Chapter 2356: 2nd Xu Jingchang
Groups of prisoners meekly entered the capital, and no one recognized that the man standing on the left was Fang Xing, the man who defeated them.
Zhu Zhanji refused the prisoner presentation ceremony. He felt that the Ming Dynasty's martial arts was at its peak and there was no need to show it off.
Fang Xing was thinking about the future fate of these people. He let go of the envoys from the Three Kingdoms, especially Henry. Essentially, he wanted to intimidate the Taixi people.
A great war ruined the Three Kingdoms Alliance of Thailand and Spain, which was a deterrent by force.
Henry and others' initial understanding of Ming Dynasty was intimidation, soft power intimidation.
Ming Dynasty currently needs peace. This is a painful decision.
Just like the fluctuations caused by the clean-up and dedication of the south, subsequent successive reforms still have the risk of causing unrest.
Starting a war at the same time as internal reforms, and also an expedition, was a risk that even Fang Xing did not dare to accept.
But it's worth it!
Fang Xing always felt that he had to work hard on his internal strength first, and after he had mastered both internal and external skills, that would be the moment that would shock the world.
Practicing internal strength should not only develop the economy, but also put education first, cultivating generations of people with clear goals, courage and correct ideas. This is the foundation for all generations.
Fang Xing never missed any opportunity and continued to promote the spread of science. He did not hesitate to become the public enemy of the gentry.
Today's science is constantly spreading, and more and more people are willing to pick up books and listen to the lectures of those teachers.
Yes, an alternative private school has emerged, which not only teaches Confucianism but also science.
This is a gradual change and phenomenon, but it has been temporarily ignored in the context of the great cleanup of the North and South.
Fang Xing felt that this neglect would not last long, and sooner or later those anti-science people would launch an attack.
"This is a great victory, but it is silent. Dehua, do you have any complaints about this?"
Fang Xing did not turn around and said: "Where are the complaints? Just enough fame and fortune is enough. I am famous in front of others and suffer behind others. Why should I do this? Isn't it good for a family to live a good life? If there are enemies, lead the army to fight, and when you return, take off your armor and enjoy your family. , this is life!”
Xu Jingchang walked to his left side and looked side by side at the prisoners entering the city.
"A person's life is only a few decades, and you must enjoy enough before the age of fifty. Otherwise, what else do you want to enjoy when you are old?"
Xu Jingchang spoke with a serious face, making Fang Xing listen.
"The ancestral motto of the Xu family is that peace is blessing. No good will come from messing around."
Life is short and time flies by.
Xu Jingchang said with some melancholy: "I feel old, because I often think of things when I was a child. I was ignorant at that time, but happy. Now there are beauties, fine wine, and although the power is not great, no one dares to bully us. But I’m still not happy!”
This is a negative view. Buddhism and Taoism all have this kind of guidance, requiring people to be kind or asking people to cultivate the afterlife.
The prisoners continued to come in one after another. The common people were tired of watching, and some said it was boring, so many people dispersed.
The sacrifice of prisoners during the campaign on the grasslands caused a sensation, but the prisoners of the Thai-Spanish coalition entering the city were not interesting.
These mentalities are worth exploring to see if they are pride, numbness, or the insouciance of feeling safe enough.
"Liu Guan is back, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate should be quiet, but I always feel that if everyone is sitting on the fire, they will be burned if they are not careful."
Xu Jingchang has become accustomed to wealth. As he grows older, he becomes less adventurous.
Fang Xing also found it boring. He and Xu Jingchang squeezed out of the crowd. Since there were many people behind them, they entered an alley and prepared to go around.
It was chilly in the alley, and from time to time I could hear the shouts of children inside the wall, which slightly subsided a bit of the desolation.
Naturally, Xu Jingchang couldn't be free to watch the prisoners parade in the city. He was here to pick up the goods.
"It seems that the trip to the south has been delayed. This batch of cane sugar must not go wrong! Otherwise, brother, I will have to hang myself."
Xu Jingchang asked Fang Xing, who had just returned from the south.
Seeing that he was anxious, Fang Xing teased: "You just said that peace is a blessing. Your whole life has passed by like this, why are you still so worried about money?"
Xu Jingchang sighed: "There are a lot of people in the family to support! The salary is not enough, and the output of those fields is not enough, so we can only rely on business. By the way...a lot of my family's fields have been harvested. Why doesn’t Your Majesty issue a decree to praise you?”
In the past, this guy lived a sad life like a monk, but now he has transformed into a greedy person, making people wonder which one is the real him.
However, Fang Xing knew this mentality: in his heart he wanted to be less troubled by the world, but deep down he was unwilling to be lonely.
"Your Majesty wants to see the world. You are just a freeloader. How can His Majesty pay attention to you!"
Fang Xing lightly struck Xu Jingchang, and then entered the palace.
When he entered the palace, he happened to meet Liu Guan.
The two of them walked in, and Liu Guan whispered about some things in the south after he left.
"...When those gentry saw you leaving, they started to make a fuss and wanted to overturn the situation. As a result, the army walked around the streets of Jinling and they all stopped."
"The people were dissatisfied. They always said that the government did not want to see the benefits they had obtained and insisted on taking them back. This shows that they are not really showing mercy to the farmers."
Fang Xing felt that Liu Guan shouldn't look worried about the country and the people, but since he became an imperialist, he has gone further and further on this road.
It turns out that the treacherous officials in everyone's mouth are running for the emperor's will, which has a somewhat dark humorous meaning.
After meeting Zhu Zhanji, Liu Guan first reported on his work and talked about the current situation in the south.
Zhu Zhanji listened to Liu Guan's story, his expression softened, and he seemed very satisfied.
What loyal ministers and treacherous ministers? In the eyes of the emperor, only those who are useful to the country are loyal ministers, and the rest are either mediocre or stupid.
"You acted decisively in the south this time, and suppressed some evil trends in the officialdom. I am happy! If the south is determined, the overall situation will be determined. From now on, we only need to proceed slowly and not be radical. The future of the Ming Dynasty will definitely be promising."
Zhu Zhanji praised Liu Guan in a gentle manner, and finally rewarded him with a silver seal.
Liu Guan left with joy, and it can be seen that his joy came from the heart.
Zhu Zhanji sighed, "Everyone says that Liu Guan is a treacherous minister and a flatterer. The sooner he is dismissed, the more vitality the Ming Dynasty will have. I used to think so, but after thinking about it slowly, I found that many so-called loyal ministers do nothing or do nothing practical, and treacherous ministers are actually capable officials."
"What a strange thing!"
Zhu Zhanji said with a little sarcasm, "When Liu Guan comes back this time, some people will probably call him my lackey. Most of them claim to be loyal ministers, but unfortunately I hate them."
Fang Xing thought it was funny. Countless people claimed to be loyal ministers. They formed gangs to fight for various benefits for themselves and their partners, and then everyone called themselves loyal ministers.
There have been many such loyal ministers throughout history, and it was spectacular at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Those "loyal ministers" successfully fooled the emperor, and the Ming Dynasty became their toy.
And this is the only emperor in the Ming Dynasty who was fooled by those "loyal ministers", so the Ming Dynasty was eventually fooled by those "loyal ministers" to the point of national destruction.
In the end, those "loyal ministers" surrendered one after another, and it was the eunuch party that died for the country.
This is also a black joke, but it is not funny.
"The water is too cold!"
Fang Xing said an anecdote that Zhu Zhanji did not understand, "The general situation in the south has been determined, and the army can be stabilized. In the future, we have to slowly grind and slowly grind away those grievances."
Speaking of this, Fang Xing couldn't help but complain: "From this, we can see that the policies in the court cannot be made lightly, and we must be cautious!"
When Zhu issued this preferential policy to help the poor and encourage reading, his original intention was very good, but he couldn't stand the greed of the group of scholars. Everyone took advantage of it and gradually washed their own family into a poor family.
This was the fault of his ancestors, and Zhu Zhanji had to cover it up and said: "The preferential treatment is good, but the officials below do not monitor it, and even collude to make profits. So any policy, no matter how good it is, must be effective by the officials, otherwise it may harm the people."
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