() Slowly, Zhong Jinwei’s voice became more and more hoarse as he spoke. He wanted to drink some water to moisten his throat, but he couldn’t see the cup. He also saw that the two audience members were listening intently, so he had to endure it and continue speaking, but in the end,
He couldn't stand it anymore and said, "Your Majesty, can you give me a glass of water to moisten your throat?"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little embarrassed and said to Wang Chengen: "Quickly make Mr. Zhong a cup of my favorite fish hook tea." Taking advantage of this time, Zhong Jinwei asked: "I wonder what your majesty thinks of what I said?
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Emperor Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said: "Everything sounds incredible, but when you think about it, it makes sense. I grew up in the palace, and what I see, hear, and think about are not beyond this scope. My teacher, give me
What I explain are also ancient sage books. Sir, you not only know the future trend of the country, but also know the way to make the country strong in future generations. Please teach me." After saying that, he gave a rare speech to Zhong Jinwei. In fact, Chongzhen
The emperor has always been very studious, but most of his teachers were Donglin Party members, and none of them were good at teaching him;
Zhong Jinwei quickly said: "Don't dare to take it, don't take it, let's discuss it together." He lowered his head slightly and pondered for a moment, then raised his head and asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, what do you think of the grassroots group?"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was slightly startled and said: "My people, I love them and cherish them." Zhong Jinwei smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I am a very down-to-earth person, so I don't want to say nice things to you.
Just say whatever is on your mind, please don’t take offense.”
Emperor Chongzhen said hurriedly: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I'm very happy about it."
With these words, Zhong Jinwei said: "Your Majesty, judging from the historical events that followed, in your heart, you have not raised the grassroots, that is, the common people to a high level of understanding. In Chinese history, there was an emperor who
I have a deep understanding. Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty said that water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. That is to say, ordinary people can support a country, and they can also subvert a country; in other words, ordinary people are like lambs, without any power, they can kill
It is easy to kill even a group of common people without any resistance. But under certain conditions, common people can become unruly people. It is easy to kill one person, but what about killing a group or more? For example, a group of people can become unruly people.
The hardness of an arrow makes it easy to break, and the hardness of two arrows is also easy, but what about the hardness of a bundle of arrows? At present, the country can actually be divided into three groups. "
Speaking of this, Zhong Jinwei wanted to draw a picture with a pen, but he immediately realized that he had no conditions, so he had to continue preaching: "The three groups of common people, scholar-officials, and emperors, it seems that someone said that the scholar-officials and the emperor rule the world together. The interests of the scholar-officials and the emperor are relatively close.
, and the common people; the best situation is that the interests of the common people, the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor compromise with each other and reach an agreement. This is when the country is strong. The general situation is that the interests of the common people and the emperor compromise with each other, and the interests of the common people are compromised.
Interests conflict; and in the worst case, when the interests of ordinary people, scholar-bureaucrats, and emperors all conflict fiercely with each other, the world will often be in turmoil and dynasties will change."
At this time, the tea came, and Zhong Jinwei didn't care whether it was hot or not. He moistened his throat first, and then continued: "On the surface, the power of the grassroots people is the weakest. The reason is that the grassroots group is too large to coordinate.
When a voice speaks, it will be coordinated under certain conditions. When a voice speaks, it will burst out with its powerful power. When it really can't survive, it will start to burst out a voice to beg for survival. If it is not handled properly
, if this forming condition is not cut off, one day it will form an overwhelming force and overthrow everything; Zhu Yuan, ah, no, the Taizu of this dynasty is the strongest representative of this kind of force. Now, according to my
Understand, it has gradually reached a period of fierce conflict between the common people, the scholar-bureaucrats, and the emperor." After saying this, Zhong Jinwei paused and looked at Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen had been deep in thought and did not speak. Wang Chengen beside him couldn't help but
He asked, "How can you see it?"
Zhong Jinwei smiled and said: "Look, I analyze it like this. The interests of ordinary people are just to survive, which is very simple; while the interests of scholar-bureaucrats are to seek wealth, and to serve as officials for thousands of miles just for wealth. Where does the wealth come from? In addition,
Two groups come up, namely the common people and the emperor. I don’t need to explain more about the oppression of the common people. How about the emperor seeking wealth? The emperor is the country. It turns out that the emperor wants to maintain such a large family.
Taxes also come from the common people, but the scholar-bureaucrats stepped in at this time and cut off the taxes that should be collected by the emperor. The more they were cut off, the more they were collected. In the end, conflict with the emperor was inevitable. "
Wang Chengen interrupted: "Impossible!"
Zhong Jinwei said: "Impossible, then let me ask you, since the establishment of this dynasty until now, the economic development has been in terms of goods and the population is increasing. Has the tax collected by the state treasury increased and is it directly proportional to the economy?
The proportion of relationships? Even if there are more and more places to spend money, are there more and more taxes other than land taxes?"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but secretly said: "What I lack is money!!" Wang Chengen glanced at Emperor Chongzhen from the side, and then said: "Sir, how can you solve it?" Thinking of Emperor Chongzhen
Di du called you sir, please change your words quickly.
Zhong Jinwei turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, I have a solution, but it requires your Majesty's great courage to implement it. I am willing to be the Shang Yangling of ancient times and realize your Majesty's wish to enrich the country and strengthen the army."
Emperor Chongzhen looked a little excited. He is a young man. He is only 20 years old. From hearing that he was going to be the king of a subjugated country, to being able to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and revive the Ming Dynasty, there is no one who is not excited. Emperor Chongzhen said: "Okay, no matter how difficult it is,
I am determined to reform it."
Although Zhong Jinwei didn't want to spoil the fun, he still reminded him: "Your Majesty, many of the ancestral rules are out of date. You may have to violate them?"
Emperor Chongzhen said: "We do extraordinary things in extraordinary times!" After a pause, Emperor Chongzhen said again: "Zhong Jinwei, I confer you the title of..." He paused again, although according to Zhong Jinwei, he was almost the first person to be elected.
, But in this dynasty, it is nothing. His origin is still unknown and cannot be explained clearly. If you want to ban him all at once, the ministers outside will not make a fuss. Thinking of this, I can't help but feel depressed.
When Zhong Jinwei saw Emperor Chongzhen's posture, he immediately understood. Moreover, he himself was not willing to stand out. It was like playing games with him. He liked to seduce people from behind. There was no other way. He didn't have the strength to rush in front. Anyone who has played games knows that
, you need good equipment to fight head-on with monsters, and a good weapon like a spy behind you is enough. Zhong Jinwei took the initiative to speak, and said: "Your Majesty, I don't want to be an official, I will give you an idea, you can implement it after you weigh it.
"After saying this, he added a flattery: "In this way, His Majesty appears to be wise and powerful!" After hearing this, Wang Chengen secretly said in his heart: "You also say that he is a real person, but he is just an old cunning person."
Emperor Chongzhen was in a dilemma about how to confer Zhong into the Guard. After hearing what he said, he weighed it again and said, "Okay, but if you do things for me, I must reward you." Finally, he thought to himself: You don't do it for me.
Official, what do you want to do? You don't want my position? So, he asked again: "You help me and don't ask for an official position. What can I reward you for?"
After listening to this, Zhong Jinwei didn't understand the worry hidden in Emperor Chongzhen's words. He directly said from his own heart: "Your Majesty, my experience may be the only one in the world, which is equivalent to two lifetimes. As a descendant,
I very much hope that the Chinese nation, oh, the Han people, can avoid the tragic hundreds of years of future generations, and not be bullied by the Western world, so that the Han people can always stand in front of world civilization on this earth. And in my lifetime, I can travel around the world,
See the whole world." After saying that, I secretly added something in my mind: I don't want my children and grandchildren to learn English so hard anymore, hehe, let the whole world learn Chinese which is a headache.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he thought, oh, it turns out he likes to travel around. Just ask for anything. Oh, I actually want to go out and see the world outside the Forbidden City!
Zhong Jinwei spoke again: "However, Your Majesty, I also have a few requests. I hope Your Majesty can agree to them."
Emperor Chongzhen said: "Okay, you say."
"First, my words and deeds may seem a little unbelievable to you and them, and may not be in line with the rules. I hope your majesty will understand." Zhong Jinwei pointed to Wang Chengen and the outside when he said this. The reason why I say this again is because I did it myself.
The Achilles’ heel of this era will probably be attacked more often in the future, so the emperor needs to be reminded more. After Emperor Chongzhen nodded, Zhong Jinwei continued: “Second, if this era is different from my history, it’s not because I want to do it intentionally.
I'm deceiving Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty can tolerate it." Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Hmm," and I can't force this if I don't force it. Zhong Jinwei said again: "Three, my writing at that time was very different from what it is now. I won't hide it from Your Majesty.
"I guess I can't understand ancient books at all. Can you help me get a secretary? The secretary is the one who helps me read and understand words, pour tea and water, and communicate." Wang Chengen couldn't help but roll his eyes after hearing this.
, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I guess Mr. Zhong is a storyteller." Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile and said: "This, sir, I don't need to ask for it, I can arrange it myself."
Zhong Jinwei was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would send a eunuch to spend time with him day and night. He couldn't help but think of the beautiful classical little sister he had just met. She was gentle and virtuous, hardworking and capable, and easily frightened. He was a little nervous, and after a while he said: "Your Majesty, can you, can you let that
The palace maid Archie will be my book boy."
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen laughed and said, "You have fallen in love with my palace maid so quickly. A Qi is quite clever and handy." Then he turned to Wang Chengen and said, "Let the palace maid A Qi come in."
Wang Chengen went to the door and called in Aqi, who was waiting on the side. After Aqi came in, he knelt down to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "I would like to greet you, Your Majesty." Emperor Chongzhen meowed Zhong Jinwei, who had red ears, and said, "I give you to Zhongzhen.
Sir, please serve him well from now on and don't neglect him."
Archie lowered his head, unable to see any reaction, and said, "Yes."
After Emperor Chongzhen made arrangements, he seemed not to notice Zhong Jinwei's blushing face and said, "Mr. Zhong, do you have any other requests?" At this time, Zhong Jinwei's brain was no longer functioning well. He said, "It's gone for the time being. I can't remember."
Emperor Chongzhen said: "Tell me when you remember it, sir. I still have memorials to deal with today, and I will see you tomorrow. My dear companion, go to the study room."
After saying that, Emperor Chongzhen left with his men, leaving the palace maid Aqi standing alone on one side. On the other side, there was also a time-traveling man: Zhong Jinwei.