Domineering Daming

It's just that "technically" it doesn't work now, so how can you establish a crown prince in a daze without a son-in-law?What if the queen gave birth to the eldest son in the future?It is right to worry about "country-based disputes", but the method is wrong.

Zhu Xu put down the memorial, thought for a while, and said: "Pass the decree to the clan's mansion, and order King Lu to expedite the explanation of 'inheritance'. After it is written, don't give it to me, but directly write to the cabinet."

Daming has its own rules of succession to the throne, that is, "If there is a heir, the heir is established, if there is no heir, the elder is established, and the brother will end up with the younger brother." In this order, the "Sequential Succession Law" is not to overthrow these, but to explain, expand, Clearly, to avoid all country-based risks, and also to put an end to the embarrassing situation of several kings fighting in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

"Observe the order." The inner eunuch agreed, and slowly retreated.

"By the way, it is said that Wu Boyan came to see me." Zhu Xu said again.

Wu Boyan is the head of the Chaobao Department, subordinate to the cabinet, and manages all newspapers in Ming Dynasty, including the cabinet, six departments, and local and provincial newspapers, and there will be prefectural and county-level newspapers in the future.

"Yes." The inner eunuch responded and hurried out.

Chapter 798 The Germination of Capital Thought

Wu Boyan is a middle-aged man in his early forties. He used to be a professor of Guozijian. After Guozijian was merged into the Royal Political Academy, he developed very smoothly in the Political Academy. He was favored by Bi Ziyan and transferred to the cabinet to be in charge of the newspaper.

"My humble minister Wu Boyan, see the emperor."

Wu Boyan entered the imperial study room, and saluted Zhu Xu somewhat cautiously.It wasn't the first time he saw Zhu Xu, but it was the first time he came to Yushufang.

The entire Ming Dynasty knew that ordinary people could not come here, but anyone who entered was a sign that he had entered the eyes of the emperor, and his prosperity was just around the corner!

Zhu Xu put down the pen in his hand, looked up at him, and said, "Pingshen."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wu Boyan stood not far from Zhu Xuyu's table, his expression gradually softened.

Zhu Xu picked up a cup of tea and said with a smile: "Your newspaper is doing well, and you have made a lot of achievements in public opinion. You must make persistent efforts and don't slack off."

Wu Boyan's heart skipped a beat, and he said hastily: "I dare not take credit for it, it's all because of the emperor's far-sighted and fantastic ideas."

Zhu Xu smiled and said, "Tell me about your next plan."

Wu Boyan had already thought about it before coming here, pondered over the draft, and said: "Back to the emperor, I have two plans, one is to continue to expand the coverage of the newspaper, prepare to set up newspaper outlets at the prefectural and county levels, and increase circulation at the same time, to win over scholars. Lin’s support. Second, Wei Chen intends to conduct a deep analysis of the ‘New Deal’, and open up a part of the discussion, so that people in the world can further understand the ‘New Deal’, support the ‘New Deal’, and be loyal to the ‘Emperor’...”

Obviously, Wu Boyan is also very clear that what Zhu Xu has done in recent years has offended a large number of people, and this part is also the most elite group in Ming Dynasty. They cannot "confront" for a long time and need to be resolved.

Zhu Xu made a "huh" sound, and said: "I have read several of your memorials, and they are very insightful. Do it with confidence and boldness. If you have any troubles, you can come to me, and I will support you."

Some of Wu Boyan's actions are "taboo", such as re-discussing the "national dispute" and "decrypting" the "three major cases" of Tianqi, which inevitably involves party disputes. The party is the main force, and a lot of dirty things have been uncovered, involving many people from Wanli to the present, especially those who are still in high positions, almost all of them are involved, which will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some people.

In order to cooperate with the imperial court's request to "finalize" the Donglin Party, Wu Boyan played down the important role of the Donglin Party in the "country-based dispute", the "struggle case", and the "moving palace case", which caused a lot of controversy. Many people are dissatisfied.

Xu Liangyan, one of the main writers of the "National Controversy" back then, and the current minister of the Ministry of Industry, disagreed with "overturning the old case and classing the evil" against the Donglin Party, and even argued with Bi Ziyan and Zhang Wenda face to face, demanding that " Do it impartially, don't be in vain and don't indulge."

At present, the importance of the Chaobao Department is still very low, and Wu Boyan is only a sixth-rank official in the cabinet. Facing the accusations of the third-rank officials, the pressure can be imagined.

But with Zhu Xu's words, his heart suddenly surged with pride, he stood up straight, raised his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, I obey the order."

"Ah."

Zhu Xu smiled, and after a while, he picked up the six documents in hand, and said: "These are some words I said, some rules I made, and some ideas when I went south. Write a few samples for me, find an opportunity, and release them."

These are Zhu Xu's analysis of the "New Deal" and various problems encountered by Daming, and there are both bright and dark sides mixed with Zhu Xu's intention to seek change.

Wu Boyan naturally paid close attention to Zhu Xu's actions on the way down the road, and also had some records. Hearing this, he hurriedly stepped forward to take them, and said, "Please rest assured, your majesty, I will definitely write it up as soon as possible and present it to your majesty."

Zhu Xu nodded and said, "By the way, how is that Gu Yanwu doing?"

Regarding Gu Yanwu, Zhu Xu originally wanted to be assigned to the Ministry of Rites, and indeed he worked in the Ministry of Rites for a period of time. After Qian Qianyi resigned, he was transferred to the Department of Chaobao of the Cabinet.

The Chaobao Department is very large, with dozens of editors. Wu Boyan has some impressions of Gu Yanwu. After thinking about it for a while, he said: "Back to the emperor, this person has outstanding literary talents and unique insights. It's just that sometimes he talks nonsense and writes Some lies, probably because I read some of Li Zhuowu's books."

Hearing "Li Zhuowu", Zhu Xu was taken aback for a moment, and it took him a while to remember who it was.

Li Zhi, whose name is Zhuo Wu, has a very special status in Ming Dynasty, and it has only been more than 20 years since his death. He is a great master in the literary world. He considers himself a "heretic" and denounces "Zhu Cheng".He had tens of thousands of students and disciples back then, and every place he opened a forum to give lectures, there were many followers, and scholars and common people admired him.

He was not Wang Yangming, but at that time his status was superior to Yangming's Mind School, which shook the entire Ming Dynasty and caused turmoil in the government and the public.

In the end, Zhang Wenda, who was involved in the matter, wrote a letter of impeachment at that time, and Li Zhi committed suicide calmly. His writings were burned and were once listed as "banned books", thus ending the "Li Zhi Era".In the eyes of Confucius, Mencius, Zhu Cheng, and Yangming's disciples and grandchildren, he is an out-and-out heretic, a wicked person, and has been the object of criticism.

But his idea, in Zhu Xu's view, is a manifestation of the development of the commodity economy to a certain extent. After another ten years in history, many of the "progressive" ideas of Gu Yanwu and others were inspired by him, "against the emphasis on "Suppression of agriculture and business", "Emperor over the people", "Equal rights for men and women", etc., can all be clearly discussed in Li Zhi's works.

"Li Zhuowu..."

Zhu Xu sighed softly in his heart, this person is too special, his thinking is too advanced, far beyond the world, I am afraid he also has the desolate feeling of "everyone is drunk and I am alone". Such a person, in the strict Confucian society , who has lived for more than 70 years under the hat of "heretic", is simply an incredible existence.

Although he intends to rehabilitate him, it is obviously impossible at the moment. Li Zhi has gone too far. Given the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, it will take at least 20 years to discuss these sensitive topics, and then I don't know how long it will take to change.

At that time, it may have been more than a century and a half since Li Zhi wrote these words.

After wandering in his mind for a while, Zhu Xu looked up at Wu Boyan and said, "It's not a big deal to give young people a chance. Li Zhuowu has lived for more than 70 years. We can't beat people to death with a stick..."

The cultural atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty was quite open. Zhang Wenda's impeachment of Li Zhi was also for political purposes, not for "academics".

Now the various schools and theories of Ming Dynasty are also messy, with everything, and no one will care about a young man's random words.

Ever since Wu Boyan heard Zhu Xu mentioned the word "Gu Yanwu", he knew that this person was registered in the emperor's heart, so he dared not be careless, and hurriedly answered: "Yes, this son is full of talents, and he is a person who is the focus of my minister's training. Listen It is said that he is still studying with the political academy, he is quite motivated and has no bad habits, which is quite different from the children of ordinary aristocratic families."

Gu Yanwu is still young, his thoughts are still in the accumulation stage, he has not formed a systematic theory, he is not yet mature enough, and he is desperately studying everywhere.

Nodding, Zhu Xu said with satisfaction: "Well, you go, write it up early, and show it to me."

Wu Boyan raised his hand, and with the excitement in his heart, he bowed and said: "I obey the order, and I will leave."

Zhu Xu watched Wu Boyan leave, and whispered to himself, "I hope it can cause some changes in Daming..."

His words were all selective, not too "rebellious", and should be easy to accept at this time, but how much he could accept, how long it would take, and how much change he would cause would depend on Zhu Xu's cooperation methods.

"Your Majesty, these are the memorabilia about the 'Cabinet Assistant Ministers' just sent by the envoy of the General Administration." As soon as Zhu Xu finished speaking, an inner eunuch held a stack of memorabilia, more than 20 of them, and put them on the table. On Zhu Xu's desk.

Zhu Xu pinched his chin and looked at the repertoire with a thoughtful expression.

"It seems that this matter is very touching..."

Zhu Xu thought about it for a while, and said: "All of them will be kept in the middle. If there are more, just write a brief summary to me."

"Yes." The inner supervisor responded and took it away again.

Regarding the matter of "supplementing cabinet ministers", there was no sound in the palace, the cabinet was self-strict, and Sun Chengzong did not speak. In addition, the six ministers "entered the cabinet for discussion", not only did not stop some people's ambitions, but turned the matter Pushing more and more loudly, endlessly.

Two days later, Fish and Algae Palace.

Zhu Xu hugged a pair of children, sitting on a chair, teasing, not to mention how happy they were.

Li Jieyu beside him looked cautious, and stretched out his hand from time to time, as if trying to catch something.It's because Zhu Xu accidentally almost let the child fall from his arms twice, and Li Jieyu was worried about it.

Zhu Xu looked at the two small faces cautiously, feeling an indescribable sense of satisfaction and accomplishment in his heart.