However, seeing that I couldn't come up with a good opinion on handling it for a while, Shang Yi also decided to leave the meeting today. Everyone went back to think about it and discuss it tomorrow.
Shang Yi returned to the harem, which was when Li Huamei entered the palace. That night, Shang Yi also let go of these troubles and spent a wonderful night with Li Huamei. The next morning, Li Huamei rushed to the United Front Work Department to handle his resignation. After the procedures, Shang Yi, who had a night of rest, came to the cabinet again with a refreshing spirit, and started the enlarged cabinet meeting again to discuss the matter of resolving the petition for Shanghai Beijing.
This enlarged cabinet meeting also invited Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu and Fang Yizhi from the Congress, because this petition to Beijing was a political event and an academic event, while Huang, Gu and Fang were both a parliamentary. Members of parliament are also well-known contemporary scholars, so it is also necessary to invite them to participate in the discussion.
After a day of rest, all the officials in the cabinet came back from the sudden yesterday and thought carefully at home. Therefore, at the beginning of today, there was a basic idea: petition The twelve requirements put forward in the book are definitely not acceptable. The question now is how to deal with these more than 300 people so that this incident can be solved smoothly.
Then someone advocated sending all of these people back to their original loan, because they were always a big trouble when they stayed in Nanjing. Although they have been comforted now, it is hard to say that nothing will happen in the future. If anyone is unwilling to leave, the emperor or the cabinet can issue an administrative order to force them to return to the place.
Several officials were also very dissatisfied with this group of petitioners in Beijing. They were fine and they were not good at staying at home. They went to Nanjing to cause trouble, so they believed that they must be punished and their qualifications to participate in the imperial examination in the future can be disqualified. Some people even advocated arresting them and imprisoning them for a few years before saying that.
However, this opinion has also been opposed by many officials, because private people come to Beijing to petition. It is a normal thing in any dynasty and is also a way to reflect the local civil situation. It is not worth fighting. Moreover, they are in Beijing. There was no trouble in the country, and there was no reason to arrest them at all. Moreover, after Shang Yi became emperor, he always advocated adhering to the rule of law and preventing the human system. He could not arrest people for so-called disrespect, shocking, or illegal bans. .
In addition, these more than 300 people are also quite famous local people, including local famous scholars. Some of them know Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi and others, so of course they are unwilling to arrest them and imprisonment. Moreover, doing so is not good for the reputation of the court; forcibly repatriated is not the best choice, because these people are more prestigious in the local area. Forcibly repatriated will inevitably become dissatisfied with the empire, and will inevitably be in the If there are complaints in the local area and the local area deviates from the capital, it may cause turmoil in the local area.
Therefore, Wang Fuzhi advocated that he should appease and persuade them with kind words, strive to convince them and return to their hometowns voluntarily. Of course, when necessary, the court could make some appropriate concessions, or be gentle, such as the twelve proposed by them In this requirement, one or two opinions that are not related to the overall situation or have little impact on national policies can be adopted, and some rewards can be given to them, so that they can calmly resolve the petition incident and show the empire's leniency. Harmony and righteousness.
Most officials agreed with Wang Fuzhi's proposal, because they were Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Fang Yizhi and others, volunteered to come forward to persuade these petitioners. After all, if the handling method was too excessive, it would not be for the country. benefit.
But some people questioned Wang Fuzhi's suggestion. Li Yan believed that although Wang Fuzhi's idea was good, it was still hard to say whether he could convince these people. After all, judging from the current situation, it would be better to adopt one or two items. It may be difficult for these people to leave the capital with convincing opinions or to give them a few useless reputations.
Li Yan's opinion also represents the ideas of some cabinet officials. Because once the persuasion is ineffective, it will have a significant impact on the empire and the authority of the cabinet. Maybe this group of petitioners will become more and more excited. At that time, the cabinet was in a difficult situation, so we must first carefully study the law. Of course, the tone of solving this incident peacefully was decided.
After hearing this, Wang Fuzhi and others felt a little unsure. After all, they also knew that these people were very stubborn and not so easy to be persuaded. Therefore, the audience suddenly became silent and everyone's eyes were also When it is concentrated on Shang Yi, Shang Yi can only make the decision at this time.
When the officials were discussing the discussion just now, Shang Yi had never spoken. He just listened to everyone's words. Of course, he did not agree to take excessive provocation. In addition to the reasons why the officials spoke just now, Shang Yi I am unwilling to make this bad point. Everything is forced to be solved by power. After all, governing the country is different from fighting. You can cut off the mess quickly, and you should still collude and negotiate to solve it.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Shang Yi smiled and said, "What you said is nothing wrong. To these scholars go to Beijing, they are also giving advice to the court. They should treat each other with courtesy and understand them with reason so that they can be happy. I was convinced and left Beijing voluntarily, but with the attitude of these people, I was afraid it would be difficult to make any effect. Therefore, I have an idea, so why not hold a debate and put forward these twelve opinions on them one by one When we debate, the truth becomes clearer and clearer the more we distinguish them. After they lose the argument, they will leave Nanjing in a convincing manner."
After Shang Yi finished speaking, the more than 20 officials present were stunned. They were a little overwhelmed by Shang Yi's wonderful way. Shang Yi then said: "And The content of this debate is all open, and scholars and students in Nanjing can listen to each other, and record all the speeches of both sides, publish them in newspapers, and publish them in a collection so that scholars and students around the world can see them. , even if one cannot determine a result, the right and wrong can be judged by the people of the world."
Only then did Wang Fuzhi understand what Shang Yi meant. To put it bluntly, it was to turn a political incident into an academic debate incident, which would be much easier to handle. And there would be no problem with how long the debate would take. We should argue and argue here, but what should the cabinet do. Why? It won't affect the administration of the government. Just think that these more than 300 people are kept in the capital. In addition, Wang Fuzhi still has full confidence in the debate. First of all, he believes that the national policies implemented by the empire are decisions. Of course, we are not afraid of debates for the right ones. Moreover, Congress has been spending all kinds of debates in the past two years, and we have rich experience in this regard. This is very important when debating. It is not enough to just be reasonable. , it must be fully expressed.
Huang Zongxi, Gu Yanwu, Fang Yizhi and others also think that this opinion of Yu Yi can be tried, and Zhishao is more reliable than blind persuasion. In fact, when discussing academic research, they often discuss, sometimes face-to-face. Sometimes it was carried out through letters. During the Southern Song Dynasty, two very important debates occurred in the history of Chinese thought. One was the meeting between Zhu Xi, Lu Jiuling and Lu Jiuyuan’s brothers, and the meeting of Ehu Lake was held in the "seeking knowledge" and "seeking heart". "The other is that at a later point, there was a dispute over kingly power and righteousness between Zhu Xi and Chen Liang in the form of letters. These two debates have made everyone's academic perfection and thoughts about their own thoughts. Development is of great help.
Although there have been no more debates like these two debates since the Ming Dynasty, it is common for scholars from various schools of Ming Dynasty to debate with each other during exchanges. From the other hand, this time, Debate is still a very good thing for academic exchanges. Now, the conflict between old and new ideas in China is that these scholars can feel that if a debate meeting is held, the new and old ideas will be collided head-on, and the new ideas will be It is also very useful to promote and develop, strengthen the exchange of new and old ideas, and eliminate the opposition between the two sides.
Most officials support Shang Yi's opinion, and although some people still reserve it, it is not convenient to object because it is the emperor's opinion. Anyway, you can give it a try.
Seeing that all the officials basically agreed with their ideas, Shang Yi immediately ordered the cabinet to arrange the situation, and first of all, they should notify the petitioners, because the debate belongs to both parties and the other party must agree to the other party before it can be held.
After receiving the notice from the cabinet, several organizers simply discussed it and agreed, because the petitioners who came to Beijing had no reason to refuse. If they thought their opinions were correct, then they would not We should be afraid of debate. In addition, before entering Beijing, the leading scholars also had some ideological preparations. Now most people know how Congress operates, so some people are ready to debate in Congress. What a plea I also thought that I could become famous in one fell swoop. Although this time I was not a debate in Congress, it was completely public and published in the newspapers, which is also another way to become famous.
Both sides agreed to hold the braid theory, so the next step is the rules of negotiated debate, the topic of each debate, the number of people appearing, the time of speech, how the violators deal with the violation, etc., etc., after all, the debate is not a big quarrel. , say whatever you want, or gossip endlessly off topic, etc. After several years of operation in this regard, Congress has sufficient experience, and the rules are valid for both parties, so the petitioners have no objection, all All agreed.
So both sides began to prepare actively, and this petition for the Beijing petition was also deviated from its original goal under the clever guidance of Shang Yi.
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