After listening to Li Zhi's words, the senior officials from one town and nine provinces in the palace raised their heads and looked at each other for a while.
Hong Chengchou glanced at Li Zhi with a complicated expression, raised his hands and asked, "Your Majesty, must the imperial examination be abolished?"
Li Zhi looked at Hong Chengchou.
In Tianjin, everyone knows the difference between public morality and private morality, and everyone knows that Confucian loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness harm the country. This is a self-evident matter. In fact, Li Zhi has already abolished it in one town and nine provinces.
The imperial examination was changed to be based on public morality to select scholars. The effect of this change was that one town and nine provinces were full of vitality and vitality.
Hong Chengchou has been in Tianjin for so many years. It is impossible that he does not know the dangers of the imperial examination and the great vitality of a moral society.
Hong Chengchou knew this, but he still asked Li Zhi if he must abolish the imperial examination. Obviously, Hong Chengchou had other ideas.
After a moment of silence, Li Zhicai said: "Why did Minister Hong say this? If we don't abolish the imperial examination and Confucianism, and don't implement a civilized society in Ming Dynasty, how can we make the people of Ming Dynasty rich? How can we make the country of Ming Dynasty rich and powerful?"
Hong Chengchou pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial examination is based on Confucianism and selects scholars who have the best knowledge of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and have learned it from the bottom of their hearts. Xianguan has been studying for decades since he was a child, and he knows how powerful it is. This is
The imperial examination is not so much about selecting talents as it is about selecting slaves, the slaves who are most grateful to the emperor."
"Of course, for hundreds of years, civil servants have controlled the officialdom, and the scholars who entered the officialdom increasingly regarded being an official not as a favor from the emperor, but as their own ability and as a natural rule. Gratitude to the emperor's royal family
, is becoming less and less.”
"But no matter what, the imperial examination system still ensured the rule of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty and ensured that loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness became a ritual system and what you often call the 'mainstream culture'. Confucian monarchs, ministers, fathers, and sons, because of the imperial examination system
This system has penetrated deeply into people’s lives.”
"On weekdays, those who have the most status in the local area are all scholars who study the sages' books diligently, speak benevolently and righteously, and keep silent about loyalty and filial piety. If they learn loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness well and become a scholar, they will be even more consistent in the local area and be known as
The master, who shouts and cheers in front of you, has nothing to do with production. And the county master whose words can determine life and death is even more of a scholar."
"Because of this system, the people regard the various teachings of Confucianism as if they were gods."
"Under such a system, even a shameless villain with corrupt morals and many evil deeds will be looked upon with special regard and even a thumbs up as long as he is a filial son. Even a government servant who is domineering and bullying good people, as long as he helps those who are good to him,
Once things have been settled, you will be worthy of the word "righteousness", and that is the Cha Ye who has 'rules' in the eyes of the people!"
"Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness ensured its dominant position in society through the imperial examination system. Since the people believed in loyalty, filial piety and benevolence, they were naturally loyal to the emperor and the royal family. Even if the Zhu Ming royal family was stupid and immoral, the common people only scolded corrupt officials.
Hate the emperor."
"Because hating the emperor is a sign of disloyalty, the people who believe in Confucianism subconsciously dare not do this!"
Hong Chengchou took a breath, raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you want to abolish the imperial examination and Confucianism, for the welfare of the people of the world, and to build the Ming Dynasty as vibrant as Tianjin. But I am afraid that in the eyes of the emperor, your Majesty, this
What is to be abolished is the authority of the emperor, and what is to be abolished is the foolish loyalty of the people of the world to the Zhu Ming royal family."
Hearing Hong Chengchou's words, Li Zhi said nothing.
Hong Chengchou cupped his hands and said, "I don't think the emperor will agree to this memorial under any circumstances. If the king takes further steps to force the emperor, I'm afraid the emperor will regard it as a challenge to the royal family. The king should think twice."
After listening to Hong Chengchou's words, Li Zhi stood up.
Walking to the window and looking at the scenery outside the window, Li Zhi shook his head.
"The abolition of the imperial examination is indeed of great importance."
As soon as he changed his mind, Li Zhi said categorically: "However, the stronger the rule of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty, the more I want to abolish it. Confucianism does not distinguish between 'good and evil' but only talks about benevolence and righteousness. It does not distinguish between 'right and wrong' and only talks about loyalty and filial piety. It has no regard for society.
Our justice and morality are extremely harmful. I now have the foundation of a town and nine provinces, and I am determined to eliminate this source of disaster for the Chinese people."
Unlike Hong Chengchou and others, Li Zhi, as a time traveler, has a deep understanding of what China has experienced under the confinement of Confucianism.
Because the civil servants and military generals of the Ming Dynasty had no moral integrity, the entire Ming Dynasty had tens of millions of people, but hundreds of thousands of Manchus broke into the country. The shameless civil servants opened the door to the thieves. Billions of Han people were shaved off and made into slaves. However, they were
The rule of the Manchus and Qing Dynasties was only the beginning of the tragic fate of the Han people. In order to maintain their rule, the Manchus also respected Confucianism, and the entire society was still lethargic. Western invaders came to China one after another, knocking on the door with foreign guns and cannons.
China also launched the Westernization Movement and tried to catch up with Western science and technology again and again in the late 19th century and early 20th century. However, because the society had no morals and was inefficient, these pursuits ultimately ended in vain due to state corruption and social erosion.
The country was weak and vulnerable, and the people were called the sick men of East Asia. The Eight-Power Allied Forces swept across the capital, Tsarist Russia and Japan came one after another, and foreign concessions bloomed everywhere on the land of the Han people. This nation almost became a subjugated slave forever.
As a time traveler, Li Zhi certainly understands that simply developing advanced science and technology without changing the culture of society can be said to be water without a source but a tree without roots, and what will be obtained in the end is just a mirage.
Zhong Feng stood aside and couldn't help shouting: "Your Majesty is right, I have long disliked this Confucius and should be abolished!"
Gao Ligong also sighed and said: "Although Confucianism has exquisite words, it does have something wrong with the country."
Li Zhi walked to the world map in the hall and said loudly: "Today's world is not the Ming Dynasty after the Mongol Yuan fled north more than 200 years ago. China is no longer an isolated island closed to the world. Today's world is a highly competitive one."
world. In Europe, there are more than a dozen great powers that are eager to try and have accumulated a lot of experience. If we, the Ming Dynasty, fall one step behind, we will be beaten."
Li Zhi pointed to the American continent and said loudly: "Everyone, if our people only know loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, our army, our generals and our officials will have no rules. Our military discipline and logistics will be a mess, and our order will be
Gradually collapse. Even with the most advanced weapons, sooner or later the Yi Di will be defeated."
"Look at how poor and weak the Lu state was in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, which advocated Confucianism. Think about how miserable the Ming Dynasty, which was ruled by Confucian civil servants, was beaten by the Manchus."
Li Zhi waved his hand and said loudly: "No matter who is affected by the abolition of the Confucian Church, no matter what the emperor thinks, no matter how much resistance this reform will encounter, I will complete this mission for this nation and this country."
