In mid-April of the 16th year of Wanli, the emperor stayed in the Confucius Mansion. During the banquet, the discussions were recorded by the accompanying reporters and spread throughout the country from Shandong through newspapers.
On the third day of June, the emperor went to Huai'an to worship the ancestral mausoleums, inspect water conservancy and study the plan to move the ancestral mausoleums. At this time, all the upper-class scholars in the empire knew the theory of "modern saints", and the emperor's deeds of wanting to move the ancestral mausoleums to protect the people's livelihood in Jianghuai were also known.
Well known.
When the people of the nine counties and two prefectures of Huai'an Prefecture heard that the emperor wanted to move the ancestral mausoleum to protect the people, they all burst into tears of gratitude. Those whose families had more money wanted to build a shrine for the emperor. Jin Yiwei thought that "the emperor is the master of humans and gods, and it is unknown what the etiquette is for building a shrine."
"Report the news.
When the emperor was on his way to read the memorial, he urgently summoned the governor of Jianghuai to stop it, so as to prevent the people from wasting money on it. After hearing this, there was a huge outcry advocating for the imperial court to allow the construction of the shrine. The General Affairs Department of the bank received more than a hundred memorials from the people every day asking for the construction of the shrine.
Newspapers from all over the country all advocated that the imperial court listen to public opinion and address the people's need for respect for the emperor.
Cabinet minister Shen Shixing suggested that the emperor's portrait should be engraving and printed for the people to worship in their homes to ease people's hearts and minds, and the emperor accepted it. So, starting from the 16th year of Wanli, the emperor's portrait gradually spread all over the world. Together with the God of Wealth, the Kitchen God, and the Door God
In comparison, portraits of emperors are treated better and are usually kept in the main hall of private homes.
As the holy chariot moved to the south, the emperor's prestige grew, and people in the south of the Yangtze River were all proud to receive the chariot. Wherever the emperor's chariot passed by, people often spontaneously surrounded it, wanting to see the holy face. Liang Menglong and others took various security measures
, my head is full of worries.
Whenever the emperor was stationed in a state capital, the local people's necks would be turned up to their backs. If they failed to get a place to pick up the emperor, the officials would be criticized by the people - there must be something that is not in line with the emperor's wishes in their administration, otherwise why would the emperor not pass by?
What about our prefecture?
As for the scholars' views on the theory of "Jin Sheng", a big controversy broke out. Those who agreed said that the emperor not only summarized and developed the thoughts of Chinese sages with the "Three Treatises", but also popularized the theory of investigating things to explain all things -
This is the ability that only a sage can have. For example, the study of physical science uses a prism to explain the composition of light, and medicine uses a microscope to explain the mechanism of bacterial disease. These are all the contributions of today's sages to guide the study of physical science.
Opponents say that the theory of the emperor's three theories does not break away from the ancient sages. The so-called discussion of practice can be highly summarized by Confucius' "learn and practice it from time to time", but it is just "knowledge and action are mutually beneficial for use"; the so-called discussion of contradictions,
It is nothing more than the development of "the separation of the old and the new"; only the "On Movement" demonstrated by the university gave people at the time a refreshing feeling about the philosophical proposition of "absolute movement" - but is it comparable to Confucius? Or wait until the emperor's coffin is finalized.
Let’s talk again.
Articles discussing these issues in newspapers from all over the country made readers confused for a while. It is said that "the virtue of a gentleman, the virtue of a villain, and the wind on the grass will die." Although the emperor freely taught without distinction,
But for the "gentlemen" who can publish articles in newspapers - we are discussing philosophy, you can just shut up and wait.
But Shen Shixing took action. When the emperor was about to arrive in Nanjing, the imperial court issued an official document requiring all schools and lecture places everywhere to hang the emperor's statue and include the emperor's doctrines in the required courses. The emperor's leisure time while dealing with all kinds of things was also related to
Shen Shixing discussed some historical materialism, dialectical materialism, cosmology, evolution theory, etc.
Although he was only a human being, Shen Shixing led the Hanlin Academy, and there were great scholars who debated scriptures for the emperor. They translated ancient texts that could correspond to the emperor's thoughts throughout the ages, showing that the emperor's thoughts originated from ancient times and were carried forward, and his words were simple and profound.
.Because the matter was so important, Zhu Yijun had to focus a large part of his energy on this aspect, which can be said to be exhaustive.
On the other hand, the emperor also issued instructions to the Royal Academy of Sciences to form geographical, archaeological and biological expedition teams, etc., to search for physical evidence that can prove the emperor's theory. However, if a discovery is made, the imperial propaganda machine will be mobilized to repeatedly prove his theory.
rationality.
For a time, Shen Shixing's Holy Family was so bright that it turned purple. Liang Menglong was panicking and led a special political reform team to study the new political reform plan day and night. When he found an opportunity, he discussed it with the emperor. Seeing Shen and Liang like this,
Xu Guo did more things in the memorials and comments, and he was not inferior to the two of them in terms of the holy family.
In July of the 16th year of Wanli, Pan Sheng became an official due to illness and was given the title of second-class earl. The emperor wrote "Hie Xiu You Rong" and Xu Chiyi. The political hall was once again short of people. After careful consideration and discussion with Liang Menglong, Zhu Yijun recommended Wang Xijue.
Enter the political hall.
At this time, Emperor Lu Bu was driving in Suzhou. After Wang Xijue entered the cabinet, he was given half a month's leave by the emperor to show off in his hometown.
As the first county in the world, Suzhou has turned over about one-tenth of all the money and taxes to the court since the Ming Dynasty. The emperor appointed Wang Xijue to the cabinet and gave him a leave, which greatly boosted the morale of this economically important town that had been overwhelmed for a long time.
Although Wang Xijue tried his best to keep a low profile, the whole city of Suzhou still caused a sensation. Not to mention that Wang Xijue's family was filled with joy, the whole city of Suzhou was decorated with lights and decorations because of the emperor's goodwill.
Zhu Yijun visited Suzhou for two days. When he met with the prefect, he also gave him the word "Haohao Gusu" in recognition of Suzhou Prefecture's achievements after the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
At the same time, with a stroke of his pen, the emperor reduced all the debts accumulated over the years, eliminating the possibility of the government using the accumulated debts to oppress Suzhou landlords - anyway, these debts had been owed for more than a hundred years and could not be collected long ago.
August is the time when sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant. The Weiwei Imperial City in Nanjing, covering an area of more than 1,500 acres, once again welcomes the master of the empire.
After Wuzong's southern tour, Zhu Yijun was the emperor who arrived in Nanjing again. A generation of octogenarians in Jiangnan still vaguely remember that Wuzong's southern tour brought fear rooted in their childhood.
From the time when Wu Zong disturbed the people at will and extorted money, the people of Jiangnan probably formed a vague concept. Maybe the emperor itself is evil and absurd. He is not the loving father of the people. On the contrary - this thing is an evil thief. Maybe
It's better without it.
Nowadays, these concepts have been redefined. During this southern tour, the emperor did nothing to disturb the local area except for the occasional road blockade. On the contrary, wherever he visited, the emperor often reduced or reduced the local money and food, and sent a large number of officials to preach his virtues.
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Therefore, when the gate of the Huanghuang Palace was opened again and the emperor entered the palace amid the sounds of ritual music, some of the onlookers' eyes were filled with tears, and shouts of long live could be heard endlessly.
At the request of Shen Shixing, the emperor accepted the worship of Nanjing citizens on the Hongwu Gate Tower. The Nanjing people then saw the latest statue of the god with twelve crowns and twelve chapters embroidered on the garment.
The emperor stayed on the tower for a moment, raised his arms and waved his arms several times from left to right. The crowd was so excited that they seemed to explode, and the shouts of long live the emperor reached the sky.
When he walked down the tower, Zhu Yijun suppressed his tumbling emotions and said to Liang Menglong and other ministers accompanying him: "The Chinese people are the easiest to be satisfied. If the court cannot do even the smallest things within its duties, it should first feel guilty.
Regarding their thoughts, if they are treated harshly because they are easily satisfied, they should be expelled and replaced by someone else."
All the officials who accompanied him were terrified and agreed.
Zhu Yijun said solemnly to the prince again: "Although you were standing on the tower just now, as if you were on top of them, you must know in your heart that the people are the most precious. If the emperor doesn't know, 'the people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the most important.
If you ignore the truth, it will bring the entire country into decline."
The prince had just seen the scene of tens of thousands of people roaring, and he also responded with excitement: "My son, I will remember it firmly."