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Chapter 34 Being scolded by the emperor is also a kind of capital

Compared with Fang Yizhi's indignation, Shen Shuren's tolerance for Wei Zaode's speech is still higher.

He knew that imperial policy questions could not be turned into a debate, and attacking others was meaningless.

So he listened carefully to all the views of Wei Zaode and others with a humble attitude.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" only said that Wei Zaode emphasized to the emperor "to know the shame", but it is impossible to write in detail how to do it in the history books.

Now that the audience has listened to it, Shen Shuren has actually gained a lot.I also have to admit that Wei Zaode does have a bit of a brush, and it's not just a high-profile slogan.

To sum it up, he realized that the current "unspoken rules of officialdom" in Ming Dynasty had a very bad coercion on all officials. Many officials were actually not bad in nature, but they were trapped in this net and could not stand alone.

Therefore, he urged the emperor not to relax his tone of moral criticism no matter how much pressure he had.It is necessary to repeatedly emphasize the heart of right and wrong, and create an official atmosphere of "knowing shame", so as to save some "involuntary" people.

This is where Wei Zaode is higher than that of the same year, and it is also the key to his being named the No. [-] pick.

When Shen Shuren heard this part, he also agreed.

This reminded him of "Records of Daoxian Officials' Experiences": When Zhang Jixin was the governor of Shaanxi Province, he had to send routine money to all his superiors, including Lin Zexu, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu—is Lin Zexu greedy?of course not.But there is no way, in that kind of atmosphere, if you don't accept it, you will be excluded.

The unspoken rules of officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty are definitely more terrifying than those in the late Qing Dynasty.In the end, many people were forced by Chongzhen to donate their family property to help the army. They would rather die than donate. , so that riding a tiger is hard to get off.

Shen Shuren also got involved in the system before crossing, he knew this kind of helplessness.

To give the simplest example for later generations: Moutai is not allowed at official banquets.In Shen Shuren's opinion, this one is very useful.

Because a post-80s generation like him originally wanted to be happy with the leader, so he had to bear the humiliation.After branding Moutai as unhealthy, it is of course useless to alcoholics, but people who are tired of alcohol will find a shield.

If Chongzhen could really create an atmosphere of "knowing shame", it would more or less have the same effect.

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Of course, Shen Shuren's patient listening was not to applaud Wei Zaode.

His ultimate goal is also to know himself and the enemy, find the key to check for omissions, fill in vacancies, and point out problems.

Therefore, he quietly listened to the others playing correctly for more than an hour, and waited for those who echoed Wei Zaode to say the same thing.

Chongzhen asked people to add it several times, but no one could add any more. Only some unconventional opponents remained, including Fang Yizhi.

At this time, Chongzhen seemed to finally remember: among the few people who reviewed the papers from Fang Fengnian, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites last night, there seemed to be one Shen Lin who hadn't asked.

So Chongzhen finally took the initiative to ask questions by name.

Several quasi-jinshi nearby cast envious glances at Shen Shuren.

After all the mainstream opinions are finished, they are specially named by the emperor. This is not an ordinary treatment.

Shen Shuren is confident, he knows that he will definitely wait for this moment - not because he is arrogant, but because he has the biggest advantage over other candidates, he is already a seventh-rank court official, and his previous performance has reached the sky listen.

There are not many candidates Chongzhen can remember, and he is definitely one of them, so he will definitely be asked.

Shen Shuren took a deep breath and talked eloquently:

"Your Majesty, I was inspired by what you all said in the same year. The Master said: "Being the first to govern, you must also rectify your name. The name is right and the words are right. Honor and disgrace are right and wrong. Only then can a gentleman be loyal to the emperor and love the country without any worries."

But I think that this method can only prevent the gentleman from being coerced by the villain, but it cannot save the villain, the ignorant people, and the soldiers.The peace of the world requires the efforts of the people of the world, and it is not enough to rely on gentlemen.

In today's world, there are frequent national disasters, and people's hearts have been slightly scattered. It is necessary to gather people's hearts in an eclectic manner, so that people in the world realize that "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world", in order to get twice the result with half the effort. "

As soon as Shen Shuren said these words, the emperor and fellow students were not very satisfied.

Chongzhen's first reaction was to label Shen Shuren "this is a person with a flexible moral bottom line".

Why is it that when you open your mouth, it is like persuading the emperor to turn a blind eye, pardon those who make minor mistakes and sins, and try to unite the majority?

Fortunately, Shen Shuren affirmed the value of "knowing shame" in the first half of the sentence, and did not directly object, which made Chongzhen more or less impatient.

The fellow students next to him felt that it was quite harsh for him to call himself a "minister"-the quasi-jinshi hadn't been awarded an official yet, how could he call himself a minister?Among the crowd, almost someone would jump out and scold him for his disrespect.

Fortunately, there were a few candidates who knew the inside story and whispered rumors, and everyone knew that this person was an official first and then took the exam. He was qualified to be a minister, and the discussion died down.

Chongzhen on the throne adjusted his mood before continuing to ask: "Then Yiqing just saw, how to save the hearts of those ignorant people in the world?"

Shen Shuren always maintained a neither humble nor overbearing tone: "I dare not speak nonsense, the world is unpredictable, and the people's hearts are also. To save people's hearts, there is no normal way, you need to judge the situation, and things will change when the situation is different.

In the old Qin Dynasty, the world was full of turmoil, and the hearts of the people suffered from severe punishment and harsh laws. Liu Bang won the hearts of the people by making three chapters of the law.

In the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turbans were everywhere, and Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and others received orders to hunt down thieves, saying: "Nowadays, the whole country is unified, but the Yellow Turbans are rebellious. If they are allowed to surrender, they will not be able to persuade good people. Therefore, if they do not follow the three chapters of the contract, they will also destroy the thieves."

Therefore, both leniency and strictness can be used. The key is that before choosing a strategy, you must recognize whether the enemy you are facing is the like of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, or the generation of Zhang Jiao and Huang Chao. "

Chongzhen heard this patiently. Although he still couldn't lose face because of his moral and cleanliness, he agreed with Shen Shuren's character a little bit more.

He also saw that Shen Shuren was not purely moral and flexible, but analyzed practical difficulties realistically, at least his attitude was loyal to the emperor and patriotic.

Chongzhen took a deep breath, and asked: "Then what do you think, is it Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, or Zhang Jiao, Huang Chao?"

The "fucking thief" in his mouth is Luo Rucai.Luo Rucai compared himself to Cao Cao, so much so that when he was mentioned in the official documents of the court, he would always write the bandit number instead of his real name.

Chongzhen put Luo Rucai first because in the 13th year of Chongzhen, the three giant bandits seemed to have similar status and strength, and Luo Rucai was no weaker than the other two.

People in later generations are used to only emphasizing the strength of Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

Shen Shuren thought about it carefully, and said cautiously: "I think that these three people can't be classified into the same category. Li Chuang and the thief are good at attacking and intimidating. To deal with them, you need a dignified formation. Those who are timid among them must not be tolerated.

Zhang Ni is good at coercion. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, when Fengyang Imperial Mausoleum was destroyed, Zhang Ni took the lead and forced the other [-] thieves to commit the crime together.

Afterwards, although Xiong Wencan recruited Zhang Ni, he was able to use the original nomination certificate to arouse the fear of liquidation among Luo Rucai, Junzhou Fourth Camp, Gezuo Fifth Camp, etc., and turned back again.

Chen Jiu was in the south, and he also delivered rations for the defenders of Luzhou, personally fought against the bandits from the Fifth Battalion of Gezuo, and captured prisoners for interrogation.Although these thieves rebelled with Zhang Ni, some of them were out of fear in their hearts, lest they would not be able to prove to the court that they and Zhang Ni were not on the same side, so they could only put all their eggs in one basket. "

What Shen Shuren said was based on the historical research results of later generations.

When Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong organized the game, their styles were indeed different.Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's favorite method is Mongolian coercion:
When attacking a city, if you surrender directly, you will not kill or rob.If the city is broken after two days of resistance, then [-]% of the soldiers and civilians will be killed as a warning.

If the city that has not surrendered for ten days and a half months is finally breached, the city will be completely slaughtered without leaving any traces to scare the Ming officials behind.

Zhang Xianzhong's style is: I'll force you to do something that I'm sorry for Chongzhen first, and let me tell you that Chongzhen doesn't rub the sand in his eyes, as long as you don't do a good job, you will be liquidated and beheaded in the end The house was stolen, so I voted for it.

He dug Fengyang imperial mausoleum and forced to kill the generals who besieged him, and later attacked and killed the king of Chu to force Yang Sichang to death, all of which made full use of the weakness of Chongzhen's human nature.

Li Zicheng is Δ, and he is highly toxic.Zhang Xianzhong is Ο, with hidden toxicity and strong infection coercion.

Of course, Shen Shuren couldn't speak so bluntly in front of the emperor, so he modified his words a little.But the meaning of the subtext is to hope that the emperor will recognize:

To deal with Li Zicheng's generals, the military law must be strictly enforced, so that the people below are aroused to the same hatred and cannot be intimidated. "As long as you hit Li Zicheng the first time, you have to fight to the end, because Li Zicheng will not forgive anyone who surrenders after beating him."

When dealing with Zhang Xianzhong's generals, you have to be more tolerant, and you can't let Zhang Xianzhong play "as long as you feel sorry for Chongzhen, you can only be completely sorry to the end, because Chongzhen will not forgive those who have done him wrong."

Chongzhen hadn't really thought about the problem from this angle before.

Over the years, he has changed so many Ministers of the Ministry of War and governors of five provinces who pursued and suppressed thieves.

But no one has analyzed with him the factions within the Rogue, and there are so many factions with different ideologies.

After listening to Shen Shuren's way of combining leniency and strictness, his words really make sense.But I really can't hold back my face.

First of all, it is impossible for the emperor to admit that the policies of the year were wrong, and secondly, it is not easy for the emperor to soften in public and change course.

Chongzhen is also a very face-saving person, after struggling for a while, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

After thinking about it, he rolled his eyes, and decided to depose Shen Shuren to a lower ranking first!Regardless of whether it will be used in the future, it cannot be admitted in front of sixty Jinshi now.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Shen Qing, I am so disappointed by what you said! Don't you think Zhang Xianzhong's unfavorable civil and military actions should not be punished? You said just now that you must rectify your name and distinguish right from wrong. Didn't realize it was pointless.

Let's stop here today, I see that Wei Zaode and Gao Eryan have performed well, and you all want to see the best, so let's step down.Shen Lin stays, I want you to reflect on yourself!If you didn't pass the imperial examination, you wouldn't even be able to keep the last place in the top two! "

When everyone around heard it, they all felt a little gloated.No. 60 among these 60 people, it seems that the truth has been revealed, it is this Shen Shuren.

Maybe it will be recorded by the historian: Shen Shuren was rated as the last of the top two because of a political dispute when he persuaded the emperor in the Chongzhen 13th palace examination, which angered the emperor.

Shen Shuren was not worried at all, he was clear in his heart, he knew that Chongzhen was trying to save face, first punished him for the last place, and then left him to ask for advice in private, so as not to lose face openly.

As for being punished by Chongzhen, this kind of thing will become political capital after Chongzhen's death-see, we tried to persuade the first emperor back then, but the first emperor refused to listen, so it's over in the end, right?

(End of this chapter)