"This statement is absurd! How can you people from the West criticize us scholar-officials so harshly? Do we scholar-officials know that a system that allows those who work to gain more can have so many benefits?! The sage did not mention this."
Wang Fuzhi replied at this time.
"The people are the most valuable, the king is the most important, and the country is the second most important thing. This was mentioned thousands of years ago. Why wasn't it mentioned? The people are just workers. It's just that the later generations misinterpreted the saint's intention and regarded the workers not as citizens, but only as officials with meritorious status." I am just here for the people!"
Tang Zhen, a scholar-official who was also in charge of people like Henry and Newton, replied at this time and said: "So, not competing with the people for profit was originally a good word, but now it has become a bad word!"
Henry bowed to Tang Zhenzuo and asked in slow Chinese: "May I ask Si Ye, why is this happening?"
"Who knows, maybe the saint's disciples had bad intentions from the beginning, or maybe they had good intentions at the beginning, and their original intention was to establish a destiny for the people, but in the end they evolved into scholars and should be the leaders of the four people. From then on, the world will be governed by this sentence And it’s broken!”
Tang Zhen replied.
"I have confidence that if the current Emperor of Ming Dynasty had not done this, but had been a benevolent king according to the answers you gave, you would not have put pressure on us Westerners, and you would not have the ability now. As we in Europe expand crazily, and even become the global hegemon! We will even decline more and more. As the saying goes, prosperity and decline, in fact, you have already started to decline before this! And in the future, it may be us, the people from the West, who will lead the world! "
Henry stated without hesitation.
"That's nonsense! Even if Your Majesty is really misled by our scholar-bureaucrats and does not achieve his great achievements today, it does not mean that China will not have such an emperor in the future! Even if you Westerners are lucky enough to gain power for a while, it will be difficult for you to conquer China! Who will be the leader again after a thousand years? It’s also unknown!”
Wang Fuzhi immediately retorted.
Henry didn't answer.
Tang Zhen praised him: "The prince is very courageous, but what others say is not unreasonable. After all, he is an outsider. He may be able to see things that we have not seen, or that we do not want to see. This must be That’s why His Majesty captured them.”
As Tang Zhen spoke, he looked at Henry and said, "However, the nobles over there seem to be just as stubborn. My Ming army is pressing down on the territory with huge troops, but they still refuse to give way to benefit the people. As a result, we are now completely defeated. We have already Newspapers reported the war ahead. Budapest had been captured, the European Union had collapsed, and the rest could only sit in isolated cities. It was obvious that next, the Foreign Education College would have several more European monarchs as students. The dormitory building of the college We need to apply for funding for expansion!”
"If that's the case, I don't have to worry about being without a companion. The students who were monarchs like me are all from the East. The monarchs of Johor and Siam all despise me, a Westerner, and think that I am not as Chinese as them. Now What’s missing is the West.”
King Ovitsky of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, who has been a student here for some time, said with a smile.
…
"Report from the front. King Leopold VI intends to surrender on his own initiative. He is just asking us if we can forgive him for his crime of resisting the Ming army."
After Zhang Tongchang reported to Zhu Youxiao here, he smiled and said: "Now it seems that our School of Foreign Education will have another monarch student."
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sneer and said: "There should be several kings who have been placed there due to voluntary surrender. This can be regarded as a rare thing throughout the past and present."
Having said this, Zhu Youxiao ordered: "Let Zhou Yuji answer him on my behalf. As long as the king of the Habsburg dynasty is willing to surrender voluntarily, before I, the Ming Dynasty, attack him, it will be regarded as the merit of the uprising. If he is not killed then, He must be arranged to come to the academy to learn culture and be classmates with other monarchs."
"yes!"
Wen Tiren replied at this time and said: "Your Majesty, now that the European Grand Alliance has collapsed, our Ming Dynasty's military will undoubtedly expand to a large number of territories in a short period of time, and this requires us to send more Confucian scholars to Europe. , the reason why Confucian scholars were sent:
First, after the land was divided, it was still a farming-based society for a short period of time. The main body of production was changed from manor serfs to free farmers. Confucianism was more suitable for the management of an agricultural society, such as organizing members of the same clan. To build water conservancy projects in the same village and avoid floods and droughts, Confucian scholars who advocate family ethics and order are needed to do it;
The second reason is that there are not many grassroots officials there at present, and the government can only manage down to the county level for the time being. Now it can only rely on Confucian scholars to establish a Confucian society first, so that the local government can be temporarily governed by rural sages;
The third is the people of Europe. I have observed with my cold eyes over the years that the customs there value individuality but lack the virtue of humility in the overall situation. Therefore, they need to be moderated by Confucianism, Taoism and the Golden Mean, so as to facilitate future governance. "
"Very good!"
Zhu Youxiao discovered that although Wen Tiren was a famous treacherous minister in history, he was considered a very competent chief minister in this life. Although he had never been to Europe, he had a thorough understanding of Europe and even thought of a series of rulers in advance. Of the policy.
"As for Confucian scholars, it is better to send Wang Fuzhi, who has become famous recently, and Sun Qifeng, who is a great Confucian in Neo-Confucianism."
Lu Xiangsheng recommended it at this time.
Zhu Youxiao said: "Then Wang Fuzhi will be promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites to supervise studies in Europe; Sun Qifeng will be promoted to Hanlin Lecturer and deputy superintendent, so that they can have an overview of the spread of Confucianism in Europe and the newly established province there. The governor and other officials as well as all the troops in the Western Expedition must cooperate! Let the two recommend more Confucian scholars. After being appointed by the court, they will go to Europe together. We cannot always capture local scholars and scholars to the Ming Dynasty. We must also send Some great Confucian scholars with valuable character and knowledge passed by."
"yes!"
…
Neither Wang Fuzhi nor Sun Qifeng expected that in their later years, they would have to follow the emperor's order and go to the West.
But it was hard for both of them to refuse.
Because Lu Xiangsheng persuaded the two of them that they could not just let people from the West come to teach in the Ming Dynasty, but also send Chinese scholars to the West, so that they could carry forward the right way and live up to the holy teachings.
"When we go to Taixi, we should first mention Confucius and Mencius, and then Cheng and Zhu! In my opinion, there is no need to mention the learning of the kings of Lu. What do you think, prince?"
On the ship to Europe, Sun Qifeng told Wang Fuzhi about his plans after going to Europe.
"Of course! This is also in line with the holy will. I heard that the schools that have been established over there are taught the "Disciple Rules" decreed by His Majesty."
Wang Fuzhi stroked his beard and said.
When Wang Fuzhi and Sun Qifeng came to Europe, Leopold VI took the initiative to donate the city of Vienna after receiving the reply from the Ming Emperor. Then, like King Ovitsky of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, he knelt in the city of Vienna. Outside, waiting for the arrival of the Ming army.
Li Dingguo, Marquis of Yunyang, was ordered to lead troops here to accept the surrender of Leopold VI.
So far.
Historically, the city of Vienna, which the Ottoman Empire failed to conquer even with more than 200,000 troops, was peacefully incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Li Dingguo looked at the Habsburg nobles who had returned to the place where Leopold VI was waiting. He just raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and then ordered: "Put the flag in the city!"
