I am the king of the dead

The first imperial decree of Zhenxiguan was awarded only a first merit card. In the battle of Jining, Wang Fu obtained information on Mandala Mountain that the Wala people stationed in Mandala Mountain would sneak attack on the army of the Ming Dynasty at any time. Died in the hands of that little Wala scout.

Wang Fu walked to Luntai City, and before he had time to appreciate the majesty of Luntai City, he received the second imperial decree.

The second imperial decree in Luntai City awarded a piece of miraculous merit card, rewarding Wang Fu's contribution in rescuing Ye Bushou and bringing back 81 corpses of Marquis Yuan on the pier by cooperating with Lin and Yang Hanying in Wala. , to send his wife back to Daming.

Wang Fu had just arrived at Jiayuguan when he received the third imperial decree.

The third imperial decree in Jiayuguan was awarded a first merit card. Wang Fu provided a lot of information in Wala and Lin, and provided intelligence support for the Emperor Ming to fight against the rebellion.

Wang Fu just walked out of the border of Gansu and came to Jingtai County, that is, the fourth edict.

The fourth imperial decree from Jingtai County awarded a miraculous merit card, rewarding Wang Fu for sending many astronomical tools from Samarkand back to Daming, which opened up the bypass of degrees in the great speculation of Ming Dynasty, and "Jingtai Almanac" Wang Fu deserves a credit. The appearance of the sextant greatly promoted the development of Daming literature and laid the foundation for the establishment of Haishitang.

Wang Fu had just walked to Wuyuan Mansion, and received the fifth imperial decree by the riverside of Jingtai Anmin Canal.

The fifth imperial decree of Wuyuan Mansion was awarded a miraculous merit card, which rewarded Wang Fu for his great contribution in the return of Luntai City to the Ming Dynasty. It seems that Wang Fu coerced the Ming court to obtain the canonization of Duke Kang. In exchange for Luntai City, and even for the surrender of King Guokang of Turpan Yemi Li Huo Zhe, the business done by Daming is worthless.

Wang Fu had just arrived at the Xinghe Institute in Jining City when he received the sixth imperial decree.

The sixth imperial decree of the Xinghe Institute awarded a miraculous merit card to reward Wang Fu's outstanding contribution to stabilizing the border defense during the process of reopening the Western Regions in the Ming Dynasty. However, Wang Fu presided over the affairs of the state of Kang, stabilized Ming Dynasty's development of the Western Regions, and also stabilized the Hexi Corridor. The Hexi Corridor restored its former prosperity, and Wang Fu should take the lead.

Wang Fu returned to the capital of Shuntian Prefecture. He was a Jinshi and a military honorary of the Ming Dynasty. He entered the capital through Desheng Gate according to the system. He received the seventh imperial decree.

The seventh imperial decree of Deshengmen awarded Huo Xunhou's world certificate and a miraculous merit card. It rewarded Wang Fu for abandoning the Duke of Kang and resolutely returned to Daming. What he rewarded was his loyalty. This is a role model, and it is also a spiritual totem for all the towers and distant marquises.

After Wang Fu walked across the Jinshui Bridge step by step, in front of Chengtian Gate, Wang Fu received the eighth imperial decree.

The eighth imperial decree in front of Chengtian Gate awarded him the official position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry. As a military honor, he should not have been awarded a civil position. This imperial decree is an affirmation. There was only one person in the Ming Dynasty who had both military honors and civil positions. , that is Yu Qianyu Shaobao, the Duke of Jin in the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!" Wang Fu walked into the Fengtian Hall, bowing five times and kowtowing three times to see him.

Zhu Qiyu stood up, took a step forward, leaned sideways, pointed at Wang Fu and said loudly: "You still know how to come back, the right and left correctors, pull this man out for me to beat, twenty sticks!"

Lu Zhong took Wang Fu up with a Tiqi and dragged him outside the hall.

When Wang Fu was dragged away, he looked at the Daming Emperor on the platform in disbelief. With the frequency of his imperial edicts along the way, the achievements of five extraordinary merit cards and two head merit cards, he wanted to break his head. Unexpectedly, he was dragged out as soon as he entered Fengtian Temple, and was beaten by the imperial staff.

Lu Zhong put a foot-thick mat on Wang Fu's buttocks, held a water and fire stick and said with a smile: "Wang Shilang, bear with it, His Majesty personally ordered you to put a foot-thick mat and beat him hard. !"

Wang Fu couldn't feel the strength, it wasn't because the Tiqis didn't use their strength, and it wasn't because Lu Zhong was weak, it was because the cushion was too thick.

"Do I need to shout out?" Wang Fu looked at Lu Zhong and asked.

Lu Zhong said quite precisely: "It should not be used."

Wang Fu went up to the hall again carrying the mat, bowed five times and kowtowed three times and said loudly: "See Your Majesty, is Your Majesty safe?"

Zhu Qiyu walked down the platform step by step, came to Wang Fu, helped him up, and said with a smile: "I'm safe, excuse me."

Zhu Qiyu put the five extraordinary merit cards and two first merit cards on Wang Fu's body, patted Wang Fu's arm and said: "When you were in Jining, you said you wanted me to bring you the merit card personally, and I will give you a reward card. I personally put it on for you, this is what you deserve, Huo Xunhou has worked hard."

"Running around for Ming Dynasty and being loyal to His Majesty!" Wang Fu stood up straight and shouted loudly.

"Your Majesty, can I ask why Your Majesty beat you up?" Wang Fu always felt that the beating was inexplicable.

Zhu Qiyu stared at Wang Fu and said: "You have the talent to manage the world, but you work for the Oirats. The country is in the middle of employing people. If you don't come back to work, you will be beaten."

Only then did Wang Fu know that His Majesty the Emperor has been annoyed at him for working abroad.

Chapter 991 The Weird Prince

Wang Fu stood on the court hall, dignified and upright.

And he looked at the person directly opposite, Li Binyan, the Third Secretary of the Ministry of Planning and Planning of the Ming Dynasty. This is a new department. Wang Fu is not very clear about its functions, its significance, including the boundaries of his rights, but according to the number of seats In other words, Li Binyan's position in the court is second only to the six ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and above the ministers.

After so many years, the people in the court changed again and again. Two of them were Wang Fu's acquaintances. The first one was Yu Shiyue, who was actually the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

The other one is Yu Qian.

Yu Qian and Wang Fu had known each other for a long time, and during the Battle of Jining and the ensuing Battle of Hetao, Yu Qian explained Wang Fu's repentance to His Majesty, and collected information for Wang Fu on Mandala Mountain Please ask for the top card.

His Majesty the Emperor readily agreed to Yu Qian's request, and Yu Qian's memorial also included Wang Fu's recovery.

Under the circumstances at that time, Yu Qian was willing to speak for a minister who was expelled from Fengtian Temple, and asked for a merit card and recommendation. This required great courage, because the opening of the sea at that time was not as smooth as it is now.

But Wang Fu's choice was to join the Yuanhou of the pier and make contributions to the Ming Dynasty. After 12 years, he returned to the Ming Dynasty Hall and stood here dignifiedly.

The only thing that surprised Wang Fu was that the imperial staff was not a court staff, it was because he did not serve the court, and the cushion was the emperor's grace.

Wang Fu was astonished to find that the majority were fighting for profit and opposing Kaihai back then, but now, Kaihai is beneficial to the country, benefiting the Ming Dynasty, and it has become the majority. Even Li Binyan's three words represent Kaihai. .

Wang Fu needed to study, and Emperor Daming also knew that Wang Fu needed to study, so he only gave him the position of the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, and asked Wang Fu to read "Jingtai Salt and Iron New Theory" and the historical newspapers to understand the importance of Daming. After he left, all kinds of changes happened.

Zhu Qiyu sat on the platform and started today's court meeting.

King Li Yuan of North Korea sent his eldest son Li Huang to the Daming Siyi Hall to study. This is an extension of the basic national policy of Li Yuan’s great friendship with neighbors. Thanks to the extensive opening of the sea in the Ming Dynasty, the tribute paper, horses and iron materials of North Korea, As well as Gao Liji have obtained stable sales.

Da Ming canonized the throne of Li Yuan politically, and economically stabilized the Korean economy. Culturally, Da Ming taught without discrimination. For example, this time, the eldest son Li Huang came to Daming with a large number of descendants of Korean scholar-bureaucrats.In terms of military affairs, Daming was the naval division stationed by the Ship Division of Jeju City, deterring Japan.South Korea must not be invaded.

With these supports and measures, Li Yu's throne has become extraordinarily stable.

Li Yu sent envoys to Beijing this time, mainly for the purpose of the land law, hoping that the Ming Dynasty could provide in-depth guidance on the land system in Korea, and hoped that the emperor would issue an imperial decree to help the king of Korea promote the land law in southern Korea.

The Employment Land Law is roughly similar to the official land law implemented by Jia Sidao in the past. Some old scholar-bureaucrats’ official lands were wiped out, and then a small amount was distributed to the current scholar-bureaucrats to form a vast official land for the cultivation of cotton for Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu vetoed part of Li Yu's Employment Field Law. Regarding the matter of growing cotton for Daming, Zhu Qiyu chose to refuse, but asked Li Yu to grow grain honestly and ensure the domestic food supply in North Korea.

Most of North Korea's trade is still dominated by barter. If these jobs are turned into cotton fields, it will affect North Korea's food supply, and it may even happen that the people will rise up because they have no food to eat.

The Korean envoy knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, because the great Tian Khan, the wise ruler of the unification of the world, and the wise Emperor Ming, cared about the sufferings of the Korean people and allowed 500 more people to enter the Ming Dynasty every year. .

The profits of those jobs that Li Yu has managed are not as good as the five hundred Gao Liji. If Zhu Qiyu doesn't let Li Yu mess around, will Li Yu stop messing around?

Li Yu is really not fooling around.

He engaged in cotton fields originally not for money, but to express his obedience to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

After drinking a little bit of soup and water from Daming Maritime, Li Yu felt that now his country is rich and the people are strong, the population is large, the military is strong, and even the Japanese plague is gone. He can even issue currency - "Arrow Coin". Failed.

So Li Yu was always afraid that the emperor would yell and lie on his side on the couch, how could he allow others to sleep soundly, and come to kill him, so he set up this cotton field to show his respect and show that he had no objection.

Emperor Daming told him to farm the land honestly, don't mess around, Li Yu is very obedient.

Hino Tomiko, the Japanese envoy, cried for a long time in the court hall, crying about Shanye Yuan Gongfang's inaction.

Yuan Bin and others entered the Wa Kingdom forcefully. After entering, they stopped before they all entered. This stop lasted for ten years. Now, Shanye Yuan Gongfang was sent to Shangluo with a knife, and even cut down the Emperor of the Wa Kingdom, allowing the Wa Kingdom to enter The next stage of Wanghua.

But Yuan Bin just didn't move, didn't go deep, and didn't withdraw. If Yuan Bin was tougher, went further, and completely pierced this layer of window paper, he wouldn't be so scratchy. It doesn't matter if those big names are as soft as they are.

Yuan Bin's inconsistency really made Wa Guo feel uncomfortable.

Yuan Bin seized the three major silver mountains in the Wa Kingdom, and then occupied the Seto Inland Sea. These were high-quality assets, but he refused to accept the whole of the Wa Kingdom because they were inferior assets.

After listening to the crying, Zhu Qiyu was not moved in any way, and said that the matter of Yuan Gongfang would not be discussed until Yuan Gongfang returned to the court.

And Luzon's envoy knelt on the ground, also telling about Luzon's recent predicament. Daming unilaterally announced that it would no longer do business with Luzon. Further stripping Luzon.

In the past, Lu Song's response was to play tricks. After storing all the irons and fusing them, they sent troops to massacre the overseas Chinese in an organized manner. Now, every merchant in the Ming Dynasty is armed with merchant ships. Although there are no guns or cannons, those long and short soldiers and bows Said, the king of Luzon, is completely unable to compete.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty even robbed his palace and looted all the wealth he had accumulated over the years.

Zhu Qiyu asked the correcting officer to throw Lu Song's envoy out of Chengtian Gate. The correcting officer was responsible for correcting the etiquette.

The situation in Luzon is a phenomenon deliberately caused by the emperor of Ming Dynasty, in order to punish these bastards on the ground in Nanyang, and various injustices when the armed forces of Ming Dynasty were declining and weak.

The robbery of the Luzon king's internal treasury was done by the Daming Navy. The Luzon king's internal treasury property has been divided in half with the national treasury.

For the small country of Fanyi, the Emperor Ming's indifference is no longer a price that their small country can bear.

Wang Fu was a little surprised. According to the nine-dimensional theory of Huaiyuan people, at this time, the scholars and bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty and the officials of the Kodao should jump out and complain that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not practice the way of benevolence and forgiveness.

But the officials of Ke Dao are more watching the excitement than jumping out to scold the emperor.

Hino Tomiko also cried, but the Emperor Daming didn't throw him out. It was Daming who relied on Japanese money to enter the Ming Dynasty to maintain the steady progress of the New Deal of the Ming Dynasty. In this matter, Daming was actually at a loss. Either just quit and just try it out, making it difficult to get up and down, which is somewhat immoral.

But Luzon is completely to blame.

Then Xing’an read out a lot of imperial decrees, some famous people passed away, and asked for posthumous titles from the imperial court. Many of these famous people did not know much about them, but the imperial court still gave them posthumous titles;

After reopening the Western Regions, the Western Regions Headquarters determined the number and quota of guards, and began the first recruitment of Long March athletes.

In Zhu Qiyu's view, there was an extremely important event, but the courtiers did not respond enthusiastically, that is, Yu Qian led the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households to announce the completion of Xuanchi Road in the Great Ming Dynasty.

The courtiers were more of an attitude of watching a joke, and the road would naturally need to be repaired, but the iron horse train was really laughable.

Shi Heng, the Duke of Zhongguo who raised white elephants for the Ming emperor, announced that he would take the Jingtai No. [-] iron horse, pull the first batch of goods to Xuanfu, and bring back a batch of livestock from the horse market from Xuanfu.

Zhu Qiyu held a big banquet for Wang Fu's return to Beijing. Shi Heng didn't drink alcohol. He was already very old. The imperial hospital asked him to quit drinking. After hearing about it, the Emperor Ming ordered Shi Heng to quit drinking. Shi Heng seemed struggling even to get on the white elephant, so he agreed.

That Duke Xungui Zhongguo of the Ming Dynasty who dismounted and fought to the death has already shown his old age. Although it has become difficult for His Majesty to take the lead, taking the train to Xuanfu has become a new way for him to lead.

Before the next generation of Wu Xun grows up, Zhong Guogong must represent Wu Xun and stand firm in the court.

In the early morning of the next day, Shi Heng took the train to Xuanfu, and Zhu Qiyu met the prince Zhu Jiancheng who also returned to Beijing yesterday in the Juxian Pavilion of the martial arts hall.

On the second day of March in the 16th year of Jingtai, Prince Zhu Jiancheng completed the expected southern tour and returned to the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Coincidentally, Wang Fu also returned to Beijing on the same day.

Wang Fu was a little restless, would Prince Daming hold grudges against him because of this?His Majesty the Emperor prepared a grand welcome ceremony for him, but the prince returned to Beijing quietly.

In front of the imperial case in Zhu Qiyu's imperial study, there were two rows of benches, on which were sitting Xiang Wang Zhu Zhanqian, Yu Qian, Yao Kui, Li Binyan, Wang Fu and other courtiers.

"See father, is father holy?" Zhu Jiancheng greeted the ceremony. The 15-year-old prince had already grown up according to the Ming system, but in the eyes of the Ming emperor and his courtiers, he was still a child.

Zhu Qiyu signaled Zhu Jiancheng to flatten himself, and said, "Zhen'an, tell me what you've seen and heard along the way."

Zhu Jiancheng took out a congratulatory form from his sleeve. Apparently, the officials of the Eastern Palace had prepared a performance for the crown prince. This is a majestic essay praising the unprecedented prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. I am very proud of the powerful Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Jiancheng looked at the congratulatory form in his hand, but couldn't speak, so he put away the congratulatory form and said, "Father, my child has seen poverty."

Yu Qian was taken aback when he heard the words, sat up straight, and looked at Zhu Jiancheng. During the two-year inspection tour to the south, the crown prince told the emperor that he saw poverty, not wealth and strength. Isn't this scolding, isn't the emperor of Ming Dynasty incompetent? !

Zhu Zhanqian was frightened for a while, with His Majesty's previous authority, who would dare to say such a thing.

"Tell me." Zhu Qiyu sat up straight with a slightly lazy figure, looked at Zhu Jiancheng and said quite accurately, Zhu Qiyu was very happy that his prince did not fool him.

This time the crown prince did not have any reference to the answer. He thought for a long time before saying: ""The Analects of Confucius·Yanghuo" said: The son said: Only the wise and the foolish below will not change."

"Confucius said that in this world, only the most intelligent and the most foolish people are suffering, and they are also the most steadfast."

"The most intelligent person has received the best education and has insight into the principles of the world, but he cannot change the world. It is a clear pain; no matter what kind of predicament he is, he cannot change his ambition, and he is proactive and unwavering."

"The most stupid person is one who has no understanding of the principles of the world, is the pain of ignorance, and is passive and unwavering."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Jiancheng. This sentence was different from what Chen Xun said. When Chen Xun was talking about banquets, he said this sentence means: when people are born, their natures are similar, but there is a first-class qi that is extremely clear and qualitative. Those who are extremely pure are those who are superior knowledge; those who are extremely turbid and whose quality is extremely contradictory are those who are inferior fools.

That is to say, at the very beginning, people are similar in nature, but there are still differences. The first-class talents are the wise, and the last-class talents are the fools.

But Zhu Jiancheng's understanding is quite different from Chen Xun's, and it seems particularly deviant.

"Is this what Teacher Hu taught you to solve?" Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile.

Zhu Jiancheng said quite confidently: "Yes, Mr. Hu and Xueshi Wang said something different, but after this trip, I still think Mr. Hu is right."

"A fool is poor."

"The steadfastness of the wise is that they have already understood the principles of the world, and they are determined to do what they know they can't do."

"The steadfastness of the fools is that they cannot change."

"Once they realize that they are human beings and no longer treat themselves as playthings, their income will decrease, and eventually their life will be unsustainable, and they can only regard themselves as cattle and horses again to maintain their meager income and family support. .”

"This kind of fools don't move, except for themselves. Once they feel that they are individuals, they will be attacked by people around them, and they will even be expelled. Both themselves and the environment determine that they can only not move."

"It is this world that turns people into ghosts."

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Go ahead."

Zhu Jiancheng said with a little confusion: "So, when children see poverty, children first think that poverty is because they don't cultivate themselves, and they don't cultivate morality. That's how Wang Xueshi taught children, saying that they are poor because they don't work hard enough."

"However, the children abandoned by their parents in the nursing home, the terrified households in the countryside, the prostitutes on the banks of the Huangpu River, the families of the poor and the coolies, the tenants in a pair of trousers, the stevedores on the docks, and even those Kong Yiji, who have read some books, can only copy books for a living, wear long gowns and drink alcohol, because they are poor, they cannot change, they cannot understand the truth of the world, let alone change their own predicament."

"It is true that the world is clamoring that their poor children cannot be changed, but can the environment around them be changed?"

Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Jiancheng with a complicated expression on his face. His initial expectation for Zhu Jiancheng was that the child would succeed to the throne smoothly. In the old party's counter-offensive, he would maintain the most basic understanding and not make huge concessions on those core interests;

After Hu Wei's teaching, Zhu Qiyu's expectation for the prince is only that people will die and the government will rest, and it is enough not to completely negate it, even if it is to keep a little bit, such as maritime trade and money law.

After traveling thousands of miles, Zhu Qiyu realized that he underestimated this kid.

Hu Wei chose extremely profound education because he was worried that Zhu Jiancheng's lack of intelligence would be questioned and his position as prince would be impacted.

The emperor of Ming Dynasty was worried that the prince would not understand the world, so he asked him to travel thousands of miles to study and understand the truth while walking.

This is a bad thing, Daming taught a weird prince.

Isn't it weird enough for a prince who can taste "morality turns people into ghosts" from Confucian classics?