After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked the clerk to bring the memorial, then asked the clerk to retreat, and looked at Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang:
"The arguments presented by Liu Shizeng are sufficient and are not fabricated. What's more, if the crime is not extremely heinous, who would dare to slander a patrol officer out of thin air and provoke criticism from scholars?"
"This An Xifan dares to defend Wu Yuexiu at this time. He is really protecting his personal interests for the party and using strong arguments!"
"His Majesty!"
"For those who are friends with the party, right and wrong are no longer important in the face of party members or non-party members. If they are party members, naturally no matter what treacherous and unethical things they do, they will be protected in every possible way, even at the cost of their property and life. No matter what."
"This is something I have been alert to."
"Fortunately, His Majesty has been running the country upright in these years, which has made the crony dispute less serious."
"But as the prime minister said, as a scholar in the world, he prefers to judge right and wrong with justice, but not with the holy will. Originally, whether it is public opinion or holy will, if both are correct, they will naturally be consistent; but it can also be like the prime minister. As he said, most of the scholars in the world come from wealthy families, so the public opinion is often not the public opinion that is conducive to the long-term stability of the country, nor is it the public opinion that is really in line with the truth, so it is inevitable to deviate from each other."
"At this time, it stands to reason that it would be inappropriate to use harsh methods to end the dispute, otherwise the conflict will become even more intense."
"Because the person who was killed was indeed a gentleman, and he did not feel that he was wrong. On the contrary, he felt that your majesty was deceived and the trend was not correct. Furthermore, in the future, when your majesties are thousands of years old, when those who uphold justice rule the world, they will have a deeper sense of the family, and they will join the party to fight against differences. very."
"After I came to power, I deeply felt that sometimes if I want to achieve something, I have to ask for God's power. After all, it is really difficult for people with different positions to reach an agreement! Many people do not care about right or wrong, but only talk about their positions."
"So now I can only ask His Majesty to judge."
"Those who disturb right and wrong may or may not be killed, but I will be responsible for their insults."
Shen Shixing cupped his hands and said.
"I'm in trouble too!"
Zhu Yijun said with a smile and further elaborated:
"If you don't kill, you will intensify the situation. But killing without finishing it is not in line with the benevolence advocated by the new etiquette. In my opinion, we can only attack the root cause and draw fuel from the bottom of the cauldron!"
“As the saying goes, it’s better to solve the problem itself than to solve the person who caused the problem.”
Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang as he spoke: "You are right. The root cause is that more and more candidates come from prominent families, which naturally makes many new ministers more consistent in their political opinions and advocate dominance in the name of public opinion." The world."
"To solve this problem, more and more people must be able to study and take the imperial examination. Therefore, there must be more places for Jinshi, Juren, and scholars, and there must be more schools, so that social studies must be revitalized."
"In short, we need to open up people's wisdom and turn public opinion into real public opinion."
After Zhu Yijun said that, he said: "As for An Xifan's memorial, I won't report it!"
"There is no need for me to spend energy on him, but in the future, some of my comrades may see that I will not report back, thinking that I have unclear intentions, and they will intensify the confusion. At the same time, there must be some of Liu Xuezeng's comrades who will hold different opinions and When the time comes, we must classify those who hold the same views and those who hold different views. I may not increase the intensity of the party struggle, but I must be clear about their positions.”
Shen Shixing handed over his hand and said yes.
"In addition, no matter how inconsistent the rights and wrongs of temples are with the public opinion held by scholars, the direction of enriching the country, strengthening the military and benefiting the people cannot be changed, and the goal of implementing new rituals to make the people of the country have a sense of compatriots cannot be changed. As long as we continue to move in this direction, One day, differences will ease and disappear over time."
"Speak of it."
"This time the King of Chu rebelled, the real victims were the people of the two provinces where he was based."
"After all, the imperial court actually reduced a lot of Zonglu expenses because of the King of Chu's rebellion, and the local big families took the opportunity to annex a lot of land because of the King of Chu's tax increase. However, the people ended up losing a lot of land."
When Zhu Yijun said this, he said: "But we cannot let the losses of these people be in vain. Let the Supervisor of Rites and the Ministry of Rites use official reports to disclose the details of King Chu's rebellion to the world. The focus is on the policies implemented by King Chu after his rebellion. The attitude of the scholars and the common people should not focus on publicizing how greedy, lustful and ambitious the King of Chu himself is, but let the people of the world know that as long as the feudal king plots chaos, it will do no good but only harm to you!"
"Precisely because it is aimed at the common people, such articles must still be easy to understand and expressed in the official vernacular of the Ming Dynasty, just like the original newspaper articles."
"It would be best if future chapters should also be expressed in vernacular."
"Mandarin should even be promoted and popularized throughout the world. Dialects can exist, but people everywhere must be able to communicate through Mandarin. Unification should not just be the unification of words."
After Zhu Yijun said this, he ended the conversation and just waited for King Chu and Wu Yuexiu to be arrested and brought to Beijing.
Naturally, An Xifan's memorial was left unreported by Zhu Yijun.
An Xifan, who was waiting to be transferred to a side job or to be sentenced to death as a traitor and comrade, suddenly felt helpless as if he was punching cotton because he did not receive the memorial from the clerk's office after a few days. I couldn't help but say to Zhang Shoucheng on this day:
"Does Shenwu County think that suppressing my memorial can successfully frame Duke Wu?!"
After hearing the matter, Zhang Shoucheng said: "Then I will also write a memorial to defend Wu Gong and reprimand him for not allowing His Majesty Zhu to approve the memorial in Shenwu County."
Therefore, Zhang Shoucheng also followed Shangshu in the matter, saying bluntly that Wu Yuexiu was well-behaved and incorruptible, and that Liu Xuezeng had embezzled military pay and bribed the government when he was a minister in Yunnan, so today the government suppresses his Zhang Zou and refuses to repay him.
Because this matter involved Shen Shixing's reputation, Zhu Yijun approved the matter to Zhang Shoucheng. He said that it was his own intention not to approve An Xifan's memorial, intending not to treat him as a real comrade of Wu Yuexiu, but only as a arrogant person. Being ignorant and turning a blind eye to it without criticizing or ordering it has nothing to do with Shen Shixing. Zhang Shoucheng is maliciously speculating on the matter and does not provide evidence. It can be said that he has evil intentions and wants to disrupt the government.
Yue Yuansheng, the censor, was therefore busy trying to save Zhang Shoucheng. He had always been corrupt and perverted in his words and deeds. It was well known to the whole world that he was even more gentle and charming. However, Zhang Shoucheng was just reasoning based on the facts. Even if His Majesty did not believe it, he should not be punished so severely. He protected the minister and blocked his words. .
Zhu Yijun ignored it and simply stayed without reporting.
For a time, the imperial censor Wang Fanchen followed Shangshu, defending Wu Yuexiu and interceding for Zhang Youde.
Zhu Yijun still left his memorial unreported.
The censor Yue Yuansheng, the pedestrian An Xifan, and the Dali Temple judge Gu Yuncheng were really angry, so they came directly to the cabinet to block Shen Shixing.
Yue Yuansheng directly asked Shen Shixing: "Except for Zhang Minqing's memorial, we did not report anything we reported. Therefore, both the government and the public considered that the public was obstructing the hearing and wanted to protect Liu, Li and others. However, Zhang Minqing's memorial felt unfair to the public, so he was coerced. Your Majesty has decreed severe punishment, shouldn’t Yuan Fu explain this to the world?”
"I just want to ask you one thing. The evidence is conclusive that Wu Yuexiu harbored traitors and embezzled traitors. Why do you say that he was unjustly accused?"
Shen Shixing asked at this time.
Yue Yuansheng said: "Wu Gong is a gentleman, Liu, Li and others are villains. If we don't believe in gentlemen, how can we believe in villains?"
"How can you decide whether you are a gentleman or a villain?"
"What evidence is there to prove that they are villains and that they are slandering Wu Yuexiu?"
Shen Shixing asked.
Gu Yuncheng said at this time: "It is up to the public to decide! Liu, Li and others are all shameless in the world. Regardless of the evidence, everyone in the world believes that they must be slandering Duke Wu! If Yuan Fu really has a conscience, he should be judged by the public." .”
"absurd!"
Shen Shixing suddenly shouted: "How can I not believe in the evidence and believe in your nonsense?"
Shen Shixing said: "Get out of here quickly, otherwise, we can only deal with you as a traitor!"
Yue Yuansheng and others had no choice but to leave and did not dare to say anything else.
At this time in Huguang.
As soon as Wu Yuexiu returned to Wuchang from Jingzhou, a guard in Jinyi, accompanied by Li Hualong, the deputy military envoy, stopped his sedan and said:
"There is a decree that Wu Yuexiu, the censor of Huguang Patrol, is harboring those who rebel against the party and embezzle property, and he will be arrested and brought to Beijing."
Wu Yuexiu was shocked after hearing this. She came over and asked Li Hualong: "What's going on?"
Li Hualong smiled slightly: "Principal Wu Xun, my senior has a message for you. To be an official, you must be good, but not too good. You must also know how to choose. You must not only make contributions to the New Deal, but also secretly protect the old party, and also want to make a windfall. This There are good things to do, but many times if you are too greedy, you will lose everything!"
(End of chapter)
