Chapter 105                                                                                                                             

There is a certain reason for the existence of the cabinet. It has become an important part of the Ming Dynasty and it is impossible to return to its original form. Yes, abolishing the cabinet and restarting the seven ministers' political discussion model in the early Ming Dynasty seems to be a good way. But if this is really a good way, the cabinet would not exist.

However, the drawbacks of the cabinet do need to be modified.

The fundamental reason for the bad policies of the cabinet is that the emperor is unwilling to give up power and does not want to give up any power. The cabinet uses the emperor's power to use it. But without power, there is no responsibility. This abnormal model will naturally distort normal working relationships and create too many abnormal contradictions.

Perhaps this can be paid in the emperor's heart.

This is a bit difficult.

"I don't care too much about what Xinzhi thinks. Anyway, as soon as Xu Jie comes out, the Xinzhi thinks is Xu Jie's idea." Wu Tinghan became even weaker. He continued to hold on and said, "However, do you have any ideas? Can you tell me? I know, there may be some things that cannot be announced to the public. But my old man just brought these words to the ground. Can't he tell me? So that I can't feel at ease."

Zhou Mengchen’s inner thoughts were naturally to build an industrialized Ming Dynasty and a modern Ming Dynasty.

As for whether the Ming Dynasty will have an emperor's position in the future, it is also an unknown.

Moreover, Zhou Mengchen was worried that his ideas would conflict with the reality of the Ming Dynasty. Before things were done, he naturally didn't dare to say more. Zhou Mengchen could do ten things for several weeks, but facing Wu Tinghan and Zhou Mengchen didn't know how to refuse.

Zhou Mengchen was thinking about what to say, and whispered: "There are two parts of what I want to do, part of which is to correct the accumulated problems of the Ming Dynasty. In the past two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, many of the disadvantages have been caused by the relationship. It has reached the point where it cannot be changed. Such as the military system, the financial system, some official positions, the administration of officials, etc.----"

Zhou Mengchen was about to explain in detail, but he realized that Wu Tinghan was not very interested in it.

Indeed, it is clear that the accumulated ills. If you really do it, you will definitely be a great politician. But it is not important for a great scholar. Nothing else, some of the ideas they proposed were forward-looking. For example, during the Warring States Period, many people had proposed that the world would be determined by one. This concept became the direction of efforts of countless people later. Finally, Dong Zhongshu, abolished all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, realizing that politics or culture were both determined by one. For example, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, countless great scholars' thinking on land has become the source of thought of the system of government troops, and the production of government troops, as a basic system, ended the hundreds of years of wars in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the prosperity of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

When Wu Tinghan wanted to hear it, Zhou Mengchen's thoughts on the future?

Zhou Mengchen said: "Have you seen a steam engine for senior brother? I am planning to vigorously promote the steam engine, but today's steam engine is not advanced enough. In the future, the steam engine can do many things instead of people. For example, laying the railway to all official roads, but all ships, regardless of the sea, are powered by steam. Even no matter how far away the ships are, it will only take half a month to go to Beijing. The steam engine can even replace people to dig wells and plow fields."

"This is a steam engine. In the future, as long as the gas disciples continue to study, they will always find more. They can directly serve the daily necessities, food, clothing, housing and transportation of the people. They will greatly reduce the burden on the people, and strive to make everyone in the world eat and wear warmth, and everyone can live their lives forever without worrying about death from freezing and starvation. The court was even more able to chase the Tartars north, redefine the territory of Chengzu, then go to the West, and redefine the Southeast."

Wu Tinghan said with bright eyes, "Can this really be done?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Yes. Xunzi said: Controlling the way of heaven and using it is what we need to do now. When the granaries are full, we know etiquette. If moral gentlemen cannot solve the problem of food and clothing, everything is empty talk. It is meaningless. But I firmly believe that we can only see the truth of this world. If we truly control the way of heaven and using it, we will definitely do this. And I have done many things. If one day I can become the chief minister, ten years, only ten years will I have to change the world."

Wu Tinghan said: "I wish I could let God lend me another twenty years to see the world you described."

Zhou Mengchen's eyes were slightly red and he said, "Senior Brother----" He couldn't continue to say anything, for fear that he would shed tears if he continued to say something. After all, he and Wu Tinghan were nominally brothers, but in fact they were masters and apprentices. That is, Wu Tinghan taught Qi to Zhou Mengchen, giving Zhou Mengchen the best carrier to combine science and Confucianism.

It's never without emotion.

Wu Tinghan said, "Don't be a child's attitude. With you, Qi Xue will prosper one day. Even if I die, I will still be smiling. You have given me too many surprises. Wang Yangming took the path of saints from the inner saints to the outer kings, and even from the Confucian Confucians of the Song Dynasty. Even I and my master did not leave this category and could not leave the airs of Neo-Confucianism. In fact, it was also about the path of internal saints. I only realized that I was wrong. Qi Xue is Qi Xue, and Mind Learning is Mind Learning."

"The origin of the study of mind is the way of inner sages. But the way of qi is not. Your path is different, from the king of the outside to the sages. It is unreliable to predecessors. But you must remember one thing, the Master's knowledge is just the word benevolence, which is also the fundamental of Confucianism. The principles of Neo-Confucianism are too hard and have lost their benevolence. Become a cannibalistic ethics. And you also remember this point, and you must never forget the word "benevolence", otherwise you will fall into the top-notch heretics."

"There is another thing, I don't know what you are worried about. But the way of knowledge is passed down from generation to generation. But one thing, you think it is your own business, it is always your own business, and you think it is a matter of the Qixue lineage, so you have to tell your disciples that there are too many accidents in life, and I also want you to be able to enter the tower and hold the ninth level. But ask yourself, are you full of confidence? If you think this thing is a matter of the world, and you have no selfishness, why don't you dare to tell the world? I never killed people by words in my Ming Dynasty. So what if I kill people by words now? We Confucians are willing to be knives and axes for the world. We should think about it, be unfaithful and unthinkable, and be afraid of destiny in heaven, and be afraid of whether there is any mistake in our knowledge? What else is there to be afraid of?"

"I know you must have your own ideas, but thinking too much will become a burden. After I leave, you will be the master of Wang Menqixue. When you think about it carefully, some people need to think twice before they act, and some people need to act before they think. You are in that category."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen couldn't help but shed tears.

Sometimes, I feel that there is a nagging advice from an elder that is really annoying. But at some point, no one will come to remind you or give you any more. Only then will I know how precious the teachings and advice were.

From today on, whether in academics or in officialdom, Zhou Mengchen has no one to rely on. He can only rely on himself.

Zhou Mengchen said, "I understand."

Wu Tinghan said: "There is a box at the head of my bed, you can bring it."

Zhou Mengchen immediately went to find it, took it over and opened it. Wu Tinghan said, "There are dozens of letters here, including to the Uncle Han of Shaanxi, the Uncle Luo of Jiangxi, and the qi scholars from all over the world. You write a letter and send "Elementary School Knowledge" together with this letter to report your demise. My Qi learning line is not as good as the Mind Learning, and I can't even get it together. But at least I have the same Qi and have friendship with each other. This is what I can help you in the end."

This network of relationships is worth a thousand gold to Zhou Mengchen.

It’s nothing else, Zhou Mengchen’s foundation is too shallow. Although Qi has weakened, he has once had a head-on confrontation with Xinxue. Luo Qinshun and Wang Tingxiang both argued with Wang Yangming. The result was that neither side could convince each other. Of course, in terms of academic achievements, both of them were defeated by Wang Yangming.

But the problem is whether the defeated generals are powerful or not depends on whose defeated generals. Ordinary people do not have the qualifications to be Wang Yangming's defeated generals.
Chapter completed!