Chapter 416 Unexpected Team
Emperor Jiajing thought it was good!
What does it mean?
Yan Song understood instantly that this was not arranged by Emperor Jiajing, but Jiang Qingzhi's improvisation. No, according to Yan Song's understanding of that guy, this was a long-planned plan by Jiang Qingzhi.
In order to break the monopoly of Confucianism, Jiang Qingzhi and Mohism need allies.
It took too long to differentiate Confucianism, and it also took time for Mohism to grow.
So, how about pulling the warriors over?
But the military heroes are scattered and form groups, so it is almost impossible to win them over.
Promote martial arts, start anew, and make the military an ally of the imperial party.
Emperors holding swords and spears and Mohists...
Yan Song took a deep breath and glanced at Jiang Qingzhi. Master Jiang was standing at the front, his eyes as sharp as a sword, sweeping across the ministers.
Where is your majesty?
Yan Song tried hard to blink his old eyes, and through the blur, he saw a flash of sharpness in Emperor Jiajing's eyes.
Your Majesty is moved!
No, it's joy!
The officials were also speculating on Jiang Qingzhi's intentions. Soon someone said, "Lord Changwei, since the Han Dynasty, the military have been restless. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was domineering, and in the pre-Tang Dynasty, there were many vassal states. At the end of the pre-Song Dynasty, the military almost ruled one side... If you don't control the military, does Lord Changwei want the story of the previous dynasty to happen again in the Ming Dynasty?"
Jiang Qingzhi said calmly, "You are the one who is afraid of failure. You said the military men were arrogant, but why don't you say the scholars and officials were ugly? When the Yuan family convened an alliance to attack Dong Zhuo, were they the scholars and officials who led the army? At that time, the Han Dynasty was in decline, so what did they do? They were separatist and coveting the throne!"
Who can refute this?
Jiang Qingzhi, a master of debate, swept his eyes over the ministers and continued, "There were many vassal states in the pre-Tang Dynasty. Why don't you talk about the factional struggles in the pre-Tang Dynasty? Why don't you talk about the literati suppressing the emperor? The court was reduced to a market where the literati divided the spoils."
"As for the early Song Dynasty, from the beginning of the country, the literati and officials have been suppressing the emperor. In the middle and late periods, the emperor could only swallow the saliva of his ministers."
Jiang Qingzhi shook his head. "Is it good or bad for Renzong to launch a reform?"
He looked at the ministers with a sharp gaze, "Who can tell me that Renzong's reforms were a disaster for the country and the people? Fan Zhongyan's new policies were a disaster for the country and the people?"
No one answered!
Before the world's worries and worries, after the world's joy and joy.
Fan Gong has been passed down through the ages and has become a god of Confucianism. Who dares to slander him?
"Renzong's reforms had barely begun when they were attacked by scholars and officials all over the country, and ended in a disastrous defeat. By the time of Shenzong, the former Song Dynasty was no longer viable, so Shenzong ordered Wang Anshi to initiate reforms again, but what was the outcome?"
Jiang Qingzhi roared: "It is the scholars and officials of the world who are attacking us. Why are they attacking the new policies? It is for their own selfish interests."
He looked at his officials angrily. "From the pre-Han Dynasty to the pre-Song Dynasty, what were the scholars doing before the dynasty collapsed? They were frantically gnawing at the remnants of the dynasty, and they were so focused on eating it that they even considered foreign races as their allies..."
This statement is a satire on the fact that the scholars would rather lose their country or surrender to foreign races than suffer any harm to their own interests.
Venom!
Zhu Xizhong felt that his younger brother's ability to spit venom was no worse than Xu Wei's, and with just one speech he criticized the literati and Confucianists to pieces.
But he was stunned and stared at Jiang Qingzhi blankly, whispering: "Isn't this a debate about the difference between civil and military affairs? How did it become a new policy?"
He looked at the civil servants and found that most of them had gloomy expressions.
Obviously, everyone realized this.
Jiang Qingzhi diverted the topic of the debate between the two sides from the dispute between civil and military officials to the new policy.
This is Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword, aiming at Pei Gong.
Does Your Majesty want to launch a new policy?
Yan Song secretly groaned in his heart, wondering if Emperor Jiajing launched a new policy, what should he, the prime minister, do?
Moreover, Emperor Jiajing did not inform him of this matter, which was a dangerous signal.
When the emperor no longer trusts him, his good days as the prime minister will be numbered.
"It is said that warriors bring disaster to the world, but look carefully at the timing. Warriors are often domineering at the end of a dynasty. Why did the dynasty decline? Why did the empire decline?"
Jiang Qingzhi suddenly changed the topic back, making everyone feel extremely uncomfortable.
He slowly looked at the ministers and asked, "I have two questions. The first question is, who is to blame for the decline of dynasties? Is it the scholars or the warriors?"
Of course, he is a scholar, there is no doubt about that. The father-in-law immediately offered help: "The decline of the dynasty means the decline of the country. Who is governing the country?"
literati.
Confucianism!
"The second question is, when did the domineering military men appear in every dynasty?"
"The end of the dynasty!" Zhu Xizhong drew his sword to help.
Jiang Qingzhi said: "When the world was in turmoil, the country was in turmoil, and many people were thinking about competing for the Central Plains. Scholars, warriors... How can we blame the warriors for this? This is unfair!"
The court was quiet.
Huang Jin stood at the side, lowering his head slightly. The hall became increasingly quiet, but he felt a huge pressure building up.
Why don’t the officials speak up?
He seemed to have returned to the past...
When the young Emperor Jiajing heard the officials gathered outside Zuoshunmen, crying and knocking on the door, he immediately flew into a rage.
Persuasion, but not listening.
Threatened, not listened.
The young emperor said coldly: "Do it!"
That time, there was a bloody mess outside Zuo Shunmen.
From then on, the emperor and his ministers became enemies.
today!
What will happen today?
Sweat seemed to be flowing down his back, and Huang Jin raised his head.
All officials were silent.
If they opened their mouths to argue, then the matter could be easily controlled... Huang Jin firmly believed that Emperor Jiajing's skills were enough to control such a situation.
But they are silent.
In the face of Jiang Qingzhi's criticism, did they feel that it was irrefutable, or...
Huang Jin saw the corner of an official's mouth curl up slightly, and in a flash, Huang Jin almost blurted out...
——They are waiting for Emperor Jiajing to express his opinion.
Jiang Qingzhi's remarks brought the dispute between civil and military officials to the new policy.
The ministers were silent, waiting for the Taoist to speak.
——I want to introduce a new policy!
Five words are enough to shock the world. No!
It's a shock!
Countless people will read history books to read about Shang Yang's reforms, the dispute between Huang-Lao and Confucianism in the early Han Dynasty, the Salt and Iron Theory, Fan Zhongyan's reforms, and Wang Anshi's reforms...
Even go and look at the story of Emperor Wuzong.
There, they will see the reactions of their ancestors.
——Reform means destroying our jobs!
Then, without exception, the Confucian disciples all chose to endure.
In the years that followed, the confrontation between the monarch and his subjects became an inevitable choice. Either you die or I die.
Then the dynasty collapsed, the emperor fell, and the Confucian disciples changed their masters and continued to be the masters of this world.
Therefore, wise emperors would choose to stop.
This is what Renzong did!
Shenzong was no exception.
The former emperor was a stubborn person, but he fell into the water and died.
Emperor Jiajing had just started this when he was nearly burned to death several times during his southern tour and was nearly strangled to death when he returned to the palace.
This is a road of no return!
Come back!
Huang Jin wanted to shout to Jiang Qingzhi and pull him back.
But in the face of tremendous pressure, Jiang Qingzhi chose to move forward.
Huang Jin's lips moved.
He saw Zhu Xizhong move.
Duke Cheng, who liked to sit on the fence even more than Lu Bing, maintained a harmless smile and walked firmly to Jiang Qingzhi's side.
He saw Li Huan, the cautious head of the Taichang Temple who did not seek merit but only wanted to avoid mistakes, and he chose to stand by his son-in-law without any hesitation.
He saw Wang Yiqi. Old Wang walked slowly, but without stopping at all, until he reached Jiang Qingzhi's side.
and also……
Officials were either resolute or hesitant, or took one step at a time...
But more and more people came to Jiang Qingzhi's side or behind him.
When Emperor Jiajing launched the reform, there were only a few ministers standing by his side.
Standing opposite him were the officials headed by Yang Tinghe, and the Confucian disciples standing behind them.
There is also Empress Dowager Zhang in the palace.
Your Majesty!
Huang Jin's vision blurred.
He couldn't help but move forward.
All the officials looked at Huang Jin in astonishment as he walked over.
What is he going to do?
Huang Jin's presence in the court is not strong, his role is just to serve as a mouthpiece.
Moreover, eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in government affairs, which was the ancestral rule. Although ancestral rules were meant to be broken, and eunuchs interfering in government affairs was not uncommon, no one dared to speak up in the court to interfere in government affairs.
Is Huang Jin trying to dissuade him?
The ministers followed Huang Jin and moved their heads slowly.
Emperor Jiajing also looked at his companion with some surprise as he walked over.
Huang Jin walked to Zhu Xizhong's side and coughed, "Make way!"
When Zhu Xizhong saw that it was him, he said in astonishment: "You..."
Huang Jin squeezed in between him and Wang Yiqi.
Then, he smiled and said, "This is our place."
Huang Jin!
He actually interfered in politics!
At a small court meeting at the end of the 28th year of Jiajing, Confucianists stirred up disputes over the difference between civil and military officials. Jiang Qingzhi started with the difference between civil and military officials, but then dragged the topic to the New Deal.
This immediately led to the court taking sides.
……
"Thirty percent! Almost thirty percent!"
Han Yu gnashed his teeth and said, "Those bastards have forgotten their identities and actually stood on the side of that traitor."
Yang Qing held the chess record and said calmly, "Didn't it fail?"
"It's not that it didn't work!" Han Yu opened his folding fan and fanned it vigorously, "It's that Your Majesty didn't express his opinion. If Your Majesty had just nodded on the spot, Lord Yang, the new policy of the Ming Dynasty would have begun."
"He dares not." Yang Qing smiled and said, "After the Zuo Shunmen Incident, all the scholars and officials in the world are your Majesty's enemies. If he dares to launch a new policy, I dare say that wherever the new policy goes, everyone will shout and beat him. The outcome will be worse than Fan Zhongyan's new policy in the previous Song Dynasty."
"He didn't express his opinion, but not speaking is an expression of opinion. They said that Jiang Qingzhi launched an attack in the court today, facing all the officials alone. Those idiots... were completely silent."
"Don't worry, Lord Han." Chen Zhan came and said with a smile, "Someone just passed on a message that all the officials in the court were silent, not because they were defeated, but because they were waiting."
"What are you waiting for?" Han Yu was furious and suddenly froze, "This is..."
Yang Qing's eyes were gentle, "They are waiting for Your Majesty to speak. This is to show weakness to the enemy."
"If Your Majesty thinks that the officials are weak and launches a new policy, the people of the world will be excited and agitated. Martial arts and Mohism will all be burned to ashes in the anger of the people of the world."
Han Yu slapped his forehead and said, "I am so angry that I am confused. Hahaha! Wonderful, wonderful!"
"But His Majesty has noticed the mystery and has not expressed his opinion." Yang Qing wrote a word on the chessboard, looked at the current situation, and said:
"Still in a stalemate! But, Black is good!"
The player playing black in the chess record is his favorite player.
(End of this chapter)
