Lu You is still very sensitive when it comes to issues involving his own emperor.
Not to mention that the emperor of the Zhao family shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats and did not kill the scholar-bureaucrats, but being exiled and exiled from afar was much more painful than being killed. It is unknown how many scholar-bureaucrats were sent to distant places because they offended the emperor or failed in political struggles, and they did not die in the end. On the way, he died far away and never came back. .
Is this considered a form of death penalty?
So he was shocked and quickly lowered his head.
"Foreign ministers don't know. Foreign ministers cannot speculate on the emperor without authorization. This is extremely disrespectful. What our emperor thinks is definitely not something that our ministers can speculate on!"
"If he didn't have such an idea, how could he arrange Yu Yunwen into the envoy? It was just to observe the Ming Dynasty's construction site in person, to see what the construction site looked like, and how to arrange it to be successful."
Su Yonglin grinned and said: "But they never expected that the farmers of Ming Dynasty did not resent working for Ming Dynasty, and Ming Dynasty did not exploit farmers, so they would come up with such a despicable, dirty, and vicious strategy to deal with Ming Dynasty. "
Lu You felt ashamed, feeling that his conscience and shame were being severely whipped.
Su Yonglin was right. If Zhao Yan didn't have such thoughts, why would he arrange Yu Yunwen into the envoy?
It was nothing more than letting him directly see the conditions at the Mingguo construction site, investigate the real situation on his own, and then modify his plan.
Otherwise, Yu Yunwen is not in charge of diplomatic work. He works in the Privy Council. He is engaged in military affairs. What kind of diplomacy is he engaged in?
Lu You knew this clearly.
The scene was quiet for a while, and then Su Yonglin spoke again.
"Mr. Wu Guan, as an envoy and official of the Southern Dynasty, why did you tell me this matter? You should know that this matter should be of great significance to the Southern Dynasty. Once successful, it will definitely make Ming Dynasty busy."
Lu You raised his head when he heard this and looked at Su Yonglin.
"One of the reasons is that the foreign ministers do not want to see such a genocide happen again. Why do the people deserve it? Why do they suffer such man-made disasters? Haven't they suffered enough? Once the Yellow River bursts, more than 100,000 people will die? One hundred thousand!"
Su Yonglin nodded.
This is the most basic conscience for a person. Having this conscience means that Lu You is a human being.
Chen Kangbo and Yu Yunwen, who did not have this conscience, were no longer just human beings in the biological sense. They were officials, officials of the Southern Song Dynasty, not themselves.
They are qualified tools and tools of governance. They are tool people who have been alienated by Confucianism and the ruling system of the Southern Song Dynasty. The attributes of tools are greater than those of human beings, and they even completely suppress the attributes of human beings.
It is meaningless to talk to them about human nature, because they have long been tamed and are no longer independent people. They completely agree that the interests of the ruling class outweigh everything else. It is impossible to expect them to think about problems from an overall perspective. .
The sad thing is that such tool people often think that they are free, casual, and superior to others. They can arbitrarily exploit the people at the bottom and enjoy various privileges.
It has to be said that Confucianism is very excellent in shaping tool people, better than any other school of thought.
Therefore, it is not easy to live in such a social environment and still maintain one's own humanity, making it more than just a tool.
Lu You is such a person.
In contrast, Su Yonglin felt that Xin Qiji was also such a person.
They have all maintained their individuality under this system that emphasizes obedience. If the individuality is maintained, the humanity will be maintained. Only when the humanity is maintained can it be considered a complete person, not just the rule of a dynasty. tool.
The backbones that Lu Xun admired were often such people. Because they were human beings, they would shine with a different kind of brilliance in the cold history books.
Su Yonglin felt inexplicably relieved when he looked at Lu You, who was shining with the brilliance of humanity.
"What about the second reason?"
Su Yonglin asked.
Lu You hesitated for a while and then spoke slowly.
"Before I tell you the second reason, please tell me whether your Majesty has ever written any falsehoods in the book "Hongwu Political Treatise"?"
"So you've also read Hongwu's political treatise? In the Southern Dynasties, how many people have read this book?"
Lu You nodded.
"Many, very many. Although the imperial court banned this book and did not allow its dissemination and reading, it still could not stop many people from reading it. There were even more people who secretly bought it from the Ming Dynasty and circulated it. Some people even pirated it and sold it privately. Incessantly."
"Have Chen Kangbo and Yu Yunwen seen it too?"
"They should have seen it. With their status, it's impossible that they haven't seen it."
Lu You gave a clear answer.
Su Yonglin smiled and understood everything.
"I swear to you as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty that I will never lie. What I write is all what I want to do or am doing. Even if I can't complete it for a while, I will definitely complete it eventually. Until the end of my life.”
Lu You seemed to have received final confirmation, and his nervous mood was relieved.
He looked deeply at Su Yonglin for a while, took a deep breath, and nodded slowly.
"Your Majesty, as the king of a country, swears to the foreign minister that the foreign minister has no reason to doubt. In this way, the foreign minister will also be convinced that what he did is not wrong. What Yu Yunwen did is too vicious and unscrupulous, and the foreign minister cannot accept it."
Lu You sighed deeply, and then his face became determined.
"What the Ming Dynasty did was right. The Ming Dynasty did allow the farmers to have enough food and clothing, houses to live in, and land to cultivate. The foreign ministers did not see the refugees of the Ming Dynasty along the way. Everyone has What needs to be done, each performs his or her duties.
To the foreign minister, this was a scene that could only be seen in a dream. The foreign minister had also thought about what it would be like when the Song Dynasty was peaceful and the people were at peace. After thinking about it, nothing could be better than this, right? Guotai and people's peace have been realized in the Ming Dynasty, how can foreign ministers watch it be destroyed? "
When Lu You thought of Yu Yunwen and Chen Kangbo's conspiracy, a sense of mission suddenly arose in his heart.
There is a need to act, to protect this hard-won situation. This kind of dream existence finally appeared, how can we not protect it?
So he made this decision.
And Su Yonglin also understood Lu You's thoughts from his words.
"I see."
Su Yonglin looked at Lu You and said, "Mr. Wu Guan, I have to say that your idea is very correct and your actions are very brave. In such an environment, it is very remarkable that you can make such a decision. Behavior."
"Your Majesty's praise is unworthy of the foreign minister's praise."
Lu You smiled bitterly and said: "The foreign minister is just a small official. He has no power and cannot accomplish much. He has wasted half his life and is nearly forty years old, and has not been able to establish any achievements..."
“As long as you choose the right path and pay for it, it’s never too late.”
Su Yonglin shook his head and sighed: "People like Chen Kangbo and Yu Yunwen are used to being superior. They think that they are the ones who achieve great things and cannot stick to small details, so they can sacrifice small details in order to achieve big things.
What is a section? Xiaojie is the peasants. In order to distinguish themselves from the peasants and to prevent themselves from feeling guilty, they don't even regard the peasants as human beings and call them Qian Shou Li Shu, thus artificially creating the superior class and Qian Shou Li Shu.
The superior people can sacrifice the common people of Guizhou in order to make achievements. Chen Kangbo and Yu Yunwen did not want to cherish the common people of Guizhou in their own country for the northern expedition of the Song Dynasty to restore the Central Plains. How could they cherish the common people of Guizhou in the Ming Dynasty? "
