Chapter 169 Qi
Qian Tang raised his head and said: "Your Highness said that the minister would like to be educated, but this matter still needs to be discussed clearly. How could Mencius be removed from the Confucian Temple so casually?"
Zhu Biao looked at him and said: "If Qian Yushi is really thinking about Mencius, he should go back and think about it, instead of adding fuel to the fire here."
Qian Tang frowned. Mencius is a sage of Confucianism, orthodox, and must not be defiled, so he must return to the Confucian Temple. But now that there are more and more people behind him, Qian Tang feels a little uncomfortable.
He is not a stupid person. At least half of the people behind him came here because they seemed to have too many people admonishing them.
It doesn't matter if he dies, but if so many people are killed at the same time, it will definitely disrupt the operation of the court. This is not what he wants to see, not to mention Zhu Biao's sentence just now that he is famous for his death, and leaving his name to Junfu really stimulated him. .
In the eyes of Qian Tang, Zhu Yuanzhang is a hero, expelling the Hulu to restore China, and reopening the Han people, this is a rare achievement in the ages, so he happily entered the court as an official and assisted him wholeheartedly.
Zhu Biao said with his hands behind his back: "Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is waiting to be revived, and there are many affairs in the court. The truly loyal and patriotic ministers are all working hard in the official government office. Only you are not enterprising, and are still here trying to gain a clear name. It's ridiculous. Don't go back!"
As soon as these words came out, the people below began to cry out. They obviously did not fear life and death to admonish the king, but why did they become villains here? Qian Tang took a deep breath, stood up and bowed his hands towards Zhu Biao, and then looked after himself. I left.
The rest of the people were dumbfounded. We all came here with you Qian Tang, so you just left? So what are we here for?
Zhu Biao was still cold on the surface, but he also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. If Qian Tang still doesn't leave, then dozens of people will not die in front of the palace today. There is no way to solve it.
It is impossible for the emperor to admit his mistakes unless it is absolutely necessary, and now that the military is strong and the culture is weak, no one can stop Zhu Yuanzhang from killing him, and if that happens, Zhu Biao will not stop him.
We can’t start with this. If the ministers work together to reverse the emperor’s decision, what will happen? Now Qian Tang and others may really be dedicated to the country, but once this example is started, the future ministers will be dead. Remonstrance is regarded as a shortcut to becoming famous.
Song Lian at the back looked at Yan Zhu Biao, got up silently and said to the people around him: "Don't make things difficult for His Royal Highness, we still have official business to deal with, so why not delay it."
Song Lian actually wished to die here immediately, so that his literary name could be preserved, but he cared more about Zhu Biao, who was his most proud disciple. After more than ten years of painstaking teaching, Song Lian was reluctant to make Zhu Biao difficult.
The two most famous people spoke out, and the rest, especially those who followed suit, got up and left, and the remaining hesitant ones also left under the attack of Zhu Biao's eyes.
Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and walked towards the palace. Qian Tang left voluntarily for the sake of the public, and Song Lian voluntarily left because of his personal relationship with his disciples, but neither of them would give up. The matter is not over yet.
Zhu Biao’s mood was very complicated along the way. These people really made him love and hate, but the country can’t do without them. No matter what dynasty there will be treacherous ministers, there will also be these direct ministers. They will only make the emperor hate them in peacetime. , but when it comes time to be faithful, they will not be left behind.
Of course, Zhu Biao will impose restrictions on them in the future, especially because of a trivial matter, someone will play a trick of remonstrance, so Zhu Biao will let them survive or die.
Generally speaking, they are not wrong this time, it’s just that the two sides have different positions, but the purpose is to make the country better, so Zhu Biao wants to protect them. After all, it’s hard to connect a broken spine.
In history, when the Ming Dynasty fell, it was not only the courtiers who were "too cold". Fan Jingwen, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and a university scholar, saw that the situation was over. When the city of Beijing was broken, he hanged himself and was finally saved by his family. Or commit suicide by jumping into a well.
After Ni Yuanlu, Minister of the Household Department, heard that Chongzhen committed suicide, he kowtowed in the direction of Chongzhen’s suicide in court clothes, and committed suicide in front of Guan Yu Temple. In the end, all 13 members of his family committed suicide and died for the country.
Zuodu Yushi Shi Bangyao hanged himself first, was rescued and then committed suicide by taking poison. His superior Zuodu Yushi heard about it, sighed and said that the master humiliated his ministers to death. But without regret, he hanged himself after kowtowing three times in Wen Tianxiang's ancestral hall.
Ling Yiqu, Qing of Dali Temple, heard that after the death of the emperor, he also slammed his head against a pillar and bled all over his face. Finally, he burned all his books, worshiped three poems in the direction of Chongzhen, and left a letter from his family, which read, Loyalty is filial piety, and in the end he strangled his neck with silk and satin and killed himself.
Meng Zhaoxiang, the servant of the Ministry of Justice, was defending Zhengyang Gate when Li Zicheng, the Chuang Wang, attacked Beijing, and finally died under the city, and his wife died with him.
It can be said that these people are all in high positions. If they surrender, they will still have at least some glory and wealth. After all, they are all ministers of the dynasty, and no matter which government they are in, they need such talents.
But just like the Yashan naval battle in the late Southern Song Dynasty, Lu Xiufu jumped off the cliff mountain with the little emperor in his arms, and more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians who accompanied him jumped into the sea one after another. What kind of integrity is this.
Zhu Biao naturally doesn't like these stubborn ministers very much, but he will not interrupt their backbones. Zhu Biao wants his ministers to be obedient, but he doesn't need slaves.
Yuan and Qing domesticated the courtiers into slaves. As a result, the ministers after their demise did not resist much, at most they resisted passively.
Zhu Biao returned to the Imperial Study Room, Zhu Yuanzhang put down the pen in his hand and said: "You did a good job. It's the best way to deal with it now. The rest is to argue with each other. We can also see what these ministers think."
Zhu Biao nodded and said: "In a few days, officials from other places and the Kong family will have news, especially the Kong family will definitely try their best."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "The old guy Qian Tang is quite sensible this time, otherwise things will be difficult to deal with."
Zhu Biao smiled. In the political situation, if the emperor directly slaughtered the ministers with absolute power, he would actually lose in a sense. After all, this is an unfair game. You still have to turn the table.
Governing the world is different from conquering the world. Killing is just a means. If it is really so useful, then Qin Sui Yuan would not perish so quickly, and the corruption of the Ming Dynasty would have been solved long ago.
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Many book friends say they want to kill them all, but it’s too fake to feel that governing the world depends on killing. They feel that politics is the most appropriate way to deal with conflicts, and killing is just a means. He is not the best choice.
(end of this chapter)