Good morning Daming

Chapter 1070 Boya and Ziqi

Today, early morning exercise has become a part of Jiang Qingzhi's life. He always feels guilty if he doesn't exercise every day.

His knife skills nowadays are less mechanical than they were in the past. According to Tang Shunzhi, his knife skills have their own flavor.

Jiang Qingzhi believes that if one wants to achieve success in knife skills, one must have one's own style.

The wind from the knife whistled in the morning light, and Jiang Qingzhi's figure kept turning.

After practicing swordsmanship, Jiang Qingzhi wiped the sweat off his face. Xu Wei took the opportunity to finish his work and came over to say, "There's no news from Mr. Jingchuan either. I don't know what's going on."

"No need to worry."

No one knows Tang Shunzhi's abilities better than Jiang Qingzhi.

Yesterday, Jiang Qingzhi decided to let Tang Shunzhi handle the matter. Someone privately suggested that he should send an experienced veteran to accompany him.

Jiang Qingzhi smiled and shook his head.

Historically, after Tang Shunzhi came out of retirement, every battle he coordinated and commanded was brilliant.

There are countless records of the world over the past thousands of years, but in Jiang Qingzhi's opinion, a genius should master whatever he learns, rather than taking a side path.

Tang Shunzhi was a genius at studying, which was his literary talent. He learned martial arts at an advanced age and soon became a master of spearmanship, which was his martial arts talent.

After returning to office, he led his troops to fight in the north and south and was invincible.

This is a general, a handsome man...

Such people can be called geniuses.

If you ask yourself, if it weren't for the knowledge systems from later generations, Jiang Qingzhi would feel that he was just a mediocre person in front of Tang Shunzhi.

Breakfast is simple, just a vegetable and glutinous rice cake.

Compared with the glutinous food in the north, glutinous rice cake is a bit harder, and Sun Chonglou said it is not soft enough.

"Chewy." Xu Wei endorses southern cuisine.

"If you want more chewiness, you might as well eat dried meat." Sun Chonglou took out the dried meat and chewed it. Xu Wei coughed dryly, "Give me some."

"No more." Sun Chonglou shook his head.

"Master, Hua Qianhu wants to see you."

Hua Yan came, and Jiang Qingzhi asked, "Have you eaten?"

"No."

Hua Yan is very honest.

"Hua Yan, I have some dried meat." Sun Chonglou took out the dried meat, and Xu Wei sighed, "Is this what the uncle said... a dog licker?"

"No, it's about putting women before friendship." Jiang Qingzhi corrected.

Hua Yan took the dried meat and said, "Master, when are we going to raid the Liang family?"

"After breakfast." Jiang Qingzhi said.

"I'm worried that they will run away." Hua Yan said while chewing on dried meat.

"My uncle just wants them to run away." Xu Wei said with a smile.

Hua Yan: “…”

"If they want to escape, they must have a pass, or find some connections, so that we can catch them all in one fell swoop," said Sun Chonglou.

After breakfast, Hua Yan set off with the wolf soldiers.

Soon news came that Liang Hu's son had run away and Ye Bushou's men were following him.

"Let's see if we can catch a big fish." Jiang Qingzhi was a little expectant.

"Uncle, Mr. Jingchuan is here."

Jiang Qingzhi was walking in the yard. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Please come in quickly."

Tang Shunzhi came, still smiling gently.

"How?" Jiang Qingzhi asked.

"Catch them all in one fell swoop." Tang Shunzhi said, "The silver is in the back. Qingzhi, what are you going to do with it?"

"Take them back to the capital and show them the true face of a gentleman." Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile, "Have you captured all the Japanese?"

"A few who resisted were killed, and the rest were captured."

The two walked side by side, the morning sun gradually became warmer, making people feel very comfortable.

"Liang Hu said he would confess as long as his son was spared."

"Is he qualified to bargain with me?" Jiang Qingzhi said coldly, "Sun Bu Tong will not go."

"Yes." Sun Bu Tong was ready to leave.

"We can't be soft-hearted when dealing with such people." Jiang Qingzhi said, "If it weren't possible, I would have used the same tactics that Emperor Taizu Gao used back then."

"Skinned and stuffed with grass?"

"Hmm!" Jiang Qingzhi's eyes were deep. "These people will do anything for their own selfish interests. As long as they are paid, they dare to sell anything."

"So, do you think lifting the maritime ban is a good thing or a bad thing?"

"What are you worried about, Old Tang?"

"I am worried that the lifting of the maritime ban will lead to profit. When the entire Ming Dynasty, from the emperor to the peddlers, is talking about and thinking about how to make money, where will the people's morals go?"

Jiang Qingzhi turned around and said, "Why should we hide anything between you and me? I know you have something to say, just say it!"

Tang Shunzhi stopped and asked, "What is an emperor?"

Jiang Qingzhi didn't expect him to ask such a question, "Old Tang, you..."

"People like Liang Hu are willing to sell out everything for their own benefit. So where does this trend come from?"

"You mean the emperor?"

"Hmm!" Tang Shunzhi said with his hands behind his back, "At the beginning, your majesty was fighting with Yang Tinghe and others. Both sides used the Grand Ceremony Debate as an excuse to attack each other. Yang Tinghe had more people and was more powerful. Your majesty was defeated, so he used some villains..." "Are you talking about Zhang Cong and others?"

“That’s a speculator.”

Jiang Qingzhi remained silent.

"I will do anything that benefits me. From Zhang Cong and others to the Yan Party, Your Majesty has set a bad example for the people of the world and started a bad precedent."

Tang Shunzhi said: "Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Chengzu, and even during the reigns of Emperors Renzong and Xuanzong, the emperors strictly followed the way of the emperor in employing people. After the Battle of Tumu, the two emperors fought for supremacy, so they abandoned the way of the emperor and allowed treacherous people to run rampant in the court. Qingzhi, the emperor acted for his own selfish interests... Do you think it is right or wrong? If it is wrong, is there a way to change it?"

This!
Jiang Qingzhi looked at Tang Shunzhi in astonishment, thinking that Old Tang was actually hinting at him that he wanted to limit the emperor's power!

What the hell!

Seeing his astonishment, Tang Shunzhi sighed, "When I was an official, I saw the bureaucracy was full of swindlers, welcoming and sending off guests everywhere, and all kinds of dirty things were happening behind the scenes. It was rotten from top to bottom.

At that time, I was hoping that His Majesty and the officials in the court would see all this and rectify the administration with thunderous means. But the more I looked, the more confused I became. The people in the court turned a blind eye to this. I wondered why this was the case. I pondered for a long time but to no avail, and became more and more distressed. "

"So you just turn a blind eye to it and leave it alone." Jiang Qingzhi said with a smile.

"Yes." Tang Shunzhi nodded. "At that time, I thought highly of myself and tried to change some people around me, but I was met with nothing. I had great ambitions, but I was in a low position and could only sigh helplessly. When you are poor, you should just take care of yourself, so I just left."

"And now?" Jiang Qingzhi asked with a smile.

"Now, Your Majesty has come out of the West Garden and is determined to make innovations, which gives me hope. As the saying goes, if you are successful, you should help the world, so I also came out of the countryside."

Tang Shunzhi said: "Qingzhi, this trip to the south was quite successful. But do you still remember Former Qin?"

"Are you talking about Shang Yang's Reforms?" Jiang Qingzhi thought of Shang Yang.

"Yes, Shang Yang's reforms strengthened the Former Qin Dynasty, allowing it to sweep across the world and unify the country. His contribution was invaluable. But why did the Former Qin Dynasty perish in the second generation?"

Tang Shunzhi's question made Jiang Qingzhi silent. He took out the medicinal cigarette and unconsciously held it in his palm.

There were sparks flying in front of Jiang Qingzhi's eyes. When he looked, Tang Shunzhi handed him a match with a smile.

Tang Shunzhi lit a cigarette... This treatment was not ordinary. Jiang Qingzhi lit the medicine cigarette, took a deep breath, and said, "What you are worried about is... the death of the leader and the end of the government."

"The Former Qin was so powerful that it was terrifying, but why did it fall in the second generation? Some people say that the harsh laws of Qin were the reason. But in my opinion, it was just that those meat-eaters were unwilling to accept it."

The core of Shang Yang's reform was to treat everyone equally. For the first time, those meat-eaters felt the torment of the law. What was even more speechless was that as the superior people, they actually lost their privileges. If they wanted to get promoted and make money, they had to compete with those peddlers for the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.

"No one wants to be slaughtered, even if the motive is noble. The Former Qin Dynasty could not do that, and the Ming Dynasty cannot do that either. Qingzhi, how to avoid the end of the regime after the death of the leader, how to avoid the counterattack of the meat eaters after your Majesty and you, this is more important than whether the new policy is successful or not."

Tang Shunzhi said: "We should pave a way for future generations to ensure lasting peace in the Central Plains and the world."

Jiang Qingzhi smiled bitterly.

"Old Tang, actually... that sentence is absolutely correct."

"What?"

"The general trend of the world is that after a long period of division, there will be unification, and after a long period of unification, there will be division." Jiang Qingzhi said seriously: "No matter how powerful a dynasty is, it will eventually collapse, and the reason is what you said that when a person dies, the government will cease to exist."

"Those who eat meat are vulgar!" said Tang Shunzhi.

"Sharing the spoils is something that is inevitable in every dynasty. Old Tang, let's talk about me! I used to hate compromise and concession, but for the sake of the overall situation and the new policy, I can only watch those ugliness continue to run rampant. Once this kind of compromise becomes a habit, those ugliness will become more and more intense, until I am helpless and powerless..."

This was the first time Tang Shunzhi saw Jiang Qingzhi showing helplessness.

"Is there no way?" Tang Shunzhi seemed to be asking Jiang Qingzhi, but also seemed to be asking himself.

"Have."

"any solution."

"Cleaning is done every once in a while."

"Clean the meat eaters."

"Replace it too."

“It will cause unrest.”

"so……"

"and many more!"

Tang Shunzhi raised his hand, and he slowly looked up at Jiang Qingzhi, "So you encouraged His Majesty to clean up and rebuild the Beijing Guards first."

"Hmm!" Jiang Qingzhi smiled. In Tang Shunzhi's eyes, this smile was a bit bad. He said, "When the emperor controls the army, the purge can be carried out."

"I have never overestimated myself, nor have I underestimated my opponents." Jiang Qingzhi shook off the ash from his cigarette. "Wang Anshi was so strong. Wang Pang once proposed the art of conquering and punishing. Wasn't Wang Anshi tempted? I thought he was tempted. But he didn't dare. He was afraid of the counterattack of the carnivores."

"When Emperor Renzong used Di Qing, he might have had the intention of using Di Qing to control the army and suppress his ministers."

"The ministers fought back and forced Di Qing to death. This was a warning to Emperor Renzong."

"Renzong gave up and never dared to try again."

"This is the game between the emperor and his subjects, and the emperor was defeated miserably."

Jiang Qingzhi smiled.

Tang Shunzhi smiled.

Xu Wei stood not far away and watched the two of them. He said to Sun Bu Tong, "This is Boya and Ziqi."

"Who are Boya Ziqi?" Sun Bu Tong asked.

"confidant."

Tang Shunzhi asked Jiang Qingzhi, "Does Qingzhi still have confidence in the future of Ming Dynasty?"

"Yes." Jiang Qingzhi said.

"How long do you hope the Ming Dynasty will last?"