This question is something that Zhu Qiyu has never considered.

The education he received when he was a child was to respect the sages and follow the etiquette system.

I only remember that in ancient times, there was a legend of three emperors and five emperors ruling the world, and then Xia came to Shang, Shang came to Zhou, and Zhou Gong formulated the Zhou ceremony.

Then, the Confucianism of the Confucian sage carried forward the Zhou rites to the world and has been passed down to this day.

However, how did this ritual come about, it seems to be ...... No one has ever told themselves......

And when he was studying, he had never thought about this kind of question, and now that the emperor raised it, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Zhu Qizhen seemed to have known that this was the result, so he continued to speak.

"In the Yin Shang Dynasty, there is no such thing as etiquette in the world, because the Yin Shang Dynasty is a tribal alliance, and it is enough for each tribe to have its own rules, but in the Zhou Dynasty, the world is unified, and the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty continues to grow.

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he said thoughtfully: "Yin Shang Dynasty...... Isn't it the great domination of the world? ”

"It should be regarded as a form of tribal alliance," Zhu Qizhen said truthfully, "What is the Xia Dynasty like, because there is no written circulation, there is no verifiable for a long time, but the Yin Shang Dynasty has a written language, and the twelve heavenly stems are the totems of the twelve major tribes of the Shang Dynasty, and they take turns to take charge of the government together, but the later King of Zhou family intends to monopolize the power, which has been opposed by other tribes, and the Jiang tribe has turned to the Ji family from Longxi, overthrowing the King of Zhou in one fell swoop and establishing the Zhou Dynasty. ”

"After the Zhou Dynasty Shang, there was the concept of the world, and the Duke of Zhou called himself the Son of Heaven and formulated the etiquette law in order to restrain the world. The Confucian sage highly respected Zhou rites and integrated them into the Confucian philosophy. With the changes of the times, such as today's scholars only read the Four Books and the Five Classics, they naturally regard the words of Sage Confucius as the truth, but they keep advocating the ancestral system, but they don't mention the Jingtian system of the Zhou Dynasty. ”

Zhu Qiyu felt that his brain was a little messy, and in his impression, anyone who dared to question the words of Sage Kong was tantamount to asking for his own death.

The scholars in the world will spray you to death with spittle, even if you are the emperor!

However, how to explain what the emperor said......

"The world lists Zhou Gong and Confucius as sages, and admires their behavior and the etiquette they formulated, but with the passage of time, there will always be a day when any system and method will be divorced from the times, so we must not blindly follow the laws of the ancients, but take the initiative to make changes. If I had developed a very complete system today, I would not have required future generations to follow this method to govern the world, do you understand? ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded as if he didn't understand, and asked, "What the emperor said about the ancestral system can't be set in stone, is this the truth?" ”

"Of course!"

Zhu Qizhen continued: "When Emperor Taizu, the Ming Dynasty had just been established, and the world was initially decided, and it was urgent to recuperate and strengthen the national strength. ”

"Could it be that a hundred years later, or even a few hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty is still the Ming Dynasty in the Taizu period? Do you know how far the Ottoman Empire, the country of Franco, has developed far away? Their weapons are being innovated every day, and if one day, they invade the Ming Dynasty with their ships and cannons, what will we do to defend against them? ”

"Not to mention far away, even if I personally conquered Mobei, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong did not completely pacify the trouble of Mobei, but I did it, what did I rely on? The soldiers were armed with improved firearms, not ancestral ones! ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Qiyu had a feeling of epiphany, this time the battle was very different from the past, in the past, it was to fight for numbers, supplies, and tactics, but this time it was silver.

New firearms are powerful, but they are also expensive.

This battle was fought and cost more than 10 million taels of silver.

However, the results are indeed visible to all.

Under the suppression of new firearms, whether it is the Varat or the Tatar, they are beaten without the power to fight back, just like a strong man bullying a three-year-old child, and the strength of the two sides cannot be compared at all.

However, the basis of all this is the development of science and technology.

Don't look at it as just a small technical improvement, but it has invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and it cost the imperial court millions of taels of silver to have today's results.

What the imperial court needs now is to improve and innovate, or to follow the old system......

The result is already obvious, but Zhu Qiyu still doesn't understand why these things never appear in books.

Why did the great Confucians of the day never teach these knowledge?

Could it be that what the saints said could be wrong?

Zhu Qiyu has been studying since he was a child, and he also reads Confucianism, and such a result is tantamount to turning the world upside down for him, and he can't accept it no matter what.

"Back to the emperor, my courtiers think that the loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness respected by the ancients are the way to govern the world in any era, and they must not be abandoned at will!"

Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said: "The scholars in the world pay attention to benevolence and righteousness first, this is the way of governing the country as mentioned by the Confucian sage, but why do we advocate benevolence and righteousness, but we have to fight against the Warats and Tatars?" If, according to the scholars, we should educate them with benevolence and righteousness, otherwise, we would not respect the way of the saints, wouldn't we? ”

He knows very well that anyone has the limitations of the times, and his little brother is now an insider.

These things are not something that can be comprehended after a few days of reading, as the so-called authorities are fascinated, and bystanders are clear, and they can see it so thoroughly because they have jumped out of this era and looked at the world from a bystander's perspective.

Zhu Qiyu fell into deep thought again, and he seemed to be defeated by his own theory.

Zhu Qizhen continued: "Before benevolence and righteousness, there is still the word loyalty and filial piety, this loyalty, is to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, loyal to our ancestors, think that at the beginning, the Great Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Tartars, since then the world has been stolen by people for a hundred years, how many of our ancestors were slaughtered? It can be seen that there is a premise for benevolence and righteousness, and if you treat the people, you must emphasize benevolence and righteousness, and when you treat the enemy, you must leave benevolence and righteousness behind and pick up a knife and gun to fuck him! ”

"In the first battle of Tumubao, 200,000 troops died on the battlefield, outside the Yong Pass, with white bones and blood flowing like a river army. The so-called way of the saint is to destroy the Warat people and avenge my soldiers! The way of a saint is not only to reassure the people, but also to reassure the people, if you can't do it, how can you do it? ”

"Think of those soldiers, they have lived in great hardship on weekdays, they have vegetables on their faces, they guard the border passes, they may be attacked by the enemy at any time, and if they are not careful, they will bury their bones in the wilderness. At this time, is the righteousness in the mouth of the saint still useful? ”

"Zhou Gong made the Zhou ceremony, Confucius made the Spring and Autumn Period, and in the Zhou ceremony, the north is called Di, the south is said to be barbarian, Di, and the dog is also. Barbarians, insects also. The Duke of Zhou, who preached the etiquette of benevolence and virtue, still knew that the north was a jackal, and the south was a harmful insect, so it should be conquered, so that the world could be stable. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the sage admired the most is the matter of Qi Huan's respect for the king, respect the king for loyalty, and for benevolence, how to be benevolent, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, not invaded by foreign invaders, and kill people who want to take the lives of the people, which is benevolence and righteousness. On the contrary, if you use etiquette and righteousness to deal with barbarians, but you say that you are following the way of the sage, if the sage knows under the spring, I don't know if he will be angry! ”

Zhu Qiyu raised his head, with a confused look in his eyes.

He felt like he understood, but ...... I don't seem to understand......

Every word the emperor said sounded very reasonable, but no one ever mentioned these truths.

For a moment, he was confused, could it be...... I've been reading books for more than ten years, and I've read them all wrong?

"Brother Chen's brother still has something unclear, I want to ask the imperial brother!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "But it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

"Three Emperors and Five Emperors...... Does it really exist? What was the world like at that time, and is it recorded in the history books...... The world of great rule? ”

"I don't know!"

Zhu Qizhen shook his head and said, "But whether the Three Emperors and Five Emperors exist or not, and what?" Do you want to ask, how did the Three Emperors and Five Emperors govern the world, and if they take their methods of governing the world, can they achieve peace in the four seas? Not to mention that the Three Emperors and Five Emperors are just legends, even if they really exist, the world of great governance also exists, but copying their methods may not necessarily be effective. I have never blindly worshiped the ancients and sages in the mouth of the readers, I only believe what I have seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears. ”

Zhu Qiyu stood up, bowed deeply, and said, "Thank you for the advice of the imperial brother, the younger brother has benefited a lot!" ”

Zhu Qizhen doesn't know how much the little brother can comprehend, in short, let him know that the times have changed, and he can't always listen to those civil officials.

Those bad old men are very bad, and what they say seems to be in line with the rules everywhere and makes sense everywhere, but in fact, they are all made up to fool you.

"When I was not in Jingshi, you had to bear it when you encountered something, you couldn't be indecisive, you couldn't blindly trust others, understand?"

"Understood...... What? Zhu Qiyu raised his head and asked, "Your Majesty, are you really leaving?" ”

"Yes, I have made up my mind, and the Jingshi will be handed over to you."

"But ......"

Zhu Qiyu was entangled for a long time, and the hundred officials agreed, you just ran away, what is this?

"I only tell you, you can't reveal the news, otherwise, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites will definitely chase after me."

"Your Majesty......," Zhu Qiyu asked, "When are you going to leave?" ”

"After telling you, I'll leave in the afternoon!"

"Huh?"

Zhu Qiyu looked stunned, this is too fast!

"The emperor is going to Mobei, do you want to bring some people with you......

"This trip is accompanied by Tang Xinggu and escorted by 3,000 battalions, so my brother doesn't have to worry. I have only one request for you, you can't tell anyone about my whereabouts, can you do that? ”

Zhu Qiyu scratched his head and said, "However, after a long time, it will inevitably show its feet......

If it is a short time, you can still fool the past, but if you go to Mobei for at least a month or two, it will be just on weekdays, but when you encounter major events, you must personally decide, at that time, how can I cover you?

"Then ...... I can hold on for as long as I can, in short, I don't want to see that I was chased back by the Ministry of Rites before I reached the Great Wall, understand? ”

"The younger brother is worried...... If there is a major national event and the emperor needs to make an idea himself, he will ...... it at that time."

Zhu Qizhen said solemnly: "I give you the right to decide, and if you encounter anything, your decision is my decision, and I will bear all the consequences." ”

Zhu Qiyu thought for a long time, and finally said: "Brother obey the order!" ”

"Remember, remember, be sure to block the news of my departure from Beijing!"

To be honest, Zhu Qizhen didn't know how much the little brother had comprehended, and he didn't expect the other party to open up all of a sudden and accept his own ideas.

I showed him so much today, I guess I can change a little bit......

…………

Tang Xinggu looked at the sky and was very excited.

He finally succeeded!

From not daring to squeak when he was slapped by the emperor's big mouth, to fighting the Confucians in order to open the sea a few days ago, finally, he successfully won the emperor's trust.

Although he offended many people, including his immediate superiors, it was all worth it.

The emperor is on patrol, and he is the only companion Hanlin, what kind of treatment is this?

Soaring is just around the corner.

At noon, Tang Xinggu went out of Desheng Gate on time according to the agreement.

Not far away, a Jinyi guard officer stepped forward, first showed his waist card, and then asked, "But Tang Yushi?" ”

Tang Xinggu nodded and asked, "Excuse me, where is the emperor?" ”

The man looked him up and down and said, "The emperor said, don't ask anything, just follow us." ”

Tang Xinggu had a strange face, and couldn't help but ask, "Why?" ”

"Because it's a holy decree!"

The man's face suddenly changed, and he said coldly: "The emperor also said that if Tang Yushi has to ask why, let him go back!" ”

Tang Xinggu hurriedly closed his mouth, and then nodded vigorously.

The officer greeted him, and saw a convoy of about a dozen people parked on the side of the road, carrying food and other supplies, slowly heading north.

Tang Xinggu followed the team for a while, and couldn't help asking, "Isn't it the emperor who is on patrol, why do you want to bring these things?" ”

"It's not a patrol, it's a condolence, to visit the local people, if you don't bring food, do you bring two mouths over?"

Tang Xinggu was strange in his heart, of course, he had a mouth, he had never heard that the emperor had to bring food to the local people when he went on patrol......

"The ......"

"I said you're not done?"

Tang Xinggu was about to speak, but was interrupted by the officer leading the team.

I saw that his expression was extremely impatient, and he said: "The emperor can say, if you ask this and that, I won't take you there!" ”

"Not ......"

Tang Xinggu waved his hand again and again, and said cautiously: "The road is far away, can you ...... Let me sit in the car for a while......"