Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Unclear rewards and punishments for merits and demerits, no matter whether you are ruling the government as a king or as a general, it is a big taboo. You two will also be the masters of a country in the future, you must know this. "

Chapter 288 Encyclopedia of Madman Raving

Emperor Chongzhen, who was used by Zhu Yujian as an example to teach Zhu Zhuohong and Zhu Cunshu, is talking nonsense in the palace at the moment.

I heard that Emperor Chongzhen was blinded by Chen Mo, an imperial literati, plus Duan Xiaorong, the guy who wrote the "Secret History of Bumubutai" with the pseudonym Rong Xiaorong, plus Wen Tiren, Shi Fenglai, Zhang Weixian, and the eunuchs. running dog.

The place is in the Imperial Prison.Emperor Chongzhen's reason was to allow Duan Xiaorong and Chen Mo to sort it out for future publication.

"The ancients said that courtesy should be lived.

The so-called exchanges, for example, there must be coming and going.As the saying goes, when someone slaps you once, you have to slap him twice, and then kick him twice.

For example, if Jiannu killed a commoner in my Ming Dynasty, then we have to pay back ten times and a hundred times!

why?Because courtesy is reciprocal, if someone gives you a gift, you have to return the gift, otherwise it will be rude, which is wrong. "

Seeing that Wen Tiren, Shi Fenglai and others, including dead eunuchs like Wei Zhongxian, had black lines all over their faces, Emperor Chongzhen turned a blind eye to it, and continued: "Let's talk about reciprocity, let's talk about the way of benevolence and forgiveness." .

Just like what I said just now, if Jiannu killed me a Ming citizen, we would kill ten or a hundred of them. This is called reciprocity.

However, Zi once said that one must convince others with virtue.

Then when we killed the Jiannu until they honestly surrendered, their soil became Daming's, and their gold and silver became Daming's, then we will forgive them.

What's this?This is convincing others with virtue, and this is called benevolence and forgiveness! "

Wen Tiren, who was so helpless by Emperor Chongzhen's nonsense, had to bow down and say, "Your Majesty, this is not how to use virtue to convince people. Therefore, Fan Wengong of the Song Dynasty said in "Zou Shang Shi Wu Shu" that ministers heard that convincing people with virtue , the world appreciates it, convinces people with strength, and the world hates it."

Emperor Chongzhen asked, "Where is the source of convincing people with virtue?"

Wen Tiren bowed and said: "Qizou Your Majesty, it comes from "Mencius Gongsun Chou Shang", Mencius said: Those who convince others with strength are not convinced by the heart, and power is not enough. Those who convince others with virtue, the heart is convinced with sincerity. The subservience of Confucius also."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "That's right. Fan Xianggong took the meaning out of context, and he didn't figure out what it means to convince people with virtue, so Song was put on the ground and bullied by those bastards from the puppet Yuan Dynasty.

Wen Aiqing must remember that I, Da Ming, also use virtue to convince people, but when virtue fails, no matter whether you use knives or fists, you must always let them obey, and those who refuse to obey will be buried in the ground. "

Seeing that Wen Tiren wanted to argue a few more words, the Emperor Chongzhen simply refused to give him a chance to speak: "Yasheng Mencius has said it all, but he is powerless. If you say it directly, you can't beat him, so you don't want to accept it?

However, I, Daming, don't need them to be convinced, as long as they are honest and obedient.For example, Lin Danhan, he is very convinced now, does Wen Aiqing understand? "

Wen Tiren has always understood that Emperor Chongzhen spoke so bluntly, anyone who didn't understand would be an idiot.

It's just that Emperor Chongzhen obviously didn't care, and just continued: "I just talked about benevolence, right? Then continue to talk about benevolence."

Next to him, Chen Mo, who was writing quickly, took advantage of Emperor Chongzhen's panting, quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and continued to write.

Emperor Chongzhen continued: "We are born as human beings, so naturally we must pay attention to benevolence.

However, the word benevolence cannot be spoken to everyone.

For example, Jiannu, such as Lin Danhan, such as those barbarians.

You should know that even the sage Confucius once said that having a king in Yi and Di is not as good as the death of Zhu Xia.

Jibu, who promises a thousand gold, once said that Yi Dibi is like a beast, and his good words are not enough to be happy, and his bad words are not enough to anger.

In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong, who was respected by the Yi Di as the Khan of Heaven, also said that the people of Rong and Di had a beastly heart, and that they were slightly unhappy, and they would definitely backfire.

Even in the former Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo also said that Yi and Di could not be governed by China, like animals. "

Wen Tiren, Shi Fenglai and others who said these words kept nodding in agreement.

Emperor Chongzhen was also secretly proud of himself.

For this day, I have been preparing for a long time. I not only carefully recalled all the "historical reference materials" in my memory, but also read these Confucian classics and historical records and other messy materials and memorized them by rote. .

Now that Wen Tiren and others agree, it means that there is no problem with his preparation.

In this case, Emperor Chongzhen went on to say: "So, benevolence is for the people of my Ming Dynasty, they are human beings, as for Jiannu and those Franji people, Portuguese and so on, they are just some people. It's nothing more than a humanoid animal, so there's no need for Ren to tell them.

Of course, if one day they completely integrated into Daming, then this benevolence must be told to them.

As for how to let them integrate into Ming Dynasty, how to spread the teachings of saints, this is what the Protectorate of the Five Armies and the cabinet should do. I can't just let me do everything myself? "

Now the British official Zhang Weixian who has been promoted to the Minister of Military Aircraft of the Daming Military Aircraft Department heard the words, and hurriedly bowed and apologized: "The incompetence of the ministers has made Your Majesty troubled, please Your Majesty forgive me."

Emperor Chongzhen's sense of Zhang Weixian has always been very good, and now he can't last for a few years, but he is still loyal to consider for himself and Daming. Emperor Chongzhen also respects the Duke of England more and more.

After waving his hand to express that he didn't care, Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wei Zhongxian and the eunuchs and said, "I have a few words, but they are not suitable for Wen Aiqing and Shi Aiqing, please pass them on for me in private." .”

At this time, Wei Zhongxian was more interested in Emperor Chongzhen than Emperor Tianqi—Emperor Tianqi had a much better temper, and he wanted to face. He needed to compete with the civil service system himself, so he was very tolerant of himself.

But the man in front of him was different.

Not to mention me, as long as this master is willing, it only takes a few days to change the whole court.

Let alone the nine-thousand-year-old me now, even among the eunuchs, what I say is not as effective as when the Emperor Tianqi was in it-all his mother's gang of white-eyed wolves.

Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen couldn't get used to the Donglin Party and other bullshit guys, these members of the Eunuch Party consciously moved closer to Emperor Chongzhen.

Wei Zhongxian, who had a clear view of his current status, bowed and said, "Please give orders, Your Majesty."

Emperor Chongzhen hesitated for a long time before he said: "Why do you want to talk about benevolence and righteousness to the people of Ming Dynasty?

They pay taxes and taxes so that the big guys have money to spend, they cultivate food so that the big guys have food to eat, they send their sons to serve as soldiers to fight for the Ming Dynasty, and they send out their daughters to entertain the dignitaries. It's just feeding the dog with conscience!

As for those disobedient foreigners, have they paid the money to everyone?Have you handed in the food for everyone to eat?Their sons will come and take our things, and their daughters won't let the big guys play.

Then you say, speaking of benevolence and righteousness to such foreigners, is there something wrong with your head?

It's easy to say that the body is disabled, but if the brain is disabled, there is no cure. "

Wei Zhongxian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, bowed and said: "Yes, this slave must spread the word."

Wen Tiren's movements at this time were in sync with Wei Zhongxian's - he also wiped the cold sweat off his forehead in the same way.

Emperor Chongzhen's words were not only for Wei Zhongxian, but also for everyone present, or it could be said that they were for the civil and military nobles of Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen ignored everyone's movement of wiping sweat, but continued: "Why do we spread the teachings of saints to these barbarians?

When they are educated, integrated into Daming, pay money to the big guys, and give birth to sons and daughters, then we should also treat them with righteousness.

This is the purpose of our dissemination of enlightenment - we can't look down on these barbarians just because the people of Ming Dynasty are born noble, we must get rich first and then get rich later, so that these beasts can also be bathed in the glory of the saint's enlightenment. "

As soon as the voice changed, Emperor Chongzhen said murderously again: "However, before these beasts evolve into human beings, if anyone tells me about internal morality, I will let this kind of brainless person educate these barbarians.

Also, for all the barbarians who have not evolved into adults, they need the Five Armies Guards and the cabinet to find a way to spread the brilliance of the saint's enlightenment to them, and to come up with practical and feasible plans. "