My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 429 They are all voluntary

  Zhu Di took the order, just looked down, and immediately remembered it.

  This decree was indeed issued by him personally, and it was just in these two days.

  Zhu Di glanced at the will, and then handed it over to Yishiha.

   also failed to understand, so he delivered the will to Yang Rongren and others for circulation.

   All the ministers looked confused, Yang Rong didn't change his face, but Hu Guang frowned and said: "What does this decree have to do with Jin Yiwei arresting scholars for no reason?"

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Isn't the content of the decree very clear? The "Facts of Filial Piety" edited by the Imperial Academy is really good, especially when His Majesty personally approved it. It is even more difficult for me to read it." Myself, especially the sentence: "Only the righteousness of the heaven and the earth should not be respected to relatives, and the righteousness of the heart should not be preceded by filial piety. Therefore, filial piety is the foundation of all actions and the root of all goodness. It is enough to move the world and sense ghosts and gods, and it is small enough to transform violence." Birds, beasts, plants, and trees are all out of nature, not artificiality. "The Facts of Filial Piety" can make the viewers fully understand the way of filial piety, and arouse a heart of love, which is beneficial to the secular teaching of the London customs of the Ming Dynasty.' "

Zhang Anshi paused for a moment, then continued: "Your Majesty ordered the publication of such a good book, and even wrote the preface himself, so I have the intention to educate the world. And I, Zhang Anshi, have obtained this book, and it is like a treasure, so I will play it. I implore Your Majesty, continue to read it." Increase the number of publications, and hire great Confucian scholars and scholars to preach and teach the four directions. This is not only to educate the world, but also to persuade the world to obey etiquette and filial piety. Therefore, His Majesty approved my proposal and personally issued an order to order Taiping Mansion to supervise this matter. Isn't that a good thing?"

  Hu Guang is a little speechless, his eloquence is not as good as Yang Rong's, but you, Zhang Anshi, dare to play tricks and play wild in front of the old man?

  Hu Guang suddenly felt a stuffy breath in his heart.

  So he couldn't help but said: "But this still has nothing to do with arresting scholars."

"Who says it's irrelevant?" Zhang Anshi said solemnly: "Since we want to preach and teach the four directions and serve the barbarians, of course we want to invite people to go to various places in the West to preach my enlightenment. All the natives in the West also look up to my great kindness, but they have no way of knowing my kindness. Now with this "Facts of Filial Piety", it is like the rain after the rain. The way of a saint is based on filial piety, and your majesty also admires it. Xiaoyi, so what's wrong with allowing me to preach everywhere?"

  Hu Guang said sullenly: "But you can't take scholars!"

Zhang Anshili said bluntly: "I posted a list to seek talents. I hope that there will be scholars who can respond to His Majesty's will to preach filial piety, go deep into the barren land, and preach everywhere. But I didn't expect that they just talked about loyalty and filial piety etiquette. But when something happened, none of them were willing to go up.”

  Hu Guang's face turned green, and he said, "Then... so what?"

Zhang Anshi said solemnly: "During the Han Dynasty, in order to promote Confucianism, there were Confucian scholars like Zhang Qian and Ban Chao who went deep into the Western Regions to promote Confucianism, so that everyone in the world admired the ethics of the Celestial Dynasty. There is also Su Wu, Mr. Su Wu, Mr. Hu should know about it." Therefore, the reason why ritual education can exist today is precisely because there are so many people who are loyal, filial, and righteous.”

"Nowadays, Confucianism is declining. I see it in my eyes and worry in my heart. The Ming Dynasty inherited the system of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and it was the Han family. His Majesty promoted the kingly way and advocated loyalty and filial piety. This is a good time to promote Confucianism. But now ...When the imperial court is employing people, it recruits Confucian scholars from all over the place to go deep into the barren land, broadcast benevolence and righteousness, but no one is willing to recruit, do you think this is disloyal?"

  Hu Guang fell silent. When a person speaks more radically than you, even though you know that this guy is full of nonsense, you have no way to refute it.

Zhang Anshidao: "In addition, what I want to preach this time is "The Facts of Filial Piety". This book is the first step in the classics of filial piety since the Tang and Song Dynasties. It is His Majesty's royal pen who personally wrote the preface. I, Zhang Anshi, read it and felt it, but these scholars read it, but they didn't feel it, and they were indifferent to it."

Speaking of this, Zhang Anshi stared closely at Hu Guang and said, "Grand Hu, let me ask you, if even scholars are so indifferent to filial piety, then... if the sage Kong had a spirit in the sky and learned about his knowledge, he would be recognized by later generations. A group of unfaithful and unfilial people have distorted it to such an extent that they even discarded the word loyalty and filial piety like shoe shoes. You said, Confucius, his coffin board... can you hold it? His old man..."

  Zhang Anshi couldn't finish what he said later.

  Hu Guang's face suddenly changed, and he interrupted him sharply: "Don't talk about it, Confucius has nothing to do with this..."

  Zhang Anshi said with a bit of sarcasm: "If Confucius knew that he had become a signboard for a group of disloyal and unfilial people, and a fig leaf for a group of people who only knew how to seek fame and fame, even if he came back to life, he would be **** off."

"Mr. Hu, don't change the subject. The matter of the sage Kong is my matter, Zhang Anshi's, and yours, Mr. Hu. Besides, these scholars talk about Confucius when they open their mouths, and Mencius when they shut their mouths. Is it unrighteous to turn a deaf ear to each other and still indulge in peace and happiness every day?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Anshi yelled: "Infidelity, filial piety, and unrighteousness can be forgiven by others. After all, they are not scholars, nor have they read Confucius and Mencius. But these scholars are different. They have read the books of sages and sages, and they dare to do it." What is this called? This is called knowing the law and breaking the law!"

   "I, Zhang Anshi, can't stand it any longer. I can't let them do this anymore and feel sorry for Kong Shengren, so... I invited them to Jinyiwei, have a few sips of tea, and teach them loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. What's the matter?"

He glanced at the ministers with a half-smile, and then said: "Why, I saw a group of disloyal, filial, unrighteous and shameless people. If it is not good to teach them a lesson, should I... turn a blind eye? If so, everyone Lord, does my Daming still have morality, benevolence and righteousness? I, Zhang Anshi, want to ask, if even a scholar is shameless and shameless, wouldn’t my Daming be worse than a barbarian?"

   "So there is nothing to say. This matter is His Majesty's will. There must be Confucian scholars to preach to the four directions, and to maintain morality and righteousness. Jin Yiwei is also duty-bound. Anyone who opposes it is colluding with those who are disloyal and unfilial!"

  Hu Guang became a little anxious, and said: "You are... trying to impose a crime! My parents are here, so I won't travel far away..."

  Zhang Anshi smiled at this time, and said: "Since my parents are here, I don't want to travel far. Then why do so many scholars come to the capital from thousands of miles for the imperial examination?"

  Hu Guang squeezed his beard and said angrily: "There must be a way to swim."

  Zhang Anshi said calmly and authentically: "Acquisition for fame, pursuit of wealth, so there must be a way to travel, so it becomes useless to preach the teachings of sages and spread benevolence and righteousness?"

When Zhang Anshi said this, he smiled, but this smile added a bit of mockery, and he continued: "Hu Gong, I advise you to carefully reflect on these dangerous remarks of yours. Scholars, if this continues, I will expel you from the gate of the saint."

  Hu Guang was furious, opened his eyes wide, stared at Zhang Anshi and said: "Young children with a yellow mouth dare..."

  Yang Rong tugged at his sleeve.

In the end, he came out to smooth things over: "At first, I thought it was taking people for no reason, but this is just recruiting scholars to preach, so there is no problem. In this way, I can not only broadcast my righteousness, but also enable scholars to read thousands of books. Wanlilu is not impossible."

   "It's just... such things, how can His Royal Highness Wuhu County use Jinyiwei? In my opinion, everyone should take a step back."

  Hu Guang: "..."

  Hu Guang opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.

   All the officials were silent.

  To be honest, Zhang Anshi came to talk about Kong Shengren and Zhongxiao, which no one expected.

  This kind of thing, when it comes to this, I can only scold Zhang Anshi's wicked ancestral grave for smoking.

  In other words, Zhang Anshi's behavior is really sensational, but...he has a good heart, and it's all for the saint's enlightenment.

  But in the values ​​of the ancients, or under the value system of Neo Confucianism, people don't care about their minds.

   That is to say, it is understandable for a moral person to do bad things.

  And if a bad person happens to do a good job, this person is also among the most heinous.

  Yang Rong smiled and said: "His Royal Highness, in my opinion, this matter is too big, and it is better to release him as soon as possible."

   Zhang Anshi faced Yang Rong, but calmly said: "Don't worry, I will definitely not embarrass them, and I will definitely send them out with all limbs intact."

  Yang Rong immediately heard Zhang Anshi's preamble, adding a lot of attributive words, and he knew it in his heart, but he also knew that it was not the way to go on like this.

At this time, Liu Guandao, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Propaganda is originally the main job of the Ministry of Rites, but now Jin Yiwei is doing it for him. How about the scholar who was taken?"

   At this time, the most important thing is to have a step down.

  Especially for a group of outraged people headed by Hu Guang.

   It is unacceptable for Jinyiwei to take people.

  But if Jin Yiwei is working for a saint, this...although it is unacceptable, but he has to hold his nose to admit it.

   Liu Guan, an old slicker, stepped forward and smoothed things over, making the officials feel that it was barely acceptable.

  At the same time... After all, this matter is to cooperate with Zhang Anshi, and he can take the opportunity to blend with Zhang Anshi. Although he may not earn money this time, he has earned a lot of debts of favor, and he will not suffer anyway.

The most important thing is that Liu Guan knows very well that he is greedy, lazy and incapable. The reason why His Majesty made him a minister of the Ministry of Rites and didn't cut him off directly is because he is good at blending, which is what the court needs. The person who blended, he just happened to be qualified for this role.

  After hearing Liu Guan's words, everyone immediately looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di understood everything, so he stood up, walked slowly, and after a while, he said: "The Facts of Filial Piety is the classic of filial piety compiled by the Imperial Academy. , The Ming Dynasty also ruled the world with filial piety, and I value this book so much because of this. What Zhang Qing revealed is shocking, and the Confucian scholars in my Ming Dynasty are not far behind the Confucian scholars in the Han and Tang Dynasties."

"If a person doesn't have a heart of loyalty and filial piety, how dare he claim to be a disciple of a sage? How dare he say that he has read the books of a sage? This matter... must be taken seriously, and it must not be ignored. Zhang Qing can obey my will. Very good. In any case, I don’t intend to give up on this matter. Things must be done, and they should be done seriously. If not, the world will lose its filial piety, and sooner or later, the demon will bring disaster to the country. It is the responsibility of the Ministry of Etiquette to ask the assistant to inquire about this matter, although Jin Yiwei is acting as Yue Chu's agent this time, if Jin Yiwei hadn't uncovered this matter, who would have gone into it?"

"It's heartbreaking!" Zhu Di said with emotion: "I have tried to tell people that filial piety is the foundation of people. A father has a feeling of licking his son, and a son needs to be grateful for his father's upbringing. If a person has no filial piety, he will be like a beast He Yi. Propaganda is the most important thing in the world, so I, the Ming Dynasty, sent a lot of school officials to all prefectures and counties in the world to be in charge of missions."

"Zhang Qing once said in a letter that the four barbarians in the world do not obey the king's transformation. The root of it is that they don't know what filial piety is, so that they are no different from animals. If I want to be kind to them, I should promote etiquette and righteousness, and promote loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. These words Very good, now is the time for Confucian scholars to serve, how can scholars resist this?"

   "That's all, there is no need to discuss this matter again! Zhang Qing must deal with this matter thoroughly. After a few days, I will play again. I want to know the result."

   After finishing speaking, I dismissed all the ministers without looking at their reactions.

When Zhang Anshi left the Wenlou, he looked for Liu Guan loudly, and in front of the retreating ministers, he said calmly: "Mr. Liu, you might as well go to Fusi in Nanzhen first. Since your majesty has an order, please invite Liu Guan." Please work harder."

  Liu Guan stroked his beard, smiled and said, "Okay, okay."

   All the ministers on the side bowed their heads silently and left, pretending that they didn't hear anything.

  It hurts to hear such things, so it’s better not to listen!

   Liu Guan followed in Zhang Anshi's footsteps, walking while saying: "Scholars have not suffered."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Probably not."

  Liu Guandao: "That's good, that's good, I'll go and visit, so the imperial court and the old man can rest assured."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Then Liu Gong has worked hard."

   "How dare you call it hard work." Liu Guan said with a smile.

   Zhang Anshi and Liu Guan went out of the palace, immediately boarded the carriage, and went straight to Jinyiwei under the **** of the guards.

  These scholars were not imprisoned in the Imperial Prison, this is also Zhang Anshi's order, and they are not imperial criminals, so putting them in the Imperial Prison, isn't it treating people as criminals?

   But if they were locked up in other places, such as Qixia’s Qianhu House, they would not be considered criminals.

   Zhang Anshi got out of the carriage and led Liu Guan into the Qianhu Office.

  Qianhu had heard the news a long time ago, so he came to welcome him. Zhang Anshi only nodded at him and said, "Where are everyone?"

  The thousand households glanced at Liu Guan.

  Zhang Anshi said: "This is Liu Butang from the Ministry of Rites, and he is one of our own."

  Liu Guan smiled awkwardly. His smile was a bit stiff. Although he likes to flirt with Jin Yiwei, he would not be a family member with Jin Yiwei.

  The thousand households understood, so they should lead the way first.

  All the rooms in this thousand households are connected, and before they walked in, they heard someone wailing loudly: "Students wish to go to Tianzhu, students wish to go to Tianzhu..."

  Liu Guan felt his scalp tingle, but he still pretended to be smiling and followed Zhang Anshi calmly.

  Arrived outside the wailing room, Zhang Anshi pointed to the inside and said, "Grand Liu, why don't you go in and see why this scholar is howling?"

   At this time, the people inside were still screaming: "Ah... ah... ah... the students are voluntary, voluntary... no complaints..."

  Liu Guan just froze in place, the smile on his face became more and more rigid, seeing Zhang Anshi standing aside, looking at him with a smile.

   It was just this smile that made Liu Guan suddenly feel like he was on his back, but he still smiled and said: "This scholar is quite loyal and filial. Under the influence of His Highness, it is really a great fortune for Confucianism to be able to repent."

  Zhang Anshi is very easy-going: "Go, go in and talk."

  Liu Guan quickly shook his head and said: "Forget it, I eat fast on weekdays, so I don't see blood... No, I think... Let the scholars repent, I just look at the numbers."

   "Look at the number?" Zhang Anshi was easy to talk about today, and immediately said to the people on the side: "Come here, let Liu Gong arrange."

   As he spoke, Liu Guan soon arrived at the lobby of the Qianhu Office.

   Not hearing those ear-piercing howls anymore made Liu Guan feel at ease. After he sat down, the thousand households counted up.

   Liu Guan looked down and murmured, "A total of three hundred and seventy-two people, isn't there a little more..."

Zhang Anshi said: "I don't think it's too small. Now I'm teaching them to recruit some of their fellow countrymen and join them in the same year. You also know that things like education can't be sloppy. If there are few people, they will be scattered all over the world, just like a handful of mud." It is really a drop in the bucket for sand to enter the vast ocean. Jinyiwei has a predetermined number of 10,000 people."

  After listening to Liu Guan, the whole body shuddered, but he smiled and said: "It's not unreasonable... But, is there too many ten thousand people? According to the old man, there are seven or eight thousand, and it should be able to handle it."

  He, Liu Guan, is not a kowtow, he has a strong character, at least he has bargained with Jin Yiwei.

  Zhang Anshi said: "Let's look again, there is no other good way right now, we can only take one step at a time."

  Liu Guan continued: "Out of the 372 people, there are already 365 people, who have signed and pledged, are they willing to go to the world?"

   Qianhu on the side immediately looked at Liu Guan vigilantly.

  Zhang Anshi looked up at the thousand households and said, "In one night, so many people agreed? Is there something tricky?"

  Qianhu has not answered yet.

  Liu Guan suppressed his hands, and said with a smile: "It's not easy, it's really not easy. It seems that Jin Yiwei is very effective and hardworking."

Zhang Anshidao: "It's not their credit, it's mainly due to the good education of the sages. At first, the scholars just couldn't think about it for a while, but now that they understand it, they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the sake of loyalty and filial piety. It can be seen that all the scholars in my Ming Dynasty are Well, it’s no less than Han and Tang.”

   "Ah... that's right." Liu Guan blushed, shook his head and said: "Your Highness's words really coincide with this old man."

  (end of this chapter)