my days with tyrants

Chapter 157 This fellow is malicious and vicious!
Of course Zhu Yuanzhang would not accept Yang Feng's plan, which was obviously embracing evil intentions.

He is not stupid!

Confucian scholars' control of education is to control thought, so Yang Feng's control of education is not right?

Confucian control education at least teaches the way of the monarch and ministers, and what Yang Feng's control education will teach, then only the ghosts know. This guy originally spread all kinds of fallacies in his embassy area, but it is good control.After all, the speed of information dissemination is slow at this time. With his speed of folk dissemination, it will take ten or eight years for it to spread throughout Daming. In fact, a little control can prevent his fallacies from being revealed in the capital.

If the gate is opened for him, wouldn't that be equivalent to opening the floodgates?
What's more, I still help him run a school.

That's like digging your own grave!
What Lao Zhu wants is a family in the world, what he wants is for Zhu’s family to last forever...

Although he also admitted that this is fantasy.

Empires always fall, without exception.

However, people must have ideals after all, and how long they can last.

It was he who chose Confucian scholars.

It was not Confucian scholars who chose him.

Therefore, the principles of Confucianism in governing the country will not change.

As for his occasional cleaning up of Confucian students, cleaning them up is for their better growth. This is a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning at all. Once, even after killing [-] people, there will still be [-] people who will kneel down at his feet shouting Holy Master Mingjun, and the posture of kneeling will be more standard.

but……

What did Yang Feng teach?
With regard to the students taught by this bastard's style, Lao Zhu thinks that they really can't be more honest than himself!
At most, he just wanted to survive, to be able to eat enough, very simple, he never even thought about being an emperor, after all, it was impossible for him to have such a great ideal in his situation at that time, but the students Yang Feng taught were not as good as his Such a simple and unadulterated thought.

So he rejected the emperor's grandson's proposal excitedly without hesitation, and it was rare for him to pull his grandson to speak the truth earnestly, clarifying the interests, especially Yang Feng's true intentions, and then The result was not that his grandson suddenly woke up, but...

The conversation between the grandparents and grandchildren collapsed.

It's hard not to talk about new humans and old antiques.

On the mighty Yangtze River, Princess Hanshan's boat went straight down...

"Yunxi is obviously deeply bewitched by you, and thinks your national theory is more reasonable. In Ming Dynasty, my father expelled the Tartars and rebuilt the land. As long as we stick to this concept and keep strengthening it, instill it in the people, especially add more to my father's previous generation. Some legends, such as my great-grandfather, finally formed a deep-rooted concept in the hearts of the people, so wouldn’t it be stronger than the illusory Confucian Mandate of Heaven? The biggest problem with the Mandate of Heaven is that it is a piece of clothing, which can be worn by anyone. Confucian scholars passed through for Hu Yuan, for Jurchen, for Khitan, and even for Xianbei if they were far away.

This dress has long since rotted.

No one would really think that being an emperor is the destiny of heaven, after all, the son of heaven is the one who is strong in soldiers and horses.

Moreover, the theory of destiny cannot explain those dynasties that coexisted. For example, the common people must recognize Song, but Song did submit to Jin. Who is the destiny of destiny in the theory of destiny?
Just like the emperor of the Southern Dynasties, who walked through the hall barefoot because of Xing Bian, and later the emperor of the Northern Dynasty responded to Xing Bian and scolded the captives in anger.

Can't explain.

Even if Confucian scholars can forcefully find an explanation to fool people, it is difficult to deceive people.

Everyone is not stupid!
You can say that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was incompetent, but if you want to say that the emperor Hu Yuan is good, so the destiny belongs to him, this is obviously unconscionable. They obviously rely on killing a lot of people, and the whole Sichuan has killed no one. If this is all What is wrong with the ordinary people who were killed.

You are too cruel.

Belief in the Mandate of Heaven cannot explain these dynasties that were created by killing people, because at least the sky cannot be evil, but if the sky is good, it is impossible to choose such a destiny.

In this way, compared with the theory of destiny, your way of winning the world by rebuilding rivers and mountains is obviously more convincing to the common people. After all, it was I, the Ming Dynasty, who set the Central Plains to recover Youyan, and drove the Tartars out of Monan, even Liaodong have all been recovered.

This is real.

The common people all watched.

But my dad feels that this theory has no guarantee at all.

This is tantamount to handing over the power of criticizing the emperor to the people. Now that the emperor has the ability to control the world, the people naturally dare not say anything else and must accept this theory. But in the future, if the people are dissatisfied with the emperor and the emperor has no ability to control the situation, the people can also It is said that emperors are not qualified to rule the world.After all, even if the ancestors have meritorious service, they cannot enjoy it for thousands of years. One or two hundred years will be a great time to save face. At that time, once the emperor is unable to control it, he can use this banner to rebel against the emperor.

But destiny is solid.

After all, the right to interpret the destiny belongs to the Confucian scholars. As long as the Confucian scholars listen to the emperor, they can explain to the emperor what the destiny belongs to.

And now my father has already surrendered to Confucian scholars, and the latter is also willing to explain the destiny for my father. At this time, it is completely nonsense to abandon the theory of destiny and replace it with your theory of merit. "

said the little princess.

She is very concerned about this secret conversation between grandparents and grandchildren.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang was not afraid that she would come and tell Yang Feng after she found out.

Everyone is a sensible person, so there is no need to hide it. Of course, His Majesty the Emperor knows what Yang Feng wants to do, and Yang Feng basically understands what the Emperor wants to do.

"So it's a clash of old and new."

Yang Feng said deeply.

In fact, from the perspective of an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts are correct...

Of course, being right does not mean that it is good for the common people.

As a ruler, the most important thing is of course to maintain the right to rule. Of course, the emperor is to maintain the rule of his family for generations, and the most important means of the family is to fool the people.The Confucian literati-oriented government, coupled with the Confucian elite group produced by Confucian education and imperial examinations, formed a stable rule under the banner of the Mandate of Heaven.As for the people outside of this, just do their duty well. Farmers farm honestly, and workers work honestly. Besides, it’s not that there are no promotion channels for you. After all, Zhang Xianzong’s mother can sell straw sandals. Second place in the list.

The first year of the dynasty!
There are many opportunities!
This is the most stable theoretical system for Zhu Yuanzhang.

But Yang Feng's set...

Of course, it's still good for him.

He also admitted that the theory of merit is suitable for him, and it can even be said that it is tailor-made for him. Apart from him, no emperor is really qualified. This feeling makes him very useful.

It's not stable!
This is tantamount to giving the people the right to assess the legitimacy of the emperor's rule.

Destiny is ordained by God.

Everyone doesn't understand that the sky is illusory, and the way of heaven is far away. Of course, whoever has the right to interpret things that don't exist has the final say, but Yang Feng's theory of credit is actual, and there are different opinions on the actual.When the common people accept your rule, they say that you are a meritorious ancestor. When they don’t accept your rule, they say that your ancestor’s legacy is exhausted. Why should we listen to you, an unreasonable and stupid king?
Yang Feng's vicious intentions are here to put a chain on the Zhu family's imperial power.

The emperor had to be supervised by the people.

You have to love the people...

Although Lao Zhu also thinks that this is what the emperor should do.

But this should be a gift from the emperor to the people, not a request from the people to the emperor. Thunder, rain and dew are all gifts from heaven. An emperor who loves the people is a great gift from the emperor. An emperor who does not love the people can only endure it.

You can't use the emperor's incompetence as an excuse to rebel!

And Yang Feng's theory of merit is to provide legitimacy for the people to rebel against the emperor's incompetence.

This guy is very vicious.

And it was covered up with a packaging that Zhu Yuanzhang was very useful for.

But old Zhu Hui's eyes are like a torch, so he won't be fooled by his tricks.

But such far-reaching things cannot be expected to be understood by a high school student like Zhu Yunxie.

He belongs to the blood-boiling age.

You let him accept the instinctive aversion to such banal things as Confucianism...

A new world had opened its doors before him.

Who will read the Four Books and Five Classics?
What's more, he doesn't consider the legitimacy of the imperial power at all now. After all, he is only the second generation. In his opinion, the theory of merit is more reasonable.

In this way, it is difficult for the grandparents and grandchildren to agree.

"Where are the cronies around him? Didn't anyone persuade him to reflect?"

Yang Feng said.

"There are not many cronies around him. Zhang Xianzong is one of them, but Zhang Xianzong's knowledge is far from satisfying him. After all, Zhang Xianzong doesn't understand a lot of things. Recently, Lan Yu is recuperating. He wants to see Lan Yu, but it's nothing. Harvest, now I don't like to go.

After all, Sapphire doesn't understand anything.

At most, it was just telling him about the local customs, the geography of the mountains and rivers, and the quality of the new firearms, but those things he liked were no different from heavenly scriptures to Lan Yu, and the two of them talked like chickens and ducks.

And he knew that the new firearms given to the army today were meant to be temporary.

Will be out soon.

To say that he really trusted a confidant has one. "

said the little princess.

"Who?"

Yang Feng asked.

"me!"

The little princess said frankly.

Yang Feng rubbed her dog's head silently.

So the grandson of the emperor is also very lonely, but as the grandson of the emperor, he can't find a trustworthy confidant, and only this aunt who is about the same age can still have some common language with him.

The point is that no one else knows as much as he does.

He has been with Yang Feng for many years, and he has seen all of Yang Feng's watches and movies.

He already knows too much.

It has reached the point of being at a loss.

To be able to discuss issues with him, at least there must be a topic for discussion. He asked, do you know the principle of the telescope?If you say that this is a trick, then it's useless to discuss it, so get the hell out of here!But now there are few civil servants and military generals in the imperial court who can discuss issues with him.

Even Zhang Xianzong was okay.

But Zhang Xianzong obviously has a big gap.

"He can still talk to those craftsmen, imperial physicians, especially Imperial Physician Dai.

In addition, I often go to the Ministry of Industry, so I have a good relationship with Yan Zimin, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. "

said the little princess.

"Yan Zimin, what is his background?"

Yang Feng asked.

In fact, he has more contacts with Yan Zimin.

Of course, it is limited to official contacts. In fact, Yan Shangshu, like other officials, kept a distance from him as much as possible. The only impression is that he is very organized and can be regarded as a qualified official. However, the level of Hongwu Dynasty officials is not low. After all Those who are not good enough will die early.

"The head of grain, because the family has a lot of land and money, so there is never a shortage of grain for the court every year. Anyway, if it is not enough, I will add it myself, and I don't care if there is a lot of land. Therefore, my father appreciated him and promoted him to be an official. He has been a minister of the Ministry of Industry."

"Uh, there are still officials who do this?"

"It's always been like this. Not only the head of grain can be promoted to be an official, but a lot of my father thinks that he can be an official. When the imperial examination was not held before, my father had a lot of means to select officials. It's just these years. The imperial examinations are all Jinshi candidates. My father is actually too old and really doesn't have the energy to take care of it. How easy it is to elect a Jinshi after opening the imperial examination.

In the past, he had to see who had talent one by one.

Now those Jinshi are selected and sent to the place to be the county magistrate, and then they can be promoted by the Ministry of Officials. "

said the little princess.

This is quite normal.

After all, any monarch must embark on this road.

But this Yan Zimin is quite in line with Shen Wansan's standards, and he is even from Wucheng...

At this time, there was no Shen Wansan at all.

Wucheng did have a rich merchant named Shen Wansan in the past, but let alone Zhu Yuanzhang, he had never even met Zhang Shicheng. He was a wealthy merchant in the Yuan Dynasty, and his son later transported grain for Zhang Shicheng.

"This person can't do it. You have to arrange some young people for your nephew."

Yang Feng said.

At this time Zhang Ying walked in.

"His Royal Highness, quickly tidy up your disguise, we have arrived in Taicang."

She looked at the princess's chicken coop and said.

Taicang.

With the sound of drums, Princess Hanshan, who put on her court attire, walked out of the cabin gracefully, and then boarded the pier with the help of her attendants and female officers, and a group of masters who were waiting at the pier hurriedly saluted...

Today is the day when Yang Feng's group of masters set off to visit India.

But this mission is not small.

All the masters were full of enthusiasm for this. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang restricted them too much, and they also wanted to use this mission to expand their influence among the people. Therefore, through the internal connection of the masters, a total of nearly a hundred masters went there.So many are largely because everyone knows that this kind of long-distance voyage has a high mortality rate, and if you go a few more, you can survive more.

Second, there are also the official envoys of the Ming Dynasty, and the two pedestrians of the Pedestrian Department are the principal and deputy envoys.

So the whole fleet takes twelve ships.

They are all the latest sailboats that have been continuously improved in the past two years.

Of course, they also have rapid-fire guns.

After all, it is inevitable that they will encounter pirates in the middle of their trip.

"Ambassador, if this trip is successful, the ambassador will be of great merit!"

"Amitabha!"

……

After welcoming the princess, the masters quickly turned their flattery target to Yang Feng.

The princess is a supporting role, and the ambassador is the protagonist.

"Masters, although Yang is not a believer, Yang still admires the spirit of the masters who are willing to travel across the oceans in order to promote Buddhism. This journey has traveled thousands of miles. Yang hereby wishes you all the best!"

Yang Feng said while surrounded by masters.

While talking, he squeezed out, but then he was dumbfounded.

A familiar figure behind the masters was looking at him with a half-smile, and then he walked towards the princess enchantingly...

(Jiyang, the whole family is finally neat and tidy. After lying down for two days, there is no fever at present, but the whole body hurts and coughs, as if the hair in the stomach is constantly sweeping.)
(End of this chapter)