"Mr. Prime Minister, is it possible to make the country prosperous with just one word?" Yang He asked, standing up from his seat.
This is one of the academies of the North Academy, a place where famous scholars and scholars exchange ideas, and all scholars of the North Academy can participate in it as long as they are interested in it. Nowadays, North College has a weekly system, seven days for a round, one to six for study days, the seventh day for students to rest. And from Monday to Saturday every night, there are famous scholar to and students to exchange ideas, as to which one will come, only in the afternoon of the day will be posted on the announcement. Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui would come two to three times a month.
"According to reason, it is impossible to rely on a word to make the country prosper." Zheng Yuming kneeling in the center of the school, surrounded by all the students sitting on the ground, the four corners of the school, standing Zheng Yuming's personal guards, while the big cow is kneeling closely behind Zheng Yuming to protect.
The classrooms of the North Academy had already used modern desks and chairs, and the instructors used blackboards and chalk to teach classes. But in the famous scholar with the students face-to-face academic exchanges in the academy, or to take the Great Qin etiquette, did not take the latter-day kind of speech.
Zheng Yuming moved his legs which were already a bit numb, he was really not used to this kneeling position. "However, governing the country relies on the king alone to decide, if the king is not right in what he is thinking or does not listen to the correct opinions of his ministers, then it is very possible that one word will revitalize the country and one word will kill the country."
"Then is there a way to deal with it?" Wei Zhong stood up and bowed for advice.
"This requires a kind of constraint, not because of one person's preference to set the whole situation, for example, our great king, never unauthorized to determine the big event, Wu court meeting, never is the king's court court ministers most agree with the resolution will be passed, in this way, can maximize the avoidance of wrong decision making." Zheng Yuming said this, the face is not red, today's royal court, Wu Wangsheng is a pose, the royal court in the vast majority of ministers to Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui two people look forward to, Zheng Yuming out of the decree, of course, is in the absolute majority of consent to pass.
"But where is the authority of a king who does this?" Fu Chou suddenly stood up, his face red.
Fu Chou this sentence voice sharp, with a kind of questioning, the students in the hall are surprised to look at him, kneeling next to Fu Chou Yang He reached out and pulled Fu Chou's corner, feel Fu Chou asked too rude.
"The authority of the king is in the hearts of the people." Zheng Yuming still smiled, his face unchanged as he pointed to his heart. "The king does not rule the country by his own preferences, accommodates opposition, suppresses his supreme power, chooses policies of governance that are favorable to the country , so that the people can live in peace and contentment, and the country is rich and strong, how can the people not respect and love such a king?"
Speaking here, Zheng Yuming got up and his words became impassioned, "A monarch who only cares about his own majesty, so that no one dares to disobey his own words, over time, the country will be close to extinction, from ancient times to the present day, is not Xia Jie, Shang Zhou, and the Weekend King such a monarch? Before their demise, they precisely wanted to kill all the opposing voices in the world, but the result was counterproductive, burying their own country."
As soon as Zheng Yuming's words fell, the scholars let out a ''buzzing'' sound, nodding their heads in agreement abounded.
"At the beginning of every dynasty, the founding kings and lords were always wise and had the capacity to accommodate mountains and rivers, but after a few generations of kings, there were fewer such wise kings, and such a situation arose only because of the varying talents of the kings who succeeded to the throne, and as long as there were such dim-witted kings as Xia Jie, Shang Zhou, and the Weekend King, the people of the world were in dire straits, and the people of the world would rise up and revolt. The people of the world will be in dire straits, and those who are knowledgeable will rise up in revolt. If we don't want such a situation to arise, we have to avoid the emergence of fainting kings, or even if there is such a headstrong character of the king, the country can still be safe and sound, which requires a system that restrains the emergence of such a situation, that is, the implementation of the voting system of the court."
"Lord Prime Minister, who can guarantee that the minister's opinion is the correct one?" Fu Chou's face turned redder and redder, and his attitude became more and more seemingly unforgiving.
"Yes, even if the king and ministers overwhelmingly agree with an opinion, there is no guarantee that the resolution adopted is completely correct, which requires the supervision of the people, affecting the interests of the people, the people are bound to make a great deal of opposition voices, and at this point, the king and his ministers need to listen to the views of all sides. Being a king and a minister is in fact very difficult to govern a country, and it is precisely because it is difficult that it is all the more necessary to strive for excellence, to listen to a wide range of opinions, and to understand the situation of the country and the people's livelihood. And all of you, you will be the pillars of the country in the future, you must have a full stomach of experience, so that when you participate in the imperial government in the future, you will be able to make the least mistakes in the state policy."
Zheng Yuming's high hopes for the students, so that the students' hearts are boiling, when Zheng Yuming's speech is over, a burst of applause in the school hall, this kind of applause can only be seen in the north and south academies of the Kingdom of Wu, the applause represents respect, on behalf of the affirmation and encouragement.
Outside the academy under the boulevard, Chu Chao Hui with more than a dozen guards stood still there, every time Zheng Yuming to the North College speech, Chu Chao Hui unless to go outside the city barracks to train soldiers can not be rushed back to Kangcheng, or else will come to the academy outside to wait.
"Great General, every time Your Excellency comes to the academy to give a speech, the students rejoice." Hearing the warm applause within the academy, Fan Jin's face was all smiles. Zheng Yuming came to the North Academy to give a speech, in order to be safe, always bring a bunch of guards, in addition to the guards in the academy around the protection, Fan Jin also personally led the academy defense section of the guards in the academy around the patrols, make sure to ensure that Zheng Yuming personal is in a very safe situation.
Hearing Fan Zin's words, the corner of Chu Chao Hui's mouth pulled, "He's just cultivating obstacles for himself, this demented man."
"Cultivating obstacles for yourself?" Fanjin was stunned.
Chu Chao Hui smiled without words, he and Zheng Yuming now hold the absolute right to speak in the King's Court of Wu, and Zheng Yuming in encouraging students to question this authority, and so the students will later learn to embark on the career, such as different from the two's insights, will certainly be justified, to express a different opinion.
Seeing this, Fan Jin decided to wait and find a reliable scholar to ask, this evening, what is the content of Zheng Yuming's speech.
Zheng Yuming stepped out of the academy surrounded by Da Niu and his guards, raised his eyes and glanced at Chu Chao Hui under the shade tree, the corner of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly.
"Chao Hui." Zheng Yuming approached Chu Chaohui and naturally handed his hand over to Chu Chaohui's hand, the two of them held hands and walked side by side on the pathway, the big ox and the guards tacitly pulled two steps away from the two of them.
"Truly a divine couple, what can one ask for in life to have such a companion!" Yang He eyed the departing backs of the two and was filled with envy.
"Hmph, male-male companionship, there is an admonition in the Shangshu Yi Training that this is a chaotic wind!" Fu Chou, who was beside Yang He, coldly ventured out with a sentence that killed the mood.
"Fu Di!" Yang He frowned slightly, this housemate had a respectful attitude towards other tutors, but when he encountered Zheng Yuming or Chu Chaohui coming to the North Academy to give lectures or speeches, the questions were always piercing.
"Is there anything wrong with what the book says? Men get along, no heir, shame on ancestors, should be prohibited only good." Fu Chou tilted his head, his heart actually has no opinion on men getting along with men, just seeing Chu Chao Hui and Zheng Yuming, he couldn't suppress his heart's disgust.
"People have their own temperament, trees have their own branches and leaves, hair is the natural of lust, where is the chaotic wind?" Yang He face also sank, this pair of get along well with the housemates, the first time to make a stalemate.
Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui were holding hands and whispering side by side, when suddenly, Chu Chaohui turned around and asked, "Fanjin, is there something wrong today?"
Zheng Yuming turned his head and realized that Fan Jin had actually followed closely behind the two men without leaving, obviously having something to report.
"Two lords, Tsu has something to ask." Fan Tsu lowered his head, looking a little embarrassed.
"Fan Jin, if you have something to say, feel free to say it." Zheng Yuming had always held Fan Jin in high regard, and Fan Jin's loyalty to him and Chu Chao Hui was as unquestionable as Ma Ren's.
"Every Saturday night speech, only when it is Jin's turn to communicate with the students, the number of people is the most sparse, Jin consciously speech content is very rich, but just do not attract the students to look at." Fan Jin grunted and panted, and finally poured out his heart bitter.
Zheng Yuming froze, but immediately understood the reason why Fan Jin was coldly received by the students, one is the origin of Fan Jin, and the second is the lack of prestige of Fan Jin. Zheng Yuming busy business, can be a month night to take out two or three days to the college and students face-to-face exchanges, has been very difficult, Fan Jin's speech he has never been there to listen personally, so also do not know Fan Jin in the college suffered from the students cold, Fan Jin should be subjected to the pressure is really can not withstand it, to the two of them to ask for help.
"You come with me to the Prime Minister's Office, we'll discuss this in detail." Zheng Yuming think in the halfway bad to say this thing, Fan Jin thing is not a small matter, Fan Jin to proclaim the insights, there are many is Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui is not convenient to publish, Fan Jin to a certain extent, is Zheng Yuming and Chu Chao Hui two people of the microphone, the microphone by the cold, is equal to the two people want to publish to the world's insights by the cold.
"Here!" Fan Zin bowed his head in agreement, his heart falling to the ground as if he had found support all of a sudden.
Chu Chao Hui sighed slightly, tonight, again, he had to cede the time for wind and flowers.
"Fan Zin, you should not go to speeches at night in the future." Zheng Yuming returned to the Prime Minister's Office and sat down, splitting his lips.
"Not going to the lecture?" Fanjin's eyes widened.
"That's good, you can concentrate on making newspapers from now on."
"Newspaper?" Fanjin's eyes widened.
"Yes, in a newspaper, you can express your opinions just as well." Zheng Yuming had long wanted to run a newspaper in his heart, and use it to influence people's thinking.
"Prime Minister-sama, what is a newspaper." Fanjin inquired in a low voice, another new thing he didn't understand.
"This is an important carrier of mass communication, with the function of reflecting and guiding social opinion." Chu Chaohui laughed on the side, the newspaper is the mass communication heavy weapon, the mass effect of circumambulation and speeches, and the influence emanating from the newspaper, can not compete at all.
With the printing of movable type and the manufacture of cheap paper, the newspaper had the conditions to appear, and the newspaper could be used as a "social instrument" to play the role of supervising public opinion and advocating the ideology of openness, justice, and fairness, and it could be used to enlighten the people with a shallow sense of democratic ideology.
Fan Zin stayed in the Premier's residence until the rooster crowed in the city of Kham, and came out of it crookedly, his feet unsteady, but his heart beating violently, as if there was a big fire burning in his chest.