Three days later, Zhu Yuanzhang, wearing a military uniform, a yellow robe, and a long sword, stood tall and proud, facing the cliff mountain... Behind Lao Zhu, including the civil and military ministers on the trip, famous Confucian scholars, military generals, and Lingnan people, all those who participated,
As many as 20,000 people.
This is probably the largest number of people gathered here since the Battle of Yashan a hundred years ago.
The banners are in a row, covering the sky and the sun, the drums and horns are densely covered, and the weather is severe.
In addition to the land, there were thirty large ships in the bay, led by Yu Tonghai, and the bows were also filled with cattle and sheep sacrifices.
Zhang Ximeng, as the head of the local civil servants, was dressed in crimson official uniform, wearing a beam crown on his head and holding a wat board, standing beside Zhu Yuanzhang.
The sea breeze blows, and the clothes are swaying, giving the impression of standing on the tide, hitting the water in the middle of the tide.
After these days of deliberation and discussion, the matter finally came to a conclusion.
The Song Dynasty died due to internal and external troubles, which were worse than external troubles.
Although at the time of the country's subjugation, it was somewhat tragic and generous and worthy of commemoration, it still cannot but be criticized.
The Song Dynasty was kind to the scholars but unkind to the common people. When the country fell, only a group of short-sighted scholar-bureaucrats were left for their own interests. However, tens of thousands of ordinary people could not unite with the Song Dynasty. Without the support of the people, this was the root cause of the Song Dynasty's demise!
To mourn the death of the Song Dynasty and reflect on the gains and losses, the king should put the billions of people first in governing the country, and earnestly seek benefits for the people. Protect the people's land so that they can have enough food, build schools widely so that the people can be educated, develop all kinds of industries, and make the people rich.
…By uniting the hearts of all people, the country will be forever solidified and the country will prosper.
In addition to equalizing the land, do not allow the powerful to seize the land, do not allow the gentry to occupy the countryside, and do not allow the clan to imprison the people...the king, the officials, the people...the gentry is not allowed to isolate the officials and the people. Only when the emperor does not lose the people can he be the emperor and the people do not lose.
Only the king can be protected. The one who rules the world is the supreme duke! Those who steal the land and occupy the country are called countrymen, but they are actually silverfish and cannot be ignored.
If schools are widely promoted, imperial examinations are held, and officials and officials are unified, and the top and bottom are smooth, then the water flow will not be corrupted, and billions of people, including intelligent and talented people, will all have the opportunity to serve the country. The country is the country of the king, and the country is the home of all the people.
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There are almost twenty items in total, listed together, forming the core of this big discussion.
In fact, it is obvious that there are still many things that have not been fully explained in these contents. Many things have only been briefly mentioned without specific implementation plans. They are just principles.
But just the principle is already earth-shattering and earth-shattering.
Liu Sanwu and others among the crowd had their hearts pounding. The days of debate had left them physically and mentally exhausted and overwhelmed. The Tao of Confucius and Mencius they had so painstakingly defended, at this moment, seemed to disintegrate.
Instead, the "people-oriented" proposition advocated by Zhang Ximeng is completely different from the Confucian people-oriented concept... The Confucian people-oriented concept means that from the perspective of the ruler, we must treat the people well and put the people first. The essence is
It is still a kind of preaching.
Zhang Ximeng's people-oriented approach is that the people are the foundation of the country. On this basis, the people enjoy rights to land, education, etc., and as members of the country, participate in the management and operation of the country.
Transforming passiveness into activeness makes a huge difference in status.
If you study carefully, you will find that Zhang Ximeng's proposition actually made a lot of demands on the emperor. It is by no means a simple induction from heaven and man, as simple as casually scaring the emperor. They are all real things.
These ideas could be manipulated during the founding of the People's Republic of China, and this was the case with Zhu Yuanzhang, a man who worked hard and loved the people.
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang also considered whether future generations would be able to control the world if he continued like this, and whether his prestige would decline... But from another perspective, wouldn't there be stupid and incompetent people in future generations?
Wouldn't it be even more desolate if, like the young emperor, he walked across the cliffs and into the sea?
Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that his descendants would mess around, so he once gave the six subjects the power to refute, in order to curb the emperor's reckless behavior.
Now it seems that it is just a little more insurance.
In a word, Zhang Ximeng's operation can be regarded as taking advantage of the right time, place and people.
In the history of two thousand years, it is estimated that there will be no second one.
There is no doubt that this is Zhu Yuanzhang's highlight moment, and it is Zhang Ximeng's success.
"Wine!"
Zhang Ximeng shouted loudly.
Zhu Yuanzhang scattered three glasses of water and wine between heaven and earth.
"Sacrifice!"
The soldiers of the Guards Department laid out the sacrifices one after another, and the sailors on the bow also took action and threw the cattle and sheep into the sea.
"Incense!"
Zhu Yuanzhang inserted three incense sticks as thick as his fingers into the incense burner.
After doing all this, the most anticipated moment finally arrived. Zhu Yuanzhang held a memorial text that he had received from Zhang Ximeng in his hand, ready to read it out.
Everyone was craning their necks, especially the people in front, who were eager to pounce on me and take a good look at what Lao Zhu had written.
After all, Zhao Song has been scolded so much that at this time, what else can you write?
Digging graves?
To everyone's surprise, after Zhu Yuanzhang opened the memorial, the first person he mentioned was Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, "...Since the first flag of righteousness was raised in Daze Township, the heroes of the past generations have raised their voices when injustice was unfair, and the righteous heroes of the Central Plains have never been cut off... The Song Dynasty
The Son of Heaven put an end to the troubled times of the Five Dynasties, performed meritorious deeds in governing the country, and did not restrain annexation. The people's livelihood was in hardship. For more than a hundred years, those who rebelled were invincible."
"After Jingkang, the Jin people trampled on the Central Plains, the mountains and rivers were broken, and the people were robbed... Although the people in the mountains and wilds were righteous people, they also angrily raised armies to resist the barbarians. Liangshan was prosperous, and the Shuotou Lake victory was great, and the world became famous. Up and down the government and the public,
They all have unyielding and loyal souls. However, Zhao and Song surrendered and made peace. They were defeated again and again, so that the Mongols moved south, and Zhao and Song were cut off from the Yashan Mountains."
"However, even though the Song Dynasty was defeated, people's hearts will not die..."
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, his voice suddenly rose, and the ministers who could approach were also startled. The key thing was coming, and this was what they were listening to!
"Chen Diaoyan, a citizen of Fujian, raised an army to fight against the Yuan Dynasty in the 17th year of the Yuan Dynasty. The number of soldiers and horses once exceeded 100,000, and the world was shocked. The previous year was the defeat of Yashan and the demise of the Song Dynasty. The following year, people started to fight against the Yuan Dynasty.
Who said China would be subjugated during the war against the Yuan Dynasty?"
When everyone heard this, they were horrified. It was Zhao and Song who perished in Yashan, not Hua Xia.
This idea is truly amazing!
"In the 20th year of the Yuan Dynasty, Huang Hua, a common man in Fujian, raised an army to revolt. People named Wu in eastern Zhejiang also raised their troops to respond. In the land of Guangdong, there were righteous men Ou Nanxi and Li De, who also raised banners... In the 24th year of the Yuan Dynasty...
, Zhong Mingliang revolted, and the number of soldiers and horses once reached 200,000, and the Yuan court was shocked... In the second year of Yuanzhen, the people of Ganzhou Liu Ji uprising, in the first year of Emperor Renzong of Yuan Dynasty, Cai Wujiu of Ningdu uprising... Yingzong ruled the Yuan Dynasty
In the year of Zhizheng, people in Shaanxi revolted... In the fourth year of Zhiyuan, monk Peng Yingyu and disciple Zhou Ziwang of Yuanzhou revolted! In the eighth year of Zhizheng, Fang Guozhen revolted! In the eleventh year of Zhizheng, Han Shantong and Liu Futong revolted! In the twelfth year of Zhizheng, Guo Zixing, a native of Haozhou
Uprising! In the same year, Zhu Chongba, a native of Haozhou, later changed his name to Yuan Zhang and joined the rebel army to resist the violent Yuan Dynasty!"
Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang paused briefly and looked at the ministers below, all of them were horrified!
As for Liu Sanwu and others, they opened their mouths wide and did not dare to close them for a long time.
This, this is what a king can say?
"Since the Yuan army marched south to the Central Plains, the righteous men from all over the world have gone forward one after another, like little sparks, which have never been cut off! So much so that there was a red scarf uprising eventually, and the Yuan Dynasty was in turmoil. As the leader of the rebel army, Yuan Zhang came to Yashan and faced the place where the Song Dynasty was destroyed.
, I pray to heaven, earth, mountains and seas that Zhao and Song Dynasty will be destroyed, but China will not be destroyed. The emperor of Song Dynasty can die, the scholar-bureaucrats can surrender, the people of China cannot be humiliated, and the aspirations of China cannot be taken away!"
"Heroes and heroes have fought one after another and fought endlessly. Finally, today's achievements have been achieved. The Yuan Dynasty is about to be destroyed. It is the day when China will be reborn!"
"Yuanzhang is here to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, remember the past, and inspire people. One day he will definitely drive out the barbarians and restore China. He is determined to be unswerving. This heart is as iron as steel!"
When Lao Zhu said this, among the crowd, Ding Pulang, Fu Youde, Li Pusheng, and Zou Pusheng had already knelt on the ground, sobbing.
"Master Peng, Senior Brother Zhou, all senior brothers, my soul in heaven, can you comfort me!"
The rest of the Haozhou Red Scarf and Huaixi soldiers also knelt on the ground and cried.
Worth it!
After all, they didn’t follow the wrong person!
Among this group of people, there was a man with shackles on his hands. He silently looked at Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him, pondered over and over again, and even knelt down. His name was Zhang Dingbian!
Zhu, you are so damn good at talking, I have to kneel down!
Zhu Yuanzhang's memorial essay really surpasses the previous ones. Although it can be seen that the ideological context is the same. For example, it was mentioned earlier that the true meaning of China lies in unyielding ambition.
But it was not until this memorial was published that it was completely announced to the world that what Zhu Yuanzhang inherited was not the legal tradition of Zhao and Song, nor the legal tradition of the Yuan Dynasty.
What he inherited was the unyielding resistance of the Chinese people... Especially since the Yuan Dynasty, although the Song Dynasty perished, the people's hearts did not die, and China did not perish.
All the emperors of the Yuan Dynasty faced uprisings, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands... These bandits, who were inconspicuous in history books, eventually brewed the earth-shattering Red Turban Uprising.
The Yuan court's iron hoof could defeat the Song Dynasty and subjugate the scholar-bureaucrats, but it could not affect the hearts of the people.
It is because of this energy that we are where we are today!
If we want to establish a country and claim the title of emperor, we will not rely on the support of scholar-bureaucrats, nor will we rely on your wonderful pens and debates to prove orthodoxy.
We rely on billions of people and their unyielding fighting spirit!
At this moment, Liu Sanwu truly understood that Zhu Yuanzhang did not need the support of scholars, and the two sides no longer had a cooperative relationship.
In other words, from this moment on, the idea of scholars can disappear into thin air.
The rest are just ordinary officials who assist the king in governing the world.
I’m really unwilling!
how so?
How about just leaving and living like a wandering crane in the mountains and forests forever... He had just come up with this idea, and suddenly, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians shouted long live together, the sound shook the sky and rippled the sea waves.
Liu Sanwu's knees were bent and he had to kneel down... He tried his best to shout long live, and his voice was even louder than the others.