It was the autumn of the fourteenth year of Wanli, and the wind blowing into the hall had begun to bring coolness.

Zhu Yijun was stimulated by the cool breeze, his expression was much more sober, and his eyes looked at the household Lang Zhongjiang Zhongxiao under the stairs like a torch.

The political atmosphere of the Wanli Dynasty has always been relatively serious.

Especially after Zhu Yijun came to power, there are not many ministers who dare to impeach the minister so directly in front of the emperor.

But because in recent years, Zhu Yijun has supported the implementation of new rites that emphasize benevolence and Taoism, but it has also begun to make the atmosphere in the court gradually become active from serious, and some ministers have begun to dare to offend Yan Zhizhi.

It's hard to avoid.

Because your emperor wants to be respected by the people of the world for his individuality, he implements a new rite, and he wants to treat the people of the world as people, and then make the people of the world treat themselves as emperors, rather than simply as puppets that meet the standards of Confucian saints, then you must first treat the ministers as people and allow them to speak.

The ministers liked this atmosphere very much, and this kind of atmosphere in which ministers dared to impeach the emperor and other powerful people.

The state has a minister, and it will not perish in its country; The family has a son, and the family is not defeated.

This sentence is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

"I really dare to admonish a gentleman!"

Yu Shenxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, looked at Jiang Zhongxiao who was prostrate on the ground with admiration at this time, and sighed in his heart.

He also looked at Zhu Yijun with great anticipation, and hoped to see the emperor be happy because he had received a minister who dared to admonish.

Shuhua, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also showed excitement in his eyes, looked at Jiang Zhongxiao with admiration, and said in his heart: "There are still such loyal and upright ministers."

Zhao Nanxing even had tears flashing in his eyes, and looked at Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun also noticed the expressions of many ministers looking at Jiang Zhongxiao.

He knew that most of the ministers had a heart of "everyone is equal above me", and he hoped that he would respect them, and that he would treat them equally, regardless of their rank.

But Zhu Yijun is more willing to admit that the people of this era have a need for the hierarchy of the noble and the lowly.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun did not really obey the ministers because they liked this kind of "everyone is equal above me", but asked at this time:

"Hubu Lang Zhongjiang Zhongxiao vainly talks about the way of heaven and confuses the public, and the people think that they should be punished."

"Your Majesty!"

Lang Shen, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, echoed at this time, and then said loudly: "The minister thinks that the car should be split and punished!"

Jiang Zhongxiao was directly stunned and looked at Shen Yiyi.

The other ministers also froze in place and looked at Shen Yiyi.

"Your Majesty! The minister did not talk about the way of heaven, the frequent occurrence of natural disasters is indeed a matter of existence, and the clerk's office has a chapter of the official report of the disaster in various places!"

"In addition, Zhang Butang, who was responsible for the governor's recruitment of An, did mention in the chapter that Shen Shixing wanted to embezzle Zhao'an silver."

"But please be aware of your majesty."

Jiang Zhongxiao's voice trembled and he said.

Zhu Yijun glanced at Shen Shixing at this time.

Shen Shixing was very quiet, and there was no wave on his face.

Zhu Yijunfu looked at Jiang Zhongxiao again: "Let me ask you, you said that disasters occur frequently, is it a warning from God, so God is benevolent?"

Jiang Zhongxiao replied, "Heaven naturally advocates benevolence."

"Then in that case, if there is really a female cadre who brings disaster to the country and the people, why doesn't God directly let the king of Hades kill this female minister, even if he wants to warn, why don't he directly trust Mengzhen! Why do you want to let the people suffer, and why do you want the people to suffer innocent natural disasters and their families are ruined?"

"So, where do you say Heaven is benevolent?"

"If every disaster is a warning from heaven, then why does heaven have to let the people bear the price of this warning?"

After Zhu Yijun asked, he looked at Jiang Zhongxiao.

Jiang Zhongxiao didn't know how to respond for a while.

"Answer me!"

Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice.

"Minister, minister."

Jiang Zhongxiao's forehead rose for a while

When Khan came, he had to say, "Why does Your Majesty ask so much, this is the words of the sage, as the saying goes, heaven and man feel each other, yin and yang are in harmony!"

"You mean the saint is wrong?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

"No, I didn't!"

Jiang Zhongxiao hurriedly denied it.

"Then why should Heaven warn the people to be unkind?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Jiang Zhongxiao was silent again.

"Answer me! Is the saint wrong, or are you talking about the way of heaven and misunderstanding the meaning of the saint?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

At this time, Shu Hua saw that the emperor began to question the "heaven and man induction" theory proposed in the "Book of Shang", and hurriedly stood up and replied:

"Your Majesty, it's not that the saint is wrong, it's not that Jiang Yushi is talking about the way of heaven in vain, it's just that he himself is not good at learning, so he can't answer His Majesty's questions;"

"The way of heaven lies in the regular order, whether the minister is loyal or a woman, in the end it is the protégé of the Son of Heaven, and he should be the stars in the sky, so he cannot kill him without authorization, so he has to blame the people first to warn the Son of Heaven."

"Then it seems that the saying "the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light" is not right?"

Zhu Yijun looked at Shu Hua and asked.

Shu Hua was stunned for a while, and some regrets stood up, but it was impossible for him not to answer Zhu Yijun's words at this time, so he had to say: "Back to Your Majesty, the scholar is the head of the four people, and the people are noble, and the people should be the first nobles and then the nobles."

"In that case, dare to love this gentleman who should have the lowest status?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Shu Hua's face turned pale suddenly, and he knelt on the ground hurriedly: "That's not what the minister meant!"

"What the hell does that mean?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Shu Hua replied: "Back to Your Majesty, "Shangshu" also says, the people are only Bangben, and Bengu Bangning; This is originally to say, if you want the country to be eternal, you should first settle the people, then settle the society, and finally settle the monarch's father! It's not that the status of the monarch is not as good as that of the people, and since Your Majesty has been taught by the Grand Master, why do you ask this?!"

"Because the gentleman did not teach me in this way, what the gentleman said was to follow the reality."

Zhu Yijun said at this time.

After hearing this, Shu Hua really wanted to resurrect Zhang Juzheng on the spot, and he could ask Zhang Juzheng why he taught the emperor so much.

But Zhang Juzheng naturally can't be resurrected.

Otherwise, Zhu Yijun would not be able to say anything on Zhang Juzheng's head, and he would not be able to say the truth he learned in later generations in the name of Zhang Juzheng.

At this time, Shu Hua had no choice but to quibble, "Your Majesty, in reality, it is indeed the peace of the people that comes first!"

"You say that the priest is the head of the four people?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Shu Hua said: "Your Majesty, this is not what the minister said, the minister is just speaking on behalf of the saint."

"Well, I believe you, is it according to the words of the saints, An Min should be the first to be Anshi? No matter how wronged no one is, no one can be wronged, yes or no?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

"Your Majesty, of course not!"

"What the Grand Priest said is simply a misinterpretation of the sage's theory!"

"The sage said, 'The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light,' is indeed not in terms of status, but only in terms of the importance of the foundation of the country, and in this way, the people here should not be divided into hierarchical status!"

"What's more, a scholar is no longer a people, but a son of a king, and he should rather bend himself than the common people of the world, and take the virtue of a king's father!"

Hai Rui really couldn't stand it anymore, so he stood up and said a word of Shuhua, and then said to Zhu Yijun:

"Your Majesty, the Great Priest bewitches the Son of Heaven, wants to disrupt the society, and plots misdeeds, and should be punished!"