All-Heavens Dream Plunderer

2021-06-03

Chapter 58 Teachings

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Jinling City, Wu Wangfu.

Crown Prince Wang Yu is eight years old.

After him, Wang Meng had two sons and three daughters.

Of course, it wasn’t all born by Ma Shi. Ma only gave birth to a daughter later.

That’s right, Wang Meng has taken a concubine. The three women are all the direct daughters of the Jiangnan clan, which is very beneficial for Wang Meng to consolidate Jiangnan’s rule.

The following sons and daughters, Wang Meng didn’t care too much.

His wholeheartedly focused on cultivating Wang Yu to become a qualified heir.

In his position, not giving the other sons any chance is the best way to deal with cannibalism.

As for saying that the elder son died prematurely or was stupid, Wang Meng would naturally avoid it deliberately.

It is not without merit that the ancients chose the first wife’s eldest son to succeed him.

For Wang Meng’s choice, those speculators in the Jiangnan Scribe Group quickly saw clearly.

Under the deliberate guidance of Wang Meng, Wang Yu was four years old.

Queen Ma Xiuying chose three great Confucians in the south of the Yangtze River, and two great Confucians in the north came to teach.

This is an obvious way to balance. The current Huaixi Xungui is indeed arrogant and brave. Wang Meng can hold it, but it doesn’t mean that Wang Yu can hold it.

If Wang Meng doesn’t want to kill the hero in the future, he must pay attention to it early and start to balance.

Over the years, Wang Meng has conducted scientific research in Jiangnan to support Jiangnan Scribe Group and balance Huaixi Group.

At the same time, Wang Meng was gradually promoting generals from outside Huaixi.

In the mansion, Wang Meng looked at Wang Yu: “Yu Er, what did you learn today?”

In order to train a qualified heir, Wang Meng is always busy every day Will find free time to teach in person.

Whether it is a scribe in the south of the Yangtze River or a great scholar in the north, when teaching the Crown Prince, they must add some private goods, thinking of training the Crown Prince according to their template of benevolent kings.

What Wang Meng needs to do is to teach Wang Yu to avoid these private goods, and to teach the real emperor’s mind, the art of controlling people with the unity of “law, art, and power”.

Wang Yu opened the mouth and said: “reporting to Royal Father, today I talked about “Zhenguan Zhengguang”…”

Wang Meng soon Understand the content of today’s teaching.

Today is a story told by Zhenguan dignitaries, Najian.

In the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong said to the eldest grandson Wuji and the others: “Subordinates are mostly obedient to emperors and not disobedient, and use sweet words to please people. I ask questions now, you guys Don’t hide it, you have to tell my faults one after another.”

Zhangsun Wuji, Tang Jian and the others all said: “Your Majesty sanctification leads to whole world at peace, according to our It seems that I can’t see any fault.”

Liu Wei, the servant of the Huangmen family, replied: “Your Majesty has made a lot of money to start a business, as Wuji and the others said.”

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“But someone wrote a letter not long ago, and when the content of the words did not meet Your Majesty’s intentions, Your Majesty asked him face-to-face, making all those who wrote the letter retreat ashamed. I’m afraid this is not a reward for the person who wrote it. “

Taizong said: “This is right, I will accept your opinion and correct my mistakes.”

Wang Meng nods: “How did your teacher teach you?”

Wang Yudao: “Teacher said that if you want to speak widely, you must know that loyal words are hard to listen to.”

Wang Meng suddenly smiled when he heard the words: “It is right to speak widely, because the emperor really needs to understand more If you have a lot of talent, you won’t be deceived by others, but you may not be fooled by loyal words.”

“Yu Er, what do you mean by loyal ministers? What are traitorous ministers?”

Wang Yu opened the mouth and said: “Royal Father told me a few days ago that there is no constant standard for judges, and it all depends on the situation.”

Wang Meng suddenly smiled when he heard the words: “Yes, yes, books. The loyal ministers, treacherous ministers, villains, and wise men in the book are not a constant standard. How to look at it, it all depends on the emperor, and absolutely cannot be limited by the loyal and traitor in the book.”

“The previous Some days, some Jiangnan madmen scold us, saying that our reform of the imperial examinations does not respect the ancient law and violates the holy way.”

“This person is considered a great sage in the eyes of Jiangnan scholars and even many ordinary people. People, but blocking our way is not our wise man.”

Wang Yu nodded: “Listen to the teacher, the Royal Father directly beheading this person is detrimental to morality.”

Wang Meng laughed: “Virtue? Yu’er, the king must jump out of the frame, you must know that it is only a creation that restricts the subject.”

“And you have to know that there are many people in this world who insult the king and invite names. These people are even more afraid of majesty but not virtue. Sometimes our knife is better than virtue. ”

“What’s wrong with morality is a loss. As long as our policy can be carried out, what does it mean to kill one person?” “

Wang Yu heard the words: “I heard that the Royal Father put more emphasis on arithmetic and other miscellaneous subjects in the imperial examination, why is this? “

Wang Meng patted Wang Yu’s shoulder lightly when he heard the words: “Because this is just an introduction, if the Royal Father wants to reform, he must have the support of a group of Confucian scholars who are not too orthodox. “

“And those scribes in Jiangnan disapprove, because it affects the interests of their children. They are all old-fashioned imperial examination scribes in the Tang and Song Dynasties. Naturally, they hope that the imperial examination will never change.” ”

Of course, Wang Meng still has a lot to say to Wang Yu, for example, this is also to preserve the seeds of technology.

In recent years, Wang Meng has not done much, but focused on improving The treatment of the craftsmen under Wang Meng showed that he valued them.

What is good in the top will be worse in the bottom, and the status of the artisans under Wang Meng has also improved a lot.

These The craftsmen did not disappoint Wang Meng. Under Wang Meng’s side, the ship’s technology has been greatly improved. Wang Meng is amazed by the tall ship building.

Why is the north so chaotic? Hantemer is brave and good at fighting, but he has not been able to threaten Wang Meng?

It is because Wang Meng’s navy is unmatched across the Yangtze River.

And even this should not only be It is called the navy, and it should be called the navy. In recent years, Wang Meng has sent navy to sail, sweeping property and resources from Japan and other places.

And this imperial examination reform is Wang Meng’s second attempt , because it was the beginning of the imperial examination, so the resistance was not too big.

With Wang Meng’s knife shining, it was quickly completed.

Most of the pursuits of scholars are As an official in scientific examinations, Wang Meng added things that are biased towards science in scientific examinations.

It is to force scholars in the world to study, improve the status of science, and plant the seeds of science and technology.

Wang Yu asked again: “During this time, I have heard that many officials have reported corrupt officials and corrupt officials, causing chaos to the society, why didn’t the Imperial Father punish those corrupt officials? “

Wang Meng said: “Because they are still useful to the Royal Father, and these people are not really corrupt officials. “

“Why is this so? “

Wang Meng explained: “Because this group of officials were all promoted by the Royal Father from the poor family, and among them, the eyelids were relatively shallow. “

“Officials are also human beings, and they want to enjoy themselves. It’s normal for them to be tempted for a while, and it’s normal for the Royal Father to knock one or two.” “

Wang Yu said: “In this way, isn’t Royal Father afraid that the whole dynasty is full of corrupt officials?”

Wang Meng smiled slightly, and said more directly and thoroughly: “Strict speaking Of which, there are countless corrupt officials in the Imperial court, and honest officials are the minority. After all, people are always greedy. This is human nature, and corrupt officials can never be killed. “

Looking at Wang Yu was a little dazed, Wang Meng said with a smile: “There were many officials with clear arms in the past, they were not greedy, just because they were not necessary, they were born into a big family and were born into wealth. “

“And they are not greedy, it does not mean that his clansman is not greedy, why does everyone want to be an official, because after becoming an official, the family can prosper and prosper, and can accumulate countless land in their hometowns ! “

“This kind of officials are not greedy, but their family members rely on their power to constantly occupy the village land. If they only occupy the land, they only invade the land and do not pay taxes, which makes the Imperial Court’s taxation continue to shrink. How do you say the harm of this kind of person compares with those petty greed? “

Wang Yu pondered for a while: “This is what the Royal Father said, are the natural interests of the Aristocratic Family and the king opposite? “

Wang Meng favored that, “It’s not just the Aristocratic Family, everyone in the world is fighting with the king, don’t believe that the king wants to benefit the people, because the people are not the people of the trillions of people, but the people in the world.” Just gentlemen.

“So the Royal Father teaches you the way of balance, to suppress when the honor is strong, and also when the Aristocratic Family is strong.”

Wang Yu nodded: “Royal Is Father supporting the poor family just to balance the Aristocratic Family? But how does the Royal Father know that they will not become an Aristocratic Family one day?”

Wang Meng laughed: “This is understandable, it all depends on the king. means.”

Wang Yu said helplessly: “After listening to the words of Royal Father, I only feel that the officials in the world are very bad? It is no wonder that many powerful kings regard their ministers as grass.”

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Wang Meng shook his head and said, “For my father, you can treat them like weeds, but you can’t. For my father, you are the founder of the country, and your prestige is enough to support it.”

“Yu’er, your prestige is not enough. , you should pay more attention to appearance, package the benevolent gentleman your teacher taught you, and act cheaply.

Wang Yu asked: “Is this the reason why Royal Father wants me to learn Han Xiaowen?”

Wang Meng opened the mouth and said: “Yes, he is an emperor with enough means to be brilliant, the way of balance is brought to the point of perfection, and what he shows is also the kind and benevolent monarch that the doctor hoped for. Even if there is a huge mistake, the officials and the people will think that the king is being deceived by a traitor. “

Wang Yu heard the words and thought about it for a while, with a clear comprehension in his heart.

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“so that’s how it is!” Erchen understands that it is not possible to judge the reputation of a minister alone. Even though some officials are petty and greedy, they can serve the country and are useful to me, so I can use them. “

Wang Meng even smiled when he heard the words: “Yes! We must weigh the pros and cons, kill one person to thank the world, kill the great sage, use one person to benefit the society, and use it for the great traitor, teach you the way of the king’s magic and power for your father, that’s how it is. ”

(end of this chapter)