Now the Australians are practicing the same tricks as the Qin people. What virtues and abilities do they have, and are they confident that they will not repeat the same mistakes?
He Wuzou coughed lightly and said: "The governance of this bandit is nothing new. It is just the old method of Shang Yang. Qin ruled the country with legalism. Although it unified the six countries, its administration was harsh and the people were in dire straits. In the end, the Qin Dynasty perished.
Is it possible that the so-called Senate in Kun didn’t know about this? Even if they don’t know, Meng Liang, you also know. As the councilor of Australia, why don’t you give some advice? Since ancient times, governing a big country is like cooking a small delicacy. That’s not allowed.
The Kun people have done a lot of good governance since they entered Guangzhou, but they are eager for success and harsh in their administration, which is definitely not the way to long-term peace and stability."
This is actually the common sentiment of many scholars who know a little about the Senate. They saw the ability of the Senate to govern the country, but they could not get rid of the doubts in their hearts. After all, the lessons of the Qin Dynasty were too profound.
"Otherwise," Liu Dalin said, "Qin's death was not due to Qin's laws, but actually due to the First Emperor's abuse of people's power." Liu Dalin said, "The Han Dynasty would inevitably have made the same mistake again. If it hadn't been for the painstaking efforts of Emperor Xuan and Zhao, the central government would have
I'm afraid that Han Xun will lose his position before Wang Mang comes to usurp him."
Everyone is a well-educated scholar. They have read all the classics and history, and have a clear understanding of all the historical events of the past dynasties. They are not pedantic literati who only know the Thirteen Classics. Although they have their own opinions when considering the political gains and losses of the past dynasties, in the final analysis, the collapse of dynasties is mostly due to
It can be summed up in these four words: "the people are in dire straits."
They felt that today's Ming Dynasty has begun to embark on the same path. A few days ago, He Wuzu received many letters from his relatives in the same year when he became an official in the capital, warning him that the imperial court was preparing to levy the "Qiong Salary" for three years.
In the year of "Suppression of Pay", a supervisor was selected, with the intention of raising troops to go south for a crusade, and he was asked to "make preparations early."
Most of the big guys here don't have much hope for the imperial court's southern expedition. They have seen and heard about the military strength and financial resources of the Kun thieves, and they know it clearly. No matter who is sent to supervise the army, it is no different if they want to decide the outcome in a battle.
Just like an idiot talking about a dream, there is a high probability that it will stop at the north of Wuling. It is like a long-term confrontation with Guan Ning. It is said that it is "Qiong's pay" for three years, and I am afraid that it will continue like "Liao's pay".
"No, no, no!" In a moment, someone else joined the debate.
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Liu Dalin argued for so long that he was exhausted. He knew that it would be in vain to continue debating the Scriptures like this for seven days and seven nights, so he said: "Brothers, have you ever remembered that in the past I used the Chinese style of the "Book of Changes"?
I think the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty have not been exhausted, so it is better to use the "Yi" to divine it and ask the sky. I don't know what it means?"
The art of divination has been around since ancient times. The imperial courts of all dynasties had officials responsible for divining good and bad luck. Emperor Jiajing also advocated cultivation and becoming an immortal. Therefore, the practice of divination was very popular in the Ming Dynasty. Not to mention the scholar-bureaucrats, even the emperor himself had to ask for help in critical moments.
Heaven. It is said that before Chongzhen hanged himself, Li Zicheng's military advisor Song Xiance used divination to "attack his mind". Li Zicheng came to the capital with troops. Chongzhen and the eunuch Wang Chengen, who had trouble sleeping and eating, went out of the palace to relax, and met Song Xiance, who was pretending to be a calligrapher. He was uneasy.
Chongzhen wrote the word "You", and Song Xiance wrote a note and handed it to Chongzhen, saying that this was a heavenly secret and could only be opened at midnight. Chongzhen returned to the palace, opened the note at midnight, and wrote: "The Emperor of Heaven
The original name is Zun, but the word Zun has no head or tail and is cut into a unitary element, and the country is in danger." Chongzhen was so shocked that he collapsed to the ground.
The customs in Lingnan are inherently superstitious, so this group of highly talented scholar-bureaucrats did not think there was anything wrong with Liu Dalin's proposal. Zhao Xunru said: "There are turtle divination, bean divination, copper coin divination, and fortune telling. I don't know what Meng Liang wants to do.
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Liu Dalin said: "Turtle shells and yarrow cannot be obtained suddenly, and using copper coins and fortune telling is a method used by the people in the countryside. I should use chess divination."
"What is chess?"
"The two Go pieces, black and white, are the symbols of yin and yang, so chess pieces are used instead of yarrow."
As the host, Chen Zilu quickly ordered someone to bring the Go chess.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Liu Dalin took out fifty exquisite jade chess pieces, placed them on the ox bone chessboard and began to deduce.
I saw Liu Dalin calmly using his pipe to randomly pick a piece from the pile of chess pieces and put it next to him. This is the so-called "the number of Dayan is fifty, and its use is ninety-nine". Picking one piece is not like Tai Chi, forty-nine symbolizes the world
All things. And the pipe is randomly divided into two parts from the forty-nine chess pieces. The left is "sky" and the right is "earth". The previous chess piece also symbolizes "human". One is hung to symbolize three, so heaven
, land and people have all the "three talents".
Then, Liu Dalin began to count the number of chess pieces in the "sky" on the left, in groups of four, symbolizing the four seasons, and the remaining chess pieces were taken out. After counting the left side, he continued to count the "land" on the right, and also added the remaining chess pieces.
Pull it out. Then put the chess piece that symbolizes "person" together with the chess piece that was taken out, for a total of five pieces (the number in this step is either five or nine, if not, it means the calculation is wrong). This process is called
"A change".
Then he mixed the remaining two piles of chess pieces into one, and repeated the previous process, which was the "second change". In this way, after the "three changes", the number of remaining chess pieces was reduced to four to get a line. A total of six
Eighteen changes in the line can lead to a hexagram.
After the third change, Liu Dalin drew a long horizontal line on the rice paper with a brush and said loudly: "Shaoyang."
After a while, he drew two short horizontal lines on the first line and said: "Shaoyin."
As this yin and yang hexagram gradually appeared on the paper, the onlookers could not help but feel a cold sweat about the fate of the Ming Dynasty.
"Shaoyang."
"Shaoyin."
"Shaoyin."
After the fifth line came out, the result became clear, and the remaining line was either a yang line or a yin line. Chen Zizhuang was lucky and thought to himself: "It may be the mountain fire ben, or it is the middle and upper hexagram."
"Lao Yin."
As Liu Dalin drew the last line, everyone's hearts could not help but feel cold. It turned out to be the thirty-sixth hexagram "Ming Yi" in the "Book of Changes".
Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Dalin said: "This hexagram only has one Lao Yin in the sixth line, and one line changes, so it should be accounted for by the change line of the original hexagram. The line says: 'Six six: It is unclear. It first ascends to the sky, and then enters the sky.
"Di', the hexagram of Ming Yi and Darkness, the Lord of Darkness is above, and the bright one sees the time of injury."
The hexagram of Ming Yi hexagram is Li at the bottom and Kun at the top. Li represents the sun and Kun represents the earth. When the sun enters the earth, it cannot shine, as if it is damaged, so it is called Ming Yi, which is the Xia Ping hexagram. This hexagram is used in human affairs.
The representative meaning is that the emperor is above and the ministers are below, unable to display their talents, and the situation is very difficult. The so-called "good luck and bad luck can't walk, hurriedly cross the river and demolish the bridge, the benefactor is unrighteous but resentful, and all the efforts are in vain."
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In this situation, He Wuzou's face was pale, Yao Tian and Chen Zilu were silent, and Zhao Xunru couldn't help but shed tears. Could it be that God is really going to destroy our Ming Dynasty?
Only Chen Zizhuang still did not give up and said: "There is still room for change in this hexagram. If the negative pole is reversed, otherwise it will be peaceful. The upper line is old Yin. If the upper line is moved, it will become the mountain fire Ben. The words are: 'Shangjiu: Bai Ben, no blame'
, the highest ambition is achieved. Today, the Holy Emperor came to the throne at the age of sixteen, executed the eunuchs of Wei, and purified the inner court. He was amidst internal and external troubles every day, working hard and sleeping nightly, and never enjoyed a day of leisure, just to revitalize the Ming Dynasty. There are three books of rites.
"Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; ancestors are the foundation of species; monarchs and teachers are the foundation of governance. Heaven and earth give birth to gentlemen, and gentlemen govern heaven and earth. Heaven and earth can change, but they cannot change their positions."
Liu Dalin knew that Chen Zizhuang had already made strong arguments, and said: "Qi Jinggong asked Confucius about the government. Confucius said to him: Lord, minister, father, father, son. In ancient times, the world was regarded as the master, and the king was the guest. Every king has his place in the world.
The ruler is the ruler of the world. In ancient times, people in the world loved and respected their ruler, treating him like a father and likening him to heaven. It is not an exaggeration to be sincere. Nowadays, the ruler is the master and the world is the guest. Anyone in the world who has no place can find peace.
, as a king. When he didn't get it, he slaughtered the livers and brains of the world and separated the children of the world in order to gain my inheritance. It was not a tragedy, saying: "I will start a business for my descendants." It's what he got.
, break the marrow of the world, separate the children of the world, and take it for granted to serve my one person's sexual pleasures, saying: "This is the flower breath of my inheritance." The people of this world hate their king and regard him as an enemy.
He is called a single husband, so he is the greatest harm to the world, and he is just a king."
Chen Zizhong replied righteously and solemnly: "Since ancient times, there has never been a person who was not a real person but a famous minister. As a minister of the Ming Dynasty, I should help the building when it is about to collapse and turn the tide before it falls. Even though there are tens of thousands of people, I will go."
Liu Dalin said: "Since Ji Sheng spoke the words of Mencius, you should know that Mencius also said: the people are the most noble, the country is second, and the king is despised. Taizu once read "Mencius", and even thought of it as a joke, saying that it was not suitable for ministers to say it.
After debating their share, those who issued an edict said it was disrespectful. The world is so big that it cannot be ruled by one person, but it can be divided and ruled by a group of workers. Therefore, when I serve as an official, I am for the world, not for the king, and for the ten thousand people, not for one.
The surname also means that the governance of the world does not depend on the rise and fall of one surname, but on the joy and sorrow of all people. Those who serve as ministers in the world do not understand this meaning, thinking that ministers are created for the king. The king divides the world and then rules it. The king gives me the
The people then tend to them, and the people of the world are regarded as the private property in the pocket of the king. Now the trouble of the four directions and the haggardness of the people's livelihood are enough to endanger the king, and he has to learn the art of governing and herding. If it is not related to the survival of the country, then the four directions
Overwork, the people's livelihood is haggard, even if there are honest ministers, it is also a disease caused by thinness and mustard."
"Meng Liang, you and I are each our own masters, no need to say more." After saying that, Chen Zizhuang walked away with a puff of his sleeves.
When Chen Zilu saw this, he chased Chen Zizhuang out. The faces of the rest of the people didn't look very good.
Although Liu Dalin had already had a premonition, he didn't want today's gathering to end on an unhappy note, so he had no choice but to say to He Wuzou, Yao Di and Zhao Xunru: "If you, the minister, despise the water and fire of the people, you can assist the king and prosper."
"If you follow the emperor and die, then you have not betrayed the principles of his ministers."
He Wuzou said: "Ji Sheng is an upright man. It is difficult to accept the drastic changes in today's world. Meng Liang should understand him."
Liu Dalin shook his head, with mixed feelings in his heart, and sighed: "It's fate that we met each other. I'll leave you a message, brothers, please do your own thing."
After saying that, he took up his pen and left four words in block letters: Gong Wu Crossed the River.