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- In the study of Xie Qian, the cabinet minister in the capital, Xie Qian was looking at a world map in a daze, and fell into a long thought.
Looking back on my life, when I was young, I became erudite and talented, tall and handsome. Later, I became the top scorer in high school at the age of twenty-six. It can be said that I was so proud of my horse's hoof and saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day.
The official career was also smooth sailing. He started as a compilator in the Hanlin Academy and became Zuo Shuzi in just a few years. In the early years of Hongzhi, he entered Zhan Shifu as a young Zhan Shi and a lecturer.
Only eight years later, he successfully entered the cabinet and became a cabinet minister that countless officials could not achieve in their lifetime. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he entered the Ministry of War as Minister of War and Dongge University as Prince Shaobao.
It can be said to be smooth sailing and extremely magnanimous.
But now, he feels that it is time for him to retire.
After several incidents in succession, he could already feel that Emperor Hongzhi was dissatisfied with him. 强牺 zhuishukan.com 读牺
From the famine in the three northern provinces in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, to the tax reform, the introduction of commercial taxes and the establishment of tax yamen, to the later Emperor Hongzhi's return of military power, to what happened in Nanjing last year, when Emperor Hongzhi wanted to reduce the number of places in the Jiangnan Science Examination .
Xie Qian knew that Emperor Hongzhi¡¯s dissatisfaction with him had reached its limit.
As a cabinet minister, if you don¡¯t have the trust of the emperor, you will basically not be able to do it for a long time, and there will be no way to continue doing many things.
He knew this very well, but looking at the resignation letter in his hand, he was extremely reluctant to part with it. At this time zh*uis h*uk*an.com Zhang Si
He is still very young, only in his sixties. Compared to the ministers in the court, he is very young. Liu Jian is already in his seventies, almost eighty.
¡°As long as I continue to hold on, I still have great hope that when Liu Jian retires, he will be able to become the chief minister of the cabinet and be the ultimate minister. When that time comes, it will naturally be completely different if he retires.
However, now it seems that it is time to retire.
The emperor has expressed his dissatisfaction clearly enough.
"I didn't do anything wrong, but why do I seem to have done so many wrong things?"
Looking at the world map in front of him, Xie Qian couldn't help but ask.
What he has always believed in is to assist the king in governing the world. He has always advised the emperor to be close to the wise, to keep away from the sycophants, to be diligent in learning, and to avoid ease. All over the world.
At first, Emperor Hongzhi had great trust in his approach. He also started as a scholar and knew that Emperor Hongzhi was generous and kind, diligent and caring for the people.
But I don¡¯t know since when, Emperor Hongzhi no longer believed in this set of things, and began to believe in the set of things proposed by Liu Jin.
Liu Jin proposed to rectify military affairs, expand externally, reform the tax system, levy commercial taxes, study fancy crafts, open factories and workshops, return overseas colonies, and engage in bloody plunder and expansion.
This is the thinking and line of No. 1 China that is completely contrary to the traditional Confucian way of governing the country.
??This continuous external expansion, in Confucian terms, means that being militaristic and warlike will lead to death. It will not only kill a large number of its own people, but also cause huge killings and bloodshed in the expansion areas.
Especially when Liu Jin was the commander-in-chief for several times of external expansion, whether it was sweeping the Nanyang or annexing the Western Regions, Liu Jin has always believed in the idea that power is truth, and those who obey me will prosper and those who go against me will perish.
Bloody killings and plunders were carried out in Southeast Asia and the Western Regions, especially in the Hezhong area. Countless countries and tribes fell under the butcher knife of the Ming Dynasty. The Hezhong area was originally home to hundreds of tribes, but once the Ming army passed by, the Hezhong area became a A land of deathly silence, a land thousands of miles away, deserted.
Countless countries in Southeast Asia were destroyed by Liu Jin, and even a small country like Malacca had to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, sign an alliance under the city, and compensate millions of taels of silver.
Siam, which had a good relationship with the Ming Dynasty in the past, was directly attacked the capital, and finally surrendered and paid tens of millions of taels of silver.
From the perspective of traditional Confucianism, these are absolutely unacceptable.
Since ancient times, all the great countries have convinced people with their virtues and conquered the world. They have come to visit us from all over the world. All the countries in the four directions admire our Chinese civilization.
But Liu Jin went to war, subjugated people with force, raided all directions, and killed wantonly. How is this different from bandits and barbarians?
?Continuously nourishing the Ming Dynasty.
The emergence of steamships also set off a revolution in maritime navigation. The originally distant Golden Continent and Australia became closer. Dried fish, ginseng, gold and silver from Golden Continent, mutton, dried kangaroo, abalone and wool from Australia. Rice, cane sugar, fruits, and spices from Nanyang were continuously shipped back to the Ming Dynasty.
Steam rice mills, flour mills, bicycles, etc., all kinds of machines have sprung up like bamboo shoots after a rain, which greatly improved the productivity of the Ming people and created more wealth than any previous era. Became the richest man.
"Are we really wrong?"
Xie Qian looked at the world map. The territory of the Ming Dynasty was extremely vast. There were also a large number of vassal states and colonies overseas. The descendants of China were spread in every corner of the world and dominated the world. Zhida org.com Zhixiao
The Ming Dynasty today is far beyond what can be measured in the prosperous age. The so-called prosperous age in history is simply insignificant compared to the Ming Dynasty today. The key is that the Ming Dynasty at this moment is still developing at a high speed, becoming richer and more prosperous. prosperity
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