Chapter 144 Li Xian’s decision

All kinds of thoughts passed by Li Xian's mind, and in a moment, he made a decision. He took a step back and said, "Sir, don't worry, Li Xian will not let this matter go."

Li Xian knew that if no changes were made, he would only be the second assistant in the future and would not be able to contact the prime minister for the rest of his life. How could a minister who entered the cabinet be willing?

This may be a gamble, and Li Xian has decided to place a bet.

But he didn't act recklessly.

First of all, he needs to figure out what method he wants to change now?

Instead, he took a half-day leave. After returning home, he found out all the reforms he had done in the past seven years of Zhengtong and now after taking power. He also compared Qiu Jun's works.

I stayed up all night and came to see Zhu Qizhen after the morning court the next day.

Zhu Qizhen naturally would not refuse any request from the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet. He immediately let him in.

Li Xian has not slept for a night, but there is no trace of fatigue at this moment, but instead feels a little excited. Because he knows that it will determine his future political future within one or two hours.

Li Xian didn't say much nonsense, and said straight in one fell swoop: "Your Majesty, do you want to recruit Qiu Jun as a lecture on the imperial examination?"

Zhu Qizhen was slightly stunned. He didn't think anyone would tell Li Xian. After all, all major events in the world must be done in the cabinet. If Li Xian pays attention, he can know this imperial edict.

"This is indeed the case." Zhu Qizhen said.

Li Xian said: "I think that although Qiu Jun is talented, his knowledge is not as good as the standard. I promote Wu and Bi to enter Beijing as a lecture."

Zhu Qizhen frowned slightly.

Even Zhu Qizhen has heard of the name Wu and Bi. He is a great scholar of his generation and a native of Jiangxi. He has many disciples because he is in Chongren County, Jiangxi.

Some even call it Chongren School.

Later generations Huang Zongxi sorted out the Ming Dynasty's academic cases, with Chongren's academic cases as the first, and Wu and Bi were the first among Chongren's academic cases.

Zhu Qizhen was not very clear about the evaluations of later generations.

However, he recalled Qiu Jun back to the capital for political purposes, not really trying to make any contribution in his knowledge. Why should an old child travel far and wide to the capital?

Zhu Qizhen said: "No need. Mr. Kangzhai is old, so he doesn't have to work hard."

Li Xian said: "Your Majesty, if Your Majesty is interested in learning, there are many Hanlin Academy, which is not inferior to Qiu Jun's slightest. If you go all the way to summon a foreign minister to the capital to serve the imperial lecture, I am afraid that the people in the world will laugh at the incompetence of the Hanlin Academy."

Zhu Qizhen immediately felt something was wrong.

Li Xian is not Chen Xun. Many times, he dares to speak out and insists on his own opinions, but that's all. No politician will be incomparable to the emperor in trivial matters.

Because this is because of the small loss of the big.

Unless he feels something?

When Zhu Qizhen thought of this, he became alert and said, "What does Mr. Li mean?"

Li Xian said: "Your Majesty, I have no other intentions, I just have a love for the superiors."

Zhu Qizhen immediately knew that nothing else was meant, but I just meant something else.

"Tell me." Zhu Qizhen said

Li Xian said: "Since the 19th year of Zhengtong, the imperial court has fought with Watashi for several years, exhausting the world's money and food, using military achievements to the outside world, and demanding the importance of money and food at home."

"There are natural disasters again. The harsh donations will not diminish. The sufferings of the people will reach the heavens, and then there will be major disasters."

Zhu Qizhen frowned immediately and said, "Why is this?"

Zhu Qizhen admitted that in many things, he urged him to make urgent efforts to fight on the front line, but he already valued the suffering of the people. He had never had a shortage of money and food for any disaster situation.

No matter how hard it was, Zhu Qizhen had never made any idea about grain tax, and even the local balance in Zhengtong's 14th year was never used.

This is his greatest restraint.

Otherwise, if he really learned from Emperor Wu of Han, he would rather win the world's household registration by half, the thorn would have been defeated long ago.

"Your Majesty, I will do the best," said Li Xian. "Why should your Majesty do anything? I am from Deng County, Nanyang, Henan Province, adjacent to Hubei. In recent years, I have sent letters from my family that there are many fugitives in Nanyang. There are more than 200,000 victims in the mountains of Yunyang. I would rather escape into the mountains and suffer from tigers and leopards than live and work in peace and contentment at home."

"However, has Your Majesty seen the annual household registration change in Deng County?"

Zhu Qizhen only felt a buzzing in his head, and he was pointed at the forehead and scolded: "The harsh government is more powerful than the tiger."

"Why is this?" Zhu Qizhen's voice fell.

He also knew that although the years have improved a lot in the past two years, there have been great disasters before. Although Zhu Qizhen tried his best to provide disaster relief, he often felt a little numb and routine.

It’s not that Zhu Qizhen has no sympathy anymore.

First, his center of gravity has been on the thorns and he has no time to take care of it. Secondly, he is already used to it.

Yes, I'm used to it.

Since he became emperor, disasters have almost been avoided every year, and disaster relief has really become a process-based thing. Zhu Qizhen is also used to reporting disasters every year, and he ordered the cabinet to provide disaster relief.

But the officials below are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the ones who are the one

Zhu Qizhen’s thoughts may not be hidden beyond the reach of others.

Zhu Qizhen wanted to make the disaster calmer and not affect him. The people below were naturally willing to report the disaster to a small extent. As for whether it was really small, it was hard to say.

Zhu Qizhen now asked himself, when he was in disaster relief, was he really as he was in the drought in Henan when he sent Yu Qian to provide disaster relief? At that time, he could put the Jinyiwei next to Yu Qian and report the situation every day.

now?

Zhu Qizhen often looks at him by the sky. He is called "Trust Minister".

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen's natural suspicion as the king was stirred up by Li Xian.

Seeing this, Li Xian felt relieved.

If advice is believed, it is knowledgeable. However, what Li Xian said is not completely true, or it does not say that the whole nation is.

There are 200,000 to 300,000 people in the Yunyang area who are not included in the Yellow Book of the Ming Dynasty, but the truth is it.

Recently, there have been disaster victims in Yunyang area, which is the truth, but he did not say that there were actually quite a few of these 230,000 people very early.

There have been some problems with disaster relief recently, but it is generally good.

After all, there are so many disasters in the world, it is difficult to do everything well for everyone, but it is not a problem.

Li Xian went further and said: "The soldiers were arrogant, officials were tired of the people, and the situation was so far. It was the time to rest and rest in order to seek peace and security. How could there be any more things for the world?"

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while and said, "Li Qing, time is no longer waiting. You are my minister. I will not hide it from you. Yes, I want to reform the Ming Dynasty. It has been nearly a hundred years since the Ming Dynasty was passed down to me. It has been a long time since the ills have accumulated layer by layer in a hundred years. It has reached the point where I have to move. Not to mention anything else, the situation of the garrison is known to everyone in the world. If there is no more military system in my country, how could this great victory be achieved?"

"And if I don't do it, how can the kings in later generations have my prestige? If I don't do it, it will not only betray the world, but also my family. I'm afraid that these problems in later generations will not be solved in later generations."

Li Xian heard this, but also understood.

If the current emperors change their fundamental systems, they will decline when they are prosperous and declining, and they will be in the orthodox dynasty.

This is the law of history. For more than a hundred years, Emperor Taizu's system has long been unsuitable for the current situation. The systems that have promoted the progress of the Ming Dynasty have become one by one.

Now the state has the Changjun, and the defeat of Watshu has increased the prestige of the royal family and made the current authority unshakable in the Ming Dynasty. This has concealed many things.

Once you go now or have a mediocre monarch come up, the good situation may not be ruined, but it is a high probability that the decline will turn.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the progressive posture has become increasingly difficult to continue.

But the benefits are not huge, and the law is not changed.

In other words, if there is no one hundred times the benefit, don’t act as a method.

The lessons of Wang Anshi's reform are that once the topic of reform is made, it will easily become the beginning of a court struggle.

Some things cannot be finished once they start.

The reforms are likely not to be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, but instead plant the hidden danger of the destruction of the country.

This is why Chen Xunyi felt that he would rather give up the position of prime minister, and it is also why Li Xian took great risks to persuade him.
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