Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 764 Hidden War

The Fourth and Sixth Lao did not leave immediately. Instead, they climbed onto the Fengtian Gate Tower and watched condescendingly as the Crown Prince was surrounded by the group of civil servants in the center.

"Can you now feel what I felt last year?" Zhu Di glanced at Lao Liu with sympathy.

"Well, everyone in the world is the enemy." Zhu Zhen chuckled and said: "The treatment of a big villain."

"Not even close." Zhu Di smiled and lowered his voice: "I was betrayed by the old man, but you can't."

"That's hard to say. Looking at their attitude, they probably won't give up. If the old man can't withstand the pressure, it's possible that he'll sell me." Lao Liu put his hands into his sleeves and shrugged.

In fact, he was mentally prepared. It would not be an exaggeration to say that what he did was digging into the graves of Confucian ancestors, and he would definitely be attacked by scholars all over the world.

But he had to do it.Because if we don't do this, after the low ebb of the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, Confucianism will come back and completely control the Ming Dynasty, and this time their version will be the suffocating 'Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism'.

The result of Confucian scholars using Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism to transform the Ming Dynasty was to imprison the thoughts and actions of the people with the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Permanent Rules, making China become closed and backward for the first time.This completely conflicts with Zhu Zhen's route towards the ocean, and is absolutely unacceptable to him.

Fortunately, there was also Boss Zhu, who was dissatisfied with Confucianism, which greatly delayed the Confucianists' attempts to seize power.

In another time and space, after Boss Zhu stopped the imperial examination, he has been fighting against the civil service group and the huge Confucian force behind them.

On the one hand, he vigorously weakened the influence of Confucius and Mencius and thwarted the attempts of civil servants to resume the imperial examination.On the one hand, he tried his best to find substitutes for Confucian scholars to govern the country on their behalf.

Zhu Yuanzhang was the emperor who was most indifferent to family background and appointed people on merit. He appointed monks, Taoist priests, officials, businessmen, and old farmers as officials. As long as they were capable, he gave them official positions, hoping that they could replace the Confucian scholars and help him govern the country.

Unfortunately, the technical content of running a country is still very high.How can a group of laymen govern a good country?Although there are some talents available, they are generally useless.

Moreover, such a large country requires a large number of officials to operate, so it cannot just rely on the emperor for promotion. It must also have an institutionalized selection mechanism to continuously deliver talents.

Zhu Yuanzhang tried to restore the recommendation system and cultivate talents by himself in Guozixue, but he was helpless and alone, and it didn't work.In the former case, most of the people recommended were unworthy, and many were even illiterate, so they were useless.

The latter has cultivated many talents, but the problem is that the teachers of Guozixue are all Confucian students, so the students of Guozixue are also educated to be like Confucius.

After they entered the imperial court and became officials, the strength of Confucianism greatly increased.When officials who were born in Guozisheng also firmly called for the resumption of the imperial examination, Boss Zhu was completely helpless.

The imperial examination was finally resumed in the 18th year of Hongwu...

After that, the power of Confucianism expanded rapidly. Not only did they completely monopolize the civil service team, they also brainwashed the grandson Zhu Yunwen into a fanatical Confucian believer.

After Zhu Yunwen became emperor, the new generation of Confucian elites headed by Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru began to eagerly implement their political ideals and use Neo-Confucianism to transform the Ming Dynasty into a Confucian utopia.

But there was a little accident on the way. They encouraged Emperor Jianwen to cut off the vassal, and the result was the Battle of Jingnan. Zhu Yunwen became an acquaintance, and the fourth child evolved into eternal happiness.

Because of Lao Si's status as a 'thieves usurping the throne', he was naturally incompatible with Confucianism during his reign, so Confucianism's transformation of the Ming Dynasty could only be returned to zero and temporarily stopped.

Thanks to this, Lao Si was able to display his talents and strategies without restraint, conquering Mobei five times, sailing seven times to the West, rebuilding canals, prefectures and counties in Annan, and compiled the "Yongle Dadian"... Wenzhi and martial arts shocked Gu Shuo. Today, Ming Dynasty has reached its peak.However, the wise and powerful Emperor Yongle could not find a replacement for the Confucian scholars, so he could only hold his nose and continue to use them.

So what should come will eventually come. After Zhu Di passed away, his children and grandchildren were completely unable to withstand the counterattack of Confucianism.The Confucian scholars stopped their voyages to the West, withdrew the Chief Envoy of Jiaozhi, and gave up the Nurgan Dusi... The swords and guns were stored in the warehouse, the horses were released in Nanshan, and they closed their doors and lived a stable life of suppressing human desires and upholding natural principles.

During this period, the emperor occasionally had uplifting thoughts, but they suppressed them firmly.

For example, during the Chenghua period, Emperor Xianzong, the third most powerful emperor of the Ming Dynasty, wanted to build a new treasure ship and sail to the Western Ocean again. He sent eunuchs to the Ministry of War to ask for blueprints of the treasure ship and information about the voyage to the Western Sea. As a result, Liu Daxia, the Minister of War, said that it was gone and burned.

Thoughts can only be given up.

Later, Emperor Xianzong listened to the eunuch of Xichang reporting the civil strife in Annan, and wanted to send troops to Annan to reestablish the Chief Envoy of Cochin. He also sent the eunuch to the Ministry of War to ask for the complete set of Annan archives and maps during the Yongle period. However, Liu Daxia secretly hid them and said they had burned them. ,Gone……

The emperor could only give up again.

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Liu Daxia was just a microcosm of the Confucian civil servant group. There were tens of thousands of Liu Daxia, who woven together into a strong cage, trapping the emperor, military generals and people of the Ming Dynasty tightly in it, preventing them from poking their heads out.

By then, it is true that even the gods will not be able to save the Ming Dynasty, nor will they be able to save the fate of China.

Therefore, Lao Liu must take advantage of the old thief's contempt and disgust for the Confucian scholar now and give him another choice.Let the Ming Dynasty be able to operate without relying on Confucian scholars. Only in this way can it be possible to completely change the direction of the Ming Dynasty...

Therefore, no matter how difficult the road is and no matter how many enemies there are, he must persevere to the end and try his best to break the monopoly of Confucianism.

"Don't worry, no matter what happens, fourth brother will stay with you to the end." Seeing that the sixth brother was silent for a long time, the fourth brother thought that he was mentally burdened and patted him heavily on the shoulder. "Just like you were with me last year."

"Yes, Fourth Brother." Lao Liu smiled gratefully, but gave Fourth Brother some reassurance and said:

"But my father's trouble is not all bad. At least we have another Mencius card in our hands. If they want to take it back, they will have to make concessions elsewhere."

"Haha, that's true." Lao Si smiled and nodded: "As long as we can keep Guozi University and wait for the first batch of college students to graduate in three years, everything will be fine."

"That's right." Lao Liu also smiled and nodded: "When the time comes, if they dare to force the palace again, they will all be sent to Tamluo Island to be slaves, which will just make room for college students."

"Then they won't dare to make trouble." Lao Si smiled and said, "So now they have to go all out and mess up Guozi University!"

"Then the Confucius Temple at Guozi University will not be built? Will Mencius' rights be restored?" Lao Liu said with a bad smile: "It is really a bad move for them to move out Mencius's tablet."

"Yes, Confucius can still stay in the Confucius Temple on the Qinhuai River. Mencius can't even go back to the Confucius Temple now." The fourth child said with a smile:

"They must restore the Mencius quota, otherwise they will be eternal sinners. When it comes to the matter of Guozi University, we really have to go back."

ps. There will be no more updates tomorrow night. The scheduled three updates will resume from 07:30 on Monday...

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