One petition. No, two petitions.
Ending with a massive brawl, well, maybe a one-sided beating.
The righteousness of the scholars was of no use in the face of the iron fist of the working class.
In the end, the patrol department of Zhongdu sent out a large number of patrols and arrested a group of people, so that the incident calmed down.
The workers arrested a lot, but so did the scholars.
However, the workers are backed by big bosses, and there are lawyers with university degrees as guarantees. After paying the bail, they come out.
But the poor scholars had no money, so they were imprisoned for several days, and finally they were released from prison under the operation of some great Confucians.
It can be said that this time the struggle.
The new learning was a great success.
The character of the scholars was not reflected, and the methods of the new students were also greatly appreciated by the emperor.
"Everyone, I have read the petitions of the Confucian scholars and the new students. The reason why our Ming Dynasty was able to drive out the Tartars and restore China did not rely on Confucianism, but advanced weapons. It relies on factories everywhere! Without these, how could the Ming Dynasty completely defeat the Qing court in just four years?"
"Banning Western learning and suspending the New Deal, how is this possible? Does that mean we don't want the Southeast Asian countries, the Far North (East and West Asia), the Indian vassals, and Australia? We just want to live behind closed doors and wait for Europe in the future. People came with powerful ships and cannons to open the country of Ming Dynasty, just like I opened the door of Qing Dynasty?"
Inside the Qinzheng Hall.
Emperor Zhu sat on the throne and talked eloquently.
His face was neither sad nor happy.
But all the ministers knew Emperor Zhu's tendency.
They actually know it too.
If we follow the method in the petition of Wu Xinzhong and his group.
Then just wait for the country to perish!
There is no need to wait for Westerners to come and fight.
Now the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty.
If the Ming Dynasty returned to the state of the previous Qing Dynasty.
I'm afraid I can't hold it down
You may not only be unable to suppress it, but you may also be beaten.
In the past, Emperor Zhu's tens of thousands of troops could control Guangdong, Guangxi, and Jiangnan.
Like the powerful vassals under the Ming Dynasty.
Japan has hundreds of thousands of new troops.
The Indian princes also had nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses capable of fighting.
It can be said.
If Ming Dynasty is weak.
No need for the Europeans to take action.
These vassals should be ready to move - loyalty is never without reason.
If the Ming Dynasty becomes as weak as the Qing Dynasty.
How could the princes of Japan and India not have ambitions?
Officials of the Ming Dynasty are easy to obtain.
But there are not many pedantic people among the officials who are really in power.
Even Confucian ministers must pay attention to the economics of the world to some extent.
Moreover, there are too many officials in Ming Dynasty now.
The number has exceeded 250,000.
It was five times as many as during the Manchu and Qing dynasties.
And the treatment is quite generous.
If it weren't for the financial revenue brought by opening factories and developing commerce, how could the imperial court afford so many officials?
so.
These two hundred and fifty thousand officials of the Ming Dynasty.
They are all beneficiaries of the New Deal.
This means.
In fact, the vast majority of the gentry and landlord class did not suffer any benefit from the New Deal, although they needed to pay land taxes.
But it is easier for them to become officials and gain political power than before.
This time over and over again.
Whether it is a loss or a profit, everyone has a weighing scale in their mind.
Although most scholar-officials were not interested in the New Learning, they were reluctant to give up on the benefits brought to them by the New Learning and the New Deal.
This is really quite contradictory.
In general.
The benefits gained by the scholar-bureaucrat class were still real.
Their dislike of new learning is emotional.
At that time, the scholar-bureaucrats in Jiangnan did not want to shave their heads.
Compared to new learning.
Wouldn't it be more disgusting to shave off a money rat's tail?
But your scalp is itchy?
Why?
Because the Manchu Qing Dynasty has shown that as long as you surrender, I will not touch your wealth, and can also work with you to exploit and bully the lower class Han people.
This made the literati officials in the late Ming Dynasty, who seemed to have much more backbone than the current scholar-officials, compromise.
Now Emperor Zhu first did not confiscate their land, secondly did not force them to shave their heads, thirdly did not refuse them to serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty, and fourthly did not completely ban the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.
So why did these literati and officials go to fight Emperor Zhu just to avoid most of the land tax by using some small tricks?
They don't like new things.
But the benefits of new learning are real.
Who would give up tangible interests for a little personal emotion?
Such people cannot be taught by the sages and sages of Confucius and Mencius.
therefore.
Only Emperor Zhu would break through step by step and challenge the bottom line of tolerance of these Confucian scholars and scholar-bureaucrats towards the New Deal.
This step-by-step sausage-slicing approach made it difficult for the scholar-bureaucrat class, who were not monolithic, to resist.
There will always be people who will become officials of the Ming Dynasty.
There are always people who are reluctant to part with tangible benefits.
"Your Majesty, I believe that although Wu Xinzhong, Du Ruchong and others' petitions are biased, their intentions are still good and they are for the sake of the country and the court. Therefore, this matter should not be expanded, and it is best not to pursue it. ."
The first person to speak was Prime Minister Luo Fangbo.
In fact, he can no longer do his job as prime minister.
Because as the number of officials in Hunan and Liangjiang increased.
The two Guangdong officials, Luo Fangbo and Gu Song, have begun to become increasingly detrimental to the balance of the court.
Between Luo Fangbo and Gu Song, it is naturally Luo Fangbo, the head of the state, who is more vulnerable to attack.
This time he came forward to protect the Six Gentlemen, which was actually a compromise.
These six gentlemen are petitioning for the famous religion. If Emperor Zhu takes action against them, I am afraid they will be stigmatized as being closed-minded.
In the future, I’m afraid no one will be willing to come forward to petition.
'I also feel that these scholars have good intentions, so the emperor might as well recruit them to serve as officials in the court! Peng Jun suggested.
Emperor Zhu shook his head.
He knew what Peng Jun and others were thinking.
Giving these scholar leaders an official position would not only make the court and the emperor appear magnanimous, but also save them from shouting in newspapers every day.
"Recruitment? I won't recruit you. I won't do it for Wu Xinzhong!"
Emperor Zhu said.
"They all want to be officials, but I refuse to let them be officials. If they want to be officials, they can take the right path and take the Sichuan scholars to apply for the imperial examination. If they pass the exam, they will naturally have Officially done."
The court fell silent.
Everyone sympathized with what happened to the scholars this time.
but
But this time, the behavior of the young scholars was so embarrassing
Even if they were beaten until they cried for father and mother, they all ran away.
How could this convince the emperor that his court could rely on these spineless scholars?
All the Confucian scholars in the dynasty stopped talking.
They all know it.
The emperor just wants to give those six gentlemen a little pain.
But I don’t want to bear the reputation of being a coward, a tyrant, and someone who never keeps his word.
That's when.
Archduke Lin, Chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, broke his silence.
"Your Majesty, there is news from the west that the Russian Crown Prince has led troops into Moscow. Now, he may have succeeded."
(End of chapter)
