Chapter 157 This guy is vicious with vicious intentions!
Chapter 157 This guy has evil intentions!
Of course Zhu Yuanzhang would not accept Yang Feng's plan, which clearly contained evil intentions.
He is not stupid!
When Confucian scholars control education, they control thoughts, but what about Yang Feng’s control of education?
What Confucian scholars control education at least teaches is the way of a monarch and his ministers. Only the devil knows what Yang Feng's control of education will teach. This guy has been spreading all kinds of fallacies and heresies in his embassy district, but that's good after all.
Control. After all, the speed of information dissemination at this time is slow. At the speed of his spread among the people, it would take ten or eight years to spread throughout the Ming Dynasty. In fact, with a little control, his fallacies can be prevented from spreading out of the capital.
If the gate is opened for him, wouldn't it be equivalent to opening the gate and flooding?
Not to mention helping him run a school.
That would be like digging your own grave!
What Lao Zhu wants is the world of his family, and what he wants is the eternal stability of the Zhu family...
Although he also admitted that this was a fantasy.
Empires always fall, without exception.
However, people must have ideals after all, and it depends on how long they can hold on.
It was he who chose Confucianism.
It was not the Confucian scholars who chose him.
Therefore, the Confucian principles of governing the country will not change.
As for how he occasionally cleans up the Confucian scholars, it is for their better growth. This is a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning. It doesn't matter if he kills a few. These Confucian scholars are like leeks. Every crop will produce another crop, and every crop will produce another crop.
Once upon a time, even if 10,000 people were killed, there would still be 10,000 people behind them shouting for the Holy Lord Mingjun to kneel at his feet, and the kneeling posture would be more standard.
but……
What did Yang Feng teach?
As for the students taught by this bastard style, Lao Zhu thinks that there are really no students who are more honest than himself!
At most, he just wanted to survive and have enough to eat. Very simply, he never even thought about becoming an emperor. After all, he could not have such a great ideal in his situation at that time, but the students Yang Feng taught were not as good as him.
Such a simple and pure thought.
Therefore, he did not hesitate to reject the emperor's grandson's excited proposal, and rarely asked his grandson to speak sincerely, clarifying the stakes, especially Yang Feng's true intentions, and then
The result was not that his grandson suddenly came to his senses, but...
The relationship between grandfather and grandson broke down.
It’s hard not to talk about new people and old antiques.
On the mighty Yangtze River, Princess Hanshan's boat went straight down the river...
"Yunxi is obviously too seduced by you and thinks that your national theory is more reasonable. The Ming Dynasty was my father who expelled the Tartars and rebuilt the country. As long as you stick to this concept and continue to strengthen it, instill it in the people, especially if you add more to the previous generation, my father will
These legends, such as those of my great-grandfather, eventually formed deep-rooted ideas in the hearts of the people, so wouldn't they be stronger than the illusory Confucian theory of destiny? The biggest problem with the theory of destiny is that it is just a piece of clothing, and it can be worn by anyone.
Confucian scholars wore it for Hu Yuan, Jurchen, Khitan, and even further, Xianbei.
This dress has long been torn.
No one really thinks that being the emperor is destiny. After all, the emperor is the one who has strong soldiers and horses.
Moreover, the theory of destiny cannot explain those dynasties that coexisted. For example, the common people definitely recognized the Song Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty did profess to the Jin Dynasty. According to the theory of destiny, who is the destiny?
Just like the emperor of the Southern Dynasties who walked around the main hall barefoot because of Xing Bian. Later, the emperor of the Northern Dynasty responded to Xing Bian and scolded his prisoners in anger. Is this destiny?
There's no way to explain it.
Even if Confucian scholars could indeed forcefully come up with a deceptive explanation, it would be difficult to deceive them.
We are not stupid!
You can say that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was incompetent, but if you want to say that Emperor Hu Yuan was good because he was destined to do so, this is obviously unconscionable. They obviously relied on killing more people, and no one was killed in the entire Sichuan. If this is all
It was destiny, so what was wrong with the people who were killed?
Your God is too cruel.
Belief in destiny theory cannot explain these dynasties that were created by killing people, because at least heaven cannot be evil, but if heaven is good, it is impossible to choose such a destiny.
Compared with the theory of destiny, your idea of winning the world by rebuilding rivers and mountains is obviously more convincing to the people. After all, it was me who conquered the Central Plains in the Ming Dynasty and expelled the Tartars from Monan, even in Liaodong.
All have been recovered.
This is real.
The common people are watching.
However, my father felt that this theory had no guarantee at all.
This is equivalent to handing over the power to criticize the emperor to the people. Now that the emperor has the ability to control the world, the people naturally dare not say anything else and will definitely accept this theory. But in the future, the people will be dissatisfied with the emperor and the emperor will not be able to control the situation. So can the people.
It is said that the emperor is not qualified to rule the world. After all, even if the ancestors have meritorious service, they cannot enjoy a thousand years. One or two hundred years will give them a lot of face. At that time, once the emperor is unable to control, they can use this banner to resist the emperor.
But the theory of destiny is solid.
After all, the right to interpret the destiny belongs to the Confucian scholars. As long as the Confucian scholars listen to the emperor, they can explain to the emperor the destiny.
And my father has now completed his surrender to the Confucian scholars, and the latter is willing to explain destiny to my father. At this time, it is completely nonsense to abandon the theory of destiny and replace it with your theory of merit."
said the little princess.
She was very concerned about this secret conversation between grandparents and grandchildren.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was not afraid that she would tell Yang Feng if she found out.
We are all understanding people, so there is no need to hide it. His Majesty the Emperor certainly knows what Yang Feng wants to do, and Yang Feng also basically understands what His Majesty the Emperor wants to do.
"So this is a conflict between old and new."
Yang Feng said very deeply.
In fact, from an emperor's perspective, Zhu Yuanzhang's thinking is right...
Of course, what is right does not mean that it is good for the people.
As a ruler, the most important thing is of course to maintain the right to rule. Of course, the emperor maintains the right to rule his family and the world from generation to generation, and the most important means of the family and the world is to dumb down the people. A government based on Confucian literati, coupled with Confucian education and imperial examinations
The Confucian elite group that emerged from the Cultural Revolution has formed a stable rule under the banner of Destiny. As for the people outside of this, just do their duty well. Those who farm will farm honestly, and those who work will work honestly.
It’s not that I haven’t left you with a way to rise. After all, Zhang Xianzong’s fucking straw sandals can make him the second choice.
It’s the early years of the dynasty!
There are many opportunities!
This is the most stable theoretical system for Zhu Yuanzhang.
But what Yang Feng did...
Of course, it's still very good for him.
He also admitted that the theory of merit was suitable for him, and it could even be said that it was tailor-made for him. There really was no other emperor who was qualified except him. This feeling was very useful to him.
It’s not stable!
This is tantamount to giving the right to evaluate the legitimacy of the emperor's rule to the people.
Destiny is determined by God.
The sky is illusory and everyone doesn’t understand it. The way of heaven is far away. Of course, whoever has the right to explain things that does not exist has the final say. However, Yang Feng’s theory of merit is practical, and there are different opinions on the actual situation. When the people accept your rule,
If you say that you have meritorious service from your ancestors, you should be like this. If you don't accept your rule, you will say that your ancestors' legacy has been exhausted. Why should we listen to you, an unprincipled and ignorant king?
Yang Feng's evil intention lies here, to add a chain to the Zhu family's imperial power.
The emperor must be supervised by the people.
You have to love and protect the people...
Although Lao Zhu also believed that this was what the emperor should do.
But this should be a gift from the emperor to the people, not a request from the people to the emperor. Thunder, rain, and dew are all gifts from heaven. An emperor's love for the people is a sign of great grace. If an emperor does not love the people, he can only endure it.
You can't use the emperor's incompetence as an excuse to rebel!
Yang Feng's theory of merit was to provide legitimacy for the people to rebel because of the emperor's incompetence.
This guy has very vicious intentions.
Moreover, it was covered up in a packaging that was very popular with Zhu Yuanzhang.
But Lao Zhu has a sharp eye and will not be fooled by his tricks.
But such profound things cannot be expected to be understood by a high school student like Zhu Yunxi.
He is at the age where his blood is boiling.
You ask him to accept the instinctive aversion to something as outdated as Confucianism...
A new world has opened before him.
Who can read the Four Books and Five Classics?
What's more, he doesn't consider the legitimacy of imperial power at all now. After all, he is only the second generation. In his opinion, the theory of merit is more reasonable.
In this way, it will be difficult for grandparents and grandchildren to agree.
"Where are the cronies around him? Didn't they advise him to reflect?"
Yang Feng said.
"There are not many close confidants around him. Zhang Xianzong is one of them, but Zhang Xianzong's knowledge is far from satisfying him. After all, Zhang Xianzong still doesn't understand many things. Lan Yu is recovering from his injuries recently. He would like to visit Lan Yu, but it doesn't matter.
Harvest, now I don’t like it anymore.
After all, Lan Yu doesn't understand anything.
At most, the most she can do is tell him about the local customs, mountains and rivers geography, and the quality of new firearms. But the things he likes are like heavenly scriptures to Lan Yu. The two of them talk like chickens and ducks.
And he knew that the new firearms given to the army today were originally temporary.
Will be eliminated soon.
There is one confidant he truly trusts."
said the little princess.
"who?"
Yang Feng asked.
"me!"
The little princess said frankly.
Yang Feng rubbed her dog's head speechlessly.
Therefore, the emperor's grandson is also very lonely. As the emperor's grandson, he can't find a trustworthy confidant. This aunt, who is about the same age, can still have something in common with him.
The key is that no one else knows as much as he does.
He has been hanging out with Yang Feng for many years and has watched Yang Feng's watches and movies.
He already knows too much.
It has reached the point where I look around at a loss.
If you can discuss issues with him, you must at least have a topic to discuss. If he asks, "Do you know the principle of a telescope?" If you say, "This is a strange skill, then it's a waste of discussion. Get out of here!" And now the court's
There are not many civil servants and military generals who can be contacted to discuss issues with him.
Only Zhang Xianzong was okay.
But Zhang Xianzong obviously has a big gap.
"He is quite able to negotiate with those craftsmen, imperial physicians, especially Imperial Physician Dai.
In addition, I often go to the Ministry of Industry, so I have a good relationship with Yan Zimin, the minister of the Ministry of Industry."
said the little princess.
"Yan Zimin, what is his origin?"
Yang Feng asked.
He actually interacts with Yan Zimin quite a lot.
Of course, it was limited to official interactions. In fact, Yan Shangshu, like other officials, kept a distance from him as much as possible. The only impression he had was that he was very organized and considered a qualified official. However, the level of officials in the Hongwu Dynasty was not low. After all,
Those who are not good enough will die early.
"Chief of Grain, because my family has lots of land and money, there is never a shortage of grain to the court every year. Anyway, if there is not enough, I will add it myself. I don't care if I have more land. Therefore, I was appreciated by my father and promoted to an official. I have been the minister of the Ministry of Industry."
"Uh, are there any other officials like this?"
"This has always been the case. Not only grain chiefs can be promoted to officials, but also a lot of people who my father thinks are useful can be promoted to officials. Before the imperial examination was held before, my father had more ways to select officials. It was in these years that it was opened The imperial examination candidates are all candidates for Jinshi. My father is actually old and really doesn't have the energy to take care of it. It would be easier to just select Jinshi through the imperial examination and be directly awarded the official.
In the past, he had to see who had talent one by one.
Now we just need to select those Jinshi and put them in the local county to serve as county magistrates, and then they will be evaluated and promoted by the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
said the little princess.
This is quite normal.
After all, any monarch must embark on this path.
However, this Yan Zimin meets Shen Wansan's standards very well, and is even from Wucheng...
There was no Shen Wansan at this time.
There was indeed a wealthy businessman Shen Wansan in Wucheng in the past, but let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, even Zhang Shicheng had never met him. He was a wealthy businessman in the Yuan Dynasty, and his son later transported most of the grain for Zhang Shicheng.
"This person is not good enough. We must arrange some young talents for your nephew."
Yang Feng said.
At this time Zhang Ying walked in.
"Your Highness, please quickly sort out your disguise. We have arrived in Taicang."
She looked at the princess's chicken coop and said.
Taicang.
Princess Hanshan, who had put on her royal attire amid the sound of drums, walked out of the cabin gracefully, and then, with the support of her female attendants, she boarded the pier and greeted a group of masters waiting at the pier to salute...
Today is the day when Yang Feng’s master group sets off to visit India.
However, this mission is not small in size.
First of all, the masters are full of enthusiasm for this. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang has too many restrictions on them. They also want to rely on this mission to expand their influence among the people. Therefore, through internal communication among the masters, a total of nearly a hundred masters went there. So many are very big. To a certain extent, it is also because everyone knows that this kind of long-distance voyage has a high mortality rate, and the more people go on it, the more people will survive.
Secondly, there were the official envoys of the Ming Dynasty, and two pedestrians from the Pingren Department served as the chief and deputy envoys.
So the entire fleet took twelve ships.
They are all the latest sailboats that have been continuously improved in the past two years.
Of course they all carry rapid-fire cannons.
After all, it was inevitable that they would encounter pirates during their trip.
"Ambassador, if this trip is successful, the ambassador's merits will be immeasurable!"
"Amitabha!"
…
After welcoming the princess, the masters quickly turned their attention to Yang Feng.
The princess is a supporting role, and the ambassador is the protagonist.
"Masters, although Yang is not a believer, Yang still admires the spirit of all the masters who are willing to travel across the ocean in order to promote Buddhism. This journey has been thousands of miles. Yang here wishes all the masters a good journey!"
Yang Feng said while surrounded by masters.
While talking, he squeezed out, but then he was dumbfounded.
A familiar figure behind the masters was looking at him with a half-smile, and then he walked towards the princess enchantingly...
(Having become Yang, the whole family finally got together. After lying down for two days, I no longer have a fever. I just have pain all over my body and cough, as if there are hairs in my stomach that keep sweeping over me.)