Five hundred and fifty-seventh chapter Confucian changes (2)
This school, which gradually began to flourish in Luoyang, is a variant of the Simeng school.o)
To put it simply, it is to take the thoughts and theories of Zisi and Mencius and put them into practice after some refinement.
The core theory of the entire school is that people are valued.
As for Jun Qing?
Sorry, no one mentioned it.
At the beginning, the major families and powerful people in Luoyang did not have a good impression of this school of thought.
People are noble?
Damn it, you want a mud-legged guy to ride on the heads of laborers and urinate?
There are no doors!
It’s just those common people in Guizhou who should be exploited and enslaved by elegant people like us!
However, after Zhidu took office, all the powerful and wealthy businessmen and landowners were struck down with a knife.
Facing the "tyranny" set off by the Legalists, all the powerful powers were trembling with fear.
At this time, a few smart people began to pick up the idea of "people's wealth" that had been discarded like worn-out shoes.
Then, more people came back to their senses.
As the saying goes, in the eyes of a thousand people, there are a thousand Haremts.
The so-called thoughts, so-called political concepts, and so-called ideologies actually all depend on how you interpret them.
This is like the later generations of Jin Sanpang's Empire of the Sun. They can actually find the theoretical basis and conclusion of the Jin family's dynasty rule for generations and the glorious and correct theme of "Das Kapital"...
Since the people are valued, of course the rulers cannot arbitrarily make laws according to their own preferences and treat the people ruthlessly.
If we want to ‘love the people as our own children’, we must treat the ‘people’ with tenderness.
Beating and killing casually, killing people at every turn, punishing them, and cutting them in half are unacceptable!
Don’t you hear that in the past in Tang and Yu, people did not offend against the portraits?
As long as the ruling class sets a good example, the people below will naturally be impressed by the power of the example, and then become gentle and courteous, benefiting their neighbors?
These smart people who thought about it immediately expressed their enthusiasm for the school that was improved from the Simeng school.
He not only ordered his own children, but also ordered them all to learn the idea of "valuing the people" and seriously review past gains and losses.
He even went to the end personally and cheered for the idea of "people are valued".
After all, today the emperor has issued edicts more than once, clearly stating to the world that the people are born to be prosperous, so they must be given kings to support and govern them.
In this case, it should be taken for granted that "people are valued".
Local officials and law enforcement agencies should fully understand the emperor's intention, strengthen their study, and implement the spirit of the emperor's edict.
What is more interesting is that the governor of Henan County, the capital of Zhi, known as Goshawk, seems to have really given in and stopped in front of this idea of "people are noble".
Careful people will soon discover that those families and Henan county officials who have accepted the idea of "people are valued" and regard it as a family tradition will not do anything wrong!
As a result, everyone changed their doors one after another and vigorously touted and advocated the way of "valuing the people".
With the participation of these powerful, wealthy businessmen and bureaucrats.
This school of thought, which was unknown in the past and even had no name, immediately ushered in unprecedented development and expansion.
Countless local celebrities and social sages have joined in and "guided" and "expanded" the thoughts and theories of this school.
Of course, these people are not for a living.
The theoretical level and knowledge base are not comparable to those of the poor people who worked behind closed doors in the past.
Soon, this small school completed its skin change.
The leaders and leaders were replaced by local celebrities in Henan County.
Even several princes from Henan and even Hanoi and Hedong also stood up and said that they liked the theory of "people are valued".
Several leaders of the Guliang Sect, a major Confucian sect that has been active in Henan and Hanoi, also stood up and said that the "people are valued" is in line with the principles of the Spring and Autumn Annals.
At this point, this small school immediately became the prominent school in Henan County.
It has become fashionable, it has become a trend.
If an intellectual or scholar has not read the works and theoretical books of this school, he will be laughed at when he goes out.
The white paper from Chang'an and the printing shop under the Young Master's Office in the East Palace of Luoyang laid a solid foundation for this school to quickly promote and disseminate its own theories.
Within half a month, this school of thought had its own name.
It was called "Chongmin Xue".
Its related theoretical works and ideological discussions have also quickly changed from almost zero a month ago to a university with dozens of related works and hundreds of articles expounding the importance of "people's wealth" from different angles.
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These people go around and talk about "people-oriented" and "people are the most precious thing" in the name of the three ancient dynasties, the wise kings and the Dukes of Zhou.
People who don’t know better think that wolves no longer eat sheep but eat grass instead.
However, Zhidu saw all this very clearly.
He held in his hand a few freshly-printed expositions on the 'emphasis on democracy' faction, and sneered twice: "Confucian scholars have a lot of tricks, and after going around and around, it's just one sentence: We are very important.
We are very useful, we are the cornerstone of the country, you have to be good to us!"
"In my opinion, these people are all members of the Five Worms!" Zhidu gritted his teeth and said, "I really don't know why Your Majesty specifically asked me to pay attention to them and still show mercy..."
"Ming Gong, just follow your Majesty's orders..." Beside Zhidu, a scholar wearing a Confucian crown lowered his head and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has seen thousands of miles, and I guess the Holy Will has its own plan..."
If there is an important member of the Chongmin School here, he will definitely be able to recognize him at a glance. This person is the founder and leader of the Chongmin School. He returned home to study in Chang'an last year after failing the exam, and plans to fight again in the coming year.
Yang Wei, the concubine of the Yang family.
Hearing this, Zhidu nodded helplessly, picked up a pen, signed a piece of official document, then took out the governor's seal, stamped the letter, called a close aide, and ordered: "Go and post it under the cloth everywhere in the city!
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"No!" The man took the order and left.
Soon, under the curtains in various prosperous areas of Luoyang City, an official document from the Henan County Sheriff's Yamen appeared.
The appearance of this official document immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the powerful and landlords in the entire Henan counties for "emphasis on folk studies".
In this official document, Barbara first wrote a few sentences about how the county governor Zhi Du was nervous and worried since he was ordered by the emperor to herd and hunt in Henan, and he was afraid that he would not do well and would be disgraced by the emperor.
Then he changed the topic and mentioned several edicts issued before today's emperor that emphasized "prosperity for the people" and "nourishing the people".
These edicts are of course very good.
And he Zhidu also noticed the idea of "people are valued" that is currently popular among scholars in Henan County.
Zhidu believes that this idea is very good and worth promoting. The people of the world are all subjects of the emperor. As a county governor, his responsibility is to take care of and govern these people of the emperor so that everyone can live a good life.
How so.
Finally, Zhidu showed his fox tail.
At the end of the official document, Zhidu said: Benevolence goes no further, and duty never shirks. Even though we are enfeoffed today, the mountains, forests, ponds and lakes are shared by the people. However, there was drought last year and floods this year, thousands of people were displaced, and spring plowing was difficult.
Immediately, there is a shortage of grain, farm tools, and people in the fields. Your Majesty is kind, and although you have ordered me to bring down the grain from Aocang and take the iron from the Shaofu to provide it, however, there are some oversights in the government's actions. I heard that
The wise men and women in the county all thought of "valuing the people" and wrote a letter to the elders in the county: If there are officials, people, gentry, who take money to provide relief to the people, the officials in each county will report it to them, and all the money and food spent will be collected.
At the end of the year, I will go through everything in person, and the part of the money consumed will be added to the accrual of finances, and all taxes will be exempted from that department.
After reading this official document, the hearts of all the wealthy families in Henan County were bleeding.
It is obvious that this goshawk is trying to force everyone to contribute money and food to help the victims and poor people.
Although this part of the expenditure can be offset against part of the tax.
But after all, not all expenditures can be offset against taxes.
It's just that for the money taken out, the tax amount for this part of the money and food can be deducted from the total amount when collecting taxes.
In other words, the tax that can be offset by spending 10,000 yuan on food is actually only a few hundred yuan.
It can only be regarded as a consolation prize.
But no one dares to disobey and bleed.
Everyone is not stupid, they see it very clearly.
The meaning of the county governor's office is too clear: Aren't you shouting "people are valued" and you must put the people first?
Then make a show and show it to me.
If it's just talk, don't blame me for being ruthless!
This is equivalent to the government forcing them to spend money to eliminate disasters, and then all the benefits and reputation are taken away by the government.
This caused countless people to scold and prepare to spend some money and food to help the victims, and even waived the land rent for some poor people this year.
But there are also smart people who see opportunities, benefits and the future.
Especially those who are big businessmen themselves. (To be continued.)
