armyinform Chapter 474 Who is the Loyal Minister
Chapter 474 Who is the Loyal Minister
Chapter 474 Who is the Loyal Minister
Shen Shixing smiled: "Since ancient times, many emperors, generals and ministers have received strict teachings from sages since they were young. There are many famous teachers and Confucian teachers to guide them. In the end, they are still divided into virtuous, foolish, loyal and traitorous. It can be seen that many things are not something you can avoid if you want to. , but maybe it will be better."
Wang Jiaping nodded, and looked outside in a sense of loss.
It was the autumn of the 14th year of Wanli, the sky was high and the air was crisp, but it hadn't rained for a long time, and the green leaves in front of the window were more and more withered, and they were dark and shriveled as if they had been baked by fire.
Wang Jiaping couldn't help frowning because of this.
And when he thought that according to Shen Shixing's statement, the emperor had to have his own opinions and let the emperor do whatever he wanted, Wang Jiaping felt even more disappointed.
"The drought is so severe, what will His Majesty do?"
Therefore, Wang Jiaping couldn't help but ask again.
"Didn't Pan Wucheng go to control the river and water to relieve the drought?"
Shen Shixing replied with a smile.
Wang Jiaping said: "What I mean is that Your Majesty should always pray for rain in person, and make all the officials reflect on themselves, so that the people of the world can see that Your Majesty has the community in mind."
Shen Shixing nodded: "That's right! You can make comments on this, and it depends on whether the emperor is willing; but if the emperor is not willing, we should not force it, it is just a formality after all."
Wang Jiaping: "..."
After Wang Jiaping pondered for a moment, he still couldn't help saying to Shen Shixing: "I still don't agree with the public opinion. The ancestor's country is not the responsibility of His Majesty! We have received the grace of the country, and we must be loyal to His Majesty's community. It’s not just your majesty’s order! Therefore, if your majesty is unwilling to pray for rain and let the world know his sincerity, we should persuade him until the emperor is willing!”
"Your Majesty doesn't even ask whether His Majesty wants you to be loyal to the country or to His Majesty himself."
Shen Shixing was taken aback when he heard this, and then he laughed.
Wang Jiaping stood up directly, turned his back to Shen Shixing and said, "We are not His Majesty's servants, and we don't have to consider whether His Majesty is willing or not!"
"It's said that you are loyal to His Majesty's country, but the real reason is that you are loyal to whether you can make your family stable and prosperous for a long time?"
Shen Shixing asked in a cold voice at this time.
Wang Jiaping looked back at Shen Shixing: "Isn't it right to cultivate one's morality, regulate one's family, rule the country and the world, to be loyal to His Majesty and the country, and not to flatter His Majesty for the sake of the peace of the family and country?!"
As Wang Jiaping spoke, he turned his head away again: "It's better than some people who don't care about changing dynasties. They only know whoever is the Lord of China is loyal to whom, and they feel that the death of Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with me. Anyway, my family's children can continue to be officials in the new dynasty. Be good!"
Shen Shixing blushed, and looked at Wang Jiaping with cold eyes.
Half an hour passed.
Shen Shixing said: "The country and country you mentioned are just lip service!"
"And His Majesty is a father of flesh and blood with his own thoughts. If we want him to treat the world with benevolence, we must first treat him with respect, truly treat him as a father, care about his feelings, and know his thoughts!"
"Even if he doesn't listen to our advice, we have to respect his opinion. If even the emperor can't have his own opinion, it seems that everyone is responsible for the safety of the world, but in fact it will only become everyone's responsibility. They cannot be held responsible for it!"
"Since you have inherited the destiny, you should accept it!"
"Your Majesty has no choice. We cannot be disloyal to the country just because the Son of Heaven kills others, and the Son of Heaven cannot think that we are traitors and thieves just because we do not flatter him!"
Wang Jiaping waved his sleeves and left Shen Shixing's place after speaking.
Shen Shixing sighed, then shook his head.
……
Zhu Yijun took a walk in the garden after the court was over. Shen Shixing's words in the early court were very useful to him, and he felt that his ideas were really respected and regarded as the emperor.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun chose to keep Shen Shihang in the early court, and did not abuse the imperial power. No matter whether the evidence was conclusive, he dismissed Shen Shihang.
Because there are too few ministers who can care about his emperor's personal thoughts.
Even Zhang Juzheng is actually more loyal to his country, and doesn't care so much about his personal feelings, otherwise, Zhu Yijun wouldn't have had the scene of flipping the table in Zhang Juzheng's era.
Of course, Zhu Yijun also knew that ministers who cared about his personal feelings were not necessarily good people.
As the saying goes, loyal words are hard to hear, and people need to maintain some rationality to succeed, otherwise they will be deceived by flattering people.
Zhu Yijun naturally understood this truth, so he also wondered whether Shen Shixing would be more considerate to himself as the emperor, but relatively speaking, he didn't care so much about the long-term interests of the entire country and society.
But Zhu Yijun hasn't noticed yet that there is something that Shen Shixing doesn't care enough about the country's long-term interests.
Zhu Yijun felt that maybe it was because Shen Shixing had changed his attitude as the emperor in this life, so he didn't show that although he cared about the emperor's opinion, he didn't care so much about the long-term interests of the whole country and society.
In any case, Zhu Yijun didn't intend to change the chief assistant easily. He promised to give Shen Shixing ten years, so he had to give Shen Shixing ten years to let Shen Shixing use time to prove whether he was worthy of the emperor's trust in him.
At least for now, Zhu Yijun feels that Shen Shixing is worthy of himself and the entire Daming.
First of all, Haojing and Daning recovered.
Secondly, the whole people did get benefits from foreign mining and foreign trade, and the large number of refugees caused by the disaster was finally resolved by migration, rather than the previous era that needed to be solved by killing.
In short, Zhu Yijun is still very satisfied with Shen Shixing, and has not been affected by the current natural disaster.
Who let Zhu Yijun come from later generations? His education made him not believe that natural disasters are really related to a person's immorality.
Therefore, like many ministers, he will not really think that the frequent occurrence of natural disasters is due to the presence of treacherous ministers.
But in this era, there are indeed many people who believe in "interaction between heaven and man", and idealism is indeed widely believed.
All kinds of natural disasters do make many people in this era think about personnel issues. Many Confucian scholars always believe that the teachings of sages can really affect matter. unreasonable behavior.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun knew that it was inevitable that many people questioned Shen Shixing and slandered the court because of frequent natural disasters.
The current drought in Gyeonggi is indeed intensifying.
Even the pool in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City exposed all the rocks in the bottom of the water, and Zhu Yijun couldn't help frowning because of this.
Although he knew that according to the development of the original history, the climate would only get worse and worse after ten years of Wanli, and it would intensify to the point where there would be catastrophes every year during the reign of Chongzhen, which was called "the abyss of Chongzhen" by historians. Being in an environment where it hasn't rained for a long time, and knowing through Jinyiwei that some people in the capital have been fighting for water to the point of killing people, Zhu Yijun still hopes that the drought can be alleviated sooner.
But at this time, Wang Jiaping, a cabinet bachelor, went to the school and asked him, the emperor, to go out of the city to worship the sky and pray for rain.
(End of this chapter)