"It cannot be broken or established! In the past, what I saw as my teacher was not very deep. Now that I think about it carefully, what Your Majesty did was actually based on what I thought."
"At least, before I became a teacher, I never knew that the one who really made the people of the world enslaved was not just the king, but also related to the scholar-officials like us!"
"We can't just ask Your Majesty not to enslave the people of the world, but we should also ask ourselves not to enslave the people of the world. We can't just want our own freedom and don't want others to be free. Your Majesty is so great that he restricts the freedom of the scholar-bureaucrats, but it makes the majority of the people in the world gain more freedom. Such great freedom! Even now, women can also study, work, and travel to the market."
After all, Huang Zongxi is a famous thinker in later generations, and his understanding of some phenomena in the society in which he lives is indeed much more thorough than the average person.
After hearing this, Chen Chuan said: "According to an article published in the economic monthly magazine "Huang Ming Bao", the purpose of providing civil rights to the world is to promote consumption and promote commerce. Now the restrictions on women in the boudoir have been lifted, and they are allowed to study outside the boudoir. , going in and out of the market, and even working as an official, all for this reason! Therefore, from the student’s point of view, your Majesty may not really want to give freedom to the people of the world, but just have no choice but to do so.”
"If it was just a last resort! Your Majesty would not have used the brutal method of killing so many civil servants to promote the so-called strange skills and tricks, or even replace Confucian Neo-Confucianism with original scientific concepts!"
"Your Majesty can completely serve as the Emperor of Peace and rest at most, instead of completely reforming the law to such an extent that he offends so many people and even risks his life."
As Huang Zongxi spoke, he looked at Chen and said: "Your Majesty, perhaps you really have divine knowledge and know that the era of slavery and no one being free will disappear sooner or later, and this trend will involve the subjugation of the country, and even the subjugation of the world! That’s why we resolutely changed the world’s rules!”
"The country will be destroyed and the world will be destroyed. Did my mentor accept Gu Tinglin's idea?"
Chen Juan asked.
Huang Zongxi nodded: "Your Majesty is right, inclusiveness is the right way. If you don't carefully read the works of Gu Tinglin and others who advocate the world as a common people, you really won't know that what they say is actually correct. "
Chen Chuan nodded and asked: "Now the imperial court has just annexed the Rakshasa Kingdom and the Japanese Kingdom, and divided it into several provinces. The territory is almost as big as that of the Yuan Dynasty, and now it wants to annex North Korea. Do you think your Majesty is really right to do this?" "
"Since it is to save the common people of the world from being slaves, it will naturally win the hearts of the people. There is nothing wrong with it."
Huang Zongxi replied.
"What my mentor said is the same as what Gu Tinglin and others said. They all support the court's doing this, but their reasons are different. Their reason is to make all classes have rights, and your Majesty does not belong to any class, that is, there can only be one in the world. Jun, and Jun represents heaven, order, and the balance of yin and yang. However, all people should not be distinguished in terms of dignity, but only in wealth and status. Therefore, since your Majesty, as the emperor, has It is our duty to eliminate the foreign nobles who are still enslaving the people in the world."
Chen Chen said.
"How much wealth is there?"
After hearing this, Huang Zongxi couldn't help but ask: "Do they also accept that wealth is not owned by the world?"
Chen Chuan nodded: "Yes, according to the article published by Hu Tinglin in the newspaper, he must have read your article and accepted some of your views. Therefore, he admitted that the property owned by the people of the world is also given by God. Your Majesty." They should recognize and protect it on behalf of heaven, but they believe that only what the people create themselves is their property, and what is created by nature is the property of the people of the world, because the world belongs to the people of the world, but since the emperor is the emperor of the people of the world, He governs the world on behalf of the people of the world, so all property created by nature should be distributed by the emperor."
"They are asking His Majesty to annex North Korea and even the entire world. They have enough excuses."
Huang Zongxi said.
"Yes, Xu Mu, a great Korean scholar who passed through Ningbo on his way to America, naturally disagreed with this view, and used his teacher's arguments to refute it, saying that according to what his teacher said, there is not only one king in the world, and there are many officials in the world. The ministers of the king are the clones of the king, so they are the divided kings of various places. Therefore, the king of Korea is also a king, and should have the power to distribute all the property of Korea. He said this intentionally to advocate the independence of various places, and I, Your Majesty the Ming Dynasty It can only be the emperor of Zhou who rules from the top of the throne and cannot interfere with the affairs of the local monarchs. Because of the argument, if the Ming Dynasty annexed North Korea for this reason, it would be going against heaven and trying to seize the monarch of that place."
Chen Chen said.
After hearing this, Huang Zongxi banged his cane hard and said: "Damn! Why do everyone always use the banner of me? Those who wanted to carry out reforms before did so under the banner of me. Now even the Li Dynasty also wants to use the banner of me." Using the banner to justify one's justice in oppressing the people of one's own country, doesn't this mean that in addition to being accused of rebelling against the king and father, I should also be accused of being a leader in treason?! For those who don't know, I must have thought it was me. It's causing trouble! If I had known it, I wouldn't have written a book to explain it!"
Huang Zongxi was very depressed.
"Teacher, calm down!"
Chen Juan replied.
"Send a report immediately! Let the people in Ningbo tell the man named Xu Mu that I am going to see him and reprimand him face to face!"
Huang Zongxi couldn't help but say something.
So, early the next morning, Huang Zongxi went to Ningbo angrily. Because he believed that he was a citizen of a great country, he was quite arrogant and despised the overseas barbarians, so that he wrote several articles along the way blaming the North Korean monarchs and ministers for their unrighteousness. article.
Xu Mu was quite excited after learning that Huang Zongxi wanted to see him, and decided to stay in Ningbo for a few days. However, he thought that his country was about to be swallowed up by the Ming Dynasty, and no one in the country dared to save the country and the people. Collecting money to bribe the queen of a superior country naturally made him feel quite depressed.
"Xu Mu, a young minister of the vassal state, has met Mr. Huang, a famous scholar from the upper state."
Xu Mu bowed respectfully after seeing Huang Zongxi.
Huang Zongxi said a little coldly: "Why do you use my words to find excuses for you and other nobles of the vassal state to enslave the people?! Before I came to see you, I had published several articles in the world and no longer recognized the officials of the world as the world. The clone of the king retracts all his previous remarks and supports his majesty in annexing the land of Korea and rescuing the people of Korea. How can the world be inhabited by people without virtue!"
Xu Mu was quite shocked after hearing this. He did not expect that Huang Zongxi came to tell him this. Therefore, after pondering for a moment, he raised his head and replied: "But the cause of all this is not because of the lack of virtue of our Korean monarchs and ministers, but because of the saints." It’s caused by His Majesty’s reform!”
"Shameless! You yourself do not want to relic and love the people, but you blame me, the Emperor! What is the difference between you and the hypocrites in our Ming Dynasty who only know self-interest?!"
Huang Zongxi scolded and started questioning.
After Xu Mu heard what Huang Zongxi said, he was quite touched. He had to hold his hands and said, "What Mr. Huang said is that I am ashamed!"
After saying that, Xu Mu hid his face and held back tears and left here. He felt quite aggrieved and said to himself: "Why are you scolding me? It's not that I don't want to change the law. It's not me who robbed women and sent them to the country!"
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"Yin Xuanju, a young minister of the vassal state, bows to His Majesty the Holy Emperor! Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"
Capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Forbidden City.
North Korean envoy Yin Xuanju knelt down in front of Zhu Youxiao respectfully and saluted.
"waived!"
Zhu Youxiao said something, and then looked at Yin Xuanju lightly.
Of course he knew the purpose of Yin Xuanju and other North Korean envoys coming to see him.
The servile behavior of Yin Xuanju and others naturally made Zhu Youxiao look down on him, and he became more determined to annex North Korea.
After all, it would be an irresponsible act towards the Ming Dynasty not to annex the country while these stick nobles were very cowardly.
"Your Majesty, this time the North Korean mission, on the order of its king, specially presents three hundred beauties of the highest quality, twenty boxes of various kinds of rare treasures, and Buddhist scriptures that the king personally copied after fasting and while bathing and burning incense. "
Lu Xiangsheng, who was in charge of foreign affairs, reported to Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao did not look happy at this time, but asked coldly: "Where did these three hundred beauties come from?"
Yin Xuanju did not expect Zhu Youxiaohui to ask such a question, so he had to reply: "Hui Sheng Huang is specially dedicated to you by my king."
"I ask you how you were chosen, answer me truthfully!"
Zhu Youxiao shouted loudly.
Yin Xuanju couldn't help but trembled: "They were chosen from the people of my kingdom."
"Forcibly selected?"
Zhu Youxiao asked again.
Yin Xuanju didn't know whether he should tell the truth or not.
"Tell the truth?!"
Zhu Youxiao continued to ask questions.
"Yes! She was selected according to the king's order. First, marriage among the people was prohibited, and then the beauty was strictly selected."
Yin Xuanju replied.
"Sure enough, the people are just like their own slaves in your eyes, and you are asking for the daughters of the people in the name of filial piety. You have no kindness at all! I leave you people to continue to dominate the peninsula. What! It will only harm the people there!"
Zhu Youxiao spoke very seriously.
Yin Xuanju didn't know how to explain it for a moment, so he could only continue to kowtow and say: "Please calm down His Majesty the Holy Emperor! And allow the ministers of the vassal state to report. For the people of our country, they are all repaying the Holy Emperor's kindness." !”
"Don't lie to me! Someone has recorded this. The king of North Korea, Li Di, is guilty of harming the people because he flatters me."
Zhu Youxiao replied in a cold tone at this time.
Yin Xuanju was naturally very disappointed after hearing this, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the Holy Emperor, forgive me! I don't know what a small country should do to satisfy you, maybe cede territory, or pay compensation?"
Zhu Youxiao replied: "If I want to be satisfied, I can only change my country's title, and everything from the king to the ministers will be subject to the arrangements of the court! The system will also be subject to the arrangements of the court! The vassal state will be changed to our province of the Ming Dynasty. From now on, it will no longer be Then there is the Li Dynasty, only Lelang Province in the Ming Dynasty! I have already issued the decree, and your king should have received it."
Yin Xuanju was even more disappointed after hearing this. He did not expect that the Ming Dynasty really just wanted to annex his country.
"However, I will accept the beauty you brought!"
"The reason why I accept them and not let you take them back is because I am afraid that after you take them back, they will not be in the hands of their own families, but will be carved up as slaves by your bureaucrats!"
"Also, the same goes for your rare treasures. I will also accept them, including the Buddhist scriptures your king copied for me! The reason is the same."
"I still recognize his filial piety."
Zhu Youxiao started talking at this time, and shouted sternly: "But I asked him to hand over the royal power, and he must hand it over! Otherwise, he is resisting the decree! Do you understand?!"
