Domineering Daming

"Seeing internal and external troubles and civil unrest, I have the heart to rise up, but the imperial court Donglin is in the way, and the local officials are yin and yang. My imperial edicts are like waste paper when they come out of the palace, especially the Donglin party's ban on officials. Forced me to make up my mind to reform the political system..."

"However, these things are far away and can't quench my thirst. I have tried my best to raise money and food everywhere, but I can't fill the government affairs, especially the bottomless pit in Liaodong..."

"This is the origin of the Chamber of Commerce with the prefix 'Hui'. I have asked people to prepare and establish several chambers of commerce, and they are still ridiculed by countless people as the 'Bronze Smelly Emperor'..."

The group of people below bowed again unconsciously. They had the impression that the emperor who was high above the wind and calling the wind and rain had lived such a life, it was so difficult, and at the same time, many people felt admiration. How many people can do it? so?Even Taizu, Taizong might not be able to do such a cruel thing to the clan at this time, right?

Cao Wenzhao, Cao Huachun and others were all expressionless, and they all knew in their hearts how much the young emperor had paid for this country.

Zhu Xu picked up the tea and took a sip lightly, which could be regarded as a way of clearing himself up.

He is the emperor, so there is only so much he can do, and the next step is the big stick!

Zhu Xu gently shook the folding fan again, and said: "These are all nonsense, if you don't like it, just ignore it. Next, I will talk about my feelings in the past few days in Nanzhili."

coming!

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, no matter what the emperor said, they still had to do it in the end!

Zhu Xu leaned on the chair, knocked on the table with his fan, and said: "The first stop, I went to Yangzhou and transferred to several academies... The academies are very strange now, some students have different ideas, different views, other People are called "evil", isolated, beaten, and even sent to officials. Now, no matter whether they are students or officials, as long as they deal with others, they always use the word "evil".

Zhu Xu's tone gradually became severe, and said: "Sages educate people, do they want students to recite the classics? Why can't the students ask why? Why can't they have different ideas? Is this the teaching of the saints? Or It is said that the current academy also engages in 'partisan struggle', and those of a certain school, except for this school, are all 'heretics', and all of them should be sentenced to death? How about 'burning books and burying scholars'?"

Everyone in the audience lowered their heads slightly. The academy has been in existence for four or five years, but the scholarly class has always been silently resisting it. It is an indisputable fact that many students in the academy have been suppressed.

The corners of Zhu Xu's eyes twitched, and he snorted coldly, and said: "Students of the college can't learn from Zhu Cheng, Yang Ming, Confucius, Mencius, our students should learn from a hundred schools of thought. , go corrupt and keep clear, it is definitely not that one school suppresses another school, it must be a fight to the death! My Ming Dynasty treats the lectures of Confucian scholars from all over the world, and we must not "only respect one and dismiss the others". We must contend among a hundred schools of thought, learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses..."

"Also, don't always talk about Confucius and shut up about Mencius. That is a saint thousands of years ago. Why can't we people work harder and leave a few classics for future generations? You don’t feel ashamed to hold the classics of our ancestors 3000 years ago, but I’m still ashamed!”

Suddenly, everyone felt strange and frowned secretly. They always felt that something was wrong, but after careful consideration, there seemed to be no problem.

Zhu Xu didn't give these people a chance to respond, and turned to look at Xu Jie and said, "You are Jiangsu Zuo Shenzheng, in charge of academic politics, and you have a key task in the future, which is to gather famous officials and scholars from all over the world to compile a textbook for the academy. The point is to let the students learn to think, not memorize a few books and five classics, can write a few sour poems and bad words, they are talents. The so-called talents are able to do things for the court and solve problems. Can endorsing and composing poems solve problems? ? The imperial examination is not an end, but a means!"

Xu Jie couldn't turn his head around, he always felt that there was something wrong with the emperor's words, but he couldn't figure it out for a while, so he could only say: "I obey the order!"

Zhu Xu waved his hand, and then instructed: "By the way, you should listen to the voices of young people, don't work behind closed doors, and listen to other people's opinions more, and you can't engage in 'one word', you know?"

This is absolutely correct, Xu Jie said: "Yes!"

Compiling, revising, and perfecting Confucian classics—it’s settled!

Zhu Xu let out a deep breath in his heart, looked around again, and said lightly: "If you have any questions, you can tell them. If you listen to both, you will be clear, and if you listen to others, you will be dark. Don't listen to everything I have to say."

Everyone was still thinking about Zhu Xu's words just now, and no one spoke for a while.

With a snap, Zhu Xu opened the folding fan again, and said, "If you don't talk about it, then I will continue."

"Since ancient times, we Han people have pursued a state, that is, 'great harmony in the world', but what does this 'great harmony' look like? The sage did not clearly say, what was the population at that time? How much land did the people want? What about taxes? Yes. No border troubles? Military pay, how much is there in the army? The sage didn’t say, and it’s been more than 2000 years, and he hasn’t figured out what to do to achieve the ‘world harmony’...”

The people in the lobby can only listen to Zhu Xu and think slowly, and even many people can't keep up with the rhythm, so they can only listen with their ears up.

"The sage didn't say that? So what should I do? It's still what I said just now, that is hard work. We can't live a lifetime with the wisdom of our ancestors thousands of years ago. We have to set an example for our children and grandchildren. We must be better than the next generation, and we must not be inferior to the previous generation." , then what are we still alive for? What do future generations think of us?"

Many people came to their senses at this moment, and they all looked at Zhu Xu with strange or even serious eyes.

The emperor's words seem to be correct, but in fact he is secretly questioning the "sage". This kind of "questioning" is so upright and irrefutable!

Zhu Xu glanced at these people from the corner of his eye, and continued: "How and how long will it take to achieve 'Great Harmony'? I don't know, and you certainly don't know either, so what should we do? Let's explore step by step, for example, first set a goal, Let me let all the people of Ming Dynasty "get rid of poverty" first, everyone has land, and everyone does not go hungry. Find ways, explore, and verify, I believe that with my great country of Ming Dynasty, rich in the world, one day the world will be unified, and the world will be peaceful..."

Some of them were dry and sweaty, and the emperor's words gave them a great shock.

It's not how shocking Zhu Xu's words are, it's because the literati atmosphere in the entire Ming Dynasty is now conservative, self-styled, and indulge in pleasure, which makes them a little hard to accept, just like a comfortable and lazy nobleman, how can he suddenly want to experience Military life?

Zhu Xu ignored them, shaking the folding fan in his hand slightly, and said with a smile: "Of course, the current situation in my Ming Dynasty is to repair the internal affairs, conquer powerful enemies from the outside, and complete the 'New Deal', but I have a plan, and I will do it today What? What will be accomplished tomorrow? What is the goal for this year? What can be done in three years? These, the governor's office and the governor's office must plan in detail and report to me..."

Fang Kongxuan and Fu Zonglong got up quickly, bowed and said: "Observe the order!"

Both of them were still rational, listening quietly, and could understand what Zhu Xu was talking about.

Others, including the three brothers of the Wu family, have fallen behind and need to consider and deliberate slowly.

Zhu Xu did have a lot to say, but judging by the appearance of these people, he can't say much today. After thinking for a while, he said: "Except for the academy, it's about the salt merchants."

As soon as this sentence came out, most of the people present felt chills, and finally came!

Qian Qianyi, Fang Kongxuan, Fu Zonglong, Shi Bangyao and other officials in office all looked at Zhu Xu worriedly. They knew that they could not stop Zhu Xu, so they did not dare to persuade him now, for fear of angering him.

The salt merchant and other merchants almost knelt down to plead guilty, their faces pale.

The three brothers of the Wu family looked calm, but their bodies were shaking.Even Old Master Wu, who had kept his eyes closed all the time, slowly opened his cloudy eyes and turned his head to look at Zhu Xu with difficulty.

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Zhu Xu paused deliberately, picked up the tea in front of him, took another sip, moistened his throat, and coughed lightly at the same time.

This sound was like thunder, and many people trembled all over. They looked at Zhu Xu with fear in their eyes. Some even slipped off their chairs and got up tremblingly. Their faces were pale and they were about to cry.

Jing is the murderer... deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!

Zhu Xu put down his teacup and said: "The matter of salt administration should be viewed from top to bottom. Is there any problem with the 'salt administration' of the cabinet? During the reign of Tianqi, the annual salt tax was 100 million taels? 100 million taels Ah, do you think there is any problem? After the reform, although the salt tax has increased, the salt administration is still chaotic and needs to be cleaned up. From this point of view, the cabinet is right. Then, why is there such a big disturbance? What did the government do? Didn’t do anything? Haven’t done it yet... The salt merchants took action after hearing the news, and some people fished in troubled waters, and the situation intensified until it reached this point..."

Zhu Xu's eyes slowly swept across the audience, and he said in a cold voice: "In my opinion, the government has two basic functions, one is management, and the other is to deal with, deal with, and solve problems. In this regard, the local government is lacking, and it is necessary to straighten out the management, ideas and methods of dealing with it. The government's dereliction of duty is naturally not a reason for some people to "strike the market". There is no difference between threatening the government and rioting the people, and it is even more hateful. One is desperate, and the other is wanting more benefits!"

Amid the cold sweat of some people, Zhu Xu's voice echoed: "Many people told me that I should be severely punished, that some people's heads should be beheaded, some people's homes should be confiscated, and some people's clans should be wiped out, but I have refused them all. Why? ?Because of the 'New Deal', if you want to implement the New Deal, you will inevitably encounter problems of one kind or another. If there is a problem, it is to solve the problem. Killing people is not the way to solve the problem..."

Some of them were dry and trembling, and looked at Zhu Xu in horror, not knowing what he was doing.

"However, there should be a bottom line for people and things. For example, as an official, you should abide by the court's rules and regulations. If you hold power but don't want to be restrained, how can ordinary people live? How can you trust the court, how can you trust me, Do you believe that we can lead them as people to realize the 'Unification of the World'?"

"Officials have rules, do businessmen have them? Yes, businessmen hold a lot of money, can they drive up prices wantonly? Buy and sell by force? Even threaten the government? No! Businessmen should also have rules and abide by the law..."

"The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulates the yearly expenses in the palace, and stipulates that I cannot do many things, and I must be restrained. Why can't others? Fight desperately?"

"This is because of the corruption of the imperial court's discipline and influence. Now the imperial court must be strict about discipline, starting with me! I also hope that, no matter what your status is, you here will abide by the law and uphold integrity. There are certain things that cannot be done or touched. , don’t do it, touch it..."

Zhu Xu's words were obviously intended for the salt merchant and the Wu family behind them. All of these people lowered their heads, trembling all over, and their hearts were in their throats.

Qian Qianyi and others heard a different flavor, because the "Qinhuai River" is the key point of the "Nine Regulations" and cannot be bypassed.They were all in a dark state of mind, silent and motionless.

Looking at the expressions of these people, Zhu Xu wanted to laugh secretly, maybe they would never be evil in this life.

It should be almost the same, this group of people was paralyzed by the military exercise first, and now it was him beating again, Zhu Xu wondered if he should give a sweet date to comfort him.

"Caomin... have something to say..." Suddenly, in the silent lobby, Mr. Wu's weak and trembling voice sounded.

Zhu Xu squinted his eyes. He knew this guy before. The so-called old man is a thief, so he is almost that.

The three brothers of the Wu family were startled, and they all turned to look at their father. It has been a long time since Old Master Wu spoke so hard, especially at this time!