Iron Dynasty - Chapter 1062

“Brother Ren, please say.?”

Sitting down in the main hall, Ge Yiren personally added some tea to Ren He, with a respectful appearance.

Gently stroked his beard, Ren He said: “After so long of research, I found that compared with the previous Confucianism, New Confucianism is only a removal of the dogma of the Three Outlines and Five Constants. In addition, it denies the theory of gods and ghosts that are opposed to technology. In other words, the main purpose of this new Confucianism is to allow the people of the empire to accept technology and popularize technology, while at the same time letting people no longer be bound by Confucian dogma, and from then on, they can do whatever they want within the scope of the empires laws.

Ge Yiren nodded, Ren He analyzed well.

“However, Xiao Ming personally overthrew Confucianism and denied the doctrine of gods and ghosts. This is tantamount to denying the heavenly conferment of monarch power. In this way, he, the emperor, is no longer the emperor. In this way, he is no longer the emperor. Same, why is he alone in this world.”

“Yes, since he is not the emperor, why should the empire respect him like a god.” Ge Yiren’s eyes narrowed.

But after thinking of something, he slumped: “Just so what, even if he is not the emperor, but the power of the empire is in his hands? Who can oppose him!”

“Hahaha…” There was a trace of mystery in Ren He’s smile. He got up and walked a few steps back and forth, and said in a deep voice, “Yes, no one can oppose him now. The reason is that everyone Fearing the supreme power in his hands, the nobles are just daring to be angry and not daring to speak, but this incident must have planted resentment in their hearts. As long as the time is right, this resentment opportunity will burst out.? Read a book??? “

After a pause, he continued: “According to my observations, in addition to the nobility, many giants are actually quite dissatisfied with Xiao Ming. Although the empire has been booming in industry and commerce these years, most of the market dividends obtained through wars have been lost. Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce took it. Merchants can only eat some leftovers after the Chamber of Commerce. You and I all know that merchants are profit-seeking in nature, and they can do anything for profit. If they promise to carve up the market as much as possible in the future, you say they will. Support our actions to restrict imperial power?”

“Of course I will be happy.” Ge Yiren said without hesitation, “The emperor himself said that if there are three times the profit, the merchants will take risks and do anything. Moreover, this benefit is more than three times. If they promise to limit the seat of imperial power, how many I am afraid they will be more eager for this position.”

Renhe clapped his hands, “It seems that Brother Ge has become acquainted, and that’s the truth, but these are the ideas of you and me, and they cannot be realized now. After all, Xiao Ming is so powerful, no one has the courage.”

“Yes, I guess that the business council has already moved many people’s minds, but Xiao Ming’s position is too stable. These thoughts can only be hidden in my heart. If you want to touch this mind, I’m afraid you will have to wait until the next generation of kings. Enthroned.”

“This is not necessarily true. It is only necessary for Ge Lao to promote Neo-Confucianism with all his strength, so that the people of the empire will fully accept the ideas of Neo-Confucianism and the people’s wisdom will be expanded. Maybe we still have a chance. After all, the people in this world are very easy to fool. We just need to be here. Just add some private goods to Neo-Confucianism.”

“What kind of private goods?” Ge Yiren asked.

“Naturally is freedom and equality, and the humanistic spirit. Didn’t Xiao Ming want to equalize the people, agriculture, industry and commerce? We will use this to inculcate these ideas to the people. Even if we are discovered at that time, we will only act according to his ideas, but it is too much. He can’t hold us accountable.” Ren He smirked, “and once the people generally accept these ideas, then we will confuse the nobles and businessmen to use these upright banners, and then use to believe this. People, so our goal can be achieved.”

“Well, yes, yes.” Ge Yiren suddenly realized, “The guns are indeed in Xiao Ming’s hands, but as a former Confucian, our influence in the people is still strong. Since Xiao Ming is not kind, don’t blame us for being unjust. “

“Old Ge’s words are serious. We are not going to rebel, but for the long-term stability of the empire. The emperor is a great talent, but sometimes he will make mistakes. What we want is the right of everyone to prevent him from making mistakes. That’s it.”

Ge Yiren nodded slowly, “Listening to the emperor’s words is better than studying for ten years. In that case, I will now confess my mistakes to the emperor with a book. If there is no accident, I can resume my post.”

“Brother Ge is really smart. As the saying goes, water drops through rocks and gathers sand to form towers. If we want to achieve our goal, we have to take our time.” Ren He said.

Ge Yiren’s brows stretched out, and he called the housekeeper to take the pen and ink, and immediately wrote a memorial and submitted it.

In the Imperial Study, Li San is reporting to Xiao Ming the reaction of the nobles in Qingzhou City after the newspaper was published.

“Our people said that Princess Binh Duong seemed to have little reaction to this decree, just like facing an ordinary decree. Song Guogong complained a bit, but did not vehemently opposed it. Tang Guogong was reigned by the emperor because of his involvement in the private school. Blame, dont dare to criticize, among the three kings of Huainan, King Yong, and King Ruyang, after watching it, King Huainan reportedly laughed for a long time~~ and King Yong and King Ruyang also had a lot of criticism… “

One by one, the nobles’ reactions were fed back to Xiao Ming, and he had a care in his heart. Now Wang Xuan is in charge of the overseas intelligence system, and Li San is in charge of the domestic intelligence system.

Like the emperors of the past, Xiao Ming couldn’t be 100% assured of his courtiers. After all, the human heart is full of flesh, and everyone has their own ideas, especially when the various theories of the empire are booming.

Therefore, if he wants to see the world clearly, he needs to have a pair of eyes and ears in the empire. This is Li Sans responsibility. Otherwise, what his empire is like can only be reflected in the memorial, but he cannot get the full picture. .

“It seems that most people are dissatisfied.” After listening to Li San’s words, Xiao Ming frowned. The resources of the secret guard are limited. He can’t monitor all the nobles, but can only supervise some important nobles. Now Li San’s feedback They are all important people.

“Although this is the case, the complaints were returned to the complaints. They finally accepted it. It can be seen that they still did not dare to conflict with the emperor on this matter.” Li San said with a smile.

Then his face changed, and he suddenly said: “But now it seems that more and more people are aware of the existence of the secret guard, and they have acted a lot more carefully. Many times the secret guard cannot spy on what they are doing. For example, in the morning, Ge Yiren All the subordinates were distracted, which made it impossible for us to know his reaction.”

As soon as his voice fell, Qian Dafu walked in and handed a memorial to Xiao Ming. )!!