"Jinling Conference?"
Huang Zongxi looked at the content of the imperial edict in the Di newspaper and was already a little moved.
"Yes! Your Majesty will preside over it personally. Mr. Lizhou, as everyone we look up to, you have to go. If you can succeed in fighting the scholars this time and be used by the emperor, you may really be able to realize the reform!"
Wan Weishu, who came to Yuyao immediately, replied and immediately persuaded Huang Zongxi to come.
Historically, Huang Zongxi was one of the few radical figures among the scholar-bureaucrats in the late Ming Dynasty who proposed the idea of limiting monarchical power.
In this life, due to the changes in the times brought about by commercial civilization, he is still the world's leader in restricting monarchy.
Even more, because there was no suppression by the Qing Dynasty, and Emperor Zhu Youxue's great education led to more scholars, more people worshiped Huang Zongxi, and Huang Zongxi's prestige among scholars was even higher.
Of course, Huang Zongxi himself is still relatively low-key. Just under his banner, there are quite a few scholars who travel and study among various powerful families. As a result, Huang Zongxi's reputation is not only among the scholars, but also in the court. Small.
"That's right, you'd better leave as soon as possible. If you don't go, we advocates of reform for the people's freedom will be like a group of people without a leader!"
Sun Jiaji, an official who became an official, also rushed over at this time and persuaded Huang Zongxi to go to Jinling to attend the Jinling Conference.
"It's rare that Your Majesty is willing to accept the advice of the world. Mr. Lizhou, you have to go! Besides, among our Jiangnan scholars, there are many people like Gu Yanwu who do not support our proposition of reform. There are even some among them Said that we should be directly purged to prevent the restoration of Donglin! What a pity, we are not Donglin. We did not speak for ourselves, but for the world, but they said that we had ulterior motives. If you don't go, I'm afraid Your Majesty is even more deceived by them, and he really thinks that those of us who advocate reform are really a bunch of people with ulterior motives!"
In history, Lu Fu, a scholar who founded Lizhou Fushe together with Huang Zongxi, also talked about it.
After hearing this, Huang Zongxi said: "Sure enough, Huang was right. Our Majesty is different from all the emperors in history. From the beginning, he did not only care about the decline of his family and his surname! Instead, he really cared about the decline of the world. Ambition, and keep all the people of the Han family in mind!"
"In fact, he established the Political Affairs Hall, so that the ministers of each political affairs hall are like prime ministers, and they can comment and answer memorials at the same time as the king, so that the power does not have to come from the hands of palace slaves. He also believes that officials at all levels carry out the emperor's orders on behalf of the emperor, not the king. Slaves are the avatar of the king, so taxes are distributed to the localities, and the examination is not based on economics but on civil affairs, as well as the expansion of imperial examinations, and the principle of being lenient and strict in application is not something that a king who has insight into the world can do. !”
Huang Zongxi had a very high opinion of Zhu Youxiao, which was of course related to the fact that Zhu Youxiao allowed them to talk now.
After speaking highly of Zhu Youxiao, Huang Zongxi added: "But His Majesty has not allowed local governments to choose their own governors or even county magistrates, and has not even made the law of one family the law of the world. It is true that it is Unsatisfactory.”
"This may be related to the stubborn conservatives who advocate that the power of the world belongs to one person, such as Gu Yanwu, Qu Shichu and others. They pay too much attention to the distribution of the economy but ignore the distribution of power. Your Majesty naturally prefers people like them, and It’s not surprising, and His Majesty has the confidence to change the law.”
Sun Jiaji, who had been an official in the court and had dealt with Gu Yanwu, Qu Shishu, etc., said something at this time.
Huang Zongxi also nodded and said: "That's right! Taking advantage of this opportunity to show off in front of the emperor, Huang really has to go to Nandu for the righteousness of the world!"
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"The Duke of Nandu must go! This is to prevent all the benefits of the world from falling into the hands of property owners, and to make more scholars wake up!"
Gong Tingxiang, who came to Kunshan, told Gu Yanwu, who was actively establishing a staff university at Datong Machinery Factory to provide ideological training to employees, that the emperor was going to hold the Jinling Conference.
"I heard that the scholars who advocated reform have already gone to Yuyao. They are probably mobilizing Huanglizhou to come out. It seems that they don't want to miss this opportunity to go to Datian to listen."
Xu Qian, who came to Kunshan with Gong Tingxiang, also started talking, and said: "We can't lag behind. I think it's better for Mr. Tinglin to go to Yinan in person. You have more charisma, and Bi Gong is older. We... Because people come from lowly backgrounds, and some of them used to be lowly, they have never been looked down upon by many scholars from noble families in the south of the Yangtze River, so they have little appeal."
"These people who advocate reform are naive. This matter cannot be accomplished if His Majesty is willing. Do you really think that the New Deal implemented by Zhang Jiangling and the reform of Wang Jingguo in the Song Dynasty could be implemented without the support of the monarch? In the end, they failed one after another because of The people of the world have not reached an agreement? Therefore, even if they persuade His Majesty, it will be useless. I am afraid that before His Majesty's decree comes out of the Forbidden City, the guards of the Forbidden City will first challenge you!"
Guizhuang, who had always been close friends with Gu Yanwu and was also a geek in the late Ming Dynasty, was curious about the Datong model of Datong Machinery Factory and joined the factory as a teacher at the staff college. He also said something at this time.
"That's what I say, but it's best not to let His Majesty be deceived by those people, which will lead to a mutiny by the Imperial Army in the future. To be honest, our Majesty, you may not be sober. He is here In terms of concentrating power to destroy the Eastern captives and revitalizing the economy, he has insights that others do not have. However, in terms of economic and cultural control, he is indeed too lenient, especially when it comes to treating Western and European studies. He seems to have insufficient confidence, and he actually takes the initiative to understand what Greek studies are. A small country with a few people may be suitable for the Greek system, but our big country has billions of people, how can it be like this? If so, there will be chaos!"
Bi Ziyan said a few words based on his many years of experience in accompanying the emperor, and said to Gu Yanwu: "Go to Nandu, don't let Huanglizhou really fool your majesty into imitating the Saxons (British) in making Magna Carta! Instead of establishing a constitution, it is better to collect all the world's wealth into the Ming Dynasty first. Some of them now want to freely exploit their own people. This is not fishing from the lake. Why not raise the fish in your own pond and use the fish in other people's ponds? Get it first!"
After hearing this, Gu Yanwu couldn't help laughing and said: "That's what Mr. Bi said! I'm going to Nandu to meet Huanglizhou for a while!"
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"I am not unconscious. There are more and more scholars who demand to limit the power of the monarch and give the people more freedom. I have to give them a little hope to hold them up and not go to extremes. In addition, try to use the method of literary struggle. Let them know how impossible it is for the Ming Dynasty to achieve the situation they want. It is better than fighting with force. In short, the internal conflicts of the Han people should be resolved through fighting as much as possible."
Zhu Youxiao also told Lu Xiangsheng, Tang Aiming and other officials about the reasons for holding the Jinling Conference, and ordered: "You find a few old farmers and craftsmen with some knowledge and let them participate in the Jinling Conference. This kind of discussion of national affairs Naturally, the conference cannot be without workers and farmers."
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