Chapter 102                                                             

It was the first time that Zhou Mengchen had a naked analysis of imperial power from the people of this era, even with a hint of contempt.

In fact, this is the view of the true scholar-official elite.

However, in this case, you will generally not be able to speak out. If you can understand it, you will understand it. If you can't understand it, you will not understand it. Those who are truly loyal to the emperor are second-rate figures. The first-rate figures in the Ming Dynasty have cooperative relationships with the imperial power.

Even though Yan Song seemed to be humble and respectful in front of Jiajing, his relationship with Jiajing was also a cooperative relationship. Yan Song's various things were just a disguise of him.

"Why is Neo-Confucianism so popular for so many years not because of the theory of mind and nature, nor is it because of the theory of merit, nor is it a question of Buddhism, Taoism, law and Confucianism. He answered this question from the previous Song Dynasty. Since the emperor's sacred nature cannot be determined from the sacred nature of the emperor, Neo-Confucianism takes another path, which is to sacred the relationship between the monarch and the subject."

"All the laws of heaven and human hearts are all attached. What the emperor wants is the sacredness of the relationship between the king and the ministers. This is the sage mind method that Emperor Chengzu wanted. The laws of heaven are the Three Bonds and Five Constant Ones. It is necessary to not escape the Three Bonds and Five Constant Ones and Five Constant Ones and Five Constant Ones. As for the rest of the judgments, they are all attached."

"This is why we, people of us, have never dared to overturn Neo-Confucianism easily for so many years. It's not that we are all fools. If you put Neo-Confucianism aside, you have to face the same problem, that is, how to ensure the emperor's holy spirit? Why is the Zhu family the true dragon emperor? Can you answer?"

Zhou Mengchen was stunned. For a moment, he really didn't think of a set of theories to prove the sacredness of the emperor.

If you read historical books, you can see that there are strange phenomena in the birth of the emperor, but I really think that those great scholars who study books are fools. This is just a means of narrative in the classics of the Han and Tang Dynasties, indicating the identity of the emperor and the bloodline of the holy spirit.

However, after five generations, although it was still used, no one believed in this set. Therefore, Neo-Confucianism developed modern times and replaced the Confucianism and established the sacred status of the emperor again. However, the emperor was no longer sacred, but the relationship between the king and the minister was very sacred.

This is the most fundamental basis for Neo-Confucianism to be passed down for hundreds of years.

A word from Huang Zongxi suddenly appeared in Zhou Mengchen's heart, "The world is the master and the king is the guest." At this time, Zhou Mengchen suddenly understood that where is Neo-Confucianism bound people's hearts, the emperor's system bound people's hearts. Where is Neo-Confucianism restricting the development of Chinese society, it is clearly that the bureaucratic system dominated by emperor restricting China's development.

"Sure enough, the great evil in the world is the emperor." Zhou Mengchen suddenly realized that this kind of sin was not changed because of whether the emperor was wise or not.

Luo Qinshun looked at Zhou Mengchen, shook his head and said, "Are young people nowadays so stupid and bold?"

Zhou Mengchen immediately said, "I would like to ask my uncle for advice."

Luo Qinshun said, "What can I give me? I can't give you anything. I have carefully considered your framework. You have never had the status of Your Majesty in your framework. Perhaps, you think this approach is stupid, but it is inevitable. Our Confucians have never done academic research in the void. The two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, no, and now there are fourteen provinces with different customs, different climates, and different dialects. They are also full of contradictions between them. Looking at the food in the southwest and the food in the southeast, they don't know that the food in the southeast does not have the blood and tears of the people. The southeast does not think about peace in the world. I don't know how many northwest border troops fight against the wind and snow to fight with the Tartars today."

"The sacredness of the emperor does not exist, how can the world be maintained? At that time, there are not many ambitious people, and there are no one in the world who proclaim themselves emperors and kings. However, the people will never have peace."

"It's not that the emperor's family has inherited the truth and eliminated the false thoughts of the people in the world."

"Of course, it would be great if the emperor could be more wise. If he couldn't, we would need to support him."

"So, the sacredness of the emperor is necessary and necessary. Don't be bold and make other things, learn from Wang Gen's disciples, and criticize the emperor's words, it is absolutely impossible."

Many people in later generations have also explained Luo Qinshun's words, such as Kang Youwei and even Liang Qichao once thought so. They believed that China needed an emperor.

Indeed, Zhou Mengchen also admitted that what Luo Qinshun said was reasonable, and the sacred deification of the emperor was a necessary condition for the unified system. The Ming Dynasty had such a large territory, from north to south, and it took several months to report the military information from Yunnan to the capital. How could such a slow-moving old empire unite people's hearts and make the entire Ming people have the same values.

The thoughts of loyalty and filial piety and the set of three pillars and five constants does work.

This also explains why many ministers would rather save the crown prince, even if the crown prince did nothing, why, during the Wanli period, countless ministers fought with the emperor one after another for the sake of the emperor. They would rather die than regret it.

Moreover, this also vaguely reveals that the scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty already had the idea of ​​a Void King.

However, Zhou Mengchen could not come up with a plan to prove that the emperor was sacred. After all, how to prove that Zhu Yuanzhang's system naturally had a system of law that lasted for generations. Zhou Mengchen would not do this proof question, and could not do it against his will.

However, at this moment, Zhou Mengchen suddenly understood Newton. Why did Newton, such a smart person, prove the existence of God? I think the same problem is the same. In the Confucian system, China cannot be without emperors, and these Confucian ministers cannot be without emperors. Without emperors, they don’t know what to do?

And many Western systems also require God to be missing.

It also represents a system crash.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Uncle Master, I really don't know what to do for a moment?"

Luo Qinshun said, "I don't know what to do? If I had known that you would say those things at that time, I would have to stop you. Fortunately, you still have time now. Think more about the matters above, otherwise, no matter how widely the Qi science spreads, it will definitely be hit by the court in the future. Even you-----"

"Now Your Majesty values ​​you, and Your Majesty may not understand the meaning of it now. You still have time. But you must hurry up. After all, Your Majesty is smart now, does not accept words, and there is no way for people in the world to advise you. But not everyone can see your fatal flaw."

"The Master's theory is one called benevolence and two: etiquette is to distinguish between etiquette and etiquette. If you have benevolence but not etiquette, you have to work hard in the future. As for me when I am old, just study your theory, I feel my head hurts. For more things, you have to worry about it yourself. I really think about it and send someone to burn it to me in front of my grave."

After hearing Luo Qinshun's words, Zhou Mengchen said in his heart: "If Jiajing knew that Luo Qinshun was evaluating him like this, I wonder what he thought?"

Jiajing always thought that he was the most intelligent in the world. But in the eyes of this old man, he was just a fool. He seemed smart, but in fact he didn't know what basis he was based on. As for Jiajing's power-making methods, to be honest, these top scholars and officials in Jiajing's position in Jiajing would not be too bad.

Jiajing used power and strategy to make every move without any advantage. It was not that Jiajing's power and strategy was powerful, but that Jiajing was the emperor.

Moreover, the best is to govern the country morally. If Emperor Wen of Han would not dare to steal tombs hundreds of years later, the green forest would not dare to govern the country. The lower one would rule the country by law. For example, Emperor Chengzu, although he was not well-known among the scholars and officials, he could govern the country greatly. However, the power and planning to govern the country was already inferior to the lower ones.

Confucianism and the emperor are deeply integrated. No one on both sides can do without the level of each other. This is the basis of the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Jiajing betrayed the sages and instead practiced Taoism. This is the biggest stupid thing he did. This is as absurd as Gorbachev, as the general secretary of the Soviet Union, actually believed in capitalism.

Fortunately, Confucianism now emphasizes the unity of the three religions. There is no such opposition between Confucianism and Taoism. But even so, Jiajing is still digging his own corner.

However, Zhou Mengchen also had a little sense of enlightenment and said in his heart: "If I really want to make a difference, I will probably have to take advantage of Jiajing's reign." It is because Jiajing did not have the identity awareness, but as the emperor, he hated the basic theory of his country.
Chapter completed!