gave a circle of examples, why did Shen Mo leave out the most convincing Chen Hong? This shows his political maturity, because the imperial court has never admitted that the first emperor encountered a rebellion during his southern tour, and Chen Hong's charges should naturally not be put on the table. But this matter is not far away, and Long Qing was also terrified to the extreme during that time, so when Shen Mo said this, how could he not think of Gonggong Chen's voice and smile?

Since ancient times, there has been a saying: "Good medicine is bitter to the sick, and advice is good for the ear", but practical experience tells us that good medicine is not necessarily bitter. "Advice is not necessarily contrary to the ear. The truth is simple, people always love to hear praise and praise, but they don't want to hear derogatory words and unpleasant words.

This is a characteristic that people are born with, especially for those who are not firm in mind and have no courage...... For example, Emperor Longqing is one of them.

However, for the emperor who was congenitally a little dull, he paid too much attention to the art of persuasion, and even the art was so difficult for the other party to understand, and it was difficult to explain the key points, but it was difficult to see results. What should be said must still be explained, so Shen Mo used the game of chess to make Longqing happy first, and then followed the next step to lead him out, "Tell the emperor that he is not a person around him, he must be reliable."

After listening to Shen Mo's words, Long Qing lowered his head and pondered for a long time before he said, "Master Shen is talking about me, shouldn't I listen to the waiter for everything?" ", "If you listen to it, you will be clear, and if you believe it, you will be dark, and the emperor has indeed been a little alienated from the outer court recently. ", sighed silently.

"But you can see how they bullied me!" Long Qing suddenly picked up a "robe", his face flushed slightly, and he said with some excitement: "It is said that I have a heavenly constitution in my mouth and a dictatorial plan!" But is that really the case? Not really! In the court, they talked endlessly, and even scolded each other openly, completely ignoring me! As soon as I speak, whether good or bad, I will definitely be blamed by them quoting scriptures. In that case, "Then I won't speak, see what else can you do?" "I didn't expect that there would be a way to scold without speaking! Long Qing had long held back the fire and had nowhere to retreat, and today he was finally able to vent: "They severely accused me of being silent and absent-minded, and in the long run, they will inevitably fall into power!" This is really a no-brainer, I don't even speak, let them go to scold the street, it still makes trouble on my head, scolding when I speak, and scolding when I don't speak, "What the hell do you want me to do?" Speaking of this, Long Qing was about to shed tears in pain, pinched the chess piece and said: "I am the emperor who deserves to be a nest and want to buy some jewelry for the concubines as gifts, but in fact, it is not very much, but the head of the household department Shangshu refused, saying that you can buy it, I don't pay for it!" "I didn't get a penny, and I was ashamed, and the officials learned the news somewhere" wrote to impeach me one after another, this is a luxury and waste of the country! Long Qing's eyes were red and said: "They are corrupt and bribed, but they have to be a pure-hearted and widowed ancient virtuous monarch, what kind of way is this?!" ","If it weren't for the silver you found from Nanyang, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the money to buy jewelry for the concubines until now", "Longqing was aggrieved and wanted to shed tears:" It's okay if you don't give money, after all, this is also a saving for the country." However, I wanted to go back to Yudi for nostalgia and go to the outskirts of Beijing to relax, but they prevented me from leaving the palace for safety reasons, and they had the momentum of keeping me in captivity as a piglet! Even the private affairs of the palace have to be taken out, and they are discussed in a dignified manner, and some reasoning is justified in a righteous manner. I want this group of awe-inspiring officials who are worried about the country and the people, and don't pay attention to the shortcomings of many political affairs. Shen Mo knew that Long Qing was excited, "So he didn't say anything, just sat quietly and listened."

"But these are small things, I put the country first, and I can endure it." Long Qing took a few deep breaths to calm down and said, "But do they really value the country as well?" I know a lot about several masters in Yudi, especially Master Gao, I know that his great talent and virtue have absolute trust in him, but he didn't make any fault and didn't hum and violate the law of the country, and he was attacked by those crowds, "Never die: Guo Ge's old and upright name, I heard about it when I was in Yudi, but I was also splashed by them without a bottom line, and as a result, they both went ......into the wilderness" Saying that, he threw the chess pieces in his hand onto the chessboard, and said in a deep voice: "I suspect that they have become a tool for some people to eliminate dissent!" ”

A cold wind blew behind Shen Mo, and he felt that the pores all over his body were standing upside down, "That big heart that was not panicked was pounding, it turned out that the emperor had reached a point of deep resentment against Yanguan and Xu Ge Lao!"

The face changed several times in an instant, and Shen Mo quickly regained his composure and said: "It is true that some officials are not upright and grandstanding, but the emperor can't overturn a boatload of people with a stick" Emperor Taizu gave heavy power to the officials, and ordered them to admonish the emperor and picket hundreds of officials, and they can inspect and govern the military and government according to the local officials, it can be said that from national affairs to social life, they are within the scope of the supervision and speech of the officials, and they can even hear about the affairs without being held accountable! The Holy Ancestor is wise and far-sighted, and everything he thinks is for the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty, and for his descendants to be able to consolidate the country forever, Your Majesty, do you think you are better than the Taizu? ”

"The pearl of rice grains dares to compete with Haoyue?" Speaking of his ancestor, Long Qing sat up straight and said, "Emperor Taizu's setting is of course for the sake of his grandchildren. ”

"The emperor can understand it like this, presumably Taizu's spirit in the sky" will also be extremely gratified. In order to make him competent, his old man stipulated that the imperial court should choose officials, first, he must be loyal to the country and forget his family, and be loyal to himself; Second, they must be upright and upright, and they must be straightforward and outspoken; Third, he has outstanding knowledge and is proficient in government affairs. In addition, you must also have a certain career experience, experience and stability, and even have strict requirements for age and origin, just to elect loyal and capable ministers, cāo This supervision is heavy, and your Majesty is optimistic about the family business! ”

Long Qing was finally moved, he was fascinated by disgust, "I always thought that Yanguan was a group of useless mung bean flies, but now put aside the prejudice and think about it, the country is indeed inseparable from them."

Seeing that the emperor was deep in thought, he was silent and not in a hurry, sipping the slightly cold tea, waiting for him to figure it out.

One, one, r, one

After a long time, Long Qing finally settled down, and said in a hoarse voice: "I am indeed a little wrong. "There are more mistakes in the officials. Shen Mo hurriedly saved face for the emperor and said: "Because of historical reasons, Kedao is also uneven" Many people who sell their fame and reputation and drill camps have also been mixed recently. In order to be famous, in order to curry favor with "they have tarnished the solemnity and sacredness of the officials", they must be purified. ”

Hearing this, Long Qing felt much more comfortable, looked at Shen Mo and said, "If I had half of Master Shen, how could I have become the chicken feathers all over the ground now?" ", "The emperor is going to kill Weichen. How dare Shen Mo accept this praise: "The emperor Jian Mu Keji, with the virtue of Emperor Wen, is the greatest luck for a minister to be born to meet the master."

"So what about today?" Long Qing became happy again" and said, "I listen to Master Shen." ”

"The emperor's authority is serious," Shen Mo said softly: "Since Shi Xing has beaten, he is wrong...... Demote him for contempt of the king. ”

"Ti" Long Qing felt that this was pleasing to the ear, and he was also worried that Master Shen would favor those officials. Then he asked, "Well...... What should I do about the prison guards? "Pause" whispered, "In the "Huidian" compiled by Grandpa Tai, there is indeed a lieutenant official supervising the army. ”

"Well...... "Shen Mo knew that as long as he was an emperor, he might be free to military power, and maybe he could dispel this idea for a while, but as the years of Longqing Yuji grew, he would have this idea again, and no one would be able to change it at that time, and he would still be suspicious of himself because of what happened today."

After dealing with two generations of emperors for more than ten years, "If you can't see clearly what kind of creature the emperor is", then how much left-leaning naïve disease does he have?

In fact, eunuchs were descendants of the imperial power, and they did not have the personality of dúlì like civil officials, and "could be fully responsible for their own actions." The so-called eunuchs took power, abused power, dictatorship, embezzlement, looting, and recorded...... Wait for the original sin "is nothing more than a negative extension of the imperial power" They are the realizers and scapegoats of the emperor's original **, although they sometimes get out of control and even backlash, but the emperor still prefers to believe in these eunuchs who have been with them for a long time since childhood. Because compared with those ministers who are full of Confucius and Mencius, and full of benevolence, righteousness, and morality, they are more considerate and more able to welcome the emperor unprincipledly, and "make the emperor feel happy", which is enough.

Only emperors like the first emperors, who have really seen the eunuchs in the Zhengde period, will always maintain a jǐng sense of eunuchs, and Longqing, a master with a soft heart and a soft face and softer ears, is a happy land for eunuchs in every way. Well, it is almost difficult to defeat them completely, at least in this delicate period, Shen Mo still needs to rely on one or two in the palace, so Xi will not offend them to death.

In a flash of thought, Shen Mo figured out the stakes.

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Seeing that Shen was silent and silent, "Longqing thought he was against it", he was quite uneasy and said, "Actually, this is all the idea they gave me, if the master doesn't like it, I won't send a prison army." ”

"Hehe, the emperor misunderstood." Shen Mo hurriedly shook his head and said: "The minister is thinking of a way to get the best of both worlds, which can not only avoid the harm, but also make the emperor feel at ease." "Is it very harmful for eunuchs to supervise the army? Long Qing asked worriedly, after all, he was just relying on instinct, and he felt that it was more reassuring to use eunuchs.

"There are five disadvantages of eunuchs in charge of the army, taking advantage of military service and buying leisure, eroding the army's reality, avoiding the enemy and harming the people, stifling the generals, and lying about military exploits." Silent and said lightly: "This is all a vicious disease that corrupts military discipline and erodes military strength." If the emperor wants to see the Ming Dynasty reinvigorate the two ancestors and no longer hear the jǐng bell of martial law every year, he must avoid these five articles. "Oh ......", Long Qing's face became solemn, since he became the emperor, the only time he went out of Beijing was to go to the mausoleum. That was one of the few victories in his confrontation with Xu Jie, or because of Baishan filial piety first, Xu Jie was not easy to stop. But Xu Jie still saw through his painting skin, and knew that the emperor actually wanted to worship the tomb, but he had been the emperor for a year, and he had not been able to leave the palace, so he was really bored, so he went out to visit the tomb under the pretext of playing. He said that it was okay for the emperor to visit the tomb, but he couldn't use this to parade on the way, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the ancestors. Although Long Qing complained bitterly in his heart, he had no reason to refute it, after all, it would seem that he was not sincere enough to his ancestors, so he could only endure it, and only went to worship the tomb "Don't do any other things to play."

The emperor, who was finally able to let go of the wind, came to Tianshou Mountain, accompanied by Shen Mo and other ministers. Shen Mo is more supportive of the emperor coming out to breathe, but he will not let go of this opportunity to conduct on-site education. So just in front of the Chengzu Mausoleum, he guided Longqing to observe on the spot, "so that he finally intuitively understood that the front line of the original war was so close to the capital." Through this time, "Longqing finally understood the importance of moving the capital to běijīng and guarding the country with the Son of Heaven" after returning, this leisurely lazy emperor "was particularly concerned about border defense matters, and it was inseparable from the emperor's strong support that this military reform could be so smooth...... Although Long Qing couldn't provide any practical help, as soon as he was resolute, those noble families had no chance to complain and plead, so they could only obediently obey the arrangement.

"Then the master's plan for both worlds is out?" , Long Qing couldn't understand, so he had to ask.

"Actually, to put it bluntly," the emperor asked the eunuchs to supervise the army, in order to supervise the generals not to mess around. He said calmly: "But the eunuchs themselves are also a political force, and if they are not restrained and supervised, they will also be chaotic." ”

"That's right." , Long Qing nodded and said, "Then how to supervise?" "The first is to strictly limit the number of supervising troops, and the Beijing camp has a quota of three people; The second is to strictly limit their powers, "strictly prohibit them from handling military funds, meddling in military affairs, and only report to the heavens when problems are discovered, and are not allowed to deal with them without authorization: the third is to set up a supervising army and imperial history, the two have the same functions and powers, and supervise each other, and if the other party is found to be corrupt, they can propose impeachment to the emperor" said silently, looking at Long Qingdao: "But the two sides are likely to have their own opinions", so how to determine which is right and which is wrong is a big problem. ”

Qing nodded.

"The best referee, of course, is the emperor, there is no doubt that Weichen believes that the emperor will definitely focus on the country and will not favor one side" But it is difficult to ensure that future generations will not be separated by relatives and relatives, and will listen to and believe partially, so that this system will become a child's play. ”

"Reasonable" Long Qing touched his chin and said: "Then I will stipulate that before deciding right and wrong, both parties will be given a chance to present their internal affairs, and no one shall stop them." No conclusions should be drawn until both sides have presented their merits. ”

"Wiser than the emperor." The silent sycophants immediately followed: "If this law is a system that is not easy to be made through the ages", then the emperor can sit back and relax, and the army will suffer less. "Then hurry up and go to the draft" Long Qing said happily: "Finally solved a big heart." Then he felt hungry, took out his pocket watch and saw that it was already twelve o'clock, so he got down to put on his shoes and said, "Let's eat with me first and then go back." ”

"I'm afraid it's too late." Shen Mo smiled bitterly: "Weichen has to go to Fengtai Camp in the afternoon."

"Then I won't leave you, I won't be able to come back today if it's too late." Longqing sent Shen Mo all the way outside, took his hand and said, "Go and come back quickly, today during the Mid-Autumn Festival, I originally planned to set up a banquet to entertain the ministers, but unfortunately Xu Ge said that it was too wasteful, so it could only be changed to a family banquet." You have to come and celebrate the festival with me......" said with great interest, "Bring your wife and children with you," how can the reunion festival separate you? ”

"The foolish woman and dog don't know how to count spears, and I'm afraid of sweeping the emperor's Yaxing." Shen Mo said softly.

"Alas, it's too outward." Long Qing shook his head and said: "There are no outsiders tonight, only the queen, Concubine Li, and the crown prince, ......, isn't he a junior classmate with your third child?" Call together, there are more people, it's lively. ”

"That Weichen only has the courage to obey his fate." Silence should be answered.

"......" ...... "......", "one" ......, "one ......", one "......" ......, one "......" ......, one by one, "......" ......" ...... "...... "......" ...... 1. "......" ...... One...... As soon as he left, Feng Bao came over and said, "Master, it's time to eat, don't dare to disturb you and Shen Xiang, the dishes will be remade twice." ”

"It's just hot." Long Qing frowned and said, "How much silver does this have to waste?" ”

"Look at what you said, the emperors of the past dynasties dìdū ate dragon liver and phoenix mallet" a meal of hundreds of taels of silver. When I got to you, I changed it to eight dishes and one soup without saying "If you still want to eat it hot," Feng Bao Xun cried: "I know that you are thrifty, but outsiders still don't know how to say that we are slaves and maids, how to treat the master harshly." "Forget it", "Longqing was moved in his heart, and the little bad feeling he had for the eunuch just now, even if half of the ...... was dissolved, people's hearts were flesh and blood, if someone served you like this to their ancestors, you would be the same: "Let's not take it as an example." ”

After waiting for the emperor to finish his lunch and then send him to the palace of a certain concubine, Feng Bao got a rare free ......, and from now on, "the steward and eunuch here will serve him, so he will explain and go to the celebrant eunuch."

, I guess those two goods are going to look at yù wear it. Thinking of this, Feng Bao couldn't help but sneer in his heart: , what a fool, relying on the emperor's favor, he acted recklessly, and made trouble for the emperor, I think the rìzi who annoyed the emperor is not far away. , he seemed to see the glittering celebrant throne, waving to him, and he couldn't help but feel good.

But when he arrived in front of the courtyard of the celebrant priest, he had completely regained his composure, and without looking at Wang Ben, who was kneeling in the fence, he stepped into the main hall. ~！