Chapter 654 Absolute power brings absolute mistakes Therefore, when Chen Han dealt with these people, he would not hold back, and sometimes he would even use greater force to deal with them, causing many of these meritorious people to have opinions about him. He also knew what these people were thinking. These people never thought about what would happen to the Ming Dynasty, but only about their own interests. In fact, Chen Han had made plans from the beginning. Since you guys will never be of the same mind as me, and you guys are always thinking about your own interests, then what basis do you have for being of the same mind as me? Perhaps these people also understand that since it has come to this point of life and death, there is no need to save each other's face. Therefore, they pretended to obey many of Chen Han's policies but secretly disobeyed them. Even if there were multiplication tests and even if there were Jinyiwei watching them work, the people below still had their own ways to avoid these messes. Because they always think that even if you, Chen Han, are the Thousand-Eyed Thousand-Handed Buddha, what can you do? Can you keep an eye on all of us? Even if you get all the Jinyiwei, what can we do? Are all those Jinyiwei gods? Do you think those Jinyiwei won't try to deceive you? Do you think those Jinyiwei don't want to take our money? You are indeed very capable, you have trained those people to be as loyal as a dog, but you have to understand that no matter how loyal these people are, sometimes they will ignore some problems. It is precisely because these people ignore the problem, because these people are also human beings, and because these people are always thinking about how to get more gold and silver from our pockets, that they are easier for us to kill them. Of course, the so-called killing does not mean really killing them, but allowing them to be corrupted. This is the practical problem. This group of people would not really want to go against Chen Han, because they know that Chen Han has the emperor behind him to support his orders, making everyone afraid of the power in Chen Han's hands. But sometimes Chen Han also understands that in many situations, even if you have the emperor supporting you from behind, even if you have so much power in your hands, where do these powers come from? In fact, the rights are not like what are written in women's novels. Just because you have such bloodline, everyone will obey you. The source of power is generally how much benefit you can bring to others, so that others will obey you.

Even this benefit does not necessarily mean money. It could be fame, or sometimes even a belief. Therefore, rights are not so simple, so pure, and cannot be explained in just a few words. The reason why these people dared to say such things was that they felt that even if Chen Han wanted to train all of these people to be as smart as a dog and even loyal, it would be impossible. Even if we don't take the initiative to contact them, even if we can never give them money directly, as long as we have the opportunity to contact them, as long as we can give them something. Those things may not be money or silver. It may be some kind of honor or some kind of convenience that makes him submit to us. Even if you, Chen Han, are powerful, so what? Can you grasp everything? If you can't grasp it, then you can only watch us corrode all your things. This is the reality. You always think you are powerful because you think the power in your hands can always bind everyone, but to be honest, it is not true. So what can you, Chen Han, do to us? You will have to succumb to us in the end, and then everyone will see that you can't control all the things. If that's the case, we will have the opportunity to have leverage and even bargaining chips to negotiate with you. This is what officials all over the world think. This is why when Chen Han wanted to increase the salaries of officials all over the world, even Zhu Yuanzhang wondered if there was something wrong with Chen Han? Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Biao, "Don't you think your son-in-law's current thinking on this issue is a little inappropriate?" Zhu Biao smiled disapprovingly and said, "Dad, what do you want to say? I understand. Don't you think that Chen Han and the officials are fighting to such an extent that they are determined to kill each other? Now that you want to increase their salaries, won't the officials think that Chen Han has given in again?" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Isn't it? In this case, wouldn't all the previous means and all the powerful intelligence become a pile of waste paper?" Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang talking about Zhu Biao in this way, you know that just as Chen Han said, the old man must be thinking about these issues with old thinking, and may even feel that if they are not given a sense of majesty, then these officials will definitely let themselves go. So Zhu Biao smiled. When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Biao smiling, he asked, "What are you laughing at? Isn't this a big problem? Don't you think this is a problem?" Zhu Biao smiled and said, "Dad, you misunderstood. I wasn't laughing at the question you asked. In fact, I was laughing at Chen Han. This guy really understands you. He even predicted your reaction now." To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang really disliked his ministers who could predict his reactions and guess what he wanted to say. Both Zhu Yuanzhang and other emperors thought so, so if other ministers dared to say such things, they would definitely be killed by him. After all, if an emperor wants to maintain his authority and make everyone afraid of him, he must maintain this sense of mystery and cannot let the ministers below guess what he is thinking, which is a very big taboo. But why didn't Chen Han's words cause Zhu Yuanzhang's disgust? It was because Chen Han was a time traveler. He saw all the information about himself written in history books in the future. If Chen Han could guess his thoughts, that would be certain. If he couldn't guess, then there must be something fishy. And now even though Chen Han has changed the course of history a lot, even though the current Ming Dynasty is not moving forward as it did in history, it has a newer track.

But Chen Han should be able to guess what he was thinking based on all the previous marks. This is a person's instinct, this is his ability, this is his strength. Good will never punish because of this strength. If Chen Han was like Yang Xiu, just a figure of the time, and tried to guess the monarch's thoughts, it would certainly be very disgusting. Therefore, Yang Xiu's death was partly due to his own showing off of cleverness. But now that Chen Han was trying to guess his thoughts, he didn't feel anything. Even because Chen Han was his family, he could not possibly have any other thoughts, so Zhu Yuanzhang did not feel disgusted, but laughed, "No wonder that monkey boy knew you were coming, he would definitely say something, and then he would definitely know that I would look for him soon, and he would definitely know how to deal with me. He is in the East Palace now, right?" Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang say this, Zhu Biao was even more surprised, "Dad, you guessed right, he is in the East Palace waiting for you to summon him, you two are really in tune with each other, you can even guess what each other is thinking, it seems that he knows you better." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled bitterly after hearing this, "What do you mean by understanding or not understanding? Once that guy asked you to convey these problems to him, he must have already thought about how to deal with our ideas next. "Nothing else, this little guy must be waiting on the side, and when you come back, let him come over so that he can counter your moves. "This is his ability. How can we not know him after these years? That monkey boy always thinks one step ahead in everything." It's very happy to hear that Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Han understand each other so well. You know, there were so many officials in those days who did whatever they wanted because they didn't know anything. I think an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang should listen to the advice of his ministers like other emperors in ancient times, and then I saw those ministers get into trouble. Zhu Yuanzhang was beheaded for any random crime. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was different from other emperors. He wanted to ensure his own authority and make sure that no one could guess what he was thinking. This was the method Zhu Yuanzhang himself came up with to make everyone afraid of him after experiencing many ups and downs. He was indeed very good at this. His suspicion, his unstable temperament, and everything about him made many officials confused and left many officials afraid to ask. This was his most powerful aspect. At the same time, such power also really brings a lot of convenience, that is, no one dares to deceive him under such circumstances, everyone can only obey under such pressure, and everyone can only bow their heads and do their work under such power. To be honest, Chen Han doesn't like this method very much, because if so, no one below would dare to express any opinions, which would cause a big conflict. After all, you are only a human being. How can you possibly take care of everything? Even if you are very wise and energetic, what good can it do? We must understand that people tend to be arrogant. Once they have absolute power, they will want to do absolute things. This absolute power will definitely lead to absolute mistakes, because it is impossible for one person to do everything. So some people have always emphasized that truth is often in the hands of a few people, but truth is often absolute, but what is the real problem? Real problems are all moderate. There is no so-called black or white, and there is no diode-like thinking that can be determined. Even if most people are mediocre, the solutions they come up with when they get together are always much better than the orders you issue with absolute power. This is what most people think after they gain power, and this is the real logic behind why it is impossible for one person to have too much power. The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties all reached the pinnacle of centralization, especially the emperors of the Qing dynasty. They used various literary inquisitions to train the scholars into slaves one by one. So those people didn't dare to put forward any opinions at all. It was not until the Taiping Rebellion that these Han ministers finally raised their heads a little, but by that time it was too late to change things. On the one hand, after those Han officials gained power, they no longer wanted to be slaves, so each of them had absolute power. They had their own soldiers, their own territories, and their own teams, which were similar to warlords. These warlords and mercenaries are so self-respecting that they would even disregard others for their own interests. It can even be detrimental to national interests or just for one's own benefit. This is the backlash that occurs when power is centralized. That is why everyone does not want to let go of these rights after they have obtained them, because they all know that it is the happiest thing after they have obtained these rights. Because they can do whatever they want after they have power, they also want to exercise such power like the emperor, because they see the emperor. After the concentration of power, they can do whatever they want and there is no resistance, and they also want to make it impossible for others to resist. The reason why Chen Han was able to keep himself calm was because he had always understood that the so-called centralization of power and the so-called power at its peak would definitely bring about these bad consequences. These bad consequences were unbearable for himself and for the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Chen Han understood very well that he had to centralize power when he wanted to carry out reforms, because with power he could get more things done and he could mobilize other people.

But now we have reached a bottleneck period for reform and change. We cannot push forward alone. We must train more talents. We must stop, we must return power, and we must let everyone in the world see that we are not people who cling to power. Only at this time can everyone in the world see that I am taking my hand back, and only in this way can those people see that I do not want to concentrate power, but want to do things. But politics has a certain inertia. People are unlikely to believe you just because you say something. They may even think that you have set up a political trap to fish people like us out. It is impossible for everyone to believe it, and how can they be made to believe that I have begun to reconcile with them? The answer is to increase their salaries, give them certain rights, let them enjoy certain benefits, and let them understand that I want to ease the situation. That's enough. This is Chen Han's purpose, this is his plan, this is the concession he made in order to better reconcile with these people in the future... (End of this chapter)