strictlysupreme Chapter 907 Acting for Heaven
Chapter 907 Acting for Heaven
Chapter 907 Acting for Heaven
The city that never sleeps returned to normal on the second night, except that the two young masters and Changle Terrace were missing, and the usual bustle and bustle was gone.
Overall, it is certainly a bit deserted.
However, the so-called "characters" in both the black and white worlds suffered some and retreated, and the order was much better.
And nature abhors a vacuum.
Without this kind of excitement, the people who are unwilling to be lonely will definitely look for another kind of excitement.
Wang Dugong was beaten with forty boards, and his buttocks were bruised.
When people heard about it, some people talked about it as a joke, while others even felt a bit gloating. Normally, no one could deal with him, but if he met the master in the palace, he would be beaten up at will.
Of course, in recent times, officials and businessmen of all ranks, as long as they are active in the city that never sleeps, have to be more honest.
Zhu Houzhao in the garden was thinking that he had to pay attention to the daily people's livelihood, not only in the city that never sleeps, but in a wider range.
The four words "Zhengde Prosperous Age" satisfied myself and the literati who had a broad concept of history, but ordinary people did not care about these. They just hoped that their lives would be better.
The article on official administration is difficult to write, and he even accepted this difficulty and thus acknowledged the current situation.
In fact, it shouldn't be.
As an emperor, he still has to uphold justice and fairness. Even if he cannot do it perfectly, he should do his best to eliminate those collusion between officials and businessmen that harm the people.
During this trip out of the palace, he also heard that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty were now wealthy, and their lives were more luxurious and ostentatious than before.
Having money is not a problem.
But having money will bring about the rise of the big capitalist class.
Zhu Houzhao thought that he should find an opportunity to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys.
To prevent some businessmen from attempting to disrupt the government.
Of course, he also thought about Confucian tradition and modern science.
The Confucian tradition cannot be abandoned. Narrowly speaking, the Confucian concept of ruler-ruler, subject-subject, father-father, and son-son plays an important role in maintaining his rule.
From a more macro perspective, in the foreseeable hundreds of years, there is simply no other set of theories that can hold the entire country together. It may not be difficult to completely destroy Confucianism and tear the country apart, but it is difficult to glue it together again.
And a unified central dynasty remained crucial in the subsequent Age of Exploration.
Furthermore, the Confucian tradition is one of the most important carriers of Chinese culture. If we insist on reaffirming its subjectivity, the "soul" of our nation will not be confused.
Of course he knew that there were also some bad things in Confucianism, and one day in the future, a god would eliminate them.
From a policy perspective, Zhu Houzhao felt that the unique status of Confucian scholars, or Jinshi, should be guaranteed, and he even required officials who came from the Sansi examinations to be proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics.
This is equivalent to the later "political examination". If you fail the political test, everything else is out of the question.
"emperor."
When Zhu Houzhao was thinking, he heard You Zhi calling him. He raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Commander Han has brought the people here."
"Oh, bring it in."
After saying this, he picked up his pen and wrote again.
I just thought about a lot, not just some ideas, but also some policies that flashed through my mind. Because I thought they were ingenious, I had to write them down immediately to avoid forgetting them.
outside,
Han Ziren led the people to the outside of the pavilion where the emperor was.
This girl did not understand the rules of the court, and out of curiosity she secretly looked up at the emperor's face. However, she could not see his face clearly because the emperor was writing with his head down. She could only see his figure, which seemed tall and slender.
"I, Han Ziren, the commander of the Imperial Guard, pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
After that, he whispered, "Kneel down."
The girl finally reacted and knelt down in fear, "The guilty girl Lin Qingyun pays respect to His Majesty!"
Zhu Houzhao looked up.
The girl's figure was of course graceful, and the skin she exposed was white as snow, but he had seen it many times, so he didn't show any embarrassment. He could even say seriously, "Lift your head."
Lin Qingyun bit her lip. She was familiar with this kind of behavior of men. He was simply obsessed with her face.
On the way here, she thought about the reason why the emperor summoned her, and this was the only reason she thought of.
Apart from this, she had nothing else to offer.
Now the emperor asked her to raise her head, which basically confirmed her thoughts.
Maybe this is her fate, she thought.
After lifting her head, Zhu Houzhao took a quick look and was stunned for a moment. She was indeed a very beautiful woman, with eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like autumn water waves, a nose bridge as straight and slender as a jade bamboo shoot, and cherry lips lightly pursed as if containing cinnabar. No wonder she could become the most beautiful courtesan.
But he didn't have any dirty thoughts, he just couldn't help but sigh, "Ah."
"I sighed not because of anything else, but because I thought of you, who was originally from a scholarly family and was extremely beautiful. If the Wanhai Camp had not harmed your family, I think your parents would have married you to a wealthy family. Even if they couldn't do so, at least you wouldn't have ended up in prostitution and caused such a tragedy. What a pity, what a pity."
Lin Qingyun was so upset by these words that two tears immediately flowed out of her eyes.
"From this perspective, it's not that you are sorry for the court, but that the court is sorry for you."
Neither You Zhi nor Han Ziren could have imagined that the emperor would say such words.
How could the emperor say this?
It's not possible to say that he can't bear to kill people. This ancestor has killed so many people.
As a close associate of the emperor, You Zhi knew that the emperor would never be so "irrational" because of a woman's appearance. It seemed that he was touched on some point.
"Don't you have any grievances to complain about?" Zhu Houzhao asked.
Lin Qingyun bowed her head, "So there is, but I feel relieved to hear the emperor say such words to the guilty girl. With such a fate, why should I sigh?"
"If there is no justice in the world, and the people's justice and righteousness cannot be upheld, there will be people like you who are miserable. At this time, even if the world is prosperous, it has nothing to do with people like you.
I knew this before, but I gradually forgot it over time. It was your question that reminded me. You are like a withered flower in the wilderness, helpless in the face of a storm. Your question, "What else can I do?" is a very good one.
Lin Qingyun's voice trembled slightly. She had thought of many possibilities, but she had never thought that the emperor, the supreme ruler, summoned her, a woman who had committed a heinous crime, to say such words.
While in the capital, she had heard many rumors about the emperor.
She had doubted before because of her own experience, but now she has no doubts at all.
"Your Majesty is a benevolent ruler throughout the ages."
"If you can't benefit the people, what kind of benevolent monarch is he?" Zhu Houzhao was not a completely sentimental person, in fact, he was less sentimental, so he said: "Not only that, even though I know your miserable life, because you plotted to kill the court officials, for the sake of the court's laws, I still have to kill you."
"Please give orders, Your Majesty." The girl pressed her palms on the ground, and there was no trace of fear in her voice.
"His Majesty!"
You Zhi, who was always calm and composed, suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I dare to ask Your Majesty to spare this girl's life."
Zhu Houzhao had originally forced himself to make this decision, and he didn't want anyone to bother him anymore, "You Zhi, step aside and don't get involved in this!"
You Zhi insisted, "Your Majesty! I thought this girl was seeking revenge for her parents, so I planned this murder. As a child, if you are indifferent to your enemies, it is unfilial! Secondly, as Your Majesty said just now, justice and fairness for the people need to be upheld, and the court formulated laws with the original intention of upholding justice. But now, in order to uphold the law, justice and fairness are abandoned. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse and throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
There are laws that are intolerant of mercy, and there are also laws that are tolerant of mercy. Even if the story of this courtesan is made public, the people will surely have many sympathizers. If the court enforces this law, it will hurt the people's feelings. So, it is okay not to enforce this law!"
Han Ziren, who was standing by, had rarely seen Eunuch You fight so hard over the years. He was a little surprised, as he should not have any relationship with this woman.
Zhu Houzhao was also puzzled, "You Zhi, why are you pleading for her?"
"For what Your Majesty said, to uphold justice for the people! Your Majesty, why not use my method and ask Commander Han to make this girl's experience public and see what the people think. By then, Your Majesty will follow the people's sentiments and will surely win the hearts of the people. Isn't this exactly what Your Majesty meant by upholding justice and fairness for the people?"
Zhu Houzhao pondered, "Han Ziren, what do you think?"
Han Ziren said: "I think what Eunuch You said makes sense."
"Does it make sense? Why does it sound like a fallacy?" Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, "Take the people away first, You Zhi, you go too, I'll think about it."
"Yes."
After getting outside.
You Zhi took two steps after him, "Wait, Ziren."
"Eunuch You." Han Ziren clasped his fists.
"You should have pleaded with our family just now."
Han Ziren scratched the back of his head and said, "Eunuch, your words really shocked me. I haven't reacted yet."
You Zhi approached, "The emperor doesn't want to kill her. He just doesn't have a suitable reason. We are giving the emperor a reason, but unfortunately, we didn't expect the emperor to say those words to this woman today. Otherwise, we could have thought about it first, and if we had pleaded together, the situation today would have been like this."
"Could it be that the emperor is..." Han Ziren thought in that direction.
You Zhi shook his head, "Don't underestimate the emperor. She is just a prostitute. The emperor just felt sympathy for her, but he had to kill her because he was standing there."
"So what should we do now? Wanhaiying can't investigate too much. After all, the dead are the most important."
The person is dead, and bringing up his past accounts will cause resentment in the court.
You Zhi rolled his eyes, "Let's use the method I said in front of the emperor. The only ones who can save their lives are the common people. The emperor will not listen to anyone else except the common people. But remember, there is no need to show mercy to some evil people. In the final analysis, it's still those four words, acting on behalf of heaven. Only by practicing these four words, will your majesty be truly happy."
Han Ziren could only admire him. Only an old monster in the palace could figure out the emperor's thoughts to this extent.
(End of this chapter)