Chapter 368: New Outlook of the Ministry of Rites (IV)
"Your Majesty actually thinks this is due to lack of communication skills?" Gong Yu was surprised.
"Yes, the communication skills are insufficient. I pay special attention to the affairs of the army and the Ministry of Rites. The basis of communication is to have the same understanding of the language used for communication. Although the various dialects in the army have been rectified several times, it is still not enough. Moreover, the understanding of the same words is very different. Why is it so easy for literati to communicate, whether they are scholars in Shandong or scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They have already had fixed vocabulary for communication, such as the Four Books and the Five Classics. If they become officials, they have another set of things. These things are too far away from our members of the Ministry of Rites. Gao Pang and you, in fact, are talking about those of the literati. It is natural to use the explanations that the literati think of. It is too far away from the workers, peasants and soldiers! We must use words that the people can understand to construct a set of words for our Ministry of Rites."
Gong Yu was surprised by Huo Chong's proposal, but Luo Yiren applauded, "This is a good idea!"
Seeing that Luo Yiren was obviously following Huo Chong's line of thought, Gong Yu felt a little unwilling and said quickly: "Your Majesty, isn't this a long detour?"
"If you insist on thinking that everyone must study for eight or ten years, then it seems like a long way to go. But judging from the current situation, as long as the people in the Ministry of Rites can speak in a language that workers, peasants and soldiers can understand, then this will solve the current problem."
Gong Yu felt that this proposal was too utilitarian, and even felt that it was unacceptable to him. Instead of trying to tell everyone about the culture accumulated over thousands of years, he wanted to throw it all away and establish a new set of ideas using the words of the people. That was too vulgar.
Luo Yiren praised again, "Highbrow culture is for gentlemen, and the common people are the common people. The workers, peasants and soldiers in our Ministry of Rites are the common people, and we should speak the language of the common people."
"This... this... isn't it a bit self-deprecating!" Gong Yu said this in a hurry. However, after saying it, Gong Yu immediately regretted it. Huo Chong never liked gentry and literati.
"Haha." Luo Yiren sneered.
Just when Gong Yu was getting anxious, he heard Huo Chong laughing: "Haha, when the Qing Dynasty conquered the world, there were few literati. Many of them were illiterate. Are we not as good as the Qing Dynasty in popularizing literacy? If etiquette is lost, look for it in the countryside. Since the workers, peasants and soldiers are the foundation of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites must speak the words of the workers, peasants and soldiers!"
Gong Yu knew that there was no other solution to this matter. As the Minister of Rites, Luo Yiren's decision would be enforced in the Ministry of Rites as long as it passed the meeting of the Ministry of Rites. Not to mention Huo Chong's push. If the emperor wanted to push, Gong Yu certainly could not refuse. If he did not do well, Gong Yu's future would be greatly affected.
However, Gong Yu still felt uncomfortable. After a while of struggling, Gong Yu made up his mind, "Your Majesty, if this is the case, I think we should start recruiting defectors. Those who are capable of being officials should be given official positions. The Ministry of Rites can expand its scale and use the branches and general branches of the Ministry of Rites in various departments to deal with this situation."
Luo Yiren couldn't help but frown, "Huh? What do you mean?"
Gong Yu ignored Luo Yiren and looked at Huo Chong. Although Huo Chong was determined to make the Chinese court speak the language of the lower class, Gong Yu felt that Huo Chong was undoubtedly a real cultured person, and a cultured person with profound knowledge. Since Huo Chong was a cultured person, he would definitely understand what Gong Yu meant.
Sure enough, Gong Yu saw Huo Chong biting his lip and thinking about this suggestion. After a while, Huo Chong sighed and said, "It is indeed possible to do this. But I still don't have that much confidence in the Ministry of Rites. After all... every time there is a revolution, the landlords and gentry have usurped the fruits of the revolution."
Gong Yu quickly advised: "In every dynasty, when conquering the world, they had to recruit surrenders and accept rebellions. Your Majesty, wouldn't it be better if you could gradually replace these people with comrades from the Ministry of Rites? Can Your Majesty really trust these people?"
"That's not the case. What I'm worried about is that our comrades in Huaxia Dynasty still have the old-fashioned ideas and think that being an official is prestigious. Those people will corrupt the atmosphere! Are they really capable of being an official?"
Gong Yu continued to persuade him: "We let them be officials, isn't it just to let them serve the court?"
After saying that, seeing Huo Chong still hesitated, Gong Yu looked at Luo Yiren again. He saw that Luo Yiren also disagreed, which made Gong Yu very angry. In the past, when Luo Yiren and Gong Yu and others discussed how to rebel, they firmly supported recruiting traitors and also proposed very detailed methods on how to identify and select. It turned out that Luo Yiren became the Minister of Rites, and the interests of the Ministry of Rites became the first priority!
Luo Yiren saw the look in Gong Yu's eyes and clearly understood what was in his mind. His determination to not give in subsided a little.
After a while, Luo Yiren said, "Director Gong, we are all from the Ministry of Rites. It is you comrades from the Ministry of Rites who will rule the country in the future. I did want to use those people before, but now I really feel that they are incompatible with the Ministry of Rites."
"Everyone in the world is here for profit. Are those people fools? Don't they know we can't trust them? They know! They definitely know! Minister Luo, you are loyal to His Majesty because His Majesty is a genius. Even heroes may not be able to be so upright. It takes great wisdom! But don't you have a small thought that you firmly believe that serving His Majesty can also help you prosper with the country? There are so many smart people in the world. Are you going to give up your bright future and choose to walk on that single-plank bridge?"
Luo Yiren was very unhappy. Speaking of conspiracy, Luo Yiren felt that Gong Yu was also a good hand. Wanting to use Qian Qing's marriage to prove his loyalty, needless to say, Gong Yu must have contributed! Why did Gong Yu put on a face of a loyal minister after this incident!
Just as he was about to make a few sarcastic remarks, he heard a bang. It turned out that Huo Chong slammed the table. Luo Yiren quickly looked at Huo Chong.
Huo Chong was not angry, but sighed helplessly: "This time it's a gamble! My Ministry of Rites must strengthen education and must not be led astray by those people!"
Luo Yiren was about to speak when Gong Yu spoke first, "Your Majesty, those who surrendered and rebelled can only be civil servants, and must not be allowed to join the army. As long as completes the construction of the Ministry of Rites as soon as possible, if those people have the slightest disloyalty, it will depend on whether they are stubborn or the bullets of our Chinese army are strong!"
Luo Yiren was speechless. Indeed, it was easy to suppress civil officials. A piece of paper could make them leave, or even put them in jail or execute them. As long as the army was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites and followed Huo Chong, and Qian Qing suppressed the generals in the army, the literati could not stir up any trouble.
Since ancient times, those who rebelled were all military generals, and scholars failed to succeed in rebellion after three years. How could scholars have the capital to rebel?
Luo Yiren said loudly: "Your Majesty has instructed me to speak to the workers, peasants and soldiers, and I will do my best to implement it!"
