Beijing.
Qi Xingyun is trying his best to understand Zhang Tingyu's logic.
"In other words, are we going to let the traitorous foreign policy fall under our control and turn passivity into initiative?" Qi Xingyun nodded and asked, "How are the war preparations over Xiahou Xingteng in the south?"
"What I mean is, if the Black Lotus Sect cannot suppress its desire for Jiangnan and really attacks Jiangnan, can Jiangnan be able to defend it?"
Zhang Tingyu nodded and said: "I have written to General Xiahou. He said that if the Black Lotus Sect attacks, he is confident that he can defend it."
Qi Xingyun nodded and said: "It would be the best thing if we could stop the rebels and the Black Lotus from joining forces. I don't want to fight on two fronts."
"Has the envoy from General Xiahou already been on his way?"
Zhang Tingyu nodded and said: "We have set off a few days ago, and will be a few days earlier than the envoys who rebelled against the Han."
Qi Xingyun nodded and said: "If you can stop it, stop it. If you can't stop it, prepare to fight."
"I understand the first policy, but what about the second one? Let the Special Division turn its attention to the Liao Kingdom?"
Zhang Tingyu smiled and said: "There were many big families who rebelled against the Han, but they were resentful of losing their noble status, fertile pastures and countless privileges. And we don't know who among them joined forces to rebel. "
Qi Xingyun tasted it for a while and then understood the meaning of Zhang Tingyu's words. This was a typical fishing law enforcement.
But fishing bait is the desire in their hearts.
Qi Xingyun thought about it carefully for a long time. Zhang Tingyu and General Xiahou had discussed this matter and after careful arrangements, it should not cause much trouble.
Isn't it just fishing? Just let them fish!
Zhang Tingyu nodded and said: "Actually, the emperor's third strategy, the third strategy is the key point of the problem."
"Actually, I want to test the bottom line of rebellion against the Han Dynasty and test whether Qin and Hanqing have the courage."
"But judging from the intelligence sent, even in this situation, they still have not considered giving the traitors of Daqi who rebelled against the Han the slightest chance to climb over them."
Qi Xingyun nodded and said: "If the rebels are brave, I won't worry anymore. If the land is given to the Daqi traitors, they will be the first to suffer. How could those traitorous landowners be captured like this? ?”
"That Feng Heiyu should be fine."
Zhang Tingyu raised his head and glanced at the emperor, but said nothing. The Wende Palace was surprisingly silent. They all knew that this was a narrow escape.
"Master Zhang, please take a look at these papers from Sixiang City." Qi Xingyun asked Wang Yun's father-in-law to send them over. They are about the regulations for private schools that Zhang Tingyu proposed in the "Da Qi Code" some time ago. political commentary.
After Zhang Tingyu read it in detail, he sighed and said: "The people can follow it, but they cannot know it. If they continue to govern the country with this idea, how can this country prosper?"
The main content of these notes is that people can follow it but cannot know it.
Qi Xingyun nodded. Zhang Tingyu was right. In fact, some courtiers in the court still held different opinions on the educational reforms implemented by Qi Xingyun.
They believe that the people can be taught the truth but cannot be made wise; the people can be taught the truth but cannot be forced.
The theory of weak people, this damn point of view, is still an important reason for the ministers to oppose Qi Xingyun's educational reform.
You can let Baixin know how to go, but you can't let them know why they want to go this way. And the path that the people are following does not allow them to know how to change the world.
This is what the courtiers thought, and they quoted scriptures and used the words of saints to oppose Qi Xingyun.
Qi Xingyun picked up his pen and wrote a few words in a flash, and said with a smile: "The same sentence, read in different sentences, will have different free translations. Bachelor Zhang, look at this."
Father-in-law Wang Yun gave the paper to Zhang Tingyu. Zhang Tingyu took it over and looked at it, and couldn't help but feel a little numb! He couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty is truly a god!"
"If the people can do it, let them do it. If they can't do it, let them know it."
The exact same sentence was returned unchanged to the courtiers who held objections.
They used the words of the sage to restrain Qi Xingyun, and Qi Xingyun counterattacked them with the same words. If you slightly change the pronunciation of the sentence and add punctuation marks, the sentence will change its flavor.
If the common people are interested in poetry, established in principles, and successful in music, then let them do what they do. If they can't do it, educate them and make them understand.
Very different from the original meaning!
Zhang Tingyu even felt that this sentence should be read like this!
"I thought that the saint established a literary and educational institution, ran private schools, and educated all people throughout his life. His words should be so decisive. I wonder what the great scholar Zhang thinks?" Qi Xingyun asked with a smile.
Zhang Tingyu shook his head repeatedly and said, "Even when I first saw it, I was so frightened that I was even more frightened that it was those people."
"I'm not boasting. I've been through so many things. I think I have a firm mind."
"Even if the boy from Honglu Temple spat in my face, I still let him do it. But when I saw this sentence today, I realized that the books of sages and sages I have read over the past few years are all fake books."
"Those courtiers probably couldn't stand this kind of thing. After reading books for a lifetime, they realized that what they read was wrong."
Is this sentence really read like what Zhang Tingyu said? He has never seen it before?
Qi Xingyun didn't believe it at all.
Daqi scholars are as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river. I don’t know how many people study the books of sages every day. It is absolutely impossible that no one has mentioned this point of view.
But Zhang Tingyu's expression and words are, in the final analysis, the attitude that courtiers must adopt when facing the emperor.
The emperor is right and the emperor is not wrong.
The power to interpret sages' books was part of the emperor's power.
Qi Xingyun finally understood Zhang Tingyu's logic, looked at him, shook his head, and said, "Then just follow this strategy."
Qi Xingyun was about to send his sentence reading to Sixiang City, but he looked at Zhang Tingyu's hesitant expression and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it to Bachelor Zhang."
"The reason why I delayed for so long in dealing with the last rebellion of King Lu was to find the real officials who were bewitched by the Special Division, not to prevent the courtiers from talking to the people."
"You are a bachelor. If you are not willing to speak, no one in the world will dare to speak."
Zhang Tingyu looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, is it a good idea to take a long-term view on this matter?"
"What's the matter?" Qi Xingyun was stunned. He hadn't done anything big recently. Is this the one who "let him know"?
Zhang Tingyu said: "The emperor has only so much power in the world. It is difficult to distinguish between monarchy, ministerial power and civil rights."
"The emperor, ministers, landlords, and people all want it. Your Majesty's instructions are to give power to the people. But Your Majesty, this matter is not that easy."
