the law of the country, and was attacked by those people. I have heard of the reputation of the Master Guo Ge in Yudi, but he was also spoiled by their lack of bottom line. As a result, both of them left the wilderness..." As he said that, he threw the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard and said in a deep voice: "I suspect that they have become tools for some people to eliminate dissidents."
A cold wind blew through his back, and he felt his pores standing up, and his big heart that was still in a mess was pounding... It turned out that the emperor had reached a deep level of resentment towards the censor and Mr. Xu.
His face changed a few moments, and his silence quickly returned to calm down and said, "Some censors are not upright and sensational, but the emperor cannot knock down a boat of people with one blow. Emperor Taizu granted the censors the authority and ordered them to advise the emperor, inspect all officials, inspect the subordinates, and inspect local officials and military affairs. It can be said that from national affairs to social life, they are all within the scope of the supervision and speech of censors. They can even report on the news and not be pursued. The wise and foresighted ancestors, and all their thoughts are for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, and for his descendants to be able to maintain their country forever. Prince, how do you think you are better than Taizu?"
"How dare you compete with Haoyue for the brightness of the rice grain pearl?" When talking about his ancestor, Long Qing sat upright and said, "The setting of Emperor Taizu is of course for his children and grandchildren."
"If the emperor understands this way, I believe that Taizu's spirit in heaven will be extremely pleased." Silently said: "In order to make him competent, he stipulated that the court should choose censors. First, he must forget his country and be loyal and forget his body; second, he must be upright and upright, speak out; third, he must have outstanding knowledge and be proficient in government affairs. In addition, he must have certain experience in official careers, steady experience, and even have strict requirements on age and background, in order to select loyal and capable ministers, to take this important supervisory position, and to be optimistic about family business for Your Majesty."
Longqing was finally moved. He was fascinated by disgust. He always thought that censors were useless mung bean fly. Now, if you put aside the prejudices, the country really cannot do without them.
Seeing the emperor falling into deep thought, he was not in a hurry to remain silent, sipped the slightly cool tea and waited for him to figure it out.
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After a long time, Longqing finally calmed down and said with a hoarse voice: "I am indeed something wrong."
"The censors are more wrong." Chen Si quickly regained his face for the emperor: "Due to historical reasons, the quality of the sciences is also mixed, and many people who seek fame and reputation have also been involved in recent times. In order to become famous and to please, they have defiled the solemnity and sacredness of the censors, and they must be purified."
After hearing this, Long Qing felt much more comfortable. He looked at the silent voice and said, "If I had half of Master Chen, how could I be so messy now?"
"The emperor is going to kill the weak minister." Chen Mo did not dare to accept this praise: "The emperor Jian Mu defeated himself, and he had the virtue of Emperor Wen. It is the greatest blessing that I can be born as a wise ruler."
"What should I do today?" Long Qingzhong was happy again and said, "I listened to Master Chen."
"The emperor's power is serious," Chen Si whispered: "Since Shi Xing beat him, he was wrong... He will demote him for the crime of despising the emperor."
"Serious." Long Qing felt that this was pleasant. He was worried that Master Chen would favor those censors. He asked again: "Then... what should I do about the military supervisor?" He paused and whispered: "There is indeed a military supervisor in the "Huidian" compiled by Taizu."
"Well..." Chen Mo knew that as long as he was an emperor, he might be willing to let his military power go. Maybe he could give up his idea for a while, but as Longqing Yuji grew year by year, he would have this idea again, and no one could change it at that time, and he would have suspicion about himself because of what happened today.
After dealing with two emperors for more than ten years, if you can't see clearly what kind of creature the emperor is, then how serious is he left-leaning childish disease?
In fact, eunuchs are descendants of imperial power. They do not have independent personalities like civil officials and can be completely responsible for their own actions. The so-called eunuchs who take power, abuse of power, autocracy, bribery, plunder, exploitation, etc. are just negative extensions of imperial power. They are the realizers and scapegoats of the emperor's original power. Although they sometimes get out of control and even backfire, the emperor is still more willing to believe in these eunuchs who have been with them for a long time since childhood. Because compared to those ministers who are full of Confucius and Mencius and who speak of benevolence, righteousness and morality, they are more considerate and can flatter the emperor without principles and make the emperor feel happy, which is enough.
Only emperors who have truly witnessed the eunuchs during the Zhengde period, like the late emperor, will always be alert to eunuchs. Longqing, who is soft-hearted, soft-faced and softer-eared, are all the paradise for eunuchs. It is almost impossible to defeat them completely... At least in this delicate period, silence still needs to rely on the palace, so they will not offend them to death.
When the mind is turned into lightning, silence makes it clear about the benefits and interests.
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Seeing that Chen Si was silent, Long Qing thought he was against it, so he said uneasy: "Actually, these are all their ideas for me. If the master is not happy, I will not send a military supervisor."
"Haha, the emperor misunderstood." Chen Mo quickly shook his head and said, "I am thinking of a way to achieve the best of both worlds, which can not only avoid its harm, but also make the emperor feel at ease."
"Is the eunuch's military supervision a lot of harm?" Long Qing asked nervously. After all, he was just instinct and felt that it was more at ease to use eunuchs.
"There are five disadvantages for eunuchs to control the army - occupying military service and buying idleness, eroding military reality, avoiding enemies and harming the people, curbing generals, and lying on military merits." Silently said lightly: "This is all a bad habit of corrupting military discipline and eroding military strength. If the emperor wants to see the Ming Dynasty revitalizing the second ancestor's grand spirit and no longer hear the alarm bell of martial law every year, these five must be avoided."
"Oh..." Long Qing's face became solemn. Since he became emperor, he had left the capital to worship the tomb. It was one of the few victories in his confrontation with Xu Jie, and it was because filial piety was the first, so Xu Jie was not able to stop him. But Xu Jie still saw through his paintings and knew that the emperor wanted to worship the tomb because he had been an emperor for a year and had not been able to leave the palace. He was so bored that he went out to tour the parade on the excuse of worshiping the tomb. He said that the emperor could worship the tomb, but he could not use this to tour the way, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the ancestors. Although Long Qing complained in his heart, there was no reason to refute it. After all, it would seem that he was not sincere enough to the ancestors, so he could only endure it and only went to worship the tomb, without doing any other things to do.
The emperor, who was finally able to let go, came to Tianshou Mountain with the accompanied by Shen Mo and a group of ministers. Chen Mo supported the emperor to come out for some breath, but would not miss this opportunity to educate on the on-site. So in front of Chengzu's tomb, he guided Longqing to observe on the spot, so that he finally intuitively understood that the front line of the war was so close to the capital. Through this, Longqing finally understood that Chengzu moved the capital to Beijing and defended the national gate with the emperor. After returning, this leisurely lazy emperor was particularly concerned about border defense matters. Chen Mo's military reform was so smooth that it was inseparable from the emperor's strong support... Although Longqing could not provide any practical help, once he was determined, the noble families would not have the opportunity to complain and could only obey the arrangements.
"Where is the master's plan to achieve both ends?" Long Qing couldn't figure it out, so he had to ask.
"Actually, to put it bluntly, the emperor asked eunuchs to supervise the military to supervise the generals and not to do anything randomly." Silently said: "But eunuchs themselves are also political forces. If they are not restricted and supervised, they will do something randomly."
"That's the reason." Long Qing nodded and said, "Then how to supervise?"
"First, strictly limit the number of military supervisors, and the Beijing camp has a quota of three people; second, strictly limit their power, strictly prohibit them from handling military funds and interfering in military affairs, and only report to the heaven to listen when they find problems, and are not allowed to deal with them without authorization; third, establish a military supervisor censor. The two have the same powers and supervise each other. If they find that the other party has committed corruption, they can all impeachment to the emperor..." Silently said, looking at Long Qing and said: "But both sides are likely to have different opinions, so how to determine which is right and who is wrong is a big problem."
"Yes." Longqing nodded.
"The best referee is of course the emperor. I believe that the emperor will definitely put the country first and will not favor one side, but it is difficult to protect future generations and descendants. They will not be partial to their relatives and believe in this system because of the difference between closeness and alienation."
"It makes sense," Long Qing touched his chin and said, "Then I will stipulate that before judging right and wrong, give both parties a chance to face the inside story, and no one can stop him. Before both parties make a confession, no conclusion is allowed."
"The wise man is not as good as the emperor." The silent flatterer immediately followed: "If this method is a difficult and unchanging system forever, the emperor can rest assured and the army can suffer less."
"Then go and draw the imperial edict quickly," Long Qing said happily, "I finally solved a big problem." Then he felt hungry in his stomach. He took out his pocket watch and saw that it was already twelve o'clock, so he got off the floor and put on his shoes and said, "Let's have a meal with me first and then go back."
"I'm afraid it's too late." Chen Si smiled bitterly, "Wei Chen is going to Fengtai Camp in the afternoon."
"Then I won't leave you anymore. I won't be back today if I'm late." Longqing sent the silence outside and took his hand and said, "Go and go back quickly. This Mid-Autumn Festival, I originally planned to hold a banquet to entertain the ministers, but unfortunately, Mr. Xu said it was too wasteful and could only be changed to a family banquet. You have to come and celebrate the festival with me..." As he said that, he said with great interest: "Take your wife and children, how can you separate you from the Reunion Festival?"
"The foolish woman and dog son do not understand etiquette, for fear of discouraging the emperor's elegant pleasure." Silently said softly.
"Oh, I'm so fond of you." Long Qing shook his head and said, "There are no outsiders tonight, only the queen, Concubine Li, and the prince... Aren't he a little classmate with your third brother? Let's call him together, and there are so many people."
"Then the minister can only follow his orders with courage." Chen Si then responded.
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After he left, Feng Bao came over and said, "Master, it's time to have a meal. I don't dare to disturb you and Shen Xiang. I've made the dishes twice."
"Just just be hot." Long Qing frowned and said, "How much money will it cost?"
"Look at what you said, emperors of all generations have eaten dragon liver and phoenix marrow, and they cost hundreds of taels of silver at a meal. When you come here, it will be changed to eight dishes and one soup, but you still have to eat it hot," Feng Bao said with tears in his eyes: "I know you are frugal, but outsiders still don't know how we are slaves, how did we treat our master harshly."
"Forget it," Long Qing was moved. The little bit of disgust towards the eunuch that he had just developed was melted away... People's hearts are full of flesh. If someone serves you like his ancestors, you will be the same: "No, let's not take the example."
After serving the emperor for lunch and then sending him to the palace of a concubine, Feng Bao got a rare free time... From now on, the eunuch in charge here served him, and he told him to walk to the Silijian.
‘Those two guys are probably going to be eager to see each other.’ Thinking of this, Feng Bao couldn’t help but sneer in his heart: ‘What a fool. He relies on the emperor’s favor, he acted recklessly and caused trouble to the emperor. I think the days that made the emperor bored are not far away.’ He seemed to see the glittering throne of the ritual throne, waving to him, and he couldn’t help feeling very happy.
But when he arrived at the yard of Silijian, he had completely recovered his calmness. He didn't even look at Wang Ben, who was kneeling in the yard, so he stepped into the main hall.
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Chapter completed!