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"Sir, this disciple has long stopped asking about political affairs." Xu Zhiyuan still smiled.

Zhang Pu persevered: "This matter concerns the whole world."

Xu Zhiyuan was very helpless about this, and went back to the study to bring a copy of "Da Tong Ji", and reminded: "Sir, you can read the Sanyuan chapter."

Zhang Pu studied "Datong Collection" repeatedly, but he was sick and bedridden for half a year, so he didn't have time to read the latest edition.

After carefully reading the Sanyuan chapter, Zhang Pu was silent for a moment, and he finally knew where the problem was.

Back at Chen Danzhong's home, Zhang Pu studied ink and paper, intending to write an article to refute "Three Principles".

Sitting in front of the desk, Zhang Pu picked up the brush and put it down suddenly.Lift up the pen again, put it down again, repeat this process, and finally open "Datong Collection".

Zhang Pu has read a lot of books since he was a child. He can quote classics and refute "Three Principles" from various angles.

However, he suddenly didn't want to refute it, because he agreed with this idea.

Zhang Pu's thinking is very advanced, applying what he has learned, keeping pace with the times, advocating miscellaneous learning, equality between men and women, people-oriented, debate between Hua and Barbarians... He commented on the emperors of the past dynasties without any scruples, and he really has no respect for the emperor. Word.

After sitting withered until midnight, Zhang Pu finally wrote.

It's just that, he originally wanted to write "Refuting the Three Principles", but actually wrote "Supplementing the Three Principles".

Zhang Pu felt that there were still loopholes in this theory, and he had the responsibility to make up for it, otherwise there might be big troubles in the future.

As for the king of Wu, the son-in-law, damn it, Daming Guozuo has nothing to do with him!

In Zhang Pu's previous articles, he almost pointed at Chongzhen and scolded him.

Zhang Pu is not a corrupt Confucian, he will not naively think that abdication can continue any state.He came to Nanjing this time in order to quickly unify the world, and by the way, make a contribution for himself.

After reading "Theory of the Three Origins", Zhang Pu knew that there was nothing to be done, as this involved a dispute over legal authority.

Zhang Pu, on the other hand, tended to "be ordered by the people".

In the next few days, Zhang Pu wrote articles at Chen Danzhong's home, making Chen Danzhong anxious.

"Why are you still writing essays, sir? I would like to connect with more scholars!" Chen Danzhong said anxiously.

Zhang Pu said with a smile: "Don't be reluctant, it's useless, you can just read Sanyuan."

Chen Danzhong asked in astonishment, "What do you mean, sir?"

Zhang Pu said: "It's good not to be enfeoffed. Only when the monarch is ordered by the people can he be restrained, so as not to make the faint king come out frequently."

Chen Danzhong was completely dumbfounded, why did Mr. Xi Ming give up fighting?

Two days later, Zhang Pu went to the Governor's Mansion and asked to see Zhao Han with the article.

Zhao Han finished reading Zhang Pu's "Supplementing the Three Principles". Although there was no constructive content, it could be regarded as making the Three Principles more rounded. He immediately smiled and said: "Mr. This "Supplementary Three Principles" is also added."

Zhang Pu asked: "It is very good to be ordered by the people. It is also to follow the rule of the three generations. Why did the three generations of sage kings abdicate? It is all because they are ordered by the people, and those with merit and virtue live there. To be ordered by the people is to follow the benevolent government Feet, just in line with the way of Confucius and Mencius, this is the ultimate principle of Confucianism. Those who win the hearts of the people will get the destiny, and inheriting the sky is to respond to the people. Only with the hearts of the people can they be favored by the destiny. It is not the destiny that can win the hearts of the people. Emperor Hongwu To win the hearts of the people, one has the destiny to help him. Emperor Chongzhen originally had the destiny, but lost the hearts of the people, and the destiny abandoned it.”

"Haha, that's the reason." Zhao Han laughed.

In Zhang Pu's works, the monarchy, popular support, and destiny are unified.

Zhang Pu asked: "Since the king is ordered by the people, how can the king restrain the people and harm the people?"

"Constitution," said Zhao Han.

"Constitution?" Zhang Pu didn't understand.

Zhao Han explained: "It is to formulate a "Constitution" to restrict the powers and responsibilities of the monarch. As for the content of the "Constitution", I haven't figured it out yet, and you can discuss it."

The "Constitution" that Zhao Han wants to formulate is by no means a capitalist constitution, let alone a constitutional monarchy like the UK.

The emperor under Zhao Han's "Constitution" has great power, far greater than the German emperor after the constitution.

It was precisely because he was unwilling to give up too much power to prevent being ostracized by officials and usurping the country by businessmen, so Zhao Han was unable to determine the specific content for a long time.

He has decades to think, no rush.

Chapter 353 [History Textbook]

Although the Ming court had no money, the canonization team was huge.

Because people from the south often drag their families with them.They not only went to Nanjing to canonize Wu Wang, but also moved the whole family to Nanjing!

In order to leave Beijing, Yao Minggong bribed Xue Guoguan with 3 taels of silver, and promised to give Zhao Han a good word for him, and finally got the post of official envoy of King Wu.

Yao Minggong took his whole family to the south, and the family property was only loaded on four boats, and the floating wealth was only worth more than ten thousand taels.

Counting the silver he used for bribery, it was only tens of thousands of taels of property, and he really looked clean among the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty.

This guy's hometown was taken by Zhang Xianzhong, and he didn't dare to stay in Beijing, so he only asked his family to settle in Nanjing.

"The one surnamed Zhao still doesn't see us?" asked the eunuch Du Xun.

Yao Minggong sighed: "I still don't see you. Nanjing scholars petitioned, hoping that Zhao Han would be crowned King of Wu, but he imprisoned him for half a month."

Du Xun was the deputy envoy of the canonization team. He used to be the supervisor of the army, and later he was the supervisor of Shangshan. He was able to come to Nanjing because he bribed Wang Chengen and used six ships to transport his property.

Du Xun said anxiously: "This thief doesn't see us, and doesn't arrest us, what is he planning?"

"He didn't pay attention to the imperial court, nor did he take King Wu's title seriously, and even regarded us angels as clowns." Yao Minggong thought it over clearly.

Du Xun asked, "Where's your in-law (Xiong Wencan)?"

"He's just living in Nanjing." Yao Minggong was quite helpless.

Xiong Wencan thought that with his "old friend" with Zhao Han, he would definitely be able to get a job.

As a result, Zhao Han went about his business and asked Xiong Wencan to start as an official, which made the old man so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.He is very old, how many years can he live?Climbing up step by step from a young official, at most he can be a magistrate until he dies, but he can't even be a magistrate when he dies long ago.

Zhao Han often uses the old ministers or scholars of the Ming Dynasty, but one of the following conditions must be met:

First, outstanding achievements.And political achievements are not blown out, but made out, mainly depends on the local people's livelihood.

Second, write a book and make a statement.For example, Wu Yingji, Zhang Guowei, Fang Yizhi, and Mao Yuanyi have written works on economics, water conservancy, physics, and military affairs.

Third, outstanding ability.Zhang Bingwen has already served as the chief envoy of Anhui, and Liu Huan has served as the director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Commerce.

Ma Shiying, who has a bad reputation, volunteered to be a minor official, with a positive and good attitude. He has already become the mayor of Chunhua Town, and he will be promoted to a county magistrate next time.

Xiong Wencan opened his mouth to ask for an official, who the hell are you?

Du Xun asked again: "I heard that Zhang Pu is also going north in Nanjing?"

Yao Minggong didn't speak.

Yao Minggong used to be a member of Yang Sichang, but now he is a member of Xue Guoguan, and he and Zhang Pu are political enemies.

While envoy Yao Minggong and deputy envoy Du Xun were in a hurry, Xu Zuomei took off his Ming official uniform and only wore Confucian shirts, wanting to seek refuge with Zhao Han.

Xu Zuomei is this year's Jinshi of the new department, and was selected to be an official in the human affairs department, and it was nothing more than running errands to convey the emperor's order.

"Xu Zuomei, a Confucian scholar in Henan Province and Jinshi of Xinke, please see the Governor of Shuntian Yingmin!" Xu Zuomei lay prone in front of the Governor's Mansion, with his buttocks in the air, unable to kneel, and holding a letter in his hand.

The guard reminded: "This gentleman, if you write a letter to the governor, just put the letter in the mailbox at the door."

Xu Zuomei knelt straight and said: "This general, I have something important to tell you, and I request the general to forward a letter."

The guard saw that he was speaking seriously, so he didn't dare to neglect, so he helped forward the letter.

After a while, the guard came out again, threw the letter back angrily, and said angrily, "Get out of here! You sour scholar, you made me die too!"

Xu Zuomei still knelt there, weeping bitterly and said, "Captain Zhao is so confused!"

Seeing that Zhao Han refused to accept the canonization, this servant gave up his status as a minister of the Ming Dynasty.In the letter, he also introduced the situation in Beijing in detail, persuaded Zhao Han to proclaim himself emperor, and then swore to the Northern Expedition to destroy the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

He actually wanted to get some credit for persuading him!

In history, Xu Zuomei and Ma Liu took refuge in Li Zicheng and Dorgon.Moreover, actively participating in the North-South party struggle—the party struggle in the early Qing Dynasty was a continuation of the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty, which lasted from the Shunzhi Dynasty to the Kangxi Dynasty.

In the second year after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the north-south party struggle began, which can be regarded as inheriting the fine legacy of the Ming Dynasty.

It was even more interesting in the Kangxi Dynasty. The Han Chinese party struggle and the Manchu conflicts, the two struggles entangled and merged, made Kang Mazi terrified.

At the beginning, Kangxi was still relatively immature, killing dozens of them in one go.Gradually, the methods became more sophisticated, using party struggle to clean up the Manchu nobles. After the emperor took over the power, all the Manchu and Han officials were frightened and turned into pugs.

Weeping at the gate of the Dudu's Mansion, Xu Zuomei could only return to the temporary residence and put on the official uniform of the Ming Xingsi again.

The next day, he took off his official uniform again, and ran to the governor's mansion to kneel in a Confucian shirt.

Before Xu Zuomei knelt down, he saw a few children carrying schoolbags coming out of the alley at the side entrance of the Dudu Mansion.

"Prince?" Xu Zuomei rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

Not everyone can see the prince, and Xu Zuomei only saw it once by chance.He didn't dare to confirm, so he hurried back to report the news. Yao Minggong and Du Xun learned of the situation, so they ran to the Dudu Mansion together to guard.

Squatting until the evening, those children finally got out of school.

Du Xun said in surprise: "It's not just the prince, the prince and princess are both here."

Yao Minggong asked suspiciously: "Zhao Han didn't put the royal family under house arrest, but also sent the princes and daughters to study?"

"Do you want to go up and see?" Du Xun asked.

"No," Yao Minggong said in horror, "If the identity of the prince and princess is exposed, we may be killed. If you want to survive, this matter must not be spread, you two must remember!"

Xu Zuomei and Du Xun nodded repeatedly. If they were not afraid of death, they would not have tried everything possible to come to Nanjing.

The three continued to go back to discuss.

Yao Minggong said: "It seems that Zhao Han really doesn't want to be appointed, and I won't go back to Beijing. Let's go our separate ways. I still have some money in my hand. Maybe I can find a living."

"Let's go, let's go." Du Xun also felt boring.

Du Xun brought six boats of property to the south, and brought a nephew from his hometown.He plans to settle down in Nanjing, raise his nephew as his son, and continue his business honestly.

Only Xu Zuomei was dumbfounded. He had no money, and eating in Nanjing was a problem.

The two big brothers left the team respectively, went to the outer city to buy real estate, and also went to the government to register their household registration.

For the rest, go wherever you like.

Xu Zuomei exhausted all his money and was starving, so he could only set up a stall to write and copy books, and finally found a job in a bookshop as a typesetting and proofreading job.

The canonization team sent by the imperial court automatically disbanded.

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Dudufu.

"Compile the general history of China?" Zhang Pu said in surprise, "That's not easy to do, it must be compiled by dozens or hundreds of people."

Zhao Han shook his head and said, "It's not general history, but a history textbook. Middle schools in the south still lack a history class. Reading history makes people wise. Why don't scholars study history?"

Zhang Pu wondered: "There are so many historical materials in the past dynasties, how can we let schoolchildren finish learning in a few years? It's not easy to compile these historical textbooks."

As a scholar of the Ming Dynasty, he was exposed to history when he was a boy, but it was an outline historical story.

After getting rid of Mongolia, instead of reading history books, he only studied the Four Books and Five Classics.A Jinshi who has passed the examination may not know about Wang Anshi's reform, and all those who really study history belong to learned scholars.

Zhang Pu has many ideas and views, reforming the imperial examination is one of them.

Of course, his reform of the imperial examination is to abandon Shiwen (examination model essay) and let scholars study Confucian classics seriously.At the same time, we must also pay attention to applying what we have learned, and learn more about history and miscellaneous learning.

Zhao Han said: "Since children in their teens, it is naturally impossible to let them read history books thoroughly. Take the Tang Dynasty as an example, talk about how Li Yuan raised his army, talk about how Li Shimin won the throne, and then talk about Wu Zetian and Li Longji."

"We have to talk about the rule of Zhenguan and the Anshi Rebellion, and the rest of the emperors have nothing to talk about. We can pick out a few famous officials like Wei Zheng. There are also Li Bai and Du Fu, all of which are included in the literature of the Tang Dynasty."

"From the history of the Tang Dynasty, select the military and political content. Talk about the three provinces and six ministries, talk about rent and mediocrity, and talk about the military system of the government. "Shihuo Zhi" can't be missed, and talk about the economy, people's livelihood, and all kinds of industries in the Tang Dynasty."

Zhang Pu understood a bit: "History textbooks for middle schools are like a history syllabus, allowing students to know a general idea of ​​the past dynasties?"

"Yes, that's exactly the case," Zhao Han said with a smile. "All middle school graduates must have a general understanding of history. As for in-depth research, those who are interested will naturally learn it. In the future, universities will set up a literature and history department."

Zhang Pu said, "I want ten people."

"Okay, ten places, sir, you can recruit yourself." Zhao Han immediately agreed.

A famous scholar like Zhang Pu is indeed talented and advanced in thinking, but he has little experience in governing a local area.

It's not suitable to assign any job, so let him edit textbooks, so that he won't jump around when he is busy.

As for the title, like Qian Qianyi, he was directly granted the title of Master of the Imperial Academy.

Zhao Han reminded: "Remember, when compiling history textbooks, you must implement a concept. The rise and fall of a dynasty is nothing more than the popularity of the people. If the people are not doing well, the emperor will lose the people's hearts. Once the people's hearts are lost, the destiny will be lost. Not only do you fight fiercely, but you must also govern the people leniently, so that you can win the hearts of the people, gain the mandate of heaven and start a new dynasty."

Zhang Pu thought about it: "Since this is the case, how can the Tyrant Qin be unified?"

Zhao Han said with a smile: "It is said that Qin Shihuang was cruel, so the monarchs of the six countries treated the people benevolently? The Qin State farmed and fought, and rewarded for meritorious deeds, and punished for demerits. Although the laws are strict, they do no great harm to the people. What a benefit. Naturally, the officials were diligent and the soldiers died. The death of Qin Dynasty II was because the system of rewards and punishments for farming and warfare could not be continued. How could there be wars when the six countries were unified? Moreover, the Qin Dynasty was too heavy for the people to rest and recuperate. "

There were many reasons for the demise of the Qin Dynasty, and Zhao Han just set the tone.