Chapter 488: What a big game of chess
Xu Guangqi found Mohua after Emperor Chongzhen left, and planned to relay what Emperor Chongzhen said to him.
In fact, it was not only unexpected by Emperor Chongzhen, but even unexpected by Xu Guangqi, because Mo Hua told Xu Guangqi very formally: "Love, non-attack, is to tell people, when will the barbarians be considered people?" ”
Xu Guangqi was speechless, and was stunned for a long time before he spoke: "What about Xia Ezhe and his ilk?" ”
Mo Hua said: "Isn't Xia Ezhe my Ming people now?" He is not a barbarian, naturally like my Ming people. ”
Xu Guangqi relieved himself at this time, since Mo Hua would not be the same as those brain-dead, then there was nothing to worry about.
In fact, this kind of thing happened because Emperor Chongzhen didn't learn and didn't know how to do it.
Although Emperor Chongzhen has been reading some books of the hundred schools of thought after the crossing, it is inevitable that he will have a subjective impression when he reads them, so he picks and chooses to read them.
Just like the starting point readers of later generations will skip the book, the cool part will be read, and the unpleasant part will be skipped.
Emperor Chongzhen was the same.
After despising himself fiercely in the depths of his heart, Emperor Chongzhen decided to continue to pick what he cared about.
As for saying that it is impossible to read every book seriously, it is unlikely in this life, after all, what did the sages teach us?
Good reading, don't seek to understand.
It means that you have to read well, as long as you have a general understanding, and you don't have to play hard to get to the bottom of it.
After all, the civilized world of the East is not something that the Western barbarians can imagine - so many books, read them all, that is what a great master of learning should do, not what an emperor should do.
As an emperor, as long as you ensure that you have a knife and money in your hand, the rest of the problems are basically not a problem, and without these two things as a guarantee, basically this emperor is almost cold.
For example, the genuine Emperor Chongzhen, who has no money and no knife in his hand, he can't get rid of the ministers in the entire court with different thoughts but basically the same interests.
So he was cold, and the pirated goods that crossed over had room to play.
As for killing Wei Zhongxian at the beginning, and then slowly cleaning up the court, Emperor Chongzhen had no choice but to hehe.
In any dynasty, it is right to do this, after all, he is the henchman of the former emperor, and he is not friendly to his body, or even hostile.
It's just that Daming doesn't have this problem.
Emperor Liu Jin is such an awesome character, isn't it just a note?
No matter how awesome Wei Zhongxian is, when the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty look at him unpleasantly, Emperor Chongzhen will grasp it as a life-saving straw if he has the slightest intention of pulling him.
After all, the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty could not really touch the military power, and it can be said that there was no threat to the imperial power.
Of course, if the eunuchs are hostile to the emperor, it is very easy for the emperor to cool down, for example, if Fang Zhenghua wants to kill Emperor Chongzhen, it is basically a kill and a quasi, and there is no miss at all.
However, is this possible?
Fang Zhenghua's net worth and life are actually closely related to Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen is awesome, no one dares to underestimate him Fang Zhenghua, even if he is just a shadow of Emperor Chongzhen.
Once Emperor Chongzhen hangs, no matter who takes the throne, the first one to be killed is also he Fangzhenghua, and even Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun will be ranked second.
Emperor Chongzhen's thinking is easy to deviate, which is the problem caused by too many later generations.
From the birth of human beings to the end of the world in the future, from the development of science and technology in the Ming Dynasty to whether there will be a traverser who will come over to be a copyist in the future, Emperor Chongzhen's thinking deviated, and even he himself felt scared.
The thinking of traditional literati such as Wen Tiren is obviously not easy to deviate.
The cabinet is very lively today, and the newly appointed Guozi Priest Meng Qingyuan rarely came to the cabinet to meet Wen Tiren.
After struggling for a long time, Meng Qingyuan spoke: "Elder Wen Ge, is there really no room for things to turn around?" ”
After taking a sip of tea, Wen Tiren said lightly: "What are you turning around?" What's getting better? It's not a child anymore, it's time to take responsibility for your actions. ”
Meng Qingyuan hurriedly said: "Pavilion Elder, if it's something else, forget it, but there are still prisoners of the Guozi Prison here?" They are all good seedlings, they were thrown to Liaodong like this, but they were all ruined! ”
Wen Tiren snorted and said: "If it's ruined, it's ruined, when did I lack people?" Besides, why don't you, Lord Meng, go and ask Your Majesty yourself? Let's see if Your Majesty will agree? ”
The anxious look on Meng Qingyuan's face was even worse: "Pavilion Elder, the next official went to beg Your Majesty, I'm afraid that I will be sent to Liaodong together, right?" ”
Wen Tiren looked at the second fool and sneered: "That's right, if you Lord Meng dare to go, you will definitely be sent to Liaodong by His Majesty, even if you Lord Meng is Meng Sheng, it will be the same result, if you don't believe it, you can try." ”
Meng Qingyuan was speechless for a while, and only after a while did he say: "Then these students of the Guozijian really don't have half a chance?" ”
Wen Tiren said: "The dragon has reverse scales, and if you touch it, you will die." These bastards have obviously touched His Majesty's scales, who can save them?
To put it mildly, these students violated the laws of Taizu and discussed the court program without permission, and at the bottom of the day, one of these people is counted as one, and they are all guilty of slandering the king.
Your Majesty just threw them to Liaodong, which is already considered light, what do you want to do, Lord Meng? You have to let these students be safe and sound, right? Where will that leave Your Majesty? ”
Meng Qingyuan said slightly angrily: "Your Majesty doesn't care about the reputation of feathers!" ”
Wen Tiren spread his hands and asked rhetorically, "What's the use of fame?" Did Your Majesty ever have a hint of goodness in the mouths of these bastard scholars? It's me Wen Tiren, isn't it also rumored to be the first traitor in the dynasty? ”
Seeing that Meng Qingyuan was choked, Wen Tiren sneered again: "Where did the words that Emperor Chongzhen suffered from the plague come from, you Lord Meng really don't know?"
It's not that you don't know, you love your students and don't want to see what happens to them, so you cover up the matter for them in many ways.
However, even if Wen is unwilling to pursue it, will Jinyiwei let them go? Especially these bastards have arranged His Majesty, and the Jinyi Guards have long been holding back the evil fire.
Now they are doing this, isn't they killing themselves? What do you think of Jinyiwei again? ”
Wen Tiren's words made Meng Qingyuan's cold sweat fall.
What is Jinyiwei?
There are many people in the entire Ming Dynasty who don't know who the Guozi Priest Wine is, but if you want to say that you don't know what Jinyiwei does, you basically can't find it.
Especially the Jinyi Wei commanded Xu Xianchun, and his majesty approached the Ji Gang when Emperor Chengzu was imposing, and the emperor was extremely fond of him, how many impeachment of the Jinyi Wei were taken to the fire to keep warm?
However, Xu Xianchun did not live up to Emperor Chongzhen's trust, not only solved many open and secret arrows for Emperor Chongzhen, but also carried the black pot unambiguously.
Even if this black cauldron may become his talisman in the future, it is the same.
At some point, Xu Xianchun looks like a Legalist and even more Legalist, the difference is that he doesn't have any thoughts of his own, all of them are the intentions of the executive emperor.
Legalists play with the law, and Xu Xianchun abides by and upholds the law most of the time.
Unless the law touches the imperial power, or when the emperor directs it, he will treat the law as nothing.
Just like this time the students died, first there was a rumor that Emperor Chongzhen was plagued by such a nursery rhyme, and then criticized Emperor Chongzhen for being overly murderous, the biggest tyrant in thousands of years, and he had already angered Xu Xianchun.
It has long been rumored that Xu Xianchun planned to arrest the main envoy and put all the punishments that had been recorded from the three emperors and five emperors to the eight years of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty on the main envoy, and it was done himself.
As for the way this crime should have been handled, Xu Xianchun didn't plan to ignore it, even if he knew it, he planned to treat it as if he didn't know, but he must be lynched.
From this, it can already be seen how much Xu Xianchun hates the rumor-mongers - Emperor Chongzhen's plague is not only aimed at Wen Tiren, but can even be regarded as an act of cursing Emperor Chongzhen's early death.
Meng Qingyuan was also very clear about the twists and turns in this, and after smiling helplessly, he arched his hand towards Wen Tiren and said, "Since this is the case, the lower officials will no longer bother Lord Wen." ”
Wen Tiren picked up the tea and motioned to Meng Qingyuan to take care of himself, but after Meng Qingyuan turned around, he said softly to himself: "I have heard that those who use Xia to change are razed, and I have not heard of those who have changed to Yi." ”
Meng Qingyuan's footsteps paused, and finally without saying a word, he left the cabinet and returned to Guozijian.
Wen Tiren's sentence "I have heard that Xia has changed to raze, and I have not heard of those who have changed to raze", is from "Mencius Tengwen Gongshang", others are not clear, can Meng Qingyuan be unclear as a descendant of Mencius?
Just like those guys from the Confucius family in Qufu, no matter how bastard, they can recite the "Analects" backwards, and those in the Meng family who dare to say that they don't know "Mencius" are afraid that they will be laughed to death if they say it.
It's just that Wen Tiren just said such a sentence when he left, which was to explain the fact that these scholars were thrown to Liaodong, and by the way, he also warned himself.
The use of Xia to change Yi and change to Yi is actually a problem of Huayi's defense.
And when today's son is ruthless, he has always been inappropriate for Yidi's generation - just in the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Industry, the number of dead Yidi should be calculated in tens of thousands.
These bastards shouted for Yi Di, didn't they anger the emperor?
And Wen Tiren also took this opportunity to warn himself that he should take care of the Guozijian and don't let these scholars not find the north.
Just a few years away from the first year of Chongzhen? These scholars are starting to float again?
Earlier, when it was repeatedly emphasized that the students were not allowed to discuss politics, these bastards were very honest.
Now that the emperor's attitude is slowly letting go, these guys dare to jump out and make such a big death?
Is it really a good-tempered emperor to be an emperor?
The sentence that the law does not blame the public has never been applicable here in Emperor Chongzhen - tens of thousands of heads in Nanzhili have not completely rotted!
After sighing, Meng Qingyuan also began to reflect.
Is he too lenient in the management of Guozijian, so that these bastards have begun to float?
Originally, I planned to give Guozijian a relaxed style of study, so that students could freely discuss knowledge and speak freely, but now it seems that they are wrong.
Today these people dare to slander the emperor and curse the emperor, what will they dare to do tomorrow?
Thinking about it deeply, Meng Qingyuan felt that his back was full of sweat - as long as these people made any big moves, as the prince of the country, he would definitely not be able to run away - good or bad would have his own share!
The Da Ming Law has the article of Zhu Lian, especially when the emperor writes this kind of thing into the Da Ming Law in a bright way.
It's fucking scary.
Meng Qingyuan, who was foul-mouthed in his heart, decided to rectify the Guozijian after he went back, except for those guys who were taken away by Jinyiwei, some bastards who were not very stable could also get rid of their school status!
After all, what I plan to do is to give them a free and relaxed environment to discuss knowledge, not to let these bastards discuss the court's strategy and slander the Son of Heaven!
After returning to Guozijian, Meng Qingyuan directly gathered all the relevant bigwigs together, and then informed them of his decision.
That's right, it's a decision, as for whether these people will oppose or something, Meng Qingyuan doesn't care.
If these people are in favor, it is good, but it does not matter if they are opposed.
As long as he hands over a letter, all the principles will be on his side - whether it is the Great Ming Law or the princes in the court, or even the emperor, they don't want the students to let themselves go too far.
To Meng Qingyuan's surprise, the bosses of the entire Guozijian unanimously expressed their approval - it is long overdue to rectify the Guozijian.
What has become of the current Guozijian?
The students are not very enthusiastic about the pursuit of knowledge, but they are particularly interested in court politics or something.
Now is the time when you're interested in court?
If you are not above the court, you will never know how muddy and deep the water above the court is, and if you rush into it, there will be no other good end except drowning.
Just like His Majesty the Emperor decided to completely wipe out Java and Jiannu, these students felt that the emperor wanted to expand his territory and want to be comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu in terms of merit, but in fact?
These students don't know, and they can't be clear about the big guys in the country?
The emperor wanted to suppress the land rent, but he was unwilling to directly attack the landlords of the Ming Dynasty, so he could only get some new land so that more people could get the land.
When the people are allotted land, there will be fewer tenants.
There are fewer tenants, and the landlords have to reduce their rents if they do not reduce their rents.
Thinking of the opening of the official railway franchise by the imperial court before, and allowing private capital to participate in it, there are too many twists and turns in it, which are too complicated, which these students can see clearly?
Moreover, after pacifying Jiannu, Daming will have a stable enough northern environment, and if he frees up his hands to clean up the south, the pressure will be much easier.
In short, His Majesty the Emperor is playing a big game of chess, and everyone is just a chess piece.
I want to change from a chess piece to a chess player, but I haven't died, have I?