Chapter 526 Is Chongzhen a good emperor?

Gu Yanwu was blushed when Li Chaosheng asked, and his eyes were wide open and said, "The way of heaven is unfair!"

"Haha...What's injustice? I told the way of heaven that hard work will bring you the rewards. The people of Lantian have worked hard. The officials of Lantian are serious and responsible. The troops of Lantian are in charge of the country and the people of Lantian are safe and safe. It is precisely because everyone in Lantian is making efforts and constantly striving for the happy life of the people of Lantian that the prosperity of Lantian is today. In other places in the Ming Dynasty, officials were corrupt and powerful, and the army was worse than bandits. Is he worthy of enjoying peace in such a place? According to your idea, the people of other places can enjoy the results without doing anything. You should not sit in front of me today, but should sit in front of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and offer suggestions to them, because their ideas are the same as you."

"But they sacrificed the interests of landlords, powerful people, rich peasants, and self-cultivated farmers to meet the needs of their bandits. You are sitting in the Lantian County Government, and openly sacrificing the interests of Lantian to save the corrupt Ming Dynasty. You said that you are different from Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, you are sacrificing the interests of others and achieving yourself. But did you fight for the interests of these people?"

"You have never made even a slight contribution to the people of Lantian, but you are shamelessly saying that Lantian sacrifices interests and saves others. Do you think you, Gu Yanwu, are you noble or damaged?"

Li Chaosheng said mercilessly, and Huang Zongxi sighed again: "The way of heaven reduces the excess and makes up for the shortcomings. The way of man reduces the deficiency, and the way of man depends on the excess. Don't be angry at the county magistrate. Brother Zhongqing just has a heart to serve the country with his heart, not really wanting to be an enemy of Lantian."

Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "This is right. Actually, I know he didn't do it on purpose. If this is true, it would not be me who talked to him today, but Lantian's swordsman."

"Hmph, for the sake of justice, Mr. Gu He Xi died?"

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Yanwu and smiled and said, "You are right, but your righteousness cannot stand. I'll tell you something."

"It is not a secret that Lantian has a high yield of sweet potatoes. Lantian has never wanted to hide privately. This sweet potato can be kept by itself. If we sell sweet potatoes, it is equivalent to selling sweet potato seedlings. Nearby Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, we sell sweet potatoes out, and we even sell sweet potato seedlings out at one point."

"What's the result? Self-cultivated farmers think that sweet potatoes are fresh varieties. They are not sure and dare not buy them. Although they cannot control wheat, millet, and sorghum, they cannot starve to death. They dare not try it. The powerful people have a mistake, but in order to control the tenant farmers, they slander sweet potatoes, which makes the tenant farmers dare not plant them."

"There are grain merchants from all over the country who make money from the national crisis. How can they make abundant food in various places? If the food is abundant, how can they make money? So they join forces with local landlords and do not allow the people to grow sweet potatoes. Tenants will also take care of them. If the self-cultivating farmers dare to grow sweet potatoes, they will be excluded by the landlords and villagers. In this era, they are excluded by villages and ethnic groups. How can you let this person live?"

"So we Lantian have tried our best. Our Lantian is not the parents of other people in the Ming Dynasty. We cannot care about their food, drink, defecation and sensation. For high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, we do not hide our own personalities, and we are even willing to sell sweet potato seedlings and share such strategically important materials. Our Lantian has done its best. If you still ask Lantian to do more, I will just say that it is impossible."

"We Lantian people have a saying that the wealth and stability of Lantian is the business of the young man in Lantian, the wealth and stability of Shaanxi is the business of the young man in Shaanxi, and the wealth and stability of Sichuan is the business of the young man in Sichuan. We can do our own things by ourselves, and we can only do ourselves well, but we cannot change others. This sentence is for you."

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Yanwu. Gu Yanwu looked lonely when he heard this and said, "The Ming Dynasty is so declining, but Lantian is prosperous and rich. Does the county magistrate really have the heart to watch the world collapse so much?"

Li Chaosheng heard this and smiled and said, "The Emperor of the Capital is worried about the Ming Dynasty. I, Li Chaosheng, are just a county magistrate, but I can't control the Ming Dynasty."

Gu Yanwu heard this and said, "Didn't the county lord think of replacing it?"

After hearing this, Huang Zongxi's eyes widened. Gu Yanwu, you are too brave. Do you dare to say anything?

Gu Zi also looked at Gu Yanwu strangely. There are not many people in the world who dare to ask the county magistrate like this. Gu Yanwu is one, which is interesting.

Li Chaosheng didn't say much after hearing Gu Yanwu's words, but smiled and said, "Our Majesty is actually working very hard. I don't want to attack him in the process of his efforts to make this huge empire better."

"What does the county master mean?"

Gu Yanwu asked afterwards, and Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "Have you ever heard such a rumor that if Chongzhen is not dead, Lantian will not rebel?"

Gu Yanwu heard this and said, "Have you heard it?"

Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "This is my promise to Your Majesty. If anyone is interested, it can be seen that Lantian has never used force to expand anyway. The expansion of our territory in Lantian is always promoted by the people, so I have never taken the initiative to fight against the Ming Dynasty. This is also my promise to Your Majesty and a shackle I put on myself. If I want to sweep the world with force, I am afraid that no one in the world can stop my Lantian Bing Peak."

After hearing this, Gu Yanwu was silent and looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "The county magistrate does not rebel against His Majesty. Do you want to be Cao Cao or Huo Guang?"

Li Chaosheng laughed at this and said, "I have asked me about this."

Gu Yanwu looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Who is it?"

Li Chaosheng smiled slightly and said, "A eunuch named Cao Huachun."

Gu Yanwu frowned slightly: "How do you answer the county lord?"

"I, Lantian, are not the endorsement of the Ming Dynasty, but the successor of the Ming Dynasty."

Gu Yanwu was stunned. The county lord wanted the Ming Dynasty to collapse on its own, and then sweep away the rebels in the world, set things right, and inherit the Ming Dynasty?

Li Chaosheng smiled and said, "How?"

Gu Yanwu shook his head and said, "The county master has to wait. Although the Ming Dynasty is in turmoil, it is not yet time to collapse. And now the bandits in the world have disappeared. Only the only one who can threaten the Ming Dynasty is Liaodong Jiannu. However, Jiannu is a small country with few people. Although he can fight, it does not last long. If you want to swallow the Ming Dynasty, it is unrealistic. Although the Ming Dynasty is corrupt, it should not be a problem to support it for decades. Can the county master wait for so long?"

Li Chaosheng smiled and said nothing after hearing Gu Yanwu's words. If the Ming Dynasty could really last for decades, Li Chaosheng would definitely not be able to wait, but Li Chaosheng knew that the Ming Dynasty is now, and it has been twelve years since Chongzhen. If nothing unexpected happens, Emperor Chongzhen has not had a few years of life.

You should know that just yesterday Li Chaosheng received a telegram from Li Shichao. The content of the telegram was very simple, that is, Li Zicheng was preparing to use the rise of the Yellow River to encircle the dam next year and prepare to flood Kaifeng. Once Kaifeng Prefecture is flooded, there will definitely be millions of victims. Li Zicheng will take the opportunity to cause trouble. This time, Li Zicheng will shout that desensive slogan, eating his mother, drinking his mother, and not paying food when the King of Breaking comes.

As a result, thousands of people who were forced by the Ming officials and gentry to have no way out would become fans of the King of Chuang and began to attack cities and villages to overthrow the vast Ming Dynasty.

So Gu Yanwu thinks that the Ming Dynasty can last for more than ten years is a big deal. The Ming Dynasty does not have that long lifespan. The Ming Dynasty will only have seven or eight years of life left at most. After seven or eight years, Lantian will be even stronger. At that time, King Chuang killed Chongzhen for him, so that he could let Li Chuang roll out of the capital and eventually become the master of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Chaosheng is very confident about this. After all, there are many people under Li Chuang who are infiltrated. Have you been dormant in Lantian for many years?

No, although Li Chaosheng was born in Lantian over the years, he has set up a big chess game in the world. When Li Chaosheng needs it, he waves his hand and it will be a response from the world. At that time, Li Chaosheng may only take a very short time to make the world return.

So what Gu Yanwu said was impossible to achieve. The Ming Dynasty was not as firm as Gu Yanwu thought. The empire's worms had corrupted the seemingly rock-solid empire, and the Ming Dynasty was about to reach the end of his life.

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Yanwu and said, "Lan Tian is a kind and righteous army. If Your Majesty can really revive the Ming Dynasty, or if Your Majesty can maintain the Ming Dynasty, I, Li Chaosheng, are willing to wait, and we, Lantian, are willing to wait. Even if Your Majesty can make people in the world happier than Lantian, then I am willing to resign and incorporate Lantian into the Ming Dynasty again."

Gu Yanwu looked at Li Chaosheng and said, "Is the county master willing?"

Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "Why don't you want to let go? My original intention is to make peace in the world and the people can live a good life. As a result, I found that the whole world is her mother's bastard and vampire bastard, so I didn't want to play with them anymore, so I came out to serve as the magistrate of Lantian County. Then I tried my best to manage Lantian County so that the people could have food and clothes to wear so that they would not die of cold and starvation. Then I would protect the land and settle the house, so that they would not be disturbed by foreign enemies, so that they could do what they wanted to do on this land and truly become the owner of this land!"

"If our Majesty can really make the people live and work in peace and contentment without being bullied by foreign enemies, and everyone will live a life of the people of Lantian, what can I count on my personal gains and losses? I am willing to send Lantian back to him, but can he do it?"

Li Chaosheng looked at Gu Yanwu and said, Gu Yanwu was silent for a moment after hearing this, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty does not know how to govern the people, but he is a good emperor."

Li Chaosheng laughed and said, "What are the standards for a good emperor you are talking about?"

Gu Yanwu was dumbfounded by Li Chaosheng, yes, what is the standard of a good emperor?

Li Chaosheng continued: "Is it because of the two trusted officials in the court who did not charge business taxes from merchants, and they were determined to increase taxes from the people, forcing the people to sell their children and daughters, or even die of cold and hunger?"

"This, Your Majesty doesn't understand businessmen, this..."

Gu Yanwu wanted to say something, but saw Li Chaosheng saying, "It was his confidant Yuan Chonghuan who pacified Liao in the fifth year, and allowed Yuan Chonghuan to come to the Hu in Liaodong, kill Mao Wenlong, open up the road to stolen the country for you gentry in Jiangnan, and transport the food and grass to Liaodong to sell it to Jiannu?"

Gu Yanwu:...

"Yes, Is there an emperor who is suspicious but has no plans, and I follow the crowd. Is there an emperor who is virtuous but cannot use it?"

"Yes, the emperor who is selfish and selfish, and who would rather be robbed by Jiannu and leave 100,000 people than pursue him?"

"Why, is the emperor who is mean and ruthless, who ignores the meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials' meritorious officials

"Xiang Yu has Fan Zeng but cannot be used, Chongzhen has Lu Xiangsheng but cannot be used. Do you think that if this good emperor in your mind is really what you said, will Lu Xiangsheng be beheaded by the capital?"

"The treacherous and slanderous court did not kill him. The only capable and loyal minister was beheaded by Caishikou. Could this be the golden belt of killing and setting fire, repairing bridges and roads without corpses? Hahaha..."

Li Chaosheng laughed loudly, making Gu Yanwu laugh. Huang Zongxi was speechless and lowered his head, saying that others might have something to argue, but Lu Xiangsheng, he really had nothing to say.

Lu Xiangsheng is noble in the hearts of thousands of students, and his reputation among the Qingliu is also top-notch. His death made too many people feel angry and made too many people lose confidence in this dynasty.

Lu Xiangsheng's death can be regarded as a falling apart for this dynasty.

Li Chaosheng looked at the two men who had been holding their heads up since they came in and finally lowered their noble heads. He couldn't help but smile. Don't underestimate these two scholars. Although they looked polite and even a little submissive after they came in, the arrogant look in their eyes and the expression of being a child of the Kong family in their bones, you are a shameless warlord, is undoubtedly revealed.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang once said, although Liu Bowen knelt in front of our house, we could feel that he looked down on our house from the bottom of his bones.

Although Huang Zongxi, especially Gu Yanwu, did not reveal anything in his words and deeds, Li Chaosheng could feel the sense of distance and the superiority of the two of them as soon as he entered the door, the sense of superiority of the scholar, and the sense of superiority of the scholar, although we had no political achievements, I felt that I could take on a great responsibility.

Everyone thought they were Zhuge Liang. Although they had never been an official, they could manage the affairs of a country as soon as they became an official.

Li Chaosheng was very disdainful of their behavior and distrustful of their abilities. After all, if they really had the ability to reverse the world, it would be impossible for them to have such a strong mark in history as the two of them.

Therefore, Li Chaosheng wanted to kill them and make them feel frustrated, so that they could be trained.

Thinking of this, Li Chaosheng looked at the two of them and made a summary speech: "The good or bad of the emperor is never judged by private morality. He Chongzhen is a saving, but he lets the people live in dire straits, so he is a bad emperor, just like the Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, who you all highly respect. If you look at this wise king as a template, he is just a bastard who kills his brother and bullies his father. Just like Emperor Yongle of this dynasty, he is very shameful as an uncle who bullies Jianwen's orphan and widowed mother, but no one can deny that he is a qualified emperor, so do you still think Chongzhen is a good emperor? Gu Yanwu!"

I am sunny and become a foreigner, with a high fever and a split headache. Everyone should protect themselves.

Too uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)
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