Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 380 Stars without brilliance (3)

Huang Jian always answered and explained the questions of these scholars very patiently, including a lot of introductions to the world situation, which made people feel suddenly enlightened.When I first listened to the lecture, some people also said that Huang Zhoushan's new theories dazzled people's eyes and ears. Only then did I realize that he is indeed a man of no vain under his great reputation.Even Yang Xiu, Xu Yingyuan, Hu Yong and other people who disagreed with Huang Zhoushan's proposition, all admired his profound knowledge.

Before the lecture was over, some disciples from Zhulin Academy led Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxue to a tea house. Not long after, Huang Jian and Zhu Sen came to the room. When Huang Jian saw Zhao Xingde, he said, "Jiu Wenyuan The name of Zhi, I can meet you today, very lucky, very lucky." Looking at Li Ruoxue who had already taken off her veil hat, she said with a smile, "This is Kunde of Yuan Zhi."

Li Ruoxue nodded with a smile, checking her lap as a courtesy.Zhao Xingde was taken aback for a moment, and only then did he realize that Huang Jian was just joking with what he said just now, "Tao is heaven, dryness and yang, virtue is earth, kun and yin", he smiled unconsciously, cupped his hands and said: "Junior Zhao Xingde, you can see Zhoushan It's very lucky, sir." He glanced at Zhu Sen, wondering secretly, considering Zhu Sen's personality, he should not reveal his identity at will.Jason shook his head slightly.

Seeing this, Huang Jian said with a smile: "Because of the difference between morality and morality, who else can shed Yuanzhi?"

After the four sat down again, Zhu Sen asked while watching tea for the four, "Mr. Zhoushan came from Bianliang, where is he going?"

"This resignation is to let go of the shackles, maybe I will travel to Guangnan." Huang Jian looked at the three juniors in front of him, with a hint of worry in his warm eyes, and said slowly, "The imperial court is greedy for profit and formed an alliance with Khitan. Attacking the Datong Mansion in the north and fighting against the Xia Kingdom. The Khitan people's nature of tigers and wolves has been fighting hard in recent years, and now they have defeated the Jurchen Jin Kingdom, so they can rest assured that it won't be long before there will be wars in the north again."

Zhu Sen's face was gloomy, Huang Jian left because he was admonishing not to be hostile to Xia Guo, but the officials ignored it.It's just that, as a relative of the emperor, he couldn't make any comments on the current affairs of the court, so he turned to ask Zhao Xingde, "Where did Yuan Zhi come from and where is he going?"

Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxue glanced at each other, then murmured: "From Liaodong, we will go to Guanzhong Longyou."

"So that's how it is." Zhu Sen said with emotion, "Every time I read the brief description of the people in Liaodong described by Yuan Zhi, I always feel a sense of sadness and desolation, as if I saw it with my own eyes. You really are in Liaodong." Zhao Xingde was an imperial convict. It's embarrassing to ask too much.He didn't ask any more questions, instead he frowned and said to Huang Jian: "Forgive me for being abrupt, but what you said about school elections and public discussion and supervision is of course good intentions, but I'm afraid it will be used by those who are interested in the future and become a scumbag in the world." 'The reason."

"Oh?" Huang Jian's eyes flashed with a solemn 'color', "how can you see that?" He proposed the system of public discussion of elections, and his original intention was to gather the power of talented people from all over the world, to obtain justice through public discussion, and to advocate the truth of the king. , the system of election supervision, I hope that the world will no longer serve one person.Of course, the monarch cannot regard the world as an inheritance, and the people's children and silks as flowers, and the world will no longer fight and kill each other because of the temptation of the monarchy.Zhu Sen actually said that his theory would become the cause of the "turmoil" in the world, which made Huang Jian even more dissatisfied besides feeling strange.

"Mr. Zhoushan taught the younger generation about the system of public discussion elections the day before yesterday, and the younger generation also thinks so." Zhu Sen poured a cup of tea for Huang Jian apologetically, and said slowly, "Although this dynasty does not accuse anyone of sinners, but the case that was publicly exposed back then, People in the world can also see clearly. If you have no power and no power, accuse the court of the prominent faults, at least you will be implicated, and at worst you will lose your family. Since he ascended the throne, although Yuanyou has been forced to study books and reuse people in the Neo-Confucian Society, but this time This situation has not changed." Zhu Sen sighed, and said in a deep voice, "As time goes on, although the government's government is not as clear as the road, there are many people in the world who dare to be angry but dare not speak out. Therefore, Mr. Zhoushan elected by the school's public discussion. As soon as the words came out, people who were smoldering in their hearts would definitely tell them, thinking that with this good system, all kinds of bad government by the court would be abolished. And the important officials of the court also thought that what you said was illusory and nothing to worry about."

Huang Jian nodded. He also explained the system of public elections to many scholars.There are two kinds of attitudes of those who hear it, one is appreciative, and the other is not.To the extent that no one says to strictly prohibit it, the most they can do is laugh at themselves behind their backs.Hearing this, Zhao Xingde's thoughts moved slightly, his eyes became deep, Zhu Sen took a sip of tea, poured tea for the other three, and said slowly: "In this way, those who blame the government will be blamed, and those who blame the government will be blamed. Those who advocate Mr. Huang's theory have no worries. In time, whenever there are shortcomings in the government, scholars will scoff at them, and no longer think about how to do things under the established system of the court, but will think that if Mr. Huang Zhoushan's system of public discussion and election is used Over time, the court's maladministration has accumulated day by day, and it has gradually become a trend that is hard to return, and the people of the world are eager to change the course and change it to the system of public elections. The gentleman's falsehood is to limit the power of the king, and to supervise the prime ministers, states and counties through school public discussions. It is to limit the power of court officials. Mr. Zhoushan has also been an official for many years. He should know that power is in his hands for a day, and it is difficult to give up. It is certain that the court will never implement this policy. You are also forbidden to say that you are academically. However, maybe 30 years, maybe 50 years, and one day."

Zhu Sen's tone was slow and heavy, and he narrated the deduction as if he had personally experienced it. Huang Jian nodded and said: "Fanging the mouth of the people is better than Fangchuan." Prosperity, those who rebel will perish." Zhu Sen nodded and said: "That's right, it's just." He paused, then changed the topic: "Wang Wengong's reform was intended to enrich the country, strengthen the army and benefit the people, but it has not yet been implemented. For a long time, the good law has changed to the evil law, and the people all over the world are full of resentment, why?"

"Because the new law is not yet complete, corrupt officials will use the new law to harm the people, or local officials will not implement it effectively, and finally the new law will harm the people." Zhu Sen replied, "When Wang Wengong implemented the new law, he first tried it in a county. After its success, it was spread to several counties and even several states, and finally it was implemented in the whole world. Wang Wengong’s various considerations for the reform can be said to be exhausted. However, because the situation in the world is very different, and people’s hearts are different. Once the new law came out, People in the world who want to use new methods to make profits always have thousands of ways to rack their brains. Even if Wang Wengong is talented and has some help, he is not a match for these thousands of people who use new methods to make profits." Zhu Sen After taking a sip of tea, he paused for a while, and then continued, "Accordingly, all the prosperity in the world is for profit. If tens of millions of people can take advantage of the loopholes of the new law to make a profit, they can also take advantage of the loopholes of the old law to make a profit. But, in Under the old law, the structure of the imperial court, prefectures and counties, village gentry, and common people in the market was fixed, and the imperial court system could be rough, but the situation could be maintained by people fighting against each other in the structure."

Hearing this, Huang Jian sighed in a low voice: "If the law is not changed, the people in the game are waiting to die. Wang Wengong's mistake is only to use all the 'medicines' together, 'fuck' too hastily."

Zhu Sen nodded, arranged the tea sets on the table neatly, and said in a deep voice: "However, Wang Wengong's reform is just like the younger generation, tidying up the tea sets, and the fundamental structure of the world has not changed. But if it is proposed by Mr. Shi Xing The system of public discussion and election." He said, and made a gesture of overturning the entire tea table with his hands, "Such changes have not been seen since the Qin Dynasty. With the wisdom of Wang Wengong, the reforms cannot take into account the subtleties. So much so that the new law harms the people. If the pattern of the world has changed so much, I am afraid it will be a major change unseen in a thousand years." With a deep worry on his face, he said again, "If it's just the Central Plains' turmoil, it's really a big change." There is a time to calm down. However, the Liao and Xia kingdoms are like hungry tigers. If Xia Guodong goes out of Hangu Pass, it will be what the gentleman calls a dying dynasty. "

After Zhu Sen finished speaking, he sighed deeply, and said a little weakly: "I hope the younger generation is just worrying about nothing." As a relative of the state, he shouldn't talk about current affairs, but just like a stick in his throat, he can't say anything.Huang Jian's face was dignified, his eyes complicated, and he sighed: "If the new power is not yet strong and the old power is weakened, there is indeed a fear of perishing the world." He was silent for a while, and asked: "Yuan Zhi thinks how to deal with it? To avoid such a crisis?"

Zhu Sen also looked over, Zhao Xingde tapped lightly on the table, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Maybe it should be like King Wen of Zhou, who has two thirds of the world, and your ministers are responsible for the Shang Dynasty, maintaining the situation of the world. And then there is King Wu's achievement in overthrowing Zhou."

Huang Jian thought for a moment, then nodded. "Cao Mengde coerced the emperor to make the princes, half of the world, and all civil and military officials supported him. He still called himself the king of Zhou Wen. He didn't want to be an emperor, but only wanted to use the Han Dynasty to stabilize the situation in the world. That's what he meant." He sighed in a low voice: "There are talented people from generation to generation, and the heroes of future generations are unknown. If this is the case, the old man can rest assured!" Even so, his tone was dejected. Create influence among the scholars, and then the court can choose what is good.However, Zhu Sen's reasoning is very reasonable, and this theory is very likely to cause changes that have not been seen in a thousand years.Even if the people who come later have the assistance of senior scholars and can resist the temptation to make meritorious deeds eagerly, but in this changing situation, how many people will be ruined and how many people will suffer innocently is not the most predictable by manpower, nor is it Human power can stop it.

Zhu Sen's expression was complicated, although Zhao Xingde's words were a bit outrageous, but the topic of Huang Jianzhi's saying that it might lead to the end of the world was brought up by himself.Zhao Xingde also followed suit.If it really came to that point, the hearts of the old dynasty will be lost, and it is indeed irreparable.To save the world from perishing, only Xinli can continue.And these future affairs are beyond the control of these few people present.

Speaking of this time, everyone was a little bit downcast.Soon, Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxue stood up and said goodbye.