"Your Majesty, slaves are useless. That Huang Zongxi is an incompetent master. To deal with him, you have to use the prison of words!"
"Your Majesty, I also think that the Qing Dynasty cannot live without a literary prison! If there were no literary prison, the scholars in the world would have to talk nonsense, and... even Confucius said something treasonous and unethical in the world! Confucian scholars must be punished severely with the Literary Prison!"
The Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, located in Mancheng, Nanjing, has now become the "South Forbidden City" of Emperor Kangxi. Following the old rules in Beijing, he also set up a South Study Room in the South Forbidden City. However, most of the palaces in the Forbidden City in Nanjing have been in disrepair or collapsed and destroyed due to fires, thunder and other factors. Only the Wuying Hall is still usable. Therefore, the South Study Room of Emperor Kangxi was actually located in Wuying Hall.
At this moment, Emperor Kangxi was sitting in the dilapidated Wuying Hall, listening to two minions, Xiong Cilu and Huang Zhisheng, complaining about Huang Zongxi's unreasonable behavior.
"Wait a minute," Kangxi was confused after hearing the two people's "diao tactics", and simply interrupted Huang Zhisheng, "You two should tell me, what on earth did Huang Zongxi say that was treasonous?"
"He didn't say anything." Of course Huang Zhisheng would not report the content of his private conversation with Huang Zongxi to Kangxi.
Xiong Cilu said: "He just wrote an anti-book!"
As he spoke, Xiong Cilu took out a copy of "Records of Visits to Ming Yi" and raised it high above his head.
"Where is this anti-book?" Kangxi asked again.
"Returning to the emperor," Xiong Cilu said, "I have not read the content, but as soon as I read the title, I knew it was contrary to the book!"
"The title of the book is..."
"It's "Mingyi Waiting for Visits"."
"Ming Yi..." Kangxi frowned, "Isn't this a hexagram in the "Book of Changes"?"
"Huang Zongxi said the same thing." Xiong Cilu said, "But I know that this book is not about fortune-telling at all, but about national affairs! It's clear what Huang Zongxi meant when he used the word 'Mingyi'. This way. I don’t know how to read books, and I don’t dare to read them!”
"This Huang Zongxi!" Kangxi thought it right and became angry at the time. "Isn't he afraid of following in the footsteps of the 'Ming History Case'?"
"Returning to the emperor," Huang Zhisheng said, "I have asked him, and he said that the emperor does not dare."
"Don't you dare?" Kangxi's face darkened, "Am I still afraid of him being an old nerd?"
"Your Majesty," Huang Zhisheng said, "Huang Zongxi is not an old nerd, but a sinister and cunning old thief! Before he came to Nanjing, he had already sent his eighteen disciples in two groups to submit "Records of Visits to Mingyi" Prince Zhu San and Wu Sangui!"
"Ah..." Kangxi was so angry!
Because he really didn't dare to turn the case of "Ming Yi Waiting for Interviews" into a Ming history case!
When the Ming Dynasty case was being handled, the knives of the Eight Banners' Heavenly Soldiers were still sharp, and the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty did not lose his head... But now the force of the Eight Banners could no longer support the Qing Dynasty. That's why Kangxi thought of opening the Nanjing Heroes Association, with the purpose of attracting scholars from the southeast.
If Kangxi continues to engage in literary inquisition at this time, and Zhu Heji and Wu Sangui hold up "Records of Visits to Ming Yi", wouldn't all the scholars in the southeast have to go to welcome Master Wang?
Don't think that these people are useless... When the Ming Dynasty King Master is useless, they are useless too.
But if the King of Ming Dynasty becomes particularly useful and this group of people becomes the icing on the cake, the Qing Dynasty will soon lose Southeast.
Because the terrain in the southeast is a dense network of water, the Eight Banners soldiers have no mobility advantage at all. The transportation in Jiangnan was in the hands of the scholar-bureaucrats and landlords. Moreover, the situation of many small rivers and creeks is complicated, like a maze. It is difficult for Shi Lang's Yangtze River Navy to drive in without someone to guide them.
Therefore, as long as the scholar-officials in the south of the Yangtze River burned the wooden bridges everywhere and controlled the boat people, the Qing soldiers could only move along the Yangtze River and canals, and could not go to other places at all.
Zhu Heji's soldiers were so comfortable that they could even lie down and be transported to the gate of Nanjing by the boatmen from the south of the Yangtze River.
Eat and drink, march into the army while lying down...this is the real winning while lying down!
So Huang Zongxi was betting his own wealth and life against Kangxi's wealth and life!
But even if Kangxi was willing to bet, the people around him were not willing! Don’t expect Huang Zongxi to be beheaded to death by then. He himself will die inexplicably first... Gu
"Xiao Guizi, bring the book!"
Kangxi suppressed his anger and ordered Young Guizi's father-in-law to take the "Book of Visits to Ming Yi" on his desk, and then started to read it.
It's okay if you don't look at it, but when you look at it, you can see that the face is really livid and livid, and the whole person is shaking with anger, and he is letting out a series of low roars: "It's against it! It's against it! It's against it..."
This "Ming Yi Waiting for Interviews" is even more "reverse" than the "Ming History Collection". "Ming History Collection" is nothing more than suspected of nostalgic for the Ming Dynasty, and the wording is inappropriate. In the words of later generations, there are a few too many "sensitive words". If the Qing Dynasty had been more ambitious, they would have changed it. There is no need to kill so many people and make it so bloody.
The central idea of this "Mingyi Waiting for Visits" is very clear, which is to ask the emperor to hand over power!
Huang Zongxi believes that "the world is for the Lord and the guest"...which means that the people in the world are landlords, and the emperor and I are tenants!
In the words of later generations, the emperor is the "first public servant", not the master of the world!
After repositioning the emperor, Huang Zongxi repositioned his ministers.
Since the emperor is the "first public servant", then the ministers are the "Nth public servant". They are not the emperor's minions, but good comrades who serve the people together under the emperor's leadership.
Of course, it is open to discussion how to serve as the "first public servant" and how to serve as the "Nth public servant" below. After all, Huang Zongxi has never been the "first public servant", and he has not been an official for a long time and has little experience.
Therefore, the real core of "The Interview with Ming Yi" is these two items - what is an emperor? What is a minister?
In fact, these two items were not only difficult for Kang Mazi to accept, but also for Zhu Heji and Wu Sangui.
But... Kang Mazi is definitely more difficult than Zhu Heji and Wu Sangui!
Because Zhu Heji and Wu Sangui are not "masters" yet, Zhu Heji is the "sacred master" in the anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty teams, and the Nth public servant below are all his disciples and grandsons.
Wu Sangui is Wu Jiajun's "father" - the following backbones are all his biological sons, godsons and sons-in-law.
So the leaders of this three-point world are Master Kang, Teacher Zhu and Father Wu.
Among them, only Kangxi was the real son, and the people under him were the real slaves. If he wants to change from master to "first public servant", he must make concessions. Zhu Heji and Wu Sangui accepted the status of "first public servant" but only received less.
And taking a little less and spitting out a little have completely different meanings at this time.
It is good manners to take less, and it also means that the people below can share more, and everyone will be happy. And to spit out a little...that means you are scared, that you are cowardly, and that you have to spit out some good things.
"Your Majesty," Xiong Cilu saw that Kangxi was about to explode with anger, so he had to bite the bullet and ask, "What exactly is said in "The Record of Interviews with Ming Yi"?"
"He wants me to hand over power!" Kangxi gritted his teeth and said, "He said that the world is for the emperor and the guest! When ministers serve in the world, they should serve the world, not the emperor; they should serve the people, not just one surname. He also said that the official should serve the world. If a king does not serve the world, then he will be his servants and concubines; if he cares for the world, then he will be his teachers and friends... Being a slave is worse than a servant and concubine, and he didn't even bother to say it! "
The Qing Dynasty...is about to end!
Xiong Cilu's heart dropped when he heard what Kangxi said!
Kangxi originally wanted to do some superficial work and recruit more new slaves in Jiangnan, so as to temporarily consolidate the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
As a result, he encountered such a tough opponent as Huang Zongxi, and a copy of "Ming Yi Waiting for Visits" forced him into a corner.
"Your Majesty," Huang Zhisheng spoke at this time, "Then what should we do? How about getting some arsenic..."
Kangxi sighed: "At this point, there is no point in killing him... Xiao Guizi, arrange a ride, I want to leave the palace."
"Your Majesty, where are you going?"
"Go to Wuyi Lane, I'm going to invite Huang Zongxi to serve as an official!"
