"What's the use of the courtier's denial?"
Albert Wu smiled bitterly and replied.
Then, Wu Weiye asked Zhao Jinmei: "Do you know about the sudden death of traitor Gui Zhong in Dongchang?"
Zhao Jinmei replied: "Of course I know! If a traitor can die suddenly, it's obvious that Dongchang did something!"
"There is holy meaning in this!"
After Wu Weiye sighed and returned, he added: "It is clear that the emperor does not want the common people to dare not confront the government and the court, but to obey the people blindly. Therefore, he does not want to punish the people severely as the court officials wish, and cause millions of hired workers in the world to be punished. He was so shocked that he never had the courage to cause trouble, so he died suddenly before execution. The essence of such an emperor is the same as that of people like Gui Zhong, like a servant of the common people, not a master of meat-eaters! Similar to Taizu!"
Zhao Jinmei nodded: "What you said makes sense! He went even further than Taizu and took the common people seriously. At least Taizu would not be soft on the rebellious people! He directly favored the common people since he ascended the throne. Since then, he has not been a normal emperor, as if the lord of the world is not himself. In other words, although he serves as an official with the world's civilized and military men, he always puts the untouchables first and wants to make these untouchable people Everyone can be rich and noble, but for this reason they are willing to cause great harm to the country in front of foreign countries!"
"Yes, from ancient times to the present, the world can be peaceful and prosperous if Guizhou can avoid mourning and starving! But our emperor has far-reaching intentions and wants to make the people really learn etiquette, know culture, and be rich. Therefore, he I can’t bear to criticize Gui Zhong, but I hope that more common people can be as bloody as Gui Zhong! That’s okay! If the head of Guizhou can read and write and dare to speak out like a scholar, what is the advantage of the scholar?!"
Albert Wu asked rhetorically as he spoke.
Zhao Jinmei suddenly looked a little excited and said: "That's why we have to limit the power of the monarch!"
Then, Zhao Jinmei added: "For example, if we encounter such an emperor who cannot be found in the history books, if we cannot restrict it, we, the scholars, will be vulnerable to changes that have not happened in thousands of years! Once this continues , the art of controlling the people cannot only be mastered by a small number of people like us who can read and afford books, but if more people know the art of controlling the people, the people's wisdom will be greatly expanded."
"With the enlightenment of the people's wisdom, scholars will have no place to stand! Now not only does the emperor of today want to make the world belong to the Han people, but the Xingming Society established by the imperial court also has more and more members. If things go on like this, today's famous religion will indeed change Pattern! If they dare to prevent Gui Zhong from being sentenced to death today, then tomorrow they will be able to condone people like Gui Zhong to rebel, and the day after tomorrow they will even dare to let people like Gui Zhong enter the court!"
Wu Weiye said very seriously.
Zhao Jinmei sneered: "However, Gui Zhong, a foolish man, has not studied and does not know how to use the methods in the "Great Imperial Order" to ask for wages. According to the "Great Imperial Order", the people can send illegal officials to Beijing and Complaint to the emperor."
"The Great Edict is indeed a sword that Taizu left behind for later generations of scholar-bureaucrats. It is best not to let the heads of Guizhou in the world know about it!"
Wu Weiye said seriously.
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"The Tongzhou Rebellion and this court meeting exposed many problems. First, the people are not smart enough. Second, many officials are still conservative and cowardly in their thinking. Naturally, they cannot only blame themselves for causing such problems. After all, this is If we want to treat chronic diseases caused by various factors for thousands of years, naturally we can’t prescribe emergency medicine, we have to treat them step by step!”
Zhu You secretly met with Xingming Society ministers Yuan Keli, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhou Yuji, Fang Shihong and others. In front of these people, he proposed that as an emperor, he expressed his views on the recent Tongzhou Rebellion and the ongoing fierce war. The true view of the court dispute.
Xingming Society is an organization that Zhu Youxiao asked Fang Congzhe to develop.
The purpose of establishing the society was to unite a group of insightful people who had the same ideology as the emperor Zhu Youxiao.
However, because Renshe is a secret recommendation system and the assessment is strict, not many people join the society, and even outsiders don't know how many people there are in Xingming Society.
After Zhu Youxiao said this, he added: "In this court meeting, since many ministers want to fundamentally deny the war to annihilate the Donglu, and even use various reasons to prevent our next war actions, then we They want to publicize this victory in a big way. Not only do they have to be granted the title of uncle, but they also have to be granted the title of Duke. In addition, they have to draw a ranking map of the meritorious officials. The Tang Dynasty has Lingyan Pavilion, and the Ming Dynasty also has a place where ministers with meritorious deeds can be clearly seen. It is called Guang Xun Pavilion, the glory of the meritorious ministers! According to the decree, I will immediately explore the area in the imperial city to build a larger one than Lingyan Pavilion!"
"Your Majesty, I understand what you mean. We don't need to convince them, and we can't hope to convince them. We don't even need to wait until we convince them before doing anything. That will only delay the country. At the next court meeting, I will directly convey your Majesty's decree. No, Let’s continue the discussion.”
Yuan Keli replied.
"That's right, I am the one who rules the world. Let them discuss it, so that they can both listen and understand, but it does not necessarily mean that they must adopt it!"
Zhu Youxiao said as he looked at Chen Zilong, a member of the Xingming Society who was not yet an official in the court: "Are there any new ideas emerging among the scholars, especially those who are deviant or even rebellious?"
Although Zhu Youxiao has intelligence agencies such as Dongchang and Jinyiwei, in order to know the internal ideological situation of these scholars in Shilin, he still has to rely on some scholars who are also in Shilin.
Because Zhu Youxiao asked, Chen Zilong handed over his hand and replied: "Back to the emperor, as I know now, the most deviant and rebellious people recently are some of the so-called restrictions on monarchy. They still believe that etiquette should be greater than the emperor, and the emperor You should obey the rules of etiquette! Since no one in the world can be a slave, then no one should be subordinate to the emperor, and the world cannot be dominated by the emperor!"
"Such treacherous remarks are not new. Behind the great etiquette dispute that occurred during the World Temple was the dispute between etiquette and the emperor. The result was that the World Temple won. In addition, there were some unfaithful crimes that occurred when His Majesty took the throne. , its essence is also a dispute between etiquette and the emperor, and in the end His Majesty wins. It can be seen that the way of the world is that etiquette should be subordinated to the emperor, otherwise this result would not be the result."
Sun Chuanting replied at this time.
Zhu Youxiao nodded and smiled and said: "That's right! The reason why etiquette did not defeat the emperor before was because all the people in the world still need the emperor. Whatever exists is reasonable. This is the so-called Taoism. In addition, The current etiquette system is basically just the etiquette system established by the scholar-officials, which is not enough to govern the entire world. Therefore, except for the scholar-officials, this guy is basically not enough to be recognized by most people. Even many scholar-officials themselves do not abide by it, and even Overthrow, so it cannot be greater than the emperor. I remember that in the Great Etiquette Controversy, the first person to support the World Temple was the civil servant Zhang Fujing! And Zhang Fujing did not support it against his will, nor was he a sycophant who flattered the emperor. His later political affairs showed that he insisted on observing etiquette more than many The ministers of the system are more determined to innovate, and are even much more incorruptible than Yang Tinghe and Mao Cheng. These people even dared to accept bribes from King Ning, but Zhang Fujing has a record of refusing gold bribes from his colleagues!"
When Zhu Youxiao said this, he ordered: "The Ministry of Rites, Zhang Fuking, added the posthumous title Wenzheng, and his descendants added a royal guard to thousands of households! Let the officials in his hometown build a temple for him and pay homage every year! Express this with this behavior What I mean is that those who dare to oppose etiquette in the world are the wise ministers of the world!"
"According to the order!"
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