"Power generation, ask Hai Rui what happened, notify the yamen in the capital, and ignore it, otherwise he will be investigated by the same party as the East Factory!"

Zhu Houzhao immediately replied to Emperor Zhu Zailei.

Disturbances among students and even books on the parade bus or something, Zhu Houzhao is already commonplace.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, this is a way for the middle class, that is, the gentry class, to express their political demands, and there are good sides, such as the late Qing Dynasty, such as the bus on the bus, and there are also bad sides, such as interfering with the judiciary or even refusing justice, forcing the court to act according to their will, such as now strongly demanding that Hai Jui step down.

Zhu Houzhao didn't know how Hai Rui angered these Nanzhili students, but he knew that the imperial court could not dismiss Hai Rui from his official position in violation of the administrative system because these Nanzhili students were unhappy, even if Hai Rui resigned on his own initiative.

Emperor Zhu Zailei complied with the instructions of Emperor Zhu Houzhao, ignoring these students in the capital, and ordered the yamen not to pay attention to them.

But it is impossible for the civil servants to ignore it, after all, they are also the gentry class.

Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help but say to Emperor Zhu Zailei at this time: "Your Majesty, the people's feelings are surging, although the Emperor Taishang asked us to ignore it, but we can't really sit idly by, after all, these students are also my Ming people, hunger strikes and don't eat, there really has to be a good one, I'm afraid of making trouble!" ”

"The Emperor Taishang has issued a strict order, what can I do, now the Emperor Taishang is not in charge, and the lives of the people are getting richer and richer, coupled with the open-mindedness, the liberal wind in Jiangnan is really getting stronger and stronger, clearly wanting equality, but not abiding by the rules, how can they have the final say in the removal of this court official!"

Zhu Zailei, as the emperor, was naturally not satisfied with this phenomenon.

Xu Jie didn't want to say anything when he saw this, he naturally hoped that these students could force the court to make concessions, but he also knew that the current emperor and the emperor were not weak lords.

Therefore, Xu Jie could only persuade Emperor Zhu Zailei with a state of mind that distressed the health of these students.

Emperor Zhu Zailei really felt sorry for the lives of these students, after all, he was educated to tell the lives of others, especially the lives of his compatriots, that they needed to be respected.

The so-called equality is not just talking, but really respecting life.

Therefore, Emperor Zhu Zailei still sighed and said, "Come with me to meet the Emperor Taishang, he is an old man with rich experience and knows what to do?" ”

In fact.

Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to do, in his memory, even in the 21st century, and even in some highly developed and high-welfare countries in later generations, the middle class would make trouble and threaten the government.

Even the more financially developed the region, the more proud it is.

Therefore, in Zhu Houzhao's view, if because they are compatriots and do not want to destroy the peace without using violent and bloody suppression, you can only make trouble with you, I will do mine, as long as you do not violate the law, you deserve to starve to death! But if you break the law, don't blame me for being unkind.

"You have to get used to this phenomenon, public opinion is to care, but not to really blindly listen to public opinion, because public opinion is not unified from beginning to end, the Ming Dynasty now has hundreds of millions of citizens, and they are all well fed, dressed in warm clothes, and have learned some miscellaneous ideas, naturally there are even several doctrines, and there are several political demands, today you see the students asking for the removal of Hai Jui, tomorrow you will know that someone is asking Hai Jui to stay in office."

As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, Emperor Zhu Zailei and Xu Jie both nodded.

Xu Jie also knew that he couldn't play any tricks in front of Zhu Houzhao, but he still had to say: "Emperor Taishang, Your Majesty, life is precious, we can't turn a blind eye because our people are committing suicide, and the ministers dare to admonish, the court should still think about these Nanzhili students who have traveled thousands of miles to make trouble in the capital." ”

"Yes, father, Xu Jie's words are right, my son was disobedient before, my father still followed the good temptation and persuaded him with good words, and now these students are like ignorant children, we can't help but abandon them!"

Zhu Zailei also said.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look at Zhu Zailei: "You mean you want to take care of these people?" ”

Zhu Zailei nodded.

"What are you going to do, promise them, and depose Hai Jui?"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, he looked at Xu Jie, Xu Jie's eyes lit up, and then he saw Zhu Hou taking care of himself, and couldn't help but lower his head.

"Naturally not, Hai Jui's governor of Yingtian was appointed by me, and the documents issued by the officials are in accordance with the constitution, how can they be dismissed because of the will of the people, in this case, isn't it that every time I appoint an official, if it does not conform to the will of the local students, he will be dismissed, in the end, I am the emperor, or are they the emperor."

Zhu Zailei said.

"When it comes to the point, this is the contradiction, you can't control it, unless you give in, let the appointment be dismissed, let them cook."

Zhu Houzhao said and said: "I heard that there is already the idea of cooking now, Lei'er, if you want, you can accept the idea of cooking and be an emperor who only has a symbol of etiquette and a symbol of the country, anyway, I have passed on the country to you!" ”

Xu Jie looked at Zhu Zailei, representing the interests of the scholar class, and hoped that Zhu Zailei would accept the idea of cooking dishes, accept the idea of the Son of Heaven and the scholars ruling the world together, of course, it is fundamentally the idea of the scholars governing the world.

"The son is unwilling, unless the workers can remove their boss, and the villagers can remove their chief and demand that the imperial court guarantee their right to vote in the village!"

Zhu Zailei thought for a while, then looked up and replied.

After the internal affairs reform of the Ming Dynasty and Zhang Xuan, the local grassroots basically required the villages below the rural level to implement villager autonomy, while the towns were to implement the autonomy of the villagers, and the village and the square were elected by the villagers and the people, and this system has even been written into the outline of the constitution.

But for so many years, neither the villagers nor the villagers were interested in this election, and some powerful gentry usurped their power and even turned the village and the village into a "hereditary", and many villagers and residents did not object.

Zhu Zailei also talked to Zhu Houzhao about why the villagers and the villagers do not attach so much importance to their own power, and Zhu Houzhao can only explain that the people's wisdom is not yet fully opened, so they don't care.

But Zhu Zailei said at this time: "My son now thinks that the real majority of the common people don't need to cook and power, because they don't have the ability to manage anyone, but they need others to take care of them, drive them, they need leaders, and these students are different, they are people who don't have to worry about food and clothing, they don't need to be managed, what they need is freedom, and what they need is a court that listens to them." ”

Xu Jie didn't expect that the current emperor would have this kind of thinking, but he also admitted that it seems that as His Majesty the Emperor said, the people of the world have no ambition to dominate the world, and they are even willing to be dominated, but they are indeed unwilling to be served, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao, and sighed secretly:

"Who let the Emperor Taishang abandon Cheng Zhu Lixue back then and belittle Confucianism, otherwise where do you want to be free today, naturally in your eyes, only the monarch has a family of parents and family, and in the end it is yourself."

Zhu Houzhao noticed Xu Jie's eyes looking at him, and couldn't help asking: "Cabinet First Assistant Xu Jie, what do you think of the emperor's opinion." ”

Xu Jie bowed deeply to Zhu Houzhao, no matter what, Emperor Zhu Houzhao of Zhengde did give the Ming Dynasty unprecedented wealth, he still revered it in his heart, but he also replied truthfully: "The minister thinks that science cannot be abolished, and the imperial court may rebuild Confucian ethics!" It is forbidden for the world to talk about state affairs! ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but smile after hearing this, he knew that Xu Jie's words were from the bottom of his heart, and he didn't hide his secrets, otherwise he wouldn't have risked provoking himself to say this, after all, he had a great contempt for Confucianism from the beginning.

"You Xu Ge is always the elder of the Xu family, even Zhishi is also the head of the family, naturally he doesn't mind the imprisonment of Confucianism, you can ask your son to see if he is willing to obey your orders in his heart, even to marry a wife, you have to listen to your arrangement, and even read He Ke, what kind of ideas to follow."

Zhu Houzhao said a word, and asked Zhu Zailei: "I have heard that the son of Liu Siwen, the governor of Yunnan, committed suicide by jumping into the river because he wanted to resist an arranged marriage. ”

"Back to the emperor, this kind of thing is not new in recent years, and there are many fathers and sons who have turned against each other, and even some imperial historians have protested against the law of leniency for fathers and sons, and asked the court to revise them," Zhu Zailei replied.

Hearing this, Xu Jie also knew that the Emperor Taishang did not agree with what he said about the proposal to rebuild the Confucian order, so he could only continue to remain silent.

The discussion between the three big names at the top of the empire did not lead to any results in the end, but it seemed that they had gained a lot from each other.

"I didn't expect that I have been living for almost eighty years, and I will still be confused when I encounter some things!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but say this in the end.

Zhu Zailei also returned to his Forbidden City, in fact, he didn't really want to be a slave owner who could kill and take away others, so he didn't care about the loss of power, but he really couldn't accept letting the group of people outside decide the court politics.

"Your Majesty, Hai Rui's telegram has arrived, according to Hai Rui, Lu Fang, a member of Ying Tianfu, killed five villagers for organizing villagers to make trouble, and was suspected of intentional homicide, so he asked the local police bureau to arrest Lu Fang, and let the case be filed according to the investigation division, and the Ying Tianfu Criminal Court has already decided to kill him! The verdict message has been sent to the Imperial Court Criminal Department and Dali Temple! But because of this, it led to rumors about Hai Rui and other people framing Lu Fang! But I didn't expect these students to come directly to the capital. ”

At this time, Li Fang came over and handed the telegram from Nanjing to Zhu Zailei.

"I was almost deceived by these scholars, since they violated the law and should be punished, these people actually dared to come to the capital to make trouble! What is this for, intending to blackmail the imperial court and interfere in the administration of justice? ”

Zhu Zailei threw the message to Li Fang: "Back to Hai Rui, I already know." ”

Xu Jie, the first assistant of the cabinet, had just returned home at this time, and saw his housekeeper come to report: "Master, Chen Lianfang, the superintendent of Henan Province, submitted a post today to ask to see him. ”

"Let him come to the study".

Xu Jie said, and not long after, he saw Chen Lianfang coming.

Chen Lianfang hurriedly said: "Yuan Fu, Hai Rui is severely punished in the south of the Yangtze River, and he only cares about the common people and does not love the gentry, which causes the people's resentment to boil, otherwise these students from Nanzhili will not come to the capital to demand the removal of Hai Rui, and the will of the people cannot be violated!" ”

"I don't know that this official not only told His Majesty today, but also told the Emperor Taishang, but the court has its own laws, how can the governor of a province be dismissed because of the trouble!"

Xu Jie said.

"Yuan Fu's meaning, Xia Guan understands, in the end, this matter still has to be dealt with by the officials of the court, Xia Guan has already prepared to impeach Hai Rui, asking the court to dismiss Hai Rui, but now the court no longer allows the imperial history to go directly to the lower officials' recitals are indiscriminately accused, without evidence and without certificates, and refuse to submit to the imperial front! Therefore, there is really no way for Xia Guan to do it now. ”

Chen Lianfang said after speaking: "According to the intention of the lower officials, I can only ask the pavilion veteran to submit it directly to His Majesty, and also ask the pavilion elder to see the thousands of scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, so that the emperor knows the heart of the world!" ”

"Do you think it's useful, Chen Yushi, what's more, Your Majesty has issued a strict decree that all officials in the DPRK and China who pay attention to these students will be investigated as the mastermind behind the scenes or the same party!"

As soon as Xu Jie said this, Chen Lianfang was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he spit out his words: "The villagers killed by Lu Shengren are the former degenerate people, they are extremely lowly, and if they are killed, they will be killed, and these untouchables want to coerce Lu Shengren first, and Lu Shengren has not done it himself, so he can't be punished by the doctor, why let him pay for his life!" Now like this, it is all the victim of the emperor, everyone in the world is equal, just because of this equality, the court has no warmth! In this way, how can the world's scholars love this country! ”

"Bastard!"

Xu Jie slapped the table and pointed at Chen Lianfang: "It's a big rebellion!" Ignorant! Arrogant! Immature! You Chen Lianfang was born in a family in the south of the Yangtze River, since you were a child, you have hundreds of child servants, and the villagers are all in awe, and now even if you are a three-year-old child, you don't have to kowtow when you see you, you are not used to it, right, you are not used to this equality, right, blame the emperor, the old man will tell you, this matter has nothing to do with the emperor, this is the general trend! Confucianism is also a general trend if it is not lonely, a hundred, hundreds or a thousand years later, the common people do not need to be attached to the land of your squire and can be self-reliant, how can you make them bow down to you like before! What's more, who doesn't know a few words now, why bother to make yourself so noble! ”

After Xu Jie scolded Chen Lianfang, he asked his housekeeper to drive Chen Lianfang out.

Zhu Houzhao learned about this through Zhu Zailei at this time, and asked with a smile: "Xu Jie, is it really like that?" ”

"According to the people in Xichang, it is indeed scolded like this, Chen Lianfang also issued an article criticizing Xu Jie's eyes for only having the emperor", Zhu Zailei replied.

"It seems that this Xu Jie's scolding is to me, but this also shows that there are still a lot of people in the court, no matter what these bad things are, the destruction of the Japanese is the top priority at the moment", Zhu Houzhao said, Zhu Zailei also nodded, and the father and son couldn't help but look at the Nanzhili students under the city tower, Zhu Zailei asked first: "Father, will there be more and more people who ask the court or even threaten the court in the future." ”

"Yes! But this is a good thing, maybe in the future, the common people who only know how to make money can do the same, instead of blindly being silent or not caring, but if they dare to evade taxes and break the law, they still can't be spared! ”

Zhu Houzhao said.