Chapter 10 Public Opinion
He Xi's efforts over the years have been recognized.
Even if He Xi's reform fails, problems will arise in the future. He Xi's reform plan and academic ideas will be taken over by future generations to consider carefully, just like Wang Anshi's reform failed. However, many of Wang Anshi's methods, even some reforms of the old party in the Northern Song Dynasty, were repeatedly considered by later generations.
Thus promoting or denying, but not in the name of Wang Anshi.
No matter what the outcome of He Xi will be in the future, in Su Boheng's view, He Xi's historical status is no longer lower than that of Wang Anshi, Dong Zhongshu, and others. What He Xi has done, whether it is praise or criticism, needs to be carefully considered and kept for future reference.
Moreover, the Heavenly Being Sensor has been riddled with holes by He Xi, and it is impossible to use it again. Replacing the will of God with the will of the people and letting the emperor govern according to the will of God has turned into governing according to the will of the people. This change is irreversible.
From then on, the narration and scheduling of past history and the final conclusions of some people need to be overturned again.
Although Su Boxheng didn't know that the so-called history is contemporary history, he understood this truth very well. So if he writes this history well. In the future, the evaluation system of history will all come from him.
What an achievement.
It is enough to put him on par with the two Sima, namely Sima Qian and Sima Guang.
This is why Su Boxheng must first make up his mind and start over.
Su Boheng sighed and said, "I really envy you. I wish I could have been born twenty years later."
We can use these twenty years to see how the future will change and how magnificent it will be.
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Generally speaking, He Xi's various actions did not have a big reaction in Beijing, because He Xi almost unified the scholars in Beijing. Most of the scholars in Beijing are He Xi's disciples, and even if they are not, they have read He Xi's articles.
Otherwise it will be difficult to get ahead.
Whether it's business or politics.
He Xi naturally had no intention of distinguishing and suppressing these people. But there is no need for He Xi to do such a thing. After all, He Xi and the people around He Xi have automatically formed a small circle. People who don’t understand science, people who don’t understand He Xixin. It is impossible to integrate into the circle, and naturally it is difficult to get opportunities.
That is the so-called learning valve.
But it's different in Nanjing.
The first to get the news was Li Jinglong and others.
Xu Da's third son, Xu Zengshou, was also among this group of people.
Xu Zengshou also received support from his father and tried to find ways to establish relations with the north. But the problem is that everyone in Nanjing has some kind of relationship with Beijing, but they are all business relationships, and almost no one is willing to defect to Beijing.
After all, even if Beijing wins the first battle, the entire Ming Dynasty, especially here in Nanjing, feels that Nanjing is orthodox and that it was just an oversight before.
It will definitely not happen again in the future.
Historically, King Yan has fought for several years without changing his mind, and it is the same today.
Although Xu Zengshou wants to have a good relationship with Beijing, he cannot go too far. And Li Jinglong, Guo Ying, and other people are considered to be the people with the best relations with Beijing. The reason is simple, because they are essentially the same type of people as He Xi.
They are all relatives. Although they have made meritorious services, they actually gained important relatives during the Zhu Yuanzhang era.
Although the Korean prince Li Qi is also a relative, Li Qi's team is left by Li Shanchang. But Li Jinglong and others are different. They relied more on the emperor's trust. After Zhu Yunwen came to power, as emperor and courtiers, these relatives naturally became somewhat alienated.
While they were unhappy, they were a little more gloating about the dispute between the North and the South. It is impossible for them to vote for Beijing. Their wealth and life are all in Nanjing, but this does not prevent them from laughing at Nanjing's failure. Even if Zhu Xiongying breaks into Nanjing, for them, it is just another emperor, no big deal.
These people read the article. Many people are still studying behind the article
Li Jinglong already understood the meaning.
After all, Li Jinglong's father was a famous Confucian general, and Li Jinglong was also accomplished in Confucianism, so he was not blind.
Li Jinglong sighed and said, "It would be great if Taizu thought the same way."
"What do you think?" Guo Ying couldn't understand. asked.
Li Jinglong explained to them the difference between public opinion and heaven's will, and the inconsistencies between the orthodoxy and the legal system.
Guo Ying suddenly frowned and asked him to understand the new firearms tactics. He could still understand it, after all, he had been in a war. Some things are connected. But understanding these illusory things is not enough.
He said: "Please explain clearly, what is Beijing going to do?"
Li Jinglong pondered for a while and said: "Probably for any major events in the future, the court must first consult some public opinion and then make a decision. If everyone disagrees, the emperor will not be able to do it."
"You're right." Guo Ying sighed and said, "It would be great if Taizu could think like this."
Everyone has particularly conflicting feelings about the Hongwu period. On the one hand, they feel nostalgic for the Hongwu period. After all, although there were various problems during the Hongwu period, when it comes to it, the Hongwu period, especially twenty years before Hongwu, was simply the Ming Dynasty version. The fiery years. Everyone worked hard together to make Ming Dynasty prosperous, and there were not so many things to do with each other.
On the other hand, everyone is instinctively afraid of Zhu Yuanzhang. No matter how successful or famous he is, in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, he is no different from a mere pawn. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang wants to, he will kill him.
This makes these people very uncomfortable.
"However, there are thousands of people in the family, but one person is in charge." Xu Zengshou said: "With so many affairs in the country, why should the unified public opinion be inconsistent with the public opinion? How should the court make a decision at that time?"
As soon as these words came out, these people also started talking, and some people looked at Li Jinglong.
Li Jinglong spread his hands and said, "What do you think I did? It wasn't me. Let He Xi answer you in the future."
Between words, these people are already turning towards Beijing.
Without him, the backlash against the strong imperial power has actually existed since Zhu Yuanzhang's death. Almost everyone in the court, including He Xi, did not want another Zhu Yuanzhang to appear in the world. But at the same time, both Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Xiongying instinctively followed Zhu Yuanzhang in governing the country.
This contradiction is nothing more than an undercurrent hidden beneath the North-South battlefield.
However, everyone theoretically denies that the emperor has the power to do whatever he wants. After all, the emperor's will is God's will.
The emperor's order is the mandate of heaven.
But now, He Xi's theory has given ministers a lot of ammunition, allowing them to use public opinion to directly attack the emperor. Most of these nobles had experienced the Zhu Yuanzhang era, and they had an innate affinity for this theory.
At the same time, when it comes to public opinion, they act as their own without thinking. After all, newspapers in Nanjing are already very mature. How to manipulate Nanjing newspapers is also very mature.
Public opinion can be forged and guided.
So couldn't they mean public opinion? It just takes some effort.
He Xi's theory gave them too much room for manipulation.
At this point, they had a good impression.
It is estimated that He Xi naturally did not know that his article had considerable united front value in Nanjing.
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The greatest united front value of He Xi's article does not lie with Xungui. After all, when it comes to manipulating public opinion, what have they learned? The real public opinion has always been in the hands of scholar-bureaucrats.
Substituting public opinion for God's will was a huge shock to the scholar-bureaucrats.
This simply gave the Confucian scholars the opportunity to interpret the highest power. This power was still higher than that of the emperor, because the emperor governed according to the will of the people. If one's thoughts are determined as public opinion, then even the emperor must comply.
Doesn't this make countless Confucian officials feel numb?
This is simply an unprecedented opportunity. for a while
During this period, He Xi's evaluation in Nanjing's Confucian circles tended to be confused.
On the one hand, many people criticized He Xi for being deviant and not authentic Confucianism at all. On the other hand, some people secretly lamented that He Xi was really a great Confucian.
