Taipingchun

"Foreign husband, the world is so big. It cannot be ruled by one person, but divided and ruled by group workers..."

"The name of a subject comes from the world. I have no responsibility for the world, so I am a passer-by in the king. Husbands, fathers and sons are immutable, but the king and ministers can be changed..."

Lu Shen stared at Xu Xiu calmly, and said after a long time, "I've read your articles, so, are you here to convince me?"

Xu Xiu also said calmly: "If I can't convince you, I won't be able to convince the world. So, Brother Lu, I must convince you."

Lu Shen said angrily: "Do you know what you are doing? There is nothing wrong with killing your nine clans."

It was the first time Xu Xiu saw him so angry, but she had no choice but to say, "A ruler is not a ruler, and a minister is not a minister. It is not possible to entrust the safety of the world to one person."

Pointing to Xu Xiudao: "This is the value of our Confucianism. To help the king manage the government and return the world to a bright future. Don't fall into the way of madness. Wait for the recovery with peace of mind. When the time comes, we brothers from the Wenhan Society will walk together , Isn’t it good to display your ambitions?”

Xu Xiu saluted respectfully and said: "Brother Lu, you know I'm not joking, that's why you are very angry. My little brother trusts you very much to be a good official who pleads for the people. I also believe in myself, even Wen Han I believe in everyone in the society, but we are not the only scholars in this world, not to mention what can we small officials do? After climbing all the way, the officialdom is ups and downs, decades will pass, and then we will have ambitions Ambition, but also the reality that nothing can be achieved, and the reality of gray temples, if you don’t do it while you are young, and then do it when you are old, wouldn’t it be putting the cart before the horse.”

He stood up and said loudly: "The vast majority of scholar-bureaucrats serve as officials, that is, to teach opera and sing music. Officials, private people ignore it. If this continues, will the National Assembly be destroyed? Will the body be defeated?"

Traveling around in the past few years and meeting too many local officials, this is the reason why Xu Xiu can say such things.

Walking up, he said: "The imperial court is full of vain habits of doing nothing and wasting time. It is conservative and does not think about improvement. Governing the country is inseparable from various laws and regulations, but laws and regulations must be changed according to changes in objective conditions. Take my ten Take San Shu as an example, is Yu Guo beneficial? And then? How long did it take? Brother Lu, tell me! Nearly three years! How many years can the officialdom wait? Can you wait? Talk about the ancestral system, keep silent about the ancestral precepts, what the ancestral law can't do is all bullshit, because they can preserve their official positions because they follow the old ways, and they can't offend others because they follow the old ways. Doesn't Brother Lu understand this truth? You must understand, and I believe that many people can understand it, which is why Lord Wu Tingju strongly supports it. Many disadvantages are already obvious, why are you unwilling to change them, and the accumulated disadvantages are getting worse day by day."

Lu Shen calmed down his emotions, and said stiffly: "Reestablishing a method to save them is the only way to be safe, and it is also what people with insight in the court do."

Xu Xiudao: "When the predecessors made legislation, they had their own unique conditions of the times and could not study the situation in detail. Later generations accepted that it had been corrupted, but they were stuck in the old rules and could not change it, so they wanted to revise a law to save the country. , and then? Brother Lu, you have already worked in many departments. Don’t you know that the more complicated the law, the more the disadvantages, and the troubles in the affairs of the world, how much time will be delayed in the exchange of official documents? I won’t say anything else By the way, Brother Lu has worked in the Ministry of War. Since the beginning of the country to the present, have you been legislating to save the law? Is it the treasure of the Ministry of Households? This kind of thing is inferior to waste paper. Is it because of the ancestors? The law? Legislation has been enacted to save the law, but in the end it is useless, and it is getting worse and worse.”

"The affairs of the state have the cabinet and ministers to worry about, why are you crazy?"

Xu Xiudao: "Brother Lu, Xu Xiu is not crazy. All of this is because of the supremacy of the imperial power, and all of this is because the scholar-bureaucrats are decaying day by day, and they have become a clean place in the universe. The party is in groups, throwing dishes and shouting, there is a proverb in the Han Dynasty: take the officials and blame the dead, and now it is the same."

Lu Shen shook his head and said, "You are too pessimistic, the Ming Dynasty is at its peak."

Xu Xiudao: "When my younger brother was in Jiangning County, he had a thorough understanding of the local conditions and customs, and the Fang Yin could be heard clearly. When it comes to political affairs, no matter the priority, my younger brother must make an outline and do everything in detail. There is nothing wrong with it from top to bottom. However, the younger brother is directly in charge, but there are only five people, so I can use the county magistrate to handle the taxes of tens of thousands of households, and the various official documents are not messed up. I can also let the local big families and oil officials work for me. It's all true, but when I traveled around the world, I discovered that many officials don't have that kind of ability at all. They don't know the local customs and habits, and they can't understand the dialect. Looking for chapters and excerpts, writing some essays, just like what the younger brother said before, it’s just singing a song, strolling around the brothel, even if you are not a corrupt person, what good is it for the people? Officials are worms in green caves, tigers and wolves Those who don't go to the imperial court to spend all their money are the people's fat and people's anointing, exploiting and exploiting, layer upon layer, eating human flesh, drinking human blood, father to son, brother to brother, the real power of the state and county is in his hands, isn't this a Is there a disadvantage? If things go on like this, the Spring and Autumn Period will be at its peak, Taiping and Changchun will still fall into the boundless night, and the Southern Song Dynasty will die on Yashan.

This is easy to understand. The Song Dynasty was really good to the scholar-bureaucrats, but the Ming Dynasty had always had practices that damaged morale, so that the officials of the Ming Dynasty rarely felt that their fame was bestowed by the royal family, and more felt that it was It is not difficult to understand his own ability.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Xu Xiu continued: "This is still a small thing, enough to cause stupid government to harm the people. If there is a big one, as for the establishment of a party, it will take the blame of the ruler and turn it upside down. How can the people do it by then?" If there is no poverty, how can the country not be weak, everyone is suspicious, everything is controlled, and the laws and regulations are kept for more than a day, and finally the people are killed and the lives are ruined."

Lu Shen said: "Brother Xiu, you are exaggerating too much. Go out and see for yourself. The faces of the common people are not poor, and I know that we are not weak."

Xu Xiudao: "Below three generations, the decline of the world, the abandonment of propriety and righteousness, and the donation of shame did not happen overnight. Although there is no danger that the building will collapse, but the blazing wind of greed is becoming more and more intense. Xu Xiu's actions are not for the present, but for the present. Many, I have already made it clear to Brother Lu that if you don’t plan for a hundred years, you will not be able to build a country, and if you continue like this, you will definitely not be able to escape the disaster of subjugation.”

"Who will know what will happen a hundred years from now?"

I just knew it, but I couldn't speak clearly when I opened my mouth.

Xu Xiu took a deep breath and said, "The official's salary is enough to replace his farming, and some fields are enough for him to sacrifice. He is not too shy to honor his parents, and he is not so poor that he needs to borrow money from others. This is what Xu Xiu wants. Officialdom, not today."

Said: "Now the generals of the defeated army can not die, the corrupt officials have to be dismissed from office, and the small criminal names are all greedy with fat and beautiful jade. In Yongle, the corrupt officials were only sent to the border, and Xuande changed to transporting bricks to atone for their sins. Today, nanometers atone for their sins. How lenient is Emperor Gao compared to peeling skins and filling them with grass. It is obviously impossible to keep them from corrupting the law at such a price. Since ancient times, officials have always had a strict legal net, and it is not as loose as it is today. In the hall, when going down to the post station, the officials are all entertaining with empty words. The officials don't pay attention to political affairs, and everything is paid in the wine tank with money. assessment."

Xu Xiudao: "Propriety and righteousness have fallen, theft and competition are pervasive, greed and shamelessness permeate the world, and the officialdom is like this. Looking at the merchants, water conservancy, milling, market ferrying, and markets, all belong to the gentry, but the common people think it is commonplace. How terrible is this?"

Lu Shen said: "Brother Xiu has traveled thousands of miles in the past few years."

I also agree with the words, but I feel shallow after reading it.

"I have seen some worldly experiences."

"What do you want to do? So come and let me hear."

After hearing what Lu Shen said, Xu Xiu felt at ease and finally listened.

Immediately said: "In the past, I talked about Laozhuang and Zhuangzi, but today I talk about Confucius and Mencius. I didn't get the subtlety and mystery of Confucius and Mencius, but I inherited the rough things, and I didn't know the essence. I talked about the late stream, didn't learn the six arts, and didn't test the classics of the hundred kings. When discussing learning, don't ask about anything else, just say "consistency" and "no words", see the empty words with a clear mind, and practice the practical learning of self-rule and others, and everything will be over."

Lu Shen interrupted: "Mind learning? Why haven't I heard that Wang Shouren has the idea of ​​whether he is a king?"

Xu Xiudao: "Some places are similar, but the essence of my younger brother is no king."

"Why Wujun?"

"Your Majesty only cares about offering sacrifices, and making a clear proof of the righteousness of the country, and dividing and ruling with group work."

Lu Shen said: "Hehe, how can His Majesty allow it?"

Xu Xiudao: "Therefore, there are many things that need to be done, but the current Holy Majesty's disposition is the most suitable...I call it a constitutional monarchy."

"What is constitution?"

"Constitution, or decree, is unbreakable and cannot exceed the rules. Even the king, even the emperor, cannot exceed the rules. Establish the cabinet responsibility system, and the three legal departments are independent..."

For two days and two nights, Xu Xiu and Lu Shen had a closed conversation. The others didn't know what they said, and they didn't know how Xu Xiu finally persuaded Lu Shen. He was in high spirits, which showed that things were finally settled.

One person can't do anything, Xu Xiu needs helpers, and the best is this group of partners who know each other well and have many years of friendship. They have convinced Lu Shen, and he can also be confident in convincing others.

Only when these friends agree with his point of view and his ideas, will he not be alone, and he will also have like-minded partners.

Xu Xiu looked at the bright sunshine and said, "Come on, I'm ready."