Chapter 21 Sincerity
Liu Sanwu was standing in the Hanlin Academy, lowering his head slightly, as if he hadn't heard.
It was as if he didn't hear what He Xi said.
Silent as a statue.
Fighting is an art. Originally, Liu Sanwu wanted to join forces with Fang Xiaoru to launch an attack. In his eyes, Fang Xiaoru was not too important. What was important was Song Lian. Song Lian had been with Zhu Yuanzhang for more than ten years and was the first civil servant in the world. He promoted countless disciples who were virtuous. It would be great if Song Lian was alive. When Song Lian came forward, one sentence was worth a hundred words to him. But he never expected that the successor chosen by Song Lian would be so timid.
Naturally he wanted to change his policy.
It’s not that we don’t want to deal with He Xi anymore. Just keep yourself safe.
Everyone knew that the emperor gave He Xi a platform. At the beginning of today, you targeted He Xi and slapped He Xi in the face? Or slap the emperor in the face? There is a difference between the two. Under Zhu Yuanzhang's accumulated prestige, people all over the world looked up to him. Those who dare to go against the emperor. Or they are powerful officials, such as Hu Weiyong, Li Shanchang and others. Or Song Lian and others who uphold the moral principles in their hearts and risk their lives. Liu Sanwu belongs to the latter.
But no one has the courage to face the power of the emperor.
Therefore, the most important thing is to fight He Xi and not the emperor.
The emperor gave He Xi a platform. We have to wait until the emperor has taken possession of this station before we can take action against He Xi.
Now is not the time, but when He Xi talks about it. Liu Sanwu was also secretly writing the manuscript.
In fact, He Xi had been guarding against someone making trouble, and he knew that something like this would happen today. I have prepared a lot of lessons. Let’s talk about the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty. Let’s start with Jiaozi of the Southern Song Dynasty. During Lizong’s reign in the Southern Song Dynasty, the ratio of Jiaozi to copper coins was around one to two hundred. The Southern Song Dynasty issued Jiaozi every twenty years, but before that, the ratio had always been this ratio. However, in the two Jiaozi before the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, it had dropped to one to seven hundred, or even more than a thousand.
And even this ratio cannot be maintained.
As a result, the letters issued by the imperial court to frontline soldiers were all waste paper. Just waste paper. Jia Sidao also wanted to implement the public land law and wanted to use Jiaozi as money to buy fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River as capital for Jiaozi. This is a way of making money out of nothing. No worse than the financial innovations of the 21st century.
However, the Song Dynasty has always been politically repressive and economically tolerant towards its generals. A large part of the fields that Jia Sidao wanted to capture belonged to those generals.
So the frontline generals voted with their feet.
The army that originally resisted the Yuan army suddenly turned against the wind.
Then we start with the financial system of the Southern Song Dynasty, starting from the Southern Song Dynasty's financial system of more than 30 million yuan, compared with the Northern Song Dynasty's more than 60 million yuan. Let’s talk about the financial crisis that existed from the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty to the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty. Why was the Song Dynasty probably the most financially wealthy country, but it never had enough money? This is the foundation of the Song Dynasty, which is the military system inherited from the Five Dynasties.
"A country is strong because of its soldiers. A strong army will make a country strong. Then the Song Dynasty Lord was in the wrong position. He was jealous of all the officials in the world and thought they would harm me. I would rather waste the world's wealth and raise useless soldiers. If the soldiers are strong, the enemy will not be afraid and I will be the first. Afraid. Why do you do this?"
He Xi paused for a moment after talking about this. It has been more than an hour since he finished speaking. It's all work inside. It's not in vain that he prepared for the lesson for several days.
I was dizzy looking at all kinds of historical data.
Some historical materials are scarce at the time. It was compiled by later generations.
Having said this, my mouth felt a little dry. I couldn't help but pause slightly and pursed my lips. But there is no water to drink. Because of giving lectures to the emperor. It was impossible to prepare water for people.
"Your Majesty, Mr. He is a little tired. Let Mr. He rest for a while." Liu Sanwu smiled, as if he was a good gentleman. He said: "I will help you understand this question."
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, he thought to himself: "Liu Sanwu can't calm down?"
There is a saying in the art of war: avoid the sharp edge and attack the enemy with laziness. Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world with his own hands, and the art of war has been integrated into his bones. This is true in many things. He kept waiting for someone to come out. Now someone finally came out.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Oh, He Xi went to have a drink of water. Mr. Liu, please help me clear up my doubts."
He Xi bowed and took a few steps back. Coming to the corridors on both sides, Xu Zheng immediately waited with a glass of water.
As soon as He Xi picked up the water glass, she heard Liu Sanwu speak.
Liu Sanwu said: "Your Majesty, I would like to first congratulate your Majesty on your good son-in-law. The Song Dynasty can be destroyed, and you can talk about this matter in a clear and logical manner. There is no one in the world, and I must be among them. I am born with historical talent. I admire you very much. I think the reason for the internal and external suspicion in the Song Dynasty is that there are famous generals but they cannot be used, and there are famous ministers but they are in conflict with each other. They all think that the knowledge is unclear. The principles are not cultivated?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Oh, what knowledge and what principles?"
Liu Sanwu said: "Sincerity."
"If you are honest with yourself, you can know yourself. If you are honest with others, you can fulfill your humanity. The foundation of governing a country lies in family ties. Only sincerity in the world is the great scripture that can govern the world. If the king of Song Dynasty can be sincere to his ministers, why can't he get it? If the ministers of the Song Dynasty can be sincere to their kings and use their talents, they will not only destroy the way of the king and his ministers."
"Ahem." He Xi drank the water in one gulp and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask Mr. Liu."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to listen to Liu Sanwu at this moment, because what Liu Sanwu said was nothing more than mediocre. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Ask."
He Xi said: "Mr. Liu, how many years have you been studying?"
Liu Sanwu said: "I have been studying as a child for only sixty years."
He Xi said: "Old Master, can you be sincere to others?"
Liu Sanwu said: "Naturally."
He Xi said: "Be true to yourself."
Liu Sanwu was silent for a while and said, "I never deceive myself."
He Xi said: "Can I be sincere to you, to heaven, to ghosts and gods?"
Liu Sanwu said: "I'm afraid no one in the world dares to claim that he can do this."
He Xi said: "How many of Mr. Liu's disciples can do this?"
Liu Sanwu said: "There are still three or five disciples."
He Xi said: "How does Master Liu compare with the wise doctors of Song Dynasty? Like Sima Guang, Wang Anshi, San Su, Wen Tianxiang and others?"
Liu Sanwu said: "It's not as good as that."
In fact, when asked here, Liu Sanwu already knew where He Xi would start. But Liu Sanwu had cultivated his whole life and knew exactly what He Xi was going to ask. It is also impossible to lie.
He Xi didn't say anything directly. Instead, he saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "I have finished asking you questions."
Already asked here. It's already obvious.
To govern the world today, more than tens of thousands of officials are needed? In the world, there are only three or five people like Liu Sanwu, and even if there are more, there are only dozens of people. What else can be done? The facts are obvious. He Xi didn't need to be aggressive in asking questions.
"Your Majesty." Liu Sanwu said: "This is the royal way. It is what countless disciples of Confucius and Mencius have pursued since the Master. The road is long and difficult, but it is not a time to be afraid of difficulties. Since the founding of the country, Your Majesty has greatly promoted education and established tens of thousands of social schools. There must be learning in a county. It is your majesty’s holy virtue to make the world continue to read books on its roads. It is also the beginning of benevolence.”
"Everything in the world is either impossible or impossible."
This has always been the path of Confucianism, to educate the people of the world, improve the moral standards of the people of the world, and make the people of the world like sage kings, then the world will naturally be in great order. As for the rest, they are all at the end of the trail.
If a gentleman does something, he will naturally do it well. If a villain does something, he will naturally do it badly.
"He Xi, what do you think?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
He Xi knew not to refute directly. To refute it directly, the resistance encountered is too great. Liu Sanwu is not alone. He is the representative of scholars all over the world.
If Song Lian dies, there will be Liu Sanwu. If Liu Sanwu dies, there will be Song Ne. If Song Ne dies, there will be others.
Thoughts cannot be killed.
Only metabolism.
He Xi's purpose was not to overthrow Confucianism at all, but to implement new national policies. Proportion here is very important.
He Xi said, "What Mr. Liu said is reasonable, but based on what Mr. Liu said, I am afraid that within three to five hundred years, the effect that Mr. Liu said will not be achieved. But the world still needs to be governed. Therefore, to govern the world, there are ten thousand things to do. There are long-term strategies for the years. There are also long-term strategies for the moment. What Mr. Liu said is certainly a long-term strategy for ten thousand years. But it cannot be ignored for this reason."
