Zhu Yijun actually disliked these rotten Confucians, and it was always tiring to fight against them. For example, during the banquet, the little emperor had to ask what politics was.
Wang Jiaping, the scholar who lectured on the banquet, was stunned for a moment before he said: "Politics means righteousness, and those who are in politics are righteous."
Another scholar who taught banquets, Lang Fan Yingqi, who was the number one scholar in the 44th year of Jiajing's reign, bowed his head and said: "Politics means literature, and those who are in politics must respect literature."
Wang Jiaping did not wait for the emperor to ask questions and continued: "The way to govern is to be a righteous person. Use righteous people, follow the right path, and do the right things."
"Government affairs are complicated, and it's just a matter of dealing with the right people. The first task of government should be to employ people. If a good person is in a high position, the villain will restrain his deeds; if he is in a high position, he will be simple and easy."
Fan Yingqi continued: "The law of government is: the text conveys the Tao, the pen is the instrument, the people are educated, and the pen is the flower."
"The clamor of the people is just a guide to the right direction. The first thing the government advocates is to rectify the atmosphere. If the atmosphere is clear and the seas and rivers are clear, then evil deeds will not be able to hide. The pen is a tool with intention to educate all people."
Wang Jiaping said quite solemnly: "With correctness and writing, the government can be governed, the country can be expected, and the people can achieve their goals."
After Zhu Yijun listened to what the two people said, he looked at the "Four Books Direct Interpretation of Discourses" annotated by Zhang Juzheng in his hand. After being silent for a long time, he said: "Mr. Yuan Fu explained: Politics: Those who correct others are not correct. Correct the incorrect behavior of others." , that is, government, only after it is corrected can it be governed, what do you two think?"
Zhang Juzheng interpreted the word "zheng", and the scholar He Jieyan interpreted the word "zheng", and all the words he came up with were orthographic characters.
What Zhang Juzheng interpreted is a verb, correct means to correct, and act with power to correct.
But the scholar who taught the feast interpreted it as a noun, justice means righteousness, and correct means righteousness.
Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi looked at each other again, bowed their heads and said in unison: "Mr. Yuan Fu is right."
"Hahaha." Feng Bao and Zhang Hong, the two eunuchs, did not hesitate to ridicule themselves. They both said that eunuchs are flattering. Which of these ministers in the court is not a powerful person? Everyone has the same virtues, so why should civil servants scold eunuchs for being flattering every day?
When the two bachelors' lectures on the feast differed from Zhang Juzheng's understanding, they would only say one sentence, is Mr. Yuan Fu right?
Zhu Yijun smiled.
Feng Bao looked at Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi. Zhang Juzheng was giving a banquet and his majesty was responding fluently, but the two banquet bachelors seemed a little awkward.
Zhang Juzheng is the first assistant. The current cabinet is very different from the cabinet in the early Ming Dynasty. The cabinet in the early Ming Dynasty can only be regarded as the secretariat, responsible for helping the emperor handle some official documents, while the current cabinet has overwhelming power and is the administrative center.
The power of the cabinet rose during the Zhengtong years, when the ruler was in doubt, and Sanyang assisted the government. During the Jingtai, Tianshun, and Chenghua years, there was a certain back and forth. However, by the Hongzhi period of Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet had become a ministerial power. Representative, and the status of the chief assistant began to become more and more noble. At that time, the chief assistant gradually became the head of the officials.
The cabinet in the early Ming Dynasty only had deliberation power and could express opinions, but did not have any administrative power.
However, in the Wanli period of the cabinet, the chief minister could not only act on the legislative power, but also on the administrative power. Some of the decision-making power that originally belonged to the emperor was transferred to the cabinet.
Yang Bo, Wang Chonggu, Zhang Siwei, and Ge Shouli had deep roots in the Jin Party and could still compete with Zhang Juzheng. However, Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi did not have the guts to question Zhang Juzheng's views, otherwise they would be blamed for stepping on their left foot the next day. After entering the official office, he was dismissed.
Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi and shook his head and asked, "What is virtue?"
Wang Jiaping bowed his head and said: "Benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust."
Fan Yingqi bowed his head and said, "Be kind, courteous, thrifty and yielding."
Wang Jiaping continued: "Cultivating oneself, managing one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world are prerequisites for studying things, attaining knowledge, sincerity, and rectifying one's mind. A person's practice is a virtue in the heart and turns into etiquette externally."
Fan Yingqi continued: "Be knowledgeable, think carefully, practice diligently, and have a benevolent heart, and the prerequisites are kindness, humility, frugality, and tolerance. Hundreds of millions of people practice it, and the Tao is based on virtue, and the unity is based on etiquette."
It's all correct bullshit.
After Zhu Yijun listened, he looked at the two bachelors who were giving the banquet and asked: "Mr. Yuan Fu explained: Virtue: The principle of practicing one's experience means that one needs to experience it personally and apply what he sees, hears, and thinks to what he understands, in order to be virtuous. .”
"The ethics of ethics are to be prepared in one's own family first, and then they are taught to guide the world; the laws and regulations are to be upheld by one's own family first, and then they are legislated to order the world. It is said: Virtue is the law of the heart, and law is the written virtue."
"Cultivation of one's character with virtue, and governance of the country by law. Those who correct others are not correct, and governance should be based on virtue."
"Two great bachelors, what do you think?"
Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi had no choice but to bow their heads and said, "Mr. Yuan Fu is right."
When politics is a noun, the virtue that is interpreted is also a noun; when politics is a verb, the virtue that is interpreted is also a verb.
"You two bachelors, you only know this, is Mr. Yuan Fu right?" Zhu Yijun said quite disappointedly. As a ten-year-old little emperor, he was very willing to learn how to govern the country, but Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi seemed to He did not dare to challenge Zhang Juzheng's authority.
"Your Majesty is wise." Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi didn't know how to respond, so they could only bow their heads and say.
"Hahaha!" Feng Bao and Zhang Hong finally laughed, looking at the two embarrassed bachelors, their smiles were particularly public.
As internal officials, Feng Bao and Zhang Hong, their duty is to fight with the outer court under the emperor's instructions. The foreign ministers have lost face, so Feng Bao and Zhang Hong will naturally have no mercy when they gain power. At this time, they will not beat up the fallen dog, and even more When?
"Two bachelors, do you want to listen to what you have to say?" Feng Bao asked happily.
"Okay, okay, you two big men, don't laugh. Wenhua Palace lectures are being watched by the ceremonial officers. How can this be inappropriate?" Zhu Yijun stopped the two big men from laughing wildly.
The officials responsible for correcting etiquette immediately stood up straight, looked serious, and stopped smiling.
The ceremonial correction officers are held by General Dahan. The Dahan General is an official position, subordinate to the Jinyi Guards, and is responsible for correcting ceremonial etiquette. The ceremonial correction officers have really received strict professional training. Under normal circumstances, they will never laugh.
After all, the ceremonial officers were responsible for correcting the etiquette of courtiers and courtiers.
But the ceremonial officer was laughing at these two bachelors just now.
Zhu Yijun looked at the two bachelors, sat upright and asked: "Two bachelors, I am confused."
"Government is based on virtue. A gentleman is the one who governs others. If a gentleman has no virtue, what should he do?"
"In other words, if a gentleman does not practice virtue, does not discipline himself, does not respect virtue, and does not cultivate himself, what should he do?"
"To be more precise, gentlemen regard the world as their own private interests. They only judge their own merits and demerits. They are knowledgeable, knowledgeable, worldly and sophisticated. They are good at pretending and know how to use rules to seek personal gain and only benefit themselves. What should I do if I do not benefit the public, I am not ambitious and resolute, I am an official who is greedy for salary, I am engaged in private affairs, and I do not do official business?"
If he was facing Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun would not explain it in such detail, because he only had to say that a gentleman has no virtue, and Zhang Juzheng would know what he was talking about. But with the two banquet bachelors, Zhu Yijun was afraid that the two bachelors would not understand. , what he said was very clear.
The efficiency is low. Zhang Juzheng is a follow-up official and knows how to adapt. However, the two bachelors in front of him are clean people, respecting etiquette and virtue, and they are extremely disdainful of the way to adapt.
Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi fell silent, their bodies slightly unsteady. Is this a topic they can talk about?
This is a slide that cannot be touched. What do you mean?
Your Majesty, the more I listen to this question, the more he is scolding the Jin Party!
Wang Jiaping said quite accurately: "A gentleman is confused and behaves unethically. If he dares to offend the gentleman's face and mention his faults, he will not hesitate to punish him. He will die and the country will be safe! If he does not regret his actions, he is a straight minister and a minister." Be a direct minister! If a minister is not virtuous, he will be impeached. If you are a ruler..."
Wang Jiaping was stuck, and Fan Yingqi was responsible for holding down the formation. When Wang Jiaping could not continue, Fan Yingqi stepped out and said: "You have..."
"You have...what?" Zhu Yijun asked with a smile.
Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi said they were deceived!
His Majesty has been emphasizing that a gentleman is a person who governs people, and interprets a gentleman as a person who governs a country. However, when the word "jun" is used for ministers, it means only the emperor!
For thousands of years, the king, the king, and the ministers, the son never complained of the father's fault, and the minister never complained of the king's fault.
For example, King Zhou of Shang Dynasty lost the world because of Daji; the only people kneeling in front of the Yue Fei Temple were his ministers, not Zhao Gou, and it was Qin Hui who deceived his lord; for example, the Ming Dynasty Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen's defeat of Tumu Fort was Wang Zhen's fault; The intention to kill Yu Qian was put on Xu Youzhen.
Most of the faults of these monarchs were the concubines in the harem and the eunuchs and ministers.
The emperor is always innocent, the emperor is always clean.
"If the emperor makes a mistake, he will remonstrate." Zhu Yijun completed the supplement to the two bachelors, and then asked: "Admonishment, advice, ministers advise, what should the emperor do if he doesn't listen?"
"In the forty-fourth year of the Jiajing reign, Hai Rui carried a coffin and read "Public Security", angrily denounced the king's faults, disloyalty and unfilial piety. Grandpa said that Hai Rui wanted to learn to compete, but I didn't want to be the king of Shang Zhou, so I spared his life. The late emperor After ascending the throne, he granted a general amnesty to the world. Hai Rui was released from the prison and remained the censor.
"But after the late emperor ascended the throne, he did not summon his ministers for six years, and he did nothing before the court. What if the emperor does not listen to the advice?"
There is nothing logically wrong with governing with virtue, but if the emperor does not practice virtue, what should we do under the Confucian framework of monarch and minister?
The ministers have not been summoned for six years, and they have nothing to do before the court. This is not just what Zhu Yijun said, but also the advice of Gao Gong and other ministers.
Emperor Longqing had been the emperor for six years. He did not summon his ministers and went to court hastily. He would avoid going to court if nothing happened. The courtiers tried to persuade him but did not persuade him. However, Emperors Jiajing and Longqing were still willing to issue seals. The Ming Dynasty The error correction mechanism was still functioning. Later, when Emperor Wanli was fighting for the foundation of the country, he couldn't defeat the ministers, so he simply failed and didn't even lose a seal.
The courtiers no longer fight, so why fight? If you don’t even have anyone left, who will you fight with? Fighting with the air?
In the thirty years of Wanli's reign, if he didn't come to court, didn't attend court meetings, didn't participate in daily court meetings, didn't even issue seals, would there be no one to persuade him? After many people were persuaded, Emperor Wanli followed the three no's principles: he would not listen, he would not read, and he would not speak. The court almost came to a standstill.
Emperor Wanli had no choice but to face the courtiers' "drinking, wealth, and sex". He couldn't fight it.
The courtiers had no choice but to persuade Emperor Wanli to do something bad.
What should I do if I refuse to listen?
"Be your remonstrance!" Wang Jiaping had to answer. The emperor was confused, and as a banquet scholar, he had to clear up the confusion, but he could only give a vague answer.
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "If you want to hit the pillar, the ceremonial officer will stop him, and then he will be charged with misconduct and go to the Fusi Yamen of Beizhen. Hai Rui carried the coffin to remonstrate. Isn't it because the Fusi Yamen of Beizhen is closed? Did you get out of the cell after amnesty?"
“What’s the point of admonishing and admonishing if you don’t listen, don’t see, and don’t speak?”
The Wenhua Hall fell into silence. Only the sound of the wind blowing the curtains made everyone aware that time was passing by. The air suddenly became quiet and the atmosphere was slightly solemn. Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi said a word If you don't say it, you can't follow it up. If you do, it would be unfaithful and unfilial.
Wang Jiaping was roaring in his heart, the emperor didn't do anything, the emperor didn't cultivate virtue, what should he do?
What can we do!
Of course Gao Gong's "Chen Wu Shi Shu" is the most appropriate!
In early June of the sixth year of Longqing's reign, Gao Gong published "Chen Wu Shi Shu", which contained five specific contents: the first was for the emperor to stay at home to listen to the government; the second was to punish the eunuchs for their dictatorship; the third was to depose the chief ceremonial supervisor; the fourth was to return power to the cabinet; and the fifth was to succinctly explain the failure of the government. When issuing cabinet votes, you cannot approve them internally.
Among Gao Gong's five articles, the last one is the most taboo. If the memorial is not issued to the cabinet, it is illegal and must be explained by the emperor himself. The others can be interpreted as political struggles between the cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies. After all, the relationship between ancestors The law is supreme. During the Hongwu period, there was no such thing as a ceremonial supervisor.
But Gao Gong, what does this last one mean?
This directly frightened Queen Mother Li.
In particular, this memorial was written on the high arch when Emperor Longqing had just been on his six-day tour, and did not even pass the first seven days!
"You two, why don't you let Mr. Yuan Fu come?" Zhu Yijun looked at the two bachelors hesitating, gave them a solution, and chose to let them go.
Zhu Yijun was Zhang Juzheng's wall-breaker. These two bachelors themselves did not understand politics and morality clearly and were not qualified.
