After hearing this, Gu Xiancheng asked Gu Xuancheng: "Are other big families like this?" ”

"It's even more serious!"

"Observing that when the hired workers of the Qian family were about to renew their contracts with the favor of the master's family, they directly demanded that the master's family increase their monthly money, and that they could not work outside the five hours, and if they wanted to work, they would have to pay extra for work, and if they were beaten, they would have to pay for the work and allow them to leave."

"The Qian family naturally disagrees with such a deed, but they don't want to let them go, so they let the people of the county government arrest them and accuse these hired workers of causing chaos."

"As a result, these hired workers gathered instead, ran away from the county government, surrounded the Qian family, and copied the Qian family, and now the government is arresting people everywhere."

Gu Xuancheng replied.

Gu Xiancheng was quite stunned after hearing this: "The people copy the eunuchs, so bold? ”

Gu Xuancheng smiled: "It's not because of the new gift that caused trouble!" ”

"When the temple of filial piety was abolished, the employer had to be like his parents, otherwise it would be a great rebellion, and the hired workers were allowed to set up their own cooperatives to negotiate with the employers, and the result naturally became more and more arrogant to those who worked."

"These thugs are arrogant and arrogant because they think they have a little skill, and they don't take their employers and even the officials seriously, and under the guidance of some literati in the labor community who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic and deviant, they think that the peace of the world is maintained by them, and the bureaucrats and gentry are supported by them, so they become more and more arrogant and do not know how to respect the venerable."

"The more this time, the more we eunuch clans have to work together, and we can't really let the world's etiquette collapse."

"As I said, the implementation of the new rites will inevitably mess up the world's rituals."

Gu Xiancheng said, and said: "I wrote to Ying Tianxun and Du Gong, asking him to come to Donglin Hall to give a lecture, and tell him about this matter when the time comes, I hope that he will not be afraid of the power of the new party and dare not explain to the court that the new rites will make the people proud of being thieves and hate the Venerable, and let the Son of Heaven really think that the implementation of the new rites will only make everyone more aware of the rites, and it is best to influence the Confucian ministers of the East Palace, and then influence the East Palace through the speakers of the East Palace, so that the East Palace will know that the new rites will die in the world." ”

Gu Yuncheng agreed, so he said, "Yes! ”

……

"If you don't push the new ceremony, you will die in the country, and if you push the new ceremony, you will die in the world!"

"Your Majesty, this is a popular saying among the people, and it is popular because there have indeed been many riots in many places where people have smashed and looted large households."

"Of course, the reason is mostly related to the reluctance of large households to fulfill their contracts and their desire to use the power of the government to forcibly force the people to obey their will."

At the same time that the three brothers of the Gu family were discussing the problem of etiquette and happiness brought about by foreign development.

The West Garden Attendant is on duty.

Shen Shixing was talking to Zhu Yijun about what he had heard recently.

"Don't the people want to live in peace?"

"Are the people willing to make trouble?"

"As the saying goes, a slap in the face doesn't make a sound, and many things are done in full accordance with the contract, if you are willing, you are willing, if you are unwilling, you are unwilling, and respecting anyone's choice will not come to such a point."

"For the riot that has occurred, tell the three law divisions that they must be cautious, and issue an order to each political secretary to take away the power of life and death, and whoever dares to kill without the will must be punished as guilty even if there is a merit to quell it! After all, no one knows whether the riot was caused by the bullying of the people by the right-hand and the bureaucracy. ”

"If a vassal state still treats its own people as human beings, why doesn't it treat its own people as human beings?"

"It is better to kill less than to kill by mistake, this is the gift of the people of our country as pure children, and it is the foundation of respecting their lives."

Zhu Yijun said.

After hearing this, Shen Shixing arched his hand and said, "What Your Majesty said is true." ”

Zhu Yijun asked Shen Shixing again at this time: "Master, you tell me, do you also hate the tyranny of the small people, ignorant of the king's law, and wanton destruction?" ”

Shen Shixing arched his hand and replied: "The minister doesn't dare to hide it from Your Majesty, the minister can't accept the chaos of the people!" ”

"However, the minister does not feel that it is wrong for the new rite to be based on the people of the Han Dynasty, and it cannot be that because the people's wisdom has not been opened, it should not be benevolent to the people;"

"In the humble opinion of the ministers, now the small people are fighting fiercely, and even violating the king's law, all because they are not completely rich and do not fully know the etiquette, many small people are either easily instigated by radicals, or they are already affected by the old rites, although they are not treated with kindness, but they also do not treat others with kindness, so they feel that the rich are guilty, and they are only willing to die with them, and even prefer to be poor and embarrassed."

"Therefore, it is not so much that the small people do not deserve to be treated benevolently, it is better to say that the rulers have not benefited the people and enriched the country to the point where everyone is rich and knows courtesy."

"Your Majesty, in fact, the dyeing workshop of the minister's family also encountered the situation that the hired workers were unwilling to stay in the dyeing workshop to work, and wanted to go to Dongying to run the workshop, and the family intended to let the minister find a way to stop these hired workers, but these hired workers knew about it in advance and made a big fuss, but they were persuaded by the people sent back by the minister in advance."

Shen Shixing continued at this time.

Zhu Yijun smiled after hearing this: "How did the master persuade him?" ”

"Our Shen family agrees to let them go, and even those whose deeds have not expired can apply to leave early, and the Shen family will also cooperate with them to invest money and send well-trained skilled workers in the government to Dongying to share the new dyeing workshop with them to solve their problem of lack of money and lack of talents."

"As a result, the family had no problem with this and were happy to see it, and the employees who were going to leave were also happy, so nothing happened again."

"Lao Tzu has a saying, if you want to take it, you must give it first, and if the court wants the people to know the etiquette and abide by the law, and be loyal to the monarch and the country, you need to give it the opportunity to be rich and noble, rather than blaming or even despising it to force it to destroy itself and respect the king's law."

Shen Shixing replied.

Zhu Yijun shook his head: "The master is worthy of being a person who is good at dealing with contradictions, you are not strict with others, you are more considerate of me, but also more considerate of the small people, if the world's heroes and righters will deal with the contradictions up and down like the master, why do I have to kill so many people in order to enrich the country, strengthen the army and benefit the people since I became in power." ”

"Your Majesty's praise."

"The minister is not very afraid."

"In fact, the minister is a person who has no use for the community, but it is only because of His Majesty that he has become a person who can be used for the community, so the person who can really regulate the world is Your Majesty!"

Shen Shixing hurriedly replied at this time.

What Shen Shixing said is indeed the truth, if it weren't for the emperor's insistence on not liquidating Zhang Juzheng, with his Shen Shixing's guts, he would not dare to be the second Zhang Juzheng, and would only be timid and wise to protect himself.

Zhu Yijun also understood, so he only smiled and said: "The master doesn't have to be too humble, in my opinion, the technique used by the master is the skill that the emperor should have, as the so-called conspiracy to destroy the heart, not the thinking of the landlord enslaving others, I just want to eat comfortably for a lifetime by relying on the benefits of a place, and I don't hesitate to suppress the desires of others, and even the extreme ones will suppress their own desires, and they should be taught to the prince." ”

Shen Shixing said yes.

……

"Your Highness, although the minister was recommended by Yuan Fu to teach His Highness Confucian scriptures, but today the minister will not teach His Highness this, because these sage teachings are only used to tell others, and in fact, the real emperor cannot do it according to this principle."

"The minister first taught His Highness the mental skills that a true emperor should have."

"First of all, Your Highness should understand that those who are strong and strong are the Son of Heaven, not those who are virtuous are the Son of Heaven;"

"Secondly, Your Highness should understand that the people are the foundation of the state, but the people are not undeceivable, killing 10,000 people and killing 100,000 people is harmless, as long as Your Highness allows it to be peaceful for a few years, the common people will still grow like weeds blown by the spring breeze."

"Finally, Your Highness must know that the people should be weak, and it is appropriate to restrain them with the study of Confucianism and human ethics, not to make them truly intellectual, nor to make them have personality and desires, although they can be determined, they must also be in line with the aspirations of the saints, and they must only be based on the will of long-term peace and stability for Your Majesty."

"Otherwise, if everyone is wise and everyone is not unified, His Highness will not be able to be the king!"

"In addition, the real emperor should not allow anyone who cannot control for himself, if he kills others and takes his wealth!"

"Therefore, if His Royal Highness is the emperor in the future and wants to become a real emperor, the first thing should be to liquidate Zhang Taiyue and Shenwu County, so that the people of the world know that the power ministers who transgress cannot get a good death, that is, even if they are meritorious heroes of the society, they cannot break the rules, so as to help the emperor on the right path!"

Qian Tongmeng, the lecturer of the East Palace recommended by Shen Shixing, was also lecturing to the crown prince Zhu Changxun in the East Palace when Zhu Yijun saw Shen Shixing, but he did not lecture on the scriptures, but took advantage of Shen Shixing's call by the emperor to sell private goods to the prince.

(End of chapter)