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Zhu Youxiao felt emotional as he listened to Liu Ruoyu reciting "He Zhong Shu" and gradually understood Zou Yuanbiao's mental journey.
Zou Yuanbiao had a bumpy official career. He first offended Zhang Juzheng and was exiled for six years. After Zhang Juzheng's death, he was recalled and served as a censor in the Ministry of Personnel. When the Cining Palace caught fire, he submitted a memorial for reform, which offended Emperor Shenzong and he was exiled again.
After teaching at home for thirty years, Zou Yuanbiao was summoned to be the Minister of Dali Temple after Emperor Guangzong of Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, and was later promoted to the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
After being away from the court for decades, when Zou Yuanbiao returned, he saw factional disputes within the court, ministers with prejudices, intrigues and endless arguments.
He could not help but recall the vitality of the court during the Wanli New Deal, and believed that although Zhang Juzheng had shortcomings, he was a capable minister who had made great contributions to the country.
It was also out of his disgust for forming cliques and ganging up on dissidents that Zou Yuanbiao submitted the "Hezhong Jianshu".
"Today's state affairs are the product of twenty years of planning by our ministers. In the past, we failed to promote the virtuous and capable, but instead we kept them captive and dismissed them. Those who spoke out against state affairs were also unwilling to lower their spirits and focused solely on establishing divisions and establishing families. I believe that today's most pressing task is to achieve unity among our ministers."
"When the court officials are harmonious, the harmony of heaven and earth will naturally follow. Those who have previously discussed people and matters have each harbored biases, which have led to confusion, and confusion to stubbornness. With stubbornness, they act in their own way, no longer recognizing others as human beings, and disaster is spreading to the country."
"I now make a pact with all my ministers: when discussing an individual, you must be impartial and fair, and not lightly write. When discussing a matter, you must be cautious and considerate, and not easily listen to what others say. If you use the heart of the world for all eternity to judge the people and events of the world for all eternity, then you will speak impartially, and the country will naturally enjoy the blessing of peace and tranquility..."
If you could be ten years younger and have such insights, I would value you!
Zhu Youxiao lamented and lamented about this. Perhaps even Zou Yuanbiao himself did not expect that the Donglin Party, which had a direct relationship with him, would become like this?
If we can work together in harmony and be fair and just, I won't have to worry about cleaning up the court.
Regardless, today's morning court session was good; there was no arguing or bickering, and we achieved our goal. The departure of the three reckless and stubborn individuals also laid the foundation for the next phase of the purge.
When Zhu Youxiao was studying later, he studied texts about Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, and others. His unyielding spirit, their willingness to die rather than surrender, inspired immense admiration. But now, facing them in person, he still feels a mixture of emotions.
Compared with those hypocritical and duplicitous Donglin Party members, these two are outliers, upright gentlemen who are not afraid to die for their beliefs.
Of course, extremism and stubbornness are also their shortcomings, and the beliefs they are willing to sacrifice for may not be entirely correct.
But Zhu Youxiao didn't kill them. They are loyal, stubborn and very rare. It's better for them to live in this world and cause trouble for me from time to time!
How pitiful it is to see all the horses fall silent! I am rectifying the court for the sake of the country and the people, but I don't want the whole court to become so decadent and dead.
The imperial study was spacious, with a small table in the corner. Zhang Yuer was buried in writing, holding the brush with more effort than holding a broom. There were a few spots of ink on her hands and face, which looked particularly funny.
Zhu Youxiao liked watching this girl practicing calligraphy. Her clumsy yet serious look, sometimes with a bitter face and sometimes with a frown, made him smile involuntarily.
After a long while, Zhang Yuer stood up, holding the paper, and walked to Zhu Youxiao's side, whispering, "Your Majesty, I have finished writing."
Zhu Youxiao took it and looked at it. It was horrible to see cockroaches crawling on it and chicken claws scratching it. It looked ugly, but the characters were all wrong!
"Take a good look at how to write the word 'cong' and rewrite it a hundred times." Zhu Youxiao picked up the pen and wrote a correct one, then stuffed it into Zhang Yuer's hand in annoyance.
Ah! Zhang Yuer's face immediately fell, and she pouted and muttered, "A hundred times, Your Majesty, I can't finish it even if I don't sleep at night!"
"Don't go to bed if you haven't finished writing." Zhu Youxiao slapped the girl on the buttocks. "I will sleep in the Palace of Heavenly Purity tonight. I will watch you, silly girl. Don't even think about being lazy."
Zhang Yuer grinned, not daring to protest anymore, and obediently returned to the small table and sat down.
The emperor will sleep in the Qianqing Palace tonight. Will he do something shameful again? Zhang Yu'er stole a glance at the emperor, but her eyes met Zhu Youxiao's.
Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows and smiled mischievously.
Zhang Yuer quickly turned her head and felt her face suddenly get hot. It was like there was a disobedient little rabbit hidden in her chest, fluttering and jumping for a while before slowly calming down.
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"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
Outside the Huanggu Island Fort, the sword and shield soldiers walked forward step by step, the steel swords hitting the shields in their left hands rhythmically, and short "kill" words burst out of their mouths.
Behind the sword and shield soldiers was a forest-like phalanx of long spears. Each spear was pressed hard on the ground, and they rushed towards the sky with shouts of "Kill".
The Jiannu garrison at Huanggu Island Fortress consisted of only more than 200 soldiers. They were suddenly overwhelmed when faced with these thousands of troops.
"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!" Fatty Zhao, holding a spear and wearing fine armor, stood out among the soldiers.
At least some face was given to these second-generation rich people, and the armor they brought from home was not confiscated.
Zhu Youxiao did not expect them to go into battle and kill the enemy, but just wanted to train them in this harsh environment, and then fine a few nobles some silver and ask them to donate a few horses.
Looking at the wall of Huanggu Island Fort and the vaguely swaying figures on it, Fatty Zhao and others realized that this was the real Jiannu and this was a real battlefield.
But there is courage in numbers, and the power of companions is even greater. Even if you are a new soldier, when chasing the fleeing enemy, you will be inspired by the brave comrades beside you and be so excited that you can't stop.
As he shouted "Kill", Fatty Zhao's eyes became wider and wider, his waist became straighter and straighter, and the spear in his hand pressed more and more forcefully on the frozen ground.
“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”
Several cannons unloaded from the ship roared. Although they were all falconets and not siege cannons, their power was still astonishing.
Starting from the second year of Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty began to imitate the Portuguese artillery.
During the imitation process, Chinese craftsmen fully demonstrated their intelligence and talents, improved the manufacturing of the falconet, and produced large falconets and small falconets with lead-tin guns.
In the second year, 32 large-scale Portuguese arquebuses were made and sent to various border areas for trial use; in the seventh year of Jiajing, 4,000 medium-scale Portuguese arquebuses were made. In the twenty-second year of Jiajing, small Portuguese arquebuses were made. In the twenty-third year, one thousand horse-mounted Portuguese arquebuses were made. In the forty-third year, iron Portuguese arquebuses were made. By then, the Portuguese arquebus had become one of the main equipment of the Ming army.
In addition to field infantry and city defense, the Ming army's navy was also equipped with many Portuguese cannons.
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