"Greed...it's all about greed!"

Yang Feng made a qualitative statement about this matter without hesitation.

"Although those civil servants say things like Zi and Kong Yun all day long, they have grown up reading sages of sages, but these people's greed is stronger than anyone else. On the one hand, these people despise money and say that these things are things of Adu, but on the other hand, they are desperately greedy. On the surface, they are honest, but behind their backs, they instruct their family members or servants to open pawnshops, casinos and even lend money to usury, and do a lot of things to bully men and women. Besides, last time I gave you 1.8 million taels of silver after drinking. How could they not be jealous of such a large amount of silver?"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Yang Feng depressedly, "Yang Aiqing, can you not speak so directly? I don't know how to go on."

"Hahaha……"

Yang Feng couldn't help laughing.

"Your Majesty, Confucius said that human nature is good, but Mencius said that human nature is evil. In fact, in the eyes of me, human nature is the most complex. It can do good or evil. But whether it is good or evil, it is a desire, and it must be bound by rules. If any thing does not have rules to bind it, then this desire will inevitably destroy them."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Yang Feng with some admiration and then sighed softly: "Do you know that Yang Aiqing? I and my father were not favored by the emperor's grandfather when they were young. When I was young, I couldn't even see the emperor's grandfather even during festivals. At that time, the emperor only liked King Fu in his heart. He almost got beaten to death in the palace (the attack case). He didn't even care about it, and he didn't even want someone to enlighten me.

My father was the crown prince for 20 years, but finally got into that position, but he died after only one month of emperor. I often wonder what is good about this emperor's position? It is worthy of so many people's salivation. I only realized that this position is difficult after I really become the emperor."

Facing Zhu Youxiao's self-talk, Yang Feng could only respond to silence, and for a moment, there was silence around him. A cold wind blew, and a piece of snow on the pavilion fell to the ground and made a slight clicking sound.

Zhu Youxiao then woke up and smiled at Yang Feng with a little embarrassed look: "Look, why did I say this to you, but I made you laugh."

"No!"

Yang Feng shook his head: "Your Majesty's move is exactly where your true nature lies, and I admire it."

"Okay, let's not talk about these disappointing things, let's talk about some serious business." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said seriously: "Yang Aiqing, the situation in the court is now chaotic, I wonder what I can teach me?" After saying that, Zhu Youxiao stared at Yang Feng with a look of desire in his eyes.

Yang Feng stared at Zhu Youxiao for a while, and saw the serious expression in his eyes, and then said, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the biggest difference between the current situation in the court and the Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzu? If Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzu said the same thing, almost no one dared to object, but if the emperor later did it, there would be many obstacles. Have you ever thought about why?"

"What's this?" Zhu Youxiao pondered for a while before saying: "Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzu were born in the emperor, with a high prestige. No one dared to object to any major matters of the court. Later, no one of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty had such prestige, so they were naturally timid when doing things."

"Your Majesty, you are wrong."

Yang Feng's head shook like a rattle, looking at Zhu Youxiao meaningfully and said, "The reason why the emperors of my descendants of the Ming Dynasty do not have the high prestige of Emperor Chengzu and Emperor Taizu Gao has little to do with the emperor Mazhao, but the current situation in the court is already unbalanced."

"Imbalance?" Zhu Youxiao asked in confusion: "I don't understand what you said."

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's confused look on his face, Yang Feng asked patiently: "Your Majesty, I will ask you one thing. How is the status of a military general today compared to that of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu?"

"this……"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't speak anymore. When Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were in power, the status of military generals was quite high. People with titles were all military generals. At best, civil officials could only follow behind to make a fuss. Comrade Zhu also stipulated that the highest rank of civil officials could only be second-rank, and first-rank officials could only serve as military generals in the future.

Look at the moment, a seventh-rank county magistrate can point to the nose of the second-rank general and curse, saying that if you don’t give you food and grass, you won’t give you food and grass. If you say that you will get stuck, you will get stuck. It is not an exaggeration to say that the status of a military general is not as good as a dog.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's silent appearance, Yang Feng said earnestly: "Your Majesty, the experience of all dynasties tells us that simply focusing on literature or martial arts is not enough. If the Ming Dynasty is compared to one person, then civil servants and military officers are like two legs of a person. If there is any problem on either side, it will make people become cripples. Now the Ming Dynasty has become cripples."

Zhu Youxiao still asked in confusion: "But emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts is the national policy of my Ming Dynasty. When I was studying, my teacher also said that if we do not suppress the military, the disaster of the vassal states of the Tang Dynasty will be immediately in front of us."

Yang Feng glanced at him, and his strong contempt was not concealed at all, which made Zhu Youxiao feel a little unhappy.

"Yang Aiqing, what's wrong with my words?"

"Your Majesty, I dare to ask you, when the Ming Dynasty was founding, Emperor Taizu killed so many generals. Have you ever seen anyone dare to rebel? After Emperor Chengzu's rebellion, so many generals with heavy troops were also removed from military power one by one. Which general dared to rebel? As long as Your Majesty can firmly hold the military power in his hands, they will not dare to rebel with the ten courage of those generals. These are just excuses that those literati came up with to suppress military generals.

I would like to ask again, was the status of civil servants in the former Song Dynasty? At that time, when a soldier had to tattoo characters on his face, the military was also called the thief-mates army, and the literati even shouted the bold words that the song name outside the Donghua Gate was a good man, but what happened later? The two emperors, including thousands of concubines and palace maids, were kidnapped and made cattle and horses by the Jin people, and the princesses who were noble were even raped and killed by the barbaric Jin people. What were the literati doing at that time?

At that time, military generals were commanded by civil servants, and civil servants were just looking at the map and pointed at them all by their preferences. They also set rules and regulations for military generals, and they were not allowed to do this or do that. If they exceeded these rules and regulations, they would be punished even if they won. Do you think this situation is normal? It would be strange if an outsider commands an insider, and it would be undefeated. If such an imperial court does not perish, it would be without the laws of nature?"

Yang Feng said without hesitation, but was not satisfied after he finished speaking, and continued: "Since ancient times, civil officials have governed the local area and expanded the territory of military generals. This is originally natural, but now you can look at the scholars who are in charge of the world and the earth, and in the middle, they are in charge of people shit and fart. I don't understand, who gives them the right?"

These words made Zhu Youxiao's face turn blue and red. To put it bluntly, the reason why civil servants are so rampant is not because emperors of all generations have been used to it. The emperor always thinks that the military power in the hands of military generals is too dangerous and needs to be suppressed at all times. As for literati, it is different. Even if they hold great power, it is no big deal. The old saying goes, scholars cannot rebel for three years, and they are talking about those literati who have no power.

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao's face was not good, Yang Feng sighed lightly and stopped talking. Speaking of which, Zhu Youxiao is only twenty-one years old this year, several years younger than him. At such a young age, at best, in later generations, he is only a sophomore or junior, but now he has to shoulder the burden of a country, which is really a bit difficult for him.

Zhu Youxiao was silent for a while before whispering: "Yang Aiqing, I wonder what you have to teach me about the current government affairs?"

Yang Feng did not answer this question but asked: "Your Majesty, you might as well think about what would they do if Emperor Taizu Gao or Emperor Chengzu were alive?"

Zhu Youxiao said without hesitation: "That's more important, of course they are..."

“What is it?”

Yang Feng looked at Zhu Youxiao with a smile, "Why didn't Your Majesty continue to talk?"

"I...I..." Zhu Youxiao was stuttering and couldn't continue.

"Your Majesty, you can't say it, let me tell you for you." Yang Feng's words revealed a faint evil spirit, "I think that if Taizu or Chengzu were alive and they would only use one way to deal with these literati when they encountered such a situation, that is, killing!"

When Yang Feng said the word "kill", there seemed to be a cold murderous aura around the pavilion.

"It is okay to kill ten people, hundreds of people, thousands of people. Didn't those literati always say they were not afraid of death? Then let's kill until they are afraid!"

"But...but..." Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao felt his hands and feet weak, and said tremblingly: "But...but if he was so bloodthirsty, how would later history books evaluate me? I don't want to be called a tyrant by people in later generations."

"Tyrant?" Yang Feng scoffed at Zhu Youxiao's concern, "Your Majesty, I will ask you one thing. Do you know how many people Emperor Taizu killed in the case of Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang and Lan Yu? I can tell you clearly that Emperor Chengzu killed no less than 100,000 people in these three cases. Emperor Chengzu even killed Fang Xiaoru's ten clans after the Jingnan Dynasty, but so what? Do you think anyone dares to say that Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu are tyrants now? As long as it is for the stability of the Ming Dynasty and for the people of the Ming Dynasty to live a good life, let alone 100,000, just kill a million people?"

"Dang..."

The teacup in Zhu Youxiao's hand could no longer be held and fell on the ground, making a crisp sound.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

At this moment, the eunuch who was originally serving outside heard the sound and ran over, but was drunk by Zhu Youxiao.

"Get back to me, if you dare to come over without my will, you will be killed without mercy!"

"Yang Aiqing!" Zhu Youxiao wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Yang Feng like a monster, "Do you know that if you had just passed this, I'm afraid that the world would have no place to stand."

"Hahaha……"

Yang Feng laughed loudly, and he laughed so hard that he even burst into tears: "Your Majesty, it seems that you still don't understand. Do you think there is still a possibility of reconciliation between me and those Donglin Party members now? I can guarantee that as long as I enter the Ministry of Justice today, I will die in the prison in an unknown way tonight. How shameless are those literati? Do you still use me to teach you?"

Zhu Youxiao looked at Yang Feng deeply and asked meaningfully: "If I want to remove you from office, what will I do?"

"Then the minister will leave." Yang Feng said without hesitation: "Wei ministers were originally from overseas and were originally an official who had entered the army with a heart to serve the Ming Dynasty. If the Ming Dynasty could not tolerate the ministers, then we would leave."

After hearing Yang Feng's words, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head. Yang Feng's speech was so frank that he was speechless. But why did he admire him so much? Isn't he honest enough?

Zhu Youxiao sat quietly in the place and thought hard. Time passed little by little. After two quarters of an hour, his eyes slowly became brighter. Then he suddenly stood up and shouted to Yang Feng: "I remember what I said to you. I know what I should do, but now things are all over the place, and I don't know where to start."

After looking at Zhu Youxiao for a while, Yang Feng suddenly laughed: "Your Majesty, don't worry, since Your Majesty has the determination to revive the Ming Dynasty, then I will definitely assist Your Majesty wholeheartedly and let the banner of our Ming Dynasty shock the world again!"

"Okay... let's just say that!" Zhu Youxiao and Yang Feng looked at each other, and the two laughed.

After such a heart-to-heart talk, the two felt that their tacit understanding was much better.

At this moment, an eunuch hurried over and reported not far away: "Report to Your Majesty, someone sent something outside the palace, saying that it was sent by Lord Yang. The servants saw that they had never seen this thing before, so they dared not make decisions without authorization, so they came to ask Your Majesty for instructions."

"Oh, Your Majesty, this is something that I have brought." Before Zhu Youxiao could speak, Yang Feng interrupted, "This thing was presented to the queen and all the empresses in the palace to relieve them. You will definitely like it when you see it."

"Oh... there is still this?" Zhu Youxiao had just finished talking with Yang Feng, and when he was in a good mood, he waved his hand: "I'll send the things to Kunning Palace, and I'll go with you to see what my dear sent to Zitong."

When the two of them arrived at Kunning Palace, they found a rectangular thing placed in the main hall of Kunning Palace. This thing looked extremely exquisitely made of non-gold and non-silver, and the surface was extremely smooth like an exquisite mirror. Seven or eight concubines from Zhu Youxiao surrounded this thing and were amazed. After seeing Zhu Youxiao and Yang Feng come in, they surrounded him.

"Your Majesty, what is this?"

"Your Majesty, tell me, what is this?"
Chapter completed!