Chapter 227: New Year's Greetings
The decade of the apocalypse is finally coming. In the special issue of "Daming Weekly" issued on the 28th day of the ninth year of the Apocalypse, everyone found that under the original annual emperor's New Year's blessing decree, the New Year's greetings of the new chief assistant Xu Guangqi were added. The full text of Xu Shoufu's New Year's greetings is in the vernacular, and the title is the hope of the Ming Dynasty:
When His Majesty the Emperor ordered Guangqi to take over as the first assistant of the cabinet, he encouraged Guangqi and said: "Now is a change that has not been seen in three thousand years, the world has been very different, how to let me be in the lead in this great change, step by step, but it is a big test for Mr. ”
His Majesty the Emperor has always been kind to the old ministers, and has always called the old ministers of the court by teacher and gentleman. In Guangqi's view, His Majesty can be called the teacher of those of us. His Majesty was far-sighted, and militarily rejected the proposal to build cities in various parts of western Liao, and retreated the Ming troops to Shanhaiguan, which made us gain greater initiative, but made Jiannu exhausted.
His Majesty reorganized the army and created a completely different all-firearms infantry - the Guards. He also personally instructed the invention of flintlock muskets and cannons that were far superior to those of Westerners. As a result, we not only exterminated the Jiannu in a very short period of time, but also taught a lesson to the Japanese and Spaniards who had slaughtered our Chinese comrades, recovered the subject states such as Sulphur and Luzon, and turned the South China Sea into an area that only the Ming could navigate.
His Majesty studied Confucianism intensively, and found out the difference between the words of the sages and the words of later generations from the complex doctrines, so that we can see the clouds and understand the true meaning of the words of the sages. Moreover, His Majesty creatively proposed that all doctrines are related to the situation at that time, to the level of understanding at that time, and not to be superstitious about the words of the saints, and to selectively absorb the essence of the words of the saints. Although this argument aroused the disapproval of many Confucian students when it was first put forward, in the subsequent research we found that His Majesty's argument was so correct that in addition to the remarks of His Majesty the Emperor, we have not yet found any mistakes, and even saints like saints will not understand certain things thoroughly.
But His Majesty the Emperor said that he himself could not guarantee that all his remarks were correct, if his remarks were not well considered, I hope that everyone should put forward opinions in a timely manner, so as to facilitate his correction.
His Majesty actively studied all kinds of knowledge, including the knowledge of barbarians, and on this basis he put forward his own opinions, and now the steel mills, cement factories, paper mills, and glass factories all over the country have been successfully built under His Majesty's guidance and care.
Your Majesty cares about the education of the people of the world, at the insistence of Your Majesty, with the help of Your Majesty's selfless internal funds, we have repaired schools all over the country, and opened all kinds of schools on a large scale, Your Majesty said, if the people of the Ming Dynasty have received basic education, then the Ming Dynasty will always be ahead of other countries in this world, and in the near future, the Ming Dynasty can do things that the predecessors did not dare to think, such as lighting the lamp no longer needs lamp oil. Some people think this is impossible, but I want to tell you that the research institute, under the personal guidance of His Majesty, has invented lamps that do not require lamp oil, although it is impossible to spread to the whole country in a short period of time, but ten years later, at night in the capital, you will see lamps without lamp oil shining, making the night in the capital like day.
Your Majesty cares about the people of the Ming Dynasty, whether they have been oppressed by others in their lives, and whether there is a smooth way to reflect after being oppressed. Therefore, on the basis of listening to the voices of ordinary people, His Majesty asked the cabinet and ministers to formulate laws to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty. Courts have been established throughout the country to hear cases from the population. The court is directly under the jurisdiction of Dali Temple, and there is no subordinate relationship with local officials at all levels, so that when the government oppresses the people, the people can also turn to the court without worrying about the situation of officials defending each other. There are also Jinyi guards all over the country, inspectors of the imperial history, investigators of the Economic Investigation Bureau, and agents of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, who keep an eye on the officials at all times, lest they be unfavorable to the people. It can be said that the people who did not fight with the officials in the past dynasties are no longer applicable during the Apocalypse. As long as the people feel that they have been treated unfairly by the government, then you can stand up and make your voice heard. Your Majesty said that as long as you are not vexatious, as long as you are justified and well-founded, the people must dare to say no to the government, His Majesty the Emperor and the law will be on your side, and your doing so is actually conducive to promoting the healthy development of the government.
His Majesty cares about the health of the people of Daming, and under the personal guidance of His Majesty, Daming's doctors have discovered some causes of human diseases, and have conducted in-depth analysis of these causes, and developed a large number of symptomatic drugs. His Majesty also established a medical school, trained a large number of doctors, and opened various hospitals. It is necessary to let the people of Daming get timely treatment after they get sick, even if they are poor, they can also apply for free medical care, so that there will be no situation where they are sick and cannot be treated. Of course, there are still too few hospitals we have opened, and there is a big shortage of doctors, but we have been building hospitals and training doctors, and in the foreseeable future, free medical care will be rolled out all over the country.
More than 200 years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, after experiencing a lot of ups and downs and humiliations that we do not want to recall, we have seen the hope of the Ming Dynasty, because we have waited for a humble and pragmatic emperor, respecting saints, attaching importance to education, caring for the people's livelihood, willing to take care of the weak, obsessed with fighting bandits, and expanding the territory for the Ming Dynasty.
His Majesty the Emperor said that the most important thing in a country is the spirit of its people, and if the people are brave, the country will be brave, and if the people are rich and strong, the country will be rich and strong. If the people are wise, the country will be wise, and if the people are confident, the country will be confident, and if the people are educated, the country will be educated. The country is a collection of people, everyone is a member of the Ming country, your words and deeds, can reflect the style of the Ming Dynasty.
His Majesty the Emperor also said that if the youth is strong, the Ming will be strong. Youth is the hope of Daming and the future of Daming. The teenage students in the research institute have developed a steamship that travels thousands of miles a day, and the teenage junior school officer in the Guards has made great contributions to capturing the flag. Young people are vigorous, energetic, energetic, and have incorruptible ideas, and these are all good things, both for the country and for the people. They may not be stable enough, but isn't steady another way of saying not wanting to make progress?
The Young Emperor continues to surprise us, and we expect and believe that he will bring us more and greater surprises. My comrades, how fortunate we are to meet such an emperor, Guangqi believes that under the leadership of His Majesty the Emperor, the Ming Dynasty will move towards a more brilliant tomorrow.