Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

If this kind of thing gets out, what will happen to the reputation of Emperor Chongzhen?

Such a thing that destroys the foundation of the name religion, even if the master in front of him never cares about his reputation, others will not allow himself to utter a word alive.

Especially the eagle dog of the factory guard.

In the past few days in the Imperial Prison, I have fully realized how the Jinyi Guards carried out the emperor's orders - for so many days, no one opened their mouths or hinted that they bribed, except that they were locked up or locked up.

Needless to say, those who were pulled out and disposed of, the evidence is clear, and no one can say anything.

The remaining 29 people, including myself, have no evidence to prove that they have been corrupt and harmed the people.

Not even Jinyiwei, who has always been famous like dung, asked for bribes, so the Emperor Chongzhen's control over the factory guards can be imagined.

In this case, these eagle dogs will let themselves go out alive to ruin the reputation of Emperor Chongzhen?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, the faster the cold sweat on Cao Yubian's forehead flowed.

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care what Cao Yubian was thinking, and continued: "Your benevolence, there is no one who is not benevolent. The king is righteous, and there is no injustice.

Is this also what Mencius said?

But am I benevolent towards the common people?But are all officials benevolent? "

Cao Yubian is well aware of this.

Even if I think Emperor Chongzhen no matter how fucked up he is, no matter how recklessly he acts, no matter how much he treats a gentleman like himself as a villain, Emperor Chongzhen is really good to the people.

Whether it was the never adding edicts at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, the severe drought in Shaanxi later, or even the retaliation on the grassland because of Lin Danhan's knock on the pass, it actually shows that Emperor Chongzhen attached great importance to the people.

No matter how such an emperor said, in the public opinion, a word of benevolence could not escape.

But you can't just be kind to those common people, what about us honest gentlemen?

Yes, I, Cao Yubian, also admit that some people are greedy without knowing what is good or bad, but I am not greedy.

Even if I resign as an official, your old man can implicate the Nine Clans. Is this related to benevolence?

Cao Yubian thought for a while, anyway, he had no hope of being an official anymore, and now there was nothing to be afraid of if the pot was broken, so he simply stuck his neck and said: "Qizou Your Majesty, Caomin thinks that Your Majesty treats the common people Nature is excellent and can be called a benevolent king.

However, His Majesty regards all officials as enemies and arrests them with factory guards at every turn. It is not uncommon to strip the real grass, which is not a benevolent monarch. "

Emperor Chongzhen hummed, nodded and said: "If you say that, I can't be considered a benevolent monarch.

But let those corrupt people harm the people, could I be a benevolent monarch?Is the reputation important, or the people important? "

Seeing Cao Yubian showing a thoughtful expression, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "It is not benevolent to kill one without guilt, and it is not righteous to take what is not what you have."

Cao Yubian was even more confused at this time.

The meaning of this sentence is so simple that as long as you can read, you can basically understand it.

It is an act of inhumanity to kill an innocent person, and it is an act of injustice to take something that is not one's own.

But from the beginning of Emperor Chongzhen's words, it was obvious that he was going to hate Confucianism, and he even wanted to suppress Mencius after removing the title of Duke Yansheng.

But now I keep using Mencius' words to point myself.

Your Majesty, do you have something to say?It's exhausting to guess like this, okay?

Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "Cao Aiqing just said that I am not kind to all officials, so is it unjust for all officials to take property other than their own salary?

He was unrighteous first, and then asked me to be kind to him?

Confucius said, don't do to others what you don't want yourself to do to yourself.Those corrupt people have forcibly taken the people's property, are the people willing?

I took their lives again, but repaying them in the same way, repaying for repaying. "

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Cao Yubian, who didn't know how to speak, and simply made the topic clear: "Did Cao Aiqing think that what I said at the beginning is not enough to be a big deal, is it really to suppress Confucianism?"

Cao Yubian said in his heart that it's strange that you don't think so - even Yan Shenggong was expelled by your old man...

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "I also read Lunyu and Mencius, and recently I am making annotations on Lunyu and Mencius for publication in the world, how can I really want to suppress Confucianism?

It's just because all the officials read Mencius in Lunyu, and they feel ashamed of their actions. "

Only then did Cao Yubian wipe the cold sweat off his forehead in peace.

Now that Emperor Chongzhen said so, I don't have to worry about whether to die or honestly hate Confucianism for Emperor Chongzhen.

Forget it, I'd better go back to my hometown to farm. The court is like a river and lake, and the turmoil is dangerous. It's not a place for a gentleman like me to hang out with.

But Emperor Chongzhen did not intend to let Cao Yubian go.

Although Cao Yubian can be said to be the teacher of Qian Qianyi who is too cold and itchy, he is still a good official.

The only pity is that this guy is stupid in reading, his mind is full of inappropriateness, no matter how he looks at the factory guard, he is not pleasing to the eye.

But Emperor Chongzhen couldn't do without the factory guards—it was a matter of his own family and life, and Emperor Chongzhen was not a fool, how could he abolish his martial arts like the original Emperor Chongzhen?

Although Cao Yubian's mind is full of inappropriateness, he has literary talent, and he can see from his past experience as an official whether he is a man.

In addition, Chen Mo told Emperor Chongzhen more than once that he was short of manpower here and should get some more, so Emperor Chongzhen set his sights on Cao Yubian.

This kind of person is not suitable to be an official, but to be a scholar.

As long as this kind of guy can be brainwashed, they will definitely be more reliable than Chen Mo, a mere censor.

It is precisely because of this that the Emperor Chongzhen came to see Cao Yubian specially once - let the factory guard come, and this matter will basically be cool.

He is really a guy who kills but is reluctant to kill, and it is a pity to let him go.

After getting Cao Yubian to follow Chen Mo to run newspapers and cooperate with public opinion propaganda, Emperor Chongzhen felt annoyed again.

Dealing with these bullshit things every day, not a day is free-except for going to see Princess Ningde, Emperor Chongzhen even felt that the whole palace was like a big cage, and he was tied up tightly, not at all freedom of.

Huang Taiji who has the same feeling is far away in Liaodong.

Huang Taiji felt that he was also unlucky.

I have played with the routine of Tianke to obtain scholars, but those guys who passed the exam, there are only a few of them who are good at it!

Not to mention Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan is my ordinary slave, even people like Bao Chengxian and Dai Lei are better than them.

A group of idiots, none of them understood what Ben Khan meant!

Apart from singing praises to Ben Khan, no one could see what Ben Khan meant by wanting to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor?

Huang Taiji was very disappointed, and finally decided to smoke some drugs to relax.