The next day was September 19th, and Lao Zhu issued another order: using Concubine Lu's illness as an excuse, he asked Yunwen to return to the palace to take care of his mother. This was tantamount to giving up his errand. But for Yunxi, Lao Zhu did not.
While still in charge of the military attache's appointment assessment, he was also asked to take charge of the Ministry of Accounts' follow-up matters regarding maintaining the credit of Baobao. At this time, even the most cautious people confirmed that Lao Zhu planned to appoint Yunxi as his successor.
The grandson of the emperor.
Well, now the civil service departments except the Ministry of War are no longer in the mood to work. In fact, the people in the Ministry of War are not in the mood either, but they have Yunxi watching over them, so they have to work hard and dare not slack off. And this time it is the most serious.
Yunxi's performance, not only in recent times, but also in the past, shows that he does not attach much importance to Confucianism and civil servants. Of course, Yunxi also said that he would govern the country with Confucianism and rule the world with half of the Analects.
Yes, but the vast majority of civil servants are not stupid. They will look at the essence through the phenomenon, and of course they can see that Yunxi does not attach much importance to civil servants.
Even if Yunxi did not dare to go against Confucianism, to be precise it was Zhu Xi's point of view, it did not mean that he valued civil servants; the latter point was the focus of all civil servants. Everyone thought that after the reign of Lao Zhu, things would be like history
Just like other dynasties, the other dynasties they refer to refer to the Song Dynasty. The second generation of monarchs will change from military to civil, but this does not seem to be the case in this dynasty.
No, after work that day, the three most important scholars in the contemporary Ming Dynasty, Liu Sanwu, Bao Xun and Wu Chen, gathered again at Liu Sanwu's house and sighed.
Liu Sanwu said: "The Third Highness likes martial arts and hates literature, and he also advocates the ritual of enfeoffment. If he succeeds to the throne in the future, it will not be a blessing to us civil servants."
Bao Xun continued: "However, we have no reason to object to His Highness the Third Prince being the crown prince. His Highness is the legitimate son and grandson. He is the most orthodox heir in the world and the heir most in line with the ethics of society. We, hey."
Wu Chen said: "Now that His Highness is the crown prince, it can be said that the situation has been decided. We should consider the future."
Bao Xun continued: "Given the situation of His Highness, what will happen to us in the future?" Bao Xun was already quite pessimistic at this time.
At this time, Liu Sanwu stood up and said, "Don't be discouraged. Your Highness is only fourteen this year and is still young. I heard that Your Majesty wants to reorganize Zhan Shifu. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, we will recommend ourselves to Zhan Shifu."
Although His Majesty is old, he is in good health and has had no worries in recent years. I will take advantage of these few years to correct His Highness's mindset."
Wu Chen and Bao Xun also nodded, and Bao Xun said: "That's all it can do." Although the three finally proposed a way to make up for it, they were generally pessimistic.
Of course, there are many people who disagree with their pessimism. On the 19th, most departments were not busy with official work. Even if they worked half-heartedly, everyone got off work late. Therefore, the right deputy censor Shi Rujun Four friends, Li Qing, the censor of Youqiandu, Yu Xin, a doctor in the household department, and Liao Sheng, the Taichang Shaoqing, got together for a drink after get off work. During this period, the matter of Yunxi becoming the crown prince was inevitably mentioned.
Liao Sheng said: "Everyone here is a good friend, so I will speak frankly. These three highnesses like martial arts and hate literature, and they also advocate the ritual of enfeoffment. If they succeed to the throne in the future, it will not be a blessing to us civil servants."
Li Qing kept saying yes, Yu Xin was thoughtful, but Ru Yu didn't think so.
Ru Jun said: "There is some truth in what Brother Liao said, but it may not actually happen. In all dynasties, why did the monarchs after the founding of the country prefer civil servants like us? Is it because they are born with preferences? Song Taizong was superb in martial arts but not literate.
Although he has martial arts skills, he still emphasizes civil servants over martial arts, because it is in his interest to emphasize civilian officials!"
"Generally, the founder of a country has a high prestige, and it is easy to subdue the generals. But after the second generation, most of them were born in the palace and are better than women. How can the generals be willing to obey him? If the generals have too much authority, there is a risk of rebellion.
, the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty is a clear example. The Eastern Han Dynasty continued to suppress foreign generals and brought all military power within, also to prevent the generals from rebelling. But later, the foreign relatives took over the power and attracted Dong Zhuo to Beijing, which caused chaos in the Han Dynasty for four hundred years; the Jin Dynasty learned the lessons of the Eastern Han Dynasty
, all the general power was entrusted to the princes of the clan, but the result was that the Eight Kings Rebellion occurred after only two generations, which led to the Wuhu chaos in China and the Yiguan's migration to the south; the Tang Dynasty pursued civil servants and military generals to balance the clan's outer vassals, resulting in the Anshi Rebellion; the Song Dynasty absorbed
The lessons of past dynasties, together with civil servants and officials, ruled the world, so there was no rebellion in the Song Dynasty."
"So choosing to be a civil servant is the final choice made by kings in the past dynasties after trying various methods, and it will not change based on the monarch's own wishes. His Highness is still young and does not understand worldly affairs. When His Highness really succeeds to the throne, he will
Naturally, they attach great importance to our civil servants, and even if we are granted the title of king in a remote place in the future, it will not affect the status of our civil servants."
What Ru Yu said does make sense. Even though our protagonist Yun Xi has the memory of later generations, after becoming the emperor, he still changed some of his ideas for the sake of stabilizing his power, and generally maintained equality between civil and military forces. But Ru Yu did not consider this at all.
Of course, he would not have considered this, that is, Yunxi had the memory of later generations. Yunxi later adopted some special means to prevent civilian officials from overwhelming military generals.
After hearing what Ru Yu said, the others also felt that it made sense and agreed one after another. Yu Xin said: "Brother Ru is right. It seems that it is too early to draw a conclusion now. Let's wait and see a hundred years from now."
In addition to Ru Yun, other people mentioned similar views in conversations with friends, and they also reached Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, and even Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it made sense.
When Lao Zhu was judging the book tonight, he received a special book. It was about someone impeaching Huang Zicheng for plotting to murder Zhu Yunxi, the third grandson of the emperor. Lao Zhu didn't believe it at first. Although he didn't appreciate Huang Zicheng very much, but because of Yunwen
He trusted him very much, so Lao Zhu knew him. In Lao Zhu's view, how could a person like Huang Zicheng have the courage and ability to murder Yunxi! But after reading the excerpt, he found that
The reason was very sufficient, and the evidence was also included in the certificate. Lao Zhu immediately issued a decree and called the person who submitted the certificate to come to see him, regardless of the fact that it was already time for the palace door to be locked.
