Because Zhu Yijun deliberately paid Yousi to vigorously promote the national influence in order to promote the new rituals, Hai Rui was not the only one who often visited Deng Zilong.
In particular, after the promulgation of good governance that permanently frees the world from corvée, the officials and gentry who are willing to visit Deng Zilong are like crucian carp crossing the river.
Therefore, after Deng Zilong's death, Nanchang City was packed with scholars and people who came to bid farewell to Deng Zilong. There were even large and small river boats with endless white lanterns hanging on the Yangtze River.
When Hai Rui left Nanchang, he saw this scene and wrote it down. He also took the initiative to attribute it to Zhu Yijun, saying that without the good governance of today, the old general would not have passed away peacefully and thousands of people saw him off.
On the way back to his hometown, Hai Rui saw peaceful scenes of ordinary people.
In particular, his eyes filled with tears when he saw many people who had taken the initiative to serve because they could not afford Ding Yin queued up to return to their hometowns.
But after returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors, Hai Rui suddenly felt depressed again.
"Why is father unhappy again?"
Haiyou suddenly asked Hai Rui.
Hai Rui said, "How do you know what I'm thinking!"
"The son doesn't know, but the father can tell his son."
Haiyou said.
Hai Rui said: "Although my father upheld his father's and mother's wishes, devoted his whole life to the country and the people, and relied on the Holy Emperor to rule, he did several things that were worthy of the country and the common people, but he failed to do it for his mother. I have invited an archway, but I can’t do so now. After all, according to the new etiquette, widows cannot observe the festival. I just don’t stop it, so as not to be unkind and cause someone to blame the widow for being virtuous and forcing the widow to observe the festival or even die. Therefore, I can only take it away. I regret this. I will go to Jiuquan in the future and explain it to my late mother."
Haiyou said nothing after hearing this.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
At this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from outside.
The people from the Hai family hurriedly opened the middle door and set up the incense table.
Hai Rui was also supported by the Hai family to the atrium and began to listen to the order in front of the incense table.
"The imperial edict says: Hai Rui, the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and the crown prince, has made great contributions to the country and is virtuous to the people. He must be remembered for his merits in cultivating the imperial family. Therefore, the imperial palace is given an archway to be used as a 'good mother to cultivate children'. There is an edict from the minister. Made to order."
At this time, Dai Yao, the governor of Guangdong, came from the middle door and read out the edict. Then he personally helped Hai Rui up and said with a smile: "As soon as the urgent edict from the cabinet arrived, the juniors did not dare to neglect after reading it and hurriedly came in person. After the imperial edict was announced in the palace, the elder returned to his hometown in honor of his kindness, and now he has been given the emperor's favor to show his filial piety. This is really a good story for a monarch and his ministers!"
Hai Rui had tears streaming down his shirt and said, "I never thought that the Emperor would know me like this, Hai Rui!"
Hai Rui then worked even harder on writing the Records of Official Affairs, to the point where he was overworked. After finishing writing the Records of Official Affairs, his mother passed away less than a month after the memorial arch was built.
After Zhu Yijun learned about the obituaries of Deng Zilong and Hai Rui, he didn't say much. He only ordered the Ministry of Rites to grant sacrifices and posthumous titles as usual, and then ordered him to stay away from court for five days.
It's not that Zhu Yijun doesn't care about this.
Rather, he knew that he had been on the throne for nearly 20 years, so it was inevitable that many veterans of the Jiajing Dynasty would begin to resign.
What he needs more now is to quickly train new officials.
For this reason, after Zhu Yijun decided to be exempted from the world's corvee forever, he specially came to the Ming Dynasty Ruling School.
This is the cradle of training high-ranking officials in the Ming Empire today.
Zhu Yijun wanted to know what kind of bureaucrats would be in power in the future through the Ming Dynasty Ruling School.
Although the Ming Dynasty was an empire with an autocratic monarchy.
But everyone knows that such a huge empire requires tens of thousands of bureaucrats across the country to execute the emperor's will.
Many times, these tens of thousands of bureaucrats would also affect the emperor's holy will.
Especially the ruling bureaucrats who are at the top of the bureaucracy.
Therefore, to see the future of Ming Dynasty, we need to look at the situation of the ruling bureaucracy in Ming Dynasty in the future.
After Zhu Yijun came to the Ming Dynasty Ruling School, he first asked the students here what they thought about the permanent exemption from corvee.
Naturally, many people praised this new policy.
However, Guo Zhengyu stood up at this time, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, we are now free of corvee forever. Although it is a great good government in the past, it has one shortcoming, which is that it makes the world's officials feel that the difference between high and low is still not reflected. , the families of officials and the common people are free from corvee, so where are the officials?"
"In addition, once the common people are exempted from corvee service, it will be more difficult for officials to keep slaves, and more of the existing slaves will want to go out to serve the people."
"Furthermore, I'm afraid that His Majesty's inner court will greatly reduce the number of people who enter the palace and castrate themselves into slaves because of this, unless they are really for fame and fortune."
After Guo Zhengyu said that, Zhu Yijun was silent for a while.
A large number of benefits to the people will definitely affect the life of an emperor like him.
After all, he, the emperor, was the largest landowner and ruler in the empire, and he was actually the largest slave owner, because he also had the most slaves.
Therefore, his efforts to liberate the people would sooner or later affect his life as a slave owner.
After all, the basis for slave owners to use a large number of slaves is that the ordinary people's life is not good. That is because the quality of life of most people is very low, and even if they live worse than slaves, then some people will be willing to be slaves.
Therefore, the current exemption from corvee and benefiting the people has indeed affected the emperor Zhu Yijun's life as a master.
The lives of the powerful and powerful officials below will also be affected.
Therefore, the problem raised by Guo Zhengyu does indeed exist. Although the permanent freedom from corvee benefits all classes, it also makes many people with a serious slave-owner mentality unaccustomed to the reduction of slaves brought about by this system.
"In your opinion, this good governance is wrong. Shouldn't the people be allowed too much freedom?"
Zhu Yijun asked.
Guo Zhengyu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I don't think so. I just think that nobility should be reflected. Even if the common people should be freer, there should also be nobles freer than the common people. Because in the world, there must be a distinction between superior and inferior in human relations. , Otherwise, who would be willing to serve as a king or a minister?"
"Who do you think should be valued, and how do you express your dignity?"
Zhu Yijun nodded. He knew that his current Ming Dynasty could not eliminate the hierarchy. It was very likely that he would not be able to eliminate the hierarchy in this life. What he could do was to make the common people be treated as human beings. At this moment, he asked .
Guo Zhengyu replied: "I believe that scholars are naturally noble. They should not be killed unless they take their lives, and they should not be killed unless they are treasonous and collaborating with the enemy. Even if they are killed, it should not be done with great force, but should only grant death in full."
Zhu Yijun didn't answer after hearing this. He just went to these people's dormitories and looked at them, and flipped through them from time to time.
By accident, Zhu Yijun opened a book, which was written "The Biography of Ji Guo Gong", and he smiled and said: "Someone actually started to write the biography of Ji Guo Gong. Who wrote this?"
At this time, no one answered.
Zhu Yijun asked Ye Xianggao, who was in charge here: "Whose bookcase is this?"
"Your Majesty, it's Wu Daonan who is second in the new department."
Ye Xianggao replied.
At this time, Wu Daonan came over and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I have not written this book."
Zhu Yijun felt something was wrong after hearing this, and hurriedly browsed through it. As a result, he found out that they were all records of Qi Jiguang's black materials. He deducted military pay to buy a daughter, bribed Zhang Juzheng, sent two thousand gunmen to escort Zhang Juzheng back home, and gave him thirty years of work. Six carried a large sedan chair and asked the border troops to carry it. Why did he and Tan Lun perform the art of Fang Zhongshu together?
"Is this what you watched in the ruling school?"
Zhu Yijun suddenly asked Wu Daonan.
(End of chapter)
