"Amitabha, isn't this too cruel? Once there is a problem with the Ming Dynasty's salt, the world will be in chaos."
The bald black monk said.
"The world is in chaos, and those who will die are just a bunch of untouchables. If the Dog Emperor continues to reign, we will be the ones who die.
And after the world is in chaos, we can completely pull the dog emperor off the dragon throne under the banner of Qingjun.
When the time comes, don’t you want the power of the dragon? "The man in black continued.
All the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit.
Now that Zhu You is making a big move, he won't even give face to the Kong family, which has been a family for thousands of years. Although he will lose the support of many local forces invisibly, he will also give those forces a warning invisibly.
In the past, everyone could happily cause trouble and then make the emperor suffer a loss, but now we can only keep our tail between our legs and behave as a human being.
Although many people wish that God would take care of the noisy little emperor as soon as possible, no one dares to stand out.
From the perspective of the man in black, the current situation is very similar to that of the Qin Dynasty. Zhu Youjian is the brutal Qin Shihuang, and these oppressed people are the old tribes of the six kingdoms. The current stability of the Ming Dynasty is 99% due to Zhu Youjian Check.
Once Zhu You checks the calf, the situation in Ming Dynasty will soon change.
One emperor, one courtier.
No matter who becomes the emperor at that time, it will be impossible for him to trust the current officials as much as the current emperor does, especially the generals with large armies.
An emperor who cannot control the army is nothing.
Everyone regards him as the emperor, and he is the emperor.
If everyone doesn't regard him as an emperor, he can only be regarded as a caged bird at best.
This emperor is not a benevolent emperor, there will be another one.
There are so many surprises in this world, and an emperor with too many opinions is more likely to encounter surprises, right?
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It's not that they didn't think about Zhu Youjian dying, but Zhu Youjian was too young. It was estimated that everyone would be finished before Zhu Youjian could be killed.
Try to send someone to sneak into the palace to assassinate Zhu Youjian.
But the palace guards who were originally rotten to the ground turned into iron buckets at some point.
In addition, Zhu Youjian is a resolute reformist. A biased reformist.
If you don't resist, who knows if your home will be confiscated before you are buried? Will it be liquidated?
"Amitabha, when a tyrant comes to power, we should resolutely resist it.
We don't...we have 200 powerful monks in our temple. They can help the benefactor to overthrow the tyranny as soon as possible and save the people of the world from the sea of suffering. This is the right way. "
"What the eminent monk said makes sense. In order to free the people from Zhu Youjian's clutches as soon as possible, we will prepare now." A man in black said.
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After successfully climbing out of the Confucius Mansion, the eight black masked men who had already changed into scholar uniforms left directly.
The masked man in black, Gui (guǐ), walked around a few streets, and when no one was paying attention, he stuffed the masked face directly into his sleeves.
Then they entered an inconspicuous courtyard. After a while, the black-clothed and masked Rengui (guǐ) changed his clothes and quietly left the secret room.
Not long after the masked man in black, Gui (guǐ), left, a group of government officials surrounded the courtyard just now.
After all, the eight men in black were afraid that the Kong family would take advantage of the enemy and directly killed themselves. They had no choice but to leave in broad daylight. Zhu Youjian wanted to firmly control Qufu. They had already replaced Qufu's administrative staff with Zhu Youjian's confidants.
The Kong family is the key target of supervision.
However, after all, the Kong family has been passed down for thousands of years and still has influence, so no one can monitor it openly.
Otherwise, these 8 people would not be able to escape at all.
"You mean eight masked men came out of the Kong family and disappeared." Zhu Wuxin, the trusted magistrate of Qufu Yamen, asked.
"Yes, sir, the army just withdrew this morning, and our people haven't arrived yet..." said the Yamen servant Wang Mazi.
Many Yamen servants are selected from local people.
However, the influence of the Kong family in Qufu was so great that everyone only knew about the Kong family and not the royal family.
Even though the emperor gave the Kong family a severe blow before, the Kong family still has a great influence on the local area.
In order to reduce the influence of the Kong family in Qufu as much as possible, all the original government officials in Qufu were disrupted and dispersed to other counties.
Most of the new government officials are selected from retired soldiers.
As a result, the current county government is incompatible with Qufu.
The Confucius family excluded the Yamen, and the local people did not understand the Yamen.
Yamen work is not easy to do.
If it weren't for the imperial army that had been suppressing Qufu for so long, supporting the newly established Qufu Yamen.
Otherwise, it would be a joke for the newly established Qufu County Government to gain a foothold in Qufu.
"Forget it, report this matter and record it in the file." Zhu Wuxin said.
Zhu Wuxin is not a member of the royal family, but one of the orphans selected by Zhu Youjian from many refugees.
Those orphans were given national surnames, and after rigorous selection and training, they were placed in various places throughout the Ming Dynasty to serve as Zhu Youjian's eyes.
Qufu was an ideological center of the Ming Dynasty. In this era when Confucianism occupied the main thought of the Ming Dynasty, Qufu was second only to the capital and Jiangnan in importance to Zhu Youjian.
The basic concepts of Confucian politics are mainly included in the discussion of humanities, society and national issues by Confucian scholars.
The main spirit includes: politics is a form of realizing human nature, governing the country cannot violate the principle of benevolence and righteousness, and politics is essentially the way to be a human being. Rulers cultivate themselves and become benevolent, which is the foundation of politics.
The most practical path to self-cultivation is to use etiquette to regulate one's sight, hearing, words and actions, and to practice filial piety and brotherhood in daily life. In governing a country, governing people should be the first, and governing the law should be the end.
If there is no law, chaos will be cured. If you get the right person, you will be in control. If you lose the right person, you will be in chaos. The sage should be the king, and the sage should be the king.
A gentleman in his position is the guarantee for the realization of human politics.
The people are the foundation of the country. Among the three elements of the king, the people, and the gods, the people are the first. The people follow the will of God. Those who win the people gain the world, and those who lose the people lose the world. The people can carry the boat or capsize it.
The country should be governed by virtuous scholars, who should serve as officials with righteousness and serve the king with justice; virtuous scholars should not only serve as ministers to others, but also as teachers to the king. Scholars cultivate their bodies and take it as their own responsibility to regulate their families, govern their country, and bring peace to the world.
Confucian political philosophy seems very good, but when it comes to practice, it is irresponsible to the country and the people.
There is nothing wrong with putting the people first, and there is nothing wrong with choosing worthy scholars to govern. But the key is how to ensure that the chosen people are worthy people?
Only when people's hearts are separated from the belly can they be detected. Can virtue be seen so easily?
On the premise that the ethics of officials cannot be guaranteed, the rule of law must be the last priority. To put it bluntly, it provides a breeding ground for corrupt and doggy officials to survive.
After all, even cutting into pieces with a thousand cuts can't cut off the greed of corrupt officials. How can other methods cut off the greed of corrupt officials?
Moreover, people are selfish, and under human rule, cover-up is most likely to occur.
It's like an ordinary person, a wealthy businessman, a relative of a high-ranking official, or a relative of the emperor, committed the same case.
If it is left to a county magistrate for judgment.
Under normal circumstances, ordinary people may be punished according to the law. If a wealthy businessman has a background, he can reduce his crime or even be exempted from crime by giving him some money.
If there is no background, paying more money can reduce the penalty.
But for relatives of high-ranking officials, there is at least a 70% chance that minor matters will turn into nothing.
As for the relatives of the emperor, the county magistrate probably knelt down to listen to the words of the relatives of the emperor.
Different punishments for the same crime. The higher the power, the smaller the punishment, or even no punishment at all.
