Bright Spring

Wang Gui was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly replied: "The servant obeys the order, so I will send it over for the emperor."

During Taizu Taizong's period, the cabinet was just an advisory body for some civil servants to advise the emperor and check for omissions; Taizu, in particular, did not trust bureaucrats at all. He laid out all the rules by himself and took the decision-making power into his own hands.But now the cabinet has some real power.

At present, the cabinet is still different from the prime minister abolished by the Taizu. The cabinet plus the Dianbao Department can be regarded as a decision-making body; and the emperor's decision-making is greater than the power of the second office of the "Wuying Palace".Therefore, the court structure at this time, the degree of centralization of power, still far exceeds the pattern of "compatibility between internal and external" and "separation of power between monarchs" during the Han and Tang Dynasties.

The cabinet and the Department of Treasures are only responsible to the emperor in name, and it is probably very hot for them to get this memorial to scold the emperor.However, as long as the memorial is sent to the cabinet and many people participate, the memorial will be made public.

Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart: It can't be blocked, at least it can't be blocked by me. The contradiction should be transferred and divided; the game in it should not be faced by me alone. .

Chapter 752 The Secret of the Two

In the twelfth lunar month of the first year of Wude, Zhu Gaoxu issued an edict to cancel all banquets, weddings, and singing and dancing performances until the eve of the next year's Shangyuan Festival; and scheduled for the first month of the second year of Wude, the ceremony of the joint sacrifice (four seasons of blessing, four sacrifices to heaven and earth, combined into one) Walk in the southern suburbs.

He also resumed his daily morning activities, showing an attitude of following the rules and catering to the heavens, so "actively responding to the wrath of the sky", which satisfied the ministers of civil and military affairs.This etiquette in the early dynasty was often canceled since Emperor Taizong; Zhu Gaoxu naturally fished for three days and posted nets for two days, and he was unable to hold it for several months during the Northern Expedition.

A few days later, the impeachment memorial of Hu Guang, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, finally arrived.

Hu Guang wrote a letter impeaching Xie Jin for his moral loss and serious disrespect.

The reason is that Xie Jin usually talks loudly with scholars, and when he speaks out, he talks about playful words, and he is capable of forming cliques and personal friendships;Hu Guang listed and understood Jin's previous performances and the wrong words in all articles; he believed that Xie Jin, as a learned man, his taboo words were not omissions, but ulterior motives, ignoring the sage.

Hu Guang took a lot of thought to collect and understand many of Jin's negligence, and took advantage of Xie Jin's opportunity to offend the emperor, and gave a powerful attack.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw Hu Guangda's article scolding Xie Jin, he couldn't help feeling secretly refreshed for a while.Now, no one can blame others. Hu Guang and Xie Jin are both civil servants and fellow villagers. Who can say that this is the emperor's retaliation against Xie Jin?

This memorial was still sent to the Hall of Martial Heroes for processing.

There is no good way to get such memorials from the cabinet and Dianbao.The ministers' actions were the same as Xie Jin's memorial to scolding the emperor last time. They did not respond, and directly sent the Sixth Division to the matter to be transcribed and announced.

The next day, Xie Jin sent his resignation to the Imperial Academy, and the Imperial Academy sent his resignation to the palace.After Xie Jin resigned, he left the seal and other things in the yamen, and consciously went home to wait for disposal.

Normally, he and Hu Guang would quarrel from time to time, but this time Xie Jin didn't scold Hu Guang and went home quietly; otherwise, everyone would say that Xie Jin was wrong and that he had no manners as an official. This is a customary rule of Shilin.

The most important thing for civil servants is morality and conduct, which is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's ruling the country: human nature is good, so those who cultivate morality and morality should be selected to hold power.Conversely, if an official has a lack of morality, who believes that he can do good things that benefit the country and the people?

However, in the officialdom, there will be some leeway between each other, and there are very few such things that attack the other party's morality;

Therefore, officials who have been publicly attacked in terms of morality have no reason to say other than to resign.Because his own argument is not convincing, only when others come forward to rectify his name, especially the emperor, can he clear his grievances.

However, Zhu Gaoxu pretended not to know, kept silent, and only let the rotating ministers of the Hall of Martial Arts deal with it.He decided to wait at least a year before saying...

The first person to raise doubts about this matter was the noble concubine Miao Jin.Miaojin's late father used to be the imperial censor, so she seemed to understand these things very well.Talking about Xie Jin in Rouyi Hall today, Miao Jin asked softly: "Does the memorial of Bachelor Hu mean the meaning of the Holy Majesty?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked surprised, and immediately shook his head to deny: "I haven't seen Hu Guang in private for a long time, and I haven't asked the eunuch to see him. Hu Guang and Xie Jin have personal grievances, Miao Jin doesn't know?"

Miao Jin said: "I've heard of it, but I just asked casually out of curiosity."

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly remembered something. On the eve of the "Battle of Criminology", Hu Guang ran to Yunnan to persuade Mu Sheng to surrender, but was first caught by Zhu Gaoxu; then Zhu Gaoxu privately threatened and lured Hu Guang.Miaojin was also there when that matter was being done.No wonder she felt that there was something inside this time.

"This matter was indeed done spontaneously by civil officials." Zhu Gaoxu said, "Even if Hu Guang didn't do it, someone in the court would do it. Since the 'Battle of Jingnan', my father and I have won the throne through war; Because of public opinion, the ministers of the DPRK and the central government often use old officials and confidants in the palace, and these people will not be of the same mind as ordinary civil officials."

Miao Jin nodded yes.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: "But I'm tired of such rules."

Miao Jin asked, "What kind of rules?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, and described: "Use the way of heaven, morality and other things as the basis for discussing right and wrong. The earthquake a while ago and Xie Jin's morality are all like this. The result is that I am forced to put on a show and strictly abide by All kinds of etiquette; Xie Jin is neither greedy nor illegal, but he can only resign. These are all nonsense."

Miaojin laughed inadvertently when she heard this, she hurriedly covered her mouth and lips, suppressed her smile, and asked with great interest: "The views of the Holy One are always different, so what should I do? Woolen cloth?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "As far as earthquakes are concerned, perfecting the prevention and avoidance plan is more pragmatic than respecting the ancestors. Those big tanks in the palace and in the neighborhood are the fire plan; if it is just offering sacrifices and keeping rituals, can the capital avoid fires? ?The appointment and dismissal of officials should be based on their specific political achievements, and they should be held accountable for their government affairs. Should you be responsible?"

Miao Jin nodded and said: "What the Holy Majesty said makes sense, but why can't it be changed?"

"Worldview. I can't find a legitimate reason to convince everyone that these ideas don't make sense, and there are problems in their implementation. I am alone, not superficial, and I can't do everything." Zhu Gaoxu frowned, "The past dynasties have formulated these The "sage" of the rules and order in the world has thought everything through, and it is very difficult to change it. If I deny the will of the heavens, then the monarchy that has been preached by heaven does not exist. Where does the emperor's power come from? Is it authoritative?"

Miao Jin pondered for a moment, then said quietly: "The concubine's father was an official, and he was very moral and respectful. He believed that Emperor Taizong's ascension to the throne was not righteous, and he never sincerely surrendered. But Taizong still became the emperor."

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said: "It's not the same. It's not proper for the father to call himself the emperor, but after Jianwen died, the father recognized himself as the son of the Taizu, so it makes sense for the father to be the emperor; however, there will be more or less sequelae in this way. Otherwise, Yong Le Chu would not have killed so much blood."

After a while, Miao Jin pondered curiously again: "World view?"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her and felt that Miaojin had been influenced by him and some concepts had been shaken, so he patiently narrated: "Humans are intelligent creatures, and the difference from other creatures is that in addition to eating, drinking and reproducing, they also go to Understand everything about the environment you are in. What is the sky and the earth, is the sky round, or is there a pot cover? How did people come, what is consciousness, is there a hell or a heaven? These views of people are worldviews.”

Miao Jin said: "The Holy One's 'world view' is probably completely different from that of ordinary people."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Truth is relative. My worldview is not important. I just feel that the worldview of most people in the world is not conducive to the development of the country."

Zhu Gaoxu's views have also changed many times.Because of the indoctrination method of education, he could only believe in materialism when he was a teenager, but later he had a "miraculous experience" and stopped believing.

And he recalled the superficial statements about quantum mechanics that he dabbled in before, and he also felt that materialism might also have historical limitations; human observation can determine the microscopic quantum world and expand to the macroscopic world?All materialistic philosophies can no longer be explained.It's also like the wave-particle duality he learned in junior high school. Who can explain clearly what kind of substance it is.Science is clearly not philosophy.

With the great development of science, religion is still prevalent, and materialism is just a family opinion.Perhaps human consciousness is self-deceiving. Many people do not want to believe that they are insignificant ants. People would rather believe that they have a soul and a very unique consciousness.

But no matter what, Neo-Confucianism and Psychology of the Ming Dynasty are not conducive to the development of the future.These things have caused all affairs of the current government to be badly governed.

Miao Jin said thoughtfully: "Everyone says there are gods and ghosts, but no one has seen them."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Even if there is, I think it must not be the low-level ghosts and gods that people understand, but more grand law-makers."

However, after thinking about it for a while, his expression gradually relaxed a lot.

He thought to himself: Fortunately, Chinese people have an advantage, they are very inclusive and not paranoid.People in the world believe in everything, but they don't believe in everything.If there are some novel theories, from scholar-bureaucrats to common people, they should not be regarded as heresy-theories; people will only find ways to incorporate them into existing concepts, otherwise they will ignore them, or only adopt part of them. Intentionally or unintentionally influence people's ideas.

Just like since the Han Dynasty, the imperial court only respected Confucianism, but secretly still used miscellaneous theories, especially Legalism.

And the existing Confucian Neo-Confucianism brainwashes the world, which also has a positive effect on maintaining order.After all, the Ming Dynasty, which had an actual population of hundreds of millions, had only tens of thousands of officials, and the power of the regime was limited.If there were no rules such as the Five Ethics and Constant Guidelines, it would be impossible to maintain; and Zhu Gaoxu's imperial power would immediately become unstable.

He breathed a sigh of relief: "I should find a spokesperson now, and let some other people's words that are beneficial to the country come out."

Miao Jin smiled and said, "Why doesn't Your Majesty convince the concubine first?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "It's a long story. Every afternoon, as long as I am in Rouyi Hall, Miao Jin will come here. I said, you write. Let's write it first, and then find a source, such as the fleet sailing to the West People from far away that I met.”

Miao Jin said with joy, "The concubine obeys the order."

She is indeed a rather unique person. She is not interested in the fight for favor in front of her, but she has always been very interested in some "unrealistic" things. Maybe it is because she has been a Taoist priest?

Zhu Gaoxu had a serious face, and said in a deep voice: "Remember, don't admit that the book was created by the two of us. Otherwise, the world will think that my emperor is very strange. Who knows what will happen?"

Miao Jin also nodded seriously, and said softly: "This is a secret matter between my concubine and the Holy One."

Chapter 753 Gorilla

This year's Beijing, Chinese New Year is quieter than previous years.Without fireworks, people can't celebrate wildly, only sacrifices and reunion.However, it can be predicted that the Lantern Festival in half a month will be unprecedentedly lively.After all, there are too many disasters in the world, and the world cannot always be in deep pain.

During the festival, the imperial court and all government offices were closed, and Zhu Gaoxu no longer needed to review memorials, nor did he need to conduct the early court.