Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Yijun glanced at Xu De and asked expressionlessly, "Li Zhen is here?" ”

"Back to the emperor, here, he has been hesitating, and he still doesn't trust the slave and maid." Xu De said helplessly: "He always feels that the slave is lying to him." ”

Zhu Yijun nodded, he knew that Xu De was excusing himself, but these were small things. Putting the fold in his hand aside, Zhu Yijun opened his mouth and said, "You send him to the palace!" ”

"Be careful, don't make it known to everyone." Zhu Yijun thought about it and instructed again.

"Slave understands!" Xu De nodded and said respectfully.

After Li Zhen entered the palace, he finally believed that he had really been summoned by the emperor, and while he was shocked, he still couldn't figure out why. Why did the emperor see him like this, but he felt that after seeing the emperor, the emperor would give him an explanation.

In the final analysis, Li Zhen is just a scholar, and he may have a lot of ideas and ideas, but Li Zhen does not see things in officialdom clearly.

Li Zhen didn't expect that he was actually led to a school field, but there was no one here, and when he saw the young man standing on the edge of the school field, Li Zhen immediately realized that it was the emperor.

Being in the south and far away from officialdom, Li Zhen didn't know much about the new emperor.

Although it has been ten years since he ascended the throne, in the past ten years, the new emperor's sense of existence is not high.

"Emperor, Mr. Li is here!" Xu Delai's side of Zhu Yijun bowed down.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand, signaled Xu De to retreat, and then waved his hand to let Li Zhen, who was saluting, excuse himself, and looked Li Zhen up and down before he spoke: "Are you curious why I called you here?" ”

"Yes, the student has not been known!" Li Zhen bowed.

Although Li Zhen has been an official and has become a prefect, he has already resigned from his official position.

"I know the Taizhou School, I also know Wang Gen, and I also know He Xinyin." Zhu Yijun looked at Li Zhen and said with a smile: "I have also read your thoughts and writings, and even know the ideas put forward by He Xinyin. ”

"I also know that He Xinyin once 'constructed a harmonious hall in his hometown, and managed the politics of the clan, crowned marriages, funeral sacrifices, and servitude, all of which were available or not.' , it's just that he failed, the money was spent, and he couldn't live anymore. ”

"I also know that He Xinyin also put forward the proposition of 'no father and no king, not father and king', can I say something wrong?"

Li Zhen looked at the smiling young monarch in front of him, the expression on his face froze slightly, he didn't expect that the emperor knew his Taizhou school very well. But he was even more confused, so he didn't speak.

"I also know about He Xinyin's death, and he was rebuked as a heretic."

"But you know what? When He Xinyin died, I thought of Shao Zhengmao. You may not know that compared to Confucianism, I admire Legalism more, because Legalism is very clear in its thinking. ”

"Everything is used to die there, if the prince can be punished with the same crime as the common people, then the world will definitely be cleansed."

"It's not that you can't punish a doctor, you can't be a courtesy, everyone is a human being, and they are all raised by their fathers and mothers, why do you have to divide them into three, six, nine and so on? Is it because you read more books than others and understand more truths, you are superior to others? It doesn't make sense! ”

Didn't Confucius still say that "there must be my teacher in a threesome"? Doesn't that mean that no one is perfect, you will always be inferior to others in some aspect, why do you feel superior? ”

Li Zhen was completely stunned this time, he was denounced as a heretic by the mainstream school, but how did he think that this new emperor was more like a heretic than himself?

Glancing at the stunned Li Zhen, Zhu Yijun smiled, and smiled very happily: "Didn't you expect me to say this?" I have read through history books since I was a child, and I have read the opinions of various families, and I have also realized some things. ”

"No matter what the family's thoughts, the purpose is for the harmony of the world, or the well-being of the people and the prosperity of the country, do you agree with this?"

Li Zhen nodded: "The student agrees." ”

"Taoism pays attention to quiet and inaction, and thinks that if the court intervenes less in the people, then the people's lives will be much better. Legalists believe that the law should be strict and the law should be used to restrict people's behavior. As the saying goes, 'don't be close to each other, don't be noble and low, and break off the law', and the Confucian 'punishment is not a doctor, and the courtesy is not a man'. ”

"Although there are many schools of thought, each has its own opinions, but it is none other than these three schools that can really uphold national politics."

"The rest of the Zongheng family, the Mo family, etc., although they have also prospered, they have not upheld national politics."

Zhu Yijun glanced at Li Zhen again, and said with a smile: "Among the three schools of Confucianism, Taoism and Law, the one I admire the most is Legalism, among which the idea of 'not being close to each other, not being noble and cheap, and breaking off from the law' is what I want to do the most." ”

"After hearing about your Tarzan School's thoughts, I am also very interested."

"In fact, I am also looking for a way to strengthen the country, which is also the reason why I founded the inner factory, I want to search the world, find an idea, or a method, so that the Ming Dynasty can be rich and prosperous, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment."

"When He Xinyin was doing things, I was very concerned and hoped that he could succeed, but unfortunately he failed."

"From He Xinyin's thoughts, I know one thing, that is, people's hearts are profit-oriented, no one is selfless, people are selfish, and they are all selfish. We can expect everyone to be selfless, but not everyone can do it. ”

"Often when things happen, it is the selfless people who suffer."

Zhu Yijun glanced at Li Zhen again, and said with a smile: "Do you think what I said is very messy?" In fact, it's not just messy, it's also messy in my heart. After hearing about you, I thought about bringing you in, one is short, and two are long, isn't it? ”

Li Zhen was silent, Zhu Yijun obviously subverted his perception of the emperor, but he was actually confused by the emperor.

I do have a lot of ideas and many ideas, and I also oppose science and religion, but I have never risen to the level of a country. Now that the emperor said this, Li Zhen also felt confused.

"Tell me, what do you think can be done to cleanse the world and make the Ming Dynasty rich and prosperous?"

"I don't want to hear something big, I want to hear a specific solution."

Dong Zhongshu's idea of great unification created the prosperity of the Han Dynasty and was also respected by all dynasties. Now that science is flourishing, I hope you will have a doctrine of your own, a doctrine based on 'prosperity and wisdom, and benefit the people.'" ”

After being silent for a long time, Li Zhen slowly spoke: "Although the student has also thought a lot, His Majesty's question is too broad, and the student doesn't know how to answer for a while. ”

In fact, at this time, Li Zhen had not yet begun his writings, and although his ideas had some sprouts, many ideas had not yet been put forward. Most of them only have a slight concept, and it is difficult for him to bring it up directly.

Zhu Yijun glanced at Li Zhen, nodded and said, "I'm going to make some attempts, why don't you go and have a look!" ”

What Zhu Yijun said is, of course, the civil service system, and for the civil service system, Zhu Yijun not only gave a code of conduct, but also gave a certain ideological proposition. The induction training for civil servants is three months, on the one hand, training, and on the other hand, screening.

"Go and be a gentleman!" Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Teach some students!" ”

Li Zhen was stunned, is he still teaching?

Although he didn't know who he was teaching, the emperor tried his best to get himself to the capital, and he would definitely not let himself simply teach students, which Li Zhen could still understand.

"I have a sentence to say in front of me, doesn't the study of mind pay attention to the unity of knowledge and action?"

"You just go and see if you can do it, maybe after the trip, you will know what to do."

Li Zhen bowed and said, "Students understand! ”

Zhu Yijun nodded again: "The so-called rope saws the wood is broken, the water drops are worn by the stone, nothing in this world is overnight." It takes time to spread ideas and make people go from disagreeing to agreeing. ”

"Confucius once traveled all over the world, but his ideas were not accepted."

"But Confucius has disciples, 3,000 disciples, and 72 sages, and I think you can learn from him. This time, you can try to take in some students, a kind of ideological perfection needs to be passed on. ”

Li Zhen bowed again and said, "Students understand! ”

After the conversation was almost over, Li Zhen left the palace, and Zhu Yijun was a little excited.

In fact, Zhu Yijun could see that Li Zhen had some ideas, but what he said earlier was more radical than Li Zhen's ideas. For example, the discourse on the creation of all human beings and the exposition on Legalism are somewhat unacceptable.

Perhaps Li Zhen at this time has not yet reached the time of academic and ideological success, even if he is a great achievement, Li Zhen's thinking is far from that of later generations.

It's just that Zhu Yijun really can't find a good doctrine or thought, and in this era, the most forward-looking thought is the Taizhou school of mind. If you want to make, or transform an idea that meets your own requirements, then only they are the most suitable.

For example, Zhu Yijun has high hopes for the civil servants recruited this time, these people are his own team!

Starting with a county, it expanded to a province, then to a province, and finally to the whole country. When the current bureaucratic system is replaced by a civil service, the entire country will be completely reformed.

This process is destined to be arduous and long, but Zhu Yijun will not give up, if it doesn't work in ten years, it will take twenty years, and if it doesn't work in twenty years, it will take thirty years, and sooner or later it will be completed.

Zhu Yijun also understands that regulations and systems are one thing, and ideology is also a very important aspect, which is why Zhu Yijun chose Li Zhen. For newly recruited civil servants, Li Zhen can also be regarded as a test.

Only those who can accept Li Zhen's thoughts can accept their own thoughts!