The time has entered July of 1620, and the whole country in the Ming Dynasty has obviously become hotter. However, the right deputy of the Ming Dynasty Metropolitan Procuratorate, the censor, the governor of Shandong and other departments, supervises the military affairs of the camp and field, Wang Zaijin, is currently in the governor's office in Jinan.

, but he didn't feel the heat outside at all, which had exceeded 30 degrees. On the contrary, at this moment, he just felt like falling into an ice cave, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

This person is also somewhat famous: in terms of history, in 1622, he was appointed as the economic planner of Liaodong. At that time, water conservancy expert Yuan Yingtai had just brought together the elite Liaodong elite who had finally recovered from the defeat of Saarhu after Xiong Tingbi's hard work.

Once again, they were all defeated. People in the government and the public were in panic, and the fear of defeat and war once again enveloped the entire Liaodong. So after he went to Liaodong, he simply proposed: All parts of Liaodong are abandoned, and we will defend Shanhaiguan. Of course, Shanhaiguan

A checkpoint is still not safe. If it is breached, the capital will be in danger. Therefore, we build a castle eight miles outside Shanhaiguan to form a double insurance. Then, that's it!

This plan was directly rejected by Sun Chengzong. Although some people in later generations believed that if Wang Zai Jin's strategy had been implemented, the Hou Jin regime would have no place to plunder, and they would have starved to death on the land of Liaodong during the Little Ice Age. And the Ming Dynasty would not have to bear the burden.

Liaodong Town spends millions or even tens of millions of taels of military expenditure every year, so it is unlikely that its demise will be later...but this cannot be proven after all.

In short, this person still has some vision and ability. But because of this, this person has recently become more and more frightened and uneasy when he took office as governor of Shandong.

Beginning in late April, the six major newspapers began to report at length on the issue of the return and resettlement of a large number of Han people who had been rescued due to the imperial court's northern expedition to Mongolia. In this process, Liu Jingzhang, the former prefect of Datong, suffered the most. He had various arrangements for the resettlement of the Han people who returned to the north.

This kind of prevarication forced Zhu You to do things in his own village with the respect of a prince. After this incident was reported by the six major newspapers, Liu Jingzhang's reputation suddenly became notorious on the street - he quickly received tons of bullets, and then

Resign on your own initiative.

However, even if he resigned on his own initiative, he was reviled by people from all over the country on his way home. Some postmen at some stations were so empathetic that they openly refused to receive this "wolf-hearted" man.

What's more, even when he returned to his hometown, the people in the village all showed contempt!

All this has led to different voices within the Liu family: Should we expel this guy from the family tree?

Some of these news were reported continuously by the six major newspapers. Some of these news came from Wang Zaijin’s own news channels: Liu Jingzhang and he were both fellows from Henan.

However, the more they knew, the more officials represented by Wang Zaijin became afraid: the moral governance of the Ming Dynasty had long been tainted, and if an official became morally bankrupt, it would be worse than death. And now the royal family

And completely controlled public opinion. Therefore, as long as the royal family is dissatisfied with an official, it can completely ruin his reputation, make him worse than dead, and be infamy for thousands of years...

In short, because Zhu You? caused such a commotion. Now with Cao Wenzhao and other generals moving northward at a rapid pace, although more and more returning Han people are being sent back, the military towns on the nine sides and the local government are slow to resettle these Han people.

But it is getting faster and faster, and there is almost no case of shirk. This kind of high efficiency is simply unprecedented for Wang Zaijin, who has been in the officialdom for decades.

Along with the praise of Zhu You? and the criticism of Liu Jingzhang, there is also a big discussion on the equivalence of rights and obligations. The royal family is supported by the people and should protect the people - well, if this concept is extended, officials should

How about it, do you need to say more?

Wang Zaijin was horrified to see that in a letter from a reader of a certain issue of Yanjing Daily, someone actually mentioned the word "public servant"!

This, this is simply the ultimate bastard! Master, I studied hard for more than ten years. After becoming an official, I wallowed in the officialdom. I had to avoid the open and secret arrows of my colleagues, serve the superiors well, and appease the ignorant people under my rule.

Let's ask them not to cause trouble. Sir, is it easy for me? How come it is related to the "servant"?

Although the article that proposed the concept of "public servant" was quickly submerged in countless articles criticizing it. But Wang Zaijin knew that after the concept of equal rights and obligations was proposed, this official position is really not as easy as before.

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Of course, this is just a concept. It is reported that the current total circulation of the six major newspapers is only 700,000 or 800,000 copies. Even if each newspaper passes through restaurants, family members and so on influence more people. The audience of the entire six major newspapers is not

It will exceed 10 million. Therefore, it will take a long time for the concept of equal rights and obligations to become a concept that is recognized by everyone in the Ming Dynasty. At least, Mr. Wang can still be a relatively stable official for more than ten years.

After the troubled people woke up, it was not easy to be an official.

However, what frightened Mr. Wang was that starting from May of this year, the other five major newspapers, led by Yanjing Daily, quickly followed suit and began to publish new cultural relic discoveries.

Heavy rains again caused things to wash out of ancient tombs in Yinque Mountain. The cultural relics unearthed inside caused a sensation among the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Sun Bin's Art of War" were published at the same time shocked a lot of people's jaws: in terms of history, the Yinqueshan Han Tomb was discovered in 1964;

Prior to this, the historians had not even concluded whether there was a person named 'Sun Bin' in history.

It is entirely conceivable how surprised the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty were when such archaeological results appeared in the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to these two military books, there are also ancient pre-Qin books such as "Six Tao", "Wei Liaozi", "Mozi", "Guanzi", "Yanzi Chunqiu", "Xianggou Jing", "Cao Shi Yin Yang" and more.

The "Calendar of the First Year of Yuanguang Year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty" is China's earliest and most complete ancient calendar. These things have been sorted out successively, and part of their content has been published in six major newspapers. Needless to say, the entire Ming Dynasty's scholar class,

Even those illiterate traffickers and lackeys, through hearsay, more or less accepted something completely different from before, and began to think deeply or superficially.

Later, Zhang Shize, the editor-in-chief of the six major newspapers, wrote an article himself, and one of the paragraphs said:

Since Jinling Daily was first founded in Nanjing in the 33rd year of Wanli, in the past fifteen years, the six major newspapers have insisted on introducing the ins and outs of various countries in this world to the soldiers and civilians of the country. Therefore, you should know that in today's world, the power of the country can be as powerful as the Ming Dynasty.

At the extreme end, there are only a few countries including Spain, Ottoman, Persia, and Mughals. Among them, the most powerful country is Spain.

However, the roots of Spanish civilization should be found in the legacy of Greek and Roman civilization. And this civilization was the same generation as our Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Looking at the history of countries around the world, we can find the roots of the civilizational characteristics of today's countries.

The tone was set more than two thousand years ago. Therefore, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period should be the root of our Chinese civilization.

When I was young and studying history, I once heard that hundreds of schools of thought contended during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. However, I don’t know what they were arguing about and what they were fighting for. Now I look at the cultural relics unearthed from the Han Dynasty Tomb in Yinqueshan, and the treatises of the military strategists, Mohists, and Yin-Yang schools are gathered here. After reading it in detail, I suddenly felt that each had its merits. Then I recalled the meticulous legalist regulations in the Qin bamboo slips in Yunmengsuihudi a few years ago. I felt that my pride was rising in my heart: I, the scholars of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period of China, should not be Lost to Greece, the wise men of Rome!

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In short, this passage does not directly disparage Confucianism. But the actual effect is that everyone who reads or hears this article has an idea in their hearts: During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the various schools of thought Things are still very valuable. Why couldn’t we hear or see these things before? Why are there so many houses today, except for Taoism that survives in the form of religion, only Buddhism can be seen? What about religion, and the dominant Confucianism?

Once this idea arises, I can’t help but want to read something from hundreds of pre-Qin philosophers. If I really have the conditions to find such a book and read it, my horizons will be broadened and I will experience brainstorming. People are almost eager to write down their thoughts after reading to share and discuss with others.

At this time, the letter columns of the six major newspapers have almost become the best channel.

Since the contents of the Yinqueshan Han Tomb cultural relics were published in the six major newspapers in early May, various discussions have quickly aroused in various places. This discussion is not limited to the scholar-bureaucrat class, nor is it limited to the scholar class: after so many years of Accumulated, the audience of the six major newspapers is actually very wide. Often, a newspaper will be circulated by three to five people, and more than ten people or even more people will listen to the newspaper. In addition, after the Qin bamboo slips were unearthed in Yunmengsuihudi, It promoted the improvement of the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, people all over the country are very interested in the era of Zhuzi and Baijia. Now that there are so many original works from that time, this has almost formed a kind of book that covers at least 90% of the scholars in the country. , and a nationwide discussion among more than 70% of the citizens and a small number of farmers!

There is no doubt that this is shaking the foundation of Confucianism’s supremacy!

Moreover, senior officials like Wang Zaijin also know very well: Although Confucianism is now the dominant one, in fact, there are also factions within Confucianism. Strictly speaking, it is only the Neo-Confucian school, or the Cheng-Zhu school of Neo-Confucianism. Just standing in a dominant position. This school has been strongly challenged by Xinxue since the Jiajing period. Now, not only within Confucianism, it seems that hundreds of schools of thought are reviving!

In July of this year, something even more desperate came to the already panic-stricken Confucian masters of the Ming Dynasty: the six major newspapers announced at the same time that there was another large pre-Han Dynasty building in Beizhili, Dingxian, and Bajiaokuo Village. Due to the excavation of the tomb by tomb robbers, some bamboo slips were unearthed. When the local government caught the tomb robbers, they conducted a protective excavation of the tomb and found that there were at least three versions of the Analects of Confucius inside!
Chapter completed!