Did God give the emperor the rights, and then the emperor distribute the rights to officials, or did the people give the rights to the emperor, the court, and the government?

No one dares to answer this question.

This is what Zhu Jinsong, the emperor, can say it. If you change someone, let alone Zeng Cheng, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, even if you change it to Zhu Erdan, the elder brother, you have to think carefully and say this sentence.

as a result of.

However, no one dares to answer this question, but it does not mean that this question does not exist, because Zhu Jinsong, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, has asked this question openly.

Zhu Jinsong bent his fingers and knocked on the table, and smiled and said, "No one is willing to answer this question? Then I will change the question. Should there be a monarch and minister first or the people first?"

Zeng Cheng and other old people looked at their noses and their noses, thinking that this question is a little different from the question just now?

The answer is obvious. In this world, people must be first, tribes that appear after people, and leaders who appear slowly after tribes. Therefore, the answer to this question is to have people first, and then kings.

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But this problem is the same as the question of who gave the right to whom just now, and it is a taboo!

Seeing that Zeng Cheng and other elders did not dare to answer this question, Zhu Jinsong didn't care. Instead, he asked and answered himself, saying: "In this world, there are people first and kings later, so, this governs the country.

Power is actually entrusted by all the people of the world to the emperor and officials."

"It's a pity that some people forget this truth, or they don't want all the people to know this truth, because once all the people know this truth, they will find ways to fight for the power that should belong to them."

"Some people want to take this power firmly in their own hands and seek benefits for themselves, including me. I also hope that the Ming Dynasty will remain unchanged forever, and I also think in my heart that my descendants will remain

He can continue to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

"But, in order to achieve this goal, some people do not hesitate to treat the people as fools. They even want to block the eyes and ears of the people, and then sew the mouths of the people. If possible, they even want to interrupt the people.

The crest of the people can honestly accept the fate of being enslaved and ruled."

"These people have forgotten that the world is constantly moving forward after all, and it may be fast and slow, but it has never stopped."

"These truths that the people do not know now do not mean that they do not know in the future that the result has been destined since the moment the words and language were born."

Speaking of this, Zhu Jinsong suddenly changed his mind and said to Zeng Cheng and other big brothers: "Do you know, what is the best way to rule forever?"

Zeng Cheng and other elders continued to be confused.

To be honest, Zeng Cheng and other big brothers also think that what Zhu Jinsong said just now is very reasonable, because language, writing, and even knowledge and technology all have a process of spreading from high to low, books and other things.

It will always become popular and more and more people will read. There will always be some people here who can figure out what His Majesty the Emperor said.

But what Zeng Cheng and the elders couldn't understand no matter what, why Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, had just said this, but suddenly asked what to do if he could do the unwavering rule?

Besides, from Pangu Tiankai, the Three Emperors ruled the world, and the Five Emperors settled the world, where can there be an unwavering rule in this world? What is the situation in Europe? Zeng Cheng and other elders have not studied it carefully.

, but at the entrance of Zhongyuan Hall, the longest rule was the eight hundred years of the Zhou Dynasty. Where is there a real unwavering life?

However, just as Zeng Cheng and the elders continued to be confused, Zhu Jinsong continued: "If you want to be truly unwavering forever, the best way is to create a false prosperous scene for the people so that they can

Have a full meal, but you can't let them eat too much. Arrange a lot of novels, operas or other messy things that can be done and played, so that they can be separated from the thinking of books."

"For example, the kindness of the people in the world as mentioned in the Europa, such as the indulgences, the Qing Dynasty has been destroying books, banning history and reducing the number of people. All of this is actually for this purpose, and no one has ever put this in mind.

Something is revealed.”

Zeng Cheng and other elders were still confused.

Yes, we all admit that what Emperor Zhu said makes sense, but while you are talking about these messy things here, you are vigorously promoting social science in the Ming Dynasty, and in county schools, government schools and even university textbooks.

Analyze the reasons for rebellion in all dynasties, so that the people in the world can know what governance is going on, and let all the people know what to do with rebellion. Do you think you are sick?

Zhu Jinsong looked at Zeng Cheng and others with a confused look and smiled, "Why, I can't understand why I said this, but I teach the people to rebel in the book?"

Zeng Cheng nodded and replied: "Reply to Your Majesty, I really don't understand that the ignorant people of the Qing Dynasty have lost all their conscience, but Your Majesty should also admit that their approach is indeed effective. Since Your Majesty thinks that the Ming Dynasty has been in a thousand years, why should you

…”

Zhu Jinsong smiled and waved his hand, saying, "The country has been ten thousand years? It's nonsense! Although the strategy of ignoring people to reduce their number is good, this kind of practice cuts off the future of the entire country from the root. How can it be said to be effective

?If this approach is really effective, how can I restore the Ming Dynasty?”

"Besides, he built the Yi and closed the country and ignored the people and reduced their ranks. However, the Europa did not stop moving forward. Even if I did not rebel, after decades, the Jianyi court would be completely behind Europa.

At that time, guess what will happen to those barbarians in Europa?"

"They will pounce on like a mad dog who smelled the smell of meat, lying on the Qing Dynasty and biting wildly, and the Jianyi court will only transfer all these disasters, pains and losses to the world.

The people.”

"Or it is said that our Ming Dynasty has sold so many muskets and cannons to Europa. Now that Europa is fighting every day, then, who is the unlucky person? Anyway, the Ming Dynasty's treasury has money, and the Ming Dynasty's people have food to eat, and the unlucky person is absolutely unlucky.

It won't be the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"Looking back, have there been a rebellion in the Ming Dynasty over the years?"

"Facts have proved that if you want to have a country for thousands of years, it is the most undesirable to reduce your ranks in the ignorant people. Instead, let the people know what rebellion is and how to rebel, so that they will not easily rebel."

"I really want to have a country for thousands of years. In the final analysis, there is only one sentence. And I have said this sentence countless times. When we hold the people in our hands, the people will raise us high above our heads!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Jinsong grabbed a newspaper from the table and sneered, "These bastards want to do things in a rebellious way, and once again brought back the rights and benefits that I had given to the people to their own hands.

He's really brave!"

Zeng Cheng's heart trembled, and was about to advise him, but Zhu Jinsong waved his hand and said, "I just said that I will hand over the problem they have created to the split Censorate and Censorate.

, Dali Temple will deal with it together, just think it's practice, and I won't just cause any major trouble now."

"What I want to tell you is that whether it is me or the power in your hands, it actually comes from the people. If the people are satisfied with the Ming court, then the country of Ming will naturally be unchanged forever. The descendants of yourselves will be borne by you.

Of course, descendants can be like you, and be as high-ranking officials as you do, and be as fast as horses."

Zeng Cheng was about to nod, but suddenly he felt something was wrong in his heart, especially when he looked at Zhu Erdan, Liu Huaiwen and others as if they were taken for granted, Zeng Cheng knew that Zhu Erdan and others were all fooled.

Is there any problem with Zhu Jinsong's theory?

No problem, this theory is completely correct, and even the theories that His Majesty the Emperor said today are correct, and no one can find any fault when they come.

However, just like what His Majesty once said, theory must be combined with reality!

Just like the inexplicable newspapers thrown out by His Majesty the Emperor, isn’t this the typical provisions of the Ming Dynasty’s law one thing, but it becomes another thing when it is implemented below?

People always have selfish intentions. No matter how good the plans and regulations are, they can become another situation when they really reach the execution level.

After thinking about it, Zeng Cheng decided to remind Zhu Jinsong: "I call you on your Majesty. I think what Your Majesty said is very true, but..."

Zeng Cheng pointed to the newspaper on the table and said carefully: "But, the desire is hard to fill. In this world, there are still bastards like the eight locust merchants. Just like these newspapers on the table, I don't believe that there is no one behind them.

Instructions in secret.”

Zhu Jinsong sneered and said, "I know there are some instructions behind these newspapers, so I plan to give it a try, and see if these bastards can be one foot taller, or the rules I set can be one foot taller.

ten feet."

Of course, some people instructed these newspapers, and they had to work together in the Jiangnan area. After all, a newspaper involved fixed editions, printers, paper, printing, distribution and other messy things.

The problem is not just about making some paper, just completing a few square chapters and printing them out.

More importantly, even if these messy problems are solved, they only have the conditions for publishing newspapers, because the right to issue newspapers is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. If those people want to bypass the restrictions of the court, they will

We must first pull some people in the government into the water, otherwise the local government would never sit idly by and watch them publish such nonsense tabloids.

But Zhu Jinsong didn't care much about these bastards.

For Zhu Jinsong, whether it is these city foxes and club rats, or what they said to Zeng Cheng and other big brothers today, they are actually just a try by Zhu Jinsong.

Try to change it based on touching the rabbit across the river.

As for the worst outcome...

Anyway, as long as Zhu Jinsong can make the people feel full and well-dressed, he can do things with confidence and boldness, and no matter how he does it, he will never die. Even if he really creates a lot of messy problems, he can still solve them slowly when he looks back.

Besides, what can I do if I find a problem? Zhu Jinsong can also transfer the risks to Europa through a small spoil. Even if it cannot be transferred, it will be a matter of self-destruction at most.

Just like Liu Yezhu, this guy was also struggling to death. He was about to end up in chaos in the world, but in the end he still solved the problem through the self-destruction.

Of course, the decree of sin is a double-edged sword. If you can't use it, don't use it. After all, Emperor Chongzhen had issued more than a dozen decree of sin, and finally he still hung it on the old crooked tree in Coal Mountain.

After thinking about it, Zhu Jinsong simply came up with a new way of playing.

Zhu Jinsong bent his fingers and slowly knocked on the table, he said slowly: "Let the Hanlin Academy, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Personnel cooperate with each other and make a new copy of "Hongwu" according to the current "Ming Law".

"The Great Edict" changed it all into vernacular."

"I don't ask you to explain all the laws and regulations through the Hongwu Great Edict, but I want you to collect all the relevant contents of the "House Law" and the laws and regulations related to dealing with corrupt officials in the form of stories.

Go in."

After hearing Zhu Jinsong say this, Zeng Cheng probably knew how to play Zhu Jinsong, and Zeng Cheng knew very well that this gameplay had a great chance of success.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Jinsong's ultimate goal is to strengthen the people's private rights and strengthen the people's supervision over the government.

To achieve this goal, the premise is that the people can read, which is exactly what the Hongwu Emperor did not achieve, because the literacy rate of the people during the Hongwu Emperor's period was terrible. Even if the Hongwu Emperor made the

The Hongwu Great Edict can also be forced to be collected by the people. At most, it is to let people preach, and even if the people want to read it, they can't read it at all.

However, since the Ming Dynasty, the Emperor Zhu Jinsong, has been spared no effort to build social schools since he occupied Menglianggu, and even recruited a large number of gentlemen who failed to pass the exam to find ways to seek literacy.

If you can recognize 500 commonly used Chinese characters, even if you can read literacy, then the literacy rate of the people of the Ming Dynasty has reached an outrageous level in just over ten years. Although it cannot be said to be 100% literacy rate, but 100%

It's definitely no problem if it's about 30 points.

Although understanding Chinese characters and being able to write Chinese characters are two completely different concepts. If the threshold for literacy is raised to one thousand Chinese characters, the current literacy rate in the Ming Dynasty will become particularly low, and it may even be from a hundred.

Fifty percent dropped sharply to about ten percent. If you want to recover to the peak of the Ming Dynasty, it may take a generation of time.
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