Beijing.
All the important civil and military officials in Beijing came to Qinzheng Hall to accept the summons from Emperor Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao looked at Fang Congzhe, Wang Yingjiao, Bi Ziyan and others solemnly, then at Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Keli, Chen Ce and others, and then said: "I will not hide it from you dear friends, Dongchang has recently been I got some alarming news. In addition, Zhao Aiqing also personally revealed something in this regard. Specifically, due to the implementation of the New Deal reforms, many die-hard reactionaries have jumped out. They not only rebuked me He is a violent king, and he calls the ministers a treacherous party. He slanders me and the ministers in terms of reputation. He also attempts to collude with foreigners and foreigners, and even attempts to train troops overseas with the intention of overthrowing the country in the future! The current evidence shows that Wang Chengen, Pass the secret letter submitted by Zhao Aiqing, Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, to all your ministers for careful reading!"
Fang Congzhe and other ministers all glanced at Zhao Nanxing and began to circulate his secret letter.
Zhao Nanxing naturally didn't need to look any further, but his heart was very bitter at the moment. He didn't expect that one day he would be so ignorant as to help the evildoers, and would become an accomplice of His Majesty the Emperor and Fang Congzhe's traitors.
"How shameless! Despicable! They have even read the books of saints and sages into the stomachs of dogs!"
Xiong Tingbi couldn't bear it the most, so he stood up and cursed first.
"No matter what they say, what is false cannot be true, what is true cannot be false, and evil cannot suppress justice. Either they say they are a gentleman, or they are a gentleman. Your Majesty, in my opinion, the king of Xichang who asked for internal funds for the people in the first place The Duke is a true gentleman. For the refugees in the capital, Bi Gong originally asked to reorganize their households and make them re-registered as residents. Although the ministers are mediocre and incompetent, they all act from the public heart. Although I dare not say that all the officials in the dynasty are honest ministers, But most of them are indeed good ministers for the country and the people! Some people say that I and others are traitors, but I never think that I am traitors, because I have never sought personal gain, so how can I form a party? Even if there is a party, It’s His Majesty’s party!”
Fang Congzhe stood up and replied.
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Yuan Fu's words are very true!"
Then, Zhu Youxiao stood up and said calmly: "Listen!"
The ministers immediately stood aside with their hands bowed.
"From now on, we must continue to be prepared to clean up internal affairs and build the Ming Dynasty while fighting wars! Do not neglect internal affairs and military affairs!"
"In terms of internal affairs, we must strengthen the guidance of ethics and education, and do not let public opinion and reputation be controlled by traitors. What Yuan Fu just said is right. Since some people insist that we have a party, then we must look like a party, and we The first thing this party must unify is the concept of governing the country! As far as I know, the Donglin Party has the "Donglin Contract". We will do the same in the future. We must build a party in an open and honest manner, build a party for the country and the people, and we must have our own The constitution of the Xingming Society is intended to establish a party. The meaning of its name is to make the Ming Dynasty prosperous forever. This society is a legal society established by me personally. People from all walks of life in the world are allowed to apply to join the society. Once you join the society, you need to I am determined to dedicate everything to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty! The specific details will be improved next!"
"In terms of military affairs, we must implement the military service system and the professionalization and nationalization of the army as soon as possible based on the original camp system. We must train more officers and soldiers who are good at recruiting and fighting. We must strengthen the function of the Privy Council in military coordination and strategy formulation. In addition, these officers and soldiers must The consciousness and discipline must also be excellent! In the future, Xingmingshe branches of the flag corps will be set up above each flag corps!"
That's what Zhu Youxiao said.
The establishment of Xingming Society was not a hot-headed decision on his part, but something he decided after careful consideration.
Because Zhu Youxiao feels that he must strengthen the ideological consistency of his ruling group. He can have different opinions on how to deal with a specific matter, but he must be consistent in the philosophy of governing the country, the so-called doctrine, otherwise it will be difficult to guarantee his own The purity between the king and his ministers in the court.
If a ruling group does not have a high degree of purity, it will be easily infiltrated by foreign enemies.
Next, Zhu Youxiao needs to make more reforms, which requires strengthening his own internal purity.
He did not want the inside of his court to be like a reactionary gentry group, which was riddled with holes by his own East Factory before a large-scale uprising occurred.
Therefore, at this time, Zhu Youxiaohui proposed to form the Xingming Society to unify the thinking, not only for internal affairs officials, but also for the army.
Regarding the transformation of the army, Zhu Youxiao had already communicated with loyal and reliable generals such as Qin Liangyu and Chen Ce, because Zhu Youxiao allowed them to retain their close associates as direct guards, and promised that military attachés would also participate in certain military affairs in the future. decision-making, so they also supported the emperor in doing so.
After Zhu Youxiao said this, he immediately issued another decree: "Draft the decree! Promote Wei Guangwei, Minister of Rites of Nanjing, to Minister of Rites, Feng Quan is transferred to the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Fang Shihong, the minister of Chongwen Temple, is also the right minister of the Ministry of Rites!"
"According to the order!"
Fang Congzhe and others hurriedly replied.
Zhu Youxiao naturally had his own considerations in appointing these three people to be in charge of the Ministry of Rites. First of all, the reason why he directly appointed Wei Guangwei as the Minister of Rites was because Wei Guangwei gave him a lecture a few days ago about advising the court to control the world's public opinion and strengthen the court. Suggestions on the internal education of officials, pointed out many examples of officials being brainwashed by the gentry, and also put forward many of their own solutions.
This allowed Zhu Youxiao to discover Wei Guangwei's advantages and directly appointed him as Minister of Rites.
And as far as Zhu Youxiao knew, Wei Guangwei was indeed a very powerful person in history.
As far as he knew, there was a saying that although Wei Zhongxian was the leader of the eunuch party, it was Wei Guangwei who had been controlling the eunuch party and helped Wei Zhongxian defeat other ministers.
Historically, the struggle between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party was essentially an internal fight among scholar-bureaucrats.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao decided to let Wei Guangwei strengthen internal ideological education for him, control public opinion, and compete for the right to speak.
Needless to say, Feng Quan and Fang Shihong were both powerful figures competing for the right to speak among scholars.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao made them officials of the Ministry of Rites.
"The first article of the philosophy that the Xingming Society must abide by is to be loyal to the emperor, take the emperor as the constitution, and the laws of the ancestors and the teachings of the saints should be subordinate to the emperor's decree; the second article: agree that the people of the Ming Dynasty are all compatriots, regardless of whether they are scholars, farmers, industrialists, or merchants We are all people, and those who join this community should love the people for the emperor and relieve the people's difficulties. As Mr. Hengqu said, they should establish a destiny for the people and create peace for the country..."
Zhao Nanxing looked at Fang Congzhe and found it difficult to accept the outline of the Xingming Society that he, Wang Yingjiao, Bi Ziyan, etc. had drawn up after discussion with Wang Yingjiao, Bi Ziyan, and others, and had been submitted to the emperor for approval. It was difficult for him to accept the concept that it was no longer the governing constitution, but the king's decree as the constitution.
Although emperors in the past did not fully abide by the ancestral system or sage etiquette, civil servants could still use the ancestral system or etiquette to resist when the emperor did not cooperate with scholars like themselves.
Now, Xingming Society clearly requires that those who join the society must abide by the principle of taking the emperor as the constitution, which means that the emperor can change the etiquette and ancestral system at will.
As for the second article, Zhao Nanxing found it even more difficult to accept. He really couldn't accept that the common people could be compared with the gentry, and that the concept of loving the people should be extended to the common people.
Zhao Nanxing really didn't want to join such a club.
He can protect himself wisely, go with the flow, and hide his ignorance and clumsiness, but it is really difficult for him to accept the beliefs of the Xingming Society and participate in government affairs as required by the Xingming Society. He feels that if he does that, It's like forcibly turning yourself into a walking zombie, and death will become even more painful.
Therefore, when all the important ministers of the Nine Qing Dynasties took the initiative to write memorials and apply to join the Xingming Society, Zhao Nanxing hesitated again.
"Zhu Youxiao, you are such a cruel tyrant! Not only do you want to control my life and death, you also control my beliefs! How can I keep pretending like this!"
Zhao Nanxing thought so in his heart.
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