Inside the Fengtian Temple.

Zhu Di looked at the post in his hand, and his thick black eyebrows were twisted into a ball.

"What's going on? Did you do it yourself? ”

Zhu Di's reaction is not strange at all, there are only two possibilities for what Jinyiwei can't find out, one is that the person who did it is indeed very secretive and organized, and the other is that this is what Jinyiwei did.

But this time Zhu Di wronged Ji Gang, and Ji Gang really caught a few people, but unfortunately they were all single-lined, and the clues were broken as soon as they were caught.

Ji Gang lowered his head and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is angry!" The ministers and others have been investigating with all their might, and they have caught a few people, and it has been determined that this revelation is a violent Zhaoyu party secretly fanning the flames! them."

Smack-

Zhu Di slapped the exposé post in his hand on the dragon case, interrupted Ji Gang's words, and roared angrily: "Bastard! Didn't I let you pull out the mud with the turnips a long time ago? It's been so long since the Storm Zhao case was closed, and the rest of the party hiding in the gutter can't find out? Do you want to make a mess before I go north? Is this a demonstration to me? ”

Ji Gang's body trembled, and cold sweat oozed from the corners of his forehead.

He knew very well in his heart that the emperor's recent irritability and thirst for killing had been a little unbearable, and he was unlucky this time, but he still stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, give the ministers some time!" Three days! Three days! ”

Zhu Di's face was gloomy like water, and he said: "The case can't be closed in three days, you can come and see you yourself." ”

Ji Gang hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said in fear: "The minister understands! It's just Your Majesty, the minister thinks."

Zhu Di frowned and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Ji Gang said: "The minister believes that there is no wind and no waves, and the violent Zhaoyu Party is small, and it can't set off any wind and waves in ordinary times, and the crux of the problem is still in the temple." ”

"Do you mean, rectify the affairs of the officials?" Zhu Di asked.

Ji Gang nodded hurriedly, and continued: "That's right! The old ministers of Jianwen in the court have always been dissatisfied with His Majesty's new policy, and the ministers thought that if they were allowed to make waves again, the situation of the new policy would be very worrying. ”

Ji Gang was able to say this, not because of how good his relationship with Jiang Xinghuo was, nor how high his consciousness was, it was purely out of self-interest, as the emperor's vicious dog, if there was no target to bite, then he had to think about whether he was going to be stewed into a dog meat hot pot.

After hearing this, Zhu Di didn't say anything, his eyes squinted slightly and thought for a moment, and then he said, "Okay!" I know, you stand down. ”

When Ji Gang heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief and respectfully said goodbye and left.

Walking out of the Fengtian Palace, he wiped the cold sweat from his head, what he said just now can be regarded as a warning to death, although there was no reaction in the end, but at least the emperor was not angry on the spot, this can be regarded as the good news he expects just. Thinking that the emperor asked him to solve the case in three days, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The remnants of the storm are already in a one-line connection, even if they are caught, they can't follow the vine, and the vine will be broken immediately, let alone directly drag the net down.

Therefore, if you want to really solve the case, it is absolutely impossible to do it in three days, and no one can do it.

And what the emperor wants is an explanation, an explanation piled up with human heads.

Ji Gang knows very well that once the case is involved, it is difficult to completely settle it even with the power of imperial power, but who would have thought that the emperor would actually have the idea of being sentenced to prison because of this, which is exactly the same as his father.

Ji Gang shook his head and left quickly.

In the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Di sat on the dragon chair and fell into contemplation.

Ji Gang's suggestion is pertinent, but Zhu Di thinks about more than that.

The four major cases of Hongwu, Hu Weiyong's case, Kongyin's case, Guo Huan's case, and Lanyu's case, which time didn't kill people's heads and bleed into rivers? But whether it is by killing, or by relying on the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei, all these corrupt officials and corrupt officials have not been brought to justice, what his father Zhu Yuanzhang can't do, he wants to completely eliminate these officials in the temple with the authority in his hand, and it is impossible to completely do it, the so-called cleaning up of officials is just a temporary purge that he hopes Jiang Xinghuo can do, but he has not told others these words, after all, this involves the mind of the king of a country.

Zhu Di sighed, rubbed his temples, and looked exhausted.

After the death of Lao Zhu, he fought hard to ascend the throne and become the emperor, after two years of hard work, finally let the Ming Dynasty reluctantly restore the prosperity of the past, but just when he thought that he was getting closer and closer to the goal of stability and peace for all the people in the world, he suddenly had this kind of thing, and suddenly broke the wonderful illusion.

Zhu Di, there is still a long way to go.

"But that's fine."

The remaining remnants of the Tyrant Zhao were hidden for a year, and at this time they finally jumped out, trying to fish in troubled waters before the army marched north, disturbing the court, and vainly trying to overthrow his country and let Emperor Jianwen make a comeback.

They dream!

Zhu Di's eyes became sharp, he would never let these rats succeed.

"Summoning the national teacher to me."

Soon, Jiang Xinghuo rushed over.

In the face of the emergency, Jiang Xinghuo seemed very calm, and after confirming that it was not Zhu Di or the close ministers around him who hinted that Jinyi Wei did it, he had basically predicted Zhu Di's reaction.

Zhu Di, as an emperor who is not so sensitive to words and allusions, should not be able to fully understand the allusions contained in the post, or the historical stalks, for example, Zhou Gongfu became the king is a good story, but it is an irony that Jiang Xinghuo will usurp the regent in the future, and such as the Jiang stalk of the Lu State, "Jiang surname, Emperor Yan, Yu Xia Feng princes, or Boyi, Zuo Yu meritorious, Feng Lu".

This also leads to the lethality of this post, which is invisibly much smaller for Zhu Di, even if someone translates it for him, but the translated stalk is definitely not the same as what he has learned.

Therefore, Jiang Xinghuo believes that Zhu Di's intuitive understanding of this is that this is a simple anonymous letter used to express his dissatisfaction with the implementation of strict laws and rectification of officials.

In fact, it is true that eight or nine are not far from ten, and the reason why Zhu Di became a pressure monster with Ji Gang is purely because Zhu Di has been in a very unhappy mood recently, but he is not completely provoked by this revelation post.

"What do you think the national teacher should do about this matter?"

Zhu Di is still as crisp as ever.

He is now full of things about "going home" and "cutting down the Mongols", and he is no longer very concerned about the government.

As long as the imperial court can operate smoothly under the existing framework of law changes, Jiang Xinghuo can give him a steady stream of money for him to build Beijing City and for him to conquer the Mongols in the north, and other things are not important.

Even if you give Jiang Xinghuo some power, what can you do?

Zhu Di's greatest experience in ascending to the throne is that the king is a strong soldier and a strong horse.

In this world, whoever has the big fist is the boss.

As long as Jiang Xinghuo does not touch the red line of military power, then no matter how powerful he is in the temple, Zhu Di thinks that if he wants to clean it up, it will just be a matter of turning his hands.

After all, Hu Weiyong back then, that was really a member of the Manchu Dynasty, much more terrifying than Jiang Xinghuo, a weak party in the temple.

But what is the result?

Zhu Yuanzhang, who firmly held the military power in his hand, gave an order and directly uprooted Hu Weiyong and his party, leaving no one behind.

Therefore, Zhu Di's attitude is not difficult to understand.

And no matter how you look at it, Jiang Xinghuo is still a weak party now, and his power is still very weak, for Jiang Xinghuo, who is completely under control and can help him change his law and make money, Zhu Di has no reason to do irrational things.

Therefore, the way of cooperation between the monarch and the minister has always been maintained.

Zhu Di also knows very well that Jiang Xinghuo is indeed different from other courtiers, Jiang Xinghuo is not loyal to him, but to the whole of Huaxia, Jiang Xinghuo is not afraid of death, he is just afraid that he will not be able to lead Huaxia to bypass the suffering he sees.

Since the two sides still maintain a high degree of cooperation and mutual trust, the effect that this unveiling post wants to have can be said to be close to zero.

After Jiang Xinghuo confirmed this, he said his plan.

"Hu Yan is not guilty, after investigation, I hope that His Majesty will release Hu Yan, and then in the Guozi Prison, in view of the problems of official style, world style, and study style, select representatives of all parties. As for how to choose, you can also conduct an open communication through submission, and publish it in "Ming Pao" to warm up. ”

"What about this post?"

"Grasp the fundamentals, these details naturally no longer matter."

Regarding the unveiling of the post, Jiang Xinghuo's attitude is the same as Ji Gang's.

The unveiling post is just an emergency, it belongs to the nature of fanning the flames, and the root lies in the flames rubbed by different opinions, as long as the flames are extinguished, how can you fan the flames next to you?

The remnants of the party are violent, just grasp it slowly.

The key problem now is that the general trend of history and the torrent of the times have pushed everyone and involuntarily come to this node, and the collision between the old and new ideas will inevitably lead to contradictions, which is the objective law of the world, not what human beings can do.

When faced with a problem, the best thing to do is to solve it.

Jiang Xinghuo does not intend to escape, so the best way at this time is to release Hu Yan, and then discuss and communicate in an unofficial setting.

These ideological conflicts are not suitable for the court to quarrel, because this is different from the Fengtian Palace's debate on whether to lift the sea ban and whether to abolish the "heavy agriculture and suppression of business", the most important thing to rectify the rule of officials is a matter of correct principle, there is nothing to argue in the temple, what needs to be debated is up to the temple, down to the market, the entire Ming Dynasty ideological atmosphere, what is correct and what is wrong, the rule of officials is only the introduction of the top.

"In the prison of the country? Then go directly in front of the statue of Sage Kong and call Kong Xilu over. ”

Zhu Di does not have any respect for Confucius, he just treats Confucianism as a chess piece, this chess piece is used if it is useful, and thrown away if it is useless, it has no impact on an ambitious emperor like him at all, what he needs is stability, as for whose theory is used to govern the country, Legalism, Taoism, Confucianism. What's the difference?

"It's just that this matter, if there is a reversal in public opinion, I'm afraid it won't be easy to clean up."

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression changed.

In this matter, he didn't think that Jiang Xinghuo couldn't do it, but at this juncture, he couldn't have an accident, otherwise he would delay the Northern Expedition, if it was according to his intentions, in fact, let Jinyiwei go out to arrest people, and then press it down, just treat it as if nothing happened, and it doesn't matter what public opinion says.

Of course, this is also a way, and it is safer and more shameless.

And Jiang Xinghuo's countermeasures cannot be completely guaranteed to be successful.

Once the quarrel cannot be won, most of the officials in the DPRK and China will be more or less damaged in the process of rectifying the administration of officials, which will inevitably lead to turmoil

Moreover, now that the forces inside and outside the capital are intertwined, once there is turmoil, it is bound to involve too many interests, if it cannot be properly handled, the consequences can be said to be unimaginable, but it can also be said to be a mess.

Of course, even if the quarrel really can't win and causes greater turmoil, in fact, Zhu Di can also get to the bottom.

Since ascending the throne, Zhu Di has not stopped purging the court, but the effect is not obvious, if he is forced to be helpless, he can only restart the killing mode of Jianwen for four years, anyway, Zhu Di will never mind blood splashing five steps, killing chickens and monkeys!

"Deal with it head-on first, if it doesn't work, Your Majesty will take action again."

Jiang Xinghuo went out to fight, Zhu Di was not good at dampening his enthusiasm, thought for a while, and finally made a decision.

"That's just as the national teacher said, but we must limit the people who speak in the "Ming Pao", and only select those who can make a name for themselves, and the specific scale will be grasped by the national teacher himself."

"Yes."

——————

Hu Yan was soon released back to Guozijian.

Jiang Xinghuo's move proved to be very decisive and effective.

As Hu Yan, the center of the whirlpool, began to attract a storm of public opinion, the local scholars in Nanjing, the officials in the DPRK, the nearly 10,000 scholars in the Guozi Prison, and the people from other places who went to Beijing to take the examination all converged their attention to the "friendly exchanges" that were about to be held in front of the statue of Confucius in the Guozi Prison.

And the attention to the article "On Zhou Gongfu Zhengshu", or its own popularity, began to decline gradually.

This is also Jiang Xinghuo's belief that this kind of "demon book case" is the solution to this kind of "demon book case".

For rumors, the best way is to face them directly, yes is yes, no is no, don't talk about those useless, cold treatment is only temporarily useful, really plug people's mouths, then you can only use one hand to cover the coffin.

And after the news spread, the people who came to contribute to the "Ming Pao" were really like carp crossing the river, but not everyone's articles could be published in the newspaper, and nobodies could not be opinion leaders.

As a result, only a few people with the ability to represent were able to publish their views.

The views are very sharp, the people who eat melons are very enjoyable, "Ming Pao" has been out of stock several times, and it has been continuously reprinted, and the printing office of Guozijian is about to smoke.

When night falls, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce.

On the second floor of a restaurant on a street in the southeast of Beijing, a man who looks like a scholar is sitting at the table and leisurely drinking tea, he is wearing a gray cloth shirt, his appearance is very ordinary, his skin is dark, if you don't distinguish it carefully, you can't recognize it as a foreigner at all.

Next to him, there were a few more obvious foreigners.

Yes, foreigners also have a small circle in Daming.

Recently, among the princes of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the Luzon Kingdom, a heavyweight has been mixed in, the former king of Annam, Hu Hancang.

This is just after the New Year, Hu Hancang's father went to follow the history of the scriptures, his brother went to cast cannons, he has nothing to do every day, and he can't run around, so Hu Hancang asked the emperor to give him something, but what can Hu Hancang do? After pondering his ability, Zhu Di decided to throw him to study in Guozijian, anyway, one of the major sources of Guozijian students is foreign students.

The Ming Dynasty in this era is so domineering, in the Ming Dynasty, you don't care about the kings and princes of other countries, they are all treated equally, and they are all farts here in the Ming Dynasty.

Hu Hancang is not young, you let him learn, but he can't learn anything, psychologically there is still a gap from the emperor to the international student, but the campus environment has made Hu Hancang feel a little relieved, no longer panicked, and even made a few "friends".

Well, that is, Lu Gong, He Duanzhi and Li Jie.

"Ahem."

He Duanzhi studied abroad for ten years and did not read it in vain, at this time, he took the "Ming Pao" and watched the articles published by Hu Yan's real-name system, and played the role of a translator.

"The beginning of Emperor Taizu Gao is the law, the law is three changes and then becomes, the official system is determined in his later years, and the famous ministers are Yingzuo for a while, and the calculation is calculated with the plan, and its interests are judged! Although there is wisdom and ingenuity, there is no way to surpass it! ”

"And with the sage of Emperor Taizu Gao, he still follows what the mediocrity does, and he wants to build what the sage sage does with the mediocrity of today, isn't it contradictory?"

Lu Gong stumbled and asked, "Jace, Sen, Yixi?" ”

Li Jie patiently translated it for him in the vernacular: "It means that the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is very powerful, and the current system was formulated by him in his later years under the Sasuke of the famous ministers, and he has been weighing the pros and cons for a long time, and the later people are unlikely to surpass even if they have any exquisite wisdom, and even if the Hongwu Emperor is so powerful, he must follow the rules of officialdom to formulate the rules, and now it is impossible for mediocre people to surpass the Hongwu Emperor, and it is not ridiculous to want to change the system of the Hongwu Emperor?" ”

Later, Hu Yan quoted scriptures and classics again, and said a lot, in short, it is necessary to rectify the rule of officials, but we must be cautious, and we must be vigilant against the spread of profit-seeking trends that are now permeating the people and temples, and we must attach great importance to it and resolutely resist it, so as to maintain the foundation of our traditional culture of etiquette and music and the society of science and morality.

Hu Yan's views basically represent the stress response of the great Confucians in the academic circles to the inevitable invasion of social life by the New Economic Deal, which is like a knee-jerk reflex.

This just proves that the New Economic Deal, which has lasted for more than a year, has a pervasive impact on the entire Ming society.

While the New Economic Deal brought tangible fiscal revenue to the national treasury, the trend of mercantilism was also affecting all aspects of society, for example, the market economy began to rejuvenate, some peasants began to leave the land and choose to work in factories and workshops, and the civil society in the big cities of the Ming Dynasty became more and more prosperous.

One of the most obvious examples of this is the love story that advocates breaking through traditional etiquette, especially the story theme of the elopement of a merchant's daughter and a scholar, which appeared in a large number of Nanjing's script markets from the first year of Yongle.

It can only be said that Jiang Xinghuo's previous life in the middle of the Ming Dynasty began to be staged in advance.

In fact, the gradual recovery of the economy will inevitably bring about this situation, the development of the commodity economy and the rise of market culture, leading to the inevitable pursuit of free love and individual emancipation of men and women, and this is precisely contrary to the traditional moral society adhered to by the mainstream of the ideological circles, and is destined to be criticized and suppressed by the gentry class, but it also reflects the emerging civic culture and individualism in the society of the Ming Dynasty.

So, can it be said that the vindicators are all antiques and very stupid?

The same cannot be said either.

The butt determines the head, and the original logic is that "the gentry class is the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty, so the gentry class requires a cultural atmosphere conducive to social stability in culture", and the moral model of science represented by the "Three Principles and Five Constants" is undoubtedly the best choice.

Therefore, on the surface, what appears to be a confrontation between traditional moral standards and individualism is actually a contest between an open commodity economy and a conservative agrarian economy.

The world style is this logic, and the same logic is the style of study and the style of officials.

In essence, it is a contest between the commodity economy dominated by the reform and the traditional agricultural economy of the Ming Dynasty, from the economic field to the cultural field.

The rectification of the rule of officials and the so-called court officials were only at the top of the social building, and they began to blow.

In other words, from the most profound point of view, the reform has moved from the political field to the economic field, and finally to the cultural field.

After the translation, Lu Gong probably understood, he nodded, and felt that what Hu Xijiu said was quite reasonable.

You can't expect a Luzon student who doesn't know anything about the Ming Dynasty to have a deep understanding of the Ming Dynasty's ideology.

In fact, the current Da Ming, in Lu Gong's eyes, is an existence that cannot be understood at all.

Lu Gong has fully accepted the premise that he is a "barbarian".

Because it is obvious that in Luzon, there are no schools with tens of thousands of people, no schools of thought, and no chaotic schools of thought.

Compared with the stories of hundreds of years and thousands of years ago, which are often quoted by the Ming Dynasty, the history of the tribes in Luzon is as ridiculous as the history of the orangutan group picking bananas in the forest.

Therefore, people who do not have the ability to make independent opinions and judgments can easily be led astray by opinions that seem to be reasonable, but in fact have some truth.

And if an article with the opposite point of view, solid arguments and well-founded arguments appears in front of him, I am afraid that he will be equally shaken.

At this moment, Hu Hancang, who was drinking tea on the side, asked, "What did the national teacher say?" ”

He Duanzhi, who was holding the newspaper, fell silent.

He flipped through the "Ming Pao" in his hand.

"Wow~"

He flipped through it again.

After repeated confirmation, He Duanzhi raised his head.

"I haven't said it yet."

This kind of scene that arouses curiosity and is not satisfied, just watching a person go crazy and not looking at the person who is scolded on the other side scolding back, undoubtedly makes the people who eat melons very sad.

For this reason, the four foreign melon eaters made a decision that was not surprising after a short exchange.

They decided to go directly to the printing office of Guozijian and stay overnight.

- "Ming Pao" was printed from here.

So this is the first zero hand news channel, fidelity and fast.

But obviously, there are a lot of smart people in this world.

When four foreign students who had the privilege of returning a little late (they often said that they would get lost because the city of Nanking was too prosperous, far larger than their hometown, and the officials on duty usually motioned with pity for them to go back early to rest) returned to Guozijian from the outside, they found that the printing office was already surrounded by people.

Just as Jiang Xinghuo always had no shortage of energetic college students queuing up in the early morning to grab new machines and new shoes in his previous life, these Tai students of Guozijian, in order to get the first hand of "Ming Pao" materials, ate melons as soon as possible, and also began to shop in the printing office.

New Year's Month, Ground Shop.

It can only be said that young people are still hot.

For this reason, the four foreign students, who were not too young, retreated shamefully after discussing for a while.

However, the next day, they still saw the latest "Ming Pao" in time before the rooster crowed.

On the front page, Jiang Xinghuo also surfed with his real name.

"Emperor Taizu Gao is the holy ruler of the sky, the longitude and latitude go to the system, the six Qing imitate the Xia, the public is lonely and Shao Zhou, the scale of the Han ancestor, the law of the Tang Dynasty, the law of the Song Dynasty, the calendar of the winning country, and the measures at any time, because of the people, take the modern nineteen, and the eleventh of the ancients, and it is not in vain."

That is, if the merchant is a merchant and a salt official, then the will of Sang and Kong (1) is also; On the suspension of the solution, the system of the year (2), then Cui Liang's choice is also divided; Two taxes and three limits (3) then Yang Yan's field is also endowed; Baojia Huma, through righteousness, then Anshi's new law is also like this, not all. ”

"Wait!"

This time, not only Lu Gong was completely confused, but even Hu Hancang, who thought he had a good Chinese level, was also stunned.

What's this?

I know all the words, what does it mean to connect them together?

Li Jie drew circles and numbers for what he didn't understand, and the numbers were the Arabic numerals that had been newly implemented in the past two years.

He Duanzhi silently picked up the dictionary in his hand, which was a tool book used to check allusions.

Well, in modern parlance, it's called "Terrier Encyclopedia".

"Sang and Kong are the names of the famous financial planners Sang Hongyang and Kong Wei in the Han Dynasty."

"Stop the year, is the Northern Wei Dynasty Cui Liang created the official election system, do not ask the virtuous and foolish, specifically to the senior shallow as the recruitment standard, "Wei Shu Cui Liang Biography" records: Liang Nai play for the system, do not ask the virtuous and foolish of the scholars, specifically to stop the sun and the moon as the cut, although the reinstatement of the official must be this person, the latter day of the latter will not be allowed; The mediocre talent is inferior, the people who have been burning for a long time use it first, and those who are sluggish are called able to do it. ”

"The two tax laws are a new tax law proposed by Prime Minister Yang Yan in the first year of the establishment of the Tang Dezong era, that is, the rent adjustment method based on grain, cloth and other physical goods is changed to the collection of money, and taxes are levied twice a year."

After the Chinese translation was completed, the reading comprehension of the quadruple continued.

"The so-called government of the previous generation is also used now, but it is used to reap the effect of wealth and strength, and to build the industry of peace. Therefore, if you make good use of it, the law of the mediocre people can make the same work as the sages, and the situation is from the sages! Therefore, the king of the good law is no better than Emperor Taizu Gao. ”

He Duanzhi simply translated it for Lu Gong: "Therefore, the government in the eyes of the previous people has a good effect when used today, and the key to the problem is not (the mediocrity and sage of the people mentioned by Hu Yan) but whether these policies can be used correctly and properly, and the proper use of policies can achieve the same effect as the sages, so Emperor Hongwu has done a good job in this point, and he must learn from Emperor Hongwu (also carry out the new policy)."

The content in parentheses is He Duanzhi's own addition, Jiang Xinghuo did not say it clearly in the newspaper, but it does mean this.

Lao Zhu has been dead for several years, but his influence has always played an important role.

Lao Zhu buried in Zhongshan can't speak, so as long as he agrees with him, even if he adopts some rhetorical skills, calling it "good at critically extracting the essence of the governance policies of the past dynasties and making trade-offs according to the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty", well, long and difficult sentences are always so frightening.

In short, it is Jiang Xinghuo's consistent thinking.

- Xunzi's "Queen of Law".

Xiaoling refuted Wang Jing in front of him, and he was thinking of this way.

"King Faxian" is an unreserved worship of ancient sages, and their words and deeds are used as the standard for judging right and wrong and the criterion for action.

"The Queen of the Law" refers to the belief that under the conditions that history and reality have developed and changed, new theories and new ideas have emerged one after another, and the establishment of a system of rules and regulations that is different from that of the previous generation.

Jiang Xinghuo held high the god of Emperor Taizu Gao Zhu Yuanzhang to open the way for today's ideological conflict, which is the same reason as Tie Xuan used Lao Zhu's tablet to block the attack of the Yan army in Dezhou.

Come on, shoot an arrow at me, you are shooting an arrow at Lao Zhu's shield.

Your grandfather Zhu is not afraid of you scholars.

(End of chapter)