my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 429 They Are All Voluntary

Zhu Di took the order, just looked down, and immediately remembered it.

This decree was indeed issued by him himself, and it was just in these two days.

Zhu Di glanced at the will, and then he failed to hand it over.

He also failed to understand, so he delivered the will to Yang Rongren and others for circulation.

All the ministers looked confused, Yang Rong didn't change his expression, but Hu Guang frowned and said: "What does this decree have to do with Jin Yiwei arresting scholars for no reason?"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Isn't the content of the decree very clear? The "Facts of Filial Piety" edited by the Imperial Academy is really good, especially when His Majesty personally approved it. It is even more difficult for me to read it." Myself, especially the sentence: "Only the righteousness of the heaven and the earth should not be respected to relatives, and the righteousness of the heart should not be preceded by filial piety. Therefore, filial piety is the foundation of all actions and the root of all goodness. It is enough to move the world and sense ghosts and gods, and it is small enough to transform violence." Birds, beasts, plants, and trees are all out of nature, not artificiality. "The Facts of Filial Piety" can make the viewers fully understand the way of filial piety, and arouse a heart of love, which is beneficial to the secular teaching of the London customs of the Ming Dynasty.' "

Zhang Anshi paused for a moment, then continued: "Your Majesty ordered the publication of such a good book, and even wrote the preface himself, so I have the intention to educate the world. And I, Zhang Anshi, have obtained this book, and it is like a treasure, so I will play it. I implore Your Majesty, continue to read it." Increase the number of publications, and hire great Confucian scholars and scholars to preach and teach the four directions. This is not only to educate the world, but also to persuade the world to obey etiquette and filial piety. Therefore, His Majesty approved my proposal and personally issued an order to order Taiping Mansion to supervise this matter. Isn't that a good thing?"

Hu Guang was a little speechless, his eloquence was not as good as Yang Rong's, but you, Zhang Anshi, dare to play tricks and play wild in front of the old man?
Hu Guang suddenly felt a stuffy breath in his heart.

So he couldn't help but said: "But this still has nothing to do with arresting scholars."

"Who says it's irrelevant?" Zhang Anshi said solemnly: "Since we want to preach and teach the four directions and serve the barbarians, of course we want to invite people to go to various places in the West to preach my enlightenment. All the natives in the West also look up to my great kindness, but they have no way of knowing my kindness. Now with this "Facts of Filial Piety", it is like the rain after the rain. The way of a saint is based on filial piety, and your majesty also respects it. Xiaoyi, so what's wrong with allowing me to preach everywhere?"

Hu Guang said sullenly: "But you can't take scholars!"

Zhang Anshili said confidently: "I made a list to seek talents. I hope that there will be scholars who can respond to His Majesty's will to preach filial piety, go deep into the barren land, and preach everywhere. But I didn't expect that they just talked about loyalty and filial piety. But when something happened, none of them were willing to go up.”

Hu Guang's face turned green, and he said, "Then... so what?"

Zhang Anshi said solemnly: "During the Han Dynasty, in order to promote Confucianism, there were Confucian scholars like Zhang Qian and Ban Chao who went deep into the Western Regions to promote Confucianism, so that everyone in the world admired the ethics of the Celestial Dynasty. There is also Su Wu, Mr. Su Wu, Mr. Hu should know about it." Therefore, the reason why ritual education can exist today is precisely because there are so many people who are loyal, filial, and righteous.”

"Nowadays, Confucianism is declining. I see it in my eyes and worry in my heart. The Ming Dynasty inherited the system of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and it was the Han family. His Majesty promoted the kingly way and advocated loyalty and filial piety. This is a good time to promote Confucianism. But now ...When the imperial court is employing people, it recruits Confucian scholars from all over the place to go deep into the barren land, broadcasting benevolence and righteousness, but no one is willing to recruit, do you think this is disloyal?"

Hu Guang fell silent. When a person speaks more radically than you, even though you know that this guy is full of nonsense, you have no way to refute it.

Zhang Anshidao: "In addition, what I want to preach this time is "The Facts of Filial Piety". This book is the first step in the classics of filial piety since the Tang and Song Dynasties. It is His Majesty's royal pen who personally wrote the preface. I, Zhang Anshi, read it and felt it, but these scholars read it, but they didn't feel it, and they were indifferent to it."

Speaking of this, Zhang Anshi stared closely at Hu Guang and said, "Grand Hu, let me ask you, if even scholars are so indifferent to filial piety, then... if the sage Kong is alive and knows his knowledge, he will be accepted A group of unfaithful and unfilial people in the later generations distorted it to such an extent that they even discarded the word loyalty and filial piety like shoe shoes. You said, Confucius, his coffin...can you still press it? He is an old man..."

Zhang Anshi couldn't finish what he said later.

Hu Guang's face suddenly changed, and he interrupted him sharply: "Don't talk about it, Confucius has nothing to do with this..."

Zhang Anshi said with some sarcasm: "If Saint Kong knew that he had become a signboard for a group of disloyal and unfilial people, and a fig leaf for a group of people who only knew how to seek fame and fame, even if he came back to life, he would be pissed off."

"Mr. Hu, don't change the subject. The matter of the sage Kong is my matter, Zhang Anshi's, and yours, Mr. Hu. Besides, these scholars open their mouths about Confucius and shut their mouths about Mencius. Is it unrighteous to turn a deaf ear to each other and still indulge in peace and happiness every day?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Anshi yelled: "Infidelity, filial piety, and unrighteousness can be forgiven by other people. After all, they are not scholars, nor have they read Confucius and Mencius. But these scholars are different. They have read the books of sages and sages, and they dare to do it." What is this called? This is called knowing the law and breaking the law!"

"I, Zhang Anshi, can't stand it any longer. I can't let them do this to Saint Kong anymore, so... I invited them to Jinyiwei to have a few sips of tea, so as to teach them loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. What's the matter?"

He glanced at the ministers with a half-smile, and then said: "Why, I saw a group of disloyal, filial, unrighteous and shameless people. If it is not good to teach them a lesson, should I... turn a blind eye? If so, Gentlemen, does my Ming Dynasty still have morality, benevolence and righteousness? I, Zhang Anshi, want to ask, if even a scholar is shameless and shameless, wouldn’t my Ming Dynasty be inferior to a barbarian?"

"So there is nothing to say. This matter is His Majesty's will. There must be Confucian scholars to preach and teach the four directions, and to maintain morality and righteousness. Jin Yiwei is also duty-bound. Anyone who opposes it is colluding with those who are disloyal and unfilial!"

Hu Guang became a little impatient, and said: "You are... trying to impose a crime! My parents are here, so I won't travel far away..."

Zhang Anshi smiled at this time, and said: "Since my parents are here, I don't want to travel far. Then why do so many scholars come to the capital from thousands of miles for the imperial examination?"

Hu Guang pinched his beard and said angrily: "There must be a way to swim."

Zhang Anshi said calmly and unhurriedly: "Acquisition for fame and fortune, so you must have the right way to travel, so it becomes useless to preach the sage's enlightenment and broadcast benevolence and righteousness?"

When Zhang Anshi said this, he smiled, but this smile added a bit of mockery, and he continued: "Hu Gong, I advise you to carefully reflect on these dangerous remarks of yours. Scholars, if this continues, I will expel you from the gate of the saint."

Hu Guang was furious, opened his eyes wide, glared at Zhang Anshi and said, "A child with a yellow mouth dares..."

Yang Rong on the side tugged at his sleeve.

In the end, he came out to smooth things over: "At first, I thought it was taking people for no reason, but this is just recruiting scholars to preach, so there is no problem. In this way, I can not only broadcast my righteousness, but also enable scholars to read thousands of books. Wanlilu is not impossible."

"It's just... such things, how can His Royal Highness Wuhu County use Jin Yiwei? In my opinion, everyone should take a step back."

Hu Guang: "..."

Hu Guang opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.

All the ministers also remained silent.

To be honest, no one expected that Zhang Anshi came to talk about Kong Shengren and Zhongxiao.

When it came to this kind of thing, he could only scold Zhang Anshi in his heart for smoking from his wicked ancestral grave.

In other words, Zhang Anshi's behavior is really sensational, but...he has a good heart, and it's all for the saint's enlightenment.

However, in the values ​​of the ancients, or under the value system of Neo Confucianism, people don't care about their deeds.

That is to say, it is understandable for a moral person to do bad things.

And if a bad person happens to do good things, this person is also among the heinous.

Yang Rong smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, in my opinion, this matter is too big, and it is better to release him as soon as possible."

Zhang Anshi said calmly to Yang Rong, "Don't worry, I will definitely not embarrass them, and I will definitely send them out with their limbs intact in the future."

Yang Rong immediately heard that Zhang Anshi added a lot of attributive words to the beginning, and he knew it in his heart, but he also knew that it was not the way to go on like this.

At this time, Liu Guandao, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Propaganda is originally the head of the Ministry of Rites, but now Jin Yiwei is doing it for him. How about the scholar who was taken away?"

At this time, the most important thing is to have a step down.

Especially for a group of outraged people headed by Hu Guang.

It is unacceptable for Jin Yiwei to take people.

But if Jin Yiwei is working for the saint, this...although it is unacceptable, but he has to admit it.

Liu Guan, an old cunning man, stood up and smoothed things over, making the officials feel that it was barely acceptable.

At the same time... After all, this matter is to cooperate with Zhang Anshi, and he can take the opportunity to negotiate with Zhang Anshi. Although he may not earn money this time, he has earned a lot of debts of favor, and he will not suffer anyway.

The most important thing is that Liu Guan knows very well that he is greedy, lazy and incapable. The reason why His Majesty made him a minister of the Ministry of Rites and didn't cut him off directly is because he is good at blending, which is what the court needs. The person who blended, he just happened to be qualified for this role.

After hearing Liu Guan's words, everyone immediately looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di understood everything, so he stood up, walked slowly, and after a while, he said: "The Facts of Filial Piety is the classic of filial piety compiled by the Imperial Academy. , The Ming Dynasty also ruled the world with filial piety, and I value this book so much because of this. What Zhang Qing revealed is shocking, and my Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty are not far behind those in the Han and Tang Dynasties."

"If a person doesn't have a heart of loyalty and filial piety, how dare he claim to be a disciple of a sage? How dare he say that he has read the books of a sage? This matter... must be taken seriously and must not be ignored. Zhang Qing can follow my will, This is very good. In any case, I don’t intend to give up on this matter. Things have to be done, and they should be done seriously. If not, the world will lose its filial piety, and sooner or later the demon will bring disaster to the country, and discipline will disappear. The Ministry of Rites, It is also the duty of the Ministry of Rites to help you inquire about this matter, although Jin Yiwei is acting as Yue Chu's agent this time, if Jin Yiwei hadn't uncovered this matter, who would have gone into it?"

"It's heartbreaking!" Zhu Di said with emotion: "I have tried to tell people that filial piety is the foundation of people. A father has a feeling of licking his son, and a son needs to be grateful for his father's upbringing. If a person has no filial piety, he will be like a beast He Yi. Propaganda is the most important thing in the world, so I, the Ming Dynasty, sent a lot of school officials to all prefectures and counties in the world to be in charge of missions."

"Zhang Qing once said in a letter that the four barbarians in the world do not obey the king's transformation. The root of it is that they don't know what filial piety is, so that they are no different from animals. If I want to be kind to them, I should promote etiquette and righteousness, and promote loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. These words Very good, now is the time for Confucian scholars to serve, how can scholars resist this?"

"That's all, there is no need to discuss this matter again! Zhang Qing must deal with this matter comprehensively. After a few days, I will play again. I want to know the result."

After all, without looking at the reaction of the ministers, the ministers were dismissed directly.

When Zhang Anshi left the Wenlou, he looked for Liu Guan loudly, and in front of the retreating ministers, he said calmly: "Mr. Liu, you might as well go to Fusi in Nanzhen first. Since your majesty has an order, please invite Liu Guan." Please work harder."

Liu Guan stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Okay, okay."

All the ministers on the side bowed their heads silently and left, pretending that they didn't hear anything.

It hurts to hear such things, it is better not to listen!
Liu Guan followed in Zhang Anshi's footsteps, and said as he walked, "Scholars have not suffered."

Zhang Anshi said: "Probably not."

Liu Guandao: "That's good, that's good, I'll go and visit, so the imperial court and the old man can rest assured."

Zhang Anshi said: "Then Mr. Liu will work hard."

"How dare you call it hard work." Liu Guan said with a smile.

When Zhang Anshi and Liu Guan left the palace, they immediately boarded the carriage, and under the escort of the guards, they went straight to Jinyiwei.

These scholars were not imprisoned in the Imperial Prison, this was also Zhang Anshi's order, and they were not imperial criminals, so putting them in the Imperial Prison, isn't it treating people as criminals?

But if it is locked in other places, such as Qixia's Qianhu House, then it is not considered a criminal.

Zhang Anshi got out of the carriage and led Liu Guan into the Qianhu House.

Qianhu had heard the news a long time ago, and hurriedly came to greet him, Zhang Anshi only nodded at him and said, "Where are everyone?"

The thousand households glanced at Liu Guan.

Zhang Anshi said: "This is Liu Butang from the Ministry of Rites, and he is one of our own."

Liu Guan smiled awkwardly, his smile was a little stiff, although he likes to flirt, but he would not be a family with Jin Yiwei, if this spread, wouldn't scholars all over the world call him a bad ass?
These thousand households understood, so they should lead the way first.

All the rooms in this thousand households are connected to each other. Before entering, I heard someone wailing loudly: "Students wish to go to Tianzhu, students wish to go to Tianzhu..."

Liu Guan's scalp felt numb, but he still pretended to be smiling and followed Zhang Anshi calmly.

When he reached the outside of the crying room, Zhang Anshi pointed to the inside and said, "Grand Liu, why don't you go in and see why this scholar is howling?"

At this time, the people inside were still screaming: "Ah... ah... ah... the students are voluntary, voluntary... no complaints..."

Liu Guan just froze in place, the smile on his face became more and more stiff, seeing Zhang Anshi standing aside, looking at him with a smile.

It's just this smile that made Liu Guan suddenly feel like a light on his back, but he still smiled and said: "This scholar is quite loyal and filial. Under the influence of His Highness, it is really a great fortune for Confucianism to be able to repent."

Zhang Anshi said very casually: "Go, go in and talk."

But Liu Guan quickly shook his head and said: "Forget it, the old man eats fast on weekdays, so he can't see blood... No, the old man thinks... let the scholars repent, I just look at the numbers."

"Look at the number?" Zhang Anshi was easy to talk about today, and immediately said to the people on the side: "Come here, let Liu Gong arrange it."

After speaking, Liu Guan soon arrived at the lobby of the Qianhu Office.

Not hearing those ear-piercing howls anymore made Liu Guan feel at ease. After he sat down, the thousands of households counted up.

Liu Guan looked down and murmured, "A total of 370 people, isn't there a little more..."

Zhang Anshi said: "I don't think it's too small. Now I'm teaching them to recruit some of their fellow countrymen and join them in the same year. You also know that things like education can't be sloppy. If there are few people, they will be scattered all over the world, just like a handful of mud." It is really a drop in the bucket for sand to enter the vast ocean. Jinyiwei has a predetermined number of [-] people."

After Liu Guan heard this, his whole body shuddered, but he smiled and said, "It's not unreasonable... But, isn't there too many ten thousand people? According to the old man, there are seven or eight thousand people, and they should be able to handle it."

He, Liu Guan, is not a kowtower, he has a strong character, at least he has bargained with Jin Yiwei.

Zhang Anshi said: "Let's look again, there is no other good way right now, we can only take one step at a time."

Liu Guan continued: "Out of the 370 people, there are already 360 five people, who have signed and pledged, are they willing to go to the world?"

Qianhu on the side immediately looked at Liu Guan vigilantly.

Zhang Anshi looked up at the thousand households and said, "In one night, so many people agreed? Is there something tricky?"

Chito hasn't answered yet.

Liu Guan suppressed his hands and said with a smile: "It's not easy, it's really not easy. It seems that Jin Yiwei is very effective and diligent."

Zhang Anshidao: "It's not their credit, it's mainly due to the good education of the sages. At first, the scholars just couldn't think about it for a while, but now that they understand everything, they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of loyalty and filial piety. It can be seen that all the scholars in my Ming Dynasty are Well, it’s no less than Han and Tang.”

"Ah... that's right." Liu Guan blushed, shaking his head and said: "Your Highness's words really coincide with this old man's."

(End of this chapter)