Zhang Ximeng and Zhu Yuanzhang were sitting on the cliff mountain, looking at the waves of the sea. The two of them, the emperor and his ministers, looked extremely small compared to the height of the sky and the vastness of the sea.
But two insignificant people were talking about something very big.
"My lord, after the great victory at Hukou, my lord once asked me, what should I do to be worthy of the virtue of a king and rule the world? I suggested that my lord go south to Yashan to bury the Song Dynasty and establish the foundation of the new dynasty. I also wrote this
I expressed my views in this article. But today, facing this ancient battlefield and the place where Zhao and Song Dynasties were destroyed, I have other ideas. Instead of discussing why the lord rules the world, it is better to discuss it and continue.
What kind of country should we build?"
Scholars should be patriotic. The core of this sentence lies in what a scholar is and what a country is...
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, thinking in his heart. He had many answers, but at this moment, he felt that none of them were suitable. He could only say helplessly: "Please give me some advice, sir."
"Lord, let's take a look at the country in the past... Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, especially after Confucianism became a prominent school, the emperor has dominated the world and relied on the support of a small number of scholars to rule the world, accounting for 90% of the population.
The common people, on the other hand, are ignorant and completely controlled by the gentry, one person, ten people, a hundred people... This is the country that has always been."
One person is naturally the emperor, ten people are scholar-bureaucrats, and a hundred people are ordinary people... There may be some discrepancies, but this meaning is undoubtedly correct.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered briefly and said: "The gentry controls the people. If someone promises to maintain their status, these people can naturally seek refuge with the new master. If they can harm the people below to maintain their status, they will do it without hesitation. What sir said
He said, let’s look at the defeat of Zhao and Song Dynasty, and it will be clear. The country was ruined and the family was destroyed. At the last moment, they still had so many maids and eunuchs to maintain the dignity of the court and the scholar-bureaucrats were polite. They refused to admit it until their death.
Even though they were aware of the reality, they refused to bend down, rely on the people, gather the strength of the people, resist the enemy and restore the country... Moreover, in the final decisive battle, they were even tied up with iron ropes and refused to seize the exit. They were afraid that the people below would run away.
.To protect the people and always defeat the enemy, this is the defeat of Zhao and Song!"
Lao Zhu raised his head and said with a smile: "Sir, our summary is correct this time, right?"
Zhang Ximeng said: "My lord Sheng Rui, these words are really penetrating to the core. I thought that every time I rebelled against the Song Dynasty, the matter would be accomplished. The answer my lord wants seems to be gathered in front of me."
Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and took a deep breath of the fishy sea breeze. His heart was like the undulating sea. Finally, he sighed and couldn't help but said: "Actually, the answer has been there from the beginning!"
Zhang Ximeng was startled and nodded vigorously, expressing deep agreement.
Indeed, the answer is there, just waiting for someone to figure it out.
Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely the most suitable one. He is much more qualified than Zhang Ximeng. After all, he is the future leader of the country. He must naturally answer the question of what the country he wants to rule will look like.
Returning to his residence from Yashan, Zhu Yuanzhang retreated to the left and right, including Zhang Ximeng. He calmly sat in front of the desk, considered it over and over, and finally picked up the pen.
What did Zhu Yuanzhang want to write?
He thought of Haozhou and the time when he started his own business. At that time, the Yuan army was besieging the city and the city of Haozhou was in danger. At that time, it was the soldiers and civilians of Haozhou who worked hard to help each other and sacrificed their lives to save the city.
Zhu Yuanzhang could still remember the names of those who died in battle, and their faces seemed to be right in front of him, still waiting for an order.
After Haozhou, he embarked on the path of independent development.
Hengjian Mountain, Chuzhou City, hundreds of thousands of Yuan Ting troops, overwhelming Mount Tai, and the support of countless people, with abundant money and food, enabled him to survive the greatest crisis.
Then he crossed the river, captured Jinling, fought in all directions, and expanded his strength. Every step was like this. Without the support of the people, where would we be today?
On the other hand, what did Zhu Jiajun do?
From the very beginning, Zhu Jiajun's actions were to eradicate the powerful and equally distribute the land. He put forward the slogan of expelling the barbarians and restoring China, and put forward the program of the third rise. Then he divided the land for women and vigorously established schools. Zhu Jiajun's actions were also to continuously support himself.
people, release dividends.
The relationship between Zhu Jiajun and the common people was nothing short of fishy.
Mr. Zhang said a long time ago that the emperor’s mission is to equally divide the land and maintain fairness.
Now that things have finally come to this point, there really shouldn't be any hesitation.
The emperor shares the world with all the people, and the common people will have a share in the future country.
Only in this way can we bid farewell to the past completely and take a completely different path from Zhao Song.
Since the common people also have a share, what should we say?
Is it just lip service?
Obviously this is not possible. The reason why the common people have a share is first of all to equalize the land. The land belongs to the country. If the common people enjoy a share of the land, they are naturally members of the country.
Secondly, we must give the people the opportunity to study, and allow smart people among the people to enter the government and serve as officials to assist the country and govern the people.
Due to the popularization of education, opportunities are given to everyone. Naturally, the country and the people work together and share weal and woe.
The fate of a person and the fate of a country resonate at this moment!
Zhu Yuanzhang kept reminiscing about his rise to power, constantly thinking about his interactions with the people, and thinking about the future... The pen was written quickly, and the thoughts in his heart were transformed into words on the paper.
That's right, over the years, Zhang Ximeng has written so many articles to explain his ideas, and then turned them into strategies, put them into practice, and gained recognition from the people... It turns out that this sense of accomplishment is much more interesting than the so-called decisive killing.
No wonder Mr. Zhang is addicted to it and can’t extricate himself!
Lao Zhu wrote all night long, and he was still in high spirits. He wished he could write another night... But it was a pity that Lao Zhu's words were poor and he had no food in his stomach.
Still need to find Mr. Zhang, how should I summarize it so that it can be done properly?
Lao Zhu came to see Zhang Ximeng with his manuscript.
"Sir, please take a look!"
Suddenly, Lao Zhu felt like he was back to the time when he handed in his homework and had to ask his teacher to mark it again.
Zhang Ximeng picked up the draft and browsed it quickly.
As a result, the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became, and the more he looked at it, the more joyful he became... In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang had gotten out of the rut of "taking orders from heaven" and was qualified to start a new dynasty.
So far, how should we summarize it?
After reading it three times, Zhang Ximeng picked up his pen and wrote only two sentences at the end of this article written by Lao Zhu: The king is a symbol of the unity of a country, and his subjects are natural and equal members of a country.
After Zhang Ximeng finished writing, he handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Lao Zhu watched silently, pondering deeply for a quarter of an hour, and finally showed a happy smile, feeling relieved.
"After all, sir, you can make it clear. These two sentences sum up what we want to say clearly." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed again: "At this moment, we have finally understood that we are going to sit on the dragon's throne and come to the throne."
The world is not about how many battles we have won, how great achievements we have made, how much territory we have seized... these are not the most important. Looking back to the source, the root of everything is nothing more than what kind of king we want to be, and what kind of king we want to be.
How should we treat our subjects?"
Zhang Ximeng put his hands on his hands and laughed, praising him again and again.
"My lord has realized this, which is truly a blessing to all people!"
Lao Zhu smiled humbly, "We can see this because your teacher taught you well! Just as it happens, aren't we discussing it now? Just give this article and the two sentences from your teacher to them and let them go.
Argue and see if we have a point! Hahahaha!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly. The previous article by Zhang Ximeng was scary enough, but what Zhu Yuanzhang came up with was ten thousand times more terrifying!
After all, what Zhang Ximeng wrote may not be 100% implementable, but as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's article came out, the thoughts revealed in it were simply shocking.
It’s over!
Completely finished!
Scholars have always taught about civil and military arts and sold their goods to the emperor's family.
But the problem is this imperial axis!
He didn't listen to the big guys' advice, and he didn't want to give any preferential treatment to the scholar-bureaucrats. In his eyes, everyone was treated equally!
This is comparable to Zhang Ximeng saying 10,000 words, but they all work.
"This, what can we do?"
When Liu Sanwu faced the new article, he completely lost the courage to argue, and his whole person felt bad.
Although in Zhang Ximeng's annotation, the emperor is still supreme and has absolute authority. However, this kind of supremacy is completely different from the son of God who is the destiny of God.
In the new country, the emperor was only regarded as the link that formed the country and enjoyed the authority to govern the people.
And among the common people, they are all the same people, and there is no fundamental difference.
If you study hard and pass the exam, you will become an official and a scholar.
If you don’t have the ability yourself, you can still put your hope in the next generation and continue to work hard.
"Ascending to the throne, restoring China to the ascending, competing with the three emperors, meritorious deeds of the five emperors, being a destined saint, bringing all the people to their hearts... If you just say that, it would be too contemptuous."
Zhu Tong suddenly raised his head and chuckled: "Don't you always think of yourself as a foreign minister? When did you become a superior?"
Liu Sanwu's old face was blood red and he was very embarrassed. He couldn't help complaining: "You are all ministers of the King of Wu. Are you just watching with helpless eyes? Are you going to lose your power?"
At this time, Gao Qi sneered, "Young man, please don't bother. We don't think that the power of being in a position of superiority will be compromised! On the contrary, the superiority of superiority has redefined the relationship between monarch and ministers, reinterpreted the principles, recreated the world, and created a new country. Discuss merit and virtue.
, enough to compare with any Mingjun Holy Lord!"
Jiang Ke also followed up and said: "It is true. What the superior said here is that under the king, all the subjects are the same. It seems that the scholar-bureaucrats are the ones who really suffer the loss!"
The book seller was even more blunt, "Stop being pretentious. You hold the emperor in your arms, but you don't want to separate the king from the people, and then feed the people, asking for and taking from everything. Your intentions are too vicious!"
Liu Sanwu's eyes widened angrily, "You, you are the one who is disgusting!"
The book seller laughed loudly, "Did you see it? He's anxious. He's anxious. That's because I was right! A great sage!"
The crowd immediately burst into joyful laughter. At this moment, someone sent an order that in three days, a sacrifice would be held at the Yashan Ancient Battlefield, and something important would be announced...