I want to be a grandson

Chapter 578 Zhu Yuanzhang's Rumors
"Okay, a man who has nothing, an official who has nothing, dares to write a book and set up a biography, that's all, but he dares to make up and slander the emperor!"

"I'm just curious, who exactly wrote this book, and which bookstore printed it?!
If Jin Yiwei hadn't handed it over, I don't know how widely it has been spread and how many people have known about it! "

Zhu Yunxi is very angry!

"Grandpa Huang worked hard to punish corrupt officials. This is a good thing for Ming Dynasty and the people of the world, but in this book, it turned out to be a blow to the imperial court's meritorious deeds and set off a literary prison!"

"Such rebellious remarks can be printed and circulated among the people, and there is no local official or important minister in the court to report it.
how?Are you really ignorant, or are you hiding it and not reporting it? ! "

As soon as this remark came out, one person was startled, and quickly knelt down to plead guilty: "I have neglected to observe, please be punished by Your Majesty..."

When Jiang Yu sent this book to him, Zhu Yunxi was very dissatisfied after reading it!

Such books can easily mislead the people and scholars, thinking that the emperor is really so cruel!
According to Yu Ben, Zhu Yuanzhang started the sand sea project in the fourth year of Hongwu. Many county officials were killed."

And in the book, Zhu Yuanzhang is completely written as a murderer who is greedy for beauty!

Seeing a young and beautiful woman, in order to get her, he will do everything possible, all kinds of despicable methods that ignore etiquette and morality can be used.

It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang took his wife to his backyard after the death of the leader Wade Cheng, and gave birth to a son a few months later. Later, after Dacheng's persuasion, he had to give this woman to someone else.

It is also said that in Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown in Haozhou, there was a young and beautiful widow named Hu, who Zhu Yuanzhang never forgot after seeing her in his early years, and wanted to marry this widow.

But the widow's mother did not agree. Later Zhu Yuanzhang gained power and the army gradually grew stronger, but he never forgot the widow. Later, after many inquiries, he found out that the Hu family was taken to Huai'an by Zhao Jun's army.

In order to get this widow, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote a letter to Zhao Junyong. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang married the Hu family and made her Hu's concubine.

Among them, the most widely circulated one is that Zhu Yuanzhang heard from somewhere that some of these court ladies secretly communicated with people outside the palace, colluded with each other, and colluded with each other.

In order to prevent future troubles, Zhu Yuanzhang carried out the idea that he would rather kill by mistake than let one go, and peeled five thousand palace ladies, even the eunuchs in the palace were not spared!
Moreover, in history, all the records of Zhu Yuanzhang's literary inquisition came from unofficial history, official documents, memoirs of officials at the same time, or personal miscellaneous records did not mention a word!

Later, when Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, wrote the book, he took it seriously and copied it.

Zhao Yi copied it from Qian Qianyi's book when he compiled "Notes of the Twenty-Two Histories".There are several "historical records" of Ming Gaodi Zhu Yuanzhang killing people indiscriminately because of writing taboos.

"Now is not the time to punish you. I asked you to come here today to discuss how we can put an end to such evil words! Get up and talk!" Zhu Yunxi sat on a chair and said dissatisfied.

"Yes, I will obey..."

Only then did everyone get up from the ground.

Glancing at Ren Hengtai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Qi Tai said: "Your Majesty, it seems that my Daming should be stricter in the management of books..."

"How strict should it be?",
"Reporting to Your Majesty, now in my Ming Dynasty, regardless of government offices, private residences, bookstores, or high-ranking officials, scholars, or even low-class servants, prostitutes in Goulan, as long as they have money, they can engrave and print books without paying in advance. Give anywhere a review.

With such a loose policy, miswriting and misprinting will be very common. Literati will print their poems and articles into books, and some booksellers will find people to make up things for their own business.
The purpose is to attract customers and satisfy the curiosity-seeking psychology of the common people. Under such circumstances, there must be mixed good and bad in the book market, and fish eyes are mixed..."

Taking a breath, Qi Tai saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I feel that I can follow the example of the previous dynasty. No matter who it is, the manuscripts that need to be printed must be reviewed and approved before they can be published!"

Ren Hengtai frowned when he heard the words, and said with some concern, "This method is certainly feasible, but it is inevitably overkill, which is not conducive to the spread of civilization..."

What he is worried about is that once the book review system is established, the government will have the final say on what books to publish, in other words, let the emperor have the final say!
At that time, in order to cater to the wishes of scholars, wouldn't the books on the market be full of praise and flattery?

In other words, what is the difference between this and setting off a literal prison?

This will be a very big blow to the culture of the world!
Zhu Yunxi asked: "Ren Butang is the official book of the Ministry of Rites, and you can't be more clear about the literary affairs in this world. Then, in your opinion, if you don't adopt the review system, how will you eliminate such demonic books?"

"This……"

Ren Hengtai was speechless for a moment.

In such a loose and free environment, it is absolutely impossible to avoid these demon books!

Do you still expect those shopkeepers who printed books to find out with conscience?Can you refuse bad books for the sake of justice in your heart, so as to push out the white money?
Lian Zining said: "Your Majesty, Ren Butang, it seems that in order to avoid this matter, the review of the published books must be carried out, otherwise it will be absolutely unavoidable!

Tie Xuan also said: "My minister seconded the proposal, such a book without a king and a father must never appear again! The system of censorship is imperative!"

"My minister agrees!"

"Wei Chen agrees!"

"The minister also seconded the proposal!"

Seeing that several people agreed, Zhu Yunxi said: "Okay, since you love ministers have made this decision, from today onwards, all books in the world must be reviewed by the chief ministers, and then handed over to the imperial court after passing them. The court, the Ministry of Rites, and the Jinyiwei Yamen jointly reviewed it! Only after it can it be published!"

"Ahem, Your Majesty, Jin Yiwei..." Ren Hengtai immediately became vigilant when he heard Jin Yiwei's name, "The book review involves literary affairs, and Jin Yiwei... seems to be inappropriate."

Jiang Yu, who was standing by the side, just heard Zhu Yunxi's words, and his brows were filled with joy!
This shows that His Majesty attaches more importance to Jin Yiwei!
And Jin Yiwei's hand can be stretched a bit longer...

But I didn't expect to be stopped by Ren Hengtai, this is even worse than killing parents!
But now he is not qualified to speak, so he voted with his eyes to show his dissatisfaction!
Zhu Yunxi didn't speak, took a sip from the teacup, and glanced at Jiang Yu...

Jiang Yu instantly revived with full blood, this is to let himself speak, so he hurriedly saluted: "Ren Butang, the matter of books and articles is indeed a matter for literati, but Ren Butang thinks that we Jinyiwei are all vulgar warriors. Are you a well-educated person with real talent and knowledge?"

Ren Hengtai frowned and said: "I didn't say that, but I just let you Jin Yiwei participate in it, it's really inappropriate!"

There are not only eagles and dogs in Jinyiwei, but also military generals, and some literati are also enriched. Ren Hengtai is not willing to offend a group of people with a word!

Jiang Yu chased after him and said: "Then Ren Butang said, what's inappropriate here? Our Jinyiwei is the emperor's pro-army, good at calligraphy and painting, and good at craftsmen.
There are countless people who are good at articles and who are familiar with the collection of classics and history. Why can’t they tell whether articles and books are slandering the imperial court or whether they are treasonous or not? ! "

Ren Hengtai glanced at his mouth and said: "You also said that your Jinyiwei is the emperor's pro-army, and is responsible for the safety of His Majesty. This kind of important task is your duty, and it is also entrusted to you by the imperial court.
As for the review, there are the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy, and this is also a matter of our Ministry of Rites, so don't worry about it! "

"Ren Butang is really unreasonable!"

Jiang Yu said: "It is reasonable to say that books and other things are indeed the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites, but if the officials from the top and bottom of the Ministry of Rites are really dedicated and diligent, how can there be such a book that confuses the public?! How can it be?" Discovered by our Jin Yiwei?!

Ren Butang, shouldn't your Ministry of Rites reflect on it?Could it be that there is no dereliction of duty, and is there no one who is a vegetarian? "

Jiang Yu turned to Jing Qing and Lian Zining again, saluted and said, "My lords, should the Censor of the Procuratorate impeach the Ministry of Rites for something like this?"

Lian Zining is an upright person, although he doesn't bother to be with Jiang Yu, but what he said is not wrong!
This is indeed a dereliction of duty by the Ministry of Rites. The Procuratorate does have a reason to impeach the Ministry of Rites, and even Ren Hengtai!This is their duty too!
"If this is the case, the Procuratorate is indeed responsible for impeachment..."

After listening to Lian Zining's words, Jiang Yu showed a satisfied expression.

Then he turned to Ren Hengtai, with a fierce look in his eyes and said: "Today, please ask Ren Butang to explain the next reason, otherwise we Jin Yiwei will not agree!"

It's just that such threatening words had no effect on Ren Hengtai, he simply ignored him, but stood up and knelt down on the ground,
Saluting to Zhu Yunxi, he said: "Your Majesty, this matter is indeed a dereliction of duty by the Ministry of Rites, and I have no shirkable responsibility. Please, Your Majesty, remove my minister from the post of secretary..."

With a shocked expression on Zhu Yunxi's face, he hurriedly said, "Wang Zhong, quickly help Ren Butang up, and what are you talking about!"

"I am really ashamed of your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor, please punish me..." Ren Hengtai said with a guilty face.

"Don't say that, Ren Butang, this is not the end of the matter..."

Zhu Yunxi turned to Jiang Yu, and said with a dissatisfied face: "Jiang Yu, you are eloquent, and you can criticize me at will?! It's just presumptuous!"

Jiang Yu immediately put on a well-behaved look, bowed and saluted and said: "My minister is guilty, please appease your majesty."

At this time Wang Zhong supported Ren Hengtai, pulled him up and said: "Ren Butang, get up quickly, don't make His Majesty angry again..."

When everyone was seated again, the discussion began again, as if the dispute just now had disappeared and was swept away.

Zhu Yunxie ordered: "The books to be printed must include the names and seals of the people who have been reviewed by the Ministry of Rites, the Imperial Academy, and Jinyiwei, and the names of the people who have been reviewed by the chief ministers and envoys.
In addition to these, there is also the name of the printing bookstore and the name of the shopkeeper, so that if there is a problem, you can check it out and all the people involved will be held accountable!No mercy! "

"Yes, I will obey!"

This kind of system has existed since ancient times, so it is not unusual, and everyone can accept it.

But what makes everyone sigh is that if something happens like this, a series of people will be held accountable!I can't even run if I want to!

However, such a system also makes those heresy theories invisible!

Zhu Yunxi said again: "In addition, each book must have a number and be filed in the government, so that when the people buy books, and when the officials look for privately printed books or demon books,
As long as you check the serial number and the title of the book, you will be able to identify it. This will also prevent someone from counterfeiting the book number. It saves a lot of time for officials to check, and it is also convenient for verification in remote places. "

What Zhu Yunxi said is very simple, that is, one loses one number.

Even if other people can fake the book number and print it privately, it can't stand the investigation, as long as it is checked with the archives, it can be easily identified!
Especially for people in remote places, low-level officials may not have much literacy, and there is no way to check word by word, and it would be too waste of time and energy!

So what Zhu Yunxi said is already the most feasible method.

Jing Qingdao: "Your Majesty, there are many books, both private and official, some of these books were printed by this dynasty, and some were rare copies left by the previous dynasty, so there is a large amount of books...

If all have been reviewed, there will be too many, and the court will definitely not be able to handle it in a short time..."

Before he finished speaking, everyone had already cast their eyes on him, and they all understood the meaning of his words...

Then he turned his gaze to the emperor again, with a look of worry in his eyes...

Zhu Yunxi seemed to have never heard of it, and he didn't notice their expressions at all. He nodded and said, "Those books of sages who are popular all over the world don't need to be reviewed. They have been used for many years, so there is no problem.

Don't worry about the books that have already been printed. From now on, just do a good job of reviewing the newly printed books. "

"Yes, I will obey your orders! Your Majesty is wise!"

Hearing this, everyone was relieved. It seems that His Majesty did not intend to engage in a "cultural monopoly".

If His Majesty really wants to "screen" all the books handed down from all over the world in the name of review, how many books will suffer!
Every time a book is repaired, it might not be a "book burning"!Everything that is not good for the emperor will be destroyed!
After the courtiers left, Jiang Yu pleaded guilty for Meng Lang just now, but Zhu Yunxi didn't say anything, only encouraged him to be at ease, which also made Jiang Yu secretly happy!
Zhu Yunxi understood that Ren Hengtai blocked Jin Yiwei because he didn't want to intervene in the review. Who doesn't know the emperor Jin Yiwei's minions?
After taking a sip of tea, Zhu Yunxi looked out of the hall with a smile on his lips...

(End of this chapter)