No matter which era this sentence is placed in, it is the same truth. It is nothing more than seeking fame and wealth. Being an official for thousands of miles is just for wealth. This is simply a wise saying.

"Ai Qing, continue." Zhu Youxiao nodded and continued.

Still talking?

Xu Guangqi sighed inwardly. He knew that he was really going to die today. He might not be able to get out of here, and he might even be sent directly to the prison in Dongchang.

Thinking of Mr. Li Zhi slitting his throat and committing suicide, Xu Guangqi asked himself in his heart, does he have the guts and courage?

Although he thought so in his heart, Xu Guangqi didn't stop talking.

"Mr. Li Zhi and his teachers believe that the common people are not humble and have their own respectability; the princes and nobles are not noble, but they also have their despicable places. It is wrong for men to be as long as they are and for women to be short.

It is wrong to be short-sighted and unable to learn the Tao. They believe that people's knowledge is determined by the environment in which they live, and is not innate."

Xu Guangqi raised his head and looked at Zhu Youxiao, the expression on his face became serious. He felt that he was going to be finished this time, right?

Do you advocate equality between men and women? At the same time, you advocate that the cognitive gap between people is determined by the environment, not because of his ancestry. From this point of view, the ancestry theory can be refuted. Zhu Youxiao nodded. On this point, we can try to promote it, or at least mobilize

The power of some women.

As a time traveler, Zhu Youxiao never dared to underestimate the power of women.

Maybe we can start a women's liberation movement and let those in the Donglin Party stir up chaos first, which can at least distract their energy.

Why did Xu Guangqi stop again? Zhu Youxiao turned to look at Xu Guangqi and said directly: "I love you, continue. If I don't tell you to stop, love you, don't stop."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Guangqi agreed, but in his heart, his fate was slipping downwards again. He probably wouldn't even be able to go to Dongchang's prison.

The most likely result is that after saying these words, he was pulled out and beaten to death with a court staff. Thinking of this, Xu Guangqi felt a little sad. His ideals and ambitions were probably going to come to nothing at this moment.

I haven’t finished writing my farming book, I haven’t tried the seeds I want to promote, my wish to become rich and powerful has not been realized, and I will die before my ambitions are fulfilled!

Thinking of this, Xu Guangqi had no worries at all. He was going to die anyway, so he might as well say more.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Li Zhi and his predecessors believe that selfishness is the heart of human beings. People must be selfish and then their hearts will be seen. 'Heaven makes all the ways of the world to communicate.' They believe that business is in line with the laws of nature and should not be suppressed. On the contrary,

It should be encouraged; as an official, you must know how to manage money. Those who do not talk about financial management will never be able to rule the world. Those who disdain to talk about profit are all stupid and cowardly officials, and they should all be dismissed."

"Farming and martial arts should not be neglected. If there is a life, there must be someone to support it, food. If there is a body, there must be someone to defend it, a soldier. Clothing and eating are the physics of human relations. We know

The general of the army, the commander of the people, and the master of the country's security." Xu Guangqi spoke faster and faster, and finally stood up directly, with a serious expression on his face.

"Heaven establishes a monarch for the people!" After saying this last sentence, Xu Guangqi directly picked up his clothes, knelt on the ground, and said no more.

Zhu Youxiao was in shock. In this era, there were people who made such a deafening sound!

People are all selfish and do things for a purpose. How can anyone be without desires?

There is nothing to be ashamed of if you are selfish. Since you are born, you need to eat and wear clothes. This is human desire and the path of human ethics.

Xinxue directly refutes the idea that natural principles destroy human desires. Officials must know how to manage finances. Finance is the foundation of the country. If you don't care about it, don't be an official.

If you don't talk about benefits, then why should you be an official? Just go home. Coupled with the criticisms faced by those people before, you don't talk about benefits, but privately all the benefits go to your own family. Isn't this what the Donglin Party is?

What do you do?

When it comes to the army, it is necessary to know the generals and the soldiers, and the soldiers know the generals. The military is the master of the rise and fall of the country and the lifeblood of the country.

It also refutes the idea that soldiers do not know generals and generals do not know soldiers, and elevates the status of soldiers and generals, directly acknowledging that they are the lifeblood of the country and the masters of the rise and fall of the world.

The last sentence is, "Heaven established the monarch for the people." Since God established the monarch, it is for the people, so the monarch should love the people, protect the people, and safeguard the country.

From this perspective, we can find the restrictions on monarchy. What a monarch should do is to protect and care for the people. The extension is that if the monarch does not protect and care for the people, then he is incompetent as a monarch.

As a minister, you should give advice. If the advice fails, you may rebel. As an emperor, who is willing to listen to these things?

Zhu Youxiao knew why Li Zhi died. But in his own opinion, this was absolutely correct.

In fact, this is the case, and it has been like this since ancient times. When land annexation is serious and natural and man-made disasters come together, doesn't it mean that the monarch cannot protect his people? So the people directly rebel.

There is also such an argument in history, but it is just that "people are born to thrive, and a king is established to shepherd them." Although it looks similar, the meaning is very different.

The people are born to be prosperous, and the monarch is established to shepherd them. It means that the people are born, and the monarch is the one who governs you. Li Zhi's "Heaven established the monarch, originally for the people," means that God established the monarch for the people. A monarch is his own person.

, a people-oriented approach.

Zhu Youxiao had a smile on his face. He seemed to have found an entry point, an entry point for countless scholars to accept Li Zhi's teachings.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also knew why Li Zhi's teachings were so popular and why thousands of people followed his lectures.

Because his thoughts point directly to people's hearts, they are much more reasonable than those that rely on natural principles and destroy human desires.

Everyone has selfish desires, and doing business is not a shameful thing; everyone is equal, women are liberated, the status of generals and soldiers must be improved, and farming must be done so that the people have food and clothing.

Of course, this does not mean that Li Zhi's thought is perfect; it also has flaws.

The most obvious flaw is that Li Zhi's teachings only remain at the ideological level. In other words, his thoughts are just that, and he does not mention how to do it specifically.

It can only be said that Li Zhi is a thinker, not an activist, or that he does not know what to do.

But Zhu Youxiao knew that as long as Li Zhi's ideas were promoted, Zhu Youxiao could formulate corresponding policies.

For example, merchants are the way of heaven. After it is promoted, everyone in the world can do business. Then the emperor can do business, relatives can do business, and he can openly develop royal enterprises and state-owned capital without being labeled as competing for the interests of the people.

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