"Greed...... It's all greed! ”

Yang Feng didn't think twice about defining the 'sex' of this matter...

"Don't look at those civil officials who talk about Zi Yue Kong Yun and the like all day long, they have also grown up reading sage books since they were children, but the greed in the hearts of these people is stronger than anyone else. On the one hand, these people despise money, saying that these things are blocked things, and on the other hand, they are desperately greedy for ink, and on the surface, they have clean sleeves, but behind the scenes, they instruct their families or servants to open pawnshops, casinos, and even usury, and do a lot of things to bully men and women in order to collect money. Besides, last time the minister gave you 1.8 million taels of silver, can they not be blushing with such a large sum of silver? ”

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Yang Feng depressedly, "Yang Aiqing, can you not speak so directly, so that I don't know how to continue." ”

"Hahaha......"

Yang Feng couldn't help laughing.

"Your Majesty, Confucius said that people's 'nature' is inherently good, but Mencius said that people's 'nature' is inherently evil. In fact, in Weichen's view, human 'nature' is the most complex, and it can be good or evil. But whether it is good or evil, it is a kind of 'desire', and it must be bound by rules, and if anything has no rules to bind it, then this 'desire' will inevitably destroy it. ”

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Yang Feng with some admiration, and then sighed lightly: "Yang Aiqing, do you know, I and my father and the emperor were not treated by the imperial grandfather when they were young, and when I was young, I couldn't even see the imperial grandfather except for the New Year's holidays. At that time, the emperor's grandfather only liked King Fu in his heart, and he didn't care if his father was almost killed in the palace, and he didn't even want people to 'Meng' for me.

His father was the crown prince for 20 years, and finally sat on that seat, but he died after only one month as the emperor. I often wonder what is so good about this emperor's position, it is worth so many people to covet, and it is only after I really become the emperor that I understand that this position is difficult. ”

Faced with Zhu Youxiao's self-talk, Yang Feng could only be silent, and the surroundings fell into silence for a while. A cold wind blew, and a piece of snow fell to the ground with a slight crackling sound.

Only then did Zhu Youxiao come to his senses, and smiled at Yang Feng with some embarrassment: "Look, what did I say to you about this, but it made you laugh." ”

"No!"

Yang Feng shook his head: "Your Majesty's move is exactly where the true 'nature' lies, and Weichen admires it." ”

"Okay, let's not talk about these bad things, let's get down to business." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "Yang Aiqing, now the situation in the court is chaotic, I don't know what Aiqing has to teach me?" After finishing speaking, Zhu Youxiao stared at Yang Feng closely, and his eyes 'revealed' a longing look.

Yang Feng stared at Zhu Youxiao for a long time, and only after seeing the serious look in his eyes did he say: "Your Majesty, the minister dares to ask Your Majesty, what is the biggest difference between the current situation in the imperial court and 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 later emperors did it, there were many resistances, have you ever thought about why? ”

"What's this?" Zhu Youxiao pondered for a while before saying: "Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzu are born as emperors immediately, and their prestige is extremely high. ”

"Your Majesty, you are wrong."

Yang Feng's head shook like a 'wave' drum, and he looked at Zhu Youxiao meaningfully and said: "The reason why the emperors of my Ming descendants did not have such a high prestige as Emperor Chengzu and Emperor Taizu Gao had little to do with Emperor Immediately, but that the current situation in the court has been out of balance. ”

"Imbalanced?" Zhu Youxiao asked puzzledly: "I don't understand what Aiqing said." ’

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's confused look, Yang Feng asked patiently: "Your Majesty, the minister will ask you." How is the status of today's generals compared to when Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu were in power? ”

"This ......"

Zhu Youxiao was speechless, when Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were in power, the status of military generals was quite high, and those who had knighthoods were all military generals, and civil officials could only play soy sauce behind them at best, and Comrade Lao Zhu also stipulated that the highest grade of civil officials could only be the second rank, and the first rank could only be held by military officers.

Look at the present, a seventh-grade county commander can point to the nose of the second-rank general soldier and scold, saying that if you don't give you grain and grass, you won't be given grain and grass, and if you are stuck in your neck, it is not an exaggeration to say that the status of a military general is not as good as that of a dog.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao's silent appearance, Yang Feng said earnestly: "Your Majesty, the experience of all dynasties tells us. If the Ming Dynasty is compared to a person, then the civil and military attachés are like the two 'legs' of people, and any problem on either side will make people lame, and now Daming has become lame. ”

Zhu Youxiao was still a little puzzled and asked: "But emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts is the national policy of my Ming Dynasty, and my teacher also said when I was studying that if I don't suppress the martial arts, then the disaster of the Tang Dynasty's feudal towns will be in front of you immediately." ”

Yang Feng glanced at him, and the thick 'color' of disdain was not concealed at all, and Zhu Youxiao was a little displeased.

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

"Your Majesty, the minister dares to ask you, when I opened the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu killed so many generals, have you ever seen anyone dare to rebel? After Emperor Chengzu's martyrdom, so many generals with heavy troops were also relieved of their military power one by one, and which general dared to rebel? As long as His Majesty can firmly control the military power in his hands, they will not dare to rebel with the ten dares of those generals, these are just excuses that those literati came up with to suppress the military generals.

The minister asked again, the status of civil officials in the former Song Dynasty was high enough, right? At that time, when a soldier had to tattoo words on his face, the warriors were also known as thieves with soldiers, and the literati even shouted out the rhetoric that the roll call outside the Donghua 'gate' was a good man, but what happened later? The two emperors, including thousands of concubines and palace 'women', were taken away by those golden people to make cattle and horses, and those princesses who were noble and proud of heaven were even killed by those barbaric golden people's 'rape' and 'adultery', what were those literati doing at that time?

At that time, the generals fought under the command of the civilian officials, and the civilian officials just looked at the map and pointed the fingers according to their preferences, and they also set rules and regulations for the generals, not allowed to do this or that, if they exceeded these rules and regulations, even if they won the battle, they would be punished, do you think this situation is normal? The layman commands the insider, it is strange if he is undefeated, if such a court does not die, there will be no heavenly reason? ”

Yang Feng said unceremoniously, and after speaking, he was not satisfied, and continued: "Since ancient times, civil officials have governed the locality, and military generals have expanded their territory, which is originally a matter of course, but now you see, those scholars are in charge of the world and the land, and they are also in charge of shit and fart in the middle. The minister then understands, who gave them the right to do this? ”

To put it bluntly, the reason why civil officials are so rampant is not because the emperors of previous dynasties are used to it, the emperor always thinks that it is too dangerous for the generals to hold the military power in their hands, and they need to be suppressed all the time, as for the literati, it is different, even if they hold the power, it is not a big deal, isn't it said that the old saying goes, Xiucai rebelled for three years, and it is said that those literati who have no power to tie the power of 'chickens'.

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao's face was not good-looking, Yang Feng sighed lightly and stopped talking. Speaking of which, Zhu Youxiao is only twenty-one years old this year, a few years younger than himself, such a young age is at best a sophomore or junior in the next generation, but now he has to pick up the burden of a country, which is really a little difficult for him.

Zhu Youxiao was silent for a long time before he whispered: "Yang Aiqing, I don't know what you have to teach you about today's government and politics?" ”

Yang Feng didn't answer this question and asked, "Your Majesty, you might as well think about it, if Emperor Taizu Gao or Emperor Chengzu were alive, what would they do if they encountered the current situation?" ”

Zhu Youxiao said without thinking: "Then it goes without saying, of course they are ......"

"What is it?"

Yang Feng glanced at Zhu Youxiao with a smile, "Why didn't Your Majesty continue?" ”

"I ...... I ......" Zhu Youxiao stammered and couldn't go on.

"Your Majesty, if you can't say it, let the minister speak for you." Yang Feng's words revealed a faint evil aura, "The minister thinks that if Taizu or Chengzu are alive, they will only use one way to deal with these literati in such a situation, and that is to kill!" ”

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

"It's okay to kill ten people, hundreds of people, thousands of people, or ten thousand people, don't those literati always say that they are not afraid of death? Then let's kill them until they're afraid! ”

"But...... But ......" Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao only felt that his hands and feet were a little weak, and said in a trembling voice: "But...... But if I am so murderous, what will the history books of future generations say about me, I don't want to be scolded as a tyrant by future generations. ”

"Tyrant?" Yang Feng scoffed at Zhu Youxiao's worries, "Your Majesty, Weichen will ask you." Do you know how many people Emperor Taizu killed in the case of Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang and Lan 'Yu'? The minister can clearly tell you that Emperor Chengzu killed no less than 100,000 people in these three cases alone. Emperor Chengzu even punished Fang Xiaoru's ten clans after the martyrdom, but so what? Do you think anyone dares to say that Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzu are tyrants? 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, what if you kill a million people? ”

"When the ......"

The teacup in Zhu Youxiao's hand couldn't hold it anymore and fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

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

"Go back to me, if you dare to come over without my will, you will not be forgiven!"

"Yang Aiqing!" Zhu Youxiao wiped the sweat on his forehead and looked at Yang Feng like a monster, "Do you know, if your words just got out, I'm afraid there will be no place for you to stand in the world." ”

"Hahaha......"

Yang Feng laughed, he laughed so hard that even tears came out: "Your Majesty, it seems that you still don't understand, don't you think that there is still a possibility of reconciliation between the ministers and those Donglin Party members?" The minister can guarantee that as long as Wei Chen enters the criminal department today, he will die in the prison tonight, how shameless are the faces of those literati, can you still use the minister to teach you? ”

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

"The minister will leave." Yang Feng said unceremoniously: "Wechen was originally from overseas, and he originally entered with a heart to serve the Ming Dynasty. ”

Listening to Yang Feng's words, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, this Yang Feng was so frank that he was speechless. But why do you appreciate him so much, isn't he honest enough?

Zhu Youxiao sat quietly in place and pondered, time passed little by little, and after two quarters of an hour passed, his eyes slowly became brighter, and then he suddenly stood up and said loudly to Yang Feng: "I remember Aiqing's words, I know what I should do, but now things are complicated, and I don't know where to start." ”

Yang Feng suddenly laughed after looking at Zhu Youxiao for a while: "Your Majesty, don't worry, since Your Majesty has the determination to prosper the Ming Dynasty, then the minister will definitely assist Your Majesty wholeheartedly, so that my banner of the Ming Dynasty will once again shock the world!" ”

"Good...... That's it! Zhu Youxiao and Yang Feng glanced at each other, and the two of them laughed.

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

At this moment, a eunuch hurriedly came over and reported not far away: "Your Majesty, someone outside the palace sent a thing, saying that Lord Yang sent them to send it, and the slaves and maids saw that they had never seen this thing, and they didn't dare to make decisions on their own, so they came to ask Your Majesty." ”

"Eh, Your Majesty, this is something that Weichen asked people to take." Before Zhu Youxiao could speak, Yang Feng 'interjected' on the side and said, "This thing is dedicated by Wei Chenjin to the queen and the ladies in the palace to relieve their boredom, you will definitely like it when you see it." ”

"Oh...... And what else is there? Zhu Youxiao had just finished talking with Yang Feng, and waved his hand in a good mood: "Let people send things to Kunning Palace, and I will go with you to see what Aiqing sent to Zitong." ”

When the two of them came to Kunning Palace, they found that there was a rectangular thing placed on the main hall of Kunning Palace, which looked like it was not gold or silver, and the workmanship was abnormal, and the surface was smooth and abnormal, just like a 'fine' mirror.

"Your Majesty, what the hell is this?"

"Your Majesty, tell your concubine quickly, what the hell is this?"

Seeing this thing, even Zhu Youxiao was a little strange, he turned his head to look at Yang Feng and asked curiously, "Yang Aiqing, you sent this thing, it's up to you to solve the 'confusion' for my concubines." ”