The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 553 Yunying’s palm

Beijing.

Wenhua Hall.

"Yang Bo has confessed. He accepted heavy gifts from Li Thief and his son. Considering that Jiaozhi is far away and there is precedent to follow, he agreed to lie for Li Thief and his son."

Dali Temple's answer did not satisfy Zhu Gaochi.

But I also know that Yang Bo does have this consideration.

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away. By the time we know what happened in the vassal country, the day lilies will be cold. In the end, we can only hold our noses and admit it."

Zhu Gaochi snorted coldly and continued: "Does Yang Bo know the harm to our Ming Dynasty if the Li thieves and his son succeed?"

The officials of Dali Temple were unable to answer the question raised by His Highness the Emperor Taisun.

Yang Rong, who came back from Jiaozhi, was also silent.

In Yang Bo's case, after investigation in Jiaozhi, someone has already testified that the Li thieves and his son paid a lot of money to bribe Yang Bo. This is irrefutable evidence.

Faced with the evidence about Jiaozhi, Yang Bo finally relaxed.

But even at this moment, he still refused to admit that he betrayed the national interests because he was dissatisfied with the prince and his son.

After the matter has been investigated to this point, we start to talk about the heart, but there is no way to get the result.

People who are partial to Yang Bo, or even those who sympathize with him, will definitely not think that Yang Bo is betraying national interests.

Even if Yang Bo admits it personally now, people will think that it is just a trick.

100 years later, 200 years later, an unofficial history will come out, which may become evidence for later generations to overturn Yang Bo's case.

The statement that even Zhu Biao and Zhu Di were not the children of Empress Ma was recorded in a miscellany in the late Ming Dynasty, and then regarded as a treasure by future generations.

According to the social atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty, if Zhu Di dared to lie in front of the scholars, his underwear would be turned out, and future generations would need to investigate, and it was not the Qing Dynasty.

This is the "viciousness" of literati.

They go back to their hometown, write a book, start a rumor, break their legs to refute the rumor, and then spread it widely.

The Ming Dynasty had the most such books specifically designed to smear black people.It has become a trend that after a failed politician returns to his place of origin, he cannot get enough of verbal abuse and writes a book to criticize him.

Zhu Gaochi knew this was inevitable.

The loosening of society will definitely bring good and bad sides, so Zhu Gaochi didn't pay too much attention to it.

But what Zhu Gaochi cares about are those bad people who leak pus.

There are some capitalists in later generations.

I would rather risk going to jail than try to send domestic capital to the United States. This is completely heartbreaking.

In their eyes, there is no national bottom line.

Zhu Gaochi said bitterly.

"He must have known."

"How many officials are there like him?"

Inside the Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Gaochi said in front of the ministers present without any regard for emotion: "Among the officials in the world, many people must be dissatisfied with me."

"But everyone needs to follow the rules and have a bottom line when doing things. Never betray the interests of Ming Dynasty or do things that harm others but not yourself."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please calm down."

"The Ming Dynasty is prosperous and the people are safe, and the people of the world can see it and submit to it." Yang Shiqi said.

"In ten years, the Ming Dynasty was able to reach its current situation. Except for the divine power of the saints, it was the prince and his son. No one dared to have evil intentions."

Jin Zhong, the Minister of War, said loudly.

"Stop saying nice things. If you say them, they won't confuse me."

Zhu Gaochi shook his hand, interrupting the subsequent attempts by the officials below to flatter him.

"Since I took charge of the country, I have always treated people with kindness, but I will never show the slightest mercy to the scum who betrayed the interests of the country and the nation."

"Yang Bo betrayed the interests of the country and the nation. The evidence is conclusive. His crime is extremely heinous and unforgivable. He will be sentenced to death and told to the world."

"The family will be confiscated and exiled. Within five generations, they will not be able to write books, serve as officials, join the army, serve as officials, or engage in business."

Zhu Gaochi not only wanted to kill Yang Bo, but also wanted to tell the world why he wanted to kill him and cut off the future of his direct relatives.

The officials were stunned.

This punishment can be described as terrifying.

However, no one came forward to object. Yang Bo's reputation was too bad and no one wanted to get involved, not to mention His Highness the Emperor Taisun was so angry.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the faces of the ministers, and no one was dissatisfied.

That's the beauty of time.

Over the years of supervising the country, his prestige has grown.

"The Jiaozhi side said that during his lifetime, Li Ze and his son promoted a new borrowed Chinese script in Annan and used the borrowed Chinese script to re-edit the meaning of the scriptures."

"I just thought, why can anyone change the meaning of the scriptures, instead of making new developments based on the original meanings of the scriptures?"

Zhu Gaochi asked.

"Because the meaning of the scriptures is complicated." Xie Jin said directly. He had already agreed in advance to cooperate with His Highness the Emperor Taisun in acting.

"Correct."

Zhu Gaochi said loudly.In history, in the 32nd year of Hongwu, the second year after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, the Li thieves and his sons launched a coup to kill the royal family.

In the 33rd year of Hongwu, he claimed to be the ancestor of the country, named his country Dayu, and was known as the Annan Hu Dynasty in history.

However, what is interesting is that after Li Jiyou usurped the throne, he claimed that his ancestor was from Zhejiang, his real surname was Hu, and he was the descendant of Emperor Shun, Duke Hu.

In the Southern Han Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, his ancestor Hu Xingyi was appointed governor of Yanzhou and settled in Annan. His twelfth generation grandson Hu Lian moved to Qinghua and became the adopted son of Xuanwei Li Xun, so he took the surname Li.

This is also the reason why it is called the Hu Dynasty in history.

But Li Jisu also eliminated Chinese civilization in Annan, for example, by imitating the structural principles of Chinese characters and creating new characters.

Translate the Book of Documents into the new text he created.

There is a bow on the left and a qu on the right, which means bending.

Finally, in the Qing Dynasty, Annan was renamed Vietnam by the Qing Dynasty, and then signed a treaty with France, and China truly lost Vietnam.

France became a protectorate of Vietnam and implemented Latin phonetic writing in Vietnam. The Chinese civilization dissipated devastatingly in Vietnam. Even the Chinese borrowed characters are no longer used.

Through the deeds of Li Thief and his son, Zhu Gaochi wanted to change the custom of classics and meanings.

"With the development of productivity, writing is also gradually improving. The writing of the sages was initially very simple, making it difficult for future generations to understand."

"Just like people can follow it but cannot know it. This short sentence gives people countless ideas."

Because of this sentence, later generations thought that Confucius advocated the idea of ​​obscuring the people.

But judging from the entire "The Analects" and Confucius' life trajectory, he is definitely not a person who supports the policy of obscuring the people.

What's more, "It is better to guard against the people's mouth than to guard against the river."

When we could see clearly in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, it was impossible to reverse course in the time of Confucius.

It was Confucius who was the first to establish a private school. Confucius devoted his life to education. Confucius had three thousand disciples and 72 sages.

"I have never failed to teach more than self-cultivation", "I am never tired of learning, and I am never tired of teaching others". How could he try to fool the people?

Even the bamboo slips from the Guodian Chu tomb unearthed in later generations read: "The people can teach the people, but they can't make them wise; the people can teach the people, but they can't force them."

This sentence was the most correct interpretation of the scriptures in society at that time.

So why do some modern historians criticize Confucius for being ignorant of the people?Because their cultural level is insufficient.

For example, we see Yunying holding her upper body again.

It was obviously borrowing the allusion of Zhao Feiyan's palm dance to praise Yunying's good figure, but it was interpreted literally by later generations as the scholar scolding Yunying, which meant that he saw her body being played with by others again.

It can be said to be the most ridiculous thing in the world.

Therefore, if you want to understand ancient culture, you need to know a lot of allusions. For ordinary people, the requirements are very high.

Not to mention that later generations use literal interpretation methods to analyze sentences written thousands of years ago, and often come up with incorrect meanings.

This is also the reason why ancient scholars despised ordinary people. Taking a sentence literally and saying it out made the scholars laugh.

This is a manifestation of cultural monopoly, and Zhu Gaochi wants to change this opportunity.

"Due to the reform of the school, many subjects have been added and a lot of content has been reduced. If the meaning of ancient scriptures cannot be clearly marked, I am afraid it will cause greater misunderstandings in the future."

"So I want to use the power of the country to collect books from all over the world, covering all industries, and create a book collection through strict annotation."

As soon as Zhu Gaochi finished speaking, the atmosphere in the hall became heavier.

This was a job that would leave a name in history and have outstanding political achievements. The ministers in the palace immediately became red-eyed, and it was none other than themselves.

The corners of Jie Jin's lips curled up slightly. Since he was willing to help His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun change the meaning of the scriptures, he had already agreed that he would have his own place.

"This matter is important and requires long-term planning, so don't rush it."

Zhu Gaochi threw out the bait, hung up the ministers, and then looked at Yang Rong, deliberately not looking at the other ministers.

Upon seeing this, Yang Rong, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, suppressed his itching and introduced the current situation in Jiaozhi in detail.

"The speed with which we conquered Jiaozhi was unprecedented."

Yang Rong's words made the ministers look better, and everyone couldn't help but be happy.

Recover Annan's achievements.

Everyone in their dynasty had benefits. When future generations mention this great achievement, it can be said that the whole dynasty is full of righteousness.

Yang Bo cannot discredit their achievements.

"It has been more than [-] years since Jiaozhi left China. The Song Dynasty failed to recover it, and the Yuan Dynasty failed to conquer it. Only I, the whole government, worked together to recover it in just one year, which shows what the people want."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi did not refute.

It is true that everyone is united and what the people want.

The court of the Ming Dynasty fully supported this matter, and the defense of Li Thief and his son was actually very good.
From the moment they took over power, the Li thieves and their sons had been well prepared to fight against the Ming Dynasty and had made a long-term battle plan.

The Ming Dynasty's victory was not only due to its own national strength, but also to Annan's people's aspirations.

"The military report from the previous army showed that no one could stop our army from taking the Eastern Capital." Xie Jin also said with a smile.

"Sin and resentment are accumulated, and the sea is divided."

When the atmosphere in the palace improved, Yang Rong suddenly changed the topic: "Our army took the Dongdu, and no one stopped it. This shows the strength of the big families in Cochin."

"What do you mean, Mr. Yang?"

Xie Jin asked in confusion.

"His Royal Highness the Prince wants to eliminate the hidden dangers in Jiaozhi, otherwise the day the army leaves will be the moment when chaos breaks out in Jiaozhi."

(End of this chapter)