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Zhao Han raised his hand, and a guard came carrying several large boxes.

"To be honest," Zhao Han glanced at the many scholars, "I am very disappointed with you. Many of you are Juren, and there are a few Ding You or dismissed Jinshi. Most of your family's land is also forcibly divided. Don’t you understand why this town divides the land? Mr. Huang (Xu Ying) spreads it everywhere, but you never watch "Datong Ji"?"

No one spoke.

Zhao Han asked by name: "Renzhong, have you read "The Collection of Great Harmony"?"

"I've seen it." Chen Zilong replied.

Zhao Han asked again: "Do you know why I divided the fields?"

Chen Zilong said: ""Datong Collection" has a lot of discussions, and it can be summed up in only 16 words about the politics of dividing land: restraining mergers, increasing taxes, cracking down on tyrants, and winning the hearts of the people."

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Are you against adding mathematics and geometry to the imperial examination?"

"No objection." Chen Zilong said.

"Everyone objected just now, why didn't you speak?" Zhao Han asked.

Chen Zilong sighed: "If you talk about it, you will offend many people. Mathematics and geometry seem to be trivial, but they are actually great. The draft of Mr. Xuan Hu's "Elements of Geometry" is now in my study."

No wonder Chen Zilong did not object to adding material to the imperial examination. It turned out that he had already mastered it, and even had a draft of Xu Guangqi's "Elements of Geometry" in his collection.

"What do you think of imperial power? Tell the truth." Zhao Han said.

Chen Zilong did not answer directly, but said: "For humans, snakes, insects, mice, and ants are indistinguishable from good and evil. To heaven, humans are like snakes, insects, mice, mice, and ants. Heaven is mighty, but it is the good and evil of humans that make it Misfortunes and blessings reward the good and punish the evil, but the good are not good, and the evil are not evil. Heaven has no reason to tell it, so it has not been realized until now. If you know what you can’t do, you should relax your power less.”

As soon as this remark came out, some scholars were shocked, while others praised.

These words were obviously satirizing Chongzhen, and at the same time reminded Zhao Han not to be self-willed.

People can't understand the situation of snakes, insects, rats and ants, just like the emperor can't understand the situation of the people. The emperor insisted on finding out, and then rewarded and punished indiscriminately, resulting in unclear rewards and punishments, and no one to do things. The rights of the emperor should be restricted.

Many anti-Qing righteous men, including Chen Zilong, although they died for the Ming Dynasty, their works hated Chongzhen very much, and they all proposed the idea of ​​restricting imperial power.

Chen Zilong's real proposition is to carry out "family politics", restore the ancient fifth-class titles, and restore the gentry ecology of the Han and Jin Dynasties-although it is restricting imperial power, it is actually turning back the wheel of history.

Of course, after reading "The Collection of Datong", Chen Zilong's thinking changed, because he discovered that family politics would lead to worse negative effects.

Zhao Han heard another meaning: "Do you want to form a party?"

Chen Zilong said: "Isolated and helpless, who can do things? People must have friends, and affairs must have parties. Since ancient times, parties have been difficult to ban. Ming Dynasty's fierce faction stems from the cabinet system. The imperial power and power, one fades and the other grows. The power is another For a few, everyone wants to be the head and assistant. The monarch and his ministers are jealous, and the cabinet ministers fight each other, and each invokes the six ministries in order to gain the power of the ministries. Combined with the science and way, the political struggle is even worse, and the party struggle intensifies."

"Can cronies rule the world?" Zhao Han asked.

Chen Zilong said: "The world should be ruled by a party of gentlemen, and it is not allowed for villains to form a party to occupy a high position."

"This statement is different!" A scholar suddenly stood up.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Please report your name."

The scholar cupped his hands and said: "Shanyin Zhang Dai, the name is Zongzi."

Zhang Dai?

Zhao Han smiled even more happily: "Please tell me, Zongzi Zhang."

Zhang Dai rolled up his sleeves and said: "There are no villains in the Donglin Party and the Fushe Party? There are no gentlemen in the Eunuch Party? How can there be a party of gentlemen and a party of villains. I agree with Hou Chaozong (Hou Fangyu)'s "Parties On" Cliques cannot be divided into gentlemen and villains, but should be divided into the party at the top and the party at the bottom.”

"What is the party above and the party below?" Zhao Han asked.

Zhang Dai said: "The one who lives in the temple is the party at the top; the one who is in the rivers and lakes is the party at the bottom. The party at the top reports state affairs, and the party at the bottom is the assistant. However, in terms of party disputes, the party at the top is less likely to be a disaster." , The party below is the worst disaster. A party above is the combination of the advantages and disadvantages of countless parties below, and the things it does are also the aggregation of countless advantages and disadvantages.”

"Wonderful!" Zhao Han clapped his hands in praise.

This is to say that a party has people in power, and behind them are countless party members who are in opposition.

Once a party member is in power, his words and deeds cannot represent himself, but represent the interests of countless party members behind him. Even if a gentleman becomes the leader of the party, he is still swayed by the interests of countless party members, and he cannot govern according to his own wishes.

Zhang Dai cupped his hands and said: "General Town, this is not my opinion, it's just citing Hou Chaozong's "Clique Theory"."

Hou Fangyu sees it so thoroughly?

What Zhao Han didn't know was that "On the Clique" was written by Hou Fangyu when he was a teenager.

"Where is Hou Chaozong?" Zhao Han asked.

Chen Zilong replied, "Beijing."

Chongzhen is promulgating the "Atonement Order", as long as the family members pay enough money, they can release the criminals in the imperial prison.

Hou Fangyu didn't come to Jiangxi this time, he went to Beijing to pay money to redeem his father.

Another Fushe scholar stood up: "Gentlemen can form associations, but not cliques!"

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Please report your name."

The scholar of the Fushe said: "Xia Yunyi, whose name is Yizhong."

This is Xia Wanchun's biological father, who was in Dangzhi County, Fujian Province before. Some time ago, the whole city surrendered. Because the official voice was excellent and countless people were saved, he could directly become the county magistrate. However, you must go to Bailuzhou Academy for advanced studies!

Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong are good friends, but they haven't seen each other for two or three years, and their opinions are very different.

With the sunset of the Daming Sheji, the Donglin Party and the Fushe are also reflecting internally, and a large number of people have become "mediationists."

That is to mediate party disputes, let everyone abandon personal grievances, and work together on state affairs.

Historically, with the death of Chongzhen, more and more "mediationists" did not want to engage in party disputes anymore. But those in power are unwilling to mediate, and the situation is endless. Both Xia Yunyi and Zhang Dai firmly advocate mediation.

When the Hongguang small court was destroyed, the "mediation faction" became more thorough, believing that gentlemen should not form cliques, and cliques will inevitably bring disaster to the country and the people!

Xia Yunyi continued: "If a gentleman does not belong to the party, the party will be in trouble. Once party disputes form, everything will be black or white. What good will it do for the country and the people?"

"Gentlemen don't have cliques, but villains form cliques. If they are suppressed, the whole court will be villains!" Chen Zilong retorted.

Two former friends, in front of Zhao Han, just started arguing like that.

At first, Zhao Han was still laughing, because Fushe was split, and it was because of the split at the root of his thinking.

Suddenly, Zhao Han's smile disappeared, and he thought of his Datong Society.

If after the founding of the People's Republic of China, all the people in the world were members of the Datong Society, how would it be different from having no Datong Society?

It will definitely become like that, the Datong Society will occupy a high position in the future, everyone will break their heads and drill in, and eventually everyone will be a member of the Datong Society. At that time, Datong Society will be Confucianism, and Confucianism will be Datong Society, and it will be difficult to distinguish between the two.

Since this is the case, what is the need for the Datong Society to change Confucianism directly?

In other words, directly turn Confucianism into what you want!

The dispute between Xia Yunyi and Chen Zilong became more and more intense, and the rest of the scholars joined in one after another, and it turned into a big debate of hundreds of scholars on the spot.

Liu Rushi was terrified when he heard this, and looked at Zhao Han from time to time to see if he was provoked.

The debate was so outrageous that some people even suggested that the emperor should sit firmly in a high position, and that gentlemen would form cliques to rule the world.

Which emperor would not be angry when he heard this?

"Crack!"

After arguing for a long time, Zhao Han clapped his hands to signal for everyone to be quiet.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa..." Unable to stop it, the guards started blowing copper whistles.

It was finally quiet now, and the scholars calmed down, many of them broke out in a cold sweat, realizing that they had said a lot of things they shouldn't have said.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Such big debates can also be held in the future. They can be called academic disputes and ideological disputes. However, disputes should not be brought to the officialdom, let alone the court. I cannot tolerate party disputes." .”

"The chief town is wise!"

All the scholars shouted, already convinced.

They quarreled like that just now, and said that they restricted the emperor's rights and turned the emperor into a statue of a Bodhisattva, but Zhao Han didn't get angry because of it.

This Zongzhen Zhao is really open-minded!

"Send the book!" Zhao Han ordered.

The guard took out the latest edition of "Datong Collection" from the box, and added three chapters "Yuanjun", "Yuanchen" and "Yuanmin".

Zhao Han said: "I don't bother to go into details today as to why the Ming Dynasty will be overthrown. It is clearly written in "Da Tong Ji", and it is also clearly written about why your land is divided. This is the latest edition, and three articles have been added. You can read more about it." Read it carefully."

After Chen Zilong got the book, he quickly opened three new articles and found that the signature was actually Huang Zongxi.

Huang Zongxi did not complete it alone. When revising and supplementing details, Kuang Lu made some suggestions, and Zhao Han also made up some content.

Chen Zilong finished reading it quickly, combined with the words of Confucius and Mencius, and combined with his own thoughts, he suddenly became enlightened.

The three articles discussed the relationship between the monarch and the people and the subjects, established the responsibilities of the monarch and the subjects, and constructed a complete national concept in this way.

The people are the foundation, the monarch is the leader, and the ministers govern the country.

The people of the world are the foundation of a country, and the monarch and his ministers must serve the people. Wanmin does not specifically refer to the gentry, but the head of Guizhou as the main body. From now on, he can no longer be called Junfu, nor can he be called Parent Officer.

This kind of simple truth was very shocking in the late Ming Dynasty, even though Confucianism had already made similar remarks.

To put it more solemnly, the three chapters on the monarch, the people and the ministers are the foundation of Zhao Han's country!

The original, the original, the beginning.

The original king, the original minister, and the original people, that is, to explore the true colors of the king, minister, and people.

Once this is clarified, the policy of governing the country will be clear, which can be called the "Three Principles". These three articles will be taken as compulsory courses in elementary schools in the future. With the popularization of elementary schools, all the people will know and let the "Three Principles" be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Officials may deteriorate, and "Datong Collection" may be shelved, but no one can erase the "Three Elements Principles" printed in the minds of the people!

Regardless of the shock of the scholars, Zhao Han said with a smile: "Gentlemen, have a feast at noon, and I will take you to see the Datong army in the afternoon!"