Chapter 295 Yu Qian: If Your Highness does not give up, I would like to be your sir!
Su Wu's lips moved slightly and he opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't.
Three years.
He has transformed from Su Erlang, who first entered the officialdom, into the calm Su Zongxian today. He has gained a lot. In addition to his current position as the censor of Zuodu, what is even more valuable is how to navigate the officialdom with ease.
But he no longer has the vitality of a young man. Now he looks more like an old man who has been struggling in the officialdom. He does things well and is smooth and sophisticated.
Three years ago, when he encountered difficulties and setbacks, he thought about how to overcome them. But now, he thinks about how to protect himself and protect his feathers.
Su Wu narrowed his eyes slightly: "How do you want to kill, Your Highness?"
In the blink of an eye, he seemed to be back to himself three years ago.
If you can solve problems by killing people, you will never say anything. This is how we do things.
An ordinary person's approach would be to report to the superior first and wait for instructions. After the instructions are given, start collecting evidence. After all the witnesses and material evidence are complete, you can then convict and interrogate the murderer.
However, Zhu Gaojie never took the ordinary path, and his process was reversed.
Kill the person first, then convict the dead person, then search the house to collect evidence after killing the person, and finally report the process to the top. Obviously, this is the most efficient plan, but it is not very compliant.
But he doesn't care whether it's in compliance with the rules or not. He sets the rules. If the rules affect him, then just change them.
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Tang Cheng walked along the steps and went to the audience.
When he found Zhu Di, he saw His Majesty the Emperor boxing leisurely in the courtyard, which seemed to be a form of boxing for health.
Tang Cheng asked: "Your Majesty, I have received a report that Jin Yiwei from all over the country has been mobilized on a large scale. It seems that they are going to take action against Prince Gu's Palace, Prince Shu's Palace, and Prince Gan's Palace. Your Majesty, do you want people from Dongchang to come forward to stop it?"
Zhu Di said calmly: "Didn't we set the rules before? People from Dongchang are not allowed to participate in internal affairs. Jinyiwei only has the right to monitor. This matter has nothing to do with you, so don't worry about it."
Tang Cheng hesitated: "But..."
But the commotion was too big, and three vassal kings were attacked at the same time. Although the power of the vassal kings in the Yongle Dynasty was not as strong as that in the Hongwu Dynasty, after all, their status was there.
Among these three vassal kings, King Gan is Zhu Di's eldest son, and King Gu and King Shu are both his biological brothers.
Shouldn't this be dealt with face to face?
Zhu Di turned to ask: "I have been thinking about something. I have been thinking about it all morning and I still can't figure it out. It just so happens that you are here. You can also think about it for me."
Tang Cheng nodded: "Your Majesty, please speak."
Zhu Di said: "Tell me...what should I eat for lunch today?"
Tang Cheng was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "How about oil-splashed noodles?"
Zhu Di nodded slightly: "Okay, let's pour some oil on the noodles. I haven't had it for a long time. Send someone to inform the imperial chef of Guanglu Temple."
"promise."
Tang Cheng bowed respectfully and left immediately.
His Majesty the Emperor's intention has been made very clear. If Jin Yiwei does not have the guts to take action against the vassal, it must be because the prince is behind it. Since it is the prince's intention, he has his own intentions, and Zhu Di will not interfere.
He was still reciting the poem "Mocking Bamboo", which ruined his Taoism. Yu Qian had received Confucian education for eighteen years, and Zhu Gaojie's poem "Mocking Bamboo" made him question Confucianism.
Once the seeds are planted, emotion is like stimulating the nutrition of the seeds, which will continue to thrive, take root and sprout, and eventually grow into a towering tree.
Noticing something was wrong with Yu Qian, Zhu Gaojie smiled and said, "Why, are you worried?"
Yu Qian said stiffly: "No, my heart is like a clear mirror, what can I have on my mind?"
"Still pretending." Zhu Gaojie said with a smile, "Lu Zu has three swords, one is to cut off worries, the second is to cut off greed, anger, and the third is to cut off lust. You are a lucky person, you were born to cut off greed, anger and lust, but the last trouble, you It’s still not over.”
Yu Qian frowned and asked, "Why do you see it?"
Zhu Gaojie said calmly: "This heart does not move, it moves randomly."
This heart does not move, but moves randomly. These eight words, like a sharp sword, flashed through Yu Qian's mind.
Suddenly, he seemed to have an epiphany.
Only by reaching the extreme state of emptiness, keeping still and firm, and concentrating your Qi until it is as soft as a baby can you watch its recovery.
Observing its complex meaning is to understand the true laws of all things. Only when you understand the laws can you see the opportunity and do the right thing, instead of following human desires and random thoughts.
Yu Qian was respectful and bowed: "Student Yu Qian, please give me some advice."
The horoscope is like the words of a sage, which made Yu Qian understand one thing: academically speaking, the prince in front of him has climbed to the top of the mountain for thousands of years, and is shoulder to shoulder with Confucius and Mencius. He is an unreachable saint.
Yu Qian no longer calls himself a minister, but a "student" to show his respect and attitude towards learning.
"In the Tan Sutra of Zen Buddhism, the Sixth Patriarch Hui Neng said: The Tao must flow, why is it stagnant? If the mind does not abide in the Dharma, the Tao will flow; if the mind abides in the Dharma, it is called self-binding."
Zhu Gaojie said leisurely, "The heart of a saint is like a bright mirror. It is just a bright mirror. It responds to the feeling and illuminates everything. The shapes of the past are still there, and the shapes that have not been illuminated are already there. The heart of a perfect person is like a mirror. It will not meet or greet anything. , respond without hiding.”
The same is true for thoughts arising from external circumstances, and the same is true for thoughts arising from obsessions remaining in the past. The mind of an extraordinary person is like a clear mirror, and the flow of thoughts is the only way for ordinary people to achieve the state of mind like a clear mirror.
"Just like an arsonist looking for an arsonist, the fire is thinking about how to put out the fire. The facts are the facts. You can't tolerate your unreasonable thinking. Once you say it, it will be wrong."
Zhu Gaojie patted Yu Qian's shoulder and said, "Therefore, I always have no desire in order to see how wonderful it is; I always have desire in order to see how wonderful it is."
Yu Qian, you are blind."
After saying that, he sat down again, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, looking like a sage coming to this world.
At this time, Yu Qian was stunned in place as if he had suffered a dimensionality reduction blow.
Zhu Gaojie felt a little embarrassed when he saw this. Could it be that he copied Mr. Yangming's words and it was too high-end for Yu Qian?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is not the case. If a mortal hears these words of Mr. Yangming, he will just think that they are mysterious and will not take them to heart. It is because he is extremely talented and has studied deeply.
Only those who think about it will meditate on it.
Yu Qian is now in a state of deep thought.
The great road is the simplest, and knowledge and action are unified.
This is Confucian knowledge, which can be traced back to Mencius. It is also combined with Mr. Cunzhai’s idea that “the heart is the reason”. It is more influenced by Taoism than Buddhism, but it is ultimately inseparable from the essence of Confucian knowledge.
However, this science is opposed to Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, the representative of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty.
This is undoubtedly a kind of betrayal. If he agrees with this knowledge, then Yu Qian will be betraying the education he received.
Under such advanced knowledge, Yu Qian's mind seemed to have two villains fighting.
A black villain is saying: "Jie Jie Jie, the heart is the reason, go to hell Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism, I only believe in myself!"
Another little white man is saying: "He's right."
Yu Qian understood instantly and immediately clasped his fists and said: "If Your Highness does not give up, Qian is willing to be your sir!"
Zhu Gaojie nodded slightly: "Very good."
He spent so much time talking to Yu Qian about "mind science" knowledge, of course, not just to teach academics, on the contrary, he wanted to dominate academics.
Governance is also divided into Taoism and Legalism.
Zhu Gaojie represents the legal system. He is the successor appointed by the emperor and the most authoritative law enforcer in the Ming Dynasty. However, there is another kind of rule that threatens his power.
Confucianism.
The emperor ruled according to Confucianism, but this was not restricted by Confucianism.
In order to get rid of the restrictions of Confucianism, emperors of all dynasties tried their best to use relatives, vassals, and eunuchs to restrict it. Zhu Di established Dongchang for this reason, but he never succeeded.
This is because the imperial power needs to rely on Confucianism to realize its rule. From the very beginning, they were tied to the same boat.
Zhu Gaojie was unwilling to use eunuchs to restrict Confucianism because he felt that he had better ways to restrict Confucianism and consolidate imperial power.
Knowledge is a special kind of power, and he knows how to use this power better than anyone else.
As long as Zhu Gaojie's thoughts can disintegrate and occupy Confucianism from the inside, he can control Confucianism in his own hands without any bloodshed and accomplish something that all emperors want to do but fail to do.
He will become the academic and ideological supreme ruler of the Ming Empire and become a "sage emperor".
This is not an easy task, because so far, there is only one sage, Confucius.
But this is not a problem for Zhu Gaojie. Although he is not a saint, he can be.
Zhu Gaojie directly copied the "Xinxue" of Mr. Yangming, the only sage besides Confucius. It is obvious that the Xinxue has the strength to compete with traditional Confucianism.
During the Jiajing period, Xinxue was vigorously suppressed by the imperial court. The imperial court designated Wang Yangming's theory as heresy and pseudo-study. However, it did not suppress the spread of Wang's Xue. Instead, it inspired Wang Yangming's disciples to spare no effort to rectify Wang Xue's name. For a time, the academic field of Xinxue
The fire spread all over the country, and countless officials were students of Xinxue, and they gathered into a powerful Xinxue party.
Although under the joint suppression of Zhang Juzheng and Emperor Wanli, the imperial court used a butcher's knife and killed Wang Yangming's disciple He Xinyin with a stick. Xinxue was once suppressed by the court until it disappeared, but this did not affect the spread and dominance of Xinxue's horror
force.
The nature of Xinxue was not important to Zhu Gaojie. What he valued was the dissemination and dominance of Xinxue. He concentrated power in his own hands and became a ruler with perfect imperial power in the true sense.
And Yu Qian is the spokesperson that Zhu Gaojie wants to introduce and become the "big brother" of Xinxue to help him complete this cause.
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Yu Qian said seriously: "Your Highness, please wait a moment. According to the rules, you must first kneel down to worship the most holy teacher Mr. Confucius, kneel on the ground, kowtow nine times. Then you can kneel down on the ground, kowtow three times, and offer the teacher's post and
Six rites of practice..."
Zhu Gaojie shook his head, pointed to the tea cup on the table, and said: "There is no need for red tape, you just need to serve tea to express your feelings."
Yu Qian hesitated: "Really? Your Highness, isn't this a little too casual?"
He now regarded His Highness as a new sage, and sincerely wanted to seek advice from him humbly. However, His Highness's attitude gave him the illusion that he had fallen into a dark trap.
Zhu Gaojie asked: "Do you know the name of my sect?"
Yu Qian shook his head: "I don't know."
Zhu Gaojie said: "My sect is called 'Xinxue', and sincerity leads to spirituality. If we blindly pursue common principles, wouldn't we go astray and put the cart before the horse?"
Yu Qian thought about it for a moment and suddenly realized it. He couldn't help but admire him more and more, and sighed: "It's Yu Qian who is stupid."
He picked up the tea cup, knelt down in front of him, and served tea respectfully: "Student Yu Qian, please have some tea with your highness!"
Zhu Gaojie did not take the tea cup, but asked with a slight smile: "You still call me Your Highness?"
Yu Qian quickly changed his words and said: "Please have some tea, sir!"
Zhu Gaojie nodded slightly, took the teacup and took a sip, then raised Yu Qian up with both hands.
He said: "Teacher, that's why I preach, receive my karma, and resolve my doubts. Today you worship me as your teacher, and I will give you a bright future in the future."
Yu Qian said: "Students become teachers, not seeking a future, only seeking the truth."
Zhu Gaojie chuckled, thinking that it's not up to you.
Once you get on my boat, don't even think about getting off.
The future Yu Shaobao can be determined directly!
Young Yu Qian, in the eyes of Zhu Gaojie, was like an unexperienced little sheep, full of flaws. He was already thinking about how to use Yu Qian to control the Confucian school and consolidate the imperial power.
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Huguang Changsha, Guwangfu.
Dressed in white, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, Valley King Zhu Su sat on a chair, closed his eyes lightly, hummed a tune, and listened to the report of the Palace Chief.
"Your Majesty, people from the Huguang Taxation Department came to our door again, asking about public tax matters..."
"Public tax, where does it come from? Where does it come from?"
King Gu opened his eyes and said calmly, "The world belongs to our Zhu family. Who is qualified to talk to me about justice? Tax Supervisor, it's okay to scare others. When we get to Changsha, let alone him supervising taxes."
I am a tax official of the third grade, and even if Lu Chaoyang, the tax superintendent, comes, he still has to kneel before me!"
He dared to speak like this, not without confidence.
If you were any vassal, they would be frightened when they see the people of the Tax Supervision Department. They would just use their status as a vassal to bully and bully the civil servants. The Tax Supervision Department, Hei Wuchang, actually has troops on hand, and they were transferred from the border.
The army acts as a tax inspector and cannot be offended.
But King Gu was not hypocritical at all, because he was one of the very few vassal kings who held military power in the Yongle Dynasty.
Zhu Su, the king of Gu, was a successful young man. He was the nineteenth son of Taizu, and his biological mother, Concubine Guo Hui, was the daughter of Guo Zixing, the king of Chuyang. During the Hongwu Dynasty, he sat in Xuanfu, one of the nine towns on the Great Wall, and the land he controlled was as immovable as a mountain.
Jianwen ascended the throne and ordered King Gu to enter the capital. King Gu rushed to Nanjing with three thousand elites to guard Jinchuan Gate.
Later, when Zhu Di attacked Nanjing, King Gu saw that the situation was not good, so he made a decisive decision and joined forces with Li Jinglong to open the city gate, welcome the Yan army into the city, and stabbed Jianwen in the back, avenging his brothers who had been cut off from the feudal clan.
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After Zhu Di ascended the throne, King Gu relied on this merit to garrison Changsha, with 3,000 soldiers, recruited troops, bought short and sold horses, appointed high-ranking officers, built warships, bows and crossbows, and trained sailors to be brave.
With soldiers in hand, King Gu had a strong back, let alone the people in charge of taxation. Even the King of Han had to take a detour when passing through Changsha when he changed the fiefdoms into sub-districts and attacked the vassals.