"Your Majesty, this is not only arrogant, but also rampant and treasonous! You should be punished."
Zhang Juzheng corrected.
Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Juzheng: "Sir, do you think killing him will eliminate his deviant remarks? I'm afraid it will also encourage the spread of such remarks."
With that said, Zhu Yijun said: "Let me meet him! Sir, there is no need to worry that I will be affected by his remarks."
"After all, your teacher has always taught me from the perspective of making the country peaceful and the people safe, and he is loyal. Therefore, if his remarks are really nonsense, then I will still think it is nonsense after hearing it, and I will believe it. You will not be deceived by the teacher’s teachings.”
"Your Majesty said so."
Zhang Juzheng replied.
He also had to admit that if the emperor was not allowed to see He Xinyin now, the emperor, who was obviously curious about everything, would still see He Xinyin or He Xinyin's disciples in the future after he left.
It is better to let the emperor see He Xinyin now, so that I can correct and refute He Xinyin in time, so as to prevent the emperor from being affected by He Xinyin. We really want everyone to be equal.
Yes, He Xinyin's thought that was least accepted by the scholar-bureaucrats at that time was the people-oriented idea that everyone is equal.
Because He Xinyin does not advocate the distinction between emperor and minister, father and son, brothers, etc., but believes that the relationship between emperor and minister, father and son should be like friends, and friends are made because of the same interests, and they can also turn against each other because of different interests.
Therefore, he supports the people to resist some unreasonable decrees of the government and the court, and even turn against corrupt officials who do not care for the people.
Zhang Juzheng was also afraid that the emperor would really go from being willing to benefit the people to strengthening the people to being friends with the people, so he initially tried to stop Zhu Yijun from seeing He Xinyin.
But he couldn't defeat Zhu Yijun.
So, not long after, He Xinyin learned the emperor's intention to see him in the prison.
He Xinyin straightened his chest immediately and said to a guard who had not yet become familiar with him: "If the emperor wants to see me, my Taoism will flourish!"
The Taoism that He Xinyin refers to is the knowledge of his Taizhou School. Because he himself regards it as the right way, he calls it Taoism.
"What desires do you have that you want me to convey to the Emperor? I will let the Emperor know for you. Perhaps the Emperor will issue an edict to fulfill your wish."
He Xinyin also said to the guard.
The guard glanced at He Xinyin as if he were a madman and did not answer.
When He Xinyin came to Zhu Yijun, he also saw Zhang Juzheng here, so he suddenly raised his hand to Zhang Juzheng and said, "Please spare my life, Yuan Fu!"
He Xinyin met Zhang Juzheng.
During the Jiajing Dynasty, he participated in the fight against Yan Song in Beijing, and because he had a good relationship with Xu Jie and Geng Dingxiang. Both Xu Jie and Geng Dingxiang had good relations with Zhang Juzheng in the past, so he indirectly knew Zhang Juzheng.
But Zhu Yijun didn't expect that He Xinyin would first beg Zhang Juzheng for mercy when he came to the imperial court.
Zhang Juzheng's face became even more ugly as a result.
He Xinyin then knelt down towards Zhu Yijun and saluted Zhu Yijun.
After Zhu Yijun said goodbye, he asked: "He Xinyin, why do you ask sir to spare your life?"
"Back to the emperor, naturally it is because Yuan Fu has long had the intention of killing the common people, so he begs for mercy."
He Xinyin replied.
Because Xinyin had been dismissed from his position by the governor of Huguang, he called himself Emperor Zhu Yijun and called himself a commoner.
Zhu Yijun asked: "Why do you say that?"
"Back to Your Majesty, because Yuan Fu does not advocate sharing the same desires with the people, nor does he advocate that people should have desires, and he does not agree that everyone should be friends, so he must want to get rid of his ministers and then be quick."
He Xinyin replied.
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "You said people should have desires, so I ask you, as a king, can I have desires?"
After hearing this, Zhang Juzheng raised his head and glanced at Zhu Yijun, with a nervous look on his face.
He Xinyin said excitedly: "Your Majesty can naturally have desires. If you have no desires, you will not be able to govern the country, and you will only be a mediocre king!"
"My desire is to be a comfortable emperor."
Zhu Yijun said.
"Your Majesty, these are sincere words. They are also a desire that does not need to be restrained. They are also the motivation to be a promising emperor!"
He Xinyin then answered.
Zhang Juzheng looked at He Xinyin with a knife-like gaze, and at the same time couldn't help but hurriedly corrected him:
"Your Majesty! Since ancient times, sage kings have always governed the country with diligence, and they have always cherished the heart of serving the country with tolerance, and would not easily cause disasters to others and implicate good people. Although comfort and tranquility are desires of people, they are desires that should not exist, not generals. This is seen as the driving force for governance.”
"He Xinyin's words are obviously evil words. They not only confuse the king, but also bring harm to the country!"
"Your Majesty, this is not a lie!"
"Your Majesty wants to be a holy king because he has the original desire to be a comfortable emperor. Otherwise, how can he become a holy emperor?"
"Otherwise, you will only appear to be benevolent, but in reality you will be ungrateful."
He Xinyin retorted.
Zhu Yijun said: "But now someone makes me uncomfortable."
After saying that, Zhu Yijun asked: "He Xinyin, do you know who made me uncomfortable?"
He Xinyin replied: "Your Majesty, please make it clear."
"It's you!"
"You make me uncomfortable!"
Zhu Yijun replied.
He Xinyin was surprised, and then said: "The student is confused."
"You were expelled from office by the governor of Huguang and were arrested and imprisoned for 'evil talk'. Why did you escape the crime instead of surrendering?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
He Xinyin said: "How can a common man be held captive by evil officials?"
"But what you did is breaking my royal laws! Therefore, you make me uncomfortable."
Zhu Yijun said.
Then, Zhu Yijun said again: "Confucians use literature to disrupt the law, and chivalrous people use force to break the law. If all the Confucian scholars in the world are like you and can get away with crimes, how can I be the emperor comfortably?"
"So, Your Majesty wants to punish the common people?"
He Xinyin's face turned pale with shock and he asked.
Zhu Yijun said: "If I kill you, the Confucian scholars in the world will know to abide by the law. I will kill you without hesitation."
He Xinyin smiled faintly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for not killing me."
"I heard from Sir, do you think that the king should have the same desires as the people, and not advocate the superiority and inferiority of the five ethics, but that everyone should be friends with each other?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
"Not only that, everyone can learn and become the kind of leader and mentor that Zhongfu desires."
"That is to say, everyone can be a teacher and a king. That is, as long as a person realizes that the people practice the Tao and makes the world respect his virtue, he can be a teacher and a king."
After Zhu Yijun asked this question, He Xinyin directly expressed his thoughts on pretending to be a king and to be a real person to the people.
"He Xinyin!"
Zhang Juzheng was furious and shouted: "Are you asking your Majesty to punish your nine tribes?!"
He Xinyin replied directly: "If the emperor is willing to regard the common people as his friends, he will not kill the common people, nor will he punish the nine tribes of the common people."
"But I don't regard you as a friend, and I don't want anyone to be my friend."
"I really don't think that because someone is more virtuous than me, I should give him the position of monarch now."
Zhu Yijun replied at this time.
Zhang Juzheng breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then His Majesty is not a virtuous emperor!"
However, He Xinyin replied bluntly.
His words were like a scorching thunder blast in the hall.
Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but look at He Xinyin again.
"Be bold!"
Zhang Hong couldn't help but shout at this time.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand to stop Zhang Hong from speaking, and only said to He Xinyin: "Whether I am virtuous or not is up to you."
Then, Zhu Yijun asked: "I just want to ask you, since you think that everyone should get along with each other as teachers and students, why did you beat Yan Shannong? Before you were dismissed, you enjoyed your privilege of being a candidate, and then obtained the ability to You don’t have the privilege of paying taxes and serving in the military like ordinary people, but you don’t feel like you should share the tax and service with the people like your friends?”
"Even when the governor of Huguang, a high-ranking official patrolling the place on behalf of the emperor, wanted to arrest you, you didn't wait to suffer like the common people, but got away with it and violated the king's laws that the common people abide by?"
"Do you consider the people of the world as your friends? Does this mean that you are on an equal footing with the people of the world?"
After Zhu Yijun asked, He Xinyin was silent for a while, then pursed his lips and said: "The friends of the common people can only be people of the same path, not everyone can be friends."
"I understand, what you mean is that those who are above you must believe in the same Taoism as you, be friends with you, and then be equal to each other;"
“Anyone who does not believe in the same doctrine as you is an immoral person;”
"As for those below you, just keep the status quo, and the status quo is not as noble as a scholar like you."
"In short, above you, everyone should be your friend; below you, there should be no distinction between superiority and inferiority."
After Zhu Yijun said that, he asked He Xinyin: "But is this so?"
(End of chapter)
