Chapter 56: The Thunder Test

Zhu Yuanzhang blocked this matter today, not just for He Xi.

It's for the induction of heaven and man.

Zhu Yuanzhang believed this before. So I didn't pay much attention to the side effects of celestial induction. But now he doesn't believe it. Therefore, I began to mind the side effects of this theory of celestial induction.

So what are the advantages and disadvantages of the theory of celestial and human induction for the emperor?

The advantage is that it is precisely because of the induction of heaven and man that the emperor is deified. The Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven and has a natural sacredness, so it is natural for the emperor to rule the world. There is a priori rationality.

For Zhu Yuanzhang, this benefit is useful but not great.

Why?

Because Zhu Yuanzhang's world was fought with a knife and a shot. Who dares to say a word, let him try it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. Let's see, even if he is not the Son of Heaven, can Zhu Yuanzhang be the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty?

For Zhu Yuanzhang, all theories can only decorate Zhu Yuanzhang's power. And not the other way around.

What's the downside?

It was Confucianism that held the power of interpretation of the induction of heaven and man, which was used to check and balance the monarch. Let the monarch exercise power according to their political logic.

Before, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand, but after weighing the pros and cons, he endured it. After all, no matter how much Confucianism is belittled, Confucianism has a complete set of plans for the founding of the country. Complete national operation system. Don't underestimate this, just look at Vietnam. Vietnam relied on this set to become the little overlord of Southeast Asia.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice. and endured the drawbacks.

Now, Zhu Yuanzhang has studied for a long time, and he has clearly felt the charm of a complete set of plans and political systems for the future of nation-building.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that this set of plans was actually not suitable for Daming. It is necessary to integrate the advanced thinking of the future with the backward status quo of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang has been doing this work.

But in any case, some of the Confucian urinals can be thrown away.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Song Qing, are you virtuous?" ”

Song Ne replied: "The minister does not dare to claim to be virtuous, but since he has been studying, there is nothing to tell anyone, and nothing is regretted today." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "You can be called a gentleman." And so it goes. Providence will not kill you. ”

Song Ne felt that Zhu Yuanzhang was asking a little strangely, and said, "Yes." ”

Song Ne is very confident in this. He felt that a person like him, even if he was not protected by the old man, should not be killed by God.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Qin Tianjian." ”

Master Qintianjian Zhengma immediately stepped out and said, "The minister is here." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "How many days will there be a thunderstorm? ”

Master Zhengma, the Qin Heavenly Supervisor, said: "Back to Your Majesty, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and the ministers do not dare to speculate about the will of heaven, but after Nanjing enters the summer, there are many thunderstorms, but it is like this every year. There should be a few more thunderstorms this month. It's just not necessarily as big as the day before yesterday. ”

Weather forecasts in later generations may not be accurate. In these years, Qin Tianjian didn't dare to talk nonsense.

However, he couldn't say exactly what day it was thunderstorming. But every summer the weather is here, and there are usually a few thunderstorms, more or less, before or after.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Song Qing and go back, wait for a thunderstorm, see if you are virtuous or not." ”

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his hand and left.

This court meeting ended unhappily.

After going down to the court, He Xi immediately went to the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang let He Xi in, but ignored him. It's just a review there. It took a while before he asked, "Do you know that you are wrong?" ”

He Xi said: "I know it's wrong. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What's wrong? ”

He Xi said: "The mistake is self-righteousness, and the news is blocked. So much so that I didn't know it when it came to the end. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

He Xi hesitated for a moment and said, "I plan to set up an intelligence system at home after I go back." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "Intelligence, system? Do you want to rebel? ”

He Xi said: "Don't you dare, just?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "In the court, he has always made more friends and fewer enemies. With more friends, naturally well-informed. Everyone misses you, in order to be well-informed, can't you build a brocade guard by yourself? ”

"I ask you, how many times have you gone out to feast in recent months? How many officials have you met, have you visited the six Shangshu over there, and have you met the nobles there? Mei Sizu died, how long did it take you to go to mourn? ”

He Xi was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "These people are sophisticated, and I shouldn't come to teach you." But it's good that you concentrate on your errands. But just burying your head in things will not make a big difference. ”

"It's like today's incident, you and Mao Xiang have also communicated several times, if you have more contact with Mao Xiang, he will not tell you such a thing."

He Xi was stunned for a moment and said: "The commander of the Jinyi Guard should not be a lonely minister, and the minister does not dare to get too close to the commander of the Jinyi Guard." ”

These words made Zhu Yuanzhang speechless.

Is He Xi right? Right.

But a lot of times people don't do the right thing. Mao Xiang is the commander of the Jinyi Guard, if he really doesn't give face to the upright person, he will not be able to sit in the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard for a long time.

Many people can get information from Jinyiwei, not so much because Mao Xiang is favoritism. It is better to say that Mao Xiang was ordered to leak information. The people who can get the information of Jinyiwei are all people close to Zhu Yuanzhang. Mao Xiang is not something that no one dares to reveal.

He Xi and Princess Anqing are also among them.

It's just that Jinyiwei is Jinyiwei after all, and it's always bad to have a hot face and a cold ass. The commander of the Jinyi Guard also wants to save face. If you don't deal with me, let me send you information, really when I am Mao's commander, I am your family's subordinate?

But these words, Zhu Yuanzhang can say clearly.

Did he say, I know that my son, son-in-law, and some old subordinates are all digging corners through Jinyiwei, and you can also try.

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly said in his heart: "I saw what it means to be out of place today. ”

He Xi is not a fool.

At the beginning, I may not have reacted, and I just said it in a hurry. Now he has reacted, and his face is flushed with shame. I didn't know what to say for a while.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say much. He said, "When you go back, think about it." ”

He Xi said: "The minister understands. ”

He Xi secretly said in his heart: "I had close contact with my disciples before, which was considered a private business, so I had a wide range of contacts with the ministers. It's probably a party. He Xi was a little confused for a while, he always felt that he was walking step by step on the path of traitors.

He Xi also asked the question in his heart and said, "Your Majesty, what is Song Ne going to do?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "I have made an iron kite, using iron as the skeleton, supplementing it with oil, and using iron wire as the kite string, so that Song Ne can release it on a thunderstorm." What kind of Franklin experiment do you think this is? ”

"I'd like to try it too."

He Xi was shocked and said, "Your Majesty, this is too -----"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Cruel? If you want to do great things, Laneige is the door, and you have to get rid of it. What's more, this may not be cruel to Song Ne. ”

He Xi said: "Why? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Song Ne's behavior today, he is already dead. The difference is how to die? If he can really be killed by thunder, it means that there is a problem with the induction of heaven and man, and the Confucian scholars will not be able to use this in the future. I don't think it's too much, and Song Ne can also be buried as an official of the imperial court. His family is still an official eunuch. If he is really lucky, such a thunder can't kill him, then I can only send down the wrath of thunder. ”

He Xi was extremely bitter for a while.

Although he didn't deal with Song Ne, to be honest, he didn't mean to want Song Ne to die. After all, He Xi is from the afterlife. Even the enemies who hated him to death at school did not think about killing. In his opinion, he and Song Ne are office politics at best.

But I never imagined that this kind of struggle would be to the death. One bad will kill the whole family.

This is really unacceptable to He Xi.

It's just that in this situation, he doesn't know what to look forward to, Song Ne was killed by thunder. A lifetime of moral reputation is ruined. After all, science is not enlightened these days. Even if He Xi tries his best to explain, it is estimated that more people believe that Song Ne is a hypocrite, rather than the so-called science, especially the people in science, who will not give up the theory of heaven and man induction. That can only be justified by slandering Song Ne.

This is too cruel for Song Ne.