The ministers watched in amazement as the emperor said these words viciously, and they couldn't understand why the emperor was so excited. They would never have imagined that a few hundred years later, in China, after the imperial system had long been eliminated, there would be a sentence of 10,000 sentences; There will be a person who can decide the life and death of everyone else at will, including the number two person who was a close comrade-in-arms a moment ago; There will be a farce of more than 100,000 catties per mu; There will be a joke that because you have a little more land, you are a bad person, and you will be wiped out.

Zhu Xiaoqi once heard his parents talk about the absurdity and shamelessness of the year, and remembered that Zhu Xiaotian said a sentence at that time: "The root is still in the ideology, and everyone thinks that the superior will never be wrong." So Zhu Youxiao wants to start making people realize from this time that no one is necessarily always right, the emperor is not, the minister is not, and the so-called leader and savior is not. Let such a shame never appear in the history of the Chinese nation.

Xu Guangqi understood Zhu Youxiao a little, he found that Zhu Youxiao didn't care much about solving the problem of Jiannu, it seemed that it was a natural thing, but he was anxious to change some systems, and now he wanted to change people's minds. Perhaps in his opinion, changing the system and thinking was more important than defeating Jiannu. He agrees with this point, he doesn't think that Jiannu is a big problem, he really threatens the Ming Dynasty and Huaxia, and he thinks that those Westerners who have completely different ideas from the Ming Dynasty and attach importance to the manufacture of equipment.

If the culture of one nation completely copies other cultures, it is obviously not possible, and this will make the spirit of the whole nation in a state of depression and disorientation. At present, the thought of the Ming Dynasty can only be Confucianism, but there are many places where Confucianism is not suitable for this era, especially in the face of the threat of Western culture, and it does not have enough confidence to confront it. Then the only way is to modify Confucian culture, absorb the useful essence of other cultures, and make Confucian culture glow with new brilliance.

He stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty's words are thought-provoking and admirable. Since His Majesty has such ambition and wants the people of the Ming Dynasty to understand this truth, the old minister hereby supports the publication of this article in the weekly newspaper. Can you just change the author's name? ”

Mr. Xiao Qi is now extremely famous in the weekly newspapers, and he often writes rebuttals before other people's letters are published, so that readers can understand that he must have a background in the imperial court, and may even be an official in the newspaper office. Xu Guangqi wants to change his name because he wants to dilute the official background of this article, so that people can only treat it as an ordinary reader's letter. In addition, as soon as this article comes out, it will definitely be abused by some corrupt Confucians, and I am afraid that the emperor's face will not look good.

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said, "That's okay, let's change the name." Since it is a deviant statement, it is to awaken the minds of the people, so let's call the shouters. ”

The ministers didn't say much about this not-so-good name, anyway, it was just a scolded name. Ye Xianggao said: "Your Majesty, as soon as this article is published, it will inevitably cause a sensation, and the ministers should also agree with Your Majesty's intentions, write some articles to support, and ask Your Majesty to set a framework for us first." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "I have also thought about this matter, everyone is Confucian, and naturally I know that some things in Confucianism have reached the time when they must be revised. I have an immature idea, to put it simply, it is called first to change the shortcomings of Confucianism, and then absorb the essence of Western learning. Let us form a situation in which middle school is the body and Western learning is used, I don't know what you think. ”

"Middle school is the body, and Western learning is for use." Ye Xianggao muttered these words, and his eyes gradually glowed. The emperor has always been fond of Western learning, and set up a translation bureau to translate a large number of Western works, which made Confucian disciples like him often have hidden worries in their hearts, for fear that the emperor would blatantly replace Confucianism with Western learning. And now the emperor's words made him completely relieved. Middle school and Western learning is the relationship between body and use, the relationship between the main and the auxiliary, the relationship between the beginning and the end, this kind of formulation, to ensure that the emperor still has to take Confucianism as the foundation, at most only mixed with some Western ideas, this is not a problem for Confucianism at all, because in the process of the formation of Confucianism, it has absorbed the ideas of other schools, and now it absorbs Western ideas, that is no pressure at all.

Several other ministers also seemed to be as he thought, and everyone knelt down on the ground together and said: "Emperor Shengming, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

At Zhu Youxiao's age, he was able to come up with such a method to fill the shortcomings of Confucianism without shaking the foundation of Confucianism, and in their opinion, this was another proof that the emperor was born with a holy mind.

Zhu Youxiao, on the other hand, simply copied the "Chinese style and Western use" idea of the foreign affairs movement in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, and after that vigorous ideological movement, more Chinese began to open their eyes to the world, starting with the introduction of advanced science and technology in the West, and finally developed into the introduction of the Western parliamentary system and constitutional monarchy. If it weren't for the limitations of the ruling class and the complicated world situation at that time, China's prosperity and strength would not have taken so many detours.

And now Zhu Youxiao is the representative of the ruling class, he knows the development trend of this world, and he believes that he can lead the Ming Dynasty to a brilliant future. He was able to provide strong protection for the ideological transformation of the Ming Dynasty by strengthening the army and enriching the people, so that Chinese civilization became the mainstream civilization of the world.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand proudly and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, please get up, I asked a few days ago, the new calendar has been calculated, and I will announce the new chronological method next year." Then it's time to build momentum now, and Master Ye is still in charge of this matter. The four aspects of Confucianism to be revised last time, the theory of strange skills and ingenuity have basically changed, at least on the surface, and I have set an example for the problem of avoidance, but I believe that there is still a long-term process, and the issue of foolishness and filial piety should cause a big discussion, and the gentleman is left without saying anything. I asked Dongchang to investigate, this matter is just everyone talking, in fact, most of the self-righteous gentlemen are talking about profit, this matter is not in a hurry, this year these four problems have been solved, next year we can change the chronological method. ”

Ye Xianggao said: "Your Majesty, how to grasp the matter of propaganda and momentum, you have to ask Your Majesty to make a charter first, and the ministers can handle it according to the regulations." ”

Zhu Youxiao said: "The focus of propaganda is that the master runs a school to educate the people. Note that it is directly the school, not the school. People are different from beasts, and they know people. How to know people's ethics and the way of education. From this point on, the Master is the saint of eternity. ”