However, his ability did not match his position. Zhu Yunwen lost in the battle with Zhu Di, and his "honest advice" was a big responsibility.
But who could he blame?
He was just a loyal scholar, not a general!
After Zhu Yunwen gave him a seat, she looked at Fang Xiaoru. Although his face was yellow, his eyes were bright and his will was strong. She said,"Mr. Fang, are you here for the matter of reducing the army?”
"It is advantageous to reduce the army. I am not here for the sake of reducing the army, but for the sake of civil governance.”
Fang Xiaoru said seriously.
"Oh? Wenzhi? Please elaborate."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Fang Xiaoru with interest.
Fang Xiaoru spoke with fervor and assurance," I have lived in a remote place for a long time. When I first arrived in the capital, I received Your Majesty's gift to be a Hanlin scholar. I see that Your Majesty is diligent in Confucianism and intends to govern the country by literature. I believe that if we are to govern the country by civil means, we should respect the "ceremony" and act accordingly.”
"What do you mean?"
Zhu Yunwen frowned.
Fang Xiaoru said frankly,"Your Majesty summoned the King of Yan to the capital. Is it to cut off the vassal state?"”
Zhu Yunwen looked at Fang Xiaoru and said nothing.
Fang Xiaoru bowed and said,"Your Majesty, please don't." Although the King of Yan was the leader of the King of Sai, he did not make any mistakes. If he was summoned to the capital and forced to cut off the vassal state, it would not be polite. Moreover, Taizu has only left for more than a month, and Your Majesty has already made a move against the King of Sai. I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of the people.”
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and smiled." You worry too much. I summoned the King of Yan to the capital to make up for my previous mistakes." Our dynasty respects the way of benevolence and filial piety. If the emperor's family can't do it, how can we set an example for the people?”
"Really?"
"Of course, in order to prevent the King of Yan from worrying, I ordered the reduction of 100,000 soldiers in the capital to tell the kings that I have no intention of cutting off their vassals. At the same time, isn't it better to use the army to fill the people and open up Nanshan?”
"My emperor is wise."
Fang Xiaoru knelt down in surprise.
Zhu Yunwen sent Fang Xiaoru away, but Qi Shangli and Huang Shi came again.
After the two of them heard the news of the reduction of 100,000 troops, they were even more anxious and quickly wrote a letter. However, Xu Qilin ignored their memorials.
Seeing that there was no reply, the two of them went straight to the Martial Meritocrats Hall to ask for an audience.
"Your Majesty, we must not reduce our troops at this time…"
"Your Majesty, please retract your order…"
The two of them spoke one after another, making Zhu Yunwen a little worried.
In the end, there was no other way.
Zhu Yunwen praised their loyalty and said that it would not affect the combat power of the Beijing army. Even if there was a reduction, they could only stabilize the two by mobilizing tigers and wolves from the border.
After the two of them left, Zhu Yunwen picked up a memorial written by the Right Deputy Imperial Censor Yuan Tai. There was a sentence in it,"The imperial edict states that my mother has not been buried and my father is ninety years old.”
This was an attack on Xie Jin for coming to the capital to attend the funeral.
It was also thanks to this brother's memorial that Xie Jin, one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty and later wrote the Yongle Grand Ceremony, was driven to Gansu to eat sand.
Zhu Yunwen smiled and said softly,"Xie Jin, do you want to write me a book called 'Jianwen Grand Ceremony? Men, order Xie Jin to enter the palace." Xie Jin's reputation will not be extinguished for thousands of years.
This was a rare genius of Great Ming. It could even be said that he had once played an extremely crucial role in the direction of Great Ming's huge ship.
If not for Xie Jin's "good grandson", it would be hard to predict who would make the decision in the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Qilin thought of Xie Jin's path of being a top student and could not help but shake his head.
Zhu Yuanzhang appreciated Xie Jin's talent, so he stayed in the Imperial Counsellor and was promoted to Hanlin Scholar.
However, it was not a good thing to be in a high position. Xie Jin, who lacked the tempering of society, was arrogant and too idealistic, had ultimately paid the price.
He hadn't been in the government for two years, but he had offended many people.
Today, he would accuse this censor of being incompetent, tomorrow, he would accuse the Ministry of War of neglecting their duties, and the day after tomorrow, he would write a memorial to the throne to compete with the big boss, Zhu Yuanzhang.
After a while, Xie Jin became a lone husband.
When Minister of War Shen Qian impeached Xie Jin, no one stood up to speak. Zhu Yuanzhang could only chase Xie Jin out and let him go to Jiangxi for inspection.
Xie Jin, who was still jumping around after running out of the capital, was ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang to " study behind closed doors."
Zhu Yuanzhang also left Xie Jin's father a sentence," It's not too late to use it in the next ten years." He asked Xie Jin to come back to work ten years later.
In the end, Zhu Yuanzhang left seven years later. Xie Jin was clearly unwilling to have a 'ten year deadline.' After hearing the news, he immediately ran to the capital, using the excuse of attending a funeral, to prepare to make a comeback.
Hence, they met now.
Zhu Yunwen carefully sized up Xie Jin. He was short and thin, and his appearance was not outstanding.
"This commoner Xie Jin greets Your Majesty."
Xie Jin knelt and shouted.
Zhu Yunwen smiled indifferently and waved her hand."Sit down."
Xie Jin sat on the chair, but only touched the edge.
Zhu Yunwen didn't take offense and took out Yuan Tai's impeachment memorial, letting Shuang Xi pass it to Xie Jin,"Answer me after you have read it."
Xie Jin hurriedly took the memorial and opened it. His face was filled with fear as he quickly knelt down and shouted,""This subject is guilty."
"What crime?" Zhu Yunwen asked.
Xie Jin broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly said,""I shouldn't leave before my mother is buried. It's unfilial.”"If you know you're unfilial, why did you come to the capital?”
Zhu Yunwen asked seriously.
In ancient times, filial piety was respected. If you were an official in the court and your parents died, no matter what official position you held (civil servant), you had to resign immediately from the first day you learned of the funeral and return home to abide by the rules.
There was a special term for it: Ding You.
Under normal circumstances, the imperial court did not allow people in mourning to be forcibly summoned as officials. If it was really special, forcefully recruiting a person who was in distress to be an official would be "stealing emotions".
" Seizing love " was rarely used. Once it was used, it would inevitably be fiercely criticized by the civil servants.
For example, Zhang Juzheng, the most powerful chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, was labeled as unfilial because of his " love snatching." After his death, Wanli still held onto this matter and hated Zhang Juzheng to the core.
Xie Jin hurriedly kowtowed and shouted,"Replying to Your Majesty, this commoner came to the capital to attend the funeral out of filial piety."”
"Oh?"
Zhu Yunwen stared at Xie Jin.
Xie Jin shouted again,"Taizu is called a monarch and his subjects, but he is as kind as father and son. It was also filial piety for a commoner to attend the funeral of his father.”
Zhu Yunwen smiled.
Indeed, when Zhu Yuanzhang was eating in the western kitchen, he had once discussed with Xie Jin as father and son, encouraging Xie Jin to "tell everything he knew and tell everything he knew".
This was the reason why the famous 10,000-word book, Da Pao Xi Feng Shi, was created.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xie Jin appreciatively and nodded slightly,"Taizu thinks highly of you. Now that I have just taken over the power, I indeed need some talented people. Xie Jin, you should enter the Imperial Academy and become a Hanlin Shi.”
Xie Jin was pleasantly surprised and quickly thanked him,"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty."”
Zhu Yunwen nodded and said,"Get up."”
Xie Jin suppressed his excitement and stood up.
The Imperial Academy was the Emperor's personal aide, and the highest ranking officer of the Imperial Academy was the Imperial Scholar. The Imperial Scholar's power was almost equal to the Prime Minister.
Entering the Imperial Academy meant that one had one foot in the center of the empire's power.
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