Jiajing was alone in the monastery and unfolded an old piece of cloth from the table next to the copper curtain. In fact, it is the complete map of Kun and all kingdoms in the Zhengde Dynasty.
Jiajing used to instinctively keep away from cousin Zhengde's things, either sealing them up or burning them.
Now it seems that this cynical cousin has probably foreseen something. It's just a matter of not taking the right path, or simply not taking it steadily.
After thinking about his cousin for a moment, Jiajing looked at the map.
This map already seems rough to the Westerners who have claimed to have circumnavigated the world, and many places are wrong.
I recalled a Jinyiwei Xiaoqi from Haojingao before, which almost confirmed it. Sure enough, the map from the Taixi side was more detailed.
Jiajing opened the new map presented by the group of Thai and Westerners, spread it out on the table, looked at the two maps, and couldn't help but sigh.
The world today is completely different from what Jiajing was familiar with in the past. Fortunately, Taixi is not a unified force, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
Jiajing originally wanted to find some experience from Zhengde's various behaviors, but found that perhaps because of his poor preservation of information, there is nothing useful now. Then I thought about how Taizu Chengzu would handle this situation.
I got tired after thinking about it for a few times.
Just as he was not Taizu Chengzu, his ancestors would certainly not be able to understand his situation.
Jiajing suddenly felt very tired.
According to traditional logic. A unified dynasty only needs to remain in chaos. If governance is too good, once there is regression, the people who are used to living a good life will rebel. A typical example is the Sui Dynasty. It was Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty who was overly tolerant, which led to Emperor Yang's slight increase in taxes and rebellion everywhere.
According to the logic of Shang Jun Shu and Han Feizi, a king must never be merciful. The purpose is to make the people hungry and well-fed, and most of them will not starve to death. Only these people will remember the benefits of the king. Only in this way can the number of people be effectively controlled, so as to prevent people from changing their minds due to the large number of people and reduce the contradiction between people and land.
Those dynasties that needed war would use war to consume their redundant people, and those that did not need war would use all kinds of lazy and oppressive government. But those who go too far will naturally bear the reputation of being a tyrant. But as a king, he cannot let the people die, and there is no way to do it with these methods.
So cultivating immortality is the best excuse. As long as the Jin Yiwei and high-level officials have the power to appoint and remove officials, the government affairs will be left to those civil servants. If something goes wrong, the cabinet can be pushed to take the blame. After all, the king is a holy king, but these cabinet ministers are greedy and lazy in government, misinterpreting the emperor's holy will. What's more, you can enhance your own legitimate legitimacy through cultivating immortality.
Over the years, fortunately, I have found a Yan Song who is willing to take the blame.
The original plan was to wait for his death and let his son King Yu step in to clean up the mess. If we reorganize the imperial court, we can improve the world and give the people a ten-year reprieve. By then, my son will understand the truth and continue to make troubles.Ten years, and finally let it go for another ten years. Such a ten-year cycle of top, middle and bottom, and it will be like this for every emperor in the future, then the world of our Ming Dynasty will be as stable as Mount Tai. Of course, it is best to use floods, droughts and natural disasters to reduce the conflicts between people and land. In this way, you can just go to the disaster area to pray for blessings, and it will not damage your reputation.
But
But all the essence of governing the country for thousands of years seems to be unworkable now.
It would be fine if it were just Gao Hanwen’s Western studies. At worst, I'll kill all the relevant people after I finish writing it. Books can be used as internal reference for royal education.
But now the Taixi people have arrived at the door of Daming’s house. Jiajing had a hunch that the appearance of the Taixi people in the south was likely to cause a greater conflict than the rise of the Mongolian Yuan in the north.
As for why I think so. Jiajing couldn't tell clearly.
I had no choice but to flip through the forbidden book again. The thirty-second image on the back is "Horse leaping to the north and dog wailing to the west." Didn't the previous palace chaos of the thirty-one elephants refer to the previous changes in the Renyin palace? If it corresponds to this, then the thirty-two elephants are about the great changes in the northwest.
As for the northwest, at least for now, the Wara Tatars are no longer a climate. And this Taixi, looking at the map, isn't it just northwest of the Ming Dynasty
I heard that after Temujin unified the grasslands, he led his army to attack Taixi and divided the disciples. Could it be that the Thais and Westerners are just a small group of advancers coming to the coast from the northwest?
No, we have to find a way to prevent the Thais and Westerners from ever being unified. At the same time, he had to work hard to accumulate strength for his innocent son and for Ming Dynasty in future conflicts.
This time, it depends on whether the strict party’s salt inspection will be published. The early investment in the military's reconstruction is bet on the strict party. If we do this well, Yan Song and his son will not end up in trouble no matter what.
Qingliu is left to his son and cannot be manipulated easily. It's hard to say that Gao Hanwen, the Hangzhou faction, is really the only option for him.
Jia Jing felt funny and angry about the mess he had made as he aged.
In the final analysis, you are already the emperor. Even if you govern well, how can the world be better than yourself?
If you can’t figure this out, and there is no ready-made way to govern the country, you will naturally feel confused. .
Beside Tongqing, after praying silently, he also added a sophistry. He also wanted to be a holy king, but unfortunately he had tried hard before but failed, and later found that he did not know how to be a holy king. . We can only deal with it the old way. This is just a normal emperor's decision, no wonder he is selfish. God, for the sake of his devout religious practice, he has uncovered and uncovered, so don’t blame him.
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