Chapter 289: Give in! The Confucian officials are extremely disappointed!

Tianqi frowned, Liu Zongzhou's style of shouting and killing whenever his political opinions did not conform to his own ideas made him, the emperor, a little bit intolerable.

Of course, Tianqi has been emperor for nine years, and he has already known the general nature of most civil servants, and knows that they are eager to directly eliminate those who disagree with political opinions.

Zhang Gui couldn't stand it at this time and couldn't help but said: "Mr. Liu, you can't ask your Majesty to remove the eldest uncle just because he disagrees with your ideas. How can you make your Majesty listen to you?"

"It is not the way of sages, but words that confuse the king and disrupt the country! What's so nice to hear!"

Liu Zongzhou replied to Zhang Gui bluntly and asked: "Your Majesty will only damage the country and the country after hearing this. If you don't let him shut up, or even punish him, isn't it to encourage such deviant words to confuse you?"

Zhang Gui: "Me!"

Zhang Gui had to admit that these Confucian officials were really annoying. It was clear that there was only the law of the jungle between countries. As long as they could not destroy each other, they would coexist peacefully and even treat each other with courtesy. However, these Confucian officials insisted on making their country strong and powerful.

When the opponent is weak

, talks about benevolence, and is deeply afraid of ruining his peaceful life as a landlord. But internally, he practices the art of hegemony and dictatorship, and cannot tolerate dissent. For dissent, he directly denies it in an unsage way. The key is not only to

Shut up, I will take your life.

But when Zhang Gui was about to refute Liu Zongzhou, Tianqi interrupted Zhang Gui and shouted: "Enough! He often judges the loyal, traitorous, virtuous and foolish based on whether they are in line with the way of sages, so what should I, the emperor, do? Or just let it go.

You, Liu Zongzhou, a great Confucian, should be the emperor because you know best which statements are not in line with the way of the sages, and then you can govern the country based on whether it is right if you agree with the way of the sages, and wrong if it is not in line with the way of the sages."

After hearing this, Liu Zongzhou was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He knelt on the ground and cried: "Your Majesty, I am not a treasonous minister. Why is it that your Majesty keeps saying that I am a treasonous minister? No matter if your Majesty wants to kill me,

Whether you demote me or dismiss me, I will all say that what Dazongbo said is indeed against the etiquette of the saints and does not conform to the sages' principles of governing with virtue!"

"Have you ever thought that it was the sages who were wrong?"

Tianqi suddenly asked Liu Zongzhou in a calm tone.

Liu Zongzhou suddenly raised his head, looked at Tianqi, and thought to himself: "How can the principles of sages be wrong?"

Tianqi looked at Liu Zongzhou's stupid look, he was angry and funny, and said: "Okay! You stand down, I will not accept your impeachment. If I only listen to you in the court, the court will discuss it."

There is no need to open it. In addition, I emphasize once again, don’t talk about the death penalty easily. The power of life and death is the right of the emperor. If you talk about the death penalty at will, how can I be embarrassed?

?You can't talk about benevolence to the outside world, but be arbitrary and arrogant internally. You can't just ask me to be merciful to yourself, but you can't be lenient to others! Therefore, in the past, some officials criticized people for the crime of death, and even forced me to punish people for the crime of death, and then took advantage of it.

If you don't produce evidence, you will be killed by me. I am doing this to let you know that anyone who wants to use me to vent my personal anger and let me kill others in vain is deceiving the emperor and should be punished!"

"Your Majesty, I still believe that what Uncle Da Zong said goes against the principles of sages and sages, and it is indeed inappropriate to appear in the court!"

Liu Zongzhou said stubbornly.

Tianqi ignored it.

Liu Zongzhou continued: "Your Majesty! I still think that the North Korean envoy should come to ask and listen to the North Korean envoy's opinion. Your Majesty will then know whether it is unethical in the eyes of the North Korean envoy.

If you do it, can you convince them and not complain?"

Chen Zizhuang also continued to retort: ​​"Your Majesty, what the General Constitution said is simply damaging to the dignity of this dynasty. Why do we, the dynasty, need to look at the eyes of other vassals when we act in our country!"

Liu Zongzhou said: "Your Majesty, the eldest uncle always thinks of himself as a foreign country, but does not know how to be kind to his neighbors. Such a person is indeed unworthy of being the ninth minister. Even if he is not killed, I think he should be deposed!"

Qian Shisheng, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, could not help but stand up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, I also think that the North Korean envoys should be summoned to ask about this matter and see their attitude. Originally, the Li Dynasty all admired our country, but now if we risk

But taking it, wouldn’t it undermine their admiration for China? Even if the country really wants to take back its hometown, it must first ask for it with courtesy, instead of using hegemony and making enemies around!"

Chen Zizhuang, who grew up in Guangdong and had some contact with maritime civilization, obviously does not believe in Neo-Confucianism. He pays more attention to whether the relationship between the two countries is strong or soft depending on the strength and decline of each other. He also obviously cares more about national dignity and etiquette than about sages.

Whether the Confucian way has been followed or not, he continued to leave the class at this time and said: "

Your Majesty, the Li Kingdom is a vassal state. Even if we, the sovereign state of the Ming Dynasty, summon them, we should not ask them for their opinions. Instead, we should issue an edict to reaffirm Chengzu's old edict and directly order them to return them, instead of listening to their opinions and asking them whether they agree or disagree. If

If you really want to ask for his opinion, it will damage the country's prestige and your Majesty's prestige, and it will make foreign barbarians despise our dynasty!"

Tianqi said: "This statement is reasonable. First prepare the edict and then announce it to the Korean envoys."

"According to the order!"

After the cabinet prepared the edict, Tianqi announced to the North Korean envoys.

When the North Korean envoy Jin Xianzhi arrived, Tianqi read the contents of the imperial edict to him with his chamberlain.

When Jin Xianzhi heard that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had issued an edict to his Li family in North Korea, asking him to take back Xianzhou, he suddenly raised his head and glanced at Tianqi.

At this time, Liu Zongzhou said to Jin Xianzhi: "My dynasty has always been strict about benevolence and filial piety. If you feel that this dynasty's behavior is against the principles of sages and sages, you can speak up."

But Jin Xianzhi said nothing.

After a while, Liu Zongzhou didn't speak when he saw this, so he directly reported to Tianqi: "Your Majesty, I think that this envoy must be afraid of the power of Heaven and dare not speak out. Please forgive him first, maybe you can."

I wonder if he has any complaints."

Chen Zizhuang said at this time: "Your Majesty! I think this is not necessary. Just ask him to answer when he will return Xianzhou! This is the dignity that a superior country should have!"

Seeing this, Liu Zongzhou refuted Chen Zizhuang: "Uncle Da Zong keeps saying that Shangguo is decent, but Shangguo's dignity means bullying and arrogance? The real Shangguo's dignity should be virtuous and benevolent!"

Liu Zongzhou continued: "Your Majesty! Since Xianzhou has been owned by the Li family, the imperial court should show its kindness and give it generously. This will show the king's way and make him know that the country is virtuous. Now he is forcing him to do so.

The land will undoubtedly lose its virtue to the vassal state. As long as your majesty allows it to speak out, you will definitely hear its voice of dissatisfaction and resentment."

"The ministers of the vassal state have no complaints! Xianzhou is indeed the hometown of the superior state, and it has been stolen by my family for many years. This is actually an unethical act by my family! Fortunately, the superior state is lenient and does not incriminate the subjects of the vassal state.

However,

How can the subjects of the vassal state be ignorant and still disobey the imperial order? Please rest assured, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, that the ministers of the vassal state will definitely neglect His Highness, and return the land to the superior country in the light of His Majesty the Ming Emperor's order."

North Korea's envoy Jin Xianzhi suddenly spoke up and frankly admitted that he was willing to return Xianzhou. Crucially, he also directly denied Liu Zongzhou's statement and said that North Korea had no complaints.

After hearing this, Liu Zongzhou couldn't help but look back at Jin Xianzhi.
Chapter completed!