Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

The most difficult thing in this world is the word "rules". Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and under rivers and lakes, there are bound to be human relationships and social conventions. After all, no one can live in a vacuum. Everyone will have troubles. This is what it means to be human. If you have no troubles, you are a saint. If you have troubles, you will inevitably have private interactions.

From the moment power is born, it is destined to be held by a minority. This is the concept in the eyes of the general public, but in the eyes of a minority, the minority can also represent the majority.

After all, whoever holds the power has the final say, and this is also the reason for the rules. After all, nothing in this world can be accomplished by one person.

If that were the case, the world would not need so many ruling groups; just one emperor would be enough.

And when private interactions occur, some rules are bound to be broken. After all, if there is no need for private interactions, there is no need to break the rules. But in this case, are the rules still rules?

Of course rules are rules!

It just depends on who it’s for.

Zhu Youxiao understood this principle very early on, and after hitting many walls, he realized that things in this world cannot be judged solely by black and white.

This is simply not clear.

After all, there are too many things that have been decided from the very beginning, and they cannot be changed by personal will, even by the emperor who is high above.

After all, governance is built up step by step, and if any level is missing, there will be problems.

However, after becoming the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and holding extraordinary power and justice in his hands, and after experiencing all kinds of things, Zhu Youxiao understood one truth.

Favoritism, fraud, greed... these phenomena can never be completely eliminated. As long as there are people there, even if the old ones are all killed, when new people come up, there will always be some people who cannot resist the temptation. Therefore, normalizing anti-corruption and promoting integrity is something that the central government must do.

Similarly, some things can exist, but don’t go too far. If you go too far, and lose your reverence and fear in your heart, then that is the way to death! !

"Your Majesty, you don't know the situation of the soldiers under you." Zhu Youjian, holding a wine cup, said to Zhu Youxiao with a frown at the imperial residence.

"I originally thought that being stationed at Shanhaiguan, guarding the pass for the imperial court and protecting the border for the capital, even if many people are greedy, it is at least justifiable."

"But what's the reality? The retainers and bodyguards of the officers are all fat and strong, but what about the majority of the lower-level soldiers? Many of them are skinny."

"Your Majesty, do you know? During the days of rewarding the troops, dozens of soldiers actually ate themselves to death because they ate too much and ate too fast..."

"Cough cough~"

A cough was heard here.

Zhu Youjian was interrupted.

Zhu Youjian, who was sitting next to him, was also holding a wine cup, but he frowned and looked at Zhu Youjian with a look that seemed to contain some blame.

"What? Changshou wants to tell me the truth, and your royal brother is going to stop him?" Zhu Youxiao put down the wine cup and looked at Zhu Youjian calmly.

"Brother I don't dare."

Zhu Youjian's heart tightened, and he quickly put down the wine cup, stood up and bowed to his brother, saying: "I think it's rare for my brother to want to drink a few glasses of wine, so..."

In fact, for Zhu Youjian, who hated evil, after learning about all the things, he was initially more angry than Zhu Youjian. This was completely different from the Ming Dynasty he had imagined.

But after experiencing more and more, especially seeing those numb eyes, Zhu Youjian's heart also became numb.

Zhu Youjian, who was already sensitive, had a lot of thoughts in his heart during the rewards of the past few days. Especially when he thought about these things and associated them with what his royal brother had said in the past, Zhu Youjian became even more silent.

Deep in Zhu Youjian's heart, a voice would appear from time to time.

What exactly made the Ming Dynasty become what it is today?

He didn't understand.

Even if he racked his brains, Zhu Youjian couldn't figure it out.

"So just to not spoil my interest, you reminded Changshou to stop talking?" Zhu Youxiao said calmly to Zhu Youjian.

"Then you know that it is precisely because of your thoughts that the current Ming Dynasty is in such a state. What are the consequences of deceiving superiors and hiding the truth from subordinates? It is audacity, abuse of power for personal gain, favoritism and corruption, and corruption!!!"

hum.

At this moment, Zhu Youjian felt like being struck by lightning.

Everything he couldn't figure out before, he figured out at this moment.

"This is why I want to leave the capital to patrol the border."

Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly, his eyes sharp as he said, "Because I have discovered in the capital that the various rules set by the Ming Dynasty in the past have been almost destroyed."

"Killing some officials in Beijing, even groups that are connected to them, can only change the center, but what about the local areas?"

"As the saying goes, the emperor is far away, do you know what this means?"

"He is a bully who bullies the market, who forces women of good character into prostitution, who is insane, who is bold and reckless, and who kills people without hesitation, so I must have military power in my hands."

In the past few days, Zhu Youxiao has actually been enduring. He wants to make sure that people in Shanhaiguan can't guess what he is thinking and what he wants to do.

Of course, Zhu Youxiao not only wanted people in Shanhaiguan to guess this way, he also wanted all groups that had close ties with Shanhaiguan to guess this way, no matter where they were.

So Zhu Youxiao stayed where the imperial carriage was.

"It's been six years since the Apocalypse. Some things should change."

Zhu Youxiao lifted his sleeves, slowly stood up and said: "Let's start this change from Shanhaiguan. At this time, I'm afraid that many people have begun to relax."

"That's good."

"Rules should be set up inadvertently and implemented with the force of thunder. Otherwise, there will be a lot of excuses and wrangling. You two go and pass on my order to Ma Shilong and order him to beat the drums to gather the generals tomorrow. I want to meet the officers at Shanhaiguan. Oh, and let Gao Qiqian and the others go as well."

When he said this, Zhu Youxiao flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked back to the hall. As for Zhu Youjian and Zhu Youjian, they had a myriad of thoughts in their mind at this moment.

They hadn't expected that the emperor was going to summon someone. The key point was that the scale of this summons would be so large. The two of them knew in their hearts that this summons must have a deep meaning.

This is Zhu Youxiao. If you want to do something, you should either not do it at all or do it to the utmost without giving anyone a chance to take advantage of it. If you do it to the end and nothing works, or even makes the situation worse, then what is the point of doing it? Will it make you more upset? Zhu Youxiao would never do such a thing.