Emperor Su He heard the words of the eldest prince Su Shu.
In his opinion, this was a very childish approach.
Emperor Su He has experience in governing the country in the past few years. Some petty officials at the prefecture and county level like this method the most.
If you can't solve a troublesome problem, then solve the troublemaker.
As long as you have served as a governor and have the experience of being in charge of government, you will know the direction from which to handle things and will not make naive remarks.
But when Emperor Su He heard the eldest prince Su Shu say this, he was not angry.
Considering the current ability of the eldest prince Su Shu to govern the country, it would be quite smart for him to come up with this method.
Su Shu was like a monster and came up with the perfect solution.
Emperor Su He also had to be wary of whether this son was still his son.
That is beyond ordinary people's imagination. Su Shu could not have grown to this point in two years.
Unless, like him, we usher in a soul from the hereafter.
Su Shu's answer now is in line with the answer given by his level.
Emperor Su He patiently taught: "Shu'er, your method of solving problems can only solve superficial problems.
Each has eighty boards. If the problem cannot be solved, then the person who raised the problem will be solved.
That can only suppress conflicts for a short time, and more conflicts are still accumulating.
The oil is being cooked over a strong fire. Instead of removing the firewood from the stove, I want to add some water to cool down the oil.
The oil temperature is not high, and the temperature in the pot really drops.
After the water has dried, the oil will still boil.
If the oil temperature is too high, adding water to the oil pan will immediately ignite a raging fire.
This method of solving problems will only be used when it is absolutely necessary.
The current situation has not reached that level yet.
To solve a problem, you must first understand the essence of the problem. Only by seeing the essence of the problem can you solve the problem more easily. "
When Su Shu just heard his father's words, he looked a little depressed. He did not satisfy his father.
When he heard his father patiently teaching him, his mood immediately cheered up.
I am not proficient in handling state affairs.
If the father can teach patiently, it proves that the father has not given up on himself because of his own stupidity.
When Su Shu heard his father's question, he thought carefully for a long time before replying: "Father, when I learned about this matter, I also thought about the reasons.
This should be due to the fact that businessmen have increased their status by paying a large amount of taxes to the country.
The scholars felt threatened and began to fight back, targeting officials who advocated for the merchants. "
Emperor Su He looked at his son's clear and stupid eyes.
If he died in his prime and Su Shu ascended the throne, he would surely be toyed with and applauded by those civil servants who were like human beings.
This situation has been repeated throughout history, and this is why the term "Zhu Shao Guo Yi" appeared.
Su Shu must ensure his own health and establish a perfect system.
Just as he had always imagined, future generations have no power. Parliament, the cabinet and the governor's office can act on behalf of part of the monarchy, but they have three-way checks and balances.
When the young master comes of age or meets the master of resurgence, the emperor can regain his power from these three parties.
It was really difficult for Emperor Su He to realize this idea. The biggest difficulty was that he could not allow powerful ministers to appear and take all the power into his own hands.
Even if the worst happens, his descendants can become virtual kings through the establishment of a constitutional monarch.
Emperor Su He patiently taught: "Shu'er, what you said is that you only saw the superficial phenomenon.
On the surface it is a dispute between scholars and businessmen, but in fact it is not that simple.
Scholars cannot be twisted into a rope, and businessmen are not monolithic.
Don't simplify or stereotype a complex force.
In this way, your opponent will be very large, you will be discouraged, and you will not feel the chance of winning at all.
Any group is driven by common interests, and there are also interest disputes within them.
They only briefly united when they encountered foreign enemies.
The essence of looking at the problem is to focus on the interests, which party may benefit, and which party will ultimately benefit.
It must have something to do with it.
If you want to solve a problem, you must sort out the complicated interests involved.
The dispute between scholars and businessmen is seen as a dispute between two groups trying to protect their own interests.
This is not essentially the case.
In the previous government, 90% of the taxes were paid by farmers at the bottom.
Who among the princes in the court cares about the interests of the peasants?
The essence of this matter is the dispute between the overseas faction and the local faction.
The businessmen who are proud of themselves control dozens of large-scale ships, and they monopolize overseas trade.
There were also businessmen behind those scholars, but they were just local factory owners.
The reason why this incident broke out was that local factory owners produced a large number of industrial products.
The money they make is not as much as those businessmen who go overseas.
These factory owners banded together and, through their own officials, encouraged the court to impose heavy taxes on exports.
They also want the court to control some commodities.
For example, penicillin, artemisinin, nitroglycerin, Suxiao Jiuxin Pills and other drugs. Various steel pipes, textile machines and other equipment.
These are high-profit commodities that go overseas. Banning these will seriously harm the vitality of merchants who go overseas. "
When Su Shu heard what his father said, his mouth widened in shock.
"Father, how is this possible?
Behind the scholars should be traditional Confucianism. They are all scholars, how could they be factory owners blackened by soot. "
Emperor Su He stood up in surprise when he saw his son Su Shu.
He laughed, Su Shu pretended to be a young adult, and now he showed his youthful recklessness.
The eldest prince Su Shu immediately realized that he had lost his temper. After bowing to his father, he stood silently and listened to his father's teachings.
Emperor Su He saw his son standing aside respectfully, waiting for his instruction.
He likes to impart experience to his sons and teach them to become talents.
Not only the eldest prince Su Shu, he also often teaches the second prince Su Lei.
Emperor Su He wanted to learn from the lessons of the Ming Dynasty.
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty died twice, and it was necessary to find a vassal king to succeed him.
In the Ming Dynasty, except for the eldest son, all the vassal kings were raised like pigs.
Jiajing was still a qualified emperor, and he was also an emperor who could toss things around.
Chongzhen is a micro-super master with high hands but low eyesight. He calls himself a wise king, but he is the most messy emperor, specializing in beating up his teammates.
If Emperor Su He had not met his opponent Chongzhen, it would have taken him a few more years to gain momentum.
Former Prime Minister Wang Zhongce made critical remarks about Emperor Chongzhen.
In this position, even if it is just a pig, and nothing is bothered, the Ming Dynasty will not perish so quickly.
Emperor Su He was only slightly stunned and continued to teach his son.
"Shu'er, you have formed a fixed mindset.
You must learn to think of ways to break your fixed mindset, otherwise you will fall into a small circle and be unable to extricate yourself.
After the empire went through land reform, there were no longer any big landowners.
They are all small landowners and self-cultivated farmers. With the strength of these people, how can they be relied upon by Confucianism to support its forward development.
After the big landowners, the original basic base of Confucianism, ceased to exist.
They must find a new base and spread their doctrine so that Confucianism can continue to survive.
Otherwise, they will attack the various schools of thought after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Taoism merged into religion, Mohism gradually disappeared, and the political sect disappeared. Legalism relied on Confucianism to survive.
Confucianism is not static, it has been changing since ancient times.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to avenge the Huns, and the theory of great revenge of the Gongyang School of Confucianism flourished, calling on the people to avenge the revenge of the nine generations.
In order to maintain the rule of the Han emperor, Confucianism also proposed the theory of heaven and man.
The imperial examination appeared in the Tang Dynasty. In order to adapt to the imperial examination, Confucianism changed from the knowledge of high-ranking families to the knowledge that could be mastered by commoners.
The Song Dynasty did not like telepathy between heaven and man, so Confucianism no longer mentioned this theory.
Song Shenzong wanted to reform to become stronger, so Wang Anshi formed his own faction to provide Song Shenzong with the theoretical basis for reform.
The Ming Dynasty wanted to imprison the minds of the people and allow them to serve the royal family in peace and stability.
Only then did he choose eight-legged writing to recruit scholars, and from the pile of old papers, he found Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, which was not a prominent school in the Song Dynasty.
However, Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism during the Hongwu period and Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism during the Wanli period were definitely not the same.
After the new dynasty, earth-shaking changes took place.
Confucianism has also kept pace with the development of the times and has been changing itself.
They have now merged with the factory owners and become the spokesperson of the empire's local industrial and commercial forces.
It is the peasant family that truly speaks on behalf of the small landowners and homesteaders.
Confucians have no regard for peasants who have neither money nor unity. "
When Su Shu heard what his father said, he was surprised and said: "It turns out that Confucianism has been changing."
Emperor Su He nodded and said: "It is true, Confucianism is always changing.
As a knowledge that explains social changes, Confucianism must make corresponding changes along with social changes.
This is not based on any will, because those who do not do this will be crushed into dregs by the times. "
After listening to his father's story, Su Shu found that the world was too complicated, and there was a huge difference between what he saw and what was real.
If Father doesn't wake him up, continue to implement the method he provided.
The problem was not solved at all, but instead intensified.
He thought back on his performance just now and realized that the problem was indeed too superficial.
This is exactly the ability he lacks. If he can go to the officialdom to practice, he will definitely be able to strengthen his weakness.
After Su Shu listened to his father's teachings, he thought for a moment and then said: "Father, when I learned about this situation, I immediately felt that the suggestion just now was very inappropriate.
Sea trade merchants and imperial factory owners are all indispensable components of the empire.
Without sea traders, a large amount of goods in the empire's factories could only be stored in warehouses.
The empire’s internal digestion capacity alone cannot handle so many industrial products.
Factory owners can't handle it too much. They produce a large amount of products, so the empire will become rich, and sea traders will have enough goods to travel to foreign countries to make money.
Erchen's suggestion was to let them control the scope of their struggle within a certain area.
Officials from the two factions cannot be allowed to continue fighting and disrupt the atmosphere of the officialdom.
These two parties already have conflicts of interest, so it is best to allow them to fight without breaking up.
In this way, the two forces check and balance each other, making it easier for the court to manage. "
Emperor Su He patted the eldest prince Su Shu on the shoulder and said happily: "Shu'er, you thought well this time.
Parliament is a place where they are prepared to quarrel.
But it doesn't work now. They must quarrel and expose each other's background.
Only in this way can the father know which one is loyal to the empire and which one seems to be loyal and traitorous.
Anti-corruption has always been a difficult task, but only when civil servants from the two forces fight, can we see where the traitors are. "
Su Shu nodded as if he understood. Seeing that his father was in a good mood, he asked in a low voice: "Father, why did former Prime Minister Wei Shiming and Cabinet Minister Li Zhisheng become officials?
I saw this news in the newspaper before and thought I understood it.
But after listening to my father's teachings, I felt a little confused.
Since Confucianism has changed and has turned to the factory owners, Wei Shiming and Li Zhisheng are common partners, and there is no reason to turn against each other. "
After Su Shu asked this question, he saw his father sighing slightly, and knew that he had asked a stupid question again. He bit the bullet and asked for advice: "Father, did my son say something wrong again?"
Emperor Su He sighed and could only continue to teach patiently.
He has taught these things and cannot give up halfway.
"Shu'er, you have fallen into a fixed mindset again. Confucianism is always changing. It is slowly moving from one stage to another.
Instead of Confucianism representing the interests of small landowners today, they immediately change their stance and represent the interests of factory owners tomorrow.
The traditional Confucianism represented by Li Zhisheng has always maintained the path that Confucianism followed.
However, the empire's small-scale peasant economy has collapsed, with the number of homesteaders and small landowners declining, and many people immigrating to overseas provinces or vassal states.
This group of people is a product of the old era. They can only stay together to keep warm, and there is no new blood to join.
It was from Wei Shiming that Confucianism really shifted its position to the side of factory owners.
He first mixed with the industrialists and merchants, two new schools of thought.
But he couldn't compete with Qian Mingyi and others, so he turned around and became a representative figure of Confucianism.
The transformation of Confucianism from old Confucianism to new Confucianism was full of bloodshed.
Wei Shiming and Li Zhisheng died together, and both lost their important positions in the empire. Only then did Confucianism truly turn to success. "
Su Shu just listened to his father's teachings, and he felt that in the past two years since his absence, the empire had been turbulent and many far-reaching things had happened.
It was a pity that he could not be a bystander and see these things happen.
Emperor Su He saw that it was late at night, waved his hand and said: "Shu'er, you have been tired from traveling and traveling, so go back to the palace to rest now.
I will go to court tomorrow and introduce the overseas situation to the officials to broaden their horizons. "
Su Shu bowed deeply and bid farewell to his father.
He walked out of the Qianqing Palace, clenching his fists and feeling excited.
He gained a lot from his father's teaching today.
He has never thought that Confucianism has been changing itself and striving to adapt to the development of society.
No wonder emperors of all dynasties like to use Confucianism as a tool to rule the people.
There is no more satisfying tool in the world.
Su Shu observed his father's expression and knew that he had obtained his father's approval.
From the fact that his father asked him to go to court tomorrow to meet with officials, we can get some clues.
Su Shu knew that he was the first prince to go to court, which was of great significance.
The signal that my father sent out was enough to make many ministers think deeply.
These ministers have been asking the emperor to appoint a crown prince to appease the people.
When I go to court tomorrow, I will definitely cheer up the hearts of these ministers.
As the eldest son of Su Shu who was approaching adulthood, his father had the idea of establishing a heir apparent at this time, which was good news for him.
