Xia Xun's scolding had the effect of bringing order to the chaos.
He is the highest-ranking official in Liaodong, and his prestige here is unparalleled. It can be said that, in addition to the emperor's personal statements, his words represent the ideological direction of Liaodong.
Of course, it can really play a role in the direction of consciousness, which also benefits from the unique conditions of Liaodong. If we change to another place, such as a culturally developed area like the Central Plains, even if the emperor can make the final decision, he will still attract a lot of criticism. The literati
Even the emperor couldn't stand that mouth. Not to mention Xia Xun, who had already been drowned out by the overwhelming curses, which could not play any role in correcting his ideology.
But this is not the case in Liaodong. Just a few years ago, there was no official government here. There was no chief secretary, no prefecture and county magistrates. All administrative affairs were managed by the Liaodong capital secretary. It was a military government, and there was almost no culture and education.
Therefore, there is no market for literati here, let alone the power of scholars to form public opinion so powerful that even the emperor is afraid of it.
Although after several years of development, Liaodong culture and education have spread, their influence is still limited. Due to the influence of these people in the scholarly community, Wanshiyu has been perfunctory and has never dared to fall out, fearing that it would bear the burden of a cruel official.
Xia Xun didn't care about reputation. He had never regarded himself as a scholar, although since he became the Duke of the country, he had read a lot of ancient books to enrich himself.
He wants the people of Liaodong to be literate and educated, because this is the basis for the development of culture and science and technology, but he does not want them to become a group of naive sheep who think they can coexist with wolves. However, he can scold so happily that it is impossible to
Being unscrupulous is indeed inconsistent with his always cautious and cautious character. He may disagree with these people's views and even sneer at them in his heart, but he can express them using gentler means and more euphemistic language.
But his unscrupulous attitude is very different from his past behavior, so even people like Wanshiyu and Ding Yu who have worked with him for three years and know his style of behavior are a little surprised. In fact, this is because Xia Xun
He had made a decision in his heart and acted without hesitation or scruples. However, the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong did not know this, so Xia Xun's violent reaction was even more shocking.
Although Xia Xun drove away all the idle people when he said these words, the content eventually spread. Xia Xun's fierce words spread among the scholars in Liaodong and became a topic of heated debate among the scholars. If it was in
In the south of the Yangtze River, Xia Xun's move was bound to be criticized verbally and writtenly, but it was different outside the Pass. There was no cultural basis for criticizing him here. The literati who had lived in Liaodong for a long time and the students who came from Liaodong were all firm supporters of Xia Xun's views.
Many people who had been brutally persecuted by the Tatars used bloody examples to teach the masters from the Central Plains who still held many naive illusions. After learning these irrefutable truths, these scholars had to reflect on their own views:
Is what they have always insisted on right or wrong? Of course they did not dare to question the holy precepts of the saints, but in fact the saints in the Spring and Autumn Period were not as rigid as they were.
Many of the specific facts and practices of those sages are absolutely impossible to give them the reputation of being corrupt. Although they may not be correct in everything, their attitude towards doing things is precisely pragmatic, and at the same time they are constantly making progress and self-improvement. Therefore,
It is not impossible to find evidence from the words and deeds of saints. Xia Xun once cited the examples of Confucius and Mozi at that time.
Therefore, after this great discussion among the scholars in Liaodong, although there are still some people who do not change their ways, they are already very few. After this incident, many people in the scholars in Liaodong gradually changed their thoughts and opinions. After this incident, it can be regarded as
It was a great baptism for the culture and thought of Shilin in Liaodong. The changes in the education sector meant that the future Shilin Group in Liaodong would be different from Jiangnan and develop independently.
The influence of Shilin in Liaodong will inevitably spread to the surrounding areas in the future. After the capital of the Ming Dynasty moved north, it was very close to Liaodong. This transformation of Shilin in Liaodong will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the future Ming Dynasty.
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Of course, it was impossible to hide this matter from Emperor Yongle. Zhu Di laughed loudly when he heard about it in Beijing.
If you think about it carefully, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have been constantly fighting against the civil servant group since the founding of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang. This is true for Zhu Yuanzhang, and so is Zhu Di. This is true for every emperor. Taizu and Chengzu, these two powerful emperors, can still control them.
However, as time went by, the power of the civil servant group became larger and larger, and the emperor became more and more at his mercy.
Therefore, some emperors were cynical and specialized in doing things that the civil servants did not like them to do; some were so angry that they could not leave the palace and refused to go to court as a silent protest; some tried their best to support the eunuch group to fight against the civil servant group. Unfortunately,
Every kind of struggle ultimately ends in failure. The imperial examination must be used to select scholars. If the imperial examination is used, the official class must come from the scholar forest. Their sources of soldiers are endless. Who can defeat them?
Confrontation is impossible to succeed, and reforming Shilin is the only hope. The emperor moved the capital to the north, with powerful enemies on his side. In such a realistic environment, officials must have a certain pragmatic attitude and cannot blindly live in their own way.
In the fictional world of Datong in my mind, this transformation is limited. Most of the officials of each generation come from Jiangnan. Even those who are willing to change will have a long process of understanding and progress.
In the original history, until the end of the Ming Dynasty, a civilian government was not established in Liaodong, and the Shilin power that was different from that in Jiangnan was established. The emperor could not find any power to draw on from the Shilin, so he had to choose a desperate confrontation, which ultimately resulted in a lose-lose situation for both sides.
, others benefit. Now the emergence of Liaodong Shilin and the change of Liaodong Shilin's ideology are of great significance. The future emperor can hear different voices from within the civil servant group, which will have an immeasurable impact on the future.
Xia Xun is not a sage who has left no trace, and he did not expect this, but the development of history is like this. If you open up a new road, many new things will inevitably be derived from it. Once a road is opened, your
The purpose is just to make the transportation between the two cities more convenient, but along the way, taverns and inns will naturally appear. The villages and towns at the traffic arteries on both sides of the new road will naturally evolve into places where merchants gather, and over time, they will become big cities.
Fu.
Xia Xun promoted civilian government and culture and education in Liaodong, originally just because the rule of the Liaodong military government had proven to be a failure in history. They suppressed Liaodong for more than two hundred years, but the people there still never returned to the Ming Dynasty and regarded themselves as Ming Dynasty.
People tend to think that as soon as the imperial court is weak and cannot continue to suppress it with strong force, it will take advantage of the situation to rise. Therefore, Xia Xun took a different approach and used assimilation and integration methods to promote his return.
But for this reason, the Liaodong Shilin, whose ideology is different from the Jiangnan Shilin, emerged because of the soil suitable for its independent growth. Now they are still very weak, but they will not be so in the future. In addition,
The emperors of the Ming Dynasty all fought against the civil servant clique, in fact, they fought against the Jiangnan Shilin clique. These unlucky emperors would never find any comrades among the Shilin clique.
The emergence of Liaodong Shilin will bring a new wind to the entire Shilin. In the future, they will also be reused by the emperor and serve as a force to check and balance the Jiangnan Shilin. Their rise is inevitable.
In fact, even without Xia Xun's move today, Liaodong Shilin's ideology would have changed sooner or later, thus distinguishing him from Jiangnan. The special geographical environment, multi-ethnic composition, and constant awareness of danger are inevitable
What will promote the progress and change of their ideological and cultural thinking is that they do not have to pay a painful price and learn from the experience, and they have already started their transformation and evolution in advance.
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When Zhu Di heard the news that Xia Xun was scolding Shilin in Liaodong, he was listening to Song Li, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhengyin Daoyan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, reporting to him on the matter of casting the world's largest bell with great reasons.
Dao Yan was on the northern tour with Zhu Di this time. Zhu Di wanted to cast a large clock that was unique in the world and hang it in the palace. Master Dao Yan and Song Li, Minister of Industry, gathered many skilled craftsmen and finally came up with a research plan after a period of repeated consultations.
, this big bell to be cast is nearly seven meters high and weighs about 93,000 kilograms according to modern weight units. The inside and outside of the bell body are cast with Buddhist scriptures in Yangwen regular script, which is estimated to have hundreds of thousands of words. After the bell is completed, every
With one strike, everything within a hundred miles radius can be heard and heard.
This is indeed an unprecedented large-scale project. It is a challenge to many smelting and casting processes. Many skilled craftsmen repeatedly calculated and evaluated before coming up with this plan. Zhu Di wanted to cast a unique bell. On the one hand, he wanted to show off the national prestige.
, promoting strength, on the other hand, is also to attract the hearts of monks all over the world.
This book not only completed a cultural and educational event, but also alleviated the contradictions and conflicts between the vassal king and the scholars, and recruited many scholars to use it. This Yongle Bell is his
One of several measures to recruit monks from all over the world. He built a large Taoist temple in Wudang Mountain to win over Taoist people. Buddhism is more powerful, so how can he not pay attention to it?
People in the Yuan Dynasty believed in Buddhism. Since the Yuan Dynasty, Buddhism has developed greater than in the previous dynasties. By the Ming Dynasty, despite the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, there were still hundreds of thousands of monks and nuns in the country, with countless followers. This was the rule of the Ming Dynasty.
This is a reality that cannot be avoided and must be taken seriously. If it is done well, it can win the submission and support of this religious group, but if it is not done well, it will definitely endanger the rule and stability of the emerging dynasty.
Therefore, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's father and son adopted methods of admiration, support, utilization and control. Such as paying courtesy to famous monks, holding frequent Dharma meetings, extensively canonizing leaders of Tibetan Buddhist sects, rebuilding or repairing monasteries, publishing a large number of Buddhist scriptures, and passing restrictions
The issuance of degree certificates, the number and age of monks, and the implementation of an examination system are used to curb the excessive growth of the number of monks, prevent the number of monks from being increased, etc...
In the Western Regions, the tea-horse trade with the Western Regions was strengthened, and the leaders of various sects of Japanese Buddhism were given titles such as "King of **", "Great Master of the Kingdom" and "Son of the Buddha of the West", so that they could transform and guide each other so that they could be respected by all.
China. These methods were quite effective. In the end of the Ming Dynasty, China did not suffer from the invasion of Western invaders.
Building this big bell now also has this meaning. At the same time, it is also a kind of intention to pray to heaven and thank God for protecting him in ascending to the throne in the land of his dragon. I have just finished listening to the report of Dao Yan and Song Li, and I am very happy.
At that time, he got the news that Xia Xun was scolding Shilin in Liaodong, and Zhu Di was even more happy.
Isn't Xia Xun's opinion his own? As a pragmatic ruler and an emperor who has dealt with the nomads in northern Xinjiang for many years, Zhu Di has a deeper understanding of the nomads outside the Great Wall than Xia Xun does. But he is the emperor, and some words cannot be said.
It may be inconvenient to say it, but it is impossible to be as unscrupulous and unobtrusive as Xia Xun. Now that Xia Xun was scolding him, Zhu Di also let out a fierce breath.
Today, Ming Dynasty's various actions in Liaodong have actually been impeached by civil servants in the court. They believe that the court's actions are inconsistent with the style of the imperial court. Some methods are more tactful, including beating Xia Xun to secretly blame the emperor, and some are blunt.
, directly denounced the emperor's move as unjust. The emperor was very depressed. Xia Xun's words gave those short-sighted and good people a big slap!
Ji Gang saw the emperor laughing and looking very happy at the side, and he quickly added: "Your Majesty, although the words of Fu Guogong are a bit rough, they are true words every word, which is very pleasing to the people. I think it is better to say every word."
Publish it in the Di newspaper and distribute it in Jiangnan, so that all those stupid and corrupt people can read it."
"Well..." Zhu Di pondered for a moment. Xia Xun's speech could not be concealed. If it was allowed to spread among the people, someone might tamper with it. It would not be a bad idea if the imperial court made it known to the world, so he said happily: "What a good idea.
!Send it on!"
"Yes! I obey your order!"
Ji Gang quickly stepped forward, lowered his waist and raised his hand, took the report from Zhu Di, carefully held it in his arms, and secretly rejoiced in his heart: "When this report is published, you, Yang Xu, will be scolded to death by the Jiangnan scholars.
When the time comes, my reputation will be even worse than mine."
Dao Yan clasped his hands to Zhu Di and said: "Your Majesty, such a big bell has never been seen before. To prevent accidents, I discussed with the Minister of Song Dynasty and decided to cast a trial bell first. If there are no mistakes, it will be officially cast. During this period, the script molds were made.
, Such a grand event is no small matter, and I would like to ask the emperor to write a preface for it so that the fonts can be made as soon as possible."
After hearing this, Zhu Di pondered for a moment and said: "Well... naturally this scripture needs a preface, but... what should I write?"
Dao Yan smiled confidently and said: "This bell is cast and will not break down for thousands of years. It rings every day and can be heard throughout the city. This preface should be used to write down His Majesty's ambition!"
Zhu Di said happily: "It should be so!"
Dao Yan said: "Since the emperor was in peace and ascended the throne again, the government and the public have been criticized and praised, just like Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and other hypocritical and loyal people. There are always cries of injustice in response. The emperor should also write down the names of these people.
Let’s expose our sins to the world and set people’s minds straight!”
Zhu Di laughed loudly and said disdainfully: "Things from ancient times have been lost long ago. Nowadays, records are preserved or discarded, true or false, and I don't know the difference. Good and foolish, good and ugly, success and failure, right and wrong, all are wiped out, but only in a short time."
.Why bother to be so proud of one’s reputation for a while, and suffer the pain of one’s spiritual appearance? Are people like Fang, Huang, Qitai, who think they are loyal and virtuous, but are actually great traitors who have brought harm to the country, worthy of my Yongle Bell!”
Dao Yan took a deep look at Ji Gang, who had just finished reading the memorial and was hiding his joy, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, good and evil, loyalty and traitor will eventually be revealed to the world, but if you reveal your guilt clearly, wouldn't you wake up ignorance earlier? The ringing of the big bell
, punish evil and promote good!”
To be continued...