Ye Xianggao naturally understood what the emperor meant, and was greatly depressed. If the emperor really forbade the destruction of Donglin Academy, the Donglin people would indeed be hit hard, but this would arouse the sympathy of the people, but it would make the people support Donglin more, and the future of the Donglin people would be much better. But now the emperor just ordered the Donglin people not to apply for the Jingshi University Hall without writing a knot, which looked like it had little impact on the Donglin Party, but in fact it was a soft knife to cut the meat, which would soon make the Donglin Academy a crowd. The imperial examination is once every three years, and only two or three hundred people are selected at a time, how can it be compared to the study in the hall of Beijing Normal University for one to several years, and you can go out to be an official or even an official.

Zhu Youxiao said: "The "Donglin Covenant" said that Donglin Academy is no longer a simple college, and the name of the party is well deserved. I have always thought that all the people in the world, each doing their own thing, is the world of great harmony. Donglin Academy wants to teach and educate people, and wants to participate in politics, but I don't like it. Donglin has two more sentences, and I have always thought it was evil. If one is not the same way, he is an enemy. One sentence is the couplet of the academy, the sound of the wind and rain, the sound of reading, the family affairs, the state affairs, the world, everything is concerned. ”

The previous sentence indicates that the Donglin Party members are not willing to listen to other people's opinions at all, and only think that they are correct. All those who disagree are regarded as enemies by them. Such people will of course be regarded as enemies by others. ”

The latter sentence means that Donglin Academy has not figured out its own positioning at all. In my opinion, students should first read the books well, and then care about national affairs. You have just learned the upper, middle and lower, and you begin to care about the policies of the imperial court, which is not suitable and does not care about the ability to understand the policies of the imperial court. ”

In fact, Zhu Youxiao appreciates this couplet, but Zhu Youxiao understands that this sentence is inappropriate, at least for now. Scholars are the most important representatives of public opinion in a society, and they are also the most sensitive and advanced group in a society, and they can easily find some unfair, unjust, and incompatible things in the society that do not conform to the direction of historical development, so as to put forward some opinions. That's very valuable, but not right now.

In the current Daming, there can only be one voice, that is, their own voice, all voices that do not meet their own interests can only be temporarily dormant, and when they change this Daming into their own ideal Daming, then they can let everyone speak freely.

He remembered that Mr. Chang Kaishen had already set a three-step strategy of military administration, political training, and constitutionalism, but he announced the realization of constitutionalism without achieving absolute superiority, allowing the enemy to seize the loopholes and use some reasonable means to confuse the people, and finally ended up in failure.

I must not repeat the mistakes of Chang Kaishen, I can only follow Chang Dagongzi's method, if you want to cook openly, you must first have a single dish, and it must be a single dish that no one can challenge.

His definition of a Donglin party member is indeed different from that of the ministers. The ministers regarded people from or involved with Donglin Academy as members of the Donglin Party, but in Zhu Youxiao's view, the Donglin Party was a basket, and all those who were dissatisfied with their policies could be put in this basket, so he said that those who disagreed with him were the Donglin Party.

And this definition is actually beneficial to many Donglin Party members in the traditional sense. Because as long as you don't oppose the emperor, then you can not be a member of the Donglin Party, and the emperor will not put you in another book. But if you insist on going your own way and going against the emperor to the end, then no matter where you are from, whether you support the views of the Donglin people or not, then you are a member of the Donglin Party.

"When a country is in the midst of an eventful season, there is no room for many different voices to chatter. My Ming Dynasty is now threatened by Jianzhou, Mongolia, and Franco, and people everywhere are living in hardship. I feel that if I go outside, I must first settle inside, so I must first form a voice, and the policy I formulate after consultation with the ministers must not give others room for beaks. What is right must be enforced, and what is wrong must be enforced. ”

Sun Chuanting stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that some articles questioning His Majesty's remarks should be banned from being published in the weekly newspaper. We want to form the idea of a nation, a country, and a leader in Daming. All people must work hard around His Majesty's strategic thinking, and all those who oppose His Majesty's methods are our enemies. ”

Fang Congzhe and Ye Xianggao looked at each other, Sun Chuanting's proposal had exceeded the instinct of a civil official, and had reached the point of infinitely elevating the authority of the emperor, and the other courtiers could only say yes. This is more centralized than the previous generations of emperors, and it has become the Taizu and the appearance of the ancestor.

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "What Sun Gebu said is reasonable, but I feel that we can have different opinions internally, but as long as I reach an agreement with the ministers, we must implement it meticulously, and there must be no situation where the yang is in line with the yin." Listening to both is clear, partial listening is dark, the court can still express opinions on all aspects of court affairs, I alone, what I think, may not be so perfect, I need everyone to give advice, so that the overall situation of the court according to my ideas. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty said, the minister is very pleased. The general direction is formulated by His Majesty, and in the specific implementation process, the ministers can pick up the gaps and make the policies more reasonable and more suitable for the reality of the Ming Dynasty. However, the people's words, as Sun Gebu said, are selectively screened and suppressed, and some remarks should not be allowed to be published in the weekly newspaper. Some statements can be criticized and their mistakes can be exposed before the people are exposed. ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "It's okay to use the editor's method to criticize some remarks after publishing them, so that the people can know right from wrong and not be bewitched by some strange remarks." The purpose of our newspapers is to serve our policies, to make the people understand the policies of the imperial court, to support the decisions of the imperial court, and to transform old customs that were not suitable in the past into new customs. Some time ago, I talked about some common sense of hygiene, and reading the letters from readers, it seems to be very popular with the public. After all, the school is only one aspect, and the scope of influence is relatively narrow, and the weekly newspaper now has 87,000 subscribers, and the number of retail sales through agricultural cooperatives has reached 100,000 per issue. Its audience is still relatively large, so publishing some common sense things in the weekly newspaper still has a great effect on enlightening people's wisdom. ”

Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, let's first open up the wisdom of the people, at least let the people know some common sense issues, and understand some basic principles, so that we can let them understand how to participate in the advice and supervision of the imperial court." ”