Politics (V)

The wind suddenly rose, and the egrets flew away. On the stage of the capital, the actors were singing whispering. In the audience, countless people were crying. Looking at the distance, Oedipus blinded his eyes at the sun, and from then on, he walked towards darkness forever. The sunlight shone into the hall through the glass window, and the dust in the room reflected the shadow of light in the air, jumping up and down with the debate between civil and military officials.

What trembled during the argument was the picturesque country outside the window.

"What Bai Zheng said is so great. This time, the army of the Celestial Dynasty was defeated by the small and destroyed Tartars. It is because the new policy was unpopular and the soldiers had no fighting spirit...." Wang Ben and Du Yu had already discussed it. As soon as Du Xueshu finished reading Bai Zheng's memorial, his white beard trembled, and his feelings were still not fulfilled. Grand Secretary Wang immediately walked out of the civil servant line, knelt on the ground, and started a loud sound. The new army was incompetent, and the frontier lost its territory. Guan Zhong governed Qi and induced the people to pursue profits. Behind Duke Huan of Qi, Qi State fought against the enemy country, and some people threw jewelry on the ground. In order to seize jewelry, Qi army killed each other and was defeated. Today, the Ming army was beaten to the point of defeat at the border and had no power to fight back. In fact, it was the same mistake of Qi State, so the person who initiated the new policy in Peking must be held accountable to thank the world.

Some people are unwilling to be defeated by others, so they quickly stepped forward to sing. It is obvious that the emperor is dissatisfied with Wu'anguo. Now that someone has started, they may be able to make a contribution. The wall is down and everyone pushes it. Although everyone didn't like it before, they had too much credit for the Bei army, and no one dared to blame too much for the new policy of Beijing. Now there are police on the border and natural disasters are everywhere, so it is just the opportunity to uproot the power of Peking. Although they don't seem to have too many threats at the moment, they always feel uneasy, especially those skewed distortions of the saints' words, which are simply unbearable. For hidden dangers, it is best to eliminate them in the bud.

Wu Chen, a new Grand Secretary, looked at the people rushing to the top and shook his head gently. He looked through the corners of his eyes through the queue and quietly looked at the dragon throne. On the imperial desk, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was inconsistent.

Wu Chen couldn't help sighing too quickly. If it was Bai Zheng's solo recitation, without the joint letter of more than 200 Confucian scholars in Jiangnan, this book would be enough to kill Wu'an Kingdom. In December last year, the flood and drought were caused by disasters this year, and the border was in danger. Long live to issue an order in the name of the anger of heaven and people, and the imitation of the new policy of Peking and the surrounding provinces in the new policy of Peking, the worst would be to cure the parties involved. The joint letter of more than 200 people looked spectacular, but in fact it was a taboo of being a minister. The other party could fight back and say that a group of corrupt scholars colluded to disrupt the emperor's audio-visual. Forming a party for personal gain was a taboo for the monarchs in all dynasties. Moreover, just eradicated the Hu party the year before yesterday, how could the emperor to tolerate other scholars causing trouble again?

Furthermore, to attack the new policy, you only need to attack one point and do not involve the rest. Although the ancient saying believes that it is only used for sacrifices and sacrifices, and should not wait for the people's dining table. But it is the emperor and the common people. How many people have tried this thing this year as a pleasure in life, and put it out as an attack point, hasn't it also pulled the emperor into it? Bai Zheng is really a pedantic master. In the past few years, famous scholars from all over the world have been defeated and defeated, and only he can support it. Who knew this person only knew the matter and knew nothing about politics. Wang and Du attacked Bai Zheng's article, and they might not make it easy to make a living.

The more Wu Chen thought about it, the more worried he became. He began to slowly think about how to pull everyone back from the misunderstanding, and best to turn harm into profit, and make full use of this exciting opportunity.

"Long live, I dare not agree with what Bai Zheng said." Li Wenzhong, the long-time general in charge of the imperial guards, took a step forward, and his broad shoulders suddenly reflected the few civil officials who were still chattering.

"Talk"! Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and looked at his nephew, who had always been taciturn. His face was as deep as water, and he didn't know who was angry with him.

"Since the King of Yan has shown his pictures of the country, we have rectified our military equipment, restored Liaodong in one battle, and then tied Yunnan in the world. How could we keep our troops under the slightest setback? The border war was just a Tartar who took advantage of my unpreparedness and succeeded by chance. Now, the 100,000 imperial guards are fully equipped. Although I am not talented, I am willing to force 50,000 imperial guards to Huanglong and present the head of Gustimuer in front of His Majesty's Hall. As for those ignorant people who are really loyal, I am willing to go into battle with them to see if their skills in killing the enemy can be as good as their three-point speech." In recent years, the priority politics of the imperial guards in Zhu Yuanzhang

Under the strategy, the equipment was extremely well-equipped. Li Wenzhong believed that half of the imperial guards were more than enough to defend the capital. The other half of the imperial guards were better than to go to the northern frontline to fight with the Mongolians with real swords and guns. The practical experience would not be obtained in training. If you raise it without using it, you will definitely be a good soldier. Zhu Yuanzhang proposed it several times, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not agree. Today, seeing these civil officials taking advantage of the border chaos to slander the new policy, I couldn't help but feel anxious, so I simply put it directly in the Golden Palace. In addition, Li Wenzhong's topic has been clearly chosen. At the critical moment of the national crisis, a real hero should not set fire in his backyard. It is considered true ability to go to the frontline to fight with the Mongolians.

How smart is Wang Ben? How could he not hear the sarcasm in Li Wenzhong's words? His old face was immediately suffocated into an eggplant color. He kowtowed to the ground, and his voice was like pounding garlic. He defended himself with a nearly whimpering voice: "Long live, my loyalty is the sun that can be seen. This memorial is without any selfishness, and I really can't bear to the new policy to ruin the country..."

His words were too literary. Wu Anguo listened to it. It took him a long time to understand what Wang Ben meant that he must stabilize the country when he resisted foreign countries. The internal affairs were clear and external troubles were eliminated. If it were not for the new policy that caused the domestic order to be in chaos, foreign invaders would not have the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity. This concentrated outbreak of the crisis was not caused by the Mongol invasion, but because the Central Plains itself had a crisis first, which attracted a large-scale attack from the Mongols. This issue of having chickens or eggs first was the most difficult to debate, and it was difficult for the king to make a self-confidence.

"Is it a new policy that ruins the country or a corrupt scholar that ruins the country? I'll ask the emperor to give a clear example." The military generals flashed out of Huai'an Hou Huazhong. He was the son of Hua Yunlong, a famous general who was brave in the three armies. He was involved in the Hu Weiyong case after two years of inheriting the title of title. Thanks to a conflict between Wu'anguo and Zhu Yuanzhang, the injustice was washed away. Seeing everyone attacking the new policy, he was angry and rushed upward. As a military general, he came from a famous family and spoke very straightforwardly without any mercy. "In such a crisis in the country, such a scholar does not want to share the worries of His Majesty, and he also slandered the ministers and slandered the new policy. I don't know what he was thinking."

"Yes, the soldiers in front of the army were bleeding and sweating, but they became soldiers without fighting spirit. If they had no fighting spirit, why did General Lan Yu become famous in the Western Regions? If they had no fighting spirit, why did General Puying struggle to guard the lonely city, if they had no fighting spirit, and sacrificed himself for General Li Ling for justice. Heroes are worse than to meet on the battlefield. Your Majesty, you might as well let me take these people to the battlefield. If someone turns around and runs back, I will definitely forgive him if I learn anything about Guan Zhong." Zhang Long, the Marquis of Fengxiang, also flashed out. Veterans like him followed Xu Da and went to the command academy the previous year, and rarely went to court. Today, he was attracted by Zhu Yuanzhang. Seeing Wang Ben and others slandering the soldiers in front of him, he aroused justice and stood up.

Wang Ben and others' faces were even redder, almost bleeding. Du Yu stubbed his neck and said angrily: "The new policy harms the people, so many people have witnessed it with their own eyes. This time, I was just talking about the new policy and did not impeach the military generals. Feng Xianghou forced the political arguments to the discord between civil and military affairs, which was actually a splitting of the ministers and causing harm to the country. Moreover, God has already warned him, so long must be ignored..." As the topic changed, he continued to look for his arguments from astronomical aspects. All the saints took advantage of the destiny of heaven, and he should act according to heaven. All the astronomical phenomena since the implementation of the new policy were used as a basis for God to get angry, especially the solar eclipse last winter, which became a sign that the new policy shook the foundation of the country.

Many senior officials of the Zhu Yuanzhang regime were from the Red Turban Army back then, and the benefits of the new policy brought them far more than the disadvantages. Therefore, they did not respond very positively to Wang Ben and others' attacks on the new policy. However, when it comes to the laws of nature and fate, many people's faces were moved. It would rather be trusted to have these things than to have no one. Several people who originally wanted to leave the list to express their support for Li Wenzhong hesitated for a moment and then retracted their legs back into the team.

Li Wenzhong's aura became weaker, and Wang Ben's aura became stronger. He simply did not name accusing the officers of fighting on their own, and had a faint separatist trend of vassal states. Please be careful.

The scene in front of me seemed to be in a dream. I don’t know which dream happened, nor do I know if I was dreaming now. The noisy voice gradually moved away from Wu'anguo. Wu'anguo couldn’t see what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted. Judging from the formation of the ministers this morning, I really wanted to settle what Peking did. But from his cold attitude towards Wang Ben and Du Yu, it seemed that he just planned to listen to the opinions of the ministers in this chapter without bias. In the past two years, Wu Anguo rarely has time to figure out Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts when he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's expressionless face. He really didn't know what he was selling. The more people came out to speak for himself, the more anxious Wu Anguo was. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's nature, once he wanted to attack himself, then all those who stood up for him would be implicated. Either they didn't take action or completely destroy their opponents was the criterion for all politicians in this era.

"This old fox, I'm not too much of a plot for you. I'll do it like this. I'll come out now and see how you treat me." Wu Anguo cursed in his stomach, ready to come out and take on his own responsibilities. He was indeed very guilty about the many bad consequences now.

Many of the adverse consequences brought by the new policy were unexpected, especially he underestimated the uncontrollable greed of merchants in this era. When he was in Peking, the merchants in Peking were mainly composed of craftsmen from Huairou, local gentry and immigrants who moved from Shanxi. Because these people were familiar with each other, and the Zhang and Yang families with the strongest capital both played a good lead role, the industrial and commercial class in Peking developed rapidly, but the negative effects were very small. The factory owners advocated by Wu'anguo to buy insurance for workers. Behavior has also become a rule. In the Peking area, both the gentry class, bankrupt peasants and refugees have gained benefits from the new policy. For a while, Wu Anguo himself hoped that Zhu Yuanzhang would simply order the whole country to follow the example of Peking, vigorously develop industry and commerce, and turn this country into an industrial country. Taking advantage of the lack of population pressure, the difference in agricultural and industrial and commercial profits is not big, and taking advantage of the fact that the country has just been established and everything is in trouble, and taking advantage of the... What a good opportunity, a completely different China is about to appear in front of people!

However, he never expected that before Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the whole country to follow the example of Peking, the consequences of the new policy of Peking had affected the whole country. People on this land have always claimed to be noble and disliked the smell of copper, but the cruelty of squeezing the last copper is no less than that of any Western nation. Wherever they can imitate the new policy of Peking, they have long rushed forward to imitate it, and everything aims to maximize benefits, and they are unwilling to learn from those welfare behaviors such as insurance, night schools, and 8-hour work systems. If you can pay less wages, you must be suppressed to the lowest level. The wages that can be owed will never be paid, and the labor time that can be delayed will definitely be delayed to the last second. Some places have violent incidents of angry workers destroying machines and killing factory owners. The birth of capital has begun.

The ferocious and bloody nature of the original one was revealed. When people were unable to be satisfied with profiting from workers' labor, stocks became the best choice. The funds that could speculate on the stock market would never be left to any industry that made no obvious profits. These were not the most caught Wu'anguo off guard. What caught Wu'anguo the most was the development of the textile industry. Wu'anguo had no idea that he had to work hard to guide people to invent and improve the water conservancy and textile industry to sweep across northern China in just a few years. The flower cloth of the Ming Dynasty traveled all over the neighboring countries with merchant ships, and the 10,000 grain fields of the Ming Dynasty also turned into snow-white cotton fields. Guo Pu and the problem of insufficient food that he was worried about at the time broke out so quickly, and once it broke out, it caused starvation everywhere.

There was rice in the south of the Yangtze River, but the Ming Dynasty did not have such strong transportation capacity to transport grain from Jiangnan to Hebei. The consumption was huge. Moreover, there were so many merchants hoarding goods and so many officials deducted them from it. This was the most honest era of the Ming Dynasty. If it were other years, I wonder how many people would die to settle it.

Thinking of this, Wu Anguo sighed softly. Since things have all happened because of me, I naturally have to have the courage to take responsibility. No matter what I can do, I am willing to do.

Before he could step out of the queue, a person quickly stood behind Wu Anguo, and a low and clear voice, "There is a good minister" pulled Wu Anguo back.

Zhou Wuyou, the newly promoted Minister of the Ministry of Works, walked out of the team with a smile. He stepped forward and knelt down a few steps forward, and started to say, "Long live, what Bai Zheng and others said, although there are any mistakes, I think his loyalty is commendable. It is really gratifying to have such a worrying person in the world in the Ming Dynasty..." A few flatteries slightly relieved the tension in the hall, and eased Zhu Yuanzhang's indecisive face. He did not express his support for Wang Ben and others in attacking the new policy, but also helped Bai Zheng and others get rid of the crime of forming a party and interfering in politics once the debate failed. In the hall, many old ministers like glass balls nodded secretly and praised him.

This young man can speak. Grand Secretary Wu Chen was even more surprised. He kept thinking about speaking, but he was not good at taking the lead in taking into account his identity. As a Grand Secretary in the Cabinet, although his rank was only fifth grade, even if the old masters of the dynasty were careful of them, the advantage of such close ministers could not be wasted like Wang Ben and others. Today's debate in the hall was actually a conflict between two ruling views. He had to wait for the opportunity and wait for the opponent's flaws. At the beginning of the debate, although Wu Chen was in the same mood as Wang and Du, he could never speak. He would rather watch Bai Zheng and others being charged and sacrificed during the debate than speak.

"I think that the so-called will of heaven is the heart of the people. The policy of a prosperous era is from man to heaven. Yao and Shun are all suffering from natural disasters, but people praise the virtues of Yao and Shun for thousands of years. When the spirit is always there, the people in the world are not living in auspicious times, but the people in the world are not living in a lifetime. Moreover, the celestial phenomena are indefinitely ancient and modern times, and the stars in the equator are different every year. If we use this to speculate on the will of heaven, the will of heaven is afraid that it will change rapidly every day..." This analogy is very humorous, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang on the dragon throne smile. When he listens carefully, it is Zhou Wuyou's summary of astronomy, believing that astronomy is the law of the movement of the constellations and has nothing to do with governance.

"The star of the sacred star is three degrees before the sacred star, and the Yuan test is five points before the sacred star. The current test has invaded the sacred star, and Hu can know what it is. Moreover, there are many ancient times and few ancient times, and there are no ancient times. For example, there are sixteen stars in the Ziweiyuan. There are four stars in the Huagai. The nine stars are five now, the six stars in the Tianchu are five now, and the six stars in the Tianlao are two now. The stars in the Antarctic are unprecedented. In recent years, people who float in the sea often see it south of the equator. Feng Ziming once measured its longitude and latitude and longitude and painted a star map, and published it last year. As for the flying comets, the dizziness is just waiting for the back. The so-called reason why the sky shows warnings is that in autumn, people on the sea can be seen every night, and they have long been used to it and do not use it to tell good fortune. The mountains on the land are blocked and difficult to see for a hundred years, so it is a warning...",

There is no attack on human beings and loyalty, but it firmly refuted the theory of the warning of heaven by Wang Ben and others. The following discussion is more vivid. Zhou Wuyou believes that comets and solar eclipses are just common astronomical phenomena, and only rare people will be strange. Just like everyone regards the white tiger as auspiciousness, now the white tiger has given birth to cubs in the animals, and a nest of auspiciousness is there. Isn’t it a joke?

Before Zhou Wuyou finished speaking, a low laughter came from the bottom. Several senior officials blushed. After a long time of trouble, they were actually compared by Zhou Wuyou to a country bumpkin who had never seen the world. If they wanted to refute, they couldn't think of a refutation for a while. If their argument was refuted by others, their theory would naturally not be valid. This was a bit overwhelming.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the new Zhou Wuyou spoke very humorously, and easily resolved the debate in front of him without having to worry about pursuing the two sides of the debate. He nodded and smiled, "Everyone, please come back to work. Let's discuss the matter today. Zhou Qing, let's talk about other ideas about the memorial of Bai Zheng."

The ministers who knelt on their knees and quarreled for a long time were listed one after another. This kind of quarrel was very risky. The failed party often lost his post and dismissed. Although some people were ridiculed by Zhou Wuyou, a loyalty and commendable word had given them enough steps. Some people looked at Zhou Wuyou up and down while retreating, and said in their hearts, "Boy, I'm so stern."

"Whenever the new policy is first implemented, there will be advantages and cons. The sage king will seize the pros and cons. The ministers will repair the gains and losses, and then they will be able to dominate the world and benefit the people..." Zhou Wuyou said his views on the new policy in a hurry. Since he has stood up for Wu'anguo, he must have the capital to stand up and be invincible. Guo Pu's letter to him is in his arms, and the article was memorized last night. Today's situation is not suitable for Wu'anguo to charge forward and he is entrusted by others, so of course he must protect Wu'anguo. This person is the hope of another gang in Peking.

In the article written by Guo Pu, he analyzed the pros and cons of the new policy and the keys in the implementation process. Zhou Wuyou tried his best to process it in the language that did not offend any party and said it in the court. It seemed that he was doing it in the last moment, but no one knew that he was prepared. The final conclusion was that the new policy was beneficial and covert, and the benefits were placed in the clear place, and covert was also seen by everyone. But overall, the more profits were more hidden, and the coverts in the mouths of these people were not the fault of the new policy, but the blind follow-up in various places, illegal businessmen were forgot about profit, and the collusion between Mongolia and other anti-king remnants.

"Actually, the most important point is that you, you are not considering the lack of military preparations, launching the Yunnan War. You are worried that Wu'an's country is too powerful and that it is caused by the forced demolition of the Northern Army." Zhou Wuyou thought mockingly. The ministers in the court were actually the same as Mingjing in their hearts, but everyone has their own group interests behind them, and the group interests drive them to choose their own positions. What everyone is competing at this time is just to see who is more eloquent and who will impress Zhu Yuanzhang more. These chaos are just opportunities for them to attack their opponents.

Politics is dirty. People who play politics are all mortal workers. With them, the streets can be clean. But if someone does not play but treats them with the piety of the people, politics is actually a clean dew that can nurture the people of the world.

Clearing his throat, Zhou Wuyou finally put forward his own point of view.

"Therefore, I think that the key at the moment is not to pursue the pros and cons, but to try to promote profit and eliminate cover and get rid of the current crisis as soon as possible. We are arguing here for a day, and the people are hungry for a day, worry-free and talented, and dare to ask long live to put the dispute down, and my colleagues overcome the difficulties together. Abolishing the new policy will be useless and useless to the people. The most important thing at the moment is not destruction, but construction." The last sentence is a real plain language, and it has been debated for a whole morning, but this vernacular language makes everyone understand and dare not refute it.
Chapter completed!