In fact, Wei Zhongxian has always been regarded as a confidant by Zhu Youxiao, but Zhu Youxiao has always been influenced by Wei Zhongxian's "glorious" deeds in history, and he is still a little wary of Wei Zhongxian after all, such as the Independent Commission Against Corruption, such as the Economic Investigation Bureau. Although the purpose of the establishment was to strengthen supervision, in his heart, he was actually a little uneasy about Wei Zhongxian.

But now it seems that he was still too careful. Wei Zhongxian is not a person who will unconditionally carry out whatever the emperor says, he tried his best to prevent himself from publishing this article, because he didn't want to face too many enemies, such loyalty, appearing in a famous bad eunuch in history, at least it shows that this eunuch is not bad to a certain extent.

He stared at Wei Zhongxian fiercely, Wei Zhongxian didn't dare to look directly, but kept kowtowing: "Holy Lord, think deeply, let Mr. Xu see it before deciding." ”

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "You get up, go and gather the cabinet members to Yuntai, and I will listen to their opinions first." ”

Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed, and kowtowed three more times and said, "Holy Shengming, slave and maid will go." ”

Wang Chengen was still kneeling on the ground, and Zhu Youxiao said: "You should also get up, and you should also pay attention to the opinions of the cabinet ministers, and it is best to remember their opinions." By the way, didn't Song Yingxing give the pencil they made to your newspaper last time, just use that to remember, faster. ”

The two came to the cloud platform, and the cabinet members were already waiting there. After saluting, Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen stepped forward to read Zhu Youxiao's article. The faces of the ministers changed continuously, and Fang Congzhe wanted to interrupt Wang Chengen several times, but he finally remembered that the emperor was here and did not dare to make a sound.

After reading it, Zhu Youxiao said: "This is an article that I am going to publish in the weekly newspaper, and the factory minister and Wang Dujian both think that it cannot be published, and they want me to ask you Aiqing first, so I came." ”

Fang Congzhe finally got the opportunity and immediately said: "Your Majesty, if this article is published, it will make people question the father as the son, and then question the king as the minister. ”

Ye Xianggao said: "Your Majesty, the factory governor and the royal capital supervisor are loyal to the king, and the old minister thinks that he is really an example of the internal officials. The meaning of His Majesty's article, in the eyes of the old minister, seems to be intended to be retro. Only the words of the sages are discussed, and the rest of the explanations are selected according to needs, which is in line with our desire to revive Confucianism. It's just that the three outlines and five constants are the pillars of the country, and Your Majesty also wants to change them? ”

After the last controversy over whether the words of the saints were necessarily wrong, some of the words of the saints may be wrong, and a consensus has been formed among the monarchs and ministers. As long as the emperor does not completely deny Confucianism, Ye Xianggao feels that it is not a big deal, and this article is not to deny the Three Principles and Five Constants, but just want to return to the original words of Confucius, and then explain.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and faith, I feel that this is the principle that must be followed in the interaction between people, and not only can not be changed, but must be strengthened. But I really want to turn Sangang into the original monarch, minister, father, son, and son, so as to conform to the original intention of the sage. ”

If the monarch is a minister and becomes a monarch and a minister, in fact, this is a good thing for the courtiers, because the monarch emphasizes the absolute control power of the monarch relative to the ministers, so that the ministers are congenitally at a disadvantage when dealing with the monarch, and the monarch and the ministers emphasize that the monarch and the minister must follow some guidelines, and do not put the monarch and the minister in a strict master-slave relationship.

The reason why Fang Congzhe opposed it just now was because the Jun Weichen program that he had always been accustomed to abiding by was threatened, so he subconsciously disagreed. Now after listening to the conversation between the emperor and Ye Xianggao, my heart has turned a corner, and I feel that if I change it a little, it is actually not unacceptable.

The idea of civil servants limiting the power of the monarchy was an eternal theme in feudal China, even in the case of Sun Chuanting, who treated the emperor as a god. Because even if the current emperor is wise and martial, there is no guarantee that the future emperors will be like this, and the cabinet ministers are all people who have passed the imperial examination and have actual experience in government at the local and central levels, which can at least guarantee that the officials in power will not be fools, but whether the emperor is a fool can not be guaranteed.

The ministers just didn't understand why the emperor would take the initiative to change the three outlines to another word, which was obviously unfavorable to the emperor. If the emperor doesn't understand, then everyone doesn't believe it, and it can be seen from his unhesitating expulsion of the Sanshangshu that the emperor knows the severity of the power struggle. If the emperor wants to give up part of his power and hand them over to the civil officials, then it is even more impossible for everyone to believe it, how can there be such a selfless person in the world, even the emperor is impossible, or it is even more impossible because he is the emperor.

Then this begs the question, why did the emperor tear down his own foundation and cut his own authority? In the face of this problem, the revision of the three outlines has become unimportant.

Ye Xianggao asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, such a change will damage Your Majesty's majesty." The minister felt that he had to ask His Majesty to think twice. ”

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "Master Ye means that my Chrysostom will be questioned in the future, right?" ”

Ye Xianggao hurriedly replied: "The old minister doesn't dare. The old minister is afraid that some young people will disobey the holy will because of this. ”

Zhu Youxiao's face was solemn and said: "Since the words of the saint may also be wrong, the possibility that my words are wrong obviously also exists. No one in this world is right about everything, and if someone says that to you, you know he's lying. My words will also be wrong, everyone actually knows this in their hearts, but some people don't say it because they love me, and some people don't say it because they are afraid of me. ”

"There are some people who, who have been in a position of power for a long time, always listen to others say that they are holy, great, right, glorious, and so on, and they really think that they are always holy, great, correct, and glorious. His unclever ideas and even wild ideas were thought to be correct, and he was forced to implement them throughout the country, which was not a trivial matter for one family, but a major event that caused our whole country and the whole nation to suffer heavy blows. Therefore, the higher the person, the more you must understand that you are not omniscient, and you cannot always be right. Therefore, we must be humble and listen to advice, but the superior is always unwilling to listen to different opinions, this is human nature, so I will force them to listen to the opinions of others. This needs to be constrained by the system, but more importantly, it is necessary to change people's thinking. If everyone knows that Shangguan's decision is not necessarily correct, and we can or have an obligation to remind him, then I believe that every superior will take into account all aspects when making a decision, and someone will put forward his own opinions and suggestions, rather than one person can act arbitrarily, and others can only watch with trepidation as the country slides into the dark abyss, but dare not say a word. ”