I am the king of the dead

Those of you in the Imperial Study Room are not people who don’t know the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt. They seem to only give you a stone of rice, but actually sending it to these people requires at least two to three stones of administrative costs. If you add factors such as road construction and disasters, etc. , it will be doubled.

"Hu Shangshu's worry is not unreasonable." Zhu Qiyu agreed with Hu's statement very much. It is really expensive to give one stone a month.

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment and made a decision, and said calmly: "As for the specific fixed salary, I will leave it to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Planning and Planning to discuss."

"Speaking full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, when I use it, I can't see a single person. If I am enthusiastic, why should I worry about it?"

"If you can't share your worries for the king, what's the use of reading more sage books?"

Many courtiers are silent, what His Majesty said is the truth, which is why His Majesty is always vigilant towards literati.

To teach in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guizhou and Mongolia is not something to lose your head, it is just a little bit of hardship, and you will complain a lot if you suffer a little bit.

What Ye Bu Shou does is the scouting job that loses his head, Sanqian Ye Bu Shou receives tens of thousands of people to sign up every time, and he can't get in Ye Bu Shou if he has no skills.

Can you blame the emperor for being prejudiced against sour literati?Don't give these sour literati a chance?

It's really that they don't live up to their expectations.

It's not that Zhu Qiyu can't help it, but as Yu Qian said, if this group of people went to the countryside, they might really damage the foundation of Daming, wagging their lips and tongues, and messing with Daming.

"Your Majesty, regarding the Tatars, they also need to be registered and compiled. I think, should they be changed to Chinese surnames?" Hu Wei broke the silence. Scholars are like this. If they are given rice, they still refuse to go. , then we can only suspend the imperial examination according to what His Majesty said.

Hu Wei mentioned another important event of Wanghua Tatar, changing his name and surname.

"Then let's change Bo'er Jijin's surname to a Chinese first, let's change it to a Yuan surname." Zhu Qiyu suddenly remembered the emissary of the Ottoman Kingdom with the surname Kang. Datang had done this kind of thing once before, and the effect was excellent. There are still people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu in Ming Dynasty.

Hu Yi took out a memorial book, filled in a Chinese character under Bo'er Jijin's family name, then handed the memorial book to Xing'an and said: "I have set sixteen surnames for the Eight Leagues of the Tatar tribes, please Your Majesty Zhu batch."

Hu Yi always had a submissive heart, and changed the surname of Bo'er Jijin, that could only be done by His Majesty, if he wrote it in advance, it would be arrogance.

Since Hu Wei proposed, he was naturally prepared. What the Tatars are called in ordinary times is not under the control of the court, but in Ming Dynasty they only had Chinese surnames and Chinese names.

Zhu Qiyu took it over and looked at it. Zhu approved Hu Min's memorial. Hu Min never talked nonsense and did what he said.

"Jingtai's sixteen surnames." Zhu Qiyu looked at it for a while and returned the memorial to Hu Wei.

Mongolian is a phonetic text, to be precise, only pronunciation, which will cause great inconvenience.

Zhu Qiyu knew that the later generations of Japan, Korea, North Korea, Vietnam and other countries have carried out a large degree of de-Chinese characters, that is, the phoneticization of Chinese characters.

This simplification has led to a very serious social problem, that is, there are too many people with the same name.

On Korean ID cards, names in Chinese characters must be marked for distinction. In the 21st century, many Koreans are still working on restoring Sinology education, because phonetic characters are too inconvenient.

Of course, Koreans read Sinology as Hanxue, and call Chinese characters as Hanji, which is the unique stubbornness and shamelessness of Koreans.

Changing the name and surname is not a small matter, but it is not difficult. This generation may find it difficult to accept, but after three or five generations, the long and vague phonetic names will naturally disappear.

This is also part of the road to become king of Ming Dynasty.

"Where are we talking, let's continue." Zhu Qiyu handed the memorial to Xing'an and continued the discussion.

The discussion about the kingship of Tatars was still going on, and Zhu Qiyu stopped the discussion about the kingship of Tatars until almost noon.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the heavy memo and said: "Let Tuo Tuo Buhua's eldest son Tuogu come to Beijing, and give Tuogu a copy if he is involved in Tatar affairs in the future, and let him give a memorial to express his thoughts."

"The sea is open to all rivers, and tolerance is the greatest. Listening to both will make you bright, and partial belief will make you dark."

Many courtiers bowed their heads and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

"Everyone, Zhu Jianji, the eldest son of the emperor, and Zhu Jianshen, the king of Ji, will have a school exam today. Come and listen." Zhu Qiyu motioned for everyone to calm down.

"Prince Xuan and King Ji will see you." Xing An shouted with a flick of his fly whisk.

Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jianshen had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and when they heard the news, they stepped into the Juxian Pavilion.

"See Your Majesty, does your Majesty bow to you?" Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jianshen bowed their heads and saluted.

Zhu Qiyu raised his hand and said: "There is no need to be too polite. I left you a topic yesterday. Recently, Samarkand will be divided into two cities, and Wala will live in a separate city. Please speak freely about the pros and cons of this move."

The news from Samarkand, of course, came from Wang Fu, and Duke Ming who was sitting here knew of Wang Fu's situation.

When Zhu Jianji got the secret report, he already understood it completely. When he sorted out the details yesterday, he thought for a long time about what position he should stand to discuss this issue.

"I believe that this matter is more beneficial than harmful to Wala and Daming." Zhu Jianji said quite firmly.

Zhu Jianshen shook his head and said, "For Wala, the harm outweighs the benefit, and for Daming, the benefit outweighs the harm."

The Qian family returned safely to the Prince Ji's Mansion yesterday. Although Zhu Jianshen didn't know what happened, he knew that the Qian family had not achieved his goal, so everything in the Prince Ji's Mansion would have to be guarded by Zhu Jianshen from now on.

Zhu Jianshen can't help but read, read, write, and argue right and wrong. He must show enough value in order to keep Ji Wangfu.

Zhu Jianji heard that Zhu Jianshen said that Oala did more harm than good, and he disagreed with him, so he immediately said: "Cousin, as far as the Mongolian expedition is concerned, whether it is the Golden Horde, the Ilkhanate, or the Chahar Khan Turkification has occurred to varying degrees in the country, and Genghis Khan’s code has been replaced, besieging cities and enclosing land, and isolating the law of partition and rule can prevent this Turkization.”

Zhu Jianshen immediately asked: "Cousin, Turkicization, is it not a correct choice for the Oirats? Go to the country and do as the Romans do. Wala is an outsider after all. If you refuse to go to the country as the Romans and enjoy yourself alone, you will end up following Hu Yuan's old road. That's all."

Zhu Jianji said with a sneer: "Then why should I call it Khan? Just call it Sudan. Don't call it Wala, just call it Turkic. Why should we distinguish between the same language, the same kind and the same method? Rituals and laws are chaotic, the world is in dispute, and the people are suffering." .”

"Only for Oala, the left is assimilated by the Ming king, and the right is assimilated by the Turks. This is the case when you go west, and it is the same if you don't go west. Isn't it Bai Xijin?"

Zhu Jianshen immediately replied after hearing the words: "Can the method of partition and rule really stop them from Turkicization? It can indeed be stopped in ten or 20 years. What about 100 years, 200 years, and finally Turkicization? It's futile."

Zhu Jianji waved his hand and said: "It varies from time to time. At this time, Wala just wants to survive. The method of dividing and conquering is the most effective. After all, Wala is just a group of robbers. If it is not divided, the horses will be sent to Nanshan, disarmed and returned to the fields. There is no need for cavalry scimitars." Shock and awe won’t last for 100 or 200 years.”

But Zhu Jianshen said seriously: "Divide and conquer, will we be able to guarantee Oirat's military superiority? In less than ten years, the Oirats must still be extravagant and lazy. Will they still be able to ride horses and hold swords?"

"Military rule and the law of partition are not directly related."

Zhu Jianji thought for a moment before he said: "No matter how strong the city wall is, no matter how sophisticated ordnance, no matter how perfect the battle formation is, the first prerequisite is people. It is people guarding the city wall, firing arrows and guns, and it is people Before firing the cannons, Rome will perish before you say that military affairs and the law of partition have nothing to do with each other?"

"Then Rome was opened by slaves, and Constantinople was captured by the Ottomans. It's only been two years, cousin has forgotten?"

Zhu Jianshen was dumbfounded for a moment. It was his first time arguing with Zhu Jianji. The two of them didn't have a draft.

But Zhu Jianshen thought about it for a while, and was about to speak, but Zhu Qiyu said: "Okay, what you said is good or bad for Wala, so how do you say that it is more beneficial than harmful for Daming?"

Zhu Qiyu's words were actually a bit off-putting, Zhu Jianshen was clearly inferior, but Zhu Qiyu said everything was fine.

Zhu Jianji was obviously a little unconvinced, but his own father said it was just as good, and he could only accept this result.

What Hu Wei said is quite right. In the future, such incidents of the emperor's partiality will inevitably be unavoidable, and he will learn to accept it.

Zhu Jianji said solemnly: "Divide and rule, and we must not be of one mind and one mind. All that Wala has done today is to make a wedding dress for Daming."

"The Western Regions are lonely, and there are very few acres of cultivated land. As long as Daming opens up the trade route to the Western Regions, the Western Expedition of the Ming Dynasty is inevitable. Samarkand is the bridgehead, and Wala is the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty, the pioneer army of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Jianji hesitated to speak, paused for a moment and said: "I know this first, and I have to agree to divide and conquer. The first thing he has to do is to survive."

Zhu Jianshen took a look at Zhu Jianji and said: "The minister thinks that the benefits to Daming outweigh the disadvantages, because the benefits come and go in this world, and Wala seeks to survive, so the trade roads will be smooth, and the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty will no longer be a burden. Heavy taxes and labor, Every year on the three sides, nearly one million shi of grain is no longer a waste of state money, and it only goes in and out, and this is for the benefit of Ming Dynasty."

"I know this first, and I have to do it. They have to live first."

Zhu Qiyu is quite satisfied, especially seeing Zhu Jianji, the more satisfied he is, the kid knows how to advance and retreat, Zhu Jianshen said, Zhu Jianji is not ignorant, but Zhu Jianji said, Zhu Jianshen can only say that I am the same.

Zhu Jianji's pause is well-founded.

No matter how sideways the fight was, Zhu Jianji had already won a round, so there was no need to chase after him.

The youth's temperament is mostly competitive, and he seldom thinks of taking a step back, but it is precisely this step that Zhu Jianji has taken a good measure of.

Concubine Hang Xian is extremely opposed to Zhu Jianji's struggle, which is Zhu Jianji's own thinking and on-the-spot reaction.

"Xing'an, reward!" Zhu Qiyu smiled at Zhu Jianji and said, "Ji'er, you did a good job."

"Thank you for your praise." If Zhu Jianji wants to win, he must not only win Zhu Jianshen, but also Zhu Jiancheng, and even his father. The result is not important, but his father's respect is important.

Fighting for victory, how to fight, Zhu Jianji's heart is like a bright mirror.

"Ru'er is also right, very good." Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Jianshen with a complex expression, if Zhu Jianshen was an idiot and foolish king, Zhu Qiyu would kill him, but it's a pity that this is a unicorn.

"Uncle Xie for your praise." Zhu Jianshen bowed his head and saluted, heaved a sigh of relief, and gave Zhu Jianji a thankful look. Just now, he was still at war with each other, and the verbal dispute was quite sharp. The second question asked Zhu Jianji to take a step back. It was beyond Zhu Jianshen's expectation.

"The third question." Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile: "I heard that Wang Fu was first given a pair of gold cups and a golden knife. What's the meaning?"

Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jianshen looked at each other. They didn't know there were these two things. It all depended on their reactions.

"Bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone." Zhu Qiyu signaled Xing'an to take the Four Treasures of the Study, and asked them to write down the answers.

Chapter 581 If the tiger doesn't show its power, someone will treat the tiger as a sick cat

Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jianshen wrote down their answers at the same time. Zhu Qiyu took them over, looked at them for a long time with a smile on them, nodded and handed the answers to Yu Qian and the others, saying: "Okay, okay! All rewards! All rewards!"

The answers of the two people are exactly the same, both are "golden cups to drink together, white swords will not spare each other".

This allusion comes from Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Gaozu of the Ming Dynasty who gave wine to Ru Taisu and warned Ru Taisu that the emperor already knew about the dirty things he did. Converge a little, if you don't restrain yourself, it will be a dead end.

But this Ru Taisu probably drank too much, didn't hear the second half of the sentence, he still went his own way, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang gave him no mercy.

In the classic drama "Golden Cup·White Blade" in the Lianghuai area, this allusion becomes that Zhu Yuanzhang bestowed the death of his son-in-law and son-in-law, Ouyang Lun, and used it to satirize Emperor Gao's life of ruling the country fiercely and killing a lot. Chilling, without the slightest human touch.

Drinking the golden cup with you, and not forgiving each other, is the portrayal of Zhu Yuanzhang's life. His old brothers in Huaixi practiced Zhu Yuanzhang's creed.

Ouyang Lun, the son-in-law captain, was ordered to die because of a major earthquake in the southwest at that time. Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou were originally areas where the soil was being reformed, and the chieftain's seedlings were flooding.

Ouyang Lun was deeply favored by the emperor. According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty that the captain's son-in-law should not take matters into account, this errand for Ouyang Lun was made by Zhu Yuanzhang to make his son-in-law make contributions, but how did Ouyang Lun do it?

Under the guise of disaster relief, Ouyang Lun wantedonly smuggled tea, rushed through the pass to kill people, and then killed people to silence him. Finally, he was charged with the imperial court, and Zhu Yuanzhang gave Ouyang Lun to death.

As far as this matter is concerned, is Zhu Yuanzhang mean and ungrateful, is he bloodthirsty?

This is a typical righteous killing of relatives. It’s fine if this matter is not praised by others. It was also compiled into arias and scripts by people chattering endlessly. Captain, make it difficult for your daughter.

In this aria, Ouyang Lun and Princess Anqing raised their eyebrows in the same case, congenially and emphatically wrote, describing Ouyang Lun's corruption, smuggling and killing as life suffering and having to do it, and rushing through the pass to kill people is even more described as a confidante in anger.

The displaced victims of the Sichuan and Sichuan earthquakes, the petty officials who were killed by the customs, and the tea farmers and tea merchants who were cornered by smuggled tea did not mention it.

In Zhu Qiyu's personal opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang did nothing wrong.

"First of all, I know that he is still good at fighting, and he knows how to run if he can't fight, but he never thought of these two sentences. He should be by his side first, and someone will give him advice." Zhu Qiyu looked at the two beautiful faces. A child, the more I look at it, the more I like it.

Zhu Qiyu said with emotion: "You two still know this allusion, I am very pleased."

"The golden cup is the rule of man, it is the friendship of relatives, it is the five permanent principles, and it is selfishness. And this white blade is the discipline, the court, the etiquette, the order, and the public."

"If you were born in an ordinary family, of course you can choose selfishness over publicity, but you are relatives of the emperor, and Daming belongs to our old Zhu family. If you only care about selfish interests and disregard public interests, then it is wrong for Daming to change your name. Sooner or later."

"Can you understand what I'm saying?"

Zhu Jianji straightened his chest, and said very stiffly: "The king is selfless!"

Zhu Jianshen thought for a while and said: "The world is public, and the journey of the great way is also."

There is no standard answer to Zhu Qiyu's question. He said with a smile, "There are ten old cases in Shuntian Mansion, all of which are major homicide cases. You can find anyone to help you and investigate these ten cases as soon as possible."

"The time limit is uncertain. Before the next Chinese New Year, ten cases are enough for you to investigate for a year."

Zhu Jianji and Zhu Jianshen bowed to the leader's decree, since the first exam has passed, Zhu Qiyu will continue to let them participate in politics and discuss politics.

These ten old cases are basically old and difficult, and it is not easy to track them down. If they can find out one of them, they are all dragons and phoenixes.

Zhu Jianji hesitated to speak, and after thinking about it, he still asked: "Father, do you ask anyone for help, including your cousin?"

"Including." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

Zhu Jianji was overjoyed, after all, he was a child at heart, and said happily: "Thank you, father!"

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand and said very relieved: "Go."

This is why Zhu Qiyu likes Zhu Jianji, he even wants to turn his opponent into his own.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian's slightly tired look, and said: "Yu Shaobao was exhausted all the way, and I planned to give the table to wash the dust, but I know Yu Shaobao never likes this, so take a good rest, and come back to work the day after tomorrow , I'm also being lazy."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yu Qian got up to thank him, and many courtiers left the imperial study.

Hu Wei held Yu Qian back and motioned him to take a step to speak, and Hu Wei found a quiet place before he said, "Your Majesty has suffered a lot because Yu Shaobao is not in the capital."

Yu Qian glanced at the imperial study on the first floor. His Majesty is a monarch who loves people. Hu Wei is old and it is not easy to go upstairs. His majesty's imperial study was moved from the second floor to the first floor.

Yu Qian said with a smile: "I know this, but you old Hu, aren't you good at fighting? Get them."

Hu Mei slapped his right hand with his left hand, and said angrily, "You still blame me, I don't want to."

"But Your Majesty won't let me. You don't know. In order to stop me, Your Majesty even lied to me that you were stabbed by a Tatar in Beigukou camp. I dare not move."

"Your Majesty just sees that I have few feathers, and he doesn't want me to bald the reputation accumulated by the Qigong card. He wants to fulfill my past and posthumous reputation."

Yu Qian was taken aback for a moment, then he burst out laughing, looked Hu Wei up and down, and said jokingly: "You old fox, can you still be entangled by His Majesty? You also have today."

Hu Mei said with a lot of emotion: "I often walk by the river, so how can I not get my shoes wet? Since ancient times, it is only natural for courtiers to do some dirty things for His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty would rather suffer some grievances than embarrass the veteran. I have a reputation of being ignorant and immoral. What is Your Majesty doing to protect my reputation?"

"Our Majesty is also the only one in the world."

Yu Qian didn't speak, just looked at the new shoots from the wicker in the courtyard, and the white pear blossom petals flying in the garden.