Zhang Ximeng wrote quickly and told Zhu Yuanzhang everything he thought. In fact, the official version has not yet come out, and the preemptive version has spread rapidly among the people.
The common people who participated in the trial, especially those who were close to the case and could hear what Prime Minister Zhang said, were all very excited and could see the sun behind them.
If the common people really understood what Zhang Ximeng said, it would be difficult for them. After all, these things sounded very laborious even to Li Shanchang and others.
You need to master enough historical knowledge and have enough vision to be able to connect everything and integrate it, and it also involves many knowledge blind spots.
This is the reason why Li Shanchang wanted Zhang Ximeng to write it and they studied it carefully.
But it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. You can at least understand one thing. Zhang Xiang is doing it for your own good...
This is enough.
Secondly, this case also tells everyone that women doing things is an inevitable and unstoppable trend. Wei Han was sentenced to beheading, and there were so many people in jail together. From top to bottom, no one could escape their involvement.
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This is not just looking for someone to take the blame, but a thorough and conscientious clean-up. It is unprecedented in its boldness, quickness, and cleanliness.
What's even more terrible is that both Prime Minister Zhang and Prime Minister Li have the same view, including the Ministry of Punishment, who are clamoring to revise the laws. This huge momentum is overwhelming, and anyone who tries to resist will be crushed to pieces.
The disturbance in Yingtian naturally spread to the front line of Hongdu.
Zhu Yuanzhang surrendered Hu Tingrui and others, and then attacked Fuzhou and expanded the territory aggressively. The battle was very lively. Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Hu Dahai, these fierce generals, conquered everything and were victorious.
It's such a time when they are competing for supremacy in the world. Logically speaking, they should be the well-deserved protagonists. Unfortunately, no matter how lively the fight is outside, it is nothing compared to the earth-shaking changes in Ying Tian.
But when Zhang Ximeng sent what he had written, the person who was most anxious to read it was not Zhu Yuanzhang, but the old man Zhu Sheng.
In fact, he already agreed ten thousand times with regard to improving women's status, and he also saw the power and knew Zhang Ximeng's good intentions.
But what is his arsenic is your honey.
Things in the world are like this. If you sit in a different position, right and wrong will be different.
Take Han Xiuniang's case as an example. Those directly involved in it were only the Jiangning County government office, at most counting the elders who helped Wei Han wave the banner.
No one else is directly involved, and no one can sell so many people at once!
But before Zhang Ximeng spoke, why did everyone, intentionally or unintentionally, support Wei Han and oppose letting women come out to do things? They all wanted to use this incident to embarrass Zhang Ximeng... Isn't it because thousands of years of habits have been continued and have become
Out of most people's instincts, people have forgotten the reason for this arrangement in the first place.
Those who regarded cattle as sacred objects in order to protect their power could never have imagined that thousands of years later, even cow urine would be clean and hygienic.
What Zhang Ximeng wrote to Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally much more detailed. After Zhu Sheng read it, he suddenly realized it, like waking up from a dream.
The tradition of men farming and women weaving can even be traced back three generations.
In the past few thousand years, although it was still the agricultural era, it was not without progress... For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period, the well-field system collapsed.
From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the population of the Central Plains increased, agricultural technology advanced, and a farmer could support more and more people.
This is the most fundamental logic of the development of productive forces and the basis of everything.
Zhu Sheng had talked a lot with Zhang Ximeng, and he was not unfamiliar with these things, and he could quickly grasp the essence of them.
"The superiors all say that the general trend of the world is that if they are divided for a long time, they will unite and unite for a long time. But according to Prime Minister Zhang's view, it is equivalent to rewriting history!" Zhu Sheng praised: "During the Western Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu made three strategies for heaven and man, advocating for great unification.
Helped Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and became the first emperor of the ages. At that time, the scholars were still good. They fought with swords and horses, fought on the battlefield, and sought fame. Until the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there were many poets, hoping to make meritorious service on the frontier and gain a wife.
Son, become famous all over the world."
Zhu Sheng said with a smile: "When I read history books in my early years, I felt that the Tang and Song Dynasties were only a few decades apart, so they seemed so different from each other. At that time, I still couldn't understand. I just thought that the Tang Dynasty practiced martial arts, while the Zhao and Song Dynasties cultivated literature. They just had different preferences.
. But now I read Zhang Xiang’s article, and I have another understanding. Perhaps from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, there was a turning point. Intensive farming, Champa rice was introduced, farmers cultivated acres, and the remaining grain
More and more. Emperors of the Zhao family favored scholars. Scholar-officials did not need to go to the battlefield to make meritorious deeds. By studying for imperial examinations, they could become superiors and enjoy the worship of the people. Why take risks? By the time of Zhao and Song Dynasty, scholar-officials were completely different from those in the Han and Tang Dynasties.
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Needless to say, Zhu Yuanzhang was eager to learn, and Zhang Ximeng was also his first teacher, so even when faced with such profound things, Zhu Yuanzhang could understand to some extent.
"Sure enough, according to Mr. Zhang's intention, Confucianism has quietly changed between the Tang and Song Dynasties, turning into a burden and a shackles." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed lightly: "And Neo-Confucianism is the master who has the same surname as us.
Not shallow!"
Zhu Sheng took a deep breath. The great thing about Zhang Ximeng's work was that many people criticized Zhu Xi and opposed Neo-Confucianism. It was just a curse. It was very shallow and not worth refuting.
But Zhang Ximeng proved that Neo-Confucianism is a bastard.
In the face of agricultural progress and production development, Neo-Confucianism did not conform to the general trend, but stood on the standpoint of the gentry and landlords, constantly putting shackles on the common people.
In order to preserve the natural principles and eliminate human desires, let everyone stop thinking randomly, close your eyes, and pretend that the world has not changed, and that the years are better.
Then, they simply preached that starving to death is a small matter but being unruly is a big deal, and they locked up women in their homes and used the sacrifice of the entire country to satisfy the needs of the scholar-bureaucrats to continue to live a comfortable life.
The final result was defeat after defeat, allowing the Mongols to seize the world.
Faced with the iron heel of Mongolia, many scholars who valued integrity more than anything else surrendered.
As long as I can ensure that I eat well and drink spicy food, who cares who becomes the emperor?
As for the principles that literati have always regarded as their lifeblood, they have also changed from a standard of order to a tool in the hands of scholars. Anyway, whatever is beneficial to us, we will do it...
Zhu Sheng kept sighing, sweating through his clothes, and said helplessly: "Sir, if I hadn't read Prime Minister Zhang's article, I would have hardly known that the evil of literati and officials has reached this point. Fortunately, Prime Minister Zhang can clear up the clouds and see the light. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dealt with this as soon as possible."
This cancer has been eradicated, I really don’t know what will happen in the future! For this alone, Prime Minister Zhang is enough to keep pace with the ancient sages and sages. It is really a gift from God for a superior to be assisted by such wise men."
Zhu Yuanzhang was startled for a moment, thinking that he really picked Zhang Ximeng back and saved his life. He didn't expect that this kid could help him so much. God really favored him!
"Mr. Fenglin, what do you think we should do? Should we kill all those bastards!"
"No! This matter needs to be considered carefully."
Zhu Sheng hurriedly stopped him. Of course he knew Zhu Yuanzhang's methods. Zhang Ximeng showed all the abominations of those people. Even Li Shanchang had taken action. How could Zhu Yuanzhang be polite?
Didn't you see, this guy's eyes are red?
Zhu Yuanzhang saw the shadow of his own family in Zhang Ximeng's narration... The reason why a theory can be recognized is because the evidence can be found in reality.
For example, Zhang Ximeng said that landlords used land to tie up tenants. Zhu Yuanzhang understood immediately. Their family rented land, and his father often went to the landlord's house to help. At a young age, he went to herd cattle for the landlord and was almost beaten by the landlord.
die.
After renting and cultivating land, you almost become a slave of the landlord's family.
Lao Zhu understands this very well.
Just imagine, what would happen if the Zhu family back then were collectively under the rule of Lao Zhu now?
First of all, there is a high probability that they will not have to rent land for farming. They will have a piece of land of their own and will not have to pay rent to the landlord.
Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang's mother, eldest sister, and second sister were all very clever and could work in textile workshops to earn money to support the family and keep the whole family fed.
Maybe instead of herding cattle, I would go to school to study.
The second brother does not need to be a son-in-law, but can live in a prosperous manner, marry a daughter-in-law, and live comfortably...
Zhu Yuanzhang gradually narrowed his eyes and thought about it. Will there still be the rebel leader Zhu Yuanzhang at that time?
Probably not. Maybe with his intelligence, he can still pass the exam and become a clerk in the government... and then live a peaceful and down-to-earth life amidst the envy of people.
When he was old, surrounded by his children and grandchildren, he was respected as Mr. Zhu.
How good!
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly grinned and laughed out loud.
Zhu Sheng was startled and hurriedly called out in a low voice. Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head. He is such an adult, why are he still dreaming about that dream? Their family is hopeless, but under his rule, more people can survive.
Live a happy life and make your dreams come true!
"Mr. Fenglin, if you stop us from killing someone, surely there is a better way?"
Zhu Sheng said hurriedly: "The superiors, Li Xiang will not let go of those who deserve to be killed, but just now it suddenly occurred to me that Zhang Xiang's writing is so thorough and good, I'm afraid it could have become a family of its own a long time ago. Why should we continue to use it?"
What are the outdated arguments of Song Confucianism? Why not use Zhang Xiang’s ideas to reinterpret the principles, formulate rules, and educate officials and the people?”
"Educate the officials and the people? How to educate them?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously.
"Of course these articles are listed as compulsory exams." Zhu Sheng said with a smile: "Aren't the superiors teaching generals to read and read in the army? Why not simply let schools at all levels, including the army, learn from Prime Minister Zhang?
The article is then explained based on Zhang Xiang's annotations as the content of the examination. In this way, there is no need to worry about scholars not knowing these principles! It won't be long before Neo-Confucianism will collapse and disappear! Neo-Confucianism should die and Zhang Xue should thrive.
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Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes gleamed and he was very interested. He couldn't help but admired: "This is to replace Master Zhu with Master Zhang! How wonderful!"