Chapter 4                                                              

Zhou Mengchen didn't know how to evaluate the crown prince.

The prince and Jiajing are simply two extremes.

But Zhou Mengchen could not say that the crown prince was not as good as Jiajing.

Why?

Jiajing was smart, suspicious, suspicious, and arbitrary. The so-called master of heroic observation.

The prince is not smart and has a bit stupid reaction. Jiajing can instinctively feel the problems in many things, but the prince cannot, and even repeatedly explains it, it may not be able to explain it clearly. However, the prince has an advantage that Jiajing can never compare with.

Willing to believe in people and willing to delegate power.

This is something that Jiajing can never do.

The place where Jiajing ascended the throne was so peeked by thousands of enemies. He deeply understood what a lonely man was. Therefore, he refused to believe it, and no one could believe it. This kind of experience has been deeply rooted in his bones.

When the prince was young, he never thought that he would become the heir of the Ming Empire. The reason was very simple. He had an older brother above him. But suddenly, this position came to him. At the same time, Jiajing asked him for the request of Prince Zhuang Jing. The prince could never do it.

At this time, he was very afraid of Jiajing. Only a few of his teachers could bring him comfort and confidence.

More importantly, under the repeated attacks of Jiajing, the prince was unrestrained in his qualifications and believed in his integrity.

In fact, the prince is just an ordinary person. Under different external stimulation, people have different evaluations of themselves. If an ordinary person has been ranked first in the whole grade since childhood, he may think he is a genius. Instead, he will play a abilities far beyond his level. An ordinary person has been hit since childhood, and he instinctively feels that he is just not good.

And the prince is the last name.

The prince naturally has no confidence in determining national affairs. He does not believe that he can do it well. He subconsciously gives these things to those who can do it in his heart.

This kind of trust is naturally much worse than Emperor Guangwu of Han's way of pushing the heart into his heart. However, it is from the original intention and the person who can get into the cabinet. That one is not an old man. If the prince pretends to behave, everyone will see it.

But the prince comes from his original trust and support. Compared to doing things under Jiajing, he is trembling and walking on thin ice. It makes people feel instinctively close.

Everyone is willing to follow such a boss, even if this boss has no ability.

Of course, over time, people may be despised. But with Jiajing's comparison, even Zhou Mengchen felt relieved.

But how do you tell Jiajing this?

Zhou Mengchen said: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is in the cabinet and speaks with caution. If you don't speak easily, you will definitely win if you speak. Be calm and sophisticated, kind and natural. This is actually your blessing. There are successors to the country and the country."

If you don’t know what happened in the cabinet, you probably think that the prince is in the cabinet.

But Zhou Mengchen did not lie.

Being cautious in speaking means almost not speaking.

If you give it, you will definitely win. After everyone finishes talking and makes a decision, the prince will just reconcile it. He has almost never made any decisions to change the cabinet.

Be kind and natural, this sentence is the truth.

Jiajing was harsh on his ministers. If he didn't do some small things well, he would be punished heavily by Jiajing. Because Jiajing felt that if he couldn't do any small things well in front of him, he would disrespect him. Behind him, I don't know what it looks like.

This is no longer a matter of this small matter. It is a matter of attitude.

Now the prince has no such idea. He doesn't care about many trivial matters at all, and it passes through chatting and laughing.

Jiajing sneered and sighed deeply in his heart.

What if you have a son like this?

Jiajing said in his heart: "According to the prince's appearance, such a cabinet is probably the best for him."

From last year to now, Jiajing seems to have not interfered in court affairs, but in fact, while recuperating, he was peeking at the operation of Zhou Mengchen's new cabinet. Everything in the cabinet was seen by Jiajing.

How could Jiajing not know what the prince looked like in the cabinet?

But he just wants to change the prince, who can he change? King Jing?

It is impossible. What King Jing did in the fiefdom disappointed Jiajing too much. King Jing did one thing in the fiefdom, that is, fishing. He was determined to give birth to a son, but he was already at the point of panic.

King Jing even specially included a group of young widows in the mansion. Because these widows had children, they were the legendary good things to be raised.

Jiajing did not object to his son's lust. For the prince, it is not a big mistake to like more women, but it would be a bit too much to do things to this point.

It disappointed Jiajing even more.

King Jing has already achieved this point. Not to mention giving birth to a person with a handle, even if he doesn’t have a handle, he doesn’t have one.

Without a son, this alone kicked King Jing out of the battle for the throne.

Jiajing said, "Zhou Qing has worked hard for this period of time. Go back and listen to the order." He paused slightly and said, "If you are not the chief minister, Li Chunfang is anxious. I think he should be cured when he hears this news."

Yes. Zhou Mengchen is not in charge of the chief minister, and the one who is most worried about is not Zhou Mengchen. But Li Chunfang.

It can be said that Zhou Mengchen is now the chief assistant. The most uncomfortable thing is him.

Although I don’t know if Li Chunfang was trying to avoid Zhou Mengchen by getting sick, one thing is certain, even though he didn’t have this idea at that time. But after being recuperated for so long, he had this idea.

He knew very well that the chief minister was something that Zhou Mengchen must get. Even if he recovered from his illness, he would be a thorn in Zhou Mengchen's eyes and a thorn in his flesh. In the cabinet, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were quite opposed to him. In fact, Yang Bo did not have much conflict with him. But without conflict, it did not mean that he was close.

During this period of time, Li Chunfang's illness was at a point where he was about to recover.

It seems that you can jump freely between recuperating and returning to the hospital at any time.

This seemed to be a worry that he would have been sick for too long. Jiajing's words made Li Chunfang retire due to illness. He never thought about it.

Zhou Mengchen laughed a little in his heart and said, "I thank Your Majesty."

Jiajing said: "By the way. According to the charter you have drawn up, what are you going to do next?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "I have prepared a report on my work. Please check it out."

Then Zhou Mengchen took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Huang Jin with both hands.

Huang Jin took it up and submitted it to Jiajing.

Jiajing opened it and looked carefully. He was a little surprised.

It was not that Zhou Mengchen's policy was too radical, but that Zhou Mengchen's policy was too conservative.

Zhou Mengchen summed up the main tasks of the cabinet in the next five years in three points. The first is to bring peace.

The so-called peace is to use various means to stabilize the border between the Ming Dynasty and eliminate all military operations. Although this is what it said, it does not mean that Zhou Mengchen wants to get along with his neighbors in the Ming Dynasty.

To make the world peaceful can sometimes be achieved with swords and guns.

From the 20th year of Jiajing to the present, the Ming Dynasty has never had peace. No, it should be said that from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, there has not been a long time for real peace. From only the past ten years before Xuandezhong to Zhengorthodox, there was no war.

After Tumu Fort, the beacons on the frontier were not extinguished. In the middle of Jiajing period, the beacons between the north and the south were intertwined, and the people in various places remained unmoved. Although the existence of Zhou Mengchen, the war in the east and west was fought against each other, the war in the north and the south was calmed down.

But it does not mean that there is no war in the Ming Dynasty.

The Guizhou chieftain has not yet been pacified, and the Yunnan chieftain has made trouble again.

This is a southwest direction.

Another direction is the northeast direction.

After the demise of the Tumote tribe, the Tumote tribe became the new leader of the Mongols. The territory of the Tumote tribe was in the northeast. In fact, in history, after the decline of the Tumote tribe, the Mongolian tribe in the northeast rose.

However, the Tumote tribe was destroyed early, and a large number of Mongolians defected to Tuman, which greatly increased the strength of Tuman tribe, and thus repeatedly harassed Liaodong.
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