In the afternoon of that day, Li Shilu was approved to resign, and the news that Fang Xiaoru was transferred to a casual position spread. Although this was expected and everyone had thought about it, it also had a negative impact on the Zhou Li sect; and Fang Xiaoru, Li Shilu and Lu Yuan Zhi was the flagship figure of the Zhou Li Sect. Suddenly there were two out of three people, and the momentum of the Zhou Li Sect was greatly reduced. More people quietly quit the Zhou Li Sect. Many of them joined the Mingli Sect.
At this moment, another thing happened. Xie Jin reported that among the officials responsible for collecting ancient books from the people last year, some secretly swallowed up the ancient books that were supposed to be returned to the book collectors. A total of ten such officials were found Three of them, three of them were from the Zhou Li sect, and one of these three was a student of Lu Yuanzhi.
After this news came out, Lu Yuanzhi's reputation was also damaged. Although his subsequent petition to resign was not approved, and Yunxi comforted him, the Zhou Li sect was affected again, and its momentum was even lower, and it was almost necessary. Disappeared.
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"Three beloved ministers, make a note not to pursue the Zhou Li sect any more, let's stop here." In the Palace of Qianqing, Yunxi took a sip of tea and said to Chen Ying, Yang Shiqi and ***.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The three of them agreed.
"Why, Chen Qing, you don't seem to understand my order?" Yunxi asked, seeing that Chen Ying seemed reluctant to agree.
"Your Majesty, forgive me for being stupid. At this time, the Zhou Li sect was hit so hard that it was completely dispersed. When the talented people among them were absorbed into the Mingli sect, why did your majesty order the ministers to stop?" Chen Ying asked.
"I don't need to ask you, dear, just follow my instructions." Yunxi didn't answer, he just said this.
"I obey the decree." Although Chen Ying was still puzzled, she could only agree.
Having said this, Yunxi discussed with them whether some etiquette needed to be changed. Of course, the etiquette formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang could not completely meet Yunxi's wishes, and he thought it needed to be modified. Fortunately, throughout the Hongwu period, the "Da Ming Huidian" The classics that stipulate etiquette have been revised all the time, and even one change was made in the 30th year of Hongwu. Although allowing Hei to make changes would attract slander from some officials, there was little resistance.
However, while Yunxi was discussing with them, he had other things on his mind.
The recent series of events in the court are all due to Yunxi's attempt to weaken the Zhou Li sect. At the beginning of his succession, the Zhou Li sect agreed with overseas enfeoffment and insisted on the eldest son inheritance system. And because Zhu Yuanzhang at that time focused on Neo-Confucianism, The officials who supported the Zhou rites all truly believed in the rites of Zhou and were not just for speculation. They were all people of high moral character. In order to fight against the dominant Neo-Confucianism at that time, Yunxi cooperated happily with the officials who believed in the rites of the Zhou rites.
However, after the decline of Neo-Confucianism, the two sides gradually developed conflicts. After all, Zhou Li was a ritual more than two thousand years ago, and it was not exactly the same as Yunxi's ideas. The conflicts mainly focused on the attitude towards industry and commerce.
The Zhou Dynasty emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. Of course, there is a reason for this. According to the research of later historians, the merchants of the Shang State had a higher status and attached great importance to commerce, and the trade within the country was active; while the Zhou State of the Ji family was even more Emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce. After the Zhou State defeated the Shang State and ruled the Central Plains, they looked for the reason why the Shang State was defeated by them. They believed that the Shang State attached great importance to merchants and commerce, which caused people's hearts to wander, restless, and focused on agriculture in the entire ruled area. Suppression of Shang. Since the Zhou Rites sect admired Zhou Rites, of course they inherited the concepts of the Zhou Dynasty.
Of course Yunxi disagreed. Would businessmen threaten the rule of feudal rulers? Of course they would. In the first few countries in the West to have bourgeois revolutions, didn't the king of Britain take the lead? The king of France also lost his head; he ruled the Netherlands
The monarch did not lose his head, but the Netherlands became independent and broke away from the empire.
But the problem is: first of all, businessmen are also the embodiment of social vitality. The more developed a country is in commerce, the faster social progress will be. Suppressing businessmen is inhibiting social progress; secondly, the policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business cannot last long: the suppression of private businessmen
The more powerful it is, the more phenomena of government-business integration will occur, and the stronger the bureaucratic capital will be. As I said before, bureaucratic capital is the worst kind of capital. Not only can the country not achieve its original goal, but it will also be unable to gain anything from commercial development.
Benefits. Yunxi can only develop business cautiously, rather than suppress it.
However, since most of the people who believed in Zhou Li were moral people (with the decline of Neo-Confucianism, some speculators joined the Zhou Li sect) and advocated restoration, it was difficult for them to accept Yun He's idea. In this case, Yun He secretly
Support the Mingli Sect to promote your own ideas.
However, the Mingli Sect has a shallow foundation after all, and Yunxi is unwilling to use administrative means to unify his thoughts. It will probably take a long time for the Mingli Sect to naturally replace the Zhou Li Sect.
How long can Yunxi live? He can't spend most of his life on this matter. He was in a hurry when he suddenly learned about the case of embezzlement of the Li family's property, referred to as the Li case. At first, Yunxi did not think of using the Li case.
To deal with the Zhou Li faction, even after learning that Mingliang was involved in the matter, but after he learned that Fang Xiaoru's servant and Li Shilu's son were involved in the Li case, this idea suddenly came to his mind.
Now that he had thought of it, Yunxi started making arrangements. From the 11th to the 15th of the first lunar month, he summoned Qin Song, Chen Ying, Yang Shiqi and Mao Zedong to arrange how to weaken the Zhou Li sect. Yunxi did not use any privileges or
Violating the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty", he did not use administrative measures. He only controlled the time and order of the news release, and allowed the court to debate. The three incidents of Li's case and the corruption of ancient books were exposed to people at the same time, and they succeeded in letting people know.
The decline of the Zhou Li sect is no longer a concern in the future.
But Yunxi could not let the Zhou Li sect disappear. Yunxi did not know whether his current ideas were necessarily in line with the reality of the Ming Dynasty. Maybe he would find that his ideas were wrong in the future. The concepts in Zhou Li were more suitable for the Ming Dynasty, and he would still use them again in the future.
It is possible to arrive, so the Zhou Li sect cannot be allowed to disappear completely.
Yunxi was thinking while talking to the three of them. After discussing for a while, Yunxi turned his head and saw that it was already midnight and he had other things to do, so he said to the three of them: "My dear friends, here we go."
Let’s stop here for now, and tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will announce that my three beloved ministers will come to the palace to discuss it.”
"Your Majesty, please leave." The three of them agreed and then resigned.
"Three dear ladies, please step back." Yunxi nodded and said.
Chen Ying, Yang Shiqi, and *** bowed again and then left. But Yunxi glanced at the three of them, thought of something, and said: "Mianren, you stay for now, I have one more thing to say."
I want to say this to my beloved." (To be continued)