After this conversation, many of Zhu Yuanzhang's civil servants, old and new, were all in a state of refreshment, especially Jia Lu and Zhu Sheng. The two old men couldn't stop laughing, which could be said to be a great relief.
In fact, the two of them were in a similar situation to Liu Bowen. They were both officials of the Yuan Dynasty. Jia Lu also became Zhongshu Zuocheng, which was the highest level.
Even if they have completely seen through Yuan Ting's true nature, they have no intention of summoning Yuan Ting's soul. But past experiences cannot be erased, and there will always be people making irresponsible remarks and pointing fingers.
For example, Zhu Sheng, in history, after assisting Zhu Yuanzhang to win the world, he immediately retreated and no longer interfered with the government. As a top adviser who proposed the Nine-Character Mantra, he did not make many achievements after the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. It must be said that there are
The water was so deep that he couldn't grasp it!
But today the situation is very different.
This discussion hosted by Zhang Ximeng has completely formed a new discussion... If this thing continues to develop, it will be comparable to Dong Zhongshu's Three Strategies of Heaven and Man, or even a higher level!
There are many people in later generations who are grateful to Zulong and praise Qin Shihuang's contributions. Without Brother Zheng, there would be no unified China... This is absolutely true and there is nothing wrong with it. How to praise Zulong cannot be overstated.
But don't forget that the Qin Dynasty died after all and unified the world for only fifteen years. After the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, Xiang Yu divided the feudal lords and divided the Central Plains world into even more fragments than the Warring States Period.
If Xiang Yu's path is continued, the short-term unification of China may be similar to the Mauryan Dynasty.
At this time, Liu Bang stood up and took over the foundation of the Qin Dynasty. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin Dynasty, shouldered the burden of Zulong, and continued to complete the unfinished business of Zulong... After the hard work of the kings of the early Han Dynasty, finally...
The situation of great unification was maintained and lasted for hundreds of years.
From then on, unification became deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. No matter how the dynasties changed, no one could resist the overall situation of unification!
It is precisely because of this that the hundreds of millions of people in the Central Plains regard themselves as Han people. From this alone, we can know that the achievements of the Liu family are not inferior to Zulong in the slightest.
The Liu family did not become emperors all of a sudden. After Liu Bang established the country, he encountered a rebellion by a king with a different surname and the Huns invaded. He worked hard to suppress the rebellion and died of exhaustion.
Later, the relatives took over the power, and the Lu family took over the government, and then the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion emerged. Although there was the rule of Wen and Jing, the world in the early Han Dynasty was still in chaos. It was so difficult to maintain a unified situation!
At this time, the baton of history passed into the hands of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Working hard to fight against the Xiongnu, Liu Che not only eliminated all hidden dangers that threatened the unification, but also pushed the Central Plains dynasty to a new peak. The Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty kept pace with each other, which is the greatest affirmation for him.
Coincidentally, at this time, another Confucian scholar stood up and proposed the Three Strategies of Heaven and Man, instigating the emperor to depose all schools of thought and only respect Confucianism.
Injecting thought and soul into this unified country!
Dong Zhongshu advocated the influence of heaven and man, the divine right of kings, deposed all schools of thought, respected Confucianism alone, advocated great unification, and emphasized respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians... This set of ideas of his provided the best theoretical basis for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and favored the princes.
Attacking the Xiongnu, the Han Dynasty reached its peak.
Regardless of whether it is good or not to only respect Confucianism, in fact, for more than a thousand years since the Han Dynasty, no matter the dynasties changed, the same framework has continued, and everyone has just tinkered with it.
Until the Song Dynasty, three hundred years of history fell into the hands of the Yuan Dynasty. The pride they once had was shattered... Amid decades of painful suppression, a ray of red rose between the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. A group of people from different backgrounds
The humble peasants took up arms and began the war to restore the old mountains and rivers.
Countless heroes from the north and south of the Yellow River, east and west of Huaihe, up and down the Yangtze River, participated in this massive uprising. Some people shouted to reopen the Song Dynasty, aiming to restore the old mountains and rivers.
The Yuan Dynasty is doomed, what will the new world look like?
How will the future emperor govern the country?
What is the relationship between the emperor, the courtiers, and the people?
The Zhao and Song dynasties fell, and the Yuan Dynasty collapsed... Hundreds of years of painful lessons, what should we learn from them?
How should we govern the world?
This series of grand questions tortured the smart people of the world... Jia Lu, Zhu Sheng, and even countless scholars were all thinking, but none of them had an answer that could convince everyone, so they also all had hesitations and entanglements.
He has no confidence in the future and cannot forget his past as a minister of the Yuan Dynasty.
One foot has stepped into the new era, while the other foot is still struggling in the quagmire of the old era.
Another possibility is that they were faced with a revolving door, and they managed to overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, but ended up reverting to the script of the Song Dynasty, where wentian and wuzhi were still the same, party disputes continued, reforms could not be carried out, and the emperor became more and more stupid.
Incompetence, the rise of barbarians on the border, and ultimately the tragic subjugation of the country... It's time to relive the old dream!
How can I do?
After experiencing the painful lesson of mountains of bones, thinkers in the late Ming Dynasty began to thoroughly reflect on what a real emperor should be like? Why did the Ming Dynasty perish?
After countless days and nights of painstaking thinking, someone wrote a record of Ming Yi's visit, and proposed that Yuan Jun... In the beginning of life, everyone is selfish, and everyone has their own interests; there is public benefit in the world, but there is no way to promote it, and there is public harm.
But don't get rid of them. There are people who come out and do not use their own interests to benefit, but let the world benefit from them; do not use their own harm to harm the world, but let the world relieve their harm. The hard work of this person will be tens of thousands in the world.
people……
In ancient times, due to selfishness, no one did things that were good for everyone, and no one dared to do bad things that harmed everyone's interests... Until the birth of the wise king in ancient times, regardless of personal gains and losses, he promoted benefits and eliminated disadvantages.
He worked twice as hard to govern the people, and he was able to achieve the rule of three generations.
This is not the case for those who become kings later. They think that all the rights and interests in the world belong to me. It is okay for me to bring all the benefits of the world to myself, and to bring all the harms of the world to others, so that people in the world will not dare to be selfish or self-interested.
, regard my great selfishness as the great public of the world.
The monarchs after three generations regard the world as private property, take advantage of it, treat the people of the world as guests, and treat themselves as masters. It is not enough for one person to be the emperor, he must pass it on to his descendants, peel off the marrow of the people of the world, and disperse the world.
Children, is this still the true way to be a king?
This is the lesson that some survivors learned from the blood and tears after the fall of the Ming Dynasty.
What is the true way to be a king?
How should the world be governed?
谷/span>Perhaps no one could even think about it during the Ming Dynasty, and no one would even dare to think about it three hundred years after the Ming Dynasty.
Faced with this huge problem, Zhang Ximeng gave his own answer before the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Although the future king will uphold the destiny, destiny is the human heart, and the human heart is the land.
The acres of land in the world are not the private property of the emperor, but are received from heaven and distributed to the people.
The core of the future world lies in fairness!
Let the tiller have his own land.
Save everyone from hunger and cold.
Compared with the great unity of propriety and luck, Zhang Ximeng not only longed for a beautiful world, but also gave the world the most solid foundation!
Equal field!
What Zhang Ximeng talked about today can be summed up as a golden rule for hundreds of years in the future, and can even be passed down for even longer... As long as Zhu Jiajun can successfully conquer the world and this set of propositions can be implemented, a saint whose achievements far surpass Zhu Xi will rise to the top.
get up.
This matter is really important.
It’s no exaggeration to call it earth-shattering.
It’s no wonder that several old gentlemen felt like they were refreshed by the spring breeze and drunk on fine wine.
Among the crowd, the one who reacted the most violently was Gong Bosui. He thought again and again, suddenly laughed, and then bowed deeply to Zhang Ximeng.
"If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening! If you can listen to the teacher's eloquent words, you will have no regrets in this life! The Yuan and Song dynasties are all passing by, not worth mentioning. Fulfilling the destiny and rescuing the people is what we, the scholars, should do
!However, Gong was so unlucky that he committed himself to the Yuan Dynasty to serve as a hawk and dog for Tuotuo and his ilk. He committed a major crime and made a big mistake! Now that things have happened, it is absolutely impossible to turn back!" Gong Bosui said.
He sighed with emotion and burst into tears, "God is unfair!"
He stamped his feet and beat his chest, filled with grief and anger. It was impossible for him to lie.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a long time and suddenly said: "Mr. Zhang, we want to pardon Gong Bosui and let him work for us. What can you do?"
In normal times, Lao Zhu might have directly ordered a pardon, but today he left the decision-making power to Zhang Ximeng.
"My lord, Gong Bo then repented. It can naturally be regarded as one of the conditions for pardon, but it does not mean that a person's crime can be pardoned. Even if you are in a prisoner of war camp, it is not that you can't do things. Build bridges and pave roads, clean up debris, and even review reviews.
Examination papers, clearing the land of his father-in-law, you can make him pay for his crimes and perform meritorious service, listen to his words and watch his actions, this is the right thing to do!"
Lao Zhu thought for a while and actually smiled, "It is indeed the right path... Gong Bosui, what do you think of Mr. Zhang's argument?"
"The sinner is convinced! His heart is convinced!"
Gong Bo then stood up straight. The depression in his heart was gone. No matter what he did, he could finally say goodbye to the past.
He was completely reborn.
At this time, Tamerlane became anxious. He was still confused about what Zhang Ximeng said. He just felt that the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty had committed many crimes and made serious mistakes from the beginning. He did not follow the mandate of heaven at all. It was simply terrible. The problem was that they were the
What should I do? Is rescue necessary?
"Mr. Zhang, what should we do? Is this so heinous? Isn't there any chance of reforming?"
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "Of course there is. You must first truly reflect, agree with the proposition of equal land and equal wealth, and put yourself in the same position as the common people. Only in this way can you completely break away from the past and start a new life!"
Although no specific promise was given to him, Timur was very satisfied and even several other senior Mongolian officials breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, they also understood that this is called pattern!
No wonder Zhu Jiajun did not kill them after capturing them. They have lofty aspirations, how can ordinary people understand!
From now on, just keep reforming and there will always be a chance.
This was a meeting that satisfied everyone... Another day, Zhu Sheng and Jia Lu met, and the two rode out of the city on donkeys, carrying the Zhu Jiajun's land distribution outline in their arms, and went to explore the public sentiment.
Zhang Ximeng talks about putting his own efforts into practice. The great task of dividing the land will not be completed just because of their talk. On the contrary, the real difficult work is still to come.
But these two old men were obviously confident and unafraid.
"We can't let the young people look down on us. Old horses have to take the lead!" Jia Lu said with a smile.
Zhu Sheng frowned, "But we are riding donkeys!"
"What's wrong with the donkey? This little donkey can't run any slower than a horse... If you don't believe it, just look at it!" Jia Lu grabbed the whip and hit Zhu Sheng's donkey butt hard!
"Old Jia, you are doing evil, you are playing dirty!" Zhu Sheng held on to the reins tightly and almost fell off. Jia Lu's laughter sounded behind him, and the old man also gave his little donkey a whip and chased after him.