Chapter 752 The Secret of the Two

In the twelfth month of the first year of Wude, Zhu Gaoxu issued an edict to cancel all banquets, weddings, singing and dancing performances until the eve of the Lantern Festival of the following year; and it was scheduled to be held in the southern suburbs of the first month of the second year of Wude.

He also resumed his morning court activities every day, showing a manner of following the rules and catering to heaven. He responded actively to heaven's anger so that all civil and military ministers could be satisfied.

The etiquette of morning court has been often abolished since Emperor Taizong; Zhu Gaoxu naturally fished for three days and two days of drying the net, and during the Northern Expedition, he could not hold it for several consecutive months.

A few days later, a memorial of impeachment by Hu Guang, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, finally arrived.

Hu Guang wrote a letter to impeach Xie Jin for his moral deficiencies and great disrespect.

The reason is that Xie Jin always talks with scholars, and talks about playful words when he goes out, and acts in forming cliques and personal relationships. In the court, he criticizes the emperor and seeks fame and reputation, and his remarks are amazing.

Hu Guang listed the wrong words in understanding Jin's past memorials and all the articles; he believed that Xie Jin, as a well-educated scholar, his taboo words were not omissions, but had ulterior motives and insults, ignoring the Holy Lord.

Hu Guang spent his time collecting many of the negligences of Zhi Jin, and took advantage of the opportunity of Xie Jin offending the emperor and giving him a powerful attack.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw Hu Guang's article scolding Xie Jin, he couldn't help but feel relieved for a while.

Now it’s no wonder that others are. Hu Guang and Xie Jin are both civil servants and fellow villagers. Can anyone still say that this is the emperor taking revenge on Xie Jin with anger?

This memorial was still sent to Wuying Palace for processing.

There is no good way to get such memorials from the Cabinet and the Dianbao Office. The ministers' actions were the same as the last time Xie Jin scolded the emperor, and they did not respond. They directly sent the six departments to the clerk to the clerk for public notice.

The next day, Xie Jin sent his resignation to the Hanlin Academy, and the Hanlin Academy sent his resignation to the palace.After Xie Jin resigned, he left his seal and other items in the yamen and consciously went home to wait for disposal.

Usually he and Hu Guang would quarrel from time to time, but this time Xie Jin did not scold Hu Guang and went home quietly; otherwise everyone would say that Xie Jin was wrong and had no demeanor as an official, which was a customary rule in the Shilin people.

The most important thing for civil servants is morality and character, which is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule: human nature is good, so people should be selected to cultivate themselves and have noble morals to control power.

On the contrary, if an official has a moral loss, who believes that he can do good things that benefit the country and the people?

However, there will be some room for each other in the officialdom, and there are few such things that attack each other's morality; once it happens, it will almost be offending to the end, and the relationship will reach the point of revenge.

Therefore, there is no other reason to publicly attacked officials in moral aspects except resigning.

Because his own arguments are not convincing, only when others come forward to rectify their reputation, especially the emperor, can they clear their grievances.

However, Zhu Gaoxu pretended not to know and did not say a word, only letting the rotating ministers of Wuying Palace deal with it.He decided to wait at least for the New Year...

The first person to raise the doubts about this matter was the imperial concubine Miaojin.

Miao Jin's father was the censor of the court before, and she seemed to understand these things very well.

Today, when talking about Xie Jin in Rouyi Hall, Miao Jin asked softly: Does Mr. Hu’s memorial mean the emperor?

Zhu Gaoxu looked surprised and immediately shook his head and denied: I haven't seen Hu Guang privately for a long time, nor did I let the eunuchs see him.Hu Guang and Xie Jin have personal grudges, but Miao Jin doesn’t know?

Miao Jin said: I have heard of it, but I was curious and asked casually.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly remembered something.

On the eve of the Battle of Crime, Hu Guang ran to Yunnan and wanted to persuade Mu Sheng to surrender, but was first captured by Zhu Gaoxu; then Zhu Gaoxu threatened and used Hu Guang in private.

When doing that thing, Miao Jin was there too.

No wonder she felt that there was something inside this time.

This matter was indeed spontaneously done by civil servants.Zhu Gaoxu said, even if Hu Guang did not do this, there would be someone in the court doing it.Since the "Jingnan Campaign", my father and I have obtained the throne through war; for the public opinion of the legitimacy of the throne, the ministers in the court mostly use old officials of the royal palace and trusted advisers, and these people will not be the same as ordinary civil officials.

Miaojin nodded and said yes.

Zhu Gaoxu said again: But I am tired of such rules.

Miao Jin asked: What kind of rules?

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and described: Use the laws of nature, morality and other things as the basis for discussing right and wrong.The earthquake a while ago and Xie Jin's morality are all like this.The result is that I was forced to act and strictly abide by various etiquettes; Xie Jin was neither greedy nor illegal, but had to resign.These are all nonsense.

When Miao Jin heard this, she laughed out loud. She hurriedly covered her mouth and lips, stopped her smile, and asked with interest: The emperor's opinion is always different, so how can we not be a mess?

Zhu Gaoxu said: For earthquakes, improving the plan to prevent and avoid hazards is more pragmatic than respecting heaven and law ancestors.The large tanks in the palace and in the neighborhoods store water are plans for fires; if they are just sacrifices and rituals, can the capital avoid fires?The punishment, appointment and removal of officials should be based on specific political achievements, and their government affairs should be held accountable; if only morality is mentioned, people's hearts are separated from each other, how can they judge who is nobler than whom?Should a person with a good reputation be responsible for his or her work problems?

Miao Jin nodded and said: The emperor said something reasonable, but why can't it be changed?

Worldview. I can't find a legitimate reason to convince everyone. If these ideas don't make sense, there will be problems when implementing them. I am alone, not three heads and six arms, and I cannot do everything. Zhu Gaoxu frowned and said, "The saints" who have formulated the rules and orders of the world in the past dynasties have thought about everything, and it is simply difficult to move them." If I deny the will of God, then the heavenly authority that has been promoted will no longer exist. Where does the emperor's great power come from and does it still have authority?

Miao Jin pondered for a moment and whispered: My father was an official and was very moral and ethical. He believed that Emperor Taizong had no righteousness to ascend the throne and had never truly surrendered.But Taizong still became the emperor.

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said: It's different.It is not in accordance with the etiquette of the father's emperor, but Jianwen died and the father recognized himself as the legitimate son of Taizu. It makes sense for the father to be the emperor; however, this will have more or less sequelae, otherwise Yonglechu would not have been killed and blood flowed into a river.

After a while, Miao Jin pondered curiously again: Worldview?

Zhu Gaoxu looked at her and felt that Miaojin was influenced by him and that some ideas had been shaken. He patiently said: Humans are wise creatures. The difference between them is that in addition to eating, drinking and reproduction, they can also understand everything in their environment. What is the world? Is the sky full or there is a pot lid? How do people come from, what is consciousness, is there a hell or a heavenly palace? These views of people are the worldview.

Miao Jin said: The priest’s ‘worldview’ is probably completely different from that of ordinary people.

Zhu Gaoxu said: Truth is relative, my worldview is not important, I just feel that the worldview of most people today is no longer conducive to the development of the country.

Zhu Gaoxu's concept has also been changing many times.Because of the indoctrination method of education, he could only believe in materialism when he was a teenager, but later he had magical experiences and no longer believed it.

When he recalled the simple statements about quantum mechanics he had been involved in before, he also felt that materialism may also have historical limitations; can human observations actually determine the microscopic quantum world and expand to the macroscopic world?

All materialist philosophy cannot be explained.

Like his wave-particle duality in junior high school, what kind of substance is, and who can explain it clearly?

Science is obviously not philosophy.

In later generations with great development of science, religion is still prevalent, and materialism is just a single word.

Perhaps human consciousness is self-deceptive, and many people are unwilling to believe that they are actually insignificant ants. People would rather believe that they have a soul and their consciousness is very unique.

But no matter what, the Neo-Confucianism and Mind study of the Ming Dynasty were not conducive to the development.These things have caused all the current affairs of the court to have bad policies.

Miao Jin said thoughtfully: Everyone says there are gods and ghosts, but no one has seen them before.

Zhu Gaoxu said: Even if there is, I think it must not be the kind of low-level ghosts and gods that people understand, but the magnificent rule makers.

But after he thought for a while, his expression gradually became much more relaxed.

He thought to himself: Fortunately, the Chinese people have a strength, which is very tolerant and not paranoid.

People believe in everything, but they believe in nothing.

If some novel statements are released, from scholars and officials to common people, they should not be regarded as heresy; people will only find ways to incorporate them into existing concepts, otherwise they will ignore them or only adopt part of them, which will intentionally or unintentionally affect people's concepts.

Just like since the Han Dynasty, the imperial court has respected Confucianism alone, but secretly still uses mixed theories, especially the Legalists.

The existing Confucian Neo-Confucianism brainwashs the world and also has a positive effect on maintaining order.

After all, the Ming Dynasty, which had an actual population of over 100 million, had only tens of thousands of officials in total, and the power of the regime was limited.

If there were no rules such as the Five Ethics and Constitutional Proposals, they would probably not be able to maintain; and Zhu Gaoxu's imperial power would be immediately unstable.

He breathed a sigh of relief: I should find a spokesperson now to let some other words that are beneficial to the country be released.

Miao Jin smiled and said: Why don’t the priest persuade me first?

Zhu Gaoxu said: It’s a long story.Every afternoon from now on, Miaojin will come here as long as I am in Rouyi Hall.I said, you write it.Let's write it out first, and then find a source, such as the people from afar encountered by fleets on the Western Ocean.

Miao Jin said with joy: I will follow the order.

She is indeed a relatively unique person. She is not interested in the current competition for favors, but she has always been very interested in some unrealistic things. Perhaps it is because she is a Taoist priest?

Zhu Gaoxu looked serious and said in a deep voice: Remember, don’t admit that it was the books we both made. Otherwise, people would think that I, the emperor, are very strange. Who knows what will happen?

Miao Jin also nodded seriously and said softly: This is a secret matter between me and the emperor.