Dominate the Country

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Nanjing, it's November, the weather is already very cold. The heavy moisture makes people's clothes no longer dry. Although the temperature here is much drier than in the north, no one would say that Nanjing's winter is not cold. The various hawking sounds on the street also seem weak.

The palace is paved with floor heating and there are fire walls to increase the heat. Of course, Chen Ming can't experience the troubles of ordinary people, but he also hides in the palace honestly. When there is something to do, he handles government affairs, and when there is nothing to do, he sits in the palace.

As soon as the matter in Japan came to an end, the old lady fell ill, which scared Chen Ming. Almost let someone tell his father in Fujian.

Since returning from Beijing, Chen Hui has not stayed in Nanjing for half a year a year.

Go south in winter and go north in summer.

No matter what, just eat, drink and have fun. Not to mention, this body really shows signs of improvement.

Qianqing Palace, Chen Guang walked into the hall carefully. The anxiety in his heart made him feel weak in the knees. This summer, there was a drought in northern Anhui, and the relief allocated by the state was tampered with by officials in northern Anhui. One of the important responsibilities of the National Security Bureau is to strictly monitor local officials during famine relief, prevent certain people from committing crimes, and ensure that the money, grain and materials allocated by the state are fully distributed to the people affected by the disaster. Because disaster victims are the biggest and most unstable factor in an empire. And he didn't find out about the northern Anhui incident until November, which was a dereliction of duty.

"Your Majesty."

Chen Ming gave a look to Liu Wu beside him. When Chen Guang stood up, Liu Wu took two memorials in his hand and sent them to Chen Guang. After Chen Guang read it, his face immediately became worse. The troubles of the National Security Bureau were not only in northern Anhui, but also in Shandong. He just wanted to lose all his face in front of the emperor. When Chen Guang was about to apologize to Chen Ming, Chen Ming spoke. "The National Security Bureau has disappointed me."

The current National Security Bureau is not only inefficient - Anhui, but has also become in collusion with local officials - Shandong. The National Security Bureau in these two places has lost their basic duties.

Chen Guang's forehead was sweating unconsciously.

"There are two things I called you here today. First, I decided to set up an Economic Crime Investigation Department in addition to the National Security Bureau to investigate economic crimes committed by domestic officials and businessmen." Things really can't be 'monopolized'. The National Security Bureau has only been listed for a few days, and Chen Handing has only been in power for three years. Not only has their efficiency become lower, but some people have also become in collusion with businessmen and officials.

Chen Ming felt that it was time to change.

"The second is these two things. You have to be careful to tell Yue Wenhai and Liu Wenwei. But remember, you must not reveal any traces of the National Security Bureau. If you don't do well in this matter, the National Security Bureau will really have to adjust."

The sweat on Chen Guang's forehead dripped more. But he didn't dare to wipe it off, and repeatedly promised Chen Ming. After coming out of the Qianqing Palace, the whole person let out a long breath, and then he felt that his underwear was soaked.

After just ten minutes of playing, Chen Guang felt heavy in his heart. This pressure was too great.

What Chen Ming asked him to do, as long as you think carefully about the intentions of this cousin, is also terrifying.

Yue Wenhai, a new Confucian; Liu Wenwei, an old Confucian.

And there is also the Economic Crime Investigation Department, which is responsible for investigating economic crimes of domestic officials and businessmen. Of course, it does not overlap with the business of the National Security Bureau, but it overlaps a very important part. The emperor is decentralizing power. What's more, the first director of the Economic Crime Investigation Department is Xiao Jian, a capable general!

But these cannot be compared with the heavy pressure the emperor himself puts on the National Security Bureau. The heaviness in Chen Guang's heart is not about the things to be done, nor about the newly established Economic Crime Investigation Department, but the trust of the emperor himself.

How many National Security Bureaus are there in China, such as northern Anhui and Shandong? Are they just the two that have been exposed? The emperor said "adjustment" today. Is he referring to the National Security Bureau doing a big cleanup?

Chen Guang returned to his territory with a heavy heart and immediately called his capable men to a meeting. The heads of the entire National Security Bureau in Beijing were all waiting in the government office today. Once the incident in Anhui was exposed, the big boss was called into the palace by the emperor, which made them feel very nervous.

So when Chen Guang wanted to hold a meeting, everyone was there immediately. Then when Chen Guang talked about the matter, the atmosphere in the conference room exploded.

"What Economic Crime Investigation Department..."

"The remnant Qing is dying, and the Sticking Rod Department is almost inactive. In addition to confidentiality protection, the focus of domestic work in the future will not be anti-corruption and surveillance? The emperor's cut was very cruel..."

"No wonder Xiao Jian was thrown into the Internal Security Department by the emperor a month ago..."

The conference room was no longer solemn before the meeting. Chen Guang looked at his subordinates and expressed his "heartache", but what's the use of these people shouting, everyone knows that the emperor's decision is unquestionable.

In the final analysis, it's their own fault.

"Xiao Jian will come to the department to select people soon, you all should pay attention to your attitude. From now on, the Economic Crime Investigation Department will be our brother unit, and Xiao Jian will no longer be your colleague or your subordinate." Chen Guang's eyes swept across the faces of all the people present. There can't be any talk about this matter, otherwise what will the emperor think? "Then the second thing the emperor ordered."

"Wei Changkong."

"Here."

"You will handle this matter. There must be no mistakes."

"Please rest assured, sir." Wei Changkong was full of confidence. This matter was not difficult to handle.

The war between the new Confucianism and the old Confucianism was still going on. The voice of the old Confucianism in the court was getting lower and lower, but with the advantages established before, the old Confucianism was also profitable.

Although the new Confucianism was unwilling, they could not catch the handle of the old Confucianism, and could only watch the old Confucianism grow stronger. Especially among the people, the reputation of the new Confucianism has been significantly improved.

However, even the sharpest struggle will fall after a period of excitement, and then the bilateral contradictions will continue to brew, waiting for the next wave of outbreaks. Chen Ming, who was sitting high on the throne of the emperor, saw this scene very cordially, so he wanted to add fuel to the fire in the middle. He wanted the new and old factions to continue to collide and continue to explode.

This intention could be seen by the insiders of the National Security Bureau, and then they decided not to let their relatives and friends step into the circle of old Confucianism, and it would be best if the new Confucianism did not get involved, and turned to other hills!

The deep malice contained in the emperor's intention was too blatant. But they couldn't see that Chen Ming had a deeper intention behind it.

The case that broke out in northern Anhui and Shandong disappointed Chen Ming, and also prompted him to make a decision that was quite contrary to China's political and moral concepts...

November 11, court meeting.

The atmosphere in Fengtian Hall was as solemn as the red clouds in the sky outside, and Chen Ming's face was so gloomy that water could drip out. No matter what Chen Ming thought in his mind, he had to keep a look full of anger on his face. The movie emperor is on the body!

"Pah!" The memorials of the two new and old Confucianists impeaching each other were thrown heavily to the ground by Chen Ming.

"Your Majesty, calm down." The whole hall of civil and military officials bowed their heads.

Chen Ming swept his angry eyes at Peng Zhongrui, Chen Gang, Peng Yuanrui, Liu Wenwei, Yue Wenhai, Shen Guozhen, Qin Dacheng and other people from the new and old factions who stood up to the platform and quarreled.

"Investigate thoroughly. Investigate thoroughly for me. Any official who embezzles relief will be severely punished."

"The country's finances are tight and the deficit is high. Those who dare to evade taxes are all disasters to the country and must be severely punished."

"Your subjects obey your order."

The atmosphere in Nanjing City suddenly became tense. All newspapers, big and small, paid great attention to this sudden war. The timing was too coincidental. Both sides chose to attack on the same day. The encounter war started, which must be extremely fierce.

Since the fierce battle at the beginning, the court has once again erupted in a "war". The old Confucianists and the new Confucianists exposed the truth. You attacked my people for corruption, and I attacked your people for tax evasion. The eyes of the people and merchants in Nanjing City immediately put Japan behind their minds. Many people no longer paid attention to the changes in Nanyang, and moved their small stools to watch the excitement of their own court. Even many foreigners noticed this "war"!

China is a powerful force in the world's political map today.

On November 13, the "imperial envoy" of the new Confucian school left Beijing for Anhui. The next day, the "imperial envoy" of the old Confucian school left Beijing for Shandong.

Chen Ming lay in the palace, which was as warm as spring, thinking about the country, thinking about the foreign countries, and then thinking about the country again.

The mentality of the people in Nanjing City has been fed back to him, allowing Chen Ming to see a different change. Compared with the past, the fear of the people in Nanjing City about being officials seems to have eased a little. Teahouses, restaurants, and hotels are enthusiastic about the second outbreak of war. This progress is a bit beyond Chen Ming's expectations.

It has only been three years since the founding of the country, and it has only been five or six years since it has been firmly established in Jiangnan. The entire social structure, order, and class have not changed much. The people in Nanjing City should still be afraid of officials. Is it because they are under the feet of the emperor?

Chen Ming has always paid great attention to Chinese social thought. He believes that China is now in the embryonic stage of ideological change, and it is far from the time to bear fruit. The so-called capitalist thought has not really spread in China, although Chen Ming has also organized people to translate some Western ideological books. But more Chinese intellectuals hate and hostile Montesquieu and others more than respect and admiration.

Because this kind of thought is largely contrary to Chinese traditional ethics. China is not the late Qing Dynasty. The dignity of the country is still very high, the pride of the nation and civilization is off the charts, and the authority of the emperor has not been shaken at all. Suddenly accepting those French ideas and understanding the political model of the thirteen states of North America, such ideas are not very attractive in China now.

Chen Ming dare not say that no one is tempted by the cooking of dishes, but this force may not even be considered a bud in China at this moment. China's traditional thinking is too strong, and China is so powerful at this time.

China, walking on its own path, is far more powerful than the British at this moment. If the two sides fight one-on-one, I don't know how many British countries China can beat now. Without experiencing the repeated humiliation of national dignity in history, without experiencing the huge psychological shock of China's fall from the abyss in the original time and space, and still claiming to be the "heavenly and supreme country", how many people in China can accept the democratic system at this time? Chen Ming himself doesn't think how many there are.

No nation will casually abandon its traditions before they receive a fatal shock.

It's just that all changes have an initial beginning. A seed needs fertile soil to take root and sprout, and it needs abundant sunlight, water and nutrients to sprout and grow into a towering tree. China now obviously lacks fertile soil for the development of democratic ideas.

It's the late 18th century, not the late 19th century.

Even the French Revolution, which affected the entire world, was due to Louis XVI's poor political skills. In addition, Louis XVI was taking the blame for the poor government credibility of his ancestors of the Bourbon dynasty. He made wrong moves one after another in order to collect taxes and pay off debts. , and ultimately ended up dead and the country destroyed.

In fact, as a usurious empire, the French have always been happy to lend money to the French government. Although the credibility of the French royal family has not been very good, the interest rate on French national debt is more than twice that of the British, and the most important thing is that A large portion is short-term Treasury bonds. The French regard lending money to the government as a high-return investment. It is the French government that screwed up the situation. Huge interest rates and short-term debts have put great pressure on the government's finances! So much so that he fell into a vicious cycle, just like Emperor Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty.

If France's finances had improved, and if Louis XVI had not been forced to convene the 'Estate Estates', would the French Revolution really have broken out?

Chen Ming felt that what he thought was good. At this time, China was far from the time when Panzi's thoughts were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, the collision of things at this time was, in the final analysis, a collision of Confucian thoughts.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, hundreds of schools of thought were wiped out, and Confucianism became the dominant one. Confucianism, which is very much in the spirit of "advancing with the times," unceremoniously devoured all the ideas and knowledge from hundreds of schools of thought that they thought were beneficial to them. Over a thousand years later, many things have been mixed with each other, making Confucianism the specific model of Chinese civilization. Therefore, the current Confucianism is very different from the original Confucius and Mencius in terms of essence and details.

Now that China's new dynasty has been 'founded', with Chen Ming's support, mathematics, machinery, law, diplomacy, agriculture, industry and commerce... and other industries have begun to highlight their roles. However, Confucianism has been rejected by Chen Ming, but it is rapidly growing. of decline.

The leader of the alliance who dominated the country was knocked into the dust, and his subordinates flowed into the hills of the alliance. Will those mountains that have been suppressed for thousands of years still loyally wait for the leader to make a comeback one day? The general leader is gone, but a lot of room for profit has been opened up.

Chen Ming persists day and night like this. How many people will still insist on "human needs" unwaveringly and insist on wearing the name of Confucianism without retreating?

Law can still be a legalist, diplomacy can still be a farmer, agriculture can still be a farmer, machinery, industry and commerce can still be a Mohist miscellaneous family...

One by one, the Confucian apprentices wore their new shells and carefully tested the interest space that Confucianism had lost before. When they found that this shell on their bodies was not rejected, these people took over the interests of Confucianism step by step, and In order to consolidate their own interests, they are rapidly strengthening their shells. As for whether the true transformation from the outside to the inside can be completed, no one can say. It's too early to tell.

Now the old Confucian sect is weak in the Chen-Han Dynasty, and the new Confucian sect has gained support from more and more people. There are also many neutral sects who secretly write the word "fa" and "miscellaneous" on themselves. Faintly leaning towards Neo-Confucianism. Essentially speaking, it is all based on their own interests. They have already occupied the boss's past interests, and of course they are not willing to give up the interests they have gained and let the boss get over their heads again.

In fact, where are there so many pies? Interest dictates, interest dictates.

It was the Confucian disciples themselves, driven by interests, who took the initiative to put on the shells of hundreds of schools of thought that were swallowed up by Confucianism more than a thousand years ago, and found fertile ground for new life at the juncture of the revolution of heaven and earth. Then it quickly takes root, sprouts and grows vigorously.

After the two "imperial envoys" with different destinations went to war in person, both the officials and the people in Nanjing felt like they were watching a big show. Although both groups of imperial envoys took away many elites from their respective sects, there were even more people from the two groups. Some of them are still in the city of Nanjing, and they are still going back and forth with each other in the newspapers, fighting endlessly. But ordinary people in Nanjing City all know that the hope of the two factions does not lie in Nanjing City at all, but in northern Anhui and Shandong. If they fail somewhere, what awaits them may be an abyss of collapse.

Confucianism has been in China for more than two thousand years. Since Invincible, one family has been the dominant one for eighteen or nine hundred years. It is definitely deeply rooted. Even though China was subjugated twice under Confucian ‘governance’ and lost the north several times, its influence in China is still unshakable. When many people thought that the world would continue to be like this, the appearance of each and every 'school of thought' was like a bolt from the blue. Nowadays, New Confucianism is known to more and more people. Although New Confucianism has just suffered a setback, it is still the confidence of New Confucianism.

During these days, the old and new schools of Confucianism went back and forth in the newspapers, arguing and arguing, and their influence expanded to more than half of China. It was the first time that countless ordinary people knew that the Confucian school was going to separate.

They gave the old and new factions new names using more vivid and concrete terms - the Eight-Part-Party Party - old, and the reformists - new.

The Eight-Party Party caused the reformists to stumble a while ago, and they have regained their momentum slightly, but they are still much weaker than the reformists in terms of strength. There is really no sign of their comeback. Could it be that the two thousand years of Confucius and Mencius's legacy were over like this?

The new dynasty started as a rebellion. From the very beginning, they did not deal with the Shilin landowners. For a long time, there were no "Li Shanchang" or "Liu Bowen" to serve. It can be said that it is grassroots and can no longer be grassroots.

So, in the beginning, the old Confucians were not able to occupy the top of the power of the new dynasty. Fortunately, they still had a Gang Da Ye in the court, and together with Peng Zhongrui, Peng Yuanrui, and some people raised by the emperor, they quickly gathered a force.

After the old Confucians stood up, they immediately started to say that the reformists were not good in this and that, that the court's politics had problems, that the whole court was full of the smell of money, that the emperor and his ministers competed with the people for profit, engaged in lowly jobs, raised the status of the industrial and commercial lowly households, belittled the scholars, did not allow the way of Confucius and Mencius, changed the imperial examination, and messed up the official system...

They were so unscrupulous that the emperor stretched out his hand and flattened several people. The eight-part party immediately obeyed.

The old and new factions exposed the old secrets, and they said everything. It was like the best entertainment gossip, and I don't know how many ordinary people were happy.

These people only realized now that those high-ranking officials and big figures in their eyes had such a time to be grandsons. They are also bullies who are afraid of the strong and have thicker skins than the city walls.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Nanjing witnessed two wars between the old and new Confucianists. The old Confucianists won the first war, so who will win this time?