Now they all understand in their hearts that His Majesty wants to use Huangming Academy to fight against the academy parties headed by Dong Lin. It seems that His Majesty's plan is huge.
"Your Majesty, party strife is indeed the biggest drawback of our Ming Dynasty. I dare to tell the truth. The struggle over the country and the party strife at that time exhausted my efforts. Since then, the party strife has become more and more intense, and the national situation of our Ming Dynasty has gone from bad to worse."
"However, to this day, although the national dispute has ended long ago, the impact it caused has been poisonous to this day!"
Xu Guangqi can be said to be a truly loyal admonisher. Fortunately, his emperor is Zhu Youxiao. If it had been any other emperor, he would have been dragged out of Lingchi now.
In the Qianqing Palace, in front of the current emperor, the late emperor, who is also the emperor's biological grandfather, most people really don't dare to say that, and Wang Xiangqian and Wang Zaijin don't dare to say that.
Seeing Xu Guangqi mentioning the party struggle, Zhu Youxiao opened his mouth and said:
"To tell you the truth, I have long been disgusted with party strife. This is why I hate those Donglin civil servants so much. Although I have not experienced it, I also know that the great situation during the Emperor's time was ruined by these people."
"How rich was the Ming Dynasty during the Wanli period? One stone of grain only cost three or four coins, but now one stone of grain? It has almost doubled tenfold."
"These people put themselves in a lofty position and make a false appearance of contributing to the country and benefiting the people. But what is behind their false faces? Who has no common people? I have made up my mind to occupy the manhole and not shit. , just take care of it."
"What will happen if I still don't care about you in this dynasty? Then I still have the dignity to be the emperor? The people will not be able to survive and have no food to eat, and then the world will be in chaos!"
The three ministers were shocked when they heard this. They didn't expect that His Majesty would be so sincere today and speak from the bottom of his heart. It seems that His Majesty has been backlogging this matter for a long time.
"Your Majesty's words are indeed true. Our Ming Dynasty seems to be stable, but in fact it is turbulent. But has your Majesty ever thought about it? If you really do this, you will become enemies with those gentry!"
"This matter requires a thorough solution. Your Majesty must not get angry out of anger. Otherwise, Your Majesty will be at a disadvantage from the beginning. If you think of anything else to do, it will be as difficult as climbing to heaven."
Although he admires His Majesty's ambition, Wang Xiangqian is not very optimistic about it. Didn't Emperor Taizu end up with an iron fist and a strict punishment?
But in the end, it still ended in failure. Although corrupt officials were punished and the gentry was powerful, this violent method was only a little temporary.
Even an emperor as powerful as Taizu cannot eliminate them, can your Majesty really do it?
"What Yuan Fu said is absolutely true. I hate these hypocrites who do nothing as much as your Majesty. However, there are really huge implications. If you are not careful, the Ming Dynasty is in danger of overthrowing. Your Majesty must not act too hastily. It will be difficult to be impatient. Make a difference!”
Naturally, people like Xu Guangqi, a pragmatic doer, also despise them. These people think very highly of themselves and look down on everyone except their so-called leaders. They are more talkative than anyone else, but when it comes to action, they all become mute.
Zhu Youxiao said again:
"You are more or less familiar with today's official style and folk customs. If I still act like a blind man, I will become even more uncontrollable in the future!"
"Although I am the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I will not hide it from you. You are all familiar with history books. You should know that over the years, no country has survived. Even the Han and Tang Dynasties have avoided this.
fact."
"Why is this? Because after a dynasty is established, it must rise and fall. Taizu expelled the Meng Yuan and established the Ming Dynasty. How sharp was the military? How glorious was the Ming Dynasty during the Yongle period, and what about now?"
"This is caused by the shortcomings accumulated over the years. It is impossible for a dynasty to remain strong forever. The only way to avoid this is constant change!"
"According to my opinion, the Ming Dynasty already has this image, and these so-called famous officials of the Qing Dynasty are one of the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, so they must be changed!"
"The Imperial Academy must be opened, and there can be no delay. I must wipe out this trend!"
The emperor has said so. Even if they want to remonstrate, they will not go forward now. Moreover, what your majesty said is all true. The Ming Dynasty has been in trouble and it is difficult to return.
The emperor has made up his mind, and his ministers have nothing to fear now. They can only assist His Majesty to complete this great undertaking.
Xu Guangqi immediately stepped forward and said:
"I dare to ask Your Majesty, how should the Royal Academy be opened? How will it be run after it is opened? Your Majesty, please give me a clear explanation!"
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said:
"Mr. Ge asked the key!"
Then Zhu Youxiao told all his thoughts, even contemporary elites like Xu Guangqi were confused when they heard it.
In addition to giving lectures, the Huangming College that Zhu Youxue wants to open must also cultivate talents in other fields, whether it is agriculture, commerce, or medicine.
In particular, we must focus on cultivating engineering, machinery, textile and other handicraft industries, which are all upcoming reforms.
These are the prerequisites for realizing the industrial revolution. There is a saying in later generations that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. But now to realize the industrial revolution, we must accumulate production technology, develop commerce, and solve the employment and food and clothing problems of the people.
None of this can be completed in one or two years, especially productive labor, which requires time to accumulate and develop.
To put it bluntly, although Ming Dynasty is not very backward now, it has begun to deviate from the world trend. Now Ming Dynasty has no leading advantage compared to the West.
Zhu Yuanzhang's emphasis on agriculture and favoring merchants was too fatal, and his policy was now completely in vain. The fate of the peasants and people he valued throughout his life has not changed, and they have still become slaves of those people.
The Ming Dynasty also lacked too much interest and development in the ocean, and was basically in a semi-sea ban situation. The Ming Dynasty's policy was that private people were not allowed to go to sea, but the officials were allowed, but the officials of the Ming Dynasty did not seize this opportunity to make a fortune.
In the end, it directly benefited those coastal merchants, especially maritime overlords like Li Dan and Zheng Zhilong.
The industrial revolution in the West has not yet begun, and Ming Dynasty still has nearly thirty years to lead the world. The resources and heritage that Ming Dynasty possesses are not comparable to them.
But everything is difficult at the beginning. He is completely blind to all this. He can only try his best to provide a good environment and opportunities for the people of the world, and then guide them to the right path. He can't control so much else, whether it is failure or failure.
Success is achieved in one fell swoop.
In the eyes of the scholars of this era, these are not doing their job properly and have grotesque skills. Only reading poetry and books is the right way, and only the Neo-Confucianism of saints such as the Four Books and Five Classics is the right way.