"Sending Xue Cunyi Preface" is a typical text to carry the Tao. Liu Zongyuan expressed his views on the relationship between "officials" and "people" in the form of a preface. Since ancient times, China has the idea that the world is for the public, but it is conclusively proposed to be an "official for the people", but Liu Hedong is the first person.

Liu Zongyuan has already put forward this point of view in the "Preface to the Poems of Fan Mingfu of the Sending Ning Kingdom", and it is further elaborated in the "Preface to Sending Xue Cunyi". Treating the people's payment of land taxes as employing officials to uphold justice, and comparing the two to an employment relationship, it leads to the conclusion that mediocre officials and corrupt officials are like hired workers who are lazy and steal. It can be said that Liu Zongyuan's political thought no longer puts the emperor in the highest position, but inherits the Mencius system of "the people are the most important, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light".

The state court was so deeply guarded against Mencius's theory that it regarded it as a flood of fierce beasts. Emperor Taizu once scolded Mencius for being a man without a king and a father, and even deleted and changed the book "Mencius". However, Emperor Gao could not be as clean as the Manchu Emperor after all, and his Confucian ministers still had a backbone. Mencius's people-oriented thought was not imprisoned and disappeared because of this, but was passed down through farce scandals.

In the ideological circles of the Ming Dynasty, after experiencing the impact of psychology on science, people-oriented thought became even more popular. Some people in Jiangnan even openly discussed on the streets: There is no need for emperors and officials in this world, and the people can completely manage themselves and make their own decisions.

Zhu Cihong learned about these "absurd" tendencies from courtiers. Those important ministers will hide from the emperor that they have married a concubine, and will avoid how much profit they have received, but they will never hide these rebellious remarks, they will only be used as a pastime for conversation, and at the same time, they will stimulate the emperor and satisfy their vanity.

According to this situation, even if the Ming Dynasty is not destroyed in the hands of the Tunguska or Li Chuang, it will be abandoned because of the awakening of the people. The most haode turned out to be nothing more than a hypocritical republic. Be a seal with no real power.

Zhu Cihong is well aware of the direction of progress of Shijie civilization and does not intend to move against the tide. It was precisely because he firmly believed that he followed the trend of history that he had the confidence to rise up against the Manchus, otherwise he would have been crushed long ago. In his opinion, the use of serfdom to counter the enlightened autocracy of the Ming Dynasty was originally a joke of history. By no means mainstream.

Thinking about these big questions made Zhu Cihong even more tired, and all he needed now was a team of honest and honest officials. He looked at Zhang Shiqi, temporarily let go of those lofty and far-reaching topics, and waited for the old scholar's statement.

Zhang Shiqi went through "Sending Xue Cunyi Preface", and vaguely felt that something was not very appropriate. If officials are long-term workers hired by the common people, then where is the imperial court? And where did the king put it? It seems like a simple short article, but there is an insurmountable gap when you dig deeper. If you rush over, you are likely to get an egg because the step is too big.

If you don't take this step, you will definitely be in the position of a scrivener and a friend.

"Emperor Taizu Gao set up a ring stone pavilion. Leke: 'Erpan Erlu, the people's fat and the people's anointing; The people are easy to abuse, and the heavens are difficult to deceive! Zhang Shiqi deserves to be an old official, and immediately pulled out Zhu Yuanzhang's tiger flag: "It is to warn my generation that you should serve the people and not abuse the people." ”

Zhu Cihong did not agree with Zhang Shiqi's original intention of inducing Zhu Yuanzhang in this way, because he knew very well that his ancestor was only an autocrat who sympathized with the people, and he never had the idea of half-people-orientedism. However, Zhu is a realist. Does not mind this ideological difference, as long as it can carry out his intentions. No matter what kind of person you are, you can be accepted.

Although Zhang Shiqi did not get a perfect score, he also made his position clear and was willing to firmly follow the prince's line.

Zhu Cihong said: "Ruyang County will only make promises, and it is still in Ruzhou and refuses to go back." Since he won't go back, go ahead. Tomorrow I will issue an order, and wait for the next time I pass by Ruyang. I hope to see something new. ”

"Your Highness Thank you!" Zhang Shiqi trembled with excitement and fell to the ground.

The officials and officials of the Ming Dynasty are two shijie. Although when the two ancestors designed the system, they all hoped that a certain proportion of officials could be selected from among the officials, so that they could be familiar with the people's conditions and treat the people well because of their own background. However, to the present. Officials take the examination every three years, and the system of transferring officials through the three examinations has become difficult to implement, and he himself has become a slave and servant of officials, and he can be reprimanded and beaten.

"I'll give you two more words, and you can't ignore them for a while." Zhu Cihong stood up, ordered someone to lay out the paper and study the ink, had a little idea in his mind, dipped it in ink, and wrote the word "public servant" in Li, and there was no money to use the seal, signaling Zhang Shiqi to come and collect it.

Zhang Shiqi held his breath, only feeling that these two words had far-reaching connotations, and the pen was quite powerful, and there was a degree of intersperse, so he could find someone to make a plaque and hang it high in the inner hall as a self-police.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zhang Shiqi thanked again.

Zhu Cihong looked at his handwriting but was quite surprised, he had not practiced handwriting since he left the palace. Writing with a pen is also based on grass, only seeking a "fast" word. Unexpectedly, instead of regressing, there are some other things in the big characters written now.

"Look at this word, isn't it too skinny?" Zhu Cihong suddenly asked Zhang Shiqi.

Zhang Shiqi stood over and nodded slightly: "The flesh and blood are still even, His Royal Highness has come to the word Suiliang?" ”

"It's just Mr. Jiang's words." Zhu Cihong said.

Zhang Shiqi let out a "yes" sound, secretly saying that he was really old and faint! Jiang Shangshu used to be a lecturer on a daily basis, and he was a teacher who taught the prince every day! If you want a calligrapher like him, will the students you teach not write well?

"If you don't want to be ashamed, frame it, and don't say I wrote it." Zhu Cihong put down the pen, stretched his waist, and saw that the sky outside was still dark, without the slightest bright color, and said, "Mr. Zhang, sleep a little longer, I'll go to the west to have a look." ”

Zhang Shiqi sent Zhu Cihong to the bottom of the stairs, and waited for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to enter the war room in the West Chamber, before returning to the house. He first poked the stove, drove out a puff of heat, and added a thick robe, and then sat down and quietly looked at the word "public servant" of His Royal Highness the Prince. Although his eyes fell on the words, his mind couldn't help but replay every picture from seeing the prince to the prince's departure.

- The prince refuses to go back to Ruyang County...... This thief army is besieging the city, how do you let a civilian official get out?

Zhang Shiqi said secretly in his heart, and then thought of his young boss Wu Weiye, who also received an errand that day, and was finally trapped in Ruzhou. In this way, in fact, the prince did not urge on the surface, but he was actually very dissatisfied in his heart. Zhang Shiqi pursed his chapped lips and said secretly: Since he is a servant, he should have the appearance of a servant. Isn't the siege of the city really impassable? Why take a risk!

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When She An led his troops to the scheduled camping site, it was already getting dark. Liu Zongmin didn't let him camp in peace, and had already sent a team of horsemen to attack and disturb him. The East Palace guards were defeated by the foot soldiers, and although they repelled the thieves with a spear formation, they failed to catch up and failed to achieve commendable results.

The camp had just been set up, and before the fortifications could be built, it began to rain. The rain became heavier and heavier, and in the second half of the night it was almost a torrential downpour. In such a situation, Mo said that it was a firearm, and even hand-to-hand combat could not be fought. However, according to the code, She An did not dare to relax his vigilance, and still sent out scouts and ambushes, all of which were guarded.

Liu Zongmin really wanted to come over for a night attack, but before he set off, he got the news that the scouts and the officers and soldiers had repeatedly met at night, and he thought that the other party had strengthened his vigilance to prevent the robbery of the camp. Since this is the case, Liu Zongmin is not willing to touch the nail again, and he has consumed his morale in vain.

However, the real headache is still to come, wait until tomorrow and tomorrow, whether to fight Ruzhou or not? If it rains non-stop, how can you attack the city? If you don't fight Ruzhou, will it be wasted here? How to raise food and grass? In any case, it is within the "enemy territory" at the moment!

The same heavy rain, Li Zicheng was also deeply worried. He had already begun to retreat to the mountains and cede Jiaxian County to Sun Chuanting. Now that the rain is so heavy, if Sun Chuanting can't go back, will his people and horses sleep in the mountains so much? No matter whether they return to Jiaxian or retreat to Xiangcheng, won't they all turn the feint defeat into a real defeat! (To be continued......)