The warriors bring peace to the country, and the literati govern the country!
If you use culture to control force, you will definitely lose!
Controlling literature with force will undoubtedly lead to chaos!
Although His Majesty has millions of elites behind him, he is very powerful.
Can suppress the Ming Dynasty and ensure that there will be no trouble in the Ming Dynasty.
But without the support of the literati, how easy is it to govern the country?
In various places, the powers, landlords, and government powers are mixed. Even after decades of training, the officials who have been trained will be tricked by the local government if they are not careful.
Those heartless warriors will be treated like monkeys if they go there?
In the pre-Qin Dynasty, the six kingdoms were defeated, the Huns were driven out, and the south was safe. Strong force.
But the First Emperor's behavior caused chaos in the world. In just a few defeats, Qin will be destroyed by force!
Although the military force in the hands of His Majesty is not necessarily worse than that of the First Emperor, the First Emperor has the support of civil servants at least!
Moreover, the influence of the First Emperor cannot be compared to that of His Majesty who destroyed the Jiannu, leveled the grasslands, and settled Annan.
During the more than 200 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, local forces have been complicated. The influence of literati, local powerful people on the local area, especially what a small newspaper can match?
"Your Majesty has acted too hastily!" Sun Chengzong glanced in the direction of the capital and said a little helplessly.
Although Gaoyang is only more than 300 miles away from the capital, it can be reached in one day at a quick pace.
If he had known about it earlier, he might have been able to change things, but His Majesty deliberately concealed this matter from himself, and His Majesty must have been prepared to delay.
These elites seem to be to protect themselves, but in fact they must be to prevent themselves from entering the capital too quickly.
According to His Majesty's thoughts, various interception methods must have been thought of along the way. By the time I arrive in Beijing, everything will probably be decided.
The gap between scholars and His Majesty will no longer be bridged.
"Master Marquis, the carriage of a caravan in front has been changed and is blocked on the official road. Please wait for a moment."
"Go directly from the side." Sun Chengzong said impatiently.
"Master Marquis, it's no good. The surrounding area is farmland, and horses can't get through."
"You are so unbridled. What happened to me, the noble Lord, who trampled on a piece of farmland? It's not like I won't pay compensation."
"Master Marquis, no, Ming Dynasty law, non-military situation, disaster, who dares to destroy farmland will be punished according to the area destroyed, and the punishment will be four times according to the status of the Marquis. I estimate that you will stay in jail for a month."
"Da Ming Law, when did this clause be added to the Ming Law? Why didn't I know?"
"Your Majesty saw some officials last year who didn't know what to eat and how hard they worked every grain of it.
He actually let his horses trample the farmland wantonly, so after returning home, he directly added a clause in the Ming Law: For non-military situations or disasters that deliberately destroy farmland, the starting time is 5 days, and the damage area is several times greater. There will also be corresponding penalties for wasting food wantonly. "
"Hey! Forget it, let's go and help the caravan clear a trail as soon as possible."
Sun Chengzong said helplessly.
When I see officials destroying farmland, I believe you.
I don't know yet about His Majesty's personality.
Your Majesty has the world in mind and is a rare wise king.
But His Majesty is also a person who cherishes his life very much.
In Tourma's eyes, His Majesty's life is more important than anything else.
Even when wandering around the capital, there are at least a thousand people secretly guarding him.
Why don't we have 3,000 elite guards when we leave the capital?
There are 3,000 elites, even a blind person can guess who is coming.
Which official has his brain kicked by a donkey and dares to trample farmland in front of His Majesty?
In addition to His Majesty’s previous actions,
At this moment, Sun Chengzong had confirmed in his heart that this was deliberately set up by His Majesty to prevent him from entering Beijing as soon as possible.
Although he was extremely anxious, Sun Chengzong could only calm down and move forward slowly according to His Majesty's wishes.
After all, Gaoyang is only more than 300 miles away from the capital. How much slower can it be?
"Come here, go back and get pen, ink, paper and inkstone." Sun Chengzong said to the servant who was following him.
I was in a hurry to go out just now, I just wanted to go to Beijing as soon as possible to explain the interests and risks to His Majesty.
But he did ignore that His Majesty might just prevent himself from entering the capital, and memorials and other matters should not be cut off.
In this case, why don't you explain through the memorial the interests and disadvantages of dealing with the Kong family.
With His Majesty's intelligence, once he understands the pros and cons, he will definitely deal with the Kong family properly.
As far as the virtues of the Kong family are concerned, as long as His Majesty relaxes a little, they will definitely pretend that nothing has happened, and will even help His Majesty and stabilize the scholars.
In this way, the crisis in the imperial court will naturally be resolved.
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In the capital, after Zhu Youjian read Sun Chengzong's memorial, he only replied with three words to the other party, "I understand."
In Zhu Youjian's view, Sun Chengzong was right.
But the thinking of the times restricted him.
In Zhu Youjian's view, the reason why the Confucian school has a great influence is because many of the Confucian ideas are relatively good.
But since then, hundreds of schools of thought have been deposed, and only Confucianism has been respected.
Especially in the imperial examinations, the proportion of Confucianism is getting larger and larger, and Confucianism is drifting away.
Those who have both talent and virtue are called fools, those whose virtues exceed those are called gentlemen, and those whose talents exceed virtues are called villains.
Talent is important, but virtue is more important.
It is dangerous for future generations to have words and talents but no virtue.
For officials who can influence the fate of the people and the country, morality is particularly important.
The country is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change.
A child's family environment, experiences, etc. basically determine his moral character.
Once you grow up and your mind is fixed, it is difficult to change your nature.
Talent is easy to check, but virtue is difficult to prove.
Since ancient times, every dynasty has given top priority to filial piety. Is it not to avoid that the official will be a complete beast?
Otherwise, if you are talented but don't have good moral character, you will sooner or later become a bad official, causing trouble for everyone.
Since ancient times, no one has ever thought of using laws to restrict officials.
During the reign of Emperor Taizu, he repeatedly intensified the punishment of corrupt officials. In the later period, anyone who embezzled 60 taels from the country would be beheaded. According to records, no fewer than 100,000 corrupt officials were executed.
But still not killed.
But the benefits to the country of killing corrupt officials are obvious.
According to later records, during the Hongwu period, the proportion of upright officials in the Ming Dynasty was the highest in thousands of years.
If historically, in the late Ming Dynasty, people who embezzled just 60 taels were still punished with death, it would be impossible for the farming system to be damaged, and it would be impossible for small slaves to become arrogant.
However, as time went by, later emperors did not know the hatred of corrupt officials and the harm of corrupt officials.
Under the deception of some officials, the so-called benevolent government began.
Human nature is selfish, and the so-called benevolent policies of those officials must be aimed at themselves.
The first rule of benevolent government must be to protect corrupt officials.
After the first one comes out, it won't take long for the whole court to be filled with dog officials. Things that could be done with ten taels of silver in the past can now be done with a minimum of 100 taels.
This is nothing, the kingdom's army must also be prepared to finish the calf.
The second one is definitely to lower taxes on the rich.
As soon as this article comes out, the national finance will be in ruins sooner or later.
Article 3: Squeeze the common people with words of benevolence and righteousness.
Article 4.
Sorry, Article 4 may not have come out yet, and the people have been forced to rebel.
The military's combat effectiveness was also abolished. The court also had no money.
Continuing to collect taxes from the people is equivalent to forcing the people to rebel.
Why do you want to take money from rich people?
At this point, the country can only be doomed.
Those officials, without any inner pressure, put the responsibility for the subjugation of the country on the subjugated emperor.
this is the truth.
