Chapter 58 How can one have both in the world
“Rites, music, conquest, celebration, reward, power and punishment are the main ends of grace and power, and they cannot be moved down. The two handles belong to the king. If they are lost, the world will be unruly. "
"Government is based on virtue, loyalty and trustworthiness."
"If you are a king, your words and deeds must be sincere, and your words must be true, and your actions must be fruitful; if your words are inconsistent with the truth, it is also disloyal; Not being sincere and making false accusations is even more disloyal. Being disloyal and unbelieving is disloyalty. "
"It is unethical for a ruler to be disloyal and for a minister to be disloyal." Zhu Yijun closed the book and read it. I have summarized what I talked about today, and also summarized Qi Jiguang’s visit to Beijing.
The Ming Dynasty is still not rich and its army is not strong, but fortunately it still has some money. After Qi Jiguang returned to Beijing, he also had a strong army, so he could conquer rituals and music, reward and punish power, He tentatively pushed into the territory of the Jin Party.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "When you are a king, you have insight into the situation, distinguish right from wrong, and then act with celebration, reward, power, and punishment; as a minister, you are always alert and conscientious, and then act with due diligence and avoid suspicion. In this way, the emperor and his ministers When everyone is in his own place and goes his own way, and the monarch and his ministers work together as one body to overcome the difficulties, then both the monarch and his ministers will be in peace, and the world will be in good order."
Zhu Yijun stood up, bowed slightly and returned the salute: "Mr. Lai Yuanfu assists the country and teaches and educates people."
"Your Majesty, you are so complimentary. This minister is repaying the late emperor and is loyal to your Majesty's duty." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said in return: "I retire."
Zhang Juzheng retreated outside the Wenhua Hall, stood up straight, turned around and left. He held his hands and walked towards Wenyuan Pavilion. The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong, but there didn't seem to be anything wrong. , what His Majesty said was all taught by him.
He walked to Wenyuan Pavilion and realized something was wrong.
Conquest of rituals and music is the most important part of the country, and important national events are enshrined in the army. But when did this treatise discuss the importance of celebrating rewards and punishing power, then the handle of power, in addition to rituals and music, seems to have more definitions of celebrating rewards, power and punishment.
The key is this definition, or he said it himself in order to answer His Majesty, why the place is getting bigger!
Where does the power of celebrating rewards and punishments come from?
From "Han Feizi·Er-Bang Pian", it is said that favors, prestige, rewards and punishments cannot be given to others, saying: Those who understand the master's way and control his ministers only need two handles. Those with two handles are punishment virtues. What is criminal virtue? He said: Killing is called punishment, celebrating and rewarding is called virtue.
But there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong. According to Confucianism, grace and power lie in worshiping the Rong, that is, rituals and music are education and etiquette, while conquests are military matters and battles; in Legalism Among the kindness and power, it is to celebrate the reward, power and punishment, and to fear the punishment and benefit, but to celebrate the reward.
Relying on education alone cannot solve the current problems of Xuanfu and Datong, which are essentially vassal towns due to the rampant ethnic clan parties. There seems to be nothing wrong with explaining Weifu's handle in this way.
Why did Zhang Juzheng read "Han Feizi"?
He is a follower, he knows how to adapt, and he reads everything that is useful. He not only reads "Han Feizi", but also "Mozi".
Zhang Juzheng stopped delving into it and began to deal with state affairs, pasting floating notes on various memorials. He actually didn't realize that deviance was no longer so unacceptable.
When the little emperor was practicing martial arts, Li Le from the Military Department went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to get the seal of the inspection minister, and then went to the Huitong Pavilion to prepare the post. He planned to set off the next day and follow the post road to Datong to inspect the border. Read and view the construction of the Great Wall.
When Li Le just finished his work and returned home, he saw a man waiting in front of the door for a long time. This man was the waiter of the Quan Jin Guild Hall. He was holding an invitation in his hand. He saw Li Le Le went home and said with a smile: "Li Shizhong, my husband has invited me."
"Who is your husband?" Li Le frowned and took the invitation, his expression changed drastically.
The errand boy just bowed, did not answer, turned and left. He came from the running hall of the Quan Jin Guild Hall. His husband was naturally the owner of the Quan Jin Guild Hall, Zhang Siwei.
The owner of the Quanjin Guild Hall is still Yang Bo, but Yang Bo has packed up his belongings and left after waiting for the capital examination method to run properly, so the Quanjin Guild Hall has essentially changed its owner.
The reason why Li Le's expression changed drastically was because in this invitation, there seemed to be two small bunches of hair sandwiched intentionally or unintentionally, one was silvery white and the other was smooth. The threat was already very strong.
Li Le returned home and checked the newly broken hair on his son's head. He already knew clearly that the soft hair on the invitation was the hair of his child in the capital.
And that lock of silvery white hair should be his mother’s hair from his hometown.
Li Le's wife, Mrs. Liu, asked doubtfully: "Official, what's wrong?"
"Where did you take your child today?" Li Le looked serious and clenched his fists. asked.
"I have been at home all the time. I haven't gone anywhere, and no one has entered the house." Liu said with certainty.
Li Le came to the window railing of his son's side room and looked at a shallow footprint on the window railing. He knew that the lock of his son's hair was cut off by someone who broke in last night.
This time I got my hair cut, what should I get next time?
Li Le is the imperial official, and the Jin party dare not do anything to him. However, his family members are not imperial officials. This is a real threat.
"I'm going to Quan..." Li Le was about to go to the Quanchu Guild Hall to find Zhang Juzheng and report that someone was threatening his family. But before he finished speaking, he realized that the other party was not afraid at all, and Zhang Juzheng could protect him. Can his family protect his family for a lifetime?
Obviously not.
Li Le took a deep breath and said, "I'll change my clothes and go to the Quanchu Guild Hall." Li Le's wife, Mrs. Liu, knew that Li Le had worshiped Zhang Juzheng as his master. Ding Jian was an errand assigned to Li Le by Mr. Yuan Fu, so it was proper to say goodbye before leaving.
Ms. Liu didn’t think much, helped Li Le change his clothes, and sent Li Le out.
Li Le came to the side door of the Quanjin Guild Hall, knocked on the door, and handed the invitation up. After looking around for a long time, he found that no one was following him. The concierge invited Li Le into the Quanjin Guild Hall.
Li Le stood in front of the door and hesitated for a moment, then stepped into the Quan Jin Guild Hall. The side door of the Quan Jin Guild Hall slowly closed.
Li Le came to the theater, where an opera was being performed. Wang Chonggu and Zhang Siwei were sitting in the theater. As for Yang Bo, he was not present. Yang Bo was on duty at the Ministry of Personnel and had recently passed the law test. It caused a lot of trouble.
For example, to manage a thousand warehouses in the capital of Tongzhou, fire inspection itself only requires a blank word, but some people, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs, do not want to write it in full.
There is no fire in Room No. 107 of A Ziku of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Zhao Chengde, the ambassador of A Ziku, checks every moment. This is how it works. Four times a day, the ambassador of A Ziku is in charge of two rooms in total. One hundred rooms, one room must be written four times, and one sentence must be written eight hundred times a day.
This is the specific application of double execution and doubling, which makes people do unimportant things on seemingly important things and be exhausted.
Isn’t the examination method meant to improve efficiency? Doubling the execution may seem like a clearer requirement, but it is a waste of time.
Yang Bo’s solution is to carve a bunch of seals and ribbons. The ambassador only needs to sign, sign and then print, which is faster than before.
Yang Bo is really earnestly implementing the Examination Method, and he is extremely responsible and meticulous in trying to complete the Examination Method. He hopes to find a way that can not only safeguard the interests of the Jin Party, but also reform the past and make new things happen. Ming Dynasty's method to restore vitality.
But how can we get the best of both worlds?
The servants of the Jin Guild Hall also knew that the old party leader was too old to take care of things. This private house was no longer a private house and became a gathering place for the Jin party. Wang Chonggu and his nephew Zhang Siwei is watching a show.
This play is about the scene in which Yue Fei died while trying to pull his ribs at Dali Temple in Fengbo Pavilion.
Wu Laosheng, who plays Yue Fei, learned that the emperor had issued an imperial edict asking him to die at the fifth watch. He looked at the north and sang with pain in his eyes: "I hope to get out of prison and relieve the national humiliation, and I refuse to rest before death!" I am still looking forward to the Central Plains, but I am so ambitious! Time!"
A voice outside the play said: "What a great grandfather, you see him in such a situation, he only wants to serve the country and repay the grace of God!"
Two noses! , the ugly students with white powder under their eyebrows, they played the role of the Yamen servants of Dali Temple, the people responsible for sending Yue Fei on his way. The two ugly students were bent over and almost lying on the ground. They looked up at Yue Fei with force and said, He said: "Grandpa Yue, it's already the third watch. It's not me who's urging you, but you know the nature of Prime Minister Qin."
Wu Laosheng glared, glared, and said sternly: " Don’t say much! I’ll just say goodbye to you, the Second Emperor and the Lord!”
Chou Sheng said half-heartedly, “I won’t say goodbye to him anymore!”
Chou Sheng put the rope around Yue Fei's body. Yue Fei closed his eyes for a moment and then suddenly opened his eyes and sang sadly: "The Lord is so scared that he will eventually sink into China; he is so treacherous that he can't bear to see other countries destroyed and the king is in danger? Will he die? It's better to die quickly, look at Xu Tao, the loyal soul is rolling into the river!"
Chou Sheng began to pull hard on the rope around Yue Fei's chest. After a mournful cry, Yue Fei fell softly to the ground.
Die by pulling a rib, which means the rope breaks the ribs and pierces the heart and lungs.
"Okay, reward!" When Wang Chonggu and Wang Shaobao saw this, they slapped the table and shouted loudly.
Yue Fei’s official position before his death was Shaobao, and everyone called him Yue Shaobao. Yu Qian’s official position before his death was Shaobao, and everyone called Yu Qian Yu Shaobao.
This Shaobao Wang Chonggu is the Prince Shaobao, the second rank. It was during the Longqing peace negotiation. In order to celebrate Wang Chonggu's achievements during the peace negotiation, he was specially awarded the title.
This Shaobao of Wang Chonggu is not the same Shaobao as the other two Shaobao who retreated the thieves and killed the enemy.
Li Le just wanted to laugh, and he didn’t know how Wang Chonggu could sympathize with Yue Fei. Even Li Le, a scholar, felt that Wang Chonggu was too shameless!
Only twenty-nine years after Jiajing, there were as many as sixteen plays adapted from Yue Fei in the theaters of the Ming Dynasty. Li Le had actually heard of this twist.
How did Li Le come to the Quanjin Guild Hall? !
He received an errand from the court, and before he left, he was given an invitation with two locks of hair in it!
"Li Shizhong, sit down, sit down." Zhang Siwei invited Li Le to his seat with a kind face, and said with emotion: "I like to speak directly, so I said straight to the point, today please Li Shizhong came here just to inspect the border and inspect the Ding Jian. "
There is a saying: Since ancient times, there has been a dilemma between loyalty and filial piety. How can there be a way to have both? If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time. Snap!
(End of this chapter)