"If it goes well, it's two or three months!"

Zheng Cunzhong said with certainty.

They are all local decent people, and there can be a lot of personal contacts.

Even if there is no other reason, if you have a new concubine, you can invite some friends to get together, right?

"Xie Changjie is in Chaozhou, and he has already received more than 20,000 taels of silver, not to mention the maids, the concubines have left three!" Zheng Cunzhong had a smile on the corner of his mouth, "I've dealt with this person face-to-face, so there's no need to worry." His Majesty and Yang Dang both protected him, but he couldn't see the reason clearly, and became more and more arrogant. ”

"Cunzhong, you said two or three months, are you really sure?"

"Two months later, when the rice is harvested and planted. Three months later, when the queen was ordained. Zheng Cunzhong folded the fan and shook out the cool breeze, "Sun Jiao is a cabinet minister, and he is still the ruler of the country." If Yang Tinghe wants to create a situation of changing the law, he must have a result before Sun Jiao's identity is transcendent, and let His Majesty expel Fei Ge Lao and other old parties. If Your Majesty wants to get rid of Yang Ge Lao, you will have to drag it out for these three months, and wait for this batch of abandoned sons in Guangdong who are presiding over the new law to cause trouble! ”

Someone thought: "So...... Is the best time to do it between two or three months? ”

"Naturally! His Majesty's vassal kings succeeded to the throne, and in order to stabilize the throne, he must behave wisely and have the ambition of prosperity. But how could Your Majesty ever have been taught by an emperor? I don't know what to do, I first said that I would earn ten times the year, and then asked why I was rich, so I had Yang Tinghe's plan later! Chrysostom said, how can Your Majesty take it back? Zheng Cunzhong had a teasing smile on the corner of his mouth, "Therefore, in the future, we must always think of some way to achieve this goal, otherwise how can Your Majesty's prestige remain?" ”

He looked at these elders with the pleasure of planning: "Therefore, three points are attacked together!" Huang Mingji, Xie Changjie, early rice! Huang Mingji is His Majesty's, but the City Department is in the hands of Yang Tinghe; Both sides of Xie Changjie can first protect and then abandon to appease the people's grievances; If there is a problem with early rice, Yang Shen's sin is unforgivable, and His Majesty, the Imperial Party, and Fei Ge Lao will be able to work together. In the future, the city will return to the ministers, and we will go to sea by taking advantage of the emperor's Ming Ji to go to sea, is it not that the internal money is ten times that is not considered the wealth of the country? Whether or not the internal funds are lent to the household department and other treasury, Your Majesty can decide with one word! ”

"Yang Tinghe definitely doesn't really want to change the law, what he was like in the past, who doesn't know? There are also high-ranking people in the old party and the imperial party, so the second step of the new law is to change the market and set up the emperor's Ming Ji. Yang Tinghe asked Yang Shen to make such a move, and we can't be fooled! No matter what he asks for in Guangzhou, how much he forces us to donate, give it to him! As long as there is a problem with early rice and the people of Guangzhou are displaced, the time has come! ”

A big man stood up and said angrily: "But my wife's family ......"

"Uncle Xu." Zheng Cunzhong looked at him and sighed, "Wang Ziyan was slashed with a knife, you actually escaped." Prince Liang and Huang Mingji are the closest, don't forget, how did the five hundred brocade guards go south at the beginning. Since your wife's family did do that case, and the evidence is ironclad, what can you do? The Liang family and the Zhang family did this, not only to beat us, but also to throw stones to ask for directions. If Huang Mingji does not get our cooperation in Guangdong, then it is impossible to take advantage of the profits of sea trade to earn ten times the year, and Yang Tinghe can continue to talk about the service. If His Majesty has to use the enlistment, what can he do except to delegate power to Yang Tinghe? ”

Looking at the thoughtful looks of others, Zheng Cunzhong said with emotion: "The dispute between the court and the court is really extremely dangerous and subtle. Fu Lun committed suicide, but his godfather Wei Bin was able to save his life and came to Guangdong. The deep meaning of this, elders, should be pondered. The purchase and transshipment of the remaining dispatches in Guangdong cannot be hindered by us. The emperor will remember the dignitaries, and we will work together. can't pass this level, Your Majesty is only afraid that he will really force Yang Tinghe to serve in Guangdong, and would rather drive Yang Tinghe away in chaos! ”

……

Guangdong, at the center of the whirlpool, was gradually brought in a new direction by the "dangerous and subtle" struggle of the court.

Above the court, impeachment and accountability did not stop for a day.

At this moment, everyone realized what a strong talisman it was for His Majesty to set up the National Policy Council, which was "impeached and not allowed to take office, and not to be held accountable for crimes without evidence".

If you want to use any of the suggestions, if you have real evidence, it will affect Your Majesty's sensitive nerves.

In this "war," there will only be a large number of middle- and low-grade officials who will become cannon fodder, and only after the situation changes, will the winner be decided in one fell swoop.

Last year's new science and technology scholars, some really clean officials in the local areas in the past, and idle officials who were waiting for vacancies, just watched as more and more positions were vacated in the central and local areas.

But for the appointment of these middle and low-grade official positions, Wang Qiong, the great heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, has a lot of power.

And the people who have planted the most in the past period of time are the people Wang Qiong and they have promoted.

Hungry and afraid...... But in the end, I thought that as long as I worked hard during this time, there would be no problems.

At the national policy meeting, Zhu Houxi sighed again and again: "I didn't expect that Fei Ge Lao's play would rectify some officials in advance. ”

The other counselors all looked at Screenwriter Fei with complicated expressions: he was extremely low-key for ten months, and he directed this big drama as soon as he made a move, and his skills were fully displayed.

"It's just that the situation is unstable at the moment, and I have scruples." Fei Hong looked at the emperor and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty is gifted, and the style of honesty is gradually erected at the national policy meeting. Recently, His Majesty has often gone to the Ten Thousand Law Pavilion, and the minister dared to ask, Your Majesty is worried about the effect of Confucianism, right? ”

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Yang Tinghe.

How many years have you been shouting about self-cultivation, Qi family, ruling the country and leveling the world, and destroying people's desires with heavenly principles, what has been exposed in this turmoil is how bad these officials of Confucianism and excellent are in their selfish desires.

It is impossible for such a smart emperor not to understand the reason why the newly promoted officials are working hard at this moment: they are afraid of being done!

What about the future? If you change the soup and don't change the medicine, you will be bold after the situation stabilizes.

At that time, it is absolutely not enough to set up a typical example of Yu Qian, and it can be seen from the beginning of the emperor's use of Wang Shouren that the scriptures and ideas of Confucianism are going to have a big change.

Now His Majesty is actually interested in those miscellaneous studies!

This is more nerve-wracking than changing the law.

Zhu Houxi looked at their worried eyes and put on a confused expression: "I grew up reading sage books since I was a child, but I did have a lot of doubts after Yuji. The way of the great saint is full of joy. The teachings of Yang Ge Lao during the first feast are taken to heart. I am indeed studying the scriptures now. It's just that the principles of heaven are difficult to understand, and human desires are difficult to destroy; The method of conscience, after careful study, I only feel that it also points in the same direction. Scholars all over the world see the avenue ahead, and after stepping on the road, they will lose their way and gradually get lost. ”

The emperor expounded his current understanding of Confucianism, science, and mind, and everyone present was attentive.

Zhu Houxi sighed: "This is like crossing the river, only knowing that the bank is on the opposite side, how to pass?" No one built a bridge, no one drove a boat. Each of these people crosses the river like a way to seek the way, and after all, they have to rely on themselves. After all, they were blocked by reefs and flooded by large waves in the middle of the river, and most of them ended up in the same stream. ”

This metaphor makes many people start to think, and most of them are actually a little confused in their eyes.

Now it is not a question of whether Confucianism should be used to govern the country, but the question of whether the Confucian children who have occupied this position are fighting against the country.

Fei Hong said that there is now a trend of honesty in the national policy meeting, and His Majesty has not ignored the importance of etiquette and order, but he wants to find a solution.

How can most of the Confucian disciples be able to "reach their conscience" and most of them can "destroy people's desires"?

Today's facts have proved that the sages of science only tried to raise the lower limit a little more with moral condemnation. But the gentry have a lot of good land in their families, but they don't have the desire to govern the country and level the world in their hearts, and the lower limit may not be successfully raised, just like the very stable Tian Fu income of the Ming Dynasty, and the overall look is passable.

The cost is that the people are increasingly overwhelmed.

The method of conscience of the people who learn the heart is also too talented, and the hype of it is bound to make people use it to achieve selfish desires.

Those who can sit here know what the consequences will be if they continue to develop: the people will not survive.

It can't be said that they, as gentry, don't care about changing the dynasty, after all, every change of dynasty is accompanied by a large number of broken families and clans.

Who can guarantee that they are not the ones who were wiped out?

In the case that the Emperor agrees that the overall interests of the large group of officials and gentry in the ceremonial order should also be protected, the question raised by His Majesty is indeed worth considering.

"Your Majesty's analogy is very apt." Yang Ting opened his mouth to the person with the highest official position among the physicists, "This enlightens the ministers, either they need to build bridges, or there are people who operate boats and ferries, or they are like ...... governing rivers."

Zhu Houxi laughed: "This is still like chasing the avenue, in the clouds, I don't know its meaning." Just as the Six Classics note me, there are different opinions. ”

Yang Ting and them felt a pang in their hearts: Your Majesty really has some in-depth insights into Jingyi.

Zhu Houxi had indeed found some eyebrows, so he took advantage of Fei Hong to raise this topic and threw out one of his own clues: "The root of it, the debate of science and mind is on one of the principles. The existence of human desires makes it too difficult to pursue heavenly principles, and the existence of heavenly principles and temperament in each person makes it difficult for people to clarify what they think and do belongs to heavenly principles and which ones belong to human desires. There is no ruler there, and Xinxue simply thinks that sex is reason. Yang Ge is reasonable, and Xinxue attaches more importance to talent, and the hidden danger is greater. ”

Everyone confirmed that His Majesty had indeed touched the source.

The science of science believes that there are many things in heaven and earth that are eternal and do not change from person to person, and the ceremonial order thus established meets the needs of imperial rule, and everyone obeys some moral requirements, but there is really no clear standard and ruler.

This is not only because everyone's desires are different, and it is impossible to formulate standards for personal cultivation, but also because everyone can have a flexible moral bottom line.

Now it is the same stream of pollution, and the bottom line and lower limit are constantly lowered.

"I've experienced a lot of things in the past year or so, and I have gained a little, and I don't know whether it's right or wrong." Zhu Houxi pondered for a moment and said, "Jinshi has no spirit, and its reason is easy to understand. Plants, trees, birds, and beasts have spirits, and when they obey the sky, they can reproduce, and their principles are not difficult to understand, and they can be domesticated and guarded against. Only people are full of spirituality, and people's temperaments are different, and their reasons are difficult to understand. ”

"I think that the principles of heaven are the principles of heaven, and that human nature is only the manifestation of the principles of heaven in people. Human nature is in line with the principles of heaven, and the principles of heaven will open a way for it. Human nature is contrary to the principles of heaven, not only will they fail to seek the truth, but they will also be punished by heaven. Just as a person violates the principles of heaven and harms others and himself. Many people have rebelled against the principles of heaven and harmed their families and countries. The world is against the principles of heaven, and I am afraid that it will be the disaster of heaven to destroy the race. ”

"It's not new to think about it, and it's nothing more than Taoism in terms of governing the country, the way of internal Confucianism and external law. What I have gained is nothing more than the reason of things and the reason of man under the principles of heaven. To learn from things is to know physics, and it is too difficult to find people and reason for it. Conscience attaches more importance to human reason, but it also ignores the constraints of heavenly reason and physical reason. It's like ignorant of the principle of water, how can you try to deal with the flood first because of the unity of knowledge and action? ”

"To know physics by studying things, to do all things will not violate the principles of heaven and not be able to understand the law; It is the law of human nature and conscience to abide by human ethics and morality, so that conscience is the law of human nature cultivation, and the laws and regulations are the binding criteria of human nature contrary to heavenly principles. In fact, it was the same in the past, and I don't know if I can clearly explain what I have obtained? ”

At this moment, Yao Yi has also arrived.

The Eighteen Arhats, Zhang Bi, and Gu Dingchen looked at the emperor with an expectant expression, and they were all shocked.

Regardless of whether these remarks are right or wrong, whether his judgments and opinions on science and mind are correct or not, whether he is the Son of Heaven or not, the person who said these words now is only a young man who is sixteen years old.

Ordinary teenagers of this age are extremely rare to be able to understand the meaning of the scriptures. If you think about historical events and current affairs again, and your calligraphy and writing reach a certain level, then the road to the imperial examination has been smooth.

In the field of learning itself, those who have their own opinions and can roughly justify themselves are already called great Confucians.

Today, the emperor's statement still does not overturn the framework of Confucianism. This is equivalent to a new interpretation of the views of science and mind.

The concepts of physics and human reason are introduced, and they are considered to be the manifestations of heavenly principles in different objects.

At the level of human nature, it doesn't matter whether it is good or evil, but it is guided by a heavenly principle in the dark. Concretely speaking, the conscience and virtue advocated by Confucianism should be pursued and promoted, and constantly improving one's own conscience is the method of sincerity and self-cultivation.

The external laws can naturally be expressed as the standards and boundaries that Confucianism should have for the principles of heaven and human nature. If this boundary is crossed, it is contrary to the principles of heaven, harming others and oneself, and bringing disaster to the family and the country.

The right of interpretation is still in the hands of Confucianism.

Is it an internal and external law...... In fact, for thousands of years, hasn't Confucianism been absorbing insights from various doctrines such as Legalism, Taoism, and Buddhism?

Confucianism and law have always existed, otherwise how could there be both a Ministry of Rites and a Ministry of Punishment?

The study of mind comes from the science of science, and in the framework of science proposed by Cheng Zhu, there has never been a clear explanation of how to know and what is knowledge.

Today, the twenty people in the imperial study heard a new insight.

To know things is to know physics; Isn't the process of self-cultivation with sincerity and righteousness explained as understanding what it means to be a spiritual process after attaining enlightenment?

To glimpse the eternal and unchanging Heavenly Principle from the physical perspective, sincerity is to recognize this, and righteous heart is to determine the direction, and then follow the Heavenly Principle to practice human Reason.

If you have gained from physics and human science, you will naturally be able to work together, govern the country, and level the world.

Every practice in the world of Qi family governance is actually both physical and human.

For example, in business, isn't it physical to grow and breed goods? Isn't it reasonable to involve the management of so many people in the whole process?

For example, in the management of rivers, isn't the water situation physical? But if you want to dispatch conscripts and manage financial accounts, isn't it necessary to involve human affairs everywhere?

The main problem: all this is still within the framework of Confucianism!

Thoughts flowed through everyone's minds, and Yang Tinghe, Jiang Mian, Shi Xuan, Fei Hong and other people who were not shallow in their own righteous attainments couldn't help but tremble slightly.

They all looked at the emperor with an inexplicable look of expectation and awe, eager and uncertain.

The temple is the highest honor for meritorious deeds, and what is placed in front of you may be the steps leading to the sages.

"The avenue is always the same, and the path is thousands." Zhu Houxi found that it seemed to have an effect, "I set up the Ten Thousand Law Pavilion to see if it would be inspiring." Recently, I have received some recommendations for worship, and Qiu Wenzhuang's "University Yanyi Supplement" mentioned by Gong Qiu Wenzhuang is quite helpful to read. Qiu Zhongshen is a famous physicist, and his writings are also full of the art of governing the country through the world. I had a flash of inspiration, and I realized it. If the general outline of Tianli is physical and human, then the Tao and art are not contradictory, and they are all bridges and boats leading to the avenue. The wise man has an epiphany, the fool does it, and everyone has something to gain. ”

A thousand words are blocked in everyone's hearts, but they don't know where to start.

Because in a hurry, it is like listening to the sound of a fairy, but he does not dare to assert whether it is right or wrong.

Just one thing is absolutely certain.

Yang Tinghe's eyes were pure envy, and there was less restraint caused by the status gap between monarchs and ministers: "The ministers are ashamed...... His Majesty has occasional gains, and it is close to the avenue. Minister...... I would like to ask Your Majesty to dissect it in detail. ”

Compared with the previous volume of "Draft of the Ming Fiscal and Taxation System", today's short paragraphs have brought them a much more drastic impact.

Yang Tinghe really put on a posture of asking for advice.

Zhu Houxi didn't care about his reputation in this area, if he could really use the skin of Confucianism to put science in, so that readers could study "physics" openly and honestly, then his goal would have been achieved.

What's more, he is the emperor, who would dare to rob him of his honor?

So he nodded: "This matter is about the way to govern the country, and the monarch and the ministers naturally have to analyze it more." I have also sent a letter to Wang Bo'an to hear what he thinks. The matter is serious, and I have no intention of subverting the academic system, so if I can't let the Qing and others agree from the bottom of my heart, I can't easily announce it. If Confucianism is thus renewed, it will be no less than a sage in history. ”

The Eighteen Arhats and the Second Companion nodded again and again: Yes, yes, Your Majesty, this is what we want!

From this day on, the group of fishermen who have set up a net will be upgraded to a seminar on the theory of the elderly.

The new rules need to be guided by new theories.

"That's all I have in mind at the moment, and I can then combine my own knowledge and opinions, think about it, and communicate with each other tomorrow."

Twenty people left their seats and bowed sincerely: "The ministers are taught and ordered, Your Majesty is sage!" ”

The one who reaches is the first, and the twenty people are close to the gift of the teacher.

Zhu Houxi smiled slightly: This is a very good start, I can start to try to lead the advanced thinking of the Ming Dynasty.

Riwanla!!

(End of chapter)