Chapter 037
Chongzhen was not overshadowed by Donglin as the world thinks. He was also struggling to stick to his thoughts and perseverance, and was struggling hard, thinking about developing in the best direction.
This is Zhao Xing’s current insight.
From this insight, Zhao Xing suddenly felt sad for the emperor. The building had long been corrupted to its foundation. Faced with such a broken house, it was impossible to renovate the old house and not demolish it. You can only be a papermaker. What else can you do be a papermaker?
However, the emperor was able to ask himself this, but Zhao Xing felt eager to try, which was to help him change the fate of the court.
He was shocked by his idea because since he traveled to this era, he has always adhered to the principle of following the situation and being a spectator, and then he always thought about taking his family to escape to the south. The worst way is to cross the ocean and escape to the South Ocean, and then take his mother and sister, including the little dog, on a small island in Nanyang, enjoying the summer sun and the comfort of life comfortably, turning into a pile of dust in a peaceful and uncontested world.
But things are often unpredictable. Before I knew it, because of my own, Xiufen, I could not leave and decided to stay here. Then it was because of my own decision that something happened again.
Since you can't leave, do what a time traveler should do.
As for the reason for being despised by others, the reason for being fickle is not that I am greedy for power.
Is his original intention? Since she had to stay because of Xiufen, she was still young and didn’t want to be a Qing dog in her lifetime. Her younger sister was still young and could not be a slave to the Tartars in her twenties. She would be old and could not live in the turmoil. She would have to live for seventeen years. She didn’t want to be treated as a thorny meal by a refugee like a locust.
Zhao Xing changed his mind, and he thought these reasons were enough.
"Your Majesty, the Jinyiwei really cannot be abolished. In the little minister's mind, it is not because of my job, but because there should not be no such organization in this world."
When Zhao Xing said this, Emperor Chongzhen, who was walking, listened to this sentence, stopped his footsteps, turned his head to look at Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing had already felt that because of his words, history would change from then on. This is a person of the same age as him. Is his ideas consistent with him?
"Your Majesty, that day, our monarch and ministers asked each other. I gave the emperor an obvious example, but His Majesty had just said that the Jinyiwei was the royal family's personal army, the only one who did not join the official group. If the emperor abandoned them, I don't know who else can Your Majesty trust? Where can I get the most real news?"
Silence, after a long silence, Emperor Chongzhen finally asked: "Can't the memorials between the ministers make me understand the right and wrong?"
Now that he realized his own opportunity, Zhao Xing must seize it, because he did not feel the glory of this imperial city in the square of the Meridian Gate. He also had a sense that the only two words that this imperial city showed him - rights.
Since you cannot escape because of one kind or another, you must accept the Ming Dynasty, which is tied to you.
Zhao Xing decided to fight.
Since he had made a decision, Zhao Xing suddenly raised his head that had been lowering, looked at Chongzhen's back, and said loudly: "If Your Majesty wants to work hard to govern and save this Ming Dynasty, please believe in your personal army and the person you care about."
Chongzhen stopped immediately, was shocked by Zhao Xing's move, then slowly turned around, stared at Zhao Xing's eyes, and asked slowly: "I have the assistance of all the ministers who are loyal and patriotic. They are all my most caring people. Are the Dongchang and Jinyiwei the only ones?"
At this time, Zhao Xing had already made his promise and defended loudly again: "The ministers colluded with each other, and they all regarded their interests as supreme. This led to the Chu Party and the Lu Party Donglin Party. But I know that these parties are fighting for the country or for their own selfish interests. The emperor is wise and has already made arbitrary decisions, but as the emperor, none of whom personally understands the people's sentiments is easy to be listened to. Is this normal?"
Chongzhen was shocked and answered him for a long time: "You are also for the country and the people. Are there any mistakes?"
Zhao Xing said directly: "My ministers are in their hearts. I do not deny that they are for the country and the people, but I would like to ask the emperor, since I believe in the loyalty of the ministers, then why have censors been established in all dynasties?"
Chongzhen was suffocated and couldn't help but stop.
This is the fundamental key.
"Why can't a Censorate be established? Why can't a Jinyiwei personal army who directly obeys the royal family and the emperor?" Zhao Xing whispered, but he asked a deafening question.
Chongzhen turned around to face Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing ignored it and continued, "Hongwu is the wise lord in the world. Lan Yu plotted against rebellion, but no censor reported it. In the end, the Jinyiwei investigated this matter strictly, which avoided the Ming Dynasty's different surnames. Could it be that Master Hongwu was wrong?"
Dead silence, true dead silence.
Zhao Xing was not talking about things for the emperor, but talking about things from the fundamental old calendar. Why is it not shocking? Especially the emperor?
A long time later, Chongzhen said: "But what the Dongchang Jinyiwei did is indeed criticized."
Zhao Xing had already heard from Chongzhen's words that he lacked confidence, so he strengthened his determination. He said boldly at that time: "Who is the one who criticized the Jinyiwei? It was just some censors who had been robbed of the road of speech and the officials who were attacked." Then he felt heartbroken: "But did the emperor hear the voices of the people before?" He bowed again and said sadly, "The emperor was polite to the people's sentiment, and the white dragon fish uniforms, and then went to the people to investigate. You have also seen that without the Jinyiwei, the streets are arrogant and domineering. Without the Jinyiwei, some officials dared to block the road of speech in the streets and dared to set fire to the Duke's Mansion and silence them. Isn't this the reality in front of you and the chaos in the future?"
When Chongzhen heard Zhao Xing's blunt speech, he couldn't help but get speechless.
Yes, there has been no such example since before, but just one day after I released the Jinyiwei, this situation happened. Isn’t it still explained?
"Your Majesty, you are in the deep palace. All you hear is the so-called praise of the gentleman of Donglin." Then he boldly pointed to the high desk on the table: "My little minister dares to conclude that there are absolutely no severe drought in those memorials, and there have been three years of severe drought in Shanxi and Shaanxi. There are absolutely no refugees in Shaanxi. Wang Jiazhen and others have gathered tens of thousands of people to rebel. There are either praises or attacks each other. But when you visit privately, you hear the voices of the people. Today, the little minister is brave. In fact, the people praise the Jinyiwei, at least not disgusting, but they are afraid of all officials. But the emperor has been busy with all his affairs. How many times can he go privately for the country and the people to obtain the true voice of the world? My little minister doesn't know, if the people win the hearts of the people, or if the officials win the world, the officials do not represent the hearts of the people."
Zhao Xing had already made his promise. He suddenly realized that as a time traveler, since he could not become an emperor, general, or minister, he should also seize this rare opportunity to be summoned by the emperor and plead for the people.
In fact, isn’t it a gamble for your own destiny?
When Zhao Xing was so bold and asked so directly, Chongzhen was stunned, stood up, slowly turned around, and stared at Zhao Xing. After a long time, he slowly asked: "Are you not the officials representing the people?"
Zhao Xing smiled painfully: "The saints say 'meat eaters are despised', and all officials only represent the gauze hats on their heads."
After a long time of silence, Chongzhen whispered: "You are so extreme."
Zhao Xing's stubborn resistance: "After peace for three hundred years, all officials have fallen."
There is no way to say this, it is just two thoughts.
Chongzhen sat back to his seat again, picked up a memorial and started reading, never looking at Zhao Xing again.
Zhao Xing lowered his eyebrows and looked at his toes with pleasing eyes, and the entire Donghunting Pavilion fell silent again.
After a long time, Chongzhen sighed: "The Jinyiwei still has the role, but its power is too great. In order to show his ability, he also deliberately frames officials. For example, the six gentlemen in Donglin are indeed too reckless."
Zhao Xing pondered for a moment and replied in a low voice: "The Jinyiwei has the role of it. The Six Gentlemen should not do it. The power is too great, but this is not the Jinyiwei's fault, but the royal family's fault."
When Chongzhen heard this, he suddenly stood up. His face changed drastically and he scolded angrily: "Why is it the royal fault of the silence?"
Chapter completed!