"The remarks of the Bi Qing family are understandable and are not deviant. To be honest, the people of our Han family have been poor for thousands of years and are afraid of poverty. Now that they have a good opportunity to live a good life, they don't dare to live extravagantly. , the court has to use some tricks to force them!"
After Zhu Youxiao learned about Bi Ziyan's next governing philosophy, he discussed the matter with Yi Guogong Xiong Tingbi, who was still alive in Beijing.
Xiong Tingbi laughed because of this and said: "Confucius said, be frugal and love others, and we, the Chinese, have been influenced by this saint's teachings for thousands of years. Naturally, we are used to being diligent and thrifty, and we are ashamed of arrogance and extravagance. Even though I am an old minister now, thanks to the emperor's favor, I am extremely rich and glorious." , but I still only like the frugal status, and now if I want to change, the entire teachings of saints must be changed."
"Of course it is, the times are different! The sentence you just said is followed by the sentence "Use the people for the time". Anyway, the general meaning is to rest with the people. Saving is for the people to have more money. But now, the Ming Dynasty has abolished Do not use corvees to enslave the people, so there is no such thing as working for the people. Now we have to encourage consumption. Who told me that Ming Dynasty is now dominated by business."
Zhu Youxiao replied and said: "Now it seems that it is possible for our Ming people to become rich for everyone."
"It is possible, but if there is no equalization of wealth, even the poor will not completely disappear. After all, there is a difference between hardworking and lazy people."
Xiong Tingbi replied.
"That's right! Anyway, in terms of civil affairs, let the Bi Qing family take care of how to make the people of the Han family live a more prosperous life. What I care more about now is the long-term strategy of the Ming Dynasty! Prepare for a rainy day and think about the possibility of the country overthrowing in the future. If there is a crisis, then where is the crisis? What other chronic diseases do we still need to eradicate?"
As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he stared at the colorful sky in front of him and thought deeply.
Xiong Tingbi was also thinking deeply like him.
After a while, Xiong Tingbi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, how the Ming Dynasty will go in the future cannot be done by relying on people like the old ministers. We have to listen to what the younger generations think, because the old ministers and others spent the first half of their lives in this way. Farming is the foundation, and what I have learned and seen is limited. I have never thought that four to five out of ten people in the world can live without relying on the land, and even have a wealthy family. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, even if Xiao He, Zhuge and other capable ministers were still alive , I don’t believe they can do it.”
"The younger generation?"
Zhu Youxiao asked, then smiled and said: "The younger generations are incompatible with each other now. You don't know that the scholars who studied Shiwen and Confucianism, represented by the Imperial College, and the scholars represented by the Imperial Academy are incompatible with each other. Scholars with the new education often argue and fight, and you should have an impression of the previous group fights outside the Academic Affairs Office. In addition, even the scholars within the Imperial Academy or the Royal Academy are not unified enough in many aspects."
With that said, Zhu Youxiao said: "Let's take it one step at a time. The younger generation still does not have a unified consciousness and lacks the great scholars of the new era who can lead them. The key now is to take advantage of the time when we are still here." , eliminate all the remnants that are not conducive to the long-term stability of the country, and abolish all the outdated old systems."
Xiong Tingbi and Zhu Youxiao said this, nodding frequently, and then said: "Speaking of this, the veteran remembered something about clan rights. King Xinbin passed away and his coffin was not allowed to be buried in the ancestors when he returned home. He said that he had been expelled from the family tree of the Yuan clan, so King Xinbin had to be buried elsewhere. His grandson Yuan Shu wanted to report the matter, but he stopped him, saying that if the scholar-bureaucrats no longer abide by the clan rights, the clan rights would be lost. It must perish. This is the only power that can express dignity and inferiority nowadays. We cannot really want all living beings to be equal below the king."
"But in essence, the clan rights are not recognized by the imperial power and the national constitution at all. It is up to me to decide whether the new King Bin can be buried in the ancestral land and whether he can be expelled from the family tree!"
Zhu Youxiao's expression became serious and he continued: "The first thing that the scholar-officials of the Ming Dynasty must dare to fight against is their clan. Only such scholar-officials can rule the world for the king and are worthy of serving in the court. Otherwise, they will not be able to Confront the reactionaries who limit the empire's continued prosperity."
As Zhu Youxiao spoke, he said to Xiong Tingbi: "Send a letter to Yuan Shu and ask him whether he obeys the father's right derived from clan rights, or whether he dares to question the clan power based on his own conscience and feelings for his grandfather. Whether the power is consistent with the imperial outline and the national constitution, if he chooses the latter, let him immediately go to court to impeach his father and his family. I hope that he can become a person who dares to fight against his own family for his conscience and the imperial outline and the national constitution since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. If he chooses the former..."
Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and said, "Then let him go! There will be no shortage of scholars with independent personalities in our Ming Dynasty in the future!"
"yes!"
Soon after, Yuan Shu received a letter from Xiong Tingbi.
This makes Yuan Shu very difficult to choose.
Obeying the patriarchal authority is due to human ethics. I want my grandfather to return to the Yuan family tree and be buried in the ancestral land. It is also due to human ethics.
Therefore, no matter which side you betray, you are betraying human ethics.
Whether the clan rights were in compliance with the imperial outline and the national constitution caused Yuan Shu to fall into deep thinking intellectually.
In the end, Yuan Shu thought about it and believed that the ethics advocated by Confucianism were only a kind of moral restraint and could not be regarded as a power to control people by the clan. All real power could only come from His Majesty the Ming Emperor who spoke of the Tianxian.
"Father is wrong. Neither he nor the other members of the Yuan family have the power to decide whether my grandfather is qualified to be buried in the ancestral land. The exercise of their clan rights is in violation of the imperial laws and national laws!"
Yuan Shu thought about this, and finally submitted a memorial to impeach his father and the Yuan family.
"Crazy! This Yuan Shu is crazy! How is this different from treason? He actually impeached his own father and his own clan. This is simply treason! It is not in line with filial piety!"
Wen Zhenmeng, a cabinet scholar, was shocked on the spot when he saw Yuan Shu's memorial. He never thought that one day, someone would come forward to impeach his father and his own clan!
Wen Tiren, who was also a cabinet scholar, couldn't help but laugh and said: "The longer you live, the more new things you will see. This matter seems incredible to me now, but after a few years, I won't think it is anything. Although Yuan Shu did this, It's not etiquette, but it's legal. What this reveals is that after the Ming Dynasty, whether the country should be governed by etiquette or by law, if you follow etiquette, it is naturally treasonous! If you follow the law, it is loyalty and straightforwardness. The powers permitted by the constitution are all illegal powers.”
"Is it better to govern a country by etiquette or by law?"
Zhang Zhi, another cabinet scholar, asked.
"present!"
"Law!"
Wen Tiren and Wen Zhenmeng replied almost in unison.
"If you don't follow the etiquette, the law will not exist! Since ancient times, the country has been governed by the Zhou etiquette. How can it be abolished today? If it is abolished, it will not be China!"
"If you don't follow the law, your power will be unlimited! There are also dynasties that don't follow the Zhou rites. Isn't it considered Chinese? China is not a state based on the Zhou rites. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has passed the ancient dynasty. Nowadays, farmers and merchants are all important, and even the court taxes are high. According to business, it is more necessary to build a country based on trust than to build a country based on righteousness!"
The two of them argued almost at the same time.
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"Your Majesty, the guards have come to report that the cabinet is quarreling! Even Zhang Ge's advice can't stop it!"
Daming Garden, Wang Chengen hurriedly came to Zhu Youxiao to report.
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