Wanli Youming

Chapter 203 Wanli Lifts the Table

Chapter 203 Wanli Lifts the Table

At this time Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and replied: "Yes! Most of the ruling ministers hope to make a compromise so as to eliminate the civil uprising in Wu as soon as possible."

"Mr. also thinks this will be a civil uprising, not a turmoil instigated by the rightists behind the scenes?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

"Your Majesty, whether it is a civil uprising or a turmoil, he is a fire that has already burned. The officials are exhausted and the people are exhausted. No matter what the court does, it must be put out first."

"Like a person with a fever, you don't need to ask where the heat comes from the five internal organs. The most important thing is to reduce the fever!"

"To get rid of the fever in time, we have to wrong the pro-military guards first, or it is necessary to kill a few pro-military guards, such as Qi Jin, in exchange for avoiding more merchants, common people and even officials and scholars from being killed."

Zhang Juzheng said at this time.

"I don't agree!"

Zhu Yijun replied at this time.

"Your Majesty, please take care of the overall situation and be patient for the sake of the country!"

As Zhang Juzheng spoke, he cupped his hands to Zhu Yijun.

"I can't wrong my soldiers, unless Hai Rui can provide evidence, otherwise, my soldiers will be wronged!"

Zhu Yijun said with a sullen face.

"Your Majesty, sometimes it is not right or wrong to govern a country!"

"It doesn't matter whether a person is wronged or not, as long as the goal of peace in the world is achieved. It's not that the sages have killed people in vain since ancient times, but they don't hide their benevolence either!"

"At this time, His Majesty should not be playing the role of glue stick anymore, and I have never taught His Majesty to be so stubborn!"

Zhang Juzheng spoke excitedly.

Zhu Yijun suddenly stood up and stared at Zhang Juzheng: "Although what you said seems to be reasonable, sir, you have forgotten the principle of being righteous for a king. Let me ask you, for the sake of the so-called peace of the world, no matter right or wrong, sacrifice yourself. Is it true benevolence?"

"It's for Daren!"

Zhang Juzheng replied.

"Then the one who died was a scholar-bureaucrat?"

"Today, if it is a few civil servants who want to be wronged, and you want me to kill a few civil servants unjustly, can you accept my doing so?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Zhang Juzheng fell silent.

Then, Zhang Juzheng said truthfully: "Naturally it is different. To kill a scholar-bureaucrat is detrimental to holiness! After all, those who hold the world's tongue are scholars. Even if your majesty wants to surrender and kill a scholar-bureaucrat in the future, you should not admit it yourself, but should shirk it." Yu Chongchen."

"A king who dares to act but dares not to be a king, what kind of holy master is he?"

"How can we talk about politics and virtue?"

Zhu Yijun asked with a sneer.

Zhang Juzheng said urgently: "Your Majesty! This is only a last resort, but sometimes it is necessary to change the situation, and you can't just follow the sage's will. Especially the emperor should only teach people with the sage's principles, not let the sage's principles restrain himself .”

"Sir, although what you say is reasonable, you are still telling me that you should treat scholar-bureaucrats with high regard. Others can be wronged at will, but scholar-bureaucrats cannot! Even if you want to torture and kill scholar-bureaucrats, you have to act like you don't mean it."

"So, if you need to wrong a scholar-bureaucrat today, would you advise me not to kill him for no reason?"

Zhu Yijun continued to ask.

"Don't dare to hide it from Your Majesty, yes."

Zhang Juzheng replied.

Zhu Yijun laughed sneeringly: "But sir, you should understand that I forgive the gentry who were previously accomplices in treason, not because they are gentry, and to give them dignity, but because they are Han Chinese and my people, and because I forgive them. I am determined to take my people more seriously than foreigners!"

"As long as they are my people, not only scholars and bureaucrats, but also soldiers and ordinary people, I have to treat them more than foreigners!"

"So, if I want to kill my soldiers, I must kill them in a dignified way, not in such a vague way!"

"But Mr. obviously just asked me to give benevolence to scholar-bureaucrats, but forgot to ask me to give benevolence to all the people!"

"In the area of ​​Guangdong and Guangxi, the people who were forced to rebel because the officials and gentry exploited too much, sir asked the admiral of Guangdong and Guangxi to kill tens of thousands of people. Sir and other literati and bureaucrats did not allow me to tolerate each other for the country. In order to save tens of thousands of Daren, Go and wrong a small number of local gentry!"

"Now, for the sake of some powerful minions, you want me to endure for the country, and you want me to wrong my own military guards!"

"Then, is this emperor just the emperor of the scholar-bureaucrats, or the emperor of all Ming people in the world?"

After Zhu Yijun said that, he asked Zhang Juzheng: "Please answer me, sir!"

Zhang Juzheng just buried his head lower: "I have nothing to say, but the current situation is such that I can only ask His Majesty to be patient for the country. After all, His Majesty himself does not want to kill more."

"If I want to endure, I don't want to endure these arrogant and right-handed ruffians who ignore the king's law!"

"Why do you only treat scholar-bureaucrats as human beings, and not your soldiers and other people as human beings!"

Zhu Yijun suddenly roared angrily.

Then, Zhu Yijun stretched out his hands, with a solemn expression, and took off the Yishan crown on his head.

Then, Zhu Yijun continued to say to Zhang Juzheng, who was bowing his head: "I believe in my soldiers! The express delivery Hai Rui sent before said that there is no evidence to prove that my pro-military guards plundered the people, so my pro-military guards were wronged." Because I believe in my own soldiers and guards is like trusting Hai Rui, and trusting Hai Rui is like trusting sir, if sir wants me to wrong my soldiers for the sake of the overall situation, I will give up the throne!"

"Sir, choose another descendant of the Zhu family who is willing to treat only gentry as a human being as emperor!"

As he said that, Zhu Yijun raised his winged crown and threw it to the ground with all his strength.

"This kind of emperor who can't be upright, can't be fair, can't treat all the people as human beings, and is hypocritical and righteous will be whomever he likes!"

Bang!

The gorgeous Wusi Wing Shan Crown fell on the gold brick, making a sound.

Then, Zhu Yijun turned around and walked away: "I will go back to Fengyang by myself, learn from Taizu again, and pull the righteous people in the world who don't want this hypocrisy to exist, raise the flag of righteousness again, form a righteous army, and rebel to become a people who treat all people equally. The new emperor!"

As Zhu Yijun spoke, he looked at Zhang Hong and Zhang Jing, who were also bowing their heads: "As my slaves, if you want to go with me, you can go together. If you don't want to, that's fine!"

Zhang Juzheng's body trembled, and he raised his head abruptly.

Immediately, he saw that there was no crown on Zhu Yijun's head, and he felt as if his heart had been stabbed sharply, and he felt colic.

"His Majesty!"

Hearing a loud bang, Zhang Juzheng knelt down, swayed his body slightly, and put his head on the ground. After a while, he whimpered:

"If your majesty really wants to do this, let's punish the minister first and then go! Woohoo!"

Zhang Hong also knelt down at this time, and said in tears: "If the emperor is really like this, I can only starve to death!"

Only, Zhang Jing didn't kneel down, but looked up hesitantly at everything in front of him.

He was mostly dumbfounded.

The Son of Heaven's behavior seemed to have exceeded his intelligence, so he suddenly didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him, so he made the most rational analysis and figured out what he should do now.

Seeing both Zhang Juzheng and Zhang Hong kneeling down, he hurriedly knelt down and began to cry: "My lord, don't!"

Zhu Yijun also stopped at this time.

However, before he had time to lift his feet and continue walking, Zhang Juzheng squinted his eyes to find Yi Shanguan, then carefully picked up Yi Shanguan, walked towards Zhu Yijun on his knees, looked up at Zhu Yijun with an almost begging expression, and cried road:

"Your Majesty, put it on, but don't be too arrogant! Some things can't be dropped casually. If you drop them, it's like picking your minister's heart!"

Zhang Juzheng couldn't help bursting into tears as he spoke, still begging Zhu Yijun to take it back with his winged crown, and continued to search underground, as if he was looking for Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Yu Qian, Zhang Cong, Xia Yan, and even just now. Gao Gong who passed away not long ago.

He hoped that they could help him persuade the emperor.

But these people are long gone.

He was the only one, helplessly begging Zhu Yijun behind the back of those officials and bureaucrats outside.

"Your Majesty, put it on!"

"I beg you, as long as you wear it, you can do whatever you want!"

Zhang Juzheng coaxed Zhu Yijun like a child.

Seeing him so pitiful, Zhu Yijun also thought of the nearly ten years of companionship between the monarch and his ministers, teachers and students, and the hard work he had made in the past ten years. In the end, he still couldn't bear to really treat Zhang Juzheng like other civil servants, and broke up completely. In the end, he took over the crown of Yishan and put it back on.

Zhang Juzheng laughed through his tears: "Thank you, Your Majesty, my life's hard work was almost wasted!"

After speaking, Zhang Juzheng stood up abruptly, cupped his hands solemnly and said, "Your Majesty, if this is the case, then blood will flow like rivers!"

"Then blood will flow like a river!"

"Mr. dares to kill tens of thousands of innocent people, and tens of thousands of evil gentry, bullies, and ruffians, will Mister be soft-hearted?!"

Zhu Yijun asked in a deep voice.

"I understand!"

Zhang Juzheng said goodbye, turned around and left.

(End of this chapter)