When Gao Panlong saw the apocalypse, he agreed to supervise each other in the future, but he still had some reservations about what the apocalypse said was based on freedom and equality, saying that he needed to go back and think about it and discuss it with others, of course, it was Liu Zongzhou who first discussed. Although Gao Panlong was one of the founders of the Donglin Party, he believed that his theory and knowledge were a little worse than Liu Zongzhou.

When the two of them found that this matter seemed to be a trivial matter, a careful analysis involved two major problems: First, the previous one-way supervision was based on the concept of right and wrong of one side as the standard, and the supervisor could either cite scriptures or lay out facts to reason freely. Now that there is two-way supervision, we can't say our own things, and if you say I'm wrong with one standard, and I say you're wrong with another, then we can't talk about it together, and we must set a unified standard. Second, the core concept of the Donglin Party must be changed, that is, to add the flavor of assistance and consolidation to the supervision and restriction of imperial power.

Of course, Liu Zongzhou and Gao Panlong are not the kind of people who oppose for the sake of opposition, they think that as long as there is a reason to change their own ideas a little, it doesn't matter, and in recent years, they have slowly found that the Donglin Party itself has also changed. With the death of the core figures of the older generation such as ** Xing and Ye Xianggao, it is a matter of course for people like Huang Zunsu, Qian Qianyi and others of the new generation to come out to lead. They are young, popular, easy-going, and flexible, and they are deeply liked by the younger generation, and sooner or later they must be allowed to control the right to speak within the Donglin Party, which is a general trend that does not depend on people's will.

Gao Panlong sometimes wondered if the apocalypse had chosen a teacher for the letter king on purpose, and the three teachers who were selected at that time were all from the Donglin Party made Gao Panlong excited, and now it seems likely that it was Apocalypse's means of wooing. It stands to reason that it is very difficult for a united collective to be broken from the outside, and even if it is severely cracked down, it will not be able to wear down its will, and only by finding a way from the inside can the goal of division and disintegration be achieved. Shinwang is the prime minister of the government council, and even if he doesn't do it in the future, he will preside over the supervisory yuan, and his teacher is young, strong and energetic, and he will definitely be biased in the future.

Liu Zongzhou's meaning is to change his thinking from supervision and restriction to supervision and assistance, which is also the proper meaning of the courtiers, but first of all, we have to find a standard that everyone accepts, and Liu Zongzhou is not very opposed to the freedom and equality standard of the Apocalypse, but he has to ask some details clearly.

Hearing that the Apocalypse had come to the Prison Yuan, Gao Panlong and the others immediately went out to greet them, and after sitting down, they saw that there were only two people in the Apocalypse and asked, "I heard that Lord Ye's illness is getting worse and worse, and I have gone to visit Lord Ye on behalf of the King of Xin, where has Lord Xu gone?" ”

Gao Panlong said: "Back to the emperor, Lord Xu didn't know that the emperor would come, he had something to do in the Bo Academy today, it is said that the compiled almanac has been completed, Lord Xu must carefully proofread to avoid mistakes." ”

Tianqi thinks that this old man Xu is too persistent, what is the importance of a calendar? At most, it is related to farm work such as sowing and harvesting, and it is not a big deal to be late for two days or two days. If you want to say that it is used for sacrifice, it is even more unreliable, whether it is the gods or the ancestors, it will not mind the morning and evening, how can you blame if you have been hungry for so long and have food to be happy? He thought this in his heart, but he couldn't say it in his mouth, because he knew that people nowadays have a kind of pathological fanaticism about the calendar, maybe he thought that if he could premonition the changes of heaven and earth, he could grasp the principles of heaven and earth and then control it, right?

Tianqi nodded and said, "It doesn't matter if Lord Xu has something, anyway, he also believes in God and has nothing to do with your Donglin Academy." Yesterday, Mr. Gao said that he wanted to come back and discuss, I don't know how you discussed? Well, let's advertise it in the first issue of the newspaper? ”

Gao Panlong said: "Your Majesty, the minister has discussed with Lord Liu, and found that the freedom and equality that the emperor said are too general, can it be specific to certain things?" ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "Well said, I also think that it is better to concretize, after all, people are only interested in specific clothing, food, housing and transportation, and the general truth is that no matter how full they are, they can't dress warmly." However, this requires you to work together to do this, or the old rule is that the Holy Academy will first take a general direction, and then use this as a direction to promote the specific relevant technologies in the Bo Academy, and finally let the Government Council integrate it with the actual situation. Of course, everything is inseparable from the administrative power of officials, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate first unified its thinking, then formulated a charter, and finally supervised according to the system. ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The emperor said that freedom and equality, the minister has something unclear about this, please ask the emperor to explain, the emperor once told Gao that the trend of historical development is that individuals are becoming more and more equal, and the relationship between people is becoming more and more free, and no one, including the Tang Dynasty and Song ancestors, can change this trend." The minister wondered, can it be said that the change of dynasties in all dynasties is because they go against the trend of historical development? Or as long as it conforms to the historical development trend of equality and freedom, the Ming dynasty will last forever? ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "It should be like this, but I can't be sure that it can only be roughly said, even if Lord Liu finds the loopholes, I also think so, at most I will find a way to make up for the loopholes I found." Of course, if Lord Liu can fundamentally overturn this theory, I will know my mistakes and change to what is good. ”

Seeing that Tianqi said it so low-key, Gao Panlong and Liu Zongzhou couldn't help but secretly shake their heads, knowing in their hearts that this kind of low-key seemed to be ready to change their principles at any time, but in fact, it was difficult to impress them by retreating. If a person confidently says that his theory has no loopholes, finding only the slightest loophole in such a person will cause his foundation to collapse and completely dispel all his theories. Apocalypse said that his theory may not be without loopholes, but it will not change until it is fundamentally overturned, which is a bit of a taste of oil and salt.

Liu Zongzhou thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, can we verify the emperor's theory from the rise and fall of previous dynasties?" ”

Apocalypse said, "Okay, let's verify it together." ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Qin Shi Huang is the first emperor in history, let's start with Qin Shi Huang, Qin Shi Huang built the Great Wall to repair the Afang Palace, and spent all the people's strength to make the rebels and rebels flock to the people, and Han Gaozu won the country and the people's livelihood so that Han Zuo could be consolidated, which seems to be in line with the emperor's equality and freedom. That is to say, Qin Shi Huang regarded the army and the people under his rule as no equal, so that they were overworked and lost their freedom, and Han Gaozu began to let the people be freer and more equal between people, but the Han Dynasty lost the rule of the Han Dynasty in the last years, is this related to equality and freedom? Isn't it because of the fact that the army is cutting off and separating the heroes? ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "The reason why the heroes of the late Han Dynasty rose together was because the imperial court lost control of the county guards in various places, which is not to say that it was too peaceful but because it was too unequal, and we knew that the generals who held military power had the power to overthrow the rule of the imperial court, and it must be in the hands of the emperor. The emperor has the ability to be like the founding monarchs of the previous dynasties, Tang Taizong, Han Gaozu, etc., they themselves have absolute prestige in the army, and they are not afraid of someone acting rashly to overthrow themselves, but in the hands of the Taiping Emperor, it is necessary to divide power and let the generals restrain each other, and even let the civilian officials restrain the generals, so that the flat restraint means become three-dimensional constraints, but the late Han Dynasty is not the same as the power is too centralized. ”

Gao Panlong nodded and said: "Yes, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the military power was concentrated in the hands of the great general He Jin, and once he died, no one could unify the command of the world's armies." ”

Tianqi said: "He Jin is the monopoly of the power of the relatives, so that others are disheartened and no longer have as loyal to the court as before, this is the inequality of power makes power excessively concentrated, and no one can have so much appeal as soon as He Jin dies." In fact, there was a fatal flaw in the system at the end of the Han Dynasty, that is, the emperor participated in the sale of officials, and the county guards and county orders were sold openly at a real price, so that capable people lost confidence in the imperial court, and the hearts of the army and the people were lost, and the country could not be saved. ”

Liu Zongzhou asked: "The loss of the morale of the army and the people has caused chaos in the world, what does this have to do with equality and freedom?" ”

Tianqi said: "The chaos in the world is first of all the suffering of the people of Limin, and now many people will be reluctant to let them pay more rent when they farm, but it is a luxury to be able to farm and pay rent in peace and security in times of war." When the war is in chaos, you kill it, I kill it, this one wants to pull people to be soldiers, and the other wants to grab food and things, who can live a peaceful life? Therefore, some people say that it is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world, which has a certain truth. Lord Liu, think about it, a person can be killed by the rebels at any time, and he can be robbed and arrested at any time, and his wife and family will be separated, where is there any equality and freedom at all? ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The reason for the decline of the emperor in the late Han Dynasty was that the army and the people lost their hearts and minds and caused chaos in the world, and the reason was that a small number of ministers in the court concentrated too much power, and incompetent people occupied the position of a capable minister of the world. The ancients said, 'Don't forget the past life, the teacher of the future life.'" 'Shouldn't Da Ming get some experience from it now?' ”

Tianqi said: "Yes, I thought a few years ago that the DPRK and China should divide power, so I divided the cabinet into the Government Council and the Military Affairs Yuan, and at the same time divided the military strength of the whole country into garrison troops and field armies in terms of use, and also divided the whole army into seven military regions geographically. These divisions ensure that the power of the armed forces is both unified and dispersed, that it is dispersed in peacetime to avoid excessive power by some people, and that it is convenient to concentrate forces to strike at the enemy in wartime. In terms of government affairs, the departments of governance and officials are also separated, and at the same time, various ministries are allowed to coordinate to deal with government affairs, which is also the reason to avoid the emergence of important ministers. ”

Liu Zongzhou smiled when he heard this, and said: "The emperor began to say that the reason for the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty was because power was too centralized, and the power in the hands of the Taiping Emperor needed to be dispersed to avoid losing control too much. Now in the army of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor uses the Military Affairs Yuan to collectively manage the entire army, so as to avoid someone having too much power and causing the country to suffer, so I will not talk about these for the time being. The selection of officials has always been directly appointed by the imperial court, so can it be said that some power will also be distributed to ordinary people in the future? The minister believed that the emperor's division of power to the ministers could only be regarded as a small share, and the final part was given to all the people to be considered a large share. ”^-^^-^