Chapter 829: Changing Customs
Entering June, the weather in Qingzhou suddenly became hot. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time of year, he misses the contemporary undershirt and big pants very much, after all, compared to such a cool outfit, he can only walk around in a dragon robe now.
But fortunately, he is the emperor, and there are people waiting at any time, in order not to be distracted by the heat when dealing with government affairs, he asked Qian Dafu to find saltpeter and water, and at the same time asked the equipment department to make a hand-cranked fan.
Saltpeter absorbs a lot of heat from the water when it comes into contact with water, causing the water to freeze, and using a fan can blow this cold wind through.
In this way, it is cool and humid, and the effect is not much different from installing an air conditioner in the house.
The only disadvantage is that it needs to consume the strategic resource of saltpeter, but since taking control of Bashu, the Mineral Division has fully taken over the nitrate cave in Shu, and he finally does not have to worry about the lack of saltpeter resources.
In the past, when Xiao Ming was dealing with government affairs, Qian Dafu always stood outside the door, but now he is standing inside the door.
This is Xiao Ming's understanding of his hard work and deliberately let it, this move is very small, but it makes Qian Dafu very moved.
While he was enjoying the coolness of the house, a little eunuch came to the door, and Qian Dafu asked the little eunuch and went back to the house.
"Your Majesty, the Goryeo mission has arrived in Qingzhou and has been arranged by the Foreign Affairs Office in the Splendid Restaurant." Qian Dafu said.
Xiao Ming was correcting the folds that were sent, raised his head and groaned, he said; "I'll see them tomorrow, forget it today, I'm not in the mood."
Qian Dafu replied, turned around and asked the little eunuch to inform the Foreign Affairs Office, and then turned around and asked; "The emperor was quite happy just now, why is he not in the mood now?"
Xiao Ming has always trusted Qian Dafu very much, and he likes to talk to him if he has anything to say, so he sighed and said: "It's not a corruption problem of officials, it's only been a few years since I ascended the throne, and these officials can't help but stretch out their hands to make money." ”
"So that's it." Qian Dafu thought for a while and said: "Since the beginning of the Dayu Kingdom, the corruption problem of this official has been getting more and more intense, when Gaozu beheaded tens of thousands of officials in a fit of anger, so that there is a shortage of officials everywhere in the Dayu Kingdom, but this still cannot be cured, and now although the officials of the Dayu State have graduated from Qingzhou University, most of them are still the old officials, these officials are used to corruption, how can they stop it." ”
Xiao Ming nodded, Qian Dafu's words are right, eighty percent of this corruption problem comes from the old officials in the past, and two percent comes from the officials from Qingzhou University.
This is only on the folds sent by the Supervision Yuan, and the officials who have not been found are estimated to be more.
For this problem, Xiao Ming sometimes feels very powerless, the contemporary Ming Dynasty founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang almost killed the officials and did not contain this problem, how should he solve it now?
After pondering for a while, he said: "The eradication of corruption is not about killing, but about changing customs, and the etiquette of Confucian etiquette for thousands of years is the root of corruption, which is a corrupt culture, as long as the soil of this culture is not eradicated, the Great Chongqing Kingdom will always be corrupt." ”
At this moment, Xiao Ming felt that it was important to develop science and technology, but at the same time, it was also important to eradicate some dross culture, although Confucian etiquette was about etiquette.
But this etiquette has been passed down for thousands of years, and has gradually extended to things like giving gifts.
In addition to this custom, the relationship society and the human society are also different from him, because this is essentially a continuation of clan relations, and it is also a disadvantage that hinders the realization of the rule of law in the Great Chongqing State.
In this relationship, officials accept bribes through favors, thus allowing the law to be trampled on.
At the same time, when an official is an official, the whole family ascends to heaven, and for a long time, where the ruling power of the imperial court is weak, there will be clan forces controlling a certain government department, or even the government affairs of a certain place.
"Change customs, change customs......" Xiao Ming kept repeating, because this is the fundamental solution, and it is also the place to avoid the law of the rise and fall of dynasties.
Qian Dafu was already dumbfounded, and the solution proposed by Xiao Ming was something he had never heard of.
"Your Majesty, the people of Dayu are used to this kind of life, how difficult is it to change?" Qian Dafu shook his head.
"It's hard to say, it's not difficult to say, the court represents the law, and Confucianism represents the moral constraints of the people, this change of customs naturally has to start from the root of culture, Confucianism changes customs, and the country of Chongqing changes customs." Xiao Ming said.
Through these seven years of observation, Xiao Ming found that the concept of Confucianism was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and their status in the hearts of the people was indecent to that of Western Christianity.
Believers in Christianity abide by the doctrines, while officials and people who trust Confucianism adhere to Confucian ideas.
If the people use the spirit of immersion in the pig cage to deal with corruption, the problem of corruption in Dayu will inevitably be solved.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ming felt that it was right not to completely eradicate Confucianism, perhaps he could be both the Great Confucianism and the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, and cure the ills of the Great Yu Kingdom for thousands of years from both material and spiritual aspects.
Qian Dafu looked at Xiao Ming in a daze, he felt that this emperor, who had never acted by the rules, was about to make some big noise.
"By the way, where are the three of Ge Yiren now?"
Xiao Ming asked, this matter naturally requires the cooperation of the three of them.
He decided to create a deception of the century, so that the three of them would become great Confucians who represented the ideas of the new era, and through their writings, they would influence the minds of the people of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.
Of course, this thought must have passed through his hands.
"They are in Qufu, after the news of the victory of the Northern Expedition came back, the three of them went to Qufu, I have to say that these three people are also extremely smart, with the power of the victory of the Northern Expedition, they are more confident."
Xiao Ming nodded slightly, "Let them come back and see me." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Qian Dafu responded.
After figuring out this matter, Xiao Ming put pen to paper and replied, although it is necessary to change customs, but these corrupt officials must also be given a heavy blow, otherwise the punishment will be light and less fearful, and it will not be able to deter the current officialdom.
After correcting the folds in his hand, Xiao Ming began to think about how to deal with Goryeo.
Obviously, the current Goryeo is just a fish on the chopping block for him, and he is allowed to slaughter it, even if Goryeo fights with him, the final outcome is only defeat.
However, the army that surrenders without a fight is always better than force, and since Goryeo has chosen to surrender with interest, then he will take this opportunity to completely assimilate Goryeo and turn it into a prefecture of the Great Chongqing State.
This may be a long time, but it is not wise to leave an unstable factor by the side of the Great Chongqing Kingdom.
So, what he had to do was to assimilate, erase the history of Goryeo, and tame the Goryeo people.