Chapter 5: Asymptote (I)

"Under the sky, all men are created equal!" As soon as these words came out, the hall was silent.

Prior to this, Zhu Chongjiu had also put forward ideas such as "the four people are equal, and no one is high or low", but that can be regarded as an obsession generated by his personal influence on Maitreya's teachings, or an instinctive feeling that he personally felt when he was bullied when he was a butcher. No one wants to carry out this obsession in the daily operation of the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion to the end, and no one will try to raise it to the height of "Zhou Li" and "Three Chapters of the Law", and become the foundation of the entire Huaiyang system in the future!

However, Zhu Chongjiu is in a hurry today, but he will "Under the sky, everyone is born equal!" This sentence was officially mentioned in public. And he declared that he would make this his covenant with all the people of the world, and become the mother of all the laws of the future country. This completely shattered all kinds of expectations and illusions in everyone's hearts. And the future decrees and laws of the governor of Huaiyang will also be about to be www.biquge.info Biquge! I am afraid that everything that is contrary to it will have to be revised.

However, everyone was shocked and shocked, but no one hated Zhu Chongjiu himself.

After all, it was Zhu Chongjiu at the beginning, and he did not force everyone to accept his point of view. In fact, although this person has always advocated the equality of the four people, and has always "valued the small people and slowed down the scholars", but when selecting talents, he always gave the most opportunities and the greatest courtesy to scholars.

And according to the current operation mode of the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion, the gentry and the owners of the village are also the ones who have benefited the most. As long as they don't deliberately go against the Great Governor's Mansion, it will be even easier for them to earn a huge return of ten times or even a hundred times easier than under the original rule of Meng Yuan.

In addition, some of the laws and decrees implemented by the Huaiyang Governor's Office in the past were copied from the Two Song Dynasty, some were copied from other Red Turban allies, and even a large part were copied from the Mengyuan Dynasty. Zhu Chongjiu did not have much resistance to him. As long as the following person can explain the reasons for the adoption and confirm that it is indeed necessary to carry it out, it will be released immediately with a print.

There is almost a tacit understanding between the monarchs and the ministers, no matter what they think in their hearts, as long as it is beneficial to the development of the Great Governor's Mansion, they can do it. As long as the decree can be beneficial to the military and civilians under his rule, it can be implemented.

However, just today, in just half an hour, a foolish person suddenly jumped out and completely smashed all the above tacit understandings and compromises! Let's ask, after witnessing the whole process, who should everyone hate?

Immediately, whether it was a staunch Confucian disciple, a staunch Legalist disciple, and even a hardcore follower of Zhu Chongjiu like Huang Laowei and Jiao Yu, they all looked at Liu Bowen angrily. I can't wait to push him out of the door immediately, and the five horses will be separated. In order to restore the original harmony and happiness of the whole Dazong Mansion.

Liu Bowen himself, but he has long put life and death out of the way. He wants to be Wei Zheng, to be Zhu Chongjiu's mirror of his body, and to repay Zhu Chongjiu's kindness to him with the gift of a national soldier, he doesn't care about broken bones!

I saw that after he recovered from the initial shock, he quickly took a few deep breaths. Immediately ignoring the angry or puzzled gazes around him, he bowed to Zhu Chongjiu again, "Thank you for your clear words, which made Liu Moumao pause." Under the sky, all men are created equal! Wonderful, wonderful. When the minister heard that the lord was rich enough to rival the country, the minister asked the lord to divide it equally with the minister! ”

"Hmm!" Angry, several straight-minded generals, such as Hu Dahai, Ivanov, etc., almost laughed on the spot. Everyone is equal, okay, your family's money will be divided into half of my money first. Otherwise, why are you so rich, but I eat bran all day long?!

"Since everyone is equal, why do you want to take away the money that originally belonged to Zhu?!" Just as Hu Dahai and the others were struggling to hold back their laughter, Zhu Chongjiu shook his head gently. used a rhetorical question to refute Liu Bowen to the point of incompleteness.

Equality in itself means that there is no distinction between each other. Of course, no one is qualified to seize other people's wealth for their own. In this way, Liu Bowen's previous sarcasm has completely become a malicious distortion of equality, and it is not convincing at all.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became lighter. Many civil and military officers who had originally tightened their faces began to shake their heads and smile. looked at Liu Bowen and his gaze was no longer hostile, but a false pity.

Today's advice is simply not likely to succeed. Even if Liu Bowen goes out and does not hesitate to die, it is impossible for his father-in-law to make any concessions. Because Manager Zhu is this kind of stubborn donkey temper, the more you abide by his rules and "tear" with him step by step, the more likely he is to gladly accept it. And the more you force him, whether with good intentions or bad intentions, the effect can only backfire.

It's just that as a party to the admonition, Liu Bowen can't take the initiative to retreat. Because he deeply knows that this is the last opportunity in his life to bring the lord and the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion back to the right path. If I admit defeat, I am afraid that I will not be able to muster the courage to do so a second time, and I will not be able to get the response and support of any of my colleagues.

So he took a few more deep breaths. first considered the wording in his mind, and then said with a sneer: "The master's tongue argument is beyond Liu's reach!" However, private affairs are easy to decide, but official and state affairs are not necessarily so easy. If everyone is equal in the whole world, then who will be the official? Who will govern? Who will edify the nations? You can't just take care of your personal affairs, close your home, and never get along! ”

This is a good question, and it is to the point. Since ancient times, any dynasty must have officials, officials, kings, and ministers. Otherwise, no one will take the lead in building roads and controlling waters. There were bandits in the countryside, and no one organized young people to arrest them. There was a dispute between the neighbors, and there was no village elder and the government to adjudicate.

It's a pity that for Zhu Chongjiu, who has fused the memories of two lives, this problem is not a problem at all. nodded at Liu Bowen in a friendly manner, and then he gave an unexpected answer, "The journey of the avenue is also, the world is for the public, the selection of talents and abilities, and the cultivation of faith and harmony." Therefore, people do not only kiss their relatives, do not only have their sons, so that the old have the end, the strong have use, the young have growth, and the widowed, widowed, lonely, lonely, and disabled people are all raised! Men have a share, and women have a home. If you abandon the goods on the ground, you don't have to hide them for yourself; The power of evil does not come from the body, and it does not have to be for oneself. It is because of the plot to close but not to prosper, to steal and thieves and not to do it, so the outside of the house is not closed, it is said to be the same! ”

"Ahh Yikes! There was a burst of exclamation in the room. Not only because Zhu Chongjiu can recite the famous passages in the "Book of Rites" word for word, but because of the description of the rule of three generations given in this text.

The selection of talents and abilities is based on the selection of conduct and ability. And not because of whose son and whose godson! I don't care what his surname is or what ethnicity he comes from! This is the case with the legendary rule of three generations, which does not contradict Zhu Chongjiu's belief that "everyone is equal".

Looking at Liu Ji again, he found that Zhu Chongjiu was deliberately misinterpreting the words of the sages again, attacking the Confucian shield with the spear of Confucianism, and immediately gave up the entanglement with the latter in terms of scripture and righteousness without hesitation, avoiding the truth and making it false. "What the lord said, the order was suddenly opened. There is no difference between people and people, how can you still distinguish between the virtuous and the foolish?! ”

"Berwyn's words are wrong!" Zhu Chongjiu smiled again and shook his head, "Everyone is created equal, not that there is no difference between people and people." At the beginning of people, they are like a blank sheet of paper. However, some people are studious, and some people are lazy. Some people are anxious for justice and righteousness, and some people are despicable and selfish. and its long, then select those who are knowledgeable, wise, capable, and public-minded, as officials, and officials, which is the greatest equality for everyone! Instead of working hard or not, studious and not studious, the end result is the same! ”

He is not angry at all now, Liu Ji forced himself to clarify his goals in public. On the contrary, he was even a little grateful to Liu Ji for giving him a great opportunity to carefully explain what he wanted in his heart to everyone. So quickly turning his gaze to everyone, Zhu Chongjiu added with a smile: "Just like now, Zhu Mou and the monarchs sacrificed their lives to expel the Tartars, and those who sit back and enjoy their achievements will naturally be subject to our jurisdiction. Because I paid the price of blood and even my life. Since all men are created equal, why should those who were once willing to be slaves enjoy in vain what we have exchanged for our lives? ”

"What the chief manager said made us wait for a moment!"

"The Grand Governor is mighty!"

"The chief manager is far-sighted, and I can't wait for it!"

When the words fell, all around, there was immediately thunder. Not everyone, like Liu Ji, regards the Confucian concept of statecraft as the highest creed. Not everyone is willing to be like Liu Ji and be a minister through the ages. Most of us here today actually value nothing more than the following two things in our hearts. First, whether one's property will be taken away by others. Second, will the rights that you have obtained with great difficulty be divided by others.

According to Zhu Chongjiu's explanation, it is precisely because everyone is born equal that others have no right to infringe on their money. It is precisely because all men are created equal that no one else has the right to take away the rights they have acquired through hard work. How does this make them not feel rejoicing? As for whether "all men are created equal" should be interpreted in this way, who cares?! The boss said yes, anyway, it's only good for everyone, and there is no harm in it.

Looking around, Zhu Chongjiu continued to speak generously, without any concealment, because this was what he thought in his heart, "Of course, Zhu said that because of their huge contributions, they are qualified to be officials and leaders of the people." It's not that you are qualified to take advantage of the tricks and rob the men and women. Then you will violate Zhu's way of equality, and you will be no different from Mengyuan Tartar. Sooner or later, one day, there will be another Zhu in this world, pull out a knife, and stab you to the ground one by one!! ”