Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

In addition, no matter whether it is a peddler or a kiln sister in the old courtyard, the discussion is about the equality of personality during the chat. There is no essential difference between scholars, farmers, businessmen, and even low-ranking practitioners have equal personality.

An atmosphere of public opinion is gradually forming among the people, calling for the abolition of discrimination against lowly nationality.

Speaking of this point, the instigator was Chongzhen, because Chongzhen canceled the migration restrictions on craftsmen and households with low status, and broke a small hole in the solid embankment of class solidification.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang spent a lot of effort to fix the low class of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen. From then on, the children of peasant households can only be peasant households, the children of military households can only be military households, and the children of lowly status can only be It is a humble family, and only the sons and daughters of scholars are eligible to pass the imperial examination to change their class.

But now this levee of class solidification has been pried open by Chongzhen.

Then it has developed to the present, and it is gradually breaking the dike, and public opinion has gradually demanded the abolition of the class division of scholars, peasants, businessmen, and businessmen. It is further proposed that anyone with a Ming household registration, regardless of whether they are scholars, peasants, businessmen, or lowly, enjoys the same rights. All children can take the imperial examination and are eligible to become officials.

The kiln sister in the old courtyard even called out the equality of men and women, demanding that women enjoy the same rights as men.

Among these kiln sisters, Liu Rushi, Dong Xiaowan, and Kou Baimen, the three Qinhuai courtesans, are the pioneers, and Li Xiangjun, who has been transformed from a courtesan into a female general of the dynasty, has become an example.

In short, Ming Dynasty was already on the eve of the great emancipation of the mind.

Confucianists like Huang Daozhou were worried about this, lamenting that the world was declining and people’s hearts were not ancient, but officials who were open-minded like Zhang Shenyan were deeply encouraged. Zhang Shenyan even published an article in the Huangming Times, threatening that Ming Dynasty was Create a precedent for innovation, and soon will usher in an unprecedented prosperity.

In short, the ideological level of Jiangnan Shilin is extremely active now.

Chongzhen took the attitude of watching with cold eyes. He neither deliberately suppressed Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, nor openly sidelined to help Yangming Xinxue. Liberated from the confinement of Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism, it is even more impossible to withstand the invasion of Western culture.

Only fighters who have fought hard on the battlefield can have combat effectiveness.

"Your servants will meet with the Holy One." Lu Zhenfei, Huang Daozhou and the other four walked up to Chongzhen and bowed to each other.

"Oh, the four elders are here." Chongzhen quickly put down the hammer in his hand, got up and said, "Please also ask the four elders to wait for a while in the grass hall ahead, I will go there later."

Lu Zhenfei, Zhang Shenyan and Meng Zhaoxiang really went to the grass hall ahead.

But when Huang Daozhou walked halfway, he turned back under the pretext of going to the toilet, and came to Chongzhen who was washing his face to persuade him: "My lord, the old minister has something to say, and I don't want to say it."

As soon as Huang Daozhou opened his mouth, Chongzhen knew what he wanted to say.

But Chongzhen still said patiently: "What does Huang Ge want to tell me?"

Huang Dao said with a serious face on Zhou Yi: "The rites are the ones who strengthen the country and the society, so that the ruler will not lose his people. The ruler, the minister, and the ministers are the righteousness of the rituals; The strong and the weak have positions, and the number of etiquette is also. Therefore, His Majesty should not be mixed among the craftsmen, this is a loss of the etiquette of the emperor."

Chongzhen's face immediately collapsed: "I dare not disagree with Huang Ge's words. Therefore, the state has hungry people, and the owner will not eat; Today, the capital has fallen, and the north of the Yellow River is completely under the iron hooves of the slaves. Tens of millions of people in China are eagerly waiting for the king to go north to rescue them. In this extraordinary period, as the king of a country, I will always try to restore myself. The homeland of the Ming Dynasty is in mind, so why not do everything by yourself?"

Huang Daozhou was speechless for a moment. Originally, he wanted to persuade Chongzhen not to mix with craftsmen, but Chongzhen retorted that I did this to restore my homeland. Faced with this greatest political correctness, Huang Daozhou had no way to refute. Because he refuted it again and opposed the political correctness of the Northern Expedition.

You can't just say that we won't go to the Northern Expedition, right?

Of course, Huang Daozhou really thought so in his heart.

This is also the thinking of a large number of people in Neo-Confucianism.

What's so good about fighting?It is actually cleaner to keep half of Jiangnan.

However, through this incident, Chongzhen's perception of Neo-Confucianism became even more negative.

The truth of Neo Confucianism is a bit too much, really you have to control everything, you have to control what you eat, you have to control your walking, and even set a rule for you how to laugh, isn't that ridiculous?

Where did so many broken rules come from?

It is also important to place the chopsticks on the left or the right when eating a meal, so why not?

Make a thumbs up or not, whether the left finger is in front or the right finger is in front, all are particular, don't you feel tired?
There are rules in every aspect, and there is a set of rules for eating, drinking, sleeping, and sleeping. In this way, the order is true, but it is also severely restrained ideologically. The whole society is like a pool of stagnant water, lifeless, and the 5000-year civilization of China I am afraid that the constraints of Neo Confucianism are to blame for the failure to give birth to brilliant natural science.

But fortunately, the foundation of Neo Confucianism has gradually shown signs of loosening.

Watching Chongzhen's back quickly walk away, Huang Daozhou shook his head and sighed.

From the perspective of Huang Daozhou, it was Chongzhen’s appeasement and connivance that led to the proliferation of Yangming’s philosophy of mind and made it difficult for Neo Confucianism. Huang Daozhou has reason to believe that if it is not restrained, Yangming’s philosophy of mind will continue. If the flood continues, the Confucian etiquette that has lasted for more than 1000 years will collapse.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and untouchables are equal in personality, which is simply ridiculous in the world!
Doesn't this mean that scholars have to bow when they meet untouchables on the street?How can there be such a reason in the world?
If this trend of thought is allowed to continue, the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, where rituals and music are broken, will repeat itself in China, and the unified China will become a thing of the past, and China will surely fall into disintegration in the future.

Thinking of this, Huang Daozhou felt even more anxious, and at the same time, he also had a first-class sense of lofty and great mission of "stopping the collapse of rituals and music, and preventing China from falling into the chaos of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States".

Just when Huang Daozhou was moved by himself, a voice called "Master" sounded in his ears.

Looking back, it was Prince Zhu Cihong bowing to him respectfully.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Huang Daozhou served as the young Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu, and served as a lecturer for the prince Zhu Cihong and Ding Wang Zhu Cijiong for two years, so Zhu Cihong's master Huang Daozhou deserved it.

"See the prince." Huang Daozhou hurriedly bowed back.

Zhu Cihong straightened up and said: "Master Rong, since the fall of the capital and the northern provinces, the father often sighs and sighs all night, thinking about the northern expedition and restoring the homeland all the time. Bow, it's not that the emperor doesn't respect etiquette, it's just that he can't take care of it in this extraordinary time."

"In this way, the crown prince also thinks that His Majesty's behavior is against etiquette?"

Hearing this, Huang Daozhou immediately lifted his spirits, as long as the prince agrees with the Confucian etiquette, Daming will still be saved.

Zhu Cihong's handsome face collapsed in an instant, and he said to himself, Master Huang, you are so ignorant, but Gu just said that, why are you still arguing?How can it be possible for the emperor to hear this?

At that moment, Zhu Cihong ignored Huang Daozhou and went on his own.

When the two entered the grass hall, Chongzhen was already discussing business with Lu Zhenfei and the three of them.

Lu Zhenfei said: "Your Majesty, this is the matter, because it involves Concubine Li, so I dare not specialize, I want to ask Your Majesty to confirm the next item first."

Chongzhen asked back: "What does your cabinet mean?"

Lu Zhenfei said: "The meaning of our cabinet is that we should take this opportunity to convert Shuixi Xuanweisi and other chieftains to the natives, and eradicate all chieftains in the Southwest once and for all."

I dare say that An Kun, the envoy of Shuixi Xuanwei, came to sue the imperial court.

It is said that Concubine Li is the native of Shuixi Xuanweisi maliciously abducted by Li Xiangjun, deputy general of Huguang.

The cause of the incident was that Li Xiangjun was exempted from the imperial grain for five years in Zunyi Mansion before he continued to share the land.

As a result, after the news spread, natives from hundreds of miles around rushed into Zunyi Mansion one after another.

In a word, the life of the Han people in this era was hard, but the native people in the southwest were even more difficult, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were ants.

When the tourist attractions of later generations talk about the toast system in the Southwest, they only talk about the beautiful aspects to tourists, but they never mention the cruel aspects of the toast.

To put it bluntly, the chieftain system is actually serfdom.

The majority of the natives are the slaves of the big and small chieftains, and their status is far inferior to that of the tenant farmers.

At least it is illegal for a landlord to kill a tenant farmer, but for a chieftain to kill a native, it is no different from killing an animal.

So after hearing the story of Li Xiangjun in Zunyi Mansion, the local people from hundreds of miles around fled to Zunyi one after another. After all, human beings have the same yearning for a better life.

No matter how ignorant, uneducated, and brainwashed by religion, people always hope that they and their children can live a rich and beautiful life.

However, the escape of these natives touched the interests of An Kun and other Southwest chieftains.

"It's good to be able to solve the southwestern chieftain once and for all, but I'm afraid of doing bad things with good intentions." Chongzhen sighed and said, "Mr. Lu Ge, you also know that Huaxia and others are still fighting hard with wolf soldiers in Guangxi."

In October last year, Chen Bangyan, Chen Zizhuang, and Zhang Jiayu led [-] new troops into Guangxi, dividing the arable land under the name of the Jingjiang Prince's Mansion evenly, and at the same time reforming the land and returning it to the local people. As a result, dozens of chieftains in Guangxi rebelled.

Because Chen Bangyan and the other three were exhausted, Chongzhen ordered Huaxia to lead [-] new troops to help Guangxi.

As a result, seven months have passed, and they have not put down the rebellious Guangxi chieftain in Huaxia.

Lu Zhenfei, Zhang Shenyan and Meng Zhaoxiang showed astonishment on their faces: "Don't you know, Your Majesty?"

"Know what?" Chongzhen was confused.

"This is because the minister has lost his mind."

Lu Zhenfei hurriedly said.

[The situation is getting better, but I still have a low-grade fever, and I sweat all over while sitting. These two chapters are drafts I wrote before I got sunburned. Now I have revised and sent them out. I will see if I can write a chapter or two today and post them tomorrow]