Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

When night falls again, the Qianqing Palace is brightly lit, but some things will not develop as you expect just because you choose to treat them coldly.

"Brother Imperial, I don't understand something."

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Youjian was sitting on a brocade stool, holding a memorial in his hand, with doubts on his eyebrows, "Why are there so many people in the court impeaching Xiong Tingbi, and even various rumors are spreading in the capital, don't you want to In order to calm down this turmoil as soon as possible, why not let the inner court start preparing a newspaper?"

"Is there anything unique about this thing? Can it effectively solve the current situation? And...Although Xiong Tingbi submitted a secret report to the emperor in advance and explained to the emperor what he wanted to do, my brother always felt that Xiong Tingbi's move was clearly There is…”

When talking about this, Zhu Youjian couldn't say the words that came to his lips.

"have what?"

Zhu Youxiao raised his head, looked at Zhu Youjian and said, "As a minister, are you testing the emperor's will?"

Although Zhu Youjian did not answer verbally, his firm eyes showed what he was thinking.

"Then I will answer your doubts first."

Zhu Youxiao smiled, leaned on the cushions and said, "According to the emperor's wishes, if Xiong Tingbi does such a thing, do I want to severely punish him?"

"My brother feels that he needs to be severely punished."

Zhu Youjian frowned and said: "Confucius said..."

"Don't mention Confucius, just tell me what you really think."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and interrupted: "I asked you to further your studies in the Qianqing Palace and test you with some government affairs from the imperial court. The reason is to hear your thoughts, not to memorize them."

"Yes."

Zhu Youjian seemed a little embarrassed, but he quickly regained his composure, bowed his head slightly and said: "According to my brother's opinion, Xiong Tingbi, as a minister, wanted to test the emperor's brother through some things. This clearly has his own ideas. Being impure to you and thinking about the pros and cons in every situation is the greatest original sin!"

really.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao did not change much on the surface, but he felt a little disappointed in his heart. There was obviously something wrong with Zhu Youjian's cognition.

In the original timeline, Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne. Although he was diligent and self-restrained and tried hard to save the decline of the Ming Dynasty, many things and decisions he made were obviously problematic. It is no wonder that the world would say that if Emperor Chongzhen had not bothered, If he had not acted so diligently, the Ming Dynasty might have lasted longer.

The root of all this is that Emperor Chongzhen stubbornly believed that as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, any words he said or any decisions he made would be absolutely obeyed by his ministers. Even in some critical situations, his ministers would obey He can turn the tide and solve problems.

But in fact this is not the case.

Therefore, when his ministers deceived him and the ministers did not do what he wanted, Emperor Chongzhen would be swayed by anger and lose his judgment. In this way, he would do many amazing things!

But it was precisely those things that Emperor Chongzhen did that aggravated the disunity between the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, aggravated the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, and intensified the internal conflicts of the Ming Dynasty. This series of changes eventually led to the national disaster of Jiashen, and then caused the collapse of the Ming Dynasty. .

"Then according to what the emperor brother thinks, no matter what order I give, the people below will absolutely obey it?" Zhu Youxiao, who thought of this, looked at Zhu Youjian and asked.

Is not it?

An idea arose in Zhu Youjian's mind. After all, his imperial brother was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and held the power of life and death. As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, if he did not absolutely obey the emperor, then who should he obey?

"Brother Chen thinks so."

After a moment of hesitation, Zhu Youjian answered directly.

"Then if this is really the case, why would so many people impeach Xiong Tingbi?"

Zhu Youxiao asked a question.

"It was Xiong Tingbi who offended the public."

Zhu Youjian replied: "What Xiong Tingbi did in the capital camp is obviously against our military laws of the Ming Dynasty. If everyone is like Xiong Tingbi, there will be no rules at all."

"But what Xiong Tingbi is doing is also following my will. My will is actually rectifying the capital camp." Zhu Youxiao said with a calm expression.

"This……"

Zhu Youjian was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say in answer.

"Imperial brother, what you think only existed in the prosperous times, and only existed when the Ming Dynasty was strong and powerful."

Zhu Youxiao raised the corners of his mouth slightly, stared at Zhu Youjian and said: "The Ming Dynasty that I took over has many problems and hidden dangers, which cannot be solved by a decree."

"If it were really that simple, then no matter what Xiong Tingbi did, it would not have caused such a repercussion. If this situation really happened, I would never keep Xiong Tingbi until now."

"Things change as the situation develops. It's not what you think it should be, it must be what it is. Even if I were the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I couldn't be so domineering, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would have ceased to exist."

Zhu Youxiao never thought that one or two things could change Zhu Youjian's mind. This was extremely unrealistic, but he had to change Zhu Youjian's perception and let him see more aspects of the world. Things, in order to open his horizons, so that he can consider issues from multiple perspectives.

If Zhu Youjian is unwilling to change, then Zhu Youxiao will never waste time and energy. After all, the restructuring of the Ming dynasty is also urgent.

"Tell me why I did it this way."

Zhu Youxiao continued: "I chose to send an internal official to Beijing camp to reprimand Xiong Tingbi. This is the tacit understanding between me and him, because I believe that he can rectify Beijing camp, and he also believes that I will give him support. After all, he will rectify Beijing. The camp will touch the real interests of many people.”

"Everything in the world is prosperous because of profit, and everything in the world is turbulent because of profit. I don't know how many things have been ruined by the word profit. Just like before the Donglin Party was defeated, there was no major turning point in Liaodong for which the Donglin Party was not defeated. Is it caused by Lin’s party’s empty talk and misleading the country?”

"The fall of the Liaozuo and Liaonan guards was because Yuan Keli, a member of the Donglin Party, took over as the Liaodong Administrator. The fall of the Liaoxi Guards was because Wang Huazhen was angry with Xiong Tingbi, who was once again in charge of the Liaodong Administrator, for his own personal gain. But these Has the emperor ever thought about the hidden calculations and interests behind it?"

Zhu Youjian was stunned.

What he heard now was completely different from what he knew before, which had a great impact on him.

"Mention the Donglin Party."

Zhu Youxiao leaned forward, picked up the tea cup on the imperial desk, took a sip and said: "The emperor's brother has lived in the Forbidden City for so long, so he must know how the Donglin Party became powerful, right?"

"Back when I had not ascended the throne as Yuji, the imperial examination failed, and there was a turmoil in the inner court to move the palace. This caused an uproar in the government and the public. I would like to ask the emperor brother if he has ever thought about why these secrets of the inner court are known. Why spread the word so quickly?"

"Brother Chen..."

Zhu Youjian's Adam's apple squirmed, but he didn't know what to say.

"This is why I set up a newspaper."

Zhu Youxiao paused at the tea cup he was holding and frowned: "It took me, Yuji, so long to understand one thing. The left and right changes in public opinion can affect the court situation, and then affect my decision."

"Except for the incident of moving the palace, after I Yuji ascended the throne, the Donglin Party occupied some positions, but compared with the Qi Chu Zhe Party, the difference was not even a little bit different. After all, before this, the Qi Chu Zhe Party and other factions relied on their The power of the Beijing Police expelled most of the Donglin Party from the court."

"But with the resignation of Fang Congzhe, the chief minister of the cabinet, has the emperor discovered that the number of the Donglin Party in power has been increasing over a long period of time, and the reverse party is the starting point of all this. During the presidential period, the direction of public opinion between the government and the opposition was one-sided."

The more things Zhu Youxiao came into contact with, the more clearly he felt that he, the Ming emperor, was at a disadvantage in terms of leading public opinion. This was simply incredible.

But it’s right to think about it the other way around. The control over public opinion has long been held by the scholar-bureaucrats and literati. Whatever they say and spreads more, then what is the truth?

From the perspective of imperial supremacy, this is absolutely unacceptable.

Gun barrel.

Money bag.

pen.

No matter which one of the above three items is missing, the imperial power will not be reliable. However, compared with the first two, the emperor has too little advantage in the competition for the last item.

But newspapers are different.

As long as the audience is large enough and the public is eager to pursue it, then in a specific environment, a unique newspaper may play a decisive role!

"Royal brother, you should think carefully about what I have told you." Seeing Zhu Youjian's complex expression, Zhu Youxiao leaned on the cushion and said, "This is my test for you. Think of yourself." Write everything down and submit it to me tomorrow."

"Here!"

Zhu Youjian stood up and bowed.

Now that you have decided to do something, you must do it unswervingly and never be half-hearted. If that's the case, just don't do it!