On the eve of the Jinling Conference, the city of Nanjing had gathered many scholars from all over the world.So much so that the inns everywhere were full.Even many private houses have been temporarily occupied.And at this time, there were already scholars who spontaneously argued and spoke, what is the debate between feudalism and county system, and the debate between monarchy and civil power, the debate is very lively.There are also those who can't resist using force, but fortunately, because the emperor is in the southern capital, the patrol battalion has strict security, and after arresting a few soldiers who are fighting, not many people dare to directly change the civil fight into a martial fight.And wait until the day of the conference.Naturally, there were more scholars coming.There is almost no empty space in the entire city of Nanjing, and it is full of people.It can be said that this Jinling Conference is really an unprecedented event, and it is destined to be recorded in history.After all, in the past, the cultural meetings were only presided over by the local gentry, but this time it was directly presided over by the emperor.There is no one who doesn't want to be Jun Yao Shun and realize his personal ideals.Whether this ideal is to achieve personal fame and wealth, or to rule the world forever.On this day, Zhu Youxiao first sacrificed to the filial piety tomb, and then set up a pulpit in the filial piety tomb, and ordered all the scholars who came here to elect representatives to come to the palace to argue.The place where Zhu Youxiao is located is the first floor, and there are guards standing around the platform and inside and outside the steps.In addition, there is a special royal road leading to the outside world, and the royal road is also full of guards.Without the emperor's announcement, naturally no one can go up the platform and enter the imperial road.After Zhu Youxiao came to the temporary dragon chair on the platform and sat down, he ordered the officials and representatives of the workers and peasants who came to sit in the imperial palace.It didn't take long for the scholars to choose the representatives of the scholars who came to the imperial front to give advice, and these people were also announced to the imperial front.And when the elected scholars came to Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao said: "The reason why I chose to open the Jinling Conference in Xiaoling and listen to the so-called folk voices of Er and others is to wait for you to speak freely in front of Taizu, and you can't tell lies!"
Do you understand?
”"Students, wait for it!"
The gentlemen replied.After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao said: "Then let's start talking, after the speaker has finished speaking, opponents or supporters can raise their hands to speak, and they must not interrupt!"
”"Yes!"
Then, the first person to come out and speak was Huang Zongxi.Huang Zongxi was still a little nervous when he saw Emperor Zhu Youxiao staring at him, but when he saw many of his own scholars standing outside the window looking at him expectantly, he also mustered up a lot of courage, and replied to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the ministers ask Your Majesty for all the people to change the Ming system, elect Confucianism to enter Beijing, establish the law of the world, limit the imperial power, and give freedom to the people, so that the Ming Dynasty will truly become the Ming of the people!"
”After Huang Zongxi said, the scene was silent.Zhu Youxiao, Lu Xiangsheng, Wen Tiren and others only raised the corners of their mouths slightly.However, when the attendant in charge of the voice spread Huang Zongxi's words, many scholars outside began to get excited."
Good!
Mr.
Lizhou finally made our hearts reach the front of the palace!
”"Mr.
Lizhou is so daring!""
Mr.
Lizhou is mighty!"
The sound of cheers outside came and went.Zhu Youxiao could hear it on the balcony.At this time, Gu Yanwu raised his hand: "The minister wants to refute Huang Lizhou's words!"
”Zhu Youxiao expressed his agreement.So, Gu Yanwu stood up and said: "Great Confucianism does not have the qualifications to represent all the people in the world, and the legislation is not the law of the world!"
Water has a source, wood has roots, the Ming Dynasty can only have one king in power, once there are two, there will be chaos, so the power of the limit of the king, the effect will only be the right to divide the king, and the power of the king, will only make the powerful can exploit the people at will, without moderation!
”Huang Zongxi replied: "We are restricting the power of the monarch, not to exploit the people uncontrollably!
”"Do you say that if you don't exploit, you won't exploit, if you are not the monarch who holds the royal power alone, the powerful people in the world will listen to you?"
Gu Yanwu asked rhetorically.Huang Zongxi was speechless for a while."
Your Majesty, we just don't want the king to be able to levy uncontrollably and compete for the interests of the people without restraint!"
Lu Weishu stood up at this time and said."
Such a king does not need your restrictions, the people of the world will rebel, besides, I have to tell you, Mr.
Lizhou, even if you limit the monarch's power, you can't prevent the most powerful people from colluding with the people to seize profits, and practice harsh government and tyranny to collect people's wealth."
Gu Yanwu concluded as he spoke: "All in all, restricting the monarch's power now, in addition to facilitating a group of people to exploit the people unscrupulously, does not do it any good to restrict the exploitation of the people's interests!"
”"Well said!""
Limited to the emperor's power, then who can control their powerful people.""
The emperor is stronger, these corrupt officials can be restrained a little, and if the emperor is weaker, they can do things that destroy the family!"
And when Gu Yanwu's words came out, the soldiers who supported Gu Yanwu outside also cheered actively.It makes the outside appear even more noisy.Naturally, the scholars who wished to limit the power of the monarchy and make society more liberal were angry when they saw this.Even many liberal scholars have clenched their fists, and in their eyes, these scholars who oppose them are simply a bunch of fools who cannot be indoctrinated!
At this time, Huang Zongxi didn't know what to say, he didn't expect that his proposal to restrict the monarch's power would be inadmissible, and there were even many people who supported what Gu Yanwu said."
Whether the monarch's power is limited or not can be mentioned for the time being, but the restoration of the feudal system, and the local autonomy, and the local village sages choose their own governors, can be beneficial to the people's livelihood!
It will not make the local bureaucrats only know how to enrich themselves!
”Lu Fu, who came with Huang Zongxi, said a word at this time."
The rebellion of the Seven Kings in the Han Dynasty, the rebellion of the feudal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty, is the harm caused by the feudal system still small?!
The same happened even in this dynasty!
”At this time, Gui Zhuang asked directly.Lu Fu glanced at Guizhuang rather depressedly: "This is not good, that is not good, is it not okay, is it just to maintain the status quo?"
”"That's right, it's the status quo!
Governing a big country, such as cooking a small fresh, unchanged, can still be Gou An I or II or even the third and fifth generations, but even if the change does not spin, it will summon chaos!
”Return to the village."
At the beginning of this dynasty, the imperial power was not under the county, and the local government was governed by the village sages, and now the local government affairs are taken care of by the village sages, why not, will the local village sages still cause harm to the local area?"
Wan Weishu asked."
That's right!
There are not many local villagers who really think that they are harming the local area and merging the people!
Who doesn't know that the squires in the world are all good and bad, and the relationship with the government is complicated, so it is difficult to represent the will of the people and fight against the government, and even the bad ones, use power for personal gain, hook up with the government, and even force the government to harm the people together and make them self-governing, there is only one consequence, that is, to force the people to rebel, and then the court has to come to pacify them!
”Guizhuang continued to return.Zhu Youxiao, Lu Xiangsheng, Wen Tiren and the others glanced at each other, and they all smiled.They found that these Jiangnan scholars really couldn't get along with each other, and the liberal scholars obviously couldn't say anything about governing the country as scholars who supported the monarchy's autocracy.