Chapter 288: Four National Policies
Despite this, everyone still knelt down one after another, and said vigorously: "Emperor, don't talk about the four national policies, that is, the four hundred of us as courtiers to abide by."
Yang Xuan shook his head and said, "Everyone, the first national policy of this king is to give priority to protecting the interests of the general public.
As the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, and the emperor is the son of heaven, so what is this time of day, some may say that it is heaven, and some say something else?
If it is said to be heaven, but heaven is a bit unpredictable and elusive, in addition to heaven, this king believes that the common people in the world are also another sky.
If you want to proclaim this king as emperor, if you want to become the true Son of Heaven, you should allow this king to protect the interests of the common people of the world, and if any minister or general dares to go against this principle, this king can only draw a line with him according to the will of the people of the world.
If this king and his descendants can no longer represent the will of the people of the world, then please drive him down in the same way as the will of the people of the world.
Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, the first national policy that I hope you will abide by is to give priority to the interests of the people, that is, to put the people first. ”
When everyone heard this, this is nothing, after all, Mencius said that the people are the most important, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light.
What everyone is most worried about is that the king is self-respecting, regardless of the admonition of his ministers, and now listening to Yang Xuan like this, how can he oppose it?
Besides, there has been no dynasty that will not perish since ancient times, and now when I hear Yang Xuan say this, everyone says that there is no problem, and they all say yes.
Of course, there are also a few people who are happy in their hearts, in the past, the emperor often thought that he was the Son of Heaven and became a constitution, and he didn't know how to deal with it.
Now that the king of Shu has set the basic principle of giving priority to the people, when the time comes, he can use the people as an excuse to speak more eloquently.
Seeing that everyone nodded one after another, Yang Xuan was unmoved, and continued: "Everyone, in the past few years, I have also been thinking about why my dignified China was forced by Outer Mongolia and the Tatars.
Many generals crawled out of the pile of dead people, deceived and ignored the actual situation to harm others.
I hope that everyone will proceed from reality and seek truth from facts, and there will be no right to speak in anything without investigation.
Ladies and gentlemen, the second national policy that I hope you will abide by is to seek truth from facts, and practice is the most important criterion for testing the truth. ”
When everyone heard it, there was a lot of discussion, this is too unbelievable, how can it actually seek the truth, and such a simple thing as no investigation and no right to speak has become a national policy.
Jin Bao stepped forward and asked: "Lord, this, we are not allowed to make false accusations, if this is not allowed in any dynasty, is this a bit of a national policy..."
Yang Xuan shook his head, looked at Jin Bao and said: "In the matter of Jin Qi, in the past few years, I have fought in the south and the north, and governed the place, so I feel that it is very commendable."
Let's just talk about these things, Yuan Chonghuan advocated collecting Liao for five years, asking the country for money and food, everyone just greeted him, and the final result was to drag down the entire Ming Dynasty. If you think about it, the Liao soldiers are at most 1450,000, but the annual military expenditure is as high as 4.8 million, accounting for almost half of the country's military salary.
As long as normal people know that Daming can't support Sun Chengzong and Yuan Chonghuan's wrong policies at all, why don't you oppose such a policy?
The Liao soldiers are known as 1440,000, but in fact, it is difficult to reach 50,000, and many soldiers are still unclothed and hungry, isn't this a big problem?
Are there fewer cases of fraud? The population of my Ming household is only 60 million, but as long as you check carefully, the population of my Ming Dynasty has already exceeded 10,000, and the area of fields has also doubled.
Zhang Juzheng's new policy, some people say it is good, some people say it is bad, but in the actual process, the people are required to sell a large amount of grain and pay taxes during the harvest season, which is not harmful to the people.
Qian Qianyi was the first to attack this person shamelessly, that person was shameless, and in the end, he himself actually took the lead in surrendering to the barbarians, isn't there a problem?
I often say that the soldiers are not on top at all, and in some places the soldiers are actually criminals, how can the soldiers who are used to atone for their sins go into battle to kill the enemy and protect the territory and the people? That's why I say that the soldier is the brain of the country, the peasant worker is the body, the soldier is the arm, and the merchant is the foot.
Isn't it a problem that many of our local merchants are rich and pay very few taxes?
Therefore, seeking truth from facts, practice is the main criterion for testing right and wrong, and we go from false to true, there is no ambiguity in this point, and whoever cheats will not be forgiven by the law of the country. ”
Seeing that Yang Xuan didn't want to let him go at all, everyone shouted in agreement.
Yang Xuan looked very satisfied, looked at everyone and continued: "Everyone, the Daming Law is a very good code, and the natural and man-made disasters in the past few decades are because many people have violated the interests of the people, engaged in illusory things, and acted against the Daming Code.
From now on, I will work with all my ministers to formulate a new code of law based on the principle of seeking truth from facts, in the heart of benevolence and righteousness, in the interests of the people, and in accordance with the principle of seeking truth from facts.
Ladies and gentlemen, I think that the greatest danger of kings is not mediocrity, but the belief that heaven knows half and that earth knows everything, and that he acts recklessly.
We will formulate a new code of law based on the good rules and regulations of the existing "Da Ming Law" and the existing effective rules.
Therefore, my third national policy is to be based on benevolence and righteousness, and to govern the country according to law. ”
Liu Yaozhen finally found a handle in the matter, looked at Yang Xuan and said: "King Shu, it turns out that you are a cool official who wants to borrow the name of heavy punishment, King Shu, you attach importance to Legalism, so do you still want Confucianism?" ”
Wang Fuzhi glared at Liu Yaozhen and said: "In the matter of Liu Zhi, the emperor just said that in the name of benevolence and righteousness, Confucius seeks benevolence, and Mencius takes righteousness, that is, the name of punishment in the world must be based on benevolence and righteousness, and the name of punishment that violates benevolence and morality should be abolished, this is the greatest morality of Confucianism, why do you say that you want to abolish Confucianism?" ”
Liu Yaozhen was robbed of white, and was about to speak, when she suddenly saw everyone around her staring at her.
Since ancient times, changing the dynasty has been a big event, and if you mess around again, you may annoy these martial artists and lead to death.
When I think of this, shut up immediately and say no more.
, but after thinking about it, I felt that it was wrong, Yang Xuan said that there were four national policies, and he had already said that three of them did not involve Tartars? You must know that the Tartars are the biggest threat at the moment, and it can be said that they are on the verge of life and death.
Thinking of this, Liu Yaozhen looked at Yang Xuan and said: "King Shu, the old man thinks you are a hero, who knows that you just like to sit and talk, now everyone knows that we have reached the verge of losing the country and the species, you have already said three of the four national policies, why didn't you involve the Tartars?" Tell me, do you want to row the river and rule? ”
Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Liu Zhizhong, everyone, it seems that the first three items are very important." If we don't have the interests of the people as the starting point, how can the people support us in expelling the Tartars?
How can we defeat the Tartars if we don't seek truth from facts?
If we do not base the country on benevolence and righteousness and rule the country, how can we achieve internal political clarity?
Liu Zhishi Center is also too anxious, I must hear my fourth national policy, I will tell you about it.
Ladies and gentlemen, everyone knows that the Jin State was harmful to China, when the Jin soldiers approached Bianjing and plundered the two saints, the Jin Wushu went south many times, almost wanting to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty.
This Mongolia is even better, fighting in Xiangyang and Sichuan for decades, with countless large and small wars, and finally forced my Great Song Emperor to commit suicide by jumping into the sea in Yashan.
Now that the alliance between the Houjin and Mongolia is coming to destroy our Han people, I swear that I will never withdraw my troops until the threat of Manchu and Mongolia and China is eliminated.
The fourth principle is the policy of giving priority to the Han people, and eradicating the enslavement of foreign races to our Han nation. ”
When those generals heard this, they all applauded. Liu Yaozhen looked puzzled and said: "King Shu, tell me, how to eliminate the Manchurian threat to China; ”
Yang Xuan smiled: "Oh, just like those toasts in Yunnan, Guizhou, Xiangxi, and Guangxi. ”
Yunnan, Guizhou, Xiangxi, Guangxi (West Tusi not only has an impact on China, but also has little impact on the local area, hearing that Yang Xuan wants to completely solve the Manchurian and Mongolian problems, although there is no such belief that it is true, but listening to Yang Xuan's statement, they all applauded.
Liu Yaozhen arched his hand and said: "King Shu, you won't be like Yuan Chonghuan, as long as you expel the Tartars from China, I think even Ming Taizu will not object to you letting his descendants take the throne." ”
Listening to Liu Yaozhen say that Yang Xuan bragged, some generals were furious, and some wanted to hammer Liu Yaozhen, but Yang Xuan stopped him: "Everyone, Liu Yaozhen told the truth, now the Zen position gives me some people who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty and disagrees, and some even want to be hermits and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger fight."
Everyone, we have to fight for anger and convince Liu Yaozhen and others. ”
When everyone heard this, they all nodded in agreement.