After Zhang Yanling asked Zhu Houzhao to sit down, he made tea himself and served it. Zhu Houzhao picked up the tea cup to drink, but saw Zhang Yanling standing there motionless, so he laughed and said, "Uncle, why don't you sit down? Don't be formal. This is your home."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "I am not being cautious, I am waiting for the emperor's reprimand."
Zhu Houzhao asked strangely: "Why should I reprimand you?"
Zhang Yanling said: "I am in good health, but I did not go to pick him up today, which is embarrassing for the emperor. I also walked away from Jiujiang Mansion. Isn't the emperor angry and annoyed in his heart? I guess there must be people around the emperor who say that I don't take the emperor seriously.
Here, it is said that I am proud of myself and have ulterior motives. Is there no grudge in your heart? Doesn’t the emperor want to say something to you?"
Zhu Houzhao did not expect Zhang Yanling to be so direct. Before entering the study and taking a sip of tea, Zhang Yanling directly raised such a sharp topic. So straightforward, so frank, without any mincing words.
"My uncle really thinks that I will be angry with my uncle because of these things? Don't I know who in the Ming Dynasty court is the one who truly protects me? Who rescued me from trouble in Dushi City? Who saved me several times?
Save the Ming Dynasty from crisis? Even if my uncle is here
During overseas operations, I also recommended key figures and put down Zhu Chenhao's rebellion. I'm not deaf, blind or stupid, so how could I not know all this. In my whole life, I have only respect for my uncle, without the slightest resentment." Zhu Houzhao said softly.
He said, his words were extremely sincere.
Zhang Yanling nodded slightly, and Zhu Houzhao was also very direct. His words were also very sincere and direct. Zhang Yanling believed that he was sincere, at least at this moment.
"I came to see my uncle because I wanted to calm him down and reassure him. I will never have any bad thoughts because of other people's words. I know who is loyal and who is traitorous, and who is true.
People who are good to me." Zhu Houzhao continued.
Zhang Yanling breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "The emperor can say this, I am very touched and happy. I am not taking credit for being arrogant and deliberately embarrassing the emperor. I am just... just..."
Zhang Yanling didn't know how to express what was in her heart. Some words were easy to say, but once they were spoken, there was no room for maneuver.
"Uncle, I know what you are thinking. You think I have not learned my lesson and acted ridiculously. In Jiujiang Mansion, I defended Jiang Bin, which made my uncle feel angry. Maybe my uncle has begun to be disappointed with me, right?"
Zhu Houzhao spoke his innermost thoughts for Zhang Yanling.
Zhang Yanling looked at Zhu Houzhao's young and pale face. His skin and flesh were a little flabby due to excessive drinking. He was only a few years older than Zhu Houzhao, but Zhu Houzhao looked even older than himself.
Zhu Houzhao is actually very smart. He actually understands everything, but his behavior is so absurd. He always makes some strange and absurd actions. I don't know what he is thinking in his heart.
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"Uncle, today I will reveal my feelings to your uncle. I don't care if others misunderstand me, but I can't let my uncle misunderstand me. The reason why I went on a personal expedition this time is definitely not to take away the merits of my subordinates. Wang Shouren and Zhang Yin's counterinsurgency
I will never forget your merits. I have appointed Wang Shou
Ren is the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi and has been entrusted with important tasks. I know that he is a talented person and will not ignore his achievements. As for Zhang Yin, I heard that you want him to be appointed as the governor of the seaport of Malacca, and I will do it. I am not stupid.
, knowing that they are all loyal ministers and good generals, of course we must reuse them."
Zhang Yanling sighed and said: "Your Majesty..."
"Uncle, listen to me. Since I want to say it, I will simply say it without any reservation. In case uncle will be confused about me. In the past eight years since I came to the throne, rebellions and famines have continued. I am actually very helpless. You can even say
I am innocent. I ask myself that I have never done anything harmful to the country, why do these things happen to me?
I feel extremely pressured. The reason why I personally fought against Zhu Chenhao this time was to save some face. I am not afraid to speak out directly. I know that everyone in the Ming Dynasty is very dissatisfied with me. I have to do this.
I don’t want people to scold me behind my back. I know this is a bit ridiculous, but I have no choice but to make this decision.”
Zhu Houzhao became excited, and before Zhang Yanling could speak, he continued: "They all said that it was me who messed up the country. It was me who was stupid and incompetent, and the Ming Dynasty became what it is today. They all said that the late emperor
how
What kind of diligence, what kind of prosperity was there before I came to the throne. As soon as I came to the throne, the Ming Dynasty was in chaos, and the people had no way to live. I don’t know how to explain it. I only know that since the day I came to the throne, the finances have been in serious deficit.
, the imperial court was already starved of food, and its fiscal and tax revenue could not make ends meet. I only know that the late emperor gave countless acres of land and fields to his ministers. The former emperor was generous, and he rewarded others with tens of thousands of acres of land and fields.
Fertile land. In the hands of my father, my Ming Dynasty has already suffered a serious deficit and cannot collect much tax. It would be better for my father to give up and go back, leaving me with a mess. All of this will be put on my head.
Is it fair?”
Zhang Yanling opened his mouth, but found that he could not refute. The land rewards given to nobles and officials during the Hongzhi period were the most crazy and exaggerated. Emperor Hongzhi used random rewards to gain his good reputation and the praise of the court. Others were
I don't feel bad for Zaimai Tian, but what Emperor Hongzhi did did made Zhu Houzhao face a difficult situation after he came to the throne.
Not to mention anything else, the land awarded to the Zhang family by Emperor Hongzhi alone amounted to more than 100,000 acres. Other nobles even took advantage of Emperor Hongzhi's unrestrained behavior in asking nobles to ask for a large amount of money.
Land. The Hongzhi Dynasty was the most rapid and crazy dynasty of land annexation in the Ming Dynasty. The weakness and turmoil of the Ming Dynasty were the root of the disaster he laid.
To a certain extent, Zhu Houzhao is indeed a person who takes the blame. The Ming Dynasty he inherited was already experiencing serious financial and tax deficits, serious land annexation, and a large number of farmers went bankrupt. Perhaps Zhu Youtang did not subjectively want to give himself
The son left a mess. But after his sudden death, objectively speaking, he left his son with a crisis-ridden country.
What's more terrible is that his sudden death forced the young Zhu Houzhao to face the powerful and expanding desire for power of the outer court, and had to face a dangerous situation of decentralization.
"...Since I came to the throne, they have never respected me or looked down upon me. Liu Jian thanked them and looked down on me from the bottom of his heart. They compared me with the late emperor, and I was put in the same category by them.
You have also seen how they treated me. They never regarded me as a real person.
The true emperor, they just want to control me. Those people in the outer court regard me as a joke. Even now, Yang Ting and them think so, and I understand. They have spread so many bad things about me. Hehe, I just happened to
I want to make them feel uncomfortable, so I have to do something to disgust them.
They want me to be at their mercy like my father, treat them respectfully like a student, and dream of their big dreams. I want to open a brothel in the palace, go out on tour, not go to court, and don’t listen.
Their lectures on Jingyan are useless. I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and they want to control me.
That is wishful thinking. And because of this, they go around talking bad about me and blaming everything on me. In short, all the bad things that happen to me in Da Ming are my fault. What they do is
Is it the duty of a minister? Is it fair to me?" Zhu Houzhao said angrily, waving his arms.
"In my opinion, they are just doing it for their own interests. It is not for the country, the country, and the Ming Dynasty as they say. I just don't fit in with the emperor in their minds. I can just listen to their mercy. , there can’t be anything out of line. It’s unreasonable. I just don’t do what they want.”
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"Is the turmoil in King Anhua my fault? King Anhua has been preparing for rebellion for many years. He had the intention to rebel before I ascended the throne. King Ning also prepared for many years. Liu Liu and Liu Qi rebelled. , it’s not because there is no land to farm, it’s the hidden danger left by the late emperor, and I have to take responsibility for it. In short, everything is my fault. I am the emperor, but in the hearts of some people, I am the number one in the world. Sinner, is this fair to me?"
"These people are preaching sanctimoniously one by one, but if I really want to solve the problem, they will scream louder than anyone else. They shout all day long about the loss of money and the suffering of the people. If I ask them to hand over their fields, I am afraid that they will be killed. My Qianqing Palace was overthrown. I asked them to spend money to save the people, but none of them were willing. It was all just words. I have seen through them."
"Of course I did something wrong. I know my fault. My biggest mistake was mistrusting Liu Jin. But I didn't tolerate it when I killed Liu Jin. I never thought that Liu Jin, a thief, could have such a big influence. I had the courage to attack the late emperor. I have felt guilty for this for a long time. But those people who usually had a fierce fight with Liu Jin, they left it clean afterwards, but what did they do before the matter was exposed? Before the crime was exposed, who knew Liu Jin Did you do something treasonous? Is it fair to accuse me and laugh at me afterwards?"
"I really want to make the Ming Dynasty stronger and solve all the existing shortcomings. Otherwise, I would not have agreed to let Liu Jin do farming and land administration. I also want to solve these long-standing disadvantages. It's just that Liu Jin, a thief, has failed me. It's just trust. If I didn't want to make the Ming Dynasty stronger, how could I agree to your suggestion and open the sea ban. Allow you to go to sea and compete with the Folangji people for maritime trade routes. You know, this is also the point where they attack me. Say I open it The sea ban is against the will of our ancestors. Even after you went to sea, people continued to mention this."
"Uncle, I have never felt safe in my heart. At night, I dream about Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others forcing me to agree to kill Liu Jin and others, threatening to make me abdicate. How can I not be afraid? I have no choice but to do so. Reuse some people who are loyal to me, such as Jiang Bin. I give him power and regard him as my guardian and the hand to exercise power on my behalf. Of course I have to protect them. They are my loyal dogs. At least they will not do anything to me. He barked at me. Uncle, you think I shouldn't indulge Jiang Bin, but from my perspective, shouldn't I protect these canine teeth to make myself safer? I don't want the situation in my nightmare to happen. Keeping Jiang Bin is not against you, but to prevent others. I must have someone caring about me so that I can sleep peacefully."
Zhu Houzhao spoke generously and spoke from the bottom of his heart. Zhang Yanling looked at his excited face and frowned, with mixed feelings in her heart.
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