Were there such people in the Southern Song Dynasty?
Is there no such person?
Su Yonglin was not sure.
Just because there is no thought, it does not mean that there are no people with conscience in such a cruel system.
There must be some, but they are suppressed and eliminated, and their voices cannot be heard.
Moreover, their conscience was limited to personal behavior. After all, it could not become a system and could not compete with the Southern Song Dynasty system that had become a system.
How can an individual's conscience confront the violence of the entire court?
You will eventually fail.
But if they intervene, will there be any changes within them?
How would the elites within the system feel if they read their own political commentaries?
Su Yonglin didn't know if any of them would be as innovative as himself or Xin Qiji, but Su Yonglin never believed that only the working people could awaken.
The awakening of the working people is inevitable, but the awakening of those who have always lived a good life is even more valuable.
Speaking of which, there should be such people in the Southern Song Dynasty.
"There should be some, but their power is too weak and they don't have a complete methodology. It is impossible to succeed."
Su Yonglin hugged Zhao Xirui and said with a smile: "The reactionary force in the Southern Song Dynasty was too strong. The entire political structure was reactionary from the beginning. If you ask them to change, you will make them commit suicide while handing over their interests. They are crazy to do this. Do.
So, don’t worry, even if we make our political commentary public, I will also publish some of my articles on social change and make them public. Together, maybe there will be unexpected gains. "
Zhao Xirui had always supported Su Yonglin's ideas, so he accelerated the writing progress of the second volume and completed it before August.
Su Yonglin supervised the editing, polished the language, and adapted the text into vernacular Chinese, striving to make it understandable to people with low literacy levels.
It just so happened that at this moment, the Ministry of Rites was completely controlled by the forces of the Fuxing Society. As the hero of the destruction of the old Ministry of Rites, Yelujin naturally became the minister of the new Ministry of Rites. All the officials under his command were members of the Fuxing Society. The Ministry of Rites had been completely reformed.
The current Ministry of Rites does not have any sacrificial function. Su Yonglin has eliminated this function of the Ministry of Rites. He himself is very disgusted with spending a lot of money to worship the non-existent God.
Therefore, the Ministry of Rites does not have a similar schedule, and is replaced by official hosting of important festivals and education and examination work.
To put it bluntly, the current Ministry of Rites is more like a combination of the Ministry of Education and the Examination Yuan. It is a functional department and an office department, and it has lost its original mysterious attributes.
Su Yonglin knocked the Ministry of Rites from the sky back to the ground with a hammer.
After that, Su Yonglin gave Yelujin two tasks. One was to find someone to start researching and compiling the Ming Dynasty Dictionary, and the other was to make him responsible for arranging and hosting the second imperial examination in the fifth year of Hongwu.
And now, Su Yonglin has to give the Ministry of Rites a third task.
That is to print the first volume of "Su's Political Commentary" and then sell it nationwide, open to all people, including high-level people and low-level people, without exception.
Yelujin didn't quite understand Su Yonglin's request.
"Your Majesty, your political commentary...is available nationwide?"
"right."
"Anyone can buy it?"
"right."
"Then what if merchants from the Song Kingdom in the south see it, can they also buy it?"
"why not?"
Yelujin took a breath of air.
"Your Majesty, I think that your Majesty should think twice. Your Majesty's political commentary is too subtle. Many people may not understand many things. It will be useless for them to read it. On the contrary, it will affect the stability of the Ming Dynasty."
"If you don't understand, educate them and let them understand. As for affecting stability or anything like that, this is nonsense. Don't say it again in the future, and you should learn more."
Su Yonglin said: "I think this kind of thinking is very good, and good ideas should be widely disseminated and known to everyone, instead of closing the door and remaining in a rut, becoming more and more closed and rigid.
Why could Confucianism be called an explicit school at that time? Why can it develop and grow? Didn’t Confucius create private schools and push academics downward? More and more people are learning Confucianism, and Confucian scholars are willing to pass on knowledge to more people.
At that time, Confucianism was more open than most of the schools of thought. It had the largest number of people and its influence was growing. Therefore, it was possible for Confucianism to develop and grow, to innovate itself, not to rest on its laurels, and to become the winner in the end.
As a result, after his disciples and disciples won the victory, they did not allow more people to learn Confucianism. They stuck to their old ways and put Confucius in a high cabinet, which showed that heaven and man are aware of the unity of heaven and man. Later, they came up with the Five Classics and Fourteen Family Laws to restrain people's hearts, and Confucianism became more and more rigid. .
Today, Confucianism has become decayed and cannot meet the needs of the Ming Dynasty, so I decided to depose it. The Ming Dynasty needs new ideas to guide its progress. This is my original intention in writing political commentaries.
And if new ideas follow the old path of Confucianism, they will naturally be deposed by future generations. Therefore, they should be widely publicized and made known to everyone. After experiencing the process of doubt, questioning, and then enlightenment, thought Only then will we continue to develop and progress.
As for whether the person who knows is one of our own people or the enemy, I think it doesn’t matter. Our own people will spontaneously recognize and defend it, but even if the enemy knows it, it is impossible to follow it. Unless they have the courage to revolutionize themselves, then they are not our enemies. . "
Su Yonglin's explanation sounded half-understood to Yelujin.
Yelujin thought about it and felt that this issue was beyond his scope of understanding. He really could not fully understand His Majesty the Emperor's exquisite thoughts, so he could only act accordingly.
Then he felt that he should really take more time to learn the things here, so that he could better follow the footsteps of His Majesty the Emperor and flatter him better.
Then you can gain more power.
In the final analysis, he is a pragmatist. He believes that any idea is acceptable. The main thing is to see which idea is more in line with his own interests. The so-called bureaucrats are nothing more than talking about people's opinions and talking about ghosts.
The person sitting on the throne today is a human being, so it is natural for him to speak human language.
As for the future.
Just adapt to the prevailing situation.
He is very strong in this ability. If not, he would not decisively abandon the foreign clan and directly embrace the emperor's lap.
Well, it’s decided, let’s do it.
Yelujin made up his mind.
After finishing the matter, Su Yonglin suddenly had a wonderful idea. With this wonderful idea, Su Yonglin found his wife Zhao Xirui.
"Huh? Write your origin and experience in the preface so that everyone in the world knows?"
At night, in the palace, Zhao Xirui was very surprised by Su Yonglin's whimsical ideas.
"Yes, wouldn't this be interesting? Anyway, this book will be spread to the Southern Song Dynasty in the end. How about I take the initiative to tell them my origin and experience. Their reaction will definitely be very interesting."
Su Yonglin lay on Zhao Xirui's soft thighs and pinched her tender face with a smile.
Zhao Xirui suddenly felt funny.
"Are they going to be angry?"
"Then I don't know, but I think letting them know my life will help them understand me as a person. Anyway, they will be my ministers sooner or later. There is nothing wrong with letting them know their boss in advance. Right?"
Su Yonglin had a wicked smile on his face.
Thinking about how those gentlemen in Lin'an City would be amazed if they knew that they were once a [Song Dynasty], or even a Song Dynasty person who was once slaughtered by them?
Zhao Xirui couldn't hold back and laughed for a while.
"Why didn't I find your thoughts so annoying before? It's so bad!"
"It's not too late to find out now. We are only in our twenties anyway, and we still have a long time to come."
Su Yonglin chuckled and suddenly felt very interested, so he flipped Zhao Xirui onto the bed.
Zhao Xirui let out a sweet cry, reacted immediately, pushed Su Yonglin down with her backhand, and climbed up herself.
"Outside you are the emperor, inside this house you are my man."
Looking at her bright eyes and white teeth, Su Yonglin surrendered with both hands.
"Okay, my Queen, you have the final say in this room."
