"Your Majesty, according to a recent telegram, the fleet has been out of Goa for a month."
Liu Hongxun replied.Zhu Youxiao nodded after hearing this, and then said: "This dynasty is the same, if you want the sect to survive for a long time, you have to let the Han people in the world be able to be superior in front of others, which is equivalent to buying them!"
”"Governing the country, dominated by the interest mechanism, is always easier to move people's hearts and can be better implemented than the moral mechanism!""
And I am now counting on the new trade expansion and colonial expansion brought about by going to the West, bringing more benefits to all Han people and even the entire Eastern Confucian civilization, so as to protect my imperial power!""
Your Majesty said yes."
Liu Hongxun replied, and said: "Before Bi Gong put forward the concept of governing the country with faith, he advocated governing the country with etiquette and taking the moral mechanism as the leading, so he asked the Son of Heaven to worship virtue and benevolence, saying: If his body is upright, he will not be ordered!"
”"However, throughout the ages, there are few people who see the same wisdom!"
Liu Hongxun and Bi Ziyan have different emphases in governing the world.Bi Ziyan, who came from the reform of the money law, paid more attention to resolving domestic contradictions through economic means.That is, through external expansion, to continue the empire's existing peaceful and prosperous era.Liu Hongxun was born in Hanlin and has been outside the practice of the imperial court for a long time, so he had the opportunity to look at the social ecology of the entire Ming Dynasty with a cold eye, and then developed the habit of paying more attention to internal improvement.Liu Hongxun also continued at this time: "Even if a person with a sense of shame wants to restrain himself spiritually, it is difficult to restrain himself in terms of material enjoyment; "Therefore, in the past, although there were kings who restrained themselves and made the country prosperous, it was difficult to avoid the people being poor and the country was poor, and they only fattened the world's strong and powerful, but now the court has won the hearts of the people in the world, but it has made the country strong and the people rich."
Although the interest mechanism can restrain people's hearts more than the moral mechanism, it is necessary to advocate some positive moral education; Some morals have been advocated for a long time, they will be observed, and then become public order and good customs, and even correct our Han civilization, such as the spirit of contract, so that although it will not be effective in the short term, it will be conducive to the longevity of our Han civilization. ”After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao agreed and said, "Reasonable!
Aiqing could try to do this, and establish some moral rules outside the law that do not involve serious mistakes, and determine what punishment should be given to the offender, because it is only a violation of morality, not a crime, so it is not necessary to punish the punishment of beheading, beheading, exile, etc., but only fines, detention, labor reform, flogging, and other punishments. ”"Yes!"
Liu Hongxun replied.Zhu Xieyuan and Wen Tiren couldn't help but tighten their hearts after hearing this, and glanced at Liu Hongxun.In the eyes of the two, the Son of Heaven asked Liu Hongxun to do this, which undoubtedly added one more power to Shoufu, that is, the power to set some rules in the name of moral construction.Both of them could guess that in the future in the Ming society with Liu Hongxun as the first assistant, the life of rentiers would be even more difficult.I'm afraid it's not just a matter of not being able to be a master.Maybe some well-known public figures will be subject to stricter discipline because of their lack of personal morality, and they are even less free than civilians!
As a result, many rentiers will have to remain humble and not dare to break their promises because of some moral rules.Naturally, after the current high development of the commodity economy, such behaviors as shoddy, slandering historical heroes for profit, and abandoning bad wives for profit, I am afraid that they will all have to be controlled.Rather than being unable to punish for not committing a crime, as in the past, so that, in this era of great change, while producing a prosperous economy, it is impossible to curb the ills that arise at the same time.Of course, there is no doubt that if you do this, you will be very offended.After all, in the past, scholars and doctors also asked the emperor to set an example, pay attention to words and deeds, and restrain themselves, but now you Liu Hongxun is good, and you actually ask the world's corporal doctors to do the same, isn't it embarrassing."
The servant was ordered by the emperor to make a covenant with the world, so he decided to draw up a few rules for the time being, and ordered the world's corporal doctors to abide by them, so as to set an example for the four people, and then promote civilization."
Liu Hongxun therefore spoke up at the next court meeting on moral construction, and said: "Article 1: Restrict the gentry from taking concubines to curb the trend of lewdness, and the number of Lihan people has increased. ”Saying that, Liu Hongxun said: "Bi Gong once had a proposal to improve the status of Han women, and it was said that all Han people, both men and women, were precious, but now they have not discussed this, and what new policies have come out are nothing more than strict implementation of the prohibition of foot binding and the prohibition of abandonment of babies that His Majesty has long established!"
”"Now, according to the meaning of the servant, we have to add an order to restrict the acceptance of concubines, so that more Han women have to be the head of the couple, those who have meritorious fame, should be clean and self-conscious, and in the future, no more than three concubines will be accepted, one is two and three concubines, and six people are born to children, which is enough!""
In addition, no concubines are allowed after seventy!
Those who have already had this number or even exceed this number, or those who are more than aged, shall not take any more concubines, and if they are accepted after that, they will be recorded in the file for their absurdity and adultery, and will remain in history in the future, and shall not even be promoted or become an official; In serious cases, he will be dismissed, or even handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for review and conviction!
”As soon as he heard this, the ministers who participated in the court meeting reacted greatly."
How can there be such rules!
Lang is a concubine, it is common sense, how can the prince even take care of this?!
This is simply an abuse of the power of the Son of Heaven to bestow justice!
”Li Juesi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said angrily on the spot."
That is, the commoners who dare to love can take concubines at will, but the scholars have to be restricted, so where are the scholars?"
Liu Yuliang, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, also objected."
Shigui is upright, his virtue is high, and his character is thrifty!
It's not that there is a lot of good land, a lot of wealth, and a lot of wives and concubines!
”Liu Hongxun replied.Senior civil officials such as Li Juesi and Liu Yuliang found it difficult to accept.Xiang Yuxuan, Shaoqing of Dali Temple, couldn't help but complain secretly at this time: "My Chao Shoufu is really more hateful than the other!"
In the past, it was just a strict government, but now it's good, even the number of concubines taken by the scholar doctor has been managed!
”After Xiang Yuxuan thought of this, he couldn't help but sneer: "According to this meaning, wouldn't Yuanfu want to make rules to prohibit scholars from divorcing their wives at will?"
Otherwise, if you can't just take the number of concubines, aren't you afraid that the gentry will divorce their wives and change their wives again, and mess with morale?!
”"That's right!
The second rule that the servant prepared was that in the future, the husband should not divorce his wife at will, and the divorce or divorce must be agreed by both the man and the woman, and the government will allow it!
Eli the population, Eli Ez!
”Liu Hongxun replied."
Motosuke, you're corrupting Tsunade!"
Li Juesi couldn't help but slap the table, said loudly to Liu Hongxun, and then asked Liu Hongxun: "Even divorce and divorce have to be approved by the government, so where is the husband?!"
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