Chapter four hundred and ninety-eight of the mouth of defense
The conflict between the clan and the imperial power is unavoidable, because with the development of the clan, this contradiction cannot be eliminated and exists more or less. However, as long as the imperial power is stable enough, the clan is still very willing to serve the imperial power.
As long as the royal family can set an example, the clan will tend to entrust its interests to the imperial power. After all, the supremacy of the imperial power cannot be violated, and if the political power is stable, the clan can prosper and develop; if the political power is chaotic, the clan's development will be frustrated.
Zhu Biao expressed his opinion that in the future, these younger brothers should be enfeoffed and sent out of the country smoothly, otherwise the scholars in the world would think that he was just trying to monopolize the world and exiled his brothers to die in the barbaric wilderness.
If everyone does not believe that he only granted the title of king to the outside world for the development of the Ming Dynasty, then three people will become tigers, and the bones will be destroyed under the public opinion, and Zhu Biao's reputation will be completely ruined. In this era where clans are the mainstay,
Who can believe that a person who cannot be kind to his own blood brothers will be kind to his own subjects?
The clans of the Tian family are fighting each other by blood, and the prince is not guilty but is exiled overseas. How can we guide the clans of the world? Are the annual edicts issued by the imperial court and the government's annual edicts urging the people to do good deceiving the people?
As soon as such remarks became popular, the enfeoffed kings naturally felt the same way, and they traveled far away from the Central Plains across the sea. Diseases were prevalent in the unaccustomed climate and soil. How could there be no damage? There is no need for more. Just the death of two or three princes is enough for the kings.
Opinions of resistance are boiling over.
Zhu Biao knows the power of public opinion better than anyone else. They are paper tigers. They seem vulnerable, but in fact the influence is subtle. Tianjia's selfless affairs will be exposed in public.
And people are never rational and objective. They will only seize a point that can be criticized, stand at the top of morality, stand on the side of the weak, and severely point out and criticize the nobles in order to gain an indescribable sense of superiority and satisfaction.
, this is also human nature.
In the era of enlightened people in later generations, public opinion is blindly followed, let alone in today's era, what do the illiterate common people know? They don't all know it from the scholars. They say who is a saint, then who is a saint, they
Whoever is said to be guilty is guilty...
It is more important to defend the people than to defend the Sichuan. In the late Han Dynasty, there was a discussion about banning party members. In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was forbidden for the children of the gentry to discuss current affairs, and those who violated the rules would be banned from serving as officials for life. In the Song Dynasty, when discussing current affairs, there were heavy codes, or assassination of spouses, or
Moved to the border, or beheaded, Zhezong of the Song Dynasty also generously rewarded those who reported lying. The Yuan Dynasty stipulated that all official matters should be punished by punching the ears; second offenses, flogging; third offenses, the cane; fourth offenses, death.
But these results are mediocre, because people's opinions cannot be blocked. Even a beggar who has no time to eat or an old country man who works hard in the fields can still give great advice to the country and write provocative words to criticize the court's policies and talk about the emperor's family affairs.
Interest has been like this since ancient times.
Could it be said that gossiping is human nature or instinct?
Therefore, it has become a noble virtue to talk without talking about people's faults.
In this way, it is impossible to fight against the world by oneself, and it is even more difficult to silence everyone. People with high positions and powerful positions are still human beings, not gods, and great power cannot be attributed to oneself, so don't even think about going against the trend.
And go.
Forcibly going against the trend will only continue to consume the gathered consensus. When the consensus dissipates, the authority will also dissipate. This is the true meaning of human rights and the limitations of those in power.
The imperial power is supreme, but the emperor can be restricted. The ancient sages and sages have made their boats overturned. Who can do whatever they want in their lifetime? Who can escape the judgment of future generations?
Emperors of Qin, Han, Wu, Tang, and Song, including today's Lao Zhu, actually all care about their posthumous reputation. This is also the inevitable result after power reaches a certain level. After material needs are completely satisfied, the only thing left to pursue is spiritual satisfaction.
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An ordinary person will never care about his posthumous name, because he knows that no one will remember him in the first place, let alone a few hundred years, and his children and grandchildren will take away all the traces he left behind.
In fact, Zhu Biao has no pursuit in material life. Gold, silver, wealth, beauties and beauties come and go quickly. It would be a lie to say that he really doesn't care about his posthumous reputation.
People can only live for a few decades before they die. Some people are completely dead when they die, just like an ant dies. No one will remember it, as if they have never lived this event, but some people are immortal.
, will always live in the hearts of young people and leave a mark in human history.
Just like Qin Shihuang, no matter how long it takes for hundreds or thousands of years, as long as human civilization continues, generations of people will marvel at the fact that someone did such a great deed thousands of years ago. If I can be like him
Just the same...
Zhu Biao naturally thought the same thing. Unlike others who did not have the opportunity, he did have it. The right time, place and people were on his side, but he would not be restrained by this. Compared with his personal reputation, he hoped to lead Ming Dynasty to the world.
An unprecedented situation.
But this requires unity, gathering more consensus, and gathering more strength. To achieve this, not only must the tactics be outstanding, but also the public opinion must be guided, and those in power must be stalwart enough.
So there is no conflict. The Ming Dynasty needs faith, and the people and gentry also need faith, but Zhu Biao cannot offer sacrifices to God or a Buddha, let alone a saint.
Belief in gods is not in line with China's national conditions since ancient times. How can it be respected if it is illusory?
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao themselves are the best choices. He is not asking people to kowtow to incense or endure hardships in this life for the next life, but to become a spiritual support.
At least in the current era of great changes, he hopes that the whole country can work together under one belief, just like the teachers of later generations after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Without this kind of spiritual sustenance, in an era when people's wisdom is not yet developed, they want to sweep away the country.
It is impossible for all demons and monsters to strive for all interests from outside.
As Zhu Biao said before, the concept of country and nation has not yet clearly emerged. Everyone is just working numbly for the rulers. No matter it is the rule of the Yuan Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, as long as they can ensure that they cultivate and support their families, as long as they can still provide them with
To climb up the official ladder, it doesn't matter which clan the emperor is from.
The war of public opinion is crucial in troubled times, and it is even more so in peaceful and prosperous times. The noble families cannot be trusted, the civil servants and military generals cannot be trusted, and the common people and merchants are equally untrustworthy. In fact, there is no fundamental difference between them.
It is not only the ignorant who blindly follow, but what about those who are literate? As long as a certain statement becomes the mainstream, everyone will agree. Anyway, so many people think so, and it is generally not wrong. At least I believe that the majority is safer.
Yes, this is also the golden mean engraved in the bones of China.
The truth is often in the hands of a few people, because the vast majority of people do not need the truth at all, they only need a comfortable structure from those who hold the truth.
Zhu Biao wanted to give them a structure and a trustworthy spiritual support. Zhu Yuanzhang had nothing to say in his life. The founding emperor was a legend, but Zhu Biao had been watching for more than ten years. Intentionally or unintentionally, the virtuous scholars spread the word and the common people in Beijing
Everyone knows.
Zhu Benben could have been willful in the past, but he was not. For more than ten years, he had complied with the mainstream ideas of this era, studied hard, treated the virtuous, and the generals with compassion and not greedy for money and lust, just to get a head start. No one can find any fault with him now.
How can people be convinced without such a foundation? The status of the crown prince can only make officials surrender. There are many people in the scholarly community who do not want to be officials. As long as they don't scold the mother, who can seize the prince's minor flaws and make sarcastic remarks, they can't do this.
Let’s create a literal inquisition, right?
Zhu Biao called many opera masters two years ago, for what purpose, other than to use them as a force to guide public opinion. Opera is now the most common voice channel.
Because there is nothing else, there is a lack of folk entertainment activities, and a theater is indispensable for weddings and funerals in the countryside. People who are literate and illiterate, old and young, don’t want to listen and have a look, and who can’t sing along with a few opera lyrics and recite them.
Thinking about it will have a subtle influence.
It is difficult for an actor to reach the upper echelons of society, but he is the most suitable choice nowadays. Not only how many people can understand the notices issued by the imperial court, but also how many people can have the leisure and leisure to read them?
Of course, it is not that easy to cultivate a belief in loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. This is the most common trick. There are also various other methods to continuously accumulate quantitative changes until qualitative changes are achieved, which will definitely only take decades of effort.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty must be prosperous. Only by experiencing suffering can you know that the current happiness is hard-won. Only by experiencing troubled times can you feel that the Zhu family has really done something practical for the world.
Therefore, the road to betrayal is long and arduous. There were many clans in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Why was Liu Bei the only one who could fight repeatedly after defeats? Why was he the only one who could always make a comeback?
It has never been important whether Liu Bei is truly "benevolent". What is important is that the whole world at that time believed that Liu Bei was benevolent. This was his shrewdness. There were many wise kings in the two Han Dynasties. Zhu Biao believed that only Liu Bei was the most like Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. The difference
It means Liu Bang sells loyalty and Liu Bei sells benevolence.
Since ancient times, except for the founding kings, few people have gone out of their way to guide public opinion. This may be because they were born with noble blood and did not bother to engage in such matters. At most, they focused on the tricks of the temple.
In fact, this is wrong, some are too arrogant, and they are too lazy to coax their own people. The power contained in the people is infinite, and they only need proper guidance, instead of blindly using them as cattle and sheep. This is actually the truth.
A real waste.
Facts have proved that miracles can really happen when people unite as one. As long as there is a belief and a goal, the Age of Discovery is not far away. It is impossible for Zhu Biao to let people who don't even have the concept of a country or nation to cross the ocean.
That is tantamount to beating a dog with a meat bun, and there will be no return. Internal immigrants have complaints, let alone letting them go abroad. It does not allow them to have trust in the country. Even if there are gold and silver mountains overseas, few believe it and are willing to do so.