Chapter 318 Lecture - Declare war on the imperial power

“That’s good.”

Wang Pu nodded, looking a little confused.

Sun Chuanting frowned and asked, "Boy, what are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking..." Wang Pu pondered, "I have to go to Yangming University tomorrow to teach the students a lesson."

"Talk?" Sun Chuanting said in confusion, "If you want to give a lecture, you should go to Army Officers University, what should you do to Yangming University?"

"No." Wang Pu shook his head and said, "I have to teach this class."

Wang Pu was determined to change the political system of the Ming Empire. The drawbacks of the emperor's dictatorship were too great. Whether it was continuing the Zhu family's imperial lineage or Wang Pu usurping power, no one could guarantee that the descendants of the two families would always be wise and promising monarchs. What if they met a tyrant?

Wang Pu was determined to bring the Ming Dynasty into the track of constitutional monarchy, and to achieve this political goal, the students of Yangming University play an important role! Wang Pu wanted to form a new ruling class based on the graduates of Yangming University, and this ruling class must be essentially different from the previous literati-official class!

Therefore, if Wang Pu wants to give this class, he must personally lay the political and ideological foundation of Yangming University, so as to ensure that the students trained by Yangming University are not pedantic and only know the royalist school of the Three Bonds and Five Constant Ones. What Wang Pu needs is a brand new group that never believes in the monarchy.

The next day, Yangming University Auditorium.

Wang Pu was dressed and stood high on the podium. Below the stage, there were 500 students from Yangming University and 50 teachers sitting upright. These 500 students were young scholars selected from various provinces in Jiangnan. When Sun Chuanting selected students, he had only one purpose, that was, he had to have a certain cultural foundation, but was not deeply influenced by Confucianism.

As for the fifty teachers, they were all well-educated people who believed in the heart.

Wang Pu glanced at the teachers and students in the auditorium with a bright look and asked loudly: "Can anyone explain to me what is the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues?"

A student immediately stood up and said, "The three principles are the king as the minister, the father as the son as the husband as the wife, and the five constants are benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness."

"Okay." Wang Pu nodded and said, "So can you explain to me first what these three outlines mean?"

The student said: "The king is the leader of the minister, the father is the leader of the son, and the husband is the leader of the wife means that ministers must absolutely obey the king, sons must absolutely obey the father, and wife must absolutely obey the husband. Of course, these three pillars have another meaning, that is, those who are kings, fathers and husbands must also set an example for ministers, sons, and wives."

Wang Pu said: "If a husband cannot set an example, if the husband is a gambler, he loses all his property in the gambling hall and gives his wife to others. According to the Three Bonds, should he still obey his husband absolutely and willingly follow other men as a wife?"

"This..." the student hesitated for a moment and responded, "According to the teachings of the Three Principles, this should be the case."

Wang Pu said again: "If a father cannot set an example, if this father is a villain, he is crazy about drinking a few more glasses of wine, and he will beat his son to death regardless of the reason. According to the Three Bonds, should the son still be absolutely obedient to his father, cannot rebel, cannot resist, and let the father beat him to death?"

"this……"

"If a king cannot set an example, if this king is a tyrant, because of his greed for beauty, he will take all the beauties in the world into the palace. According to the Three Bonds, will the ministers still have to absolutely obey the king and really snatch all the beauties in the world into the palace?"

The students were speechless.

A teacher finally couldn't help it and stood up to retort: ​​"Your Majesty, although I am also opposed to the Three Bonds and Five Constant Persons, I don't agree with the misinterpretation of the Prince."

"Oh?" Wang Pu said calmly, "I wonder what sir has to offer?"

The teacher said: "The essence of the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues advocated by Zhu Xi is to educate, that is, to encourage the world to do things according to the teachings without any coercion. In addition, the teachings of the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues include two meanings. On the one hand, they educate the ministers, sons and wives, but on the other hand, aren't they also educate the kings, fathers and husbands?"

"No, sir, you are wrong!" Wang Pu said solemnly, "The original meaning of the Three Bonds may be just as Mr. said, but the actual situation is definitely not the case! The reality is that the teachings of the Three Bonds are only binding on wives, sons and ministers, and have become tools for husbands, fathers and kings to maintain their authority!"

The instructor said anxiously: "You can't say that..."

"Why can't you say that?" Wang Pu robbed Bai, "If a wife does not follow her husband, it will be unrighteous, if a son does not follow her father, it will be unfilial, if a minister does not follow the king, it will be unfaithful, but what if a husband wronged his wife? What if a father wronged his son? What if a king wronged his minister? Is it unfaithful, unfilial or unrighteous? No, neither is it. Even if a wife, son, or minister dies, he will die unjustly, according to the three principles, as a husband, the father and the king will not be criticized, and will not be punished! Sir, is this king's truth?"

The instructor frowned and said, "This is indeed true, but..."

"Nothing but!" Wang Pu waved his hand and said loudly, "Whether it is a king or a subject, whether it is a father or a son, whether it is a husband or a wife, right is right, wrong is wrong! What is right is right, it should be supported, what is wrong is wrong, and it should be punished! Therefore, the Three Principles doctrine is completely nonsense, it is not worthy of being the judging standard of secular morality at all. There can only be one standard of judging standard of secular morality, that is, the law of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Whether it is a king, a father or a husband, whoever violates the Ming Dynasty law should be punished as he deserves! There is no need for a wife to obey her husband, no need for a son to obey her father, and no subjects to obey the king, but everyone must obey the Ming Dynasty law!"

"The prince violated the law and the common people. In the face of the Ming Dynasty, people are equal! Even if the Lord Longsheng kills people, he will have to pay his life for others!"

It's shocking!

Wang Pu's words were like a huge rock thrown into the calm lake, causing huge waves to suddenly stir up. The teachers and students of Yangming University began to whisper.

"Are you surprised?" Wang Pu shouted, "No need to be surprised at all. There is only one supreme authority in this world. This authority is not my king, nor the cabinet, nor the emperor. It is the law of the Ming Dynasty! The law of the Ming Dynasty is sacred and cannot be violated. Anyone who violates the law of the Ming Dynasty will be punished as he deserves!"

Wang Pu's words are actually declaring war on the old imperial power!

Wang Pu's words meant to establish the sacred status of the Ming Law in the hearts of Yangming University. When the position of the Ming Law in the hearts of these students surpassed the imperial power, and when these students gradually grew into the backbone of the Ming political arena, the constitutional monarchy would become a natural result. At that time, the imperial power would be completely emptied and determined in the form of a constitution.

The Ming Dynasty Law is the constitution of the Ming Empire. Only when the sacredness of the constitution is determined can the political system of the Ming Empire not be repeated after Wang Pu's death, and the constitutional monarchy can continue.

Wang Pu waved his hand and said loudly: "From now on, the Daming Law is a compulsory course for various colleges of Yangming University. Anyone who fails to complete the Daming Law will not be able to graduate!"

In Wang Pu's words, the status of Daming Lu as a compulsory ideological and political course in all subjects of Yangming University was determined.

"Now let's talk about the Five Constant Ones." Wang Pu said again, "that is, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. Who can explain what benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness means?"

A student immediately stood up and answered.

"A benevolent is easy. You should not only think about yourself in everything, put yourself in others' shoes, think about others' considerations, and do things for others' own sake, which is benevolence. In short, being able to love others is benevolence."

"A righteous person takes action when others are in trouble and helps others is righteous."

"Rite is to show others to bend. If you bend down, the others will be tall. It is polite to them, so respecting others is polite."

"A wise man knows daily things and thinks through the principles of daily life, it is called wisdom."

"Believe is the words of people. If you have faith, you will be faith."

Wang Pu waved his hands repeatedly and signaled the standing students to sit down, then continued: "Zhihexin should advocate, there is nothing to say. Today I want to talk about benevolence, righteousness and courtesy! Let's talk about benevolence first. You should not just think about yourself in everything, put yourself in others' shoes and consider others' considerations. Benevolence is benevolence, but what I want to say is that this is fucking bullshit!"

"Our ancestors did this. In the Han Dynasty, the Wuhuan, the Xianbei, the Tang Dynasty, the Turks, the Song Dynasty, the Khitan, the Jurchen, the Western Xia, and the Jiannu, we always put ourselves in the shoes of the alien race and consider the alien race. There is no writing in the alien race. We teach them to learn words. There is no civilization in the alien race. We export civilization, and there is no habitat for the alien race. We give them the rich habitat of water and grass to reproduce and live. We love them and give them the best things we have to offer them..."

"But what about these alien races? Have they loved us? We gave them the best things, but what they gave us is not gratitude, not friendship and laughter, but iron hooves and butcher knives! Since the former Han Dynasty, how many Han people have died tragically in the hands of alien races we have loved and helped? When we are strong, we love them and help them, but when we are weak, they don't love us at all, let alone help us. They just want to massacre and ravage us!"

"Benevolence is the result of this! Just for the word benevolence, many Han ancestors shed all their blood, many Han ancestors suffered all their hardships, and many Han ancestors became military rations from foreign races! Now you should understand, this benevolence is fucking nonsense!"

"There is also this righteousness. It is righteousness to help others when they are in trouble."

"When the weak alien races around us are in trouble, we often help, but when we Han people are in trouble, have these alien races ever helped us? No! Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, not only one or two alien races have done this, but all alien races have done this."

"Since that's the case, why do we still have to say what we mean to these alien races? Why should we help them when they are in trouble? Help them get through the difficulties, and then turn around and ravage and slaughter our descendants after they are strong? Countless bloody historical lessons are placed there. Are these not enough?"

"There is also this ritual, and it is a ritual that is shown to others to be a ritual!"

"Why do we have to show our grace? Why do we bend to the weak alien race? Our Han people are obviously the most powerful nation in the world, so why should we bend to the alien race? Are we humble? Fuck it! Since our Han people are the most powerful, we should have the style of a strong man, we should hold our heads high, and we should trample the whole world under our feet!"

"This world has always been a world where the strong prey on the weak. When we are strong, we are the masters of the whole world! Why should we show it to others in a hypocritical way?"

"So I say, benevolence, righteousness and courtesy are nonsense! We don't need benevolence, righteousness and courtesy, we only need bayonets, conquer and kill! We use bayonets to conquer foreign races, we use bayonets to educate foreign races, we use bayonets to merge foreign races, and we give ruthless killings to those who dare to resist and do not accept education!"

These subversive remarks made the teachers of Yangming University pale, which was contrary to the Confucian education they had always received. Wang Pu's thoughts and remarks completely violated the Confucian politeness and humility. In their opinion, Wang Pu was a pure Legalist and military strategist. Wang Pu only believed in the rule of law and force, and never believed in Confucian ethics!

But those students who were not deeply influenced by Confucianism were excited and excited. Many of them were even excited and their faces were flushed. They were completely incited by Wang Pu's thoughts and remarks. Just as Wang Pu said, at this moment, Confucianism was simply nonsense in their hearts. Only the law of the Ming Dynasty and the force of the world are classics!

By the way, Wang Pu did not think Confucianism was bad, but Wang Pu believed that Confucianism was not suitable for the Han people!

Wang Pu did not want the Han people to become a gentle and humble nation, without ambition or desire. Wang Pu even hoped that the Han people would become a nation that advocated force and invasive nature. Therefore, Wang Pu must sweep Confucianism into the garbage dump of history!

"Students." Wang Pu shouted in an excited tone, "Study hard and absorb knowledge like a sponge. You will always remember that you can't finish learning, and there is no unusable knowledge! No matter if you become officials, merchants or civilians in the future, you are all the hopes of the Ming Empire, and you are the backbone of the Ming Empire."
Chapter completed!