chsdbacks Chapter 323
Chapter 323
Haojing, Imperial City, Shangshufang.
Except for Zhao Liang who stayed beside Shen Yuze, other cabinet members and important court officials were sitting here in a serious manner.
After Emperor Shen Yuqing arrived, everyone bowed and kowtowed.
Today's meeting was only for one thing, that is, the migration of Confucianism and Taoism to the north.
Most of them were from Confucian families.
They did have a lot of disgust with Shen Yuze's behavior, but the problem was that this matter was already very clear.
Adhering to the way of sages does not mean singing praises for all the actions of sages.
This was a huge blow to them.
Not only the interest groups behind them, but also their hearts.
The sages and predecessors who have always been respected and admired actually endorsed the demon clan this time, and even made such a calculation.
They seemed to have expected that the Dayun Dynasty would consider the overall situation and swallow their anger.
Shen Yuze, this outlier, wanted to do the opposite.
Of course, the cabinet members generally believed that this was not a bad thing.
Hai Duan, the chief minister who always disciplined himself with the way of sages, was expected to scold His Royal Highness Prince Yu when Shen Yuze first proposed "emphasis on martial arts and killing literature".
As a result, Hai Duan only uttered one sentence.
"If all the men in Dayun were like Prince Yu, there would be no more disputes in the world!"
This kind of blood and momentum is indeed not possessed by everyone.
For example, some people present.
After Shen Yuqing arrived, the Minister of Revenue Lu Ji proposed that some appeasement measures should be given to those aristocratic families to delay their migration to the north and avoid the loss of a large amount of financial and material resources to the hands of Prince Mu Shen Yuqing.
This consideration is very good, but its real intention is to make Shen Yuze stop such "brutal behavior".
Like before, not to mention sharing the throne with the literati, at least they should be treated as treasures, right?
What's the matter with being killed like a chicken like now!
The most important thing is that Lu Ji's father-in-law is a wealthy family in Longxi Prefecture. His family has been studying and doing business for generations. After being manipulated by Prince Yu Shen Yuze, dozens of people in the family were escorted to Beiliang as coolies.
All the money and resources accumulated over the generations were sent to the army by Shen Yuze's order.
Lu Ji's background was directly pointed out by Wang Zhen, the second assistant of the cabinet.
"Lu Shangshu, we have to deal with the matter. Your father-in-law's family held a grand sacrifice to Prince Wenxuan in Longxi Prefecture a few days ago."
"It provided a lot of incense to those predecessors."
"If you really count it this way, your father-in-law's family is the accomplice who helped the predecessors to calculate Dayun!"
Flags are a common method in the officialdom.
Lu Ji turned pale instantly and could not say anything.
His father-in-law had given him a heads-up before, hoping to win over more scholars. If any of them became high-ranking officials in the future, they could provide benefits to the family, right?
Lu Ji rose from a farmer to the Minister of Revenue, in charge of the finances of the entire Dayun, and this was inseparable from the help of his father-in-law.
The problem is that Lu Ji felt that his father-in-law was right to do so.
Supporting more scholars is a win-win for everyone, but if it is put on the table, it would be suspected of forming a clique for personal gain.
As the emperor, Shen Yuqing smiled and asked: "Lu Aiqing, do you just think that my good brother has gone too far and will chill the hearts of scholars all over the world, or do you simply feel that it is unfair for your father-in-law's family? Tell the truth here today, I don't blame you."
"Both..." Lu Ji said in a trembling voice.
"But you should also understand why Prince Yu did this."
Shen Yuqing smiled even more, a pure smiling tiger.
What he wants now is a united front for the entire court, especially those in high positions, who must not be crooked.
Even though they are from Confucianism, they must now understand that they are eating the blood and sweat of the people of the world, and the saints will not give them generous salaries every month.
There are several people like Lu Ji present.
People who are in a powerful position but have an unstable attitude are always bad.
This meeting is to form a fierce debate.
Judge from the ministers which one is sincerely supporting and which one is taking the opportunity to protect their own interests. The latter can be directly eliminated.
Shen Yuqing feels that being an emperor is like this.
Everything must be taken seriously, and nothing can be taken seriously.
Whether it is the ministers or the Confucians, they are all tools used to exercise the imperial power. If they are gone, they are gone, but I am afraid that the tools will in turn hurt the imperial power and the world.
The effect of the meeting is very obvious, and all those who should show their heads show their heads.
Shen Yuqing said in advance that he would speak his mind and say everything he knew in this meeting.
Some people just felt that forcing Confucianism to move north would not benefit the court, and would also send a lot of resources to Shen Yuze for nothing.
The actual intention wasIt is because they are unwilling to give up their base in the south.
Liaodong Prefecture is about to enter the cold season.
How can those scholars bear it?
Shen Yuqing silently watched the debate among the ministers and took the warm tea brought by the eunuch.
He was not worried about the loss of resources.
There must be a process for migration to the north. The secret decree has been sent to the remaining thirteen prefectures except Liaodong Prefecture. The content is to let the royal relatives cut flesh from these families who migrated north.
If they want to migrate north, the court will not stop them, but they must leave some money to buy their way.
Even if they can safely reach Liaodong Prefecture, they will be squeezed to the point where there is not much oil left.
After the debate, Shen Yuqing remembered the names of eight people including Lu Ji.
Neither dismissal nor blame.
Instead, let the three judicial officials be charged with the crime of "opposing national policy" and exterminate three clans.
The united front cannot rely on words, but must see the knife.
When the national policy of emphasizing culture and suppressing military power was implemented, many people died.
Now, without abolishing this national policy, Shen Yuqing has established a new national policy, which is based on the four words proposed by Shen Yuze - emphasizing military power and killing culture.
The two are extremely contradictory, but they must be implemented at the same time.
Otherwise, it is not Confucianism that will lose its base, but the Dayun Dynasty.
All the ministers in the court realized it.
None of the three brothers of the Shen family is a good person.
These words, stupidity and foolishness, have nothing to do with them.
Shen Yuqing's ability as an emperor is unquestionable.
Shen Yuze became famous in the battle against demons.
Shen Yuchen defended Liaodong in hundreds of battles, and his military exploits are outstanding, so there is no need to say more.
This time, the three of them also reached a rare tacit cooperation.
You cut, I cut, eat meat when it's time to eat meat, drink blood when it's time to drink blood.
In general.
It is the Confucianism that suffers, not the royal family, and certainly not the world.
Facing the various threats from the ascenders.
For thousands of years, the human race has effectively resisted for the first time, thanks to the preparations of the previous emperors of the Dayun Dynasty.
There is an unshakable force to endorse the imperial power.
After this incident, Shen Yuze, who was in Beiliang, had a deeper understanding of the national policy of "focusing on culture and suppressing military power".
In the past, I just simply thought it was for the people of the world.
Shen Yuqing was killing people in Haojing, and I was also killing people indiscriminately. Shen Yuchen was also killing people indiscriminately while guarding the Shanhaiguan Pass in Liaodong.
The root cause.
There are many martial arts forces endorsing the three of them.