Although Zhu Youzhen dispersed the people of the capital who came with the flow in a few words, the remaining 1,200 people obviously came after making up their minds, even if most of the people behind them got out of the way, they still maintained a kneeling posture and refused to let go.

Yu Youan also reacted at this time, no matter how the matter was resolved in the end, he, the host, would inevitably hate the emperor. If he stopped the emperor from going on the expedition, he would probably be able to get the protection of those nobles behind him, but if he messed up today's affairs, he couldn't afford to be held accountable by the emperor or those nobles.

Yu You'an immediately knelt down in front of the emperor's horse again, and shouted hoarsely: "Your Majesty's golden body is the foundation of the country, and you can't go out rashly and shake the foundation of the country." Student Yu Youan is willing to die today, and ask His Majesty to call off the army and return to the palace to reassure the people of the society..."

Yu You'an's words obviously led many people, and nearly 100 scholars also shouted, begging Chongzhen to put the community first and not go out of the city.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at the people who had just been let to both sides of the road, and found that some people seemed to be moved again, obviously no matter how good the emperor just said, as ordinary people, he always thought that staying with the emperor was the safest.

Chongzhen pulled the reins, squeezed the horse out of the guards in the front row, and stood directly on the front line, only then did he shout: "Rotten Confucianism." ”

The emperor's reprimand suddenly stopped the scholars and people who were still begging on the road, and they looked up at the emperor with a blank face, not knowing why the emperor was angry.

The people on both sides of the road who were talking quietly also fell silent in an instant, and looked at the emperor who suddenly stepped forward from the ranks with some fear. Although Chongzhen ascended the throne, many emperors have been abolished when they go out to show their imperial power, such as the loess mat road, pedestrians on the road should be allowed to kneel on both sides of the road to greet them, and those who have no merit are not allowed to look directly at the emperor's car and so on.

But the habits of more than 200 years and thousands of years of feudal etiquette are not so simple to dispel from the hearts of these people. The supreme reverence for imperial power is still buried in their hearts.

It was because Chongzhen had just coaxed the people who were blocking the road away from the street with the flow of words, which was also because they felt that they had no reason to stop the emperor, so they naturally did not dare to violate the majesty of the imperial power.

Now that the emperor himself went out to scold, the scholars and people kneeling on the road could probably hold on, and the ordinary people who had retreated to the sides suddenly quieted down, for fear that they would be angered by the emperor.

Chongzhen glanced at the people who had quieted down, and then continued: "The ancients had a cloud: a man who does not plow, or suffers from hunger; A woman does not weave, or suffers from the cold. And as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I don't plow but eat, and I don't weave clothes. All needs depend on the supply of the people of the Ming Dynasty, you say that I am the foundation of the country, isn't it putting the cart before the horse?

Therefore, the foundation of the world lies in the people, not in the king. You are also scholars, and you don't even understand this most basic truth, how can you become an official in the future and govern the people of a place?

Yu You'an, as a lifter, and you claim to be the representative of all the people, you should get up and talk to me, what is the origin of the word emperor, and why do kings of all dynasties call themselves emperors? ”

Yu Youan was dumbfounded and suddenly froze on the spot, he was the most serious reader in this era, except for the Four Books and Five Classics, other miscellaneous studies were disdainful. If the emperor asked him about the content of the Four Books and Five Classics, he would be able to answer ** without leaving ten, but he really didn't know anything about the origin of the emperor's name.

The onlookers on the side were very fresh by what Chongzhen had just said, so they all stretched their necks to look at this Yu Juren, wanting to hear what answer he could give.

The people of the capital present still have a good impression of this Yu Juren, first, this is a Juren, a serious scholar who has half a foot in the official career, and for ordinary people, he is already an authoritative figure representing the government.

Moreover, at this critical moment when the people of the post-Jin border are panicking, if someone dares to stand up and call on everyone to do something to protect themselves, they will immediately become the backbone that some people who have no opinions want to rely on.

Yu You'an united with the scholars living in the capital, and called on the people around the residence to come and intercept the emperor from going out of the city to conquer in person, and the image of a righteous gentleman who painstakingly advised the king at the expense of himself has been faintly shaped.

In today's interception incident in Deshengmen, this Yu Juren really became the backbone of the people present. Although most of the people here were forced to get out of the way due to the emperor's authority, many of them still expected that this old man would be able to stop the emperor.

To paraphrase the saying of later generations, that is: although we cannot support you materially, we can support you silently spiritually.

However, although these people have the potential to become Li Tianxia, Yu Youan is really not Zhang Lingfu. In fact, when the people of the capital who came from the vassal retreated, this Yu Juren, who was impassioned in front of everyone, said that he would follow Wang Lei's advice to Liu Zhang, and stop the emperor at the cost of his own life, and he was immediately a little flustered.

And the emperor's rotten voice made Yu You'an's face red and his mind confused, and he answered the emperor's question. And his stammering expression without saying a word also disappointed the onlookers who were expecting him.

Looking at Yu You'an's trembling appearance, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but feel a little disdainful, these scholars couldn't pick out a single one who was a little bold if they wanted to ruin his expedition.

It is no wonder that in the history of the late Ming Dynasty, there were no outstanding records. Before the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was a Zong Ze among the scholars. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to a group of corrupt Confucians, a few traitors who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty were quite talented.

For such an incompetent opponent, Zhu Youzhen has no intention of pursuing it any further. He thought about what to say, and dispersed the crowd that had lost its momentum, so as not to delay the auspicious time to send troops.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in his ears, "Student Xia Yunyi is willing to answer this question for Brother Yu, and I also ask Your Majesty for permission." ”

Zhu Youzhen sighed in his heart, he actually didn't want to have any conflict with Xia Yunyi and the students of Yenching University on this occasion. Because in his heart, both of these are the foundation of his future.

He had tried his best to ignore Xia Yunyi and the group of students around him, but Xia Yunyi still jumped out, he turned his head to look at Xia Yunyi, and then said with a sinking face: "Okay, then it's up to you, stand up and talk back." ”

Xia Yunyi did not shirk the emperor's preferential treatment, he bent over and bowed to Chongzhen first, then slowly stood up, and then stood in place and explained to Chongzhen in a deep voice the origin of the word emperor.

Xia Yunyi made it clear in a few words, after King Yingzheng of Qin unified China, he thought that he was "both virtuous and three emperors, and five emperors of merit", created the word "emperor" as his title, and called himself the first emperor. It is expected that future generations will pass on the Great Qin Empire forever.

After Xia Yunyi explained the origin of the word emperor, he was silent, and did not bring the topic back to the pro-conquest. This performance made Chongzhen Gao take a look, and after this Jiangnan scholar went down to visit, he became much calmer, and he was no longer as upright as before.

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment, today's farce in front of Desheng's gate, it seems that the people behind it don't want to hinder their own personal expedition, otherwise there won't be only some outsiders who take the lead in stopping it, what do they really want?

Chongzhen glanced at the people on both sides of the road again with doubt, and he realized that although these people did not dare to continue to block the road, most of them had sad faces, obviously not wanting him to go out of the city.

Only then did he realize that someone wanted to make the people of the capital disappointed in him. makes the people of the capital feel that he, the emperor, does not pay much attention to the people in the capital, but is more concerned about outsiders.

Therefore, what these scholars and people wanted to stop was not to go out of the city by themselves, but to let the people of the city know what kind of attitude he had towards the people of the capital.

Thinking about this, Zhu Youzhen finally knew that what he wanted to persuade now was not these people kneeling in front of him, but the people of the capital who were watching.

He cleared his throat, glanced at the people on both sides of the road and said, "Yes, the three emperors are emperors by virtue, and the five emperors are emperors by merit."

The first emperor annexed the six kingdoms and ruled the world, and his achievements were unprecedented, so he proclaimed himself emperor to show his merits. But because of the great martial arts of the first emperor, the Great Qin II perished, so why not? ”

Zhu Youzhen's questioning made the people present concentrate their attention and temporarily forget about the emperor's personal conquest.

Xia Yunyi's heart suddenly flashed a sentence, "If you don't cultivate with benevolence and righteousness." But he didn't interrupt the emperor silently, just continued to watch this Chongzhen continue.

"In the final analysis, both the First Emperor and the Second Emperor of Qin forgot that the title of Emperor was never the honor of a lonely person, but the merit of safeguarding the interests of the people.

Whether it is the Three Emperors or the Five Emperors, these ancient emperors have always cared for and safeguarded the interests of the people, whether before or after they ascended the throne. To this day, people in the world are still praising the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, rather than remembering the First Emperor.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, my primary responsibility is naturally to safeguard the fundamental interests of the people of the Ming Dynasty. What are the fundamental interests of the people of the Ming Dynasty? I thought it was four words to live and work in peace and contentment.

How to let the people live and work in peace and contentment? In times of disaster, I should provide relief; When you are bullied by the powerful; I will enact a decree to protect it; When a foreign enemy invades, I should lead my troops out to expel the thieves. In this way, it lives up to the name of the Ming Emperor.

The people of the capital are certainly one of the people of my Ming Dynasty, the military and civilians of Jizhou, the military and civilians of Zunhua, the military and civilians of Liaodong, and the people under the rule of the Ming Dynasty are also members of the people of my Ming Dynasty. As the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I also have the duty to protect them.

What's more, if I don't bring troops to rescue the people of Jizhou and Zunhua today, who can you rely on if you are in trouble in the capital in Japan? If one side is in trouble and all directions come to help, even if the land of the Ming Dynasty is tens of millions of miles long and wide, with a population of trillions, it is only one family.

If you beggar-thy-neighbor, only care about your own safety, and ignore the neighbors' requests for help, even if it is in the capital, it is difficult to do it everywhere..."