Yang Feng's evil deeds successfully aroused the anger of Confucian scholars.
Of course, what aroused their anger was His Majesty the Emperor's inaction.
For this fight, His Majesty the Emperor chose peace. First, those adopted daughters had extraterritorial jurisdiction, so they could not be punished. Second, a group of Confucian scholars who had read poetry and books fought in the street with a group of underage girls. This
If it spreads in a big way, do you think it is embarrassing for them or for you? So in the end, Ying Tianfu reported it, the imperial censor criticized it, and the civil servants unanimously remonstrated, the final result was to let Yang Feng restrain his adopted daughter, and the other injured
Both the Confucian scholar and the adopted daughter were given ten guan notes for medical expenses.
As for those Hanlin Dengwen drum players, just leave them alone and not deal with them.
Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor has also decreed that all officials should go through formal channels when making reports. The Dengwen drum is used to redress the grievances of the people. If you want to make a report, just report it. Why are you going to beat the Dengwen drum?
Do you need to knock that?
Wouldn’t it be enough to direct the memorial to the Secretary for Transportation?
In short, His Majesty the Emperor's treatment was completely inconsistent with his style.
This also encouraged Confucian scholars.
This is encouragement.
His Majesty the Emperor has made it clear that he will not interfere with the criticism of Yang Feng, and at most he will not respond to such criticism, so you can do whatever you like and just treat him invisible.
If that's the case, there's nothing more to say.
The very next day, a large number of stickers appeared on the streets of the capital. There were even Confucian scholars standing beside the stickers, explaining to the people that their contents were nothing more than Yang Feng's various evil deeds and the evil intentions behind his actions.
Although when facing him, they did not dare to trigger the crossbow even if they were holding a crossbow, but as long as they were not standing in front of him, the Confucian scholars were still very brave. Besides, it was not that the Confucian scholar was cowardly...
Why is this cowardice?
That’s obviously taking the overall situation into consideration!
Obviously it was to maintain the image of the Ming Dynasty as a state of etiquette.
After all, he is an envoy of a friendly country.
Scholars like those are well-read in poetry and books, and attach great importance to etiquette. Even if they face an arrogant and domineering envoy from a friendly country, they can only treat him with etiquette, so even if they have a crossbow in their hands, they cannot really attack him.
Shoot it over. But this has nothing to do with cowardice, it is definitely not cowardice. In fact, when this incident was reported to Yangzhou, it has become that the scholar abides by etiquette, so he would rather give in to take care of the overall situation.
Isn’t it just the right to speak!
There are indeed countless pairs of eyes watching in the capital, but outside the capital, it is not the mouth of the literati.
As for the rumors in the market...
That is of course just a rumor in the market.
In short, what happened that day was that several editors of the Hanlin Academy, along with some scholars from the Imperial College and the capital, went to Dengwen Drum Academy to play drums and reported to His Majesty two demon books and their publishers, the Daxia envoys.
Yang Feng.
After learning the news, Yang Feng ordered his adopted daughter to beat the scholars in the street. After being scolded by the scholars, he became so angry that he even drew a gun on her.
Scholars took the overall situation into account and did not share his common sense.
But this kind of evil behavior is outrageous, and he also speaks nonsense, saying that the ancestors of today's Confucian scholars are the same as Liu Mengyan, and that the sages and calligraphers are all Qin Hui and Duchong...
Crazy!
Who can bear this?
No harm to the family!
You are not even letting our ancestors off!
Digging the ancestral graves!
Why do we all kneel to Hu Yuan? Is there any ancestor in this world who didn’t kneel to Hu Yuan and survive?
"This is really different. Rights and obligations are equal. As rentiers, if you enjoy rights, you have to bear obligations. Confucian scholars in the Song Dynasty enjoyed all kinds of preferential treatment, so they have the obligation to be loyal to the Zhao family.
What did the common people get? Not only did they get nothing, but they had to pay heavy taxes every year to support the Zhao family, civil servants and generals. They had no obligation to defend the Zhao family, because the Zhao family relied on them to support them. On the contrary, the Zhao family and the rent
The civil servants and generals were obliged to protect their safety, but instead of protecting them, they were slaughtered by foreigners, so the Zhao family was no longer qualified to enjoy their support.
They don't need to be loyal to the Zhao family.
It's like a contract.
The people and the monarch signed a contract. The people paid taxes to support the monarch, support the clan, support the monarch's civil and military officials, and support the monarch's army, and the monarch had to protect their safety.
Paying taxes is the obligation of the people.
It is the duty of the monarch to protect the people.
If the people do not pay taxes, it is a breach of contract by the people. The monarch can punish it with laws. If he cannot protect the people, it is a breach of the contract by the monarch. The people have no obligation to support the monarch anymore. This is a very simple truth, so the people of the Song Dynasty do not need to serve the Zhao family.
They paid taxes, but the Zhao family couldn't protect them, so why should they be loyal to the Zhao family?
But the minister is different.
Ministers are rentiers. The Zhao family takes the taxes paid by the people and hires them to do work. Of course they have to bear the obligations after taking the money.
This obligation includes faithfulness and integrity.
Any emperor requires his ministers to be loyal and loyal to him. They had already put their fingerprints on this contract the moment they became officials and received their salaries. But if they failed to do so, then they were traitors and treacherous officials of the Song Dynasty.
They cannot compare with the common people.
When the Zhao family cannot protect the people, the people can even choose a new owner.
Of course, Hu Yuan is definitely not.
This was a forceful conquest. Hu Yuan was a country in itself, and he forcefully conquered another country and enslaved its people.
But your Majesty the Emperor can be regarded as this new master. After all, he came from humble beginnings and used enslaved people with no land to drive out the Tartars and rebuild the country. The people can recognize him as the new king of the contract. As long as the Zhu family can protect the people, the people will also
Will accept the rule of the Zhu family. If the Zhu family cannot do this, the people also have the right to replace it. If the Zhu family causes starvation and death everywhere, the people also have the right to overthrow the Zhu family and find a new king."
Yang Feng continued to promote his fallacies.
Now this issue is the focus of the Confucian scholars' attack on him. After all, it is easy to arouse resonance. The whole world was once ruled by Hu Yuan. This can also be interpreted as everyone kneeling. Since everyone kneels, why are you just blaming us?
"Nonsense, my father is clearly destined by fate!"
The little princess said angrily.
"Look, even Zhang Hanlin is laughing!"
Yang Feng pointed at Zhang Xianzong and said viciously.
The little princess instantly turned her eyes to Zhang Xianzong, who immediately looked serious...
"Did you laugh?"
The little princess said with eager eyes.
"Princess, the emperor is naturally destined by destiny. The end of Song Zuo is also destiny. His Majesty Long Xing is also destined by destiny. God has sent your majesty to all people, and everyone in the world regards your majesty as the supreme. King and minister are divided by destiny. Ambassador Yang
It's nothing more than clever words and sophistry, trying to cover up destiny with contract theory."
Zhang Xianzong said.
I don't dare to joke, if His Majesty the Emperor finds out, my house will be confiscated.
"You can talk!"
The little princess said with satisfaction.
Yang Feng just smiled and watched their performance.
"Then Huang Chao and Zhu Wen were also chosen by the people, and the separatist regimes of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were also chosen by the people?"
Zhang Xianzong said.
It's clear he also enjoys discussing this issue in depth.
Just now I just fooled the little princess.
"Can you guarantee that every choice you make is right? If you choose the wrong person, of course you will have to bear the consequences. What's more, there must be only one person chosen by the people? The person chosen by the people will definitely succeed? Any choice
Everyone has to take risks. Failure and being exploited are the overwhelming results. This world is real and cruel.
People's choices may not necessarily be successful, or even correct.
but.
They have the power to choose.
They have the right to choose not to starve to death, even if they are just praying mantises, but at least they do it in an upright manner.
If you don't die of hunger in peace, you will be like a mantis with its arms stretched out.
This was said by an official of your Ming Dynasty who suppressed the rebellion of the hungry people, so I would like to ask your emperor, did he choose to die of hunger or to be a mantis?"
Yang Feng said.
Zhang Xianzong was silent.
He has indeed realized that Yang Feng's theory is more reasonable than the theory of destiny.
Destiny...
Confucian scholars all know that the Mandate of Heaven is a lie, but they use it to cater to the emperor. The emperor also knows that the Mandate of Heaven is a lie, but they use it to deceive the people and explain their own family and the world. Even the vast majority of the people do not agree.
We all know that destiny is a lie. After all, this is an era where I dare to shout that the emperor will take turns and come to my house this year.
But it is an indispensable explanation after all.
Empty, false, but necessary.
It provides the basis for the survival of the country.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty has been appointed by destiny. He rules over the world, the people kneel to the imperial power, and the foreign barbarians bow their heads and become vassals. This is the empire.
This is the Ming Dynasty.
If there is no destiny to return to...
Then why did your Zhu family become emperor? Why did the Ming Dynasty continue?
Therefore, there must be a basis for the survival of the country. Before the emergence of nation-state consciousness, destiny or the divine right of kings were the unanimous choices of all places.
But Yang Feng proposed a brand new explanation.
contract theory.
And this explanation is obviously more realistic than the theory of destiny.
It's also more reasonable.
but……
Very scary!
Because it actually gave the people the power to resist the imperial power.
Zhang Hanlin was not shocked at all that Zhang Hanlin could be shouted out if he did not starve to death, he would be like a mantis with arms. After all, it was very reasonable for an official who suppressed the rebellion of the hungry people. He suppressed the rebellion of the hungry people. To him,
In front of us are the rebels first and then the hungry people. They cannot rebel no matter what. Once the rebels are suppressed, the remaining people will be the hungry people. Even if you starve to death, you cannot rebel. The nature of the rebellion will change.
Why don't you wait?
Why don't you trust the court or the emperor?
You have to believe in the court and the emperor, and relief will definitely come. You just need to wait, even if you starve to death in the meantime...
But you starved to death as a good citizen.
Rather than a rebel.
Under the system of destiny theory, rebellion is a traitor.
But under the contract theory system, rebellion is reasonable. The reason why the people rebelled is that the emperor failed to fulfill his protective responsibilities. The people have paid taxes, so you have to protect us, including when we are on the verge of starving to death, you have to give us relief. You
If you can't do that, then you have no right to ask us to accept your rule.
We have the right to choose new ones.
Very scary!
But, it's very reasonable.
Yes, very reasonable.
But it’s scary just because it’s reasonable!
Zhang Hanlin didn't even dare to continue the discussion, so he quickly stood up and left.
"Maybe I should really publish a book."
Ambassador Yang said very deeply.
"snort!"
The little princess snorted angrily.
"It's useless for you to be unhappy. I'm actually helping your family choose a longer-term ruling theory. You don't want to think about the death of many people in your Zhu family in two hundred years, right? If you want it to last, you have to get out of this old system.
things, establish a new, more reasonable system, and then continue it.”
Yang Feng said.
Of course, it might be over sooner.
However, as he just said, there is no guarantee that every choice is right. Since it is brand new, it is reasonable to take a little risk.
Anyway, the risk is borne by the Zhu family. For him, it is enough to let new ideas spread.
Of course, it will take some time to write a book, but it is not his job. This kind of theoretical stuff is beyond his ability. Leave this to Sister Liu, who has a bunch of scientists there, and then find a social scientist to make up a model of the social contract for the raid.
A pamphlet on the topic and then just pass it over directly.
But this contract theory needs to be released quickly to deal with the criticism from Confucian scholars everywhere.
so……
Just peel it off.
Since Confucian scholars can give him advice, of course he can also give advice to Confucian scholars, simply summarize this theory into the shortest paragraph, and then stick it out in the capital.
In the official name of the Daxia Embassy.
And just like the Confucian scholar, he let his righteous daughters be responsible for watching and explaining. He chose the most beautiful ones to see who the common people liked to see, and when posting them, they chose to be not far away from the Confucian scholar.
This is posted in the official name of the Daxia Embassy to explain what Ambassador Yang said before and to avoid misunderstandings among the people of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, whoever dares to tear it up is insulting the Daxia Embassy and the Daxia State, and Ambassador Yang will personally come to visit.
Theory and complaint to the Ministry of Rites.
However, for the military households in the capital and the generals, they did not need to worry about this kind of thing, because it also helped them explain the moral issues of their ancestors.
The ancestors of the vast majority of them were not officials, let alone officials in the Song Dynasty.
Their ancestors were all common people.
So when the Zhao family cannot protect their ancestors, then of course their ancestors do not need to be loyal to the Zhao family.
Even some of their ancestors resisted Hu Yuan and participated in the war.
This way there is no moral burden.
The real target is actually those families who surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty during the Southern Song Dynasty, and then other forces were surrendered at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and finally all bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, especially the Confucian families. These are the ones that are most in line with what Yang Feng refers to. Some even come from common people.
Confucian scholars were also distinguished. For example, Zhang Xianzong, his family was a common people, and he relied on his mother to make straw sandals and Zhu Yuanzhang's popular education to grow up.
He also has no qualifying ancestors.
Although he is a Confucian scholar, he will definitely criticize Yang Feng. Other Confucian scholars who do not have this burden will also criticize Yang Feng, but they can already stay out of the matter.
This divided the hostile forces.
Therefore, with the tacit cooperation of all parties and even the criticism of some Confucian scholars with ulterior motives, Yang Feng's disclosure quickly spread to various places.