After Zhu Youxiao sighed, he summoned the three auxiliary ministers Yuan Keli, Xu Guangqi, and Bi Ziyan to the imperial court, and let these people read Feng Quan's remarks to Nurhaci.
"According to Feng Quan, most of the dignitaries and gentry of the Ming Dynasty were not willing to make the people of the Ming Dynasty rich, because if there were no people who froze to death and starved to death, the wine and meat of the rich families would also become unpalatable. What do you think of this statement? ?”
Zhu Youxiao also asked at this time.
Yuan Keli replied bluntly: "It's really a waste to read the books of sages! As a scholar-official, if you only do it for your own enjoyment, what's the use of reading? It's better not to read!"
"If everyone can have fine clothes and fine food, then fine clothes and fine food will not be very rare, and it will be difficult to compare wealth and status. If everyone can go out and have a nice car and a BMW, then fine clothes and fine food will not be very rare, and it will be difficult to compare wealth. But this does not mean that the rich can prevent the poor from getting rich, and would rather let the endless food and meat rot than sell it to the poor. This is undoubtedly a waste of natural resources, harming the harmony of heaven above, and violating people below. Virtue."
"Nowadays, due to the increase in the income of the common people in the world, the prosperity of business is far greater than before. The powerful, gentry, and all those doing business are making a lot of profits and are richer than before. If you are still not satisfied because of this, you just want to make yourself richer, and don't want the people to be rich as well. Getting richer is not only selfish, but also short-sighted. If people don't get richer, where will their wealth grow?"
"Therefore, Your Majesty, in my opinion, what Feng Quan said does not mean that the current policies of our Ming Dynasty are against the people of the world. Anyone with insight will know that today's Ming Dynasty needs its people to be richer and live a better life. Only by being more generous can the government-run industries of the court have more income and the world's commerce can be more prosperous. If it is just because he cannot accept the same as the common people, it can only show that this person is ignorant and selfish. As Yuan Fu said, he has read the sages in vain. Book!"
Xu Guangqi followed up and said a lot.
Zhu Youxiao heard that his core idea was that if the common people were not allowed to have the same fine clothing and food as the powerful gentry, or even enjoy the same treatment, how could consumption be stimulated and where would the profits of government-owned industries increase?
Undoubtedly, as the Ming Empire's treasury revenue mainly relied on the commodity economy, and rentiers such as Xu Guangqi also relied on the commodity economy to increase their income, the thinking of Xu Guangqi and others also changed, and they began to favor raising the income of the common people because of the interests of the court and themselves. Social status allows them to live well and live well before they gain fame, that is, before they are promoted to the ruling class.
"What Xu Aiqing said is true. I have long said that I established the Ming Society not on a whim, but in compliance with the general trend and the people's will. What Feng Quan said can only represent the thoughts of some powerful gentry, but I, the Ming Dynasty, have more They are common people and the powerful gentry who do not agree that enslaving others is the right way. People like Feng Quan are the same as those barbarians. Because they want to enslave others, they are willing to surrender to the enemy and betray their country and become slaves of the barbarians. It doesn’t matter if these people surrender to the enemy, the so-called People like them betray the Ming Dynasty and come together, they are like-minded, and they will give me the opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop in the future!"
After hearing what Xu Guangqi said, Zhu Youxiao nodded and started talking.
"Your majesty, the Ming Ming Wu Guo, has fallen into some kind of self-destruction. Not even gods can save him."
Bi Ziyan replied.
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "But we still have to save it if we can. In terms of educating people's hearts, if we don't occupy it, the enemy will occupy it. If people like Nurhachi and Lin Danhan really want to enslave the world together, People, especially those who enslave billions of people of our Han family as a temptation, and win over those ignorant, selfish and even backward-thinking powerful gentry as their lackeys, will undoubtedly cause greater troubles to the Ming Dynasty and greater turmoil. Therefore, we We must get ahead of them so that more people can change their minds and get rid of ignorance and backwardness.”
"When the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of Han people were willing to be their lackeys, and even Zhang Hongfan was proud of it. However, after the Southern Song Dynasty, when the Han Dynasty was destroyed, a monument was built to commemorate it, thinking that future generations would admire their achievements. It can be seen from this From that time on, we Han people had no regard for the country and the nation, even the scholar-bureaucrats. This is certainly related to the fact that in the Zhao and Song Dynasties, many people were too peaceful and lost the hearts of the northern Han people, but it also proves that at that time, many people did not care about the country and the nation. For those who think about it, every time the barbarians invade China, there will be a large number of Han people as lackeys, even more than the number of invading barbarians themselves. Although it is related to the corruption of the rulers, it shows that we Han people lack people who share the same enemy! Everyone cares about the country and the nation, so how come there are so many Han people in history, but they were once the two-legged sheep and fourth-class people of the Hu barbarians! Therefore, those of us in power must strengthen education in this area and let the Han people all over the world know it. His country knows his clan, and he is willing to defend his country and his clan.”
Zhu Youxiao continued to say a few words.
The auxiliary ministers present all listened.
Because they have a share of government-owned industries and now they need this theory to prove the correctness of their current governance.
After all, people like Yuan Keli, Xu Guangqi, and Bi Ziyan were not willing to let the Ming Dynasty collapse or even decline.
Their family is too deeply tied to the Ming Empire because of its participation in various government-run industries. If the Ming Dynasty falls, other dynasties will not be able to give them such a large share of wealth. After all, other dynasties will distribute the benefits to themselves first. They were powerful people, and their families were in partnership with the imperial court. Therefore, the more the court's income increased, the more they would share.
They were more willing to be loyal to Zhu Youxiao's Ming Dynasty than ever before.
Without realizing it themselves, they now accepted without questioning the ideals expressed by the emperor.
"Your Majesty is right. In the past, monarchs and ministers placed too much emphasis on the virtues of human relations and neglected the feelings of fellow compatriots. To defend the country is to defend the family. If a foreign race really takes over China, even if it is a high official, it will be nothing more than a running dog. Er, after all, I can’t be as comfortable as a commoner in the dynasty of my own clan.”
Yuan Keli also echoed at this time.
Zhu Youxiao nodded because of this: "Yes, we cannot ignore the feelings of compatriots of the same race. We, the rulers, should love all the people of our own race and country, and cannot distinguish them into three, six or nine. After all, we are all descendants of Yan and Huang." , otherwise, once we ignore the feelings of our compatriots and blindly regard them as slaves, it will undoubtedly alienate people of the same clan, so that the country will be destroyed by foreigners, and the entire clan, regardless of high or low, will be slaves of foreign invaders!
Feng Quan and others must try their best to reform and educate them. If they can reform and educate them successfully, it will be considered a merit. If they still can't and are stubborn, then get rid of them!
As for how to educate?
First of all, we must start from the youth, so that all the youths in the world know that their country is Ming Dynasty, their clan is Huaxia, they know what the country is, and they know that their property rights, life rights, etc. are all protected by the country. dignity, rather than being a slave to others! If the country dies, you will be a slave to the country's subjugation. At that time, you will have no rights as a human being. If you want to protect your rights as a human being, you must first protect your own country together, or even transform your own country. "
Then, Zhu Youxiao continued to order: "I ordered the Hanlin Temple to immediately compile a "Biography of Erchen" and record Zhang Hongfan and other scholar-bureaucrats who had worked for foreign dynasties in order to tell how they brought down their compatriots to the subjugation of the country. In order to alert the world to his suffering deeds, Feng Quan was included in it, even though he is still alive; in addition, he compiled a "Biography of Loyal Ministers" to record Yue Fei and others' struggles for the country and nation, and pass on their loyalty. , and how the dedication of these loyal ministers prevented the people of the country from becoming slaves. For example, you can compare the situation of the Han people in the Southern Song Dynasty with that of the Han people in the Yuan Dynasty, and eulogize Yue Fei's contribution to protecting his country. All in vernacular, easy to understand, so that Mongolians can Everyone knows this."
"According to the order!"
"Well, hurry up and do it, and think of more ways to make people understand that the fate of the country and the rights and interests of individuals are at stake."
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