Liu Chengfeng took a deep breath. This was the first time he confided his feelings to others.
As a person in power, a person in charge of countless lives and deaths, Liu Chengfeng rarely tells others what he thinks.
As a husband, he only picks up nice things to say, as a boss, he is always impassioned, and as an enemy of others, he is always cold-faced.
Liu Chengfeng has many faces, and different faces treat different people. As for what kind of face he is, he seems to have long forgotten.
But today, the face from before appeared again, and it seemed familiar yet a little strange.
Liu Chengfeng sat on the chair and continued: "I heard a saying before, it's better to cry as a family than to cry together. I didn't understand what he meant at first, but later, I knew that in this world, it turns out that There are so many cases of a family laughing and crying together. Since one person laughs and ten people cry, why not let this person cry and let ten people laugh? From then on, when I gradually grasped the authority, I became the leader. Sir, I have realized that I have to do something. I am not a saint. I cannot govern a prosperous age for ten thousand years. I am not a great sage. I cannot make people laugh. What I do is just me. We can do our best to feed and clothe a few more people.¡±
Liu Chengfeng opened his eyes and said seriously: "This is my ideal. Of course, this is just a political ambition. I have selfish motives. My hands and feet are not even clean. My desire for money is no less than others, so I am not completely Man, I¡¯m just an ordinary person who wants to protect himself and do something at the same time.¡±
"In this process, I will be disgusted, resented, and even opposed. People who like me may not love me so much that they would die for me, but I know that people who hate me want to sleep with me. skin, eat my flesh." Liu Chengfeng sneered: "So along the way, I am destined to have no retreat, and I am destined to have no choice but to climb higher, because I want to live, and my destiny cannot be in the hands of others. , I want to protect my relatives, protect my partners, and protect those who deserve my protection. But if I have to use something to describe the current situation, then I remembered a sentence, which is called a change that has not happened in a thousand years. Those who have lost the benefits from this change want to take back everything they have at any time, while those who have benefited from this change will be willing to die to protect everything."
Liu Chengfeng narrowed his eyes and said: "In the final analysis, the so-called change of situation means that someone's head must fall to the ground, someone must win, and someone must become a withered bone under his feet."
Liu Chengfeng raised his head proudly and said word by word: "The loser will never be me, and it can never be me. I can't lose, and I will never give up. That's why I do whatever it takes, so I need to be better than anyone else." Everyone must be tenacious and more decisive than anyone else. At this point, the only thing I can do is that those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!"
Liu Chengfeng stood up, stared at Li Ruofan, sighed, and said: "This is what I am thinking now, anyone can stand behind me, but no one must stand opposite me, otherwise no matter what Whoever, this person will definitely regret it.¡±
He put his hands on several cases and said quietly: "The emperor and I are as close as brothers, and the late emperor treats me like his nephew. I know this, and I can feel it, but the emperor is too easy to be deceived. He cannot bear this change." , can't afford it. In this case, let him live happily. I will bear this responsibility. All the rights in the world must be taken over by Liu. Everyone must surrender. These are my rules of the game. Anyone who breaks this rule is doomed."
"From now on, I will be the regent, and my decrees will be in line with the direction of the dynasty and reach all directions. Any decision I make must be implemented. I am the country, and the country is me!"
Liu Chengfeng's eyes narrowed, and a trace of murderous intent flashed across his face: "Some people are confused and cannot see the current situation clearly. I will destroy their families. Some people are smart and can recognize good from evil, then I will give them supreme wealth. I have chosen this From today on, the entire imperial court, the entire Ming Dynasty clan, the entire Ming Dynasty squires, dignitaries, and merchants have begun to make their choices. I wonder where Mrs. Li will go?"
Li Ruofan looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Liu Chengfeng and said in a strange way: "Do I have any choice? I am willing to share the joys and sorrows with His Highness, to live through the difficulties and share the wealth."
Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly, adding a bit of peace to his smile, and said, "You've been testing me for so long, and today I just have to tell you what's on my mind. Do you think I'm scary?"
Li Ruofan shook his head and said: "Your Highness is not scary. I have already said that Your Highness is a wolf. Only weak lambs are afraid of Your Highness."
Liu Chengfeng chuckled and said, "Yes, it's time to teach these sheep a lesson."
The Queen Mother's edict was issued early the next morning. To be precise, it should be the late emperor's last edict. The content of the edict was very simple. If something happened to the emperor, Liu Chengfeng would be responsible for supervising the country.
The late emperor's last edict was actually to take precautions. Of course he knew who Zhu Houzhao was and his temperament. It was precisely because of this that he was afraid of the situation where the ministers would deceive the emperor. After all, the civil and military power of the Manchu Dynasty was absolutely outstanding. It is not Zhu Houzhao who can control them, but there are also those eunuchs who seem to be loyal but are causing disaster to the country and the people. No one can guarantee that something will happen in the end. Liu Chengfeng and Zhu Houzhao have a close relationship. Moreover, Liu Chengfeng has a foreign surname, and he is supervised by a foreign surname. The country is indeed better than the same clan.
This is the system of the Ming Dynasty. People with the same clan are the most likely to have accidents when they come to supervise the country. However, if the foundation of foreign surnames is unstable, even if they want to rebel, they may not be unanimously recognized by all the vassal kings and court ministers in the world. Therefore, foreign surnames are more likely to be trusted.
Of course, the late emperor obviously did not expect that things would reach this point. Although the situation he expected before was somewhat similar to the current situation, it was completely different.
When the decree came out, the whole world was in an uproar.
The late emperor¡¯s edict at least gave Liu Chengfeng enough legitimacy. Who said someone with a foreign surname could not supervise the country? This was the late emperor¡¯s intention. If you are not convinced, you can go to the late emperor for reasoning.
Liu Chengfeng obviously wanted to send those who reasoned with him to the late emperor to reason slowly. After becoming the regent, he immediately issued an edict and ordered factory guards to be dispatched everywhere to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.
At the same time, major newspapers also congratulated Liu Chengfeng on the regency. The merchants in the Treasure Building went crazy. This was a great benefit. The last worries of the merchants were thrown away. In their eyes, The regent is their patron saint. From then on, any business activities will be encouraged, and good prospects can be expected, so a large amount of money begins to pour into the market, but there is a temporary shortage of goods in the market. In the end, various The prices of goods have skyrocketed continuously.
The price of goods is rising day by day, which is a sign of inflation. This means that the value of goods is increasing, which makes merchants have more enthusiasm to produce goods, thus driving prosperity, causing workshops everywhere to continue to expand, making labor Getting more and more popular eventually leads to an increase in salary.
However, this surge was different from the past. This time it came so violently that everyone was caught off guard. Even the rich people in the countryside knew that the only way to make money in this world was to open workshops and produce goods, so they had no choice but to Instead of taking out the gold and silver from the altar under the bed, investing in this is both speculation and a vigorous expansion movement.
However, the increase in prices has had a lot of impact on ordinary people, but the benefits can be expected. After all, workshops everywhere are expanding crazily, resulting in a shortage of labor. The workshop owners have invested capital, but they cannot recruit enough In addition to vigorously attracting tenant farmers and farmers from the countryside, they also had to increase some salaries to ensure employment.
¡°But when this decree reached the cabinet, the two ministers in the cabinet were shocked.
They thought of many possible situations, and even thought about the Queen Mother issuing an edict to ask Liu Chengfeng to serve as regent. However, they never expected that even the late emperor would interfere.
Yang Tinghe was extremely disgusted with Liu Chengfeng, but at the same time he was also extremely afraid. At this time, he showed all kinds of helplessness and discouragement, and said to Li Dongyang: "Mr. Li, the matter has come to this, and it seems that there is nothing left to do. Oh, haha It¡¯s really ridiculous, it¡¯s ridiculous, they say that the late emperor was a sage, a sage, but he would rather entrust the country to a jackal than trust the clan."
Li Dongyang disagreed in his heart. Judging from the situation at the time, it was indeed feasible for the emperor to draft this edict. Not to mention who had the closest relationship with the royal family, the most important thing was that Liu Chengfeng only had a foreign surname, and at that time Liu Chengfeng He was just a vassal king, and his so-called influence in the court was just that of a royal guard. How could the emperor have expected this situation? At that time, Liu Chengfeng was indeed the best candidate. At least compared to the clans with strong appeal, it is much more stable.
He had noticed Yang Tinghe's helpless mood and couldn't help but said: "What are Mr. Yang's plans?"
Yang Tinghe said: "What else can I do? Now that things have come to an end, I can only retire. The matters in this temple have nothing to do with me anymore. It's just that the country has failed and the people have failed. Alas, I can't let go in my heart."
But Li Dongyang said: "It's time to let go. If you don't let go, blood will flow like a river. Why is this necessary? In fact, since what happened that day at Daming Gate, you and I have already lost. I am willing to admit defeat." "
Chapter 2 is delivered. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to become a registered member of Piaotian Literature to recommend this work. Your support is my biggest motivation.)