Chen Mu shook his head and said: "The elder Ge's innovation, because the minister has been overseas for a long time, he knows very little. However, the minister thinks that everything should be based on the country, after all, there is a difference between the affairs of the world and the affairs of Emperor Taizu, at least when Taizu and Chengzu were the ancestors, the Ming army could chase the Yuan Kou in the desert in the north, and now we can't do it outside the Saiwai. ”

Just like the previous dynasty's "Calendar of Time" was used well, but its error accumulated for many years, and it was used for hundreds of years, so it was necessary to re-measure and correct the difference pool, and named it "Great Unification Calendar", so the solar terms can be known, and the warehouse can be sufficient. "Poetry" has clouds, although Zhou is an old state, its life is renewed. People knew this at that time, let alone now? ”

The little emperor was even more puzzled and asked, "Then Jing Haibo doesn't support the statement of the ancestors' law?" ”

"No, the minister thinks that the Ming Dynasty is right to open the sea, and gains millions of taels for the dynasty every year, since it is right, if anyone in the court uses the ancestors' legal non-levy country to hope for the forbidden sea, the minister will also take out the ancestral law of the emperor's edict to fight back, because the sea, in the eyes of the minister, is the core interests of the Ming Dynasty."

"Emperor Taizu made the "Great Edict", in which the punishment of corrupt officials was to peel the skin and grass, and later Emperor Taizu did not use it, but there are countless cases of greed for money, corruption and harm to the people, and those officials who shout the law of the ancestors will be thoroughly investigated, do they dare?"

The little emperor laughed out loud and asked, "Does Jing Haibo dare?" ”

Chen Mu smiled, his anger was three points shorter, and said: "The minister has given gifts and received gifts, but he is greedy for the court's silver?" The minister dares to let people check, the Nanyang military government has a place to go for all its revenue and expenditure, and all of them are used in armaments and the country. ”

"I'm not checking your accounts, I'm old enough to settle your accounts."

The little emperor was obviously in a good mood, clapped his hands and walked around Chen Mu comfortably, raised the two fingers of his left hand, and said with his right hand: "Overseas silver, there was no original, you go to sea, there is, even if there is a lot of loss, I still earn!" ”

It can be seen that Xiao Wanli is very interested in finance, especially accounting...... It may be that the special period of the Ming Dynasty's finances in Longqing and Wanli will make the rich emperors interested in finance.

"But if you dare to say it, then I will forgive you." Saying that, the little emperor didn't know what to think, so he actually squeezed his eyes with some hatred, and said: "You can be greedy for money, or you can teach me the truth, but what is the purpose, you have to say something to me, don't be like those people, even if they are well-intentioned, they want to use the solar eclipse to persuade me, but they say that the solar eclipse is the appearance of a faint king." ”

"I am the Son of Heaven, even if I am still naïve, I can't be taken as a fool, you are greedy for more money, I know that you have the talent to serve the country wholeheartedly, if I ask, you tell the truth, you can be forgiven. Don't deceive, the minister doesn't deceive the king, the king doesn't deceive the minister, I am the worst deception! ”

What can Chen Mu say, he feels that the little emperor still has a relatively clear understanding of the economic situation of the courtiers, and he arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"Okay, you do everything, I heard the teacher say that the engineering Taoist has gone to Tianjin to build the Beiyang Yamen, and Jing Haibo will also go over to supervise the construction, and then he will go to sea again. The teacher often said that the ministers share their worries for the king, and the Ming monarch also shares the worries for the ministers, but I have nothing to do. ”

"Jing Haibo knows so many things, does he know how to govern the country, and how should I screen the courtiers and their ......" Xiao Wanli frowned and pondered, and finally popped out four words: "Core interests!" ”

The word core interests is not easy to understand by the emperor, mainly because this word does not appear in ancient books, but fortunately, it has begun to play with walnuts in this era, and it is relatively easy, so it was written down by Xiao Wanli.

"There will be a lot of people in the lower level, but they will not govern the country, and now the famous minister is in the cabinet, and the ministers of the court and the central government are much stronger than the lower ones in governing the country."

"Not at all?" Xiao Wanli asked to the bottom of the matter, "I want to hear you say something different, more detailed than the book of sages." ”

At this moment, Chen Mu wanted to look up to the sky and smile...... He knows how to rule the country with a fart! The difference between him and those who specialize in politics is no less than that of veterinarians and doctors.

However, for his own future considerations, Chen Mu did not refuse Wanli's quest for knowledge, and said: "There is nothing to teach Your Majesty, what kind of emperor does Your Majesty want to be?" ”

What kind of emperor do you want to be?

No one in this world has ever asked him like this, Feng Daban only knows that he wants to be a Ming Jun, which is basically the same as the opinion of his mother Empress Dowager Li, and the teacher has been teaching him how to be a Ming Jun...... But no one has ever asked Wanli what kind of emperor he wants to be.

Although the question of giving Wanli the right to choose made him feel that he had grown up at this moment, in fact, it was only at this moment that he spread out his small hands and said: "No one teaches me how to be a mediocre master, I can only be a Ming monarch, Jing Haibo also said that I and the Ming Dynasty are in this generation, so I naturally want to be the Ming Jun who makes Kyushu run through the six contract styles, and the master of Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Chen Mu nodded to signal the emperor that he knew, he stopped, the emperor also stopped, and the eunuchs and brocade clothes who followed were surprised by his boldness, but no one would say anything, among the many courtiers who chatted with the emperor alone, they had only seen Zhang Juzheng stop in walking with the emperor.

Chen Mu was unaware of this, one big and one small stopped on the vast terrace in front of the Qianqing Palace, he said: "Your Majesty was born in this generation, even if you don't do anything, as long as the imperial court maintains normal operation, the Ming Dynasty will be at the peak of its national strength in the past ten years. ”

"But if you want to be coherent in Kyushu, six contracts, and be the master of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, it is very difficult." Chen Mu raised his hand and pointed to his mind, and finally fixed his hand in his heart, and said: "Wuchen is His Majesty's hand that holds the gun, and Wenchen is His Majesty's hand that governs the world, only these two things can govern the country, but the world itself, Your Majesty cannot ignore it." ”

"The world itself, the military ministers and the civil ministers?"

"No, the hand that holds the gun is a warrior, but the gun is not; The hand that governs the world is Wenchen, but the world is not. ”

"The ministers were trained in the army, and they used many means to maintain the combat strength of the soldiers, preparing the best meals for them, increasing the rewards for their military merits as much as possible, and imposing the most severe military laws, all of which were effective, but if it is said that the most effective role in the banner army is still two things-loyalty to the royal family and fighting for the country, and the system of integrating officers and soldiers, and integrating the officials and the people, both of which are honors."

Xiao Wanli squinted his eyes, unable to say whether it was confusion or epiphany, and muttered: "The officers and soldiers are one, and the army and the people are one? ”

"Officers and soldiers eat and live together, not at a time in the past hundred years, but what the ministers eat, what the generals eat, and what the flag army eats, or conversely, because the flag army eats these, so Chen also eats these, there are no exceptions; The integration of the military and the people means that in addition to the place where the camp is stationed, the people are obliged to help when they need the army, regardless of whether it is to treat the sick and save people or overcome the difficulties, rather than borrowing the heads of the villagers to get a military merit in the past. ”

"The world itself is the people, the officials are the people, the businessmen are the people, the craftsmen are the people, the army is the people, and the people are the people. Chen Mu said and clasped his fists and said: "As for the world-famous shortcomings in the country, please give your majesty some time, and you will definitely be able to come up with a solution to the shortcomings in the country overseas!" ”