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Faced with Emperor Zhu's emotion, Zeng Cheng didn't know how to comfort Emperor Zhu.

Are you following Emperor Zhu in saying that those students are too stupid?

Yes, those students did not have any brains, and the things they did were indeed very stupid, but Emperor Zhu could say this, but Zeng Cheng, the chief and assistant minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet, could not say it.

If Zeng Cheng said it, would it prove that the entire Ming Dynasty’s education, from the Ministry of Rites to the Imperial College, to the government schools, county schools, and social schools, was a failure?

Advise Emperor Zhu to be more liberal? Which emperor could be more liberal about the bad things those idiots did?

Just when Zeng Cheng felt helpless, the old man Cui, who was sitting next to Emperor Zhu, grinned: "Your Majesty, there is an old saying in the folk saying that the forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds. Our Ming Dynasty is so big, and there are so many birds."

In a prosperous age where there is no need to worry about food and drink, there are bound to be some idiots who have no brains. If you get angry because of this, that’s not okay.”

Another old man next to him also started to persuade: "Your Majesty, it's impossible for our students in the Ming Dynasty to be like this, right? It would be fine if all the students in our Ming Dynasty were such brainless idiots, but there must be some.

Not stupid? You old man can't just be angry because of these brainless people, you also have to think about those who are not stupid."

Several other old men also started to persuade each other: "That's right, these five fingers are not even long on one side, let alone tens of thousands of people? As the old saying goes, one person can feed a variety of things.

Man, isn’t this just right in front of you?”

"As the old saying goes, to cure a disease, you have to get to the root. Since these students are stupid, it means there is something wrong with the root. If the book is wrong, replace the book for them. If the teacher's teaching is wrong, find their teacher.

, once the root cause is found, the problem can be easily solved.”

"These idiots don't think about your kindness. Millions of people in this world think about your kindness. Otherwise, during the Qing Dynasty, some people rebelled against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. Now no one would shout

Are you going to reverse the Ming Dynasty and restore the Qing Dynasty?"

"..."

The consolation of several old farmers was very effective. Most of the depression in Emperor Zhu's heart was gone. He couldn't help laughing and looked at the old farmers and asked: "Just now Mr. Cui said that we are now in a prosperous age where we have no worries about food and drink.

We dare not admit this, after all, there was the Kangxi and Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty."

As we all know, there was a prosperous age in the Qing Dynasty, and it was the famous prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong.

But few people know where the term Kangxi and Qianlong came from.

The term "prosperous age" was first used to praise the legendary ancient times. For example, Cui Zhuan in the late Western Han Dynasty wrote a sentence in "Wei Zhi Fu": "He Tianqu is in the prosperous age, and it has been achieved for more than a thousand years." This is

The "prosperous age" here refers to the Chengtang and Wuding periods of the Shang Dynasty.

Common expressions in history books such as "the prosperous age of Yao and Shun" ("Book of the Later Han") and "the prosperous age of ancient times" ("Book of Jin") are also used in similar ways.

In the eyes of people in the Han Dynasty, the "prosperous age" is a yearning for an ideal rather than a praise of reality. For example, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the first sentence of Zhang Hong's advice to Sun Quan before his death was: "Since ancient times, there have been

Those who have a family in the country are eager to practice virtuous government in order to achieve a prosperous age, but as for their governance, most of them are not fragrant."

This means that creating a "prosperous age" was the ideal of rulers of all ages, but they ruled poorly and few could achieve this goal.

In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, some people began to use the "prosperous age" to praise the current dynasty. For example, Pan An of the Western Jin Dynasty wrote in "Ode to the Western Expedition": "In the prosperous age of Xiu Ming, Tuo Fei was poor in quality." This means: a crude person like me.

, I am so lucky to live in such a beautiful era.

After the Tang and Song Dynasties, this usage became more common. For example, Yang Shi'e from the Tang Dynasty said in a poem that "the prosperous times should be prosperous";

; Xu Youren, a native of the Yuan Dynasty, said in his song, "I was born in the prosperous age, and I met you this year."

Anyway, they are all saying "I am so lucky to live in a prosperous age".

In addition to literati, emperors during this period also began to like to praise the dynasty as a "prosperous age" in poems. For example, the famous Gaoliang River Chariot God Zhao Guangyi wrote in his lyrics, "Peace is more difficult than it should be, and prosperous times are joyful and entertaining."

The self-praising sentences such as "Good things are good", "Both the basics and the spirit are all transformed into themselves, and I can travel freely in the peaceful and prosperous times", etc. The main meaning is nothing more than "My prosperous times make people happy and carefree, it is really amazing".

But, the emperors before the Qing Dynasty still had some shame. Even the famous Sorghum River Chariot God Zhao Guangyi only flattered himself when writing lyrics, and his shame was far less than that of the twelve generations of emperors and saints of the Qing Dynasty.

of thickness.

The twelve generations of Ming emperors and saints of the Qing Dynasty pushed the usage of "referring to the current dynasty by the prosperous times" to the extreme, and the number of times they were used far exceeded that of all previous dynasties combined.

For example, according to statistics by some scholars, the word "prosperous age" appears 73 times in the "First Collection of Longevity Ceremony" in the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi's reign, 52 times in "Edicts of Emperor Shizong Xian Zhu Pi" in the third year of Qianlong's reign, and in the fifty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign.

"Poetry for the Banquet of Thousands of Old Men" appears 39 times, and 62 times in the "Eighty Years Longevity Ceremony" in the 57th year of Qianlong's reign.

The most common among them are clichés such as "Welcome to the prosperous age" and "The prosperous age and good years", as collected in "Edicts of Emperor Sejong Xian to the Cabinet". Yinzhen's edict in the sixth year of Yongzheng's reign included the phrase "this is a peaceful and prosperous age"

sentence.

Even in the late Qing Dynasty, despite internal and external troubles, the Ming emperors and saints of the Qing Dynasty still liked to regard themselves as a "prosperous age".

For example, in the 13th year of Tongzhi, when the Empress Dowager lived forty years, the music produced by the Qing Palace was: "The emperor is benevolent and filial, and the Blessed Mother is blessed with the same. In the prosperous times, the people are happy, and the scenery in the Qing Dynasty is harmonious." (The emperor is benevolent and filial, and the Blessed Mother is blessed.)

The Empress Dowager is also great, and the people in the prosperous age are all happy.)

For another example, in the fifteenth year of Guangxu's reign, when Zaitan got married, there was another line in the music: "Ping Zhi Xiu Qi is in a prosperous age, and the middle palace position is determined to be adopted."

The emperor first called his dynasty a "prosperous age", and of course his officials followed suit. Especially after the Jiaqing period, the Qing people recalled the past "glory" of the dynasty and even praised the prosperous age.

For example, Yao Ying, a Jinshi in the 13th year of Jiajing's reign, once said: "During the Kangxi and Qianlong reigns of this dynasty, the world was so rich and well-educated that it could not be compared to anything in a foreign land."

Wei Yuan, who compiled the "Hai Guo Tu Zhi", also said: "The country reached its peak in the more than sixty years of Qianlong's reign. The population of the public was twice that of Yongzheng, and the foreign guests were more popular than those of Kangxi."

Take Hai Rui, the famous upright official of the Ming Dynasty, as an example.

However, the biggest reason why the officials are crazy about poverty is still taking concubines.

In other words, even in later generations, most of the officials who were investigated had multiple concubines and had too much money to spend.

Therefore, the officials are still not satisfied and want to encourage the students to make a fuss, shouting that Emperor Zhu and the court are treating them too harshly...

Emperor Zhu couldn't help but cursed: "Damn it, it's fine to say that Emperor Taizu treated them harshly, but I also treated them harshly?"

They are also the lord of a country, but the lord of a country is different from the master of a country.

It was just the news that came back that made Emperor Zhu very confused.

Was there leprosy in Ming Dynasty?

have.

But compared with the Japanese country, which spread a large number of people in just a few days, the leprosy here in the Ming Dynasty was very mysterious.

However, the crux of the problem is that the population mobility of the Ming Dynasty was far beyond that of the Japanese.

Calculated based on the current population mobility in the Ming Dynasty, it is really amazing that leprosy, which is highly transmissible, has not been able to spread.

It wasn't until he took the memorials from various local officials and the Jin Yiwei's situation to verify each other that Emperor Zhu finally figured out the key to the problem.

More importantly, the living conditions of the people in the Ming Dynasty were countless times better than those in the Qing Dynasty.

The so-called strong living conditions do not only refer to food reserves, but also involve all aspects.

Once you encounter people like the Ming Dynasty who have better living conditions and the government is extremely unreasonable and likes to use doctors and medicinal materials to hurt people, leprosy will not be able to spread quickly even if it wants to.

I am also in the same state - not enough sleep, sweating, not using my brain enough, and even typing on the keyboard makes my head feel dizzy and my fingers hurt. This is like a little cold???

In addition, the new variant is coming soon, so everyone should try to prepare some diarrhea medicine, and even if it doesn't work, prepare some plastic bags...

Tokugawa Jiaqi's face immediately darkened.

Now that the good people and untouchables of the Japanese country are hiding around the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, what can the shogunate do?

If those Ming merchants were angered and provoked to draw swords against the shogunate, the shogunate would be the unlucky one in the end!

The more he thought about it, the more entangled he became. Tokugawa Jiaqi simply frowned and asked: "Have you ever negotiated with those Ming Dynasty businessmen? Aren't they afraid of being infected with leprosy?"

Tokugawa Ienzai asked in confusion: "Don't they know how contagious leprosy is? Or do they have a way to solve leprosy?"

Tokugawa Ieki's whole body was numb - he cared but didn't take it seriously. What kind of attitude was this?

Seeing Tokugawa Ieqi's whole body fell into a sluggish state, Watanabeemon asked tentatively: "Your Excellency, General, do we still need to prepare some medicinal materials for those Ming merchants?"

Tokugawa Jiaqi couldn't help but frown, his face full of confusion.

As he was talking, Tokugawa Jiaqi suddenly sighed again: "We, the Japanese country, still have to rely on the Ming Dynasty after all. The Japanese country still has to do business with the Ming Dynasty."

Watanabeemon also fell silent.

Watanabeemon suddenly thought of a delicacy he had eaten before.

Garrison braised.

Isn't it very reasonable for the humble Japanese country to spend some time preparing some medicinal materials for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, ignoring its own good people and untouchables?

…

As a Ming Dynasty businessman, Qi Feng has been deeply involved in the Japanese medicinal materials market for nearly ten years.

In the past ten years, Qi Feng's inner thoughts have gradually changed from making money at the beginning to enjoying life now.

In the era of rampant jabbering patients in later generations, those sons of dogs raised by stupid thieves and hawks always use "What's going on in this country? Let's ask the body."

The problem is that Emperor Zhu himself was caught in the doubt of "fixing the body".

Change it to Europa’s so-called separation of powers?

In fact, this kind of thinking can only be thought about. If you really put this method of gameplay in the Central Plains, it would be a big mistake.

It would be too complicated to analyze the specific reasons in depth, but in the final analysis, it is ultimately about interests.

In fact, this is also the reason why barbarians like Europa and Silly Thief Eagle are generally big-hearted.
To be continued...