Jingming

Chapter 169 Aged Theory Seminar (seeking a monthly ticket)
"If it goes well, it will take two or three months!"

Zheng Cunzhong said with certainty.

They are all decent local people, and there can be a lot of human contacts.

Even if there is no other reason, and a new concubine is adopted, can you invite some friends to get together?

"Xie Changjie has collected more than 2 taels of silver in Chaozhou. Not to mention the maid, three concubines are left behind!" Zheng Cunzhong smiled, "I have dealt with this person face to face, so there is nothing to worry about. Your Majesty and Yang Dang protected him, but he couldn't see the reason, and became more and more arrogant."

"Cunzhong, are you really sure about two or three months?"

"Two months later, when the rice will be harvested and planted. Three months later, when the empress will be crowned." Zheng Cunzhong shook his folding fan in a cool breeze, "Sun Jiao is among the cabinet ministers and the head of the state. If Yang Tinghe wants to create a reform situation, There will be a result before Sun Jiao's status is detached, let His Majesty expel Fei Ge Lao and other old parties. If His Majesty wants to expel Yang Ge Lao, it will have to wait for these three months, and wait for the group of abandoned sons who preside over the new law in Guangdong to provoke them. There's trouble!"

Someone thought deeply: "So... the best time is between two or three months?"

"Naturally! Your Majesty, the vassal king, has to be wise and powerful in order to secure his position, and has the ambition to rejuvenate. But has your majesty ever been taught by an emperor's teacher? If you don't know it, you will say that your annual income will double in ten years, and then ask why. Fuguo, this is why Yang Tinghe will follow the plan! How can His Majesty take it back?" Zheng Cunzhong said with a teasing smile, "Therefore, in the future, we must always find ways to achieve this goal, otherwise, what is your majesty's prestige?"

He looked at these elders, with the pleasure of planning: "So attack at three points together! Huangming Ji, Xie Changjie, Zaodao! Huangming Ji belongs to His Majesty, but Shibosi is in Yang Tinghe's hands; Xie Changjie can protect both parties first and then abandon them to appease the grievances of the people; Zaidao has a problem, and Yang Shen's crime is unforgivable, so His Majesty, the imperial party, and old Fei Ge can work together. Huang Mingji went to sea in a dignified manner, could it be that the domestic funds have doubled in ten years and are not considered national wealth? Whether the internal funds are lent to the Ministry of Households and other treasuries, Your Majesty can decide with one word!"

"Yang Tinghe definitely doesn't really want to change the law. Who doesn't know what he was like in the past? There are also high-ranking people in the old party and the imperial party, so the second step of the new law is to change the market and set up Huangming Ji. Yang Tinghe asked Yang Shen to make a We can’t fall for such a move! No matter what he asks for in Guangzhou, or how much he forces us to donate, give it to him! As long as there is a problem with Zaidao and the people of Guangzhou are displaced, the time will come!”

A big man stood up and said angrily: "But my wife's family..."

"Uncle Xu." Zheng Cunzhong looked at him and sighed, "Wang Ziyan was slashed, and you actually escaped. Liang Chu and Huang Mingji walked the closest. Don't forget that the five hundred brocade guards were How did you go south? Since your wife’s family did commit the case and the evidence is solid, so what? The Liang family and Zhang family’s actions are not only beating us, but also asking for directions. If Huang Mingji can’t get me in Guangdong Waiting for cooperation, then the goal of doubling the annual income in ten years with the benefits of sea trade is impossible, and Yang Tinghe can continue to talk about taxes and labors. If His Majesty has to use taxes and labors, what can you do except delegate power to Yang Tinghe?"

Looking at the thoughtful faces of the others, Zheng Cunzhong said with emotion: "The court dispute is really extremely dangerous and subtle. Fu Lun committed suicide, but his godfather Wei Bin managed to save his life and come to Guangdong. Among them Deep meaning, elders, you have to think about it carefully. We can’t hinder the procurement and transshipment of the Guangdong Remaining Group. Huang Mingji important people, we will work together. If you can’t pass this test, your majesty may really be determined to force you Let Yang Tinghe start taxation and labor in Guangdong, I would rather drive Yang Tinghe away if there is chaos in the world!"

……

Guangdong, which is at the center of the whirlpool, is gradually brought to a new direction by the "sinister and subtle" struggle between the court and the court.

Above the court, impeachment and interrogation did not stop for a day.

Only at this moment did everyone realize how powerful the amulet was, the counselors that His Majesty set up when he established the National Policy Conference, "Don't resign if you are impeached, and don't question the crime without evidence".

If you want to move any counselor, if you have real evidence, it will affect His Majesty's sensitive nerves.

In this "war", there will only be a large number of middle and low-level officials who will become cannon fodder, and the outcome will be determined in one fell swoop after the situation changes.

Last year's new scholars, some really clean officials in the past, and the idle officials who were vacant, just watched more and more vacancies in the central and local governments.

However, Wang Qiong, the official of the Ministry of Officials, has a lot of power in the appointment of these middle and low-level official positions.

And the one who suffered the most in the past period was the person Wang Qiong and the others had promoted.

Both greedy and afraid... But I finally thought that as long as I worked hard during this period of time, there would be no problems.

At the national policy meeting, Zhu Houcong sighed again and again: "Unexpectedly, Lao Fei Ge's drama has rectified some officials in advance."

The other consultants all looked at the screenwriter Fei with complicated expressions: He was still very low-key for ten months, and he directed this big play as soon as he took the initiative, showing his skills.

"It's just that the situation in the court is unstable at the moment, and he has scruples." Fei Hong looked at the emperor, hesitated, and said, "Your Majesty is very talented, and frankness has gradually emerged in the national policy meeting. Recently, His Majesty often goes to the Ten Thousand Laws Hall." , I dare to ask, is Your Majesty worried about the effect of Confucianism?"

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Yang Tinghe.

How many years have they been cultivating themselves, regulating the family, governing the country and the world, preserving the principles of nature and destroying human desires? What was exposed in this turmoil is how bad these officials who study Confucianism and excel in official affairs are in terms of selfish desires.

It is impossible for such a smart emperor not to understand the reason why the newly promoted officials are working hard at this moment: they are afraid of being punished!
What about the future?If you change the soup but not the medicine, you will become more courageous after the situation is stable.

At that time, it is absolutely not enough to establish Yu Qian as a model. From the very beginning when the emperor made a fuss about Wang Shouren, it can be seen that there will be a major change in the Confucian classics and thoughts.

Now His Majesty is actually interested in those miscellaneous studies!
This affects the nerves of many people present more than changing the law.

Zhu Houcong looked at their worried eyes, and put on a puzzled expression: "I grew up reading sage books since I was a child, but I did have a lot of doubts after Yuji. The way of a sage is amazing. It is the first time for Mr. Yang Ge to go through the banquet. I keep the teachings of the times in mind. I am indeed studying the scriptures now. It’s just that the laws of heaven are difficult to understand, and human desires are hard to destroy. After studying the law of conscience, I only feel that it also refers to a person. The direction. Scholars all over the world only see the great road ahead, and when they set foot on the road, they get lost in the right way."

The emperor expounded his current understanding of Confucian classics, Neo-Confucianism, and Psychology, and everyone present was attentive.

Zhu Houcong sighed, "It's like trying to cross a river. You only know that the bank is on the other side. How do you get there? No one builds a bridge, and no one steers a boat across the river. Everyone's crossing the river is like the way to seek the Tao. Ultimately, they have to rely on themselves." I only know the direction, but I don’t know the way, and I am blocked by hidden reefs and submerged by big waves in the middle of the river, and most of them are in the same direction.”

This metaphor made many people start to think, but most of them were actually a little confused.

Now it is not a question of whether or not Confucianism should be used to govern the country, but a question of whether the Confucian disciples who have already occupied this position are eating up the country.

Fei Hong said that the national policy meeting has gradually become frank, and His Majesty has not ignored the importance of etiquette, law and order, but he wants to find a solution.

How can most Confucian disciples be able to "develop conscience" and most of them can "destroy human desire"?
Today's facts prove that the sages of Neo-Confucianism just used moral condemnation to try to raise the lower limit a little bit.But all the officials and gentry have a lot of fertile land, but they don’t have the desire to govern the country and the world in their hearts, and the lower limit may not be successfully raised. It’s just like the very stable land tax and annual income of Ming Dynasty, which seems to be passable overall.

The price is that the people are increasingly overwhelmed.

The method of achieving conscience passed down by the mind is also too dependent on talent, and it is bound to make people use it to fulfill their selfish desires.

Those who can sit here know the consequences of continuing to develop: the people will not survive in the end.

It cannot be said that as officials and gentry, they can not care about the change of dynasty. After all, every change of dynasty is accompanied by a large number of family destruction.

Who can guarantee that he is not the one whose family was ruined?

Under the condition that the emperor agrees that the overall interests of the large group of officials and gentry in the order of etiquette and law should be protected, the question raised by His Majesty is indeed worth thinking about.

"Your Majesty's analogy is very apt." Yang Tinghe, the highest-ranking person among Neo Confucianists, said, "This has inspired me, or I need to build a bridge, or there are people who can ferry boats, or it's like harnessing a river..."

Zhu Houcong laughed: "It's still like chasing the Dao. I don't know its meaning. It's just like the Six Classics commenting on me. There are different opinions."

Yang Ting and the others were shocked: Your Majesty has really gained some insight into the scriptures.

Zhu Houcong has indeed found some clues, so he used Fei Hong to raise this topic and threw out a clue of his own: "The root cause is that the debate between Neo-Confucianism and Psychology is one of the principles. The existence of human desires makes the pursuit of the principles of heaven It has become too difficult. There is a saying that everyone has the nature of heaven and the nature of temperament, which makes it difficult for people to clarify which of their thoughts and actions belong to heaven and which belong to human desire. There is no ruler there, and the learning of the mind is simply He thinks that sex is reason. Yang Ge’s old saying is justified, and Xinxue pays more attention to talent, and there are more hidden dangers.”

Everyone confirmed that His Majesty has indeed touched the source.

Confucianism believes that there are many things in the world that are eternal and unchangeable truths. The etiquette and law order established by this conforms to the needs of imperial rule, and everyone obeys some moral requirements, but there is really no clear standard and ruler.

This is because everyone's desires are different, and it is impossible to formulate standards for personal cultivation, and it also allows everyone to have a flexible moral bottom line.

Now it's all in the same boat, constantly lowering the bottom line and the lower limit.

"I have experienced a lot of things in the past year, and I have gained a little, and I don't know right or wrong." Zhu Houcong thought for a while, and said, "Gold, stone, water and fire have no spirit, and the reason is easy to understand. Plants, birds, and animals have spirits. Animal nature can reproduce by obeying the weather, and the reason is not difficult to understand. If you understand it, you can tame it and guard against it. Only human beings are full of spirituality, and people have different temperaments, so the reason is difficult to understand."

"I think that the law of heaven is the law of heaven, and human nature is just the expression of the law of heaven in people. When human nature conforms to the law of heaven, the law of heaven will open a way for it. If human nature goes against the law of heaven, not only will it fail to seek the Tao, but it will eventually be punished by the law of heaven. Just as one person goes against the laws of heaven, harming others and himself. Many people go against the laws of heaven, harming the family and the country. If everyone in the world goes against the laws of heaven, then I am afraid that it will be a catastrophe for the destruction of the whole family."

"It's not new to think about it. It's nothing new to govern a country. It's nothing more than Taoism, Confucianism inside and law outside. What I have learned is nothing more than the belief that there are principles of things and people under the laws of heaven. Investigating things to know is to know physics. It is too difficult to find human reason with it. It is more important to achieve conscience, but it cannot help ignoring the constraints of heaven, physics and human reason. It is like not knowing the principle of water. How can you try it first because of the unity of knowledge and action? Control floods?"

"Using the investigation of things to understand physics, to act in everything so as not to violate the laws of nature and not follow the law; to observe human ethics and morality as human conscience, so that conscience is the law of human practice, and to use laws and regulations as the binding criterion for human nature to go against natural law. In fact, it was also like this in the past, I don’t know if what I have learned is clear or not?”

At this moment, Yao Mao has also arrived.

Eighteen Arhats, Zhang Bi, and Gu Dingchen looked at the expectant emperor, all of them were shocked.

Regardless of whether these remarks are right or wrong, regardless of whether his judgments and opinions on Neo Confucianism and Psychology are correct, whether he is the emperor or not, it is only a sixteen-year-old boy who said these words now.

It is extremely rare for a boy of this age to be able to understand the scriptures.If you think about historical events and current events, and your calligraphy and writing have reached a certain level, then the road to the imperial examination has been smooth.

In the field of learning itself, those who have their own opinions and can roughly justify themselves can be called great Confucians.

Now, the emperor's statement still does not overthrow the framework of Confucianism.This is equivalent to giving a new interpretation of Neo-Confucianism and Psychology.

The two concepts of physics and human reason are introduced, and they are considered to be the manifestations of heavenly principles in different objects.

At the level of human nature, there is no such thing as good or evil, but it is governed by a hidden heavenly principle.Concretely speaking, conscience and morality advocated by Confucianism should be pursued and advocated. Constantly improving one's human conscience and conscience is the way to cultivate oneself with sincerity and righteousness.

The external laws and regulations can naturally be expressed as Confucian standards and boundaries for the principles of heaven and human nature.If this limit is exceeded, it is against the law of heaven, harming others and oneself, and harming the family and the country.

The power of interpretation is still in the hands of Confucianism.

Is it internal Confucianism and external law... In fact, for thousands of years, hasn't Confucianism absorbed insights from various theories such as Legalism, Taoism, and Buddhism?

Confucianism and law have always existed, otherwise how could there be both the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment?

The study of mind comes from Neo-Confucianism. In the Neo-Confucianism framework proposed by Cheng Zhu, there has never been a clear and clear explanation of how to achieve knowledge and what knowledge is.

Today, 20 people in the imperial study heard a new insight.

Investigating things to gain knowledge is to know physics; the process of sincerity, righteousness and self-cultivation can be interpreted as the process of practicing after understanding what is called studying things and extending knowledge?

Seeing a corner of the eternal law of heaven from physics, sincerity means recognizing this point, and righteousness means determining the direction, and then following the law of heaven to practice human law.

If you have obtained both physics and human principles, you will naturally be able to regulate the family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world.

Every practice in the Qi family governing the country and the world is actually both physical and human.

For example, in business, isn’t it physical to grow and raise goods?The whole process involves the management of so many people, is it unreasonable?

For example, when governing a river, isn’t the nature of water and its regime physical?But to dispatch corvees and manage financial accounts, isn't human management involved everywhere?
The most important problem: all this is still within the framework of Confucianism!

Thoughts flowed through everyone's minds, Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian, Shi Ping, Fei Hong and other people who were not very knowledgeable in scriptures could not help trembling slightly.

They all looked at the emperor with inexplicable anticipation and awe, with longing and uncertainty.

The Taimiao is the highest honor of merit, and what is in front of you may be the steps leading to the sages.

"The great way is always the same, but there are tens of thousands of paths." Zhu Houcong found that it seemed to be effective. "I set up the Ten Thousand Laws Hall to see if it would inspire me. I have recently received some recommendations for offerings. It is very beneficial for me to read it. Qiu Zhongshen is a famous scholar, and there are many techniques of governing the country in his writings. I just realized it when I had a flash of inspiration. On the contrary, they are all bridges, boats and carts leading to the road. The wise have epiphany, and the foolish practice, everyone can get something."

Thousands of words are stuck in everyone's mind, but they don't know where to start.

Because it was like listening to the sound of a fairy in a hurry, but I didn't dare to say whether it was right or wrong.

Just one thing is absolutely certain.

In Yang Tinghe's eyes was the pure envy, without the formality brought about by the status gap between the monarch and his ministers: "I am ashamed... Your Majesty has gained something occasionally, which is close to the great way. Your Majesty, please dissect it carefully."

Compared with the previous "Draft of the Daming Fiscal and Taxation System", today's few short paragraphs had a much more severe impact on them.

Yang Tinghe really put on a gesture of asking for advice.

Zhu Houcong doesn't care about his reputation in this area. If he can really put science in the skin of Confucianism, so that scholars can study "physics" openly, then his goal will be achieved.

What's more, he is the emperor, who would dare to steal his honor?
So he nodded: "This matter is about the way of governing the country. Naturally, the monarch and his ministers need to analyze more. I have also written to Wang Bo'an to hear what he thinks. If you agree with it from the bottom of your heart, you should not easily announce it to the outside world. If Confucianism can take on a new look because of this, Qing is no less than a sage in history."

Eighteen Arhats and their second companion nodded repeatedly: Yes, yes, Your Majesty, this is what we want!

From this day on, the group of anglers who have already set up their nets will advance from the elderly study class to the elderly theory seminar.

New rules must have new theoretical guidance.

"That's all I'm thinking of right now. You can combine your own knowledge and insights later, think about it, and communicate with each other tomorrow."

Twenty people left their seats and sincerely bowed down: "Your Majesty is wise and wise to be taught and obey orders!"

Those who have achieved it are the first, and 20 people are close to the ceremony of teachers.

Zhu Houcong smiled slightly: This is a good start, I can start trying to lead the advanced thinking of Ming Dynasty.

　Every day! ! !

　　
　
(End of this chapter)