"Brother Ren, please speak."

Sitting down in the main hall, Ge Yiren personally added some tea for Ren He, looking like he was listening.

Gently brushing his beard, Ren He said: "After such a long period of research, I found that Neo-Confucianism compared with Confucianism is just to remove some dogmas of the Three Principles and Five Constants, and in addition to negating the theory of gods and ghosts that are opposed to science and technology, in general, the main purpose of this Neo-Confucianism is to let the people of the empire accept science and technology, popularize science and technology, and at the same time let them no longer be bound by Confucian dogma, and from now on they can do whatever they want within the legal scope of the empire." “

Ge Yiren nodded, Ren and analyzed well.

"However, Xiao Ming personally overthrew Confucianism and denied the theory of gods and ghosts, which is equivalent to denying the monarch's power and heavenly grant, so that he, the emperor, is no longer the Son of Heaven, in this way, up to the Son of Heaven, down to the common people are the same, why should he have the final say in this world."

"Yes, since he is not the Son of Heaven, why should this empire fear him like a god." Ge Yiren's eyes narrowed.

But thinking of something, he said dejectedly: "But so what, even if he is not the Son of Heaven, but the rights of this empire are not all in his hands?" Who can oppose him! ”

"Hahaha......" Ren He's smile was a hint of mystery, he got up and walked back and forth a few steps, and said in a deep voice: "That's right, no one can oppose him now, the reason why this is so is because everyone is afraid of the supreme power in his hands, and the nobles just dare to be angry and dare not speak, but this incident must have planted resentment in their hearts, as long as the time is ripe, this resentment opportunity will erupt." “

After a pause, he continued: "According to my observation, in addition to the nobles, in fact, many giant businessmen are also quite dissatisfied with Xiao Ming, although the empire has been prosperous in industry and commerce over the years, but most of the dividends of the market obtained through the war have been taken by the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, and the businessmen can only follow behind the Chamber of Commerce to eat some leftovers, you and I both know that businessmen are profit-seeking by nature, and they can do anything for the sake of profit, if they are promised to carve up the market to their heart's content in the future, do you say they will support our actions to limit the imperial power?" “

"Of course I would." Ge Yiren said without hesitation, "The emperor himself has said that if there is three times the profit, the businessman will take risks to do anything, not to mention that the benefit is more than three times, if they are promised a few positions in the seat that limits the imperial power, I am afraid they will be even more eager to do it." ”

Ren He clapped his hands, "It seems that Brother Ge has enlightened, that's the truth, but these are the ideas of you and me, and they can't be realized yet, after all, Xiao Ming is powerful, and no one has the courage to do this." “

"Yes, I estimate that the matter of the Merchant Council has made many people think about it, but Xiao Ming's position is too stable, these thoughts can only be hidden in his heart, if he wants to move this thought, I'm afraid he will have to wait until the next generation of kings ascends the throne."

"This is not necessarily, as long as Ge Lao makes every effort to promote Neo-Confucianism, so that the people of the empire can fully accept the ideas of Neo-Confucianism and the people's wisdom is opened, maybe we still have a chance, after all, the people of this world are very easy to fool, we only need to add some private goods to this Neo-Confucianism."

"What bootlegged?" Ge Yiren asked.

"Nature is freedom and equality, humanistic spirit, doesn't Xiao Ming want farmers and industrialists to sit on an equal footing? We use this to instill these ideas in the people, and even if we are discovered, we are only doing what he thinks, but it is only a little excessive, and he cannot hold us accountable. Ren He smiled evilly, "And once the people generally accept these ideas, then we will trick the nobles and merchants into using the people who believe in this set of things under the banner of righteousness and light, so that our goal can be achieved." ”

"Well, yes, yes." Ge Yiren suddenly realized, "The guns are indeed in Xiao Ming's hands, but as a former Confucian, our influence among the people is still strong, since he Xiao Ming is unkind, don't blame us for being unjust." “

"Ge Lao's words are serious, we don't want to rebel, but for the long-term stability of the empire, although the emperor is eloquent, but sometimes he will inevitably make mistakes, and what we want is just the right to prevent everyone from making mistakes when he makes mistakes."

Ge Yiren nodded slowly, "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, since this is the case, I will admit my mistake to the emperor now, if nothing happens, I can be reinstated." ”

"Brother Ge is really smart, as the saying goes, drops of water wear through stones, gather sand into a tower, if you want to achieve our goal, you have to take your time." Ren He said.

Ge Yiren's brows furrowed, and he called the housekeeper to get pen and ink, and immediately wrote a recital and handed it over.

……

In the imperial study, Li San was giving Xiao Ming feedback to Xiao Ming on the reaction of the nobles in Qingzhou City after the newspaper was released.

"Our people said that Princess Pingyang didn't seem to have much reaction to this decree, just like facing an ordinary decree, Song Guogong was a little complaining, but he didn't fiercely object, Tang Guogong was blamed by the emperor because he participated in the private school, and he didn't dare to have any criticism, Huainan Wang, Yongwang, Ruyang Wang, Huainan Wang is said to have laughed for a long time after reading it, and Yongwang and Ruyang Wang also have a lot of complaints......"

The reactions of the nobles were fed back to Xiao Ming, and he had a plan in his heart, now Wang Xuan is in charge of the overseas intelligence system, and Li San is in charge of the domestic intelligence system.

Like the emperors of previous dynasties, Xiao Ming could not be 100% at ease with his courtiers, after all, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and everyone has their own ideas, especially now when the various doctrines of the empire are flourishing.

Therefore, if he wants to see the world clearly, he needs to have a pair of eyes and ears in the empire, and Li San's duty is this, otherwise what his empire is like can only be reflected in the folds, but he can't see the whole picture.

"It seems that most people are disgruntled." After listening to Li San's words, Xiao Ming frowned, the resources of the secret guard are limited, he can't monitor all the nobles, he can only supervise some important nobles, and now the people Li San feeds back are all important people.

"Even so, but complaints are complaints, and they finally accepted it, which shows that they still dare not conflict with the emperor in this matter." Li San said with a smile.

Then his face changed, and he suddenly said: "But now it seems that more and more people are aware of the existence of the secret guards, and they are much more careful, and many times the secret guards cannot spy on what they are doing, for example, in the morning, Ge Yiren broke away all the subordinates, which makes us have no way of knowing his reaction." ”

As soon as his words fell, Qian Dafu walked in and handed a letter to Xiao Ming.

Picking it up and looking at it, Xiao Ming looked strange, "This Ge Yiren's face changed fast enough, and now he is fully supporting me." ”

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