I'm really not doing business

Chapter 30 Virtue is the law of the heart, and law is the virtue of writing

Zhu Yijun actually doesn't like these rotten scholars very much, and it's always tiring to play against them. For example, the little emperor had to ask what politics is during the banquet.

Lecture Yan scholar Wang Jiaping was stunned for a moment before he said: "Politics is righteousness, and those who are in politics are righteousness."

Another lecturer, Fan Yingqi, the No. 44 scholar in the [-]th year of Jiajing, bowed his head and said: "Politics is literature, and those who are in politics are literature."

Wang Jiaping didn't wait for the emperor to ask questions, and continued: "The way to govern, be an upright person, use an upright person, follow the upright way, and do upright things."

"Government affairs are complicated, and it is only for the right people. The first task of government is to employ people. A good person occupies a high position, and a villain restrains his deeds; a high position is simple, and the weight is light."

Fan Yingqi continued: "The law of government: the writing conveys the Tao, the pen is a tool, the culture of the people, and the pen produces flowers."

"People are clamoring and clamoring, it's just to lead to the right. The first initiative of politics, when the atmosphere is upright, the atmosphere is clear, the sea is clean, the rivers are clear, and the bad behavior can't be hidden; the pen is a tool to educate the people."

Wang Jiaping said quite solemnly: "Using righteousness and writing, politics can be governed, the country can be expected, and the people's aspirations can be met."

Zhu Yijun listened to the words of the two people, then looked at the "Four Books Zhijie Lunyu Pian" annotated by Zhang Juzheng in his hand, and then said in silence for a long time: "Mr. , that is, politics, after rectification, it can be governed, what do you two think?"

Zhang Juzheng deciphered the characters of Zheng, and the scholar of the lecture Yan deciphered the characters of Zheng, all of them were orthodox characters.

What Zhang Juzheng deciphered was a verb, to correct is correct, and he has the power to correct.

However, the scholars who lectured on banquets interpreted nouns, such as righteousness and correctness.

Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi looked at each other again, bowed their heads and said in unison: "Mr. Yuan Fu is right."

"Hahaha." Feng Bao and Zhang Hong, the two eunuchs did not hesitate to ridicule themselves, saying that the eunuch is flattering, which of these ministers in the court is not a powerful generation?Everyone is equally virtuous, so why do civil servants scold eunuchs for being charming every day?

When the two great scholars gave a banquet, when there was a discrepancy with Zhang Juzheng's understanding, they would only say one sentence, Mr. Yuanfu is right?
Zhu Yijun smiled.

Feng Bao looked at Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi, Zhang Juzheng talked with His Majesty fluently and fluently, but the two lecturers were a bit cramped.

Zhang Juzheng is the chief assistant. The current cabinet is very different from the early Ming cabinet. The early Ming cabinet can only be regarded as the secretariat, responsible for helping the emperor handle some official documents, but the current cabinet has great power and is the administrative center.

The rise of the power of the cabinet was during the orthodox years. When the ruler was in doubt, the three Yangs assisted the government. During the Jingtai, Tianshun, and Chenghua years, there were certain repetitions. Representative, and the status of the first assistant began to become more and more noble, and it was at that time that the first assistant gradually became the head of the hundred officials.

The cabinet in the early Ming Dynasty could only discuss political power and express opinions, and did not have any administrative power.

But in the cabinet during the Wanli period, the chief assistant could not only discuss the political power, but also the administrative power, and a part of the decision-making power that originally belonged to the emperor was transferred to the cabinet.

Yang Bo, Wang Chonggu, Zhang Siwei, and Ge Shouli, the Jin Party, have deep roots and can fight Zhang Juzheng, but Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi have no guts to question Zhang Juzheng's views, otherwise they will be left the next day because of their left foot. Entered the official office and was dismissed.

Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi and shook his head and asked, "What is virtue?"

Wang Jiaping bowed his head and said, "Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness."

Fan Yingqi bowed his head and said: "Gentle, courteous and thrifty."

Wang Jiaping continued: "Self-cultivation, family harmony, governance of the country, and peace of the world, the premise is to investigate things, extend knowledge, sincerity, and righteousness. A person's practice is virtue in the heart, and ritual in the outside."

Fan Yingqi went on to say: "To be erudite, to think carefully, to practice earnestly, and to have a benevolent heart, but the prerequisites are kindness, humility, frugality, and tolerance. Hundreds of millions of people practice, the way is based on virtue, and the same is based on propriety."

It's all correct bullshit.

After Zhu Yijun finished listening, he looked at the two lecturers and asked: "Mr. Yuanfu explained: Virtue: the principle of practicing one's own experience is one's own experience, and the principles of what one has seen, heard, and thought can be called virtue. .”

"Gangchang ethics, first prepare your own body, and then teach it to guide the world; discipline law, first stick to yourself, and then legislate to order the world. It is said: Virtue is the law of the heart, and the law is the virtue of writing."

"Cultivate one's self with virtue, govern the country with law, and those who are righteous will not be righteous, and govern with virtue."

"You two great scholars, what do you think?"

Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi were helpless, bowed their heads and said, "Mr. Yuan Fu is right."

When Zheng is a noun, the interpreted virtue is also a noun, and when Zheng is a verb, the interpreted virtue is also a verb.

"You two bachelors, only this sentence Mr. Yuanfu said is correct?" Zhu Yijun said disappointedly. As a ten-year-old emperor, he was very happy to learn how to govern the country, but Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi seemed to be Dare not challenge Zhang Juzheng's authority.

"Your Majesty is wise." Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi didn't know how to answer, so they could only bow their heads and say.

"Hahaha!" Feng Bao and Zhang Hong finally burst into laughter, looking at the two embarrassed bachelors, their smiles were extravagant.

As internal officials, Feng Bao and Zhang Hong's duty is to tear up with the foreign court under the emperor's instructions. This foreign minister has lost face, so Feng Bao and Zhang Hong will naturally gain power and not forgive others. when?

"You two bachelors, do you want to listen to what you have to say?" Feng Bao still asked happily.

"Okay, okay, stop laughing, the two big pengs, the Wenhua Palace handout, the correctors are watching, what's the matter?" Zhu Yijun stopped the two big pengs from laughing wildly.

The correctors who were in charge of correcting the etiquette immediately stood up straight, with serious faces, and stopped smiling.

The Correction Officer is held by the Great Han General. The Great Han General is an official position, affiliated to Jinyiwei, and is responsible for correcting etiquette. The Correction Officer has really received strict professional training. Under normal circumstances, they will never laugh.

After all, the correcting officer is responsible for correcting the etiquette of courtiers and courtiers.

But the correcting officer was laughing at the two great scholars just now.

Zhu Yijun looked at the two bachelors, and asked with a straight posture, "You two bachelors, I am confused."

"Government with virtue, a gentleman is one who governs others, if a gentleman has no virtue, what should he do?"

"In other words, what should a gentleman do if he doesn't practice virtue, doesn't discipline himself, doesn't respect virtue, and doesn't cultivate himself?"

"To be more precise, a gentleman regards the world as his own selfishness, right and wrong, and only judges on his own. They are rich in knowledge, knowledgeable, worldly and sophisticated, good at disguising, know how to use rules to seek personal gain, and only benefit themselves But it is not beneficial to the public, not grand and resolute, an official is greedy for money, works for the private, and does not do business, what should I do?"

If he played against Zhang Juzheng, Zhu Yijun would not explain it in such detail, because he only needed to say that a gentleman has no virtue, and Zhang Juzheng would know what he was talking about. , The words are very clear.

The efficiency rate is obviously low, Zhang Ju is just a follow-up official, who knows how to adapt, and the two great scholars in front of him are Qingliu, who respect etiquette and morality, and they are extremely contemptuous of flexible ways.

Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi fell silent, their bodies were a little unsteady, is this something we can talk about?
This is a slide you can't even touch, how do you say that?
Your Majesty, the more you listen to this question, the more you scold the Jin Party!
Wang Jiaping said quite accurately: "A gentleman is in a daze, and his actions are immoral. If you dare to offend a gentleman, and say that you have made a mistake, you will not hesitate to punish him, and the country will die! If you don't regret what you have done, you will be a minister. A straight minister! If a minister is not virtuous, he will be impeached, and the king has..."

Wang Jiaping was stuck, and Fan Yingqi was in charge of holding the line. When Wang Jiaping couldn't continue, Fan Yingqi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty..."

"You have... what?" Zhu Yijun asked with a smile.

Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi said they were cheated!
His Majesty has been emphasizing that a gentleman is one who governs people, interpreting a gentleman as a person who governs the country, but when the word jun corresponds to a minister, it means only the emperor!

For thousands of years, the emperor and the ministers, the sons did not speak of their father's faults, and the ministers did not speak of their failures.

For example, King Zhou of the Shang Dynasty lost the world because of Daji; only his officials, not Zhao Gou, were kneeling in front of the Yuefei Temple, and it was Qin Hui who deceived the Lord; "Intent to" kill Yu Qian, and pushed it on Xu Youzhen's head.

Most of the faults of these monarchs are harem concubines, eunuchs and courtiers.

The emperor is always innocent, the emperor is always clean.

"If you make a mistake, you can remonstrate." Zhu Yijun supplemented the two scholars, and then asked: "Remonstrance, persuasion, and ministers' persuasion, if the emperor does not listen, what should I do?"

"In the 44th year of Jiajing, Hai Rui carried the coffin on the "Shu of Public Security" and angrily denounced the king's faults, disloyalty and filial piety. Grandpa said that Hai Rui wanted to learn from Bigan, but I still don't want to be King Zhou of Shang, so his life was spared, and the first emperor ascended the throne. The world was amnesty, Hai Rui was released from prison, and he was still the censor.

"However, after the first emperor ascended the throne, he didn't summon his ministers for six years, and he had nothing to do when he was in court. If the emperor didn't listen to his advice, what should he do?"

There is no problem logically in governing with virtue, but if the emperor does not practice virtue, what should he do under the framework of Confucian monarchs and ministers?

It was not just Zhu Yijun who said that he hadn't summoned his ministers for six years, and had nothing to do when he was in court. It was the advice of Gao Gong and his ministers.

Emperor Longqing had been emperor for six years. He didn't summon his ministers, and he was rushed to the court. If there was nothing to do, he would be exempted from the court. The courtiers persuaded him, but they didn't persuade him. However, Emperor Jiajing and Emperor Longqing were still willing to issue a seal. Daming The error correction mechanism was still working. Later, when Emperor Wanli fought for the foundation of the country, he couldn't beat the ministers, so he simply put it to pieces, without even losing his seal.

The courtiers stopped fighting, what are they fighting for?Even the person is gone, with whom to fight?Fighting wits with the air?
Wanli did not come to court for 30 years, did not participate in court meetings, did not participate in daily court meetings, and did not even issue a seal, so no one persuaded him?There are too many people persuading, and Emperor Wanli adheres to the principle of three nos, don't listen, don't read, don't speak, the court is almost at a standstill.

Emperor Wanli had no choice but to face the courtiers' "drinking, wealth and sex", he couldn't fight.

The courtiers had no choice but to persuade Emperor Wanli to put down the three wrongs.

What should I do if I refuse to listen?

"Be a dead remonstrance!" Wang Jiaping had to answer, the emperor was confused, and as a lecturer, he had to solve the confusion, but he could only give a vague answer.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "If you want to bump into a pillar, the ceremonial officer will stop you, and then you will enter the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen for the crime of disrespect. Hai Rui will carry the coffin to appeal. Did Amnesty walk out of the cell?"

"Dead remonstrance, dead remonstrance, what's the use if you don't listen, don't read, don't talk?"

The Wenhua Palace fell into silence, only the sound of the wind blowing the curtain, letting everyone know that time was passing by, the air suddenly became quiet, and the atmosphere was a little dignified. Wang Jiaping and Fan Yingqi said a word If you don't send it, you can't take it down. If you answer it, you will be disloyal and unfilial.

Wang Jiaping roared in his heart, the emperor did nothing, the emperor did not practice virtue, what should he do?
What can I do!
Of course Gao Gong's "Chen Wu Shi Shu" is the most appropriate!
At the beginning of June in the sixth year of Longqing, Gao Gong published "Chen Wushishu", which contained five articles: first, the emperor listened to the government at the gate; second, punish the dictatorship of eunuchs; Issuing cabinet proposals cannot be approved internally.

Among Gao Gong's five items, the last one is the most taboo one. It is not legal if the cabinet has not issued a proposal for drafting the memorandum, and the emperor must explain it himself. In accordance with the law, during the Hongwu period, there was no such thing as a supervisor of ceremonies.

But Gao Gong, what is the meaning of this last item?

This directly frightened Queen Mother Li.

Especially when Emperor Longqing had just traveled for six days, this memorandum was arched high, and he didn't even pass the first seven days!

"Both, do you want Mr. Yuanfu to come?" Zhu Yijun looked at the two academicians hesitating, gave them a solution, and chose to let them go.

Zhu Yijun is Zhang Juzheng's breaker. These two bachelors themselves don't understand the two characters of politics and morality, so they are not qualified.

　Follow up!Follow up!Follow up!Follow-up is really important!Say important things three times!ah!Wu, Xiang, who, Lin, and sister-in-law Gui, once again solemnly repeat the matter.Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ! ! (づ￣ 3￣)づ

　　
　
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