"Power is poison, and it is the most destructive thing. When I sit on that chair and decide to change the blood of Ming Dynasty, no one can stop me!"

Zhu Houzhao said the most ruthless words in a calm and gentle tone.

He doesn't want to give himself any high-sounding reasons. Everything he does is for his own imperial power. If any power group touches his interests, they will be suppressed or even destroyed. It is extremely simple and crude.

As he said himself, power is poison, and it is the most poisonous poison in the world. Once you are contaminated with it, you can never get rid of it.

In order to preserve their own rights, all the power groups want to oppose him. In order to dominate the imperial power, he wants to overthrow all the power groups. This is all because of the imbalance of power. No one is willing to take a step back. As a result, only one side can survive.

One side is destroyed.

"Your Majesty's future is limitless, but poor scholars all over the world will have a hard time from now on!

Li Dongyang said sadly that Zhu Houzhao's reforms would allow Zhu Houzhao to achieve the supremacy of imperial power and benefit countless people, but it would be difficult for scholars. Without the many preferential treatment policies of the court, scholars would no longer want to do anything unscrupulous.

But it's just a daydream.

Drinking flowers and wine in a brothel, making money from fame, talking nonsense about nothing, quarreling with the temple when there is something, being romantic, unrestrained and romantic, all the previous superior lives will no longer exist.

"The teacher is wrong again. The era when scholars talked about harming the country has passed. In the future, scholars should focus on pragmatism."

"Since the Song Dynasty, the path of scholars has gone astray. They are engaged in romance, talking nonsense, and encircling land to make money. They are all proficient, but few are willing to be pragmatic. Looking at the countless scholars in the world, they can truly do things for the people and the court.

How many people are there?"

"What I have to do is to guide them back to the right path from the wrong path. Being an official is not to provide them with an opportunity to make money by grabbing land, but to allow them to show what they have learned and do more practical things for the country and the court.

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Zhu Houzhao had no prejudice against scholars. After all, the country must be governed by scholars. However, he did not like the Neo-Confucian disciples who had been passed down from the Song Dynasty and did not know how to do human affairs at all. They could only talk about natural principles and human desires all day long.

And this is also the biggest reason why he wants to support Wang Yangming’s psychology. According to the theory of Neo-Confucianism, the Ming Dynasty will only become more and more chaotic. Most of the Neo-Confucianism is used to deceive the people at the bottom, and is used to govern the country, which is self-inflicted.

Dig a grave.

"..."

Li Dongyang was speechless and corrected the scholar's wrong path. It was not that he had no confidence in Zhu Houzhao, but that it was too difficult to operate and was simply unrealistic.

Since the rise of Neo-Confucianism between Cheng and Zhu, countless scholars have been pursuing Neo-Confucianism. In addition, the concepts expounded by Neo-Confucianism are very in line with the interests of those in power. This has led to the spread of Neo-Confucianism becoming more and more outrageous. Today, the studies of Confucius and Mencius have been suppressed by Neo-Confucianism.

Scholars who were disciples of Neo-Confucianism abound.

If we want to correct the wrong path of scholars, unless we destroy Neo-Confucianism, otherwise the bad habits of scholars will always exist. But to destroy a school that has been around for hundreds of years and is sought after by countless scholars, does Zhu Houzhao have the courage? Then

It will be infamy for eternity.

Unfortunately, Li Dongyang himself can be considered a disciple of Neo-Confucianism, but compared to those Neo-Confucian officials who like to make money and enclose land, he is better known and attaches great importance to his reputation, so he is trapped in the quagmire of the civil service group and is unable to extricate himself.

He was afraid that a hundred years later, his reputation would become infamous under the influence of the civil servant group. After all, Zhu Houzhao, the tyrant in the eyes of the civil servant group, was his student.

For his own sake, he had to speak up for the civil service group many times, hoping that the civil service group would leave him a clear name after his death.

"Teacher is here to speak for scholars, right?"

Although Li Dongyang did not tell him the purpose of meeting him, Zhu Houzhao guessed it, and he was extremely disappointed.

Restricted by the civil service group, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang were the same. He couldn't understand why they were even afraid of some officials whose official positions were far lower than them!

"I'm old!"

This is Li Dongyang's answer. It is very simple, but it also explains many problems.

Although the Civil Service Group nominally includes all civil servants, it actually does not have a real leader. They are only grouped together because of interests. Beings like Li Dongyang can completely ignore the Civil Service Group, but he insists on being with the Civil Service Group.

The group is in confusion. What is the magic power of the Civil Service Group that allows him to spare no effort to contribute to the Civil Service Group?

There are only three reasons. First, for the sake of reputation, he did not want to be slandered and retaliated by the civil servant group after his death. Li Dongyang had devoted his whole life to the Ming Dynasty, but he also had a bad past when he was young, and the civil servant group held the handle.

Secondly, they are afraid of the huge power of the civil servant group. The civil servant group alone is nothing, but if they are all added up, killing him, Li Dongyang, is definitely not a big deal.

Thirdly, for the sake of his family, he is old after all and has only a few years to live. What if he dies and the civil service group turns around to retaliate against his family? He is not sure whether Zhu Houzhao, a student with a cold nature, will protect his descendants.

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The combination of various reasons is the reason why Li Dongyang was trapped in the civil service group and could not extricate himself. There are many people like him, who have the ambition to serve the country, but are afraid of the deterrent power of the civil service group.

"I understand!"

Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and let go of his grudge against Li Dongyang. No matter whether Li Dongyang stood with the civil service group or not, the outcome could not be changed, so there was no need for him to fall out with his teacher.

Li Dongyang was once kind to him and helped him a lot when he first took office. Although it had been a long time, he still remembered the kindness. Because of that kindness, he had no reason to treat Li Dongyang the same way he treated Liu Jian and Xie Qian.

"The veteran is old and can no longer help His Majesty. Keeping him will only cause trouble to Your Majesty. I beg Your Majesty to allow the veteran to return home as a soldier."

Caught between Zhu Houzhao and the civil servant group, Li Dongyang was also tired. Resigning and returning to his hometown might not be a good ending for him.

This was the last thing he could do for Zhu Houzhao, a student. Liu Jian and Xie moved away, and he returned to his hometown to retire. The top three most influential people in the civil service group had all left the court, and it was no longer difficult for the civil service group.

To resist Zhu Houzhao's suppression.

It is true that the civil service group represents the overall interests of most civil servants, but without a qualified leader, although the civil service group cannot be said to be in disarray, it cannot cause much trouble.

In today's court, Yang Yiqing, Yang Tinghe, Yan Song, Wang Hao, Fei Hong and others all have the potential to become leaders of the civil service group. However, in the current situation, they have no time to hide from the civil service group, so how can they take the initiative to join in?

High-ranking officials want to stir up trouble, but the civil service group doesn't have that ability.

"Teacher, why are you doing this?"

Zhu Houzhao sighed slightly.

"The old minister failed to make much contribution to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty in his life, but the old minister cultivated a hero for the Ming Dynasty, an emperor who could lead the Ming Dynasty to its peak. The old minister has no regrets in his life."

Li Dongyang showed a proud smile on his face and said the most heart-to-heart words in his life to Zhu Houzhao.

He didn't like Zhu Houzhao's coldness and ruthlessness, but he admired Zhu Houzhao's talent and strategy. He didn't like this student, but he was very satisfied.


Chapter completed!