Chapter Seventy-Three: The Politics of Hypocrisy
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As soon as Liu Xu's words came out, the room was quiet, Liu Ruyi and others were used to hearing his words, their expressions were quite normal, Su He even nodded his head, obviously agreeing with this theory, Zhang Pu and others were different. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, all kinds of heretical ideas were rampant, and although it was not an ordinary thing to criticize the king, it was not too rebellious, so no one jumped out to reprimand Liu Xu for "slandering the monarch's father, and his crime should be punished", but it still takes courage to say such a thing in public.
Zhang Pu's expression was complicated, he wanted to speak, but suddenly he thought about something, and swallowed the words that had already reached his mouth, just waiting to see how Zhang Cai responded.
Zhang Cai didn't speak immediately, he thought slowly for a while, and then slowly asked, "What if the king favors the villain?" ”
Liu Xu laughed and said: "I don't play dumb riddles with you, and I don't engage in this kind of cocoon-stripping statement, so I will directly tell you my thoughts." ”
Zhang Cai nodded: "I would like to hear about it." ”
"Brother's idea, to put it bluntly, is eight words: 'Hypocrisy politics, scholars governing the country'!" Liu Xu's words were concise and to the point, but as soon as his words fell, everyone's eyes were shining.
Zhang Pu seemed a little impatient, and he asked loudly, "What should I do with these eight words?" ”
"It's very simple, the meaning of this hypocritical politics is to raise the emperor highly, and don't want him to take care of things. You think, this Ming has reached this point now, whose problem is it? If all the problems are pushed on Wei Biao, it will inevitably lose the sincerity of my Confucianism. It must be known that after this, Jin Taizu Ming said Nurhachi, but he raised troops with the ancestral thirteen armor during the Wanli period, and set up the 'Seven Hatreds' to defeat my Ming Dynasty. In this way, in fact, many of the ills of this dynasty are actually rooted in the Wanli Dynasty."
Zhang Cai nodded: "Brother Liu said this, it's not bad, Shenzong has ignored the government for decades, and the cabinet departments have not made up for the shortcomings, as a result, no one has done anything, and the government has been corrupted, and now, it has reached the point of being out of control!" From this point of view, the decline of my Ming Dynasty cannot be blamed entirely on Wei Gelding. ”
"In this case, brothers are like, is there a way to respect the monarch's father and ensure the stable operation of the imperial court?"
"Brother, is there a way?"
"Naturally, there is, since the emperor does not go to the court and does not fill the vacancies to corrupt the government, it is better to limit the rights of the king, strengthen the rights of the ministers, and make it a system, so that even if the emperor is sitting on the throne is the queen of Shu Han, there can be countless Zhuge Liang auxiliary countries to protect it, which can naturally ensure the operation of the court and the peace of the world!"
"Then what does this have to do with the gentleman villain that Brother Liu just said?"
"This is what I am about to call 'the rule of scholars'. Rank must be known, since ancient times, the villain's ascension to the throne has not relied on the great merits of the country, but because he thought that he had voted for the king's favor, so he stole a high position. For example, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yi Ya of the Qi State, the Bo Yao of the Wu State, the Yang Guozhong of the Tang Dynasty, the Qin Hui and Cai Jing of the Song Dynasty, the Ahema of the Yuan Dynasty, and the Yan Song of the Dynasty! If we limit the power of the monarch, the king has no right to promote officials, only scholars have the right to promote, and naturally the court is full of Zhengying Dynasty! ”
"Then what if another traitor usurps the country?"
"This is a matter of separation of powers and checks and balances, simply put, it is to form a cabinet, the cabinet has its own functions, but it is coordinated by the first assistant, and the officials are antagonistic to each other and help each other, which can naturally ensure the unification of the imperial system and the Ming Dynasty!"
"Boyang's statement seems deviant at first glance, but it is secretly in line with the sage's theory, which is thought-provoking!" Zhang Pu did not explicitly support it, but did point out that there is some value in this statement.
Watching everyone fall into deep thought, Liu Xu secretly laughed to himself, his theory is just the remaining separation of powers and balances and the republic of hypocrisy in later generations, if there is really no novelty, but the Ming people have not seen the world, so they naturally feel different. He has no intention of engaging in hypocritical politics at all, but at the moment he does not have much capital in his hands, so he can only use painting cakes to buy people's hearts and win alliances.
"Ladies and gentlemen, these statements are all things that will happen after our scholars take control of the power in the future, and the so-called 'no accumulation of steps can lead to thousands of miles', the most important thing is to take the first step. So how do you take the first step? That's the 'village council', this statement has been expounded many times in my writings, I think you all know, just imagine, if half of the villages in the world have village councils, how much power should we scholars have? With such a right, I'm afraid it is not enough to expel the villain, so that the court is full of gentlemen's disputes instead of villains' disputes? ”
To put it bluntly, political struggles are all conflicts of interests, just as the struggle for the power of the monarch has lasted for thousands of years, how can the scholar class not want to expand their rights, but they do not possess power by nature, and can only share power from the king, so it is easy to be at a disadvantage in the struggle. Unless they meet a king like Wanli who ignores the government or is weak, it is difficult for them to truly become the ruler of this country. But now it is different, and now Liu Xu pointed out to them the method of seizing power in the "country council", so they can't be unmoved. Even if they are not tempted, the 600,000 scholars in the world who cannot be officials will naturally be tempted, which Liu Xu never doubts.
Sure enough, Zhang Pu pondered for a while and then high-fived and sighed: "Brother Liu is really talented, and he can come up with such a wonderful method!" If it can really be implemented, it can not only spread education in the villages, spread civilization to women and children, but also enable the world's scholars to have a place to go, and use the way of the sages they have learned for the daily use of the people, which is indeed a high theory! ”
Zhang Pu is the leader of the Ying Society, since he said so, the others couldn't help but nod and said: "It is indeed reasonable, it is indeed reasonable!" ”
Seeing Zhang Pu's support, Liu Xu made persistent efforts and continued: "Some people say that my method is self-explanatory, but everyone, you must know that at this time, there are three generations of governance methods three generations ago, and three generations later, there are three generations of governance methods later. Not to mention anything else, the three generations did not have this sea trade, no weaving workshop, no publishing and printing, could it be that they still had to rest on their laurels, ban this sea trade, ban this weaving workshop, and ban the printing workshop? Of course not! So what to do? It should be based on the law of the time and local conditions, when Taizu first decided the world, there were not enough corporal people in the world, so naturally he could not do the political affairs of this scholar, but at present, there are 600,000 corporal people in the world, if they can't find a place to go, it will not only humiliate the scholars, but also make the place unquiet, so if you want to say that I come, this country council is imperative! ”
"Everyone, everyone!" Liu Xu suddenly raised his voice: "You can be admitted to the Juren yourself, that's your ability, but can you guarantee that your brothers, your own children and grandchildren?" Everyone also knows the customs of the south of the Yangtze River, once someone is promoted to become an official, it is a prosperous family business, if the descendants are incompetent and cannot take the fame, they will immediately decline, where is the truth of poetry and books? If you do it according to my method, then the scholar can be an official for generations, which is a meritorious achievement for thousands of years! ”
"Brother Liu doesn't need to say it anymore, I already know Brother Liu's methods, the foolish brother is not talented, how old is the elder brother, and I am willing to serve my brother!" Zhang Cai was overjoyed to hear this and responded loudly.
"In that case, Brother Zhang would like to wish me a hand?"
"I don't dare to ask for ears!"
"Great, I don't know if Brother Zhang has a familiar colleague in Nanyong? I have a plan, I need your cooperation, if I can make the trip, I can sweep away Wang Zaijin, the lackey of the eunuch party, in one fell swoop, and return the people of Jiangnan to a Langlang river and mountain! Looking at the talented people with surprises on their faces in front of him, Liu Xu smiled secretly, sure enough, this conflict of interests, as long as he draws a cake in front, don't care if he can achieve it or not, as long as he is moved by this interest, even a righteous gentleman is not exempt from vulgarity!