Chapter 169 Elderly Theory Seminar (please vote for me)
Chapter 169 Elderly Theory Seminar (please vote for me)
"If everything goes well, it will only take two or three months!"
Zheng Cunzhong said with certainty.
They are all respectable local people, and there are many favors.
Even if you have a new concubine for no other reason, you can also invite some friends to get together, right?
"Xie Changjie has collected more than 20,000 taels of silver in Chaozhou. Not to mention the maids, he also left three concubines!" Zheng Cunzhong said with a smile on his lips, "I have dealt with this person face to face, so there is nothing to worry about. Your Majesty and
The Yang Party members all protected him, but he couldn't see the reason clearly and became more and more arrogant."
"Cunzhong, you said two or three months, are you really sure?"
"Two months later, it's time to harvest and plant rice. Three months later, it's time to appoint a queen." Zheng Cunzhong waved his folding fan to let out a cool breeze. "Sun Jiao is a cabinet minister and the head of the country. If Yang Tinghe wants to create a situation for reform,
There must be a result before Sun Jiao's status is transcended, so that His Majesty can expel Fei Ge Lao and other old party members. If His Majesty wants to expel Mr. Yang Ge Lao, he will have to wait for these three months to wait for these abandoned sons in Guangdong who presided over the new law to cause trouble.
There's trouble!"
Someone thought thoughtfully: "So... the best time is between two or three months?"
"Of course! Your Majesty, the vassal king, in order to secure your position, must be wise and brave, and have the ambition to revive the country. But has your Majesty ever had the guidance of an imperial teacher? Without knowing the truth, he first boasted that his income would be doubled in ten years, and then asked why.
Rich country, this is how Yang Tinghe used his tactics later! How can your majesty take back the golden words?" Zheng Cunzhong said with a teasing smile on his lips, "Therefore, in the future, we will still have to find some ways to achieve this goal, otherwise, where will your majesty's prestige remain?"
He looked at the elders of each family, with the pleasure of planning: "So we attack three points together! Huangmingji, Xie Changjie, Zaodao! Huangmingji belongs to His Majesty, but the Shibo Division is in the hands of Yang Tinghe;
Both sides of Xie Changjie can first protect and then give up to appease the people's grievances; if there is a problem with Zaodao, Yang Shen is unforgivable, and your majesty, the imperial party, and Fei Ge can work together. In the future, the Shipping Department will return to the cabinet, and we will borrow it
The Emperor Ming remembered that he went to sea in a majestic manner. Could it be that ten times the amount of the internal funds is not considered a national wealth? Whether the internal funds are loaned to the Ministry of Revenue and other treasuries is up to your majesty!"
"Yang Tinghe definitely doesn't really want to change the law. Who doesn't know what he was like in the past? There are also experts in the old party and the imperial party, so the second step of the new law is to change the market and establish the Emperor Mingji. Yang Tinghe asked Yang Shen to make
We cannot fall for such actions! No matter what he asks for in Guangzhou or how he forces us to donate, give it to him! As long as there is a problem with the early rice and the people of Guangzhou are displaced, the opportunity will come!"
A big man stood up and said angrily: "But my wife's family..."
"Uncle Xu." Zheng Cunzhong looked at him and sighed, "Wang Ziyan was chopped with a knife, but you actually escaped. Liang Chu and Huang Mingji were closest to each other. Don't forget that those five hundred Jinyi guards were
How did you go south? Since your wife's family did commit that case and there is irrefutable evidence, so what? What the Liang family and the Zhang family did is not only a slap on the eyes of us, but also a stone throw. If Huang Mingji can't get me in Guangdong,
If we wait for cooperation, it will be impossible to achieve the goal of doubling the annual income in ten years by leveraging the benefits of sea trade, and Yang Tinghe can continue to talk about taxes and servitude. If Your Majesty has to use taxes and servitude, what else can you do except delegate power to Yang Tinghe?"
Seeing the other people's thoughtful expressions, Zheng Cunzhong said with emotion: "The battle in the court is really dangerous and subtle. Fulun committed suicide, but his godfather Wei Bin was able to save his life and come to Guangdong. Among them
I mean, elders, please think carefully about this. We must not interfere with the purchase and transshipment of the remaining missions in Guangdong. The emperor clearly remembers the important people, and we will work together. If you cannot pass this level, your majesty will really force you to do so.
With Yang Tinghe imposing taxes and levies in Guangdong, I would rather have chaos in the world than drive Yang Tinghe away!"
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Guangdong, which is at the center of the whirlpool, is gradually taken in a new direction by the "dangerous and subtle" struggle between the courts.
In the court, impeachment and questioning never stopped.
At this moment, everyone discovered how powerful the talisman that His Majesty's policy was when he established the National Policy Council was: "Don't leave office if you are impeached, and don't ask questions if there is no evidence."
If you want to make any suggestion, if there is real evidence, it will affect His Majesty's sensitive nerves.
In this "war", there will only be many middle- and low-level officials who will become cannon fodder. The outcome will be decided in one fell swoop only after the situation changes.
Last year's new scholars, some really clean officials in the past, and idle officials waiting for vacancies, just looked at the court, and more and more places became vacant in the local government.
But in the appointment of these low- and medium-level official positions, Wang Qiong, the official of the Ministry of Personnel, has great power.
The people who suffered the most in the past period were those promoted by Wang Qiong and others.
I'm both greedy and scared...but I finally think that as long as I work hard during this period, there won't be any problems.
At the national policy meeting, Zhu Houcong repeatedly lamented: "I didn't expect that Mr. Fei Ge's drama actually rectified some officialdom in advance."
The other staff members all looked at screenwriter Fei with complicated expressions: Huan Chao Shi Yue was extremely low-key, and he directed this big drama right away, showing his full ability.
"It's just that the situation in the government is unstable at the moment and I have concerns." Fei Hong looked at the emperor and hesitated before saying, "Your Majesty is very talented and has become more candid in national policy meetings. Recently, His Majesty often goes to Wanfa Pavilion.
, I dare to ask, is your Majesty worried about the effectiveness of Confucian education?"
After he finished speaking, he glanced at Yang Tinghe.
After so many years of preaching about cultivating oneself, managing one's family, governing the country and bringing peace to the world, and keeping the natural principles to eliminate human desires, what has been fully exposed in this great storm is how bad these officials who are Confucian scholars are in their private desires.
It is impossible for such a smart emperor not to understand the reason why the newly promoted officials are doing things carefully: they are afraid of being punished!
What about the future? Change the soup but not the medicine. Once the political situation is stabilized, we will become bolder.
By then it will not be enough to just set up a model for Yu Qian. From the very beginning when the emperor made a fuss about Wang Shouren, it can be seen that the Confucian classics and ideas are going to undergo a major change.
Now His Majesty is actually interested in those miscellaneous subjects!
This affects the nerves of many people here more than changing the law.
Zhu Houcong looked at their worried eyes and put on a puzzled expression: "I have also grown up reading books about saints since I was a child, but I really have a lot of doubts after Yu Ji. The way of a great saint is beyond words. Mr. Yang Ge was doing the banquet for the first time.
I have kept the teachings of that time in mind. I am indeed studying the meaning of the scriptures now. However, it is difficult to understand the principles of heaven and difficult to destroy human desires. After carefully studying the method of achieving conscience, I only feel that it is the same.
Direction. Scholars all over the world only see the road ahead. Once they set foot on the road, they don't know how to follow it and gradually become lost."
The emperor explained his current understanding of Confucian classics, Neo-Confucianism, and psychology, and everyone present was attentive.
Zhu Houcong sighed: "This is like trying to cross a river. You only know that the bank is on the other side. How do you get across? No one has built a bridge, and no one is sailing a boat to ferry it across. Everyone's crossing of the river is like seeking the Tao. In the end, they have to rely on themselves.
"Those who only know the direction but don't know the method will eventually be blocked by the reef in the middle of the river and submerged by the big waves. In the end, most of them will join the trend."
This metaphor made many people start to think about it, and most of them were actually a little confused.
The issue now is not whether Confucianism should be used to govern the country, but the issue of Confucian disciples who have already occupied this position are backlashing the country.
Fei Hong said that now there is a trend of frankness in national policy meetings, and His Majesty has not ignored the importance of etiquette and order, but he wants to find a solution.
How can most Confucian disciples be able to "acquire conscience" and most be able to "destroy human desires"?
Today’s facts prove that the sages of Neo-Confucianism only used moral condemnation to try to raise the lower limit. But the officials and gentry all had a lot of fertile land in their homes, but they did not have the desire to govern the country and bring peace to the world. The lower limit may not have been successfully raised. It was just like the Ming Dynasty.
The very stable land tax and annual income are the same, and overall it looks pretty good.
The price is that the people are increasingly overwhelmed.
The method of cultivating conscience taught by the Xinxue School also relies too much on talent. If it is promoted vigorously, people will inevitably use it to fulfill their selfish desires.
Anyone who can sit here knows what the consequences will be if it continues to develop: the people will eventually be unable to survive.
It cannot be said that as officials and gentry, they do not care about the change of dynasties. After all, every change of dynasty is accompanied by a large number of family destruction and annihilation.
Who can guarantee that he is not the one whose family and clan were destroyed?
As the emperor agrees that the overall interests of the officials and gentry as a large group within the order of etiquette and law should also be protected, the question raised by His Majesty is indeed worth thinking about.
"Your Majesty, this metaphor is very appropriate." Yang Tinghe, the highest-ranking person among the Neo-Confucian disciples, spoke up. "This has inspired me. It may be necessary to build a bridge, or to have someone to ferry the boat, or it may be like regulating the river..."
Zhu Houcong laughed: "This is still like pursuing the great road. I am in the clouds and mist, and I don't know its meaning. Just like the Six Classics annotated me, there are different opinions."
Yang Ting and others were shocked: Your Majesty has really gained some in-depth insights into the meaning of the scriptures.
Zhu Houcong had indeed found some clues, so he used Fei Hong to raise this topic and threw out a clue of his own: "At its root, the debate between Neo-Confucianism and Psychology is based on principles. The existence of human desires makes it possible to pursue the principles of nature.
It has become too difficult. The saying that everyone has the nature of heavenly principles and the nature of temperament makes it difficult for people to clarify which of their thoughts and actions belong to heavenly principles and which belong to human desires. Without a ruler, the study of mind can simply
I believe that nature is reason. Yang Ge’s old saying is true. The psychology of psychology pays more attention to talent, but the hidden dangers are even greater.”
Everyone confirmed that His Majesty had indeed touched the source.
Neo-Confucianism believes that there are many things in heaven and earth that are eternal truths that cannot be changed by people. The etiquette and legal order established thereby meet the needs of imperial rule. Everyone follows some moral requirements, but there is indeed no clear standard or ruler.
This is not only because everyone has different desires and cannot set standards for personal cultivation, but also allows everyone to have a flexible moral bottom line.
Now we are collaborating with others to continuously lower this bottom line.
"I have experienced a lot over the past year and gained a little, but I don't know what is right or wrong." Zhu Houcong thought for a moment and said, "Gold, stone, water, and fire have no spirit, and the reason is easy to understand. Plants, trees, birds, and animals have spirits.
When one obeys nature, animal nature can multiply, and the reason is not difficult to understand. If one understands it, one can tame it and guard against it. However, people are full of spirituality and have different temperaments, so the reason is difficult to understand."
"I believe that the laws of nature are the laws of heaven, and human nature is just the manifestation of the laws of heaven in humans. When human nature conforms to the laws of nature, the laws of heaven will open a way for it. If human nature violates the laws of nature, not only will it fail to pursue the truth, but it will also be punished by the laws of nature.
Just as one person disobeys the laws of nature and harms others and himself. Many people disobey the laws of nature and harms the family and the country. If everyone in the world disobeys the laws of nature, then I am afraid that it will be a disaster of annihilation and annihilation."
"Thinking about it is nothing new. When it comes to governing a country, it is nothing more than the combination of Taoism and Taoism, the internal Confucianism and the external method of law. What I have learned is that there are principles of things and principles of human beings under the laws of heaven. To study things and gain knowledge is to understand physics.
It is too difficult to find human principles. The conscience attaches more importance to human principles, but it cannot help but ignore the constraints of natural principles and physics on human principles. It is like not knowing the principles of water. How can you try it first just because you know and do one thing?
Control floods?”
“Use the investigation of things to understand physics, and do things without going against the laws of nature and failing to follow the laws; observe human ethics and morality as human principles and conscience, and use conscience as the method for human nature to practice; use laws and regulations as the restraint criterion for human nature that violates the laws of nature.
In fact, this was also the case in the past. I don’t know if what I have learned is clear or not?”
At this moment, Yao Rong has also arrived.
The Eighteen Arhats and Zhang Bi, and Gu Dingchen looked at the emperor with an expectant expression, and were all shocked.
Regardless of whether these remarks are right or wrong, regardless of whether his judgment and views on Neo-Confucianism and Psychology are correct, regardless of whether he is the emperor or not, the person who speaks these words now is just a sixteen-year-old boy.
It is extremely rare for a young man of this age to be able to understand the meaning of the classics. If you think more about historical and current affairs, and if your calligraphy and writing reach a certain level, then the road to the imperial examination will be smooth.
In the field of learning itself, those who have their own opinions and can generally justify themselves can be called great Confucians.
Now, the emperor's statement still does not overthrow the framework of Confucianism. It is equivalent to a new interpretation of the views of Neo-Confucianism and Xinxue.
The two concepts of physics and human principles are introduced, and they are considered to be the manifestations of heavenly principles in different objects.
At the level of human nature, there is no such thing as good or evil, but it is based on an implicit program of heavenly principles. Specifically speaking, the conscience and morality advocated by Confucianism should be pursued and promoted. Continuously improving one's human principles and conscience is the way to sincerely cultivate one's mind.
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The external laws and regulations can naturally be expressed as the Confucian standards and limits that the laws of nature should have for human nature. If these limits are exceeded, it is contrary to the laws of nature, harming others, harming oneself, and causing harm to the family and the country.
The right to interpret is still in the hands of Confucianism.
Is it Confucianism within and Legalism outside? In fact, for thousands of years, hasn’t Confucianism been absorbing insights from various schools such as Legalism, Taoism, and Buddhism?
Confucianism and Legalism have always existed, otherwise how could there be both a Ministry of Rites and a Ministry of Punishment?
The study of mind comes from Neo-Confucianism. In the framework of Neo-Confucianism proposed by Cheng and Zhu, there has never been a clear and clear explanation of how to achieve knowledge and what knowledge is.
Today, the twenty people in the Imperial Study Room heard a new insight.
Studying things to achieve knowledge is to understand physics; the process of sincerely cultivating one's mind and cultivating one's mind can be interpreted as understanding what is meant by studying things and the process of practice after reaching knowledge?
From physics, we can glimpse the eternal and unchanging principles of nature. Sincerity means realizing this, and having a correct mind means determining the direction, and then following the principles of nature to practice human principles.
If you have gained knowledge of physics and human theory, you will naturally be able to regulate your family, govern your country, and bring peace to the world.
Every practical step in regulating the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world actually involves both physics and human reasoning.
For example, when doing business, isn’t growing and raising goods a physical thing? The whole process involves the management of so many people, isn’t it a human thing?
For example, when regulating a river, isn't the nature and behavior of water not physics? But when it comes to dispatching corvees and managing financial accounts, isn't it all about human affairs?
The most important problem: all this is still within the framework of Confucianism!
Thoughts flowed through everyone's mind, and the bodies of Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian, Shi Yue, Fei Hong, etc., who were not very accomplished in classics and meanings, could not help but tremble slightly.
They all looked at the emperor with inexplicable expectation and awe, with both desire and uncertainty.
The Ancestral Temple is the highest honor of merit, and what is before you may be the steps leading to sages.
"The great road is always the same, but there are tens of thousands of paths." Zhu Houxuan found that it seemed to be effective. "I set up the Ten Thousand Methods Hall just to see if it would be enlightening. I have recently received some recommendations for worship, and Qiu Wenzhuang mentioned it in "The Great Learning"
"Yi Supplement", I have found it very helpful to read it. Qiu Zhongshen, a famous Neo-Confucian scholar, also has many techniques for managing the world and governing the country in his writings. I suddenly had an idea and realized it. If the general principles of heaven, physics, and human principles, then the Tao and the techniques are not
Contradictions are all bridges, boats and chariots on the road to the great road. The wise will suddenly realize, the fool will practice diligently, and everyone will gain something."
Thousands of words are stuck in everyone's mind, but they don't know where to start.
Because in a hurry, it is like listening to the fairy music, but I dare not say whether it is right or wrong.
But one thing is absolutely certain.
Yang Tinghe's eyes were full of pure envy, without the restraint caused by the status gap between the monarch and his ministers: "I am ashamed...Your Majesty has gained something occasionally, which is close to the great road. I...please ask Your Majesty to analyze it in detail."
Compared with the previous volume "Draft of the Ming Dynasty's Fiscal and Taxation System", today's short paragraphs had a much more severe impact on them.
Yang Tinghe really made a gesture of asking for advice.
Zhu Houcong didn't care about his reputation in this area. If he could really put science under the guise of Confucianism so that scholars could study "physics" openly, then his goal would have been achieved.
What's more, he is the emperor, who dares to steal his honor?
So he nodded: "This matter has to do with the way of governing the country. Naturally, there will be a lot of discussion between the monarch and his ministers. I have also written to Wang Bo'an to hear what he thinks. The matter is serious and I have no intention of subverting the academic tradition. Therefore, if I cannot let you
Once you agree with it from the bottom of your heart, you cannot easily announce it to the outside world. If Confucianism can take on a new look as a result, you will be as good as the sages in the history of history."
The Eighteen Arhats and the two accompanying readers nodded repeatedly: Yes, yes, your Majesty, this is what we want!
From this day on, for these fishermen who had already set up a dragnet, the elderly study class evolved into a theoretical seminar for the elderly.
New rules require new theoretical guidance.
"That's all I can think of at the moment. You can think about it later based on your own knowledge and opinions, and we can communicate with each other tomorrow."
Twenty people left their seats and prostrated themselves sincerely: "I have received my instruction and command, Your Majesty is wise!"
Those who have mastered it are the first, and twenty people are close to the etiquette of a teacher.
Zhu Houcong smiled slightly: This is a good start. I can start to try to lead the Ming Dynasty's advanced thinking.