Ying Tianfu. Palace. The temple of the body.

After the early dynasty, when the chief officials were waiting for the officials of Honglu Temple to announce the dissolution of the dynasty, Zhu Zhanji took the lead in speaking. "Today, at noon, I don't want to meet with foreign officials, I just want to discuss some issues with you Aiqing. All Aiqing stayed in the palace for dinner, and then held a feast. ”

Since the Orthodox Dynasty, the imperial court feast has been like a fictitious one. What Zhu Zhanji looks down on the most are those old antiques who will only hold the ancestral tablet and not lose it.

Even today's officials, if they do not have some basic specialties, have no hope of being promoted.

During the Hongwu Dynasty, Confucian disciples could enter the Guozijian as long as they were literate and became official candidates.

In the Yongle Dynasty, only those who raised more than one person could enter the Guozijian.

This is mainly due to the fact that there are more and more scholars in the Ming Dynasty, and of course the selection is becoming more and more strict.

But at this time, the imperial court had not yet dug the foundation of Confucianism.

But in the Orthodox Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji proposed the professionalization of officials, and as an official in the Ministry of Industry, they must understand technology; As an official in the household department, you must understand accounting; As an official in the Ministry of Etiquette, you naturally have to understand etiquette and so on.

In this way, although more and more official positions have been added, but only those who understand the Confucian scriptures and meanings will naturally not be able to become officials.

Especially those Confucian scholars who don't touch the spring water with their fingers, and can't even distinguish between wheat seedlings and leeks, never want to be a local official.

In this way, the atmosphere of the imperial court attaching importance to current affairs is getting stronger and stronger.

The banquet was originally a special imperial chair set up by the emperors since the Han and Tang dynasties to lecture on the scriptures and discuss history, and it began to be valued in the Song Dynasty.

In the original history, because of Zhu Zhanji's early death and Yingzong's accession to the throne, Sanyang carried forward this system and became the main way for the children of the royal family to receive education.

The lecturers are composed of six official attendants such as the six Shangshu, as well as other personnel such as book exhibitions, ceremonies, offerings, and praises. In addition to the three sutra feasts per month, there are still daily lectures, only need to lecture on the official cabinet bachelor's class, do not need to wait for the official and other officials, the official or four or six, each companion read more than ten times, the official directly said the righteousness, but in the understanding and easy to understand. The daily lecture ceremony is much simpler than the sutra feast, or the small sutra feast and small lecture.

Since then, the lectures have been institutionalized, and the positions of Hanlin Bachelor, Hanlin Attendant, etc., are dedicated to Confucian academic propaganda and have influenced generations of emperors.

But now Zhu Zhanji did not die early, and he is still doing everything possible to expand the influence of other academics. Although Confucianism is a prominent science, it does not have a complete strategy for actual governance, so it gradually declines.

From the beginning of the Orthodox Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji built more than 50 universities in Yingtianfu.

These universities specialize in teaching accounting, ideological education, and physical education. And the recruits are also divided into different types, and the children of soldiers naturally go to military schools, and there are also schools built specifically for honors and nobles and clans.

Zhu Zhanji's children were educated in specialized schools since they were young, and although they also received the influence of Confucianism, it was only a subject, which was equivalent to the ideological character of later generations.

And what really accounts for most of the assessment results is mathematics, Gewu, and natural things.

If Confucianism wants to influence the princes and grandchildren, you can, you go to school to teach, and there is only one class in three days.

But like math and gewu, there is a class a day, and that is more important, and there is no need to compare them.

Of course, Zhu Zhanji did not attach importance to Confucianism, in fact, Zhu Zhanji still attached great importance to the human ethics and class of Confucianism.

In those noble schools, civilian schools, these classes are not less.

But for the princes and grandchildren, what they should learn more is the art of the emperor, political wisdom, and the balance of power.

If any prince was poisoned by Confucianism and believed that Confucian scholarship could govern the world, Zhu Zhanji would directly give him a few slaps to make him sober up.

Although the presiding officers did not know what the topic of today's discussion was, everyone was accustomed to Zhu Zhanji's frequent banquets.

In fact, the current sutra feast is no longer the exposition of the scriptures and meanings propagated by Confucianism.

Today's feast is more like an academic discussion, a kind of ideological storm that makes suggestions for the future development of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Confucianism attaches the most importance to the ancestral system, which cannot be changed. But here is Zhu Zhanji, there is no such statement, even if it is the rules he has set himself, when the background has changed, it often changes according to the changes in the current situation.

The officials ate a light breakfast in the Wuying Palace, and entered the Jinshen Hall one by one.

At this time, Zhang Han, who had not slept all night, was already waiting outside the palace with his manuscript in his arms.

After receiving the notice from the palace last night, he didn't understand some of his thoughts, how could he alarm the emperor's grandfather.

Because of his pity for the aliens, he was afraid that he would dislike the emperor's grandfather, and he was nervous. But inside, he still has a stirring sense of excitement.

He does not think that he is at fault, he always believes that any civilization should have its advanced side.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to develop, it can't rest on its laurels, work behind closed doors, and embrace different ideas.

Last night, he received a notice and brought many articles that he had sorted out recently into the palace.

Here are the articles he wrote before, as well as the many thoughts he wrote on the way back after his experience in Europe.

He wanted to use these to persuade his imperial ancestors to relax the restrictions and exploitation of those white people, although most of those white people did not know that they were being exploited by the Ming Dynasty.

The eldest brother Zhang Hai looked at him who was a little nervous, and at first smiled and comforted: "Second brother, don't worry, after all, we are the grandsons of the emperor's grandfather, even if we do something wrong, we will be scolded at most." ”

However, Zhu Zhanji did not give them a meal for breakfast, but only asked them to wait outside the temple.

After that, the main ministers of the imperial court came almost one by one. The speaker, the prime minister, the secretary general, the heads of various ministries, and the members of His Majesty's cabinet, the scale of nearly 100 people made Zhang Hai, who was standing outside the hall, a little uncertain.

He didn't think that what his younger brother provoked would alarm everyone, and he thought that something big had happened in the court today, so there was this impromptu meeting.

But soon, after those officials had entered, Li Liang's trembling figure came to their brother. "Two little highnesses, please come in with the old slave."

Zhang Hai is based in the capital and is familiar with Li Liang. For this old man who has served his grandfather all his life, he does not dare to slack off in the slightest. "Grandpa Li, now that the important ministers of the court are all in the palace, the emperor's grandfather will let us in at this time?"

Li Liang showed a hint of a smile and sighed: "Don't worry, Your Majesty won't ...... you like anything."

After receiving this comfort, Zhang Hai relieved himself. And Zhang Han thought that his maternal ancestor wanted to use the crowd to force him, so he followed Li Liang with a spirit of seeing death as home, and entered the main hall.

Hundreds of ministers filled the seats in the hall, and the cabinet members were not bad today, clustered around the high platform under Zhu Zhanji's dragon chair.

With electricity in the palace and megaphones, there was no need for eunuchs to shout at the top of their throats.

Li Liang brought the two brothers to the front of the high platform, left the two of them to face Zhu Zhanji, bypassed the high platform, came to Zhu Zhanji's side and back, hid in the corner and closed his eyes to recuperate.

The two brothers, Zhang Hai and Zhang Han, in front of the Minister of Zhongwei, did not dare to be sloppy, and knelt down and said: "Zhang Hai of the Liang State Mansion, Zhang Han greets Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled and waved his hand and said, "Flat." Bestow the seat. ”

The two eunuchs moved two chairs and placed them under the high platform, slightly leaning away from Zhu Zhanji, facing the ministers.

The two brothers could only sit down stubbornly, facing the gaze of the hundred officials, which made them extremely uncomfortable.

Zhang Han's heart churned, although sitting above was the emperor of a belt, his most respected grandfather, but if he couldn't convince himself today, don't want to give in.

He was on the second floor of the high platform, took some microphones, listened to the sound of the microphone, and then approached and said: "Today is the forty-first year of orthodoxy, the year of Jiashen, the month of Jiaxu, and the day of Wuyin. Your Majesty has a sense of the current situation of all countries in the world, so he holds an example of a feast and accepts hundreds of official words for the benefit of all people. Today's feast is to talk about the past and the present, and to compare Chinese and foreign societies, so you can express your own opinions and not think it is against it. Please give me the title ...... Your Majesty"

The hundred officials clasped their fists and said, "Please give your majesty a question." ”

Zhu Zhanji leaned closer to the microphone in front of him, muttered for a while, and said: "The topics of nation, society, and country have been discussed many times with you Aiqing in the past. Although these topics are big, the world is constantly changing, and at all times, we must keep pace with the times in order to keep up with the changes that are developing.

Forty years ago, I went to Europa for the first time, which had just been ravaged by the Black Death, and nearly 10 million of the more than 20 million people had died. The people there did not bathe, did not brush their teeth, and lived like cattle under the rule of the church.

Before I went to Europa, there were dark times. The Christian church became the spiritual backbone of the society of the time, establishing a strict hierarchy and treating God as the absolute authority.

Literature, art, philosophy, and even politics and military affairs all follow the teachings of the Bible, the classic of Christianity.

No one is allowed to disobey him, otherwise he will be punished by the Inquisition, even with death.

Under the control of the Church, medieval Europa was lifeless, and science and technology were not progressing.

But now, there is already like my Daming, everyone washes their faces and brushes their teeth, and cooks in an iron pot.

The trade with my Ming Dynasty broadened the horizons of those Europeans. Let them know how to pay attention to hygiene and learn advanced technology.

In southern Europe, centered on the Papal States, Florence, Venice, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Rome and other countries have now become more civilized.

A large part of the reason for their civilization is the product of a certain stage through the development of commodity trade, then a general uplift of society, and now to a certain stage.

The commodity economy operates through the market, and the market selects the best to buy, bargain, and sign a contract, all of which are voluntary behaviors after deliberation, which is the embodiment of freedom.

These "freedoms" also have the freedom of ownership of the means of production and the freedom of the productive forces, and the common premise of all these freedoms is the freedom of man.

The emergence of our Ming Dynasty has facilitated this change, because our people, our army, only have to obey my commands, and they don't care about that God at all.

We have set an example for Europe to let them know that God is not omnipotent, and that people who do not believe in God can live better.

So in recent years, a new ideological movement has surged in southern Europe advocating human freedom.

Trade with our Ming Dynasty also provided the possibility for the rise of this ideological movement.

The prosperity of the city's economy has made wealthy merchants, workshop owners, and bankers who have succeeded in their careers and made them more confident in the value and strength of individuals, and more full of the spirit of innovation, enterprising, and adventurous and winning.

This provided a deep material foundation and a suitable social environment for the occurrence of this movement, as well as talents. ”

Zhang Han listened to Zhu Zhanji's words with fascination, although he had a deep understanding of some changes in Europe, he was in the game after all.

And Zhu Zhanji is not only an outsider, but also hundreds of years of summary and analysis has laid more theoretical foundation for him.

Therefore, when he heard Zhu Zhanji's views on the changes in the situation in Europe, Zhang Han had a feeling of enlightenment.

Zhu Zhanji continued: "These talents have accumulated wealth through trade, and their growth has also given birth to a new class. I synthesized all aspects of the co-ordination and called them the bourgeoisie.

The bourgeoisie is a person and a group, and they have higher knowledge, wider knowledge, and more assets than others.

Just like the current parliamentarians in Florence, they are all bourgeoisie, and then they can have a certain social prestige and become the leaders of that country.

When their forces are combined, they become bigger and stronger, and I call them the capitalist class.

The bourgeoisie, as opposed to the bourgeoisie, is a collective term and an essential elaboration.

The reason why it is the capitalist class is because the most effective weapon in their hands is their capital. They can have no official position, they can have no titles, as long as they have silver and more productive resources, they can survive well.

Compared to the imperial power of my Ming Dynasty, they are certainly not worth mentioning, but in Europe, it is impossible for the church to suppress them all the time.

I believe that in the near future, these capitalist classes will be able to burst into great power and make the church begin to compromise.

So, what about us in Daming?

Of course, the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty are not worth mentioning compared to the officials, because my Ming Dynasty is an official-based country. No matter how great their power is, no matter how much material they occupy, they can't be as big as the imperial court.

However, we must also guard against the fact that the capitalist class of merchants interests their funds, corrupts our officials, and influences the policies of the imperial court.

All of us should be on guard against the emergence of the capitalist class. However, blind suppression is not beneficial to the development of society.

The trade of commodities can promote the development of industry, and the development of industry can lead to the enhancement of national strength.

Now, fifty years later, I have gone from being a teenager to an old man. My Ming Dynasty has paid less than 20 million taels of silver from less than 20 million years old to more than 80,000 taels of silver now.

The population of our Ming Dynasty has only increased by less than four times, but the tax has increased by forty times, all of which are the forces exerted by the combination of technology, industry, and commerce.

I had anticipated this decades ago, so I started to develop commerce, industry, and technology instead of choking on food.

So, in the face of this emerging class, how should we control it?

Now, in terms of policy, the imperial court controls the industries related to national security in its own hands, and only allows those businessmen to engage in industries related to people's livelihood.

This is the basic national policy for the long-term development of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the bottom line that no one or any force can touch.

Don't let businessmen control the country with capital, so what should our Ming Dynasty use as the foundation to form the foundation of our Ming Dynasty's long-term peace and stability?

What is the model of this society to carry out long-term benign operation? It's the imperial power!

Therefore, in my Ming Dynasty, the dignity of imperial power cannot be desecrated.

However, whether it is imperial power or the power of hundreds of officials, the composition of these powers is all operated by people.

Without you officials, I wouldn't have been able to realize even the most ideas. Without you officials, no amount of power I would have been able to leave this palace.

Moreover, throughout the ages, most of the emperors at the beginning of the founding of the country were wise, but then they became more and more mediocre, and eventually led to the death of the country.

Of course, there is the reason for the emperor's mediocrity, but in my opinion, it is more the outbreak of contradictions in society as a whole.

The emperor rules the world, and hundreds of officials govern the world, and the communication and liaison between the top and the bottom not only require wise decision-making, but also the smooth flow of the whole society.

So, I would like to ask you Aiqing, what exactly do you use to maintain the smooth flow of the whole society? Is it Confucian etiquette, incorruptibility, wisdom, and faith? Or is it the rule of the Taoists who do their own thing?

What I want is not for people to die and for the government to rest, not for one family to chase hundreds of families, not for the children and grandchildren to be extremely virtuous, but for the whole society not to fall into a situation full of contradictions.

Then, I need all Aiqing to work together with me to formulate a set of policies that keep pace with the times for me and the whole world.

This policy should have continuity, an immovable core, and an amendment plan that keeps pace with the times, so that it can keep up with the development of the times at any time.

I have never hoped for the harmony of the world, nor for everyone to be equal, nor for everyone to be honest.

But I hope that no matter if you are a royal family, an official, a military general, or a common man, you can live happily in your own position and play your role in your own position. It can make the motivated people have a promising future, and the weak can be perfectly protected. ”

Zhu Jianshen was ashamed to listen to the position on the second floor, because he felt that he was still far from a wise emperor.

And Zhang Han, who was sitting below him, had long lost his arrogance at this time, and looked at his maternal grandfather with a kind of admiration.

He thought he was thinking a lot, but now he realized that the problems he was thinking about had already been thought of by his grandfather, and he even had a solution.

And the blood of the hundred officials who also listened to it one by one, because Zhu Zhanji's words, although he did not directly give an answer, and asked the hundred officials to give advice, but in fact, the core problem has been pointed out.

That's class!

Europa's ecclesiastical rule has always been a policy of foolishness, but now, the trade between the East and the West has broken the blockade of the church, and people's consciousness has been awakened.

With the awakening of people's consciousness, the relatively weak church can no longer cover the sky with one hand.

In the East, previous dynasties also implemented the Confucian policy of ignoring the people. But from the time when His Majesty was still the grandson, he had consciously guided the people towards enlightenment.

Therefore, the situation in the Ming Dynasty is different from that in Europe, the Ming Dynasty is still very stable, but His Majesty has been preparing for a rainy day and wants to seek a better way to develop steadily.

If you don't want the Ming Dynasty to be like Europe, let those unrighteous businessmen control the changes in society, so you can only rely on imperial power.

At this time, His Majesty is willing to discuss this topic, which proves that His Majesty does not believe that imperial power can always be a weight on the scales.

The whole society is composed of all strata and people of all colors. The development of society is formed by the joint efforts of all strata.

It is His Majesty's will to establish a stable and enlightened structure between imperial power, official power, and money power.

And this structure seems to be able to limit not only merchants, but also the common people, officials, and imperial power.

Although most people have not completely digested Zhu Zhanji's words, most people already have a little bottom in their hearts about what Zhu Zhanji wants to express.

Zhu Zhanji also said: "At the beginning of my ascension to the throne, I have been constantly establishing and revising laws. The laws of the Ming Dynasty are becoming more and more complete, more and more, but they are still not enough.

Today, I also take this opportunity to discuss with all of you, Aiqing, and I want to rebuild the Great Ming Law.

The new Da Ming Law will be people-oriented and country-oriented. In addition, even the imperial power cannot exceed the law of the Ming Dynasty! ”

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in the palace.

Everyone looked at Zhu Zhanji in amazement, unable to believe their ears. Only he can say this, and anyone else is a capital crime.

But Zhu Zhanji seemed to just regard this as a trivial matter and changed the topic back. I have just said so much, and I did not say the pros and cons of the world society, but only the social problems caused by the current development of the world.

Therefore, based on what I have just said, I also give today's topic: on the basic foundation of long-term social stability. ”

As soon as Zhu Zhanji's words came out, Peng Shi, who was behind him, immediately held the pen and flew and wrote the title of these twelve words.

Afterwards, the four eunuchs held up a banner with these twelve characters so that everyone could see the subject.

Everyone groaned, and Zhang Han was no exception. He knew very well that he could get this opportunity to feast today because of his expertise in this area.

But what he didn't expect was that Zhu Zhanji targeted him first.

"Guangbo, I have seen the manuscripts you have written, and I find some of them interesting. Today, in front of hundreds of officials, I would like to hear how you came up with the idea of helping white people improve their situation. ”