my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 430
Liu Guan pinched his beard, showing excitement.

But he was muttering in his heart, 8000 people... Zhang Anshi is crazy, he must be crazy.

However, he didn't show any dissatisfaction, and he still had a pleasant expression. He lowered his head to look at the numbers in the book, but the more he looked, the more shocking he became.

At this time, Zhang Anshi said: "Grand Liu, let's go and see those scholars in person. Seeing is believing. You can't see anything famous just by looking at the books."

But Liu Guan got excited, and suddenly raised his head to look at Zhang Anshi, and said, "No, no, it's good to just look at this, you don't have to go, um...Jin Yiwei behaves very well, I saw the confession here, no, I can't say It's a confession, but it should be a conversation record. In this conversation record, Jin Yiwei's Tiqi is very polite and treats each other with courtesy, so convincing people with reasoning, and these scholars, the answers are also very decent, very good, very good... ..."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "I have always taught the captain and Tiqi to do things worthy of their own conscience."

Liu Guan nodded with a sympathetic look and said: "Jinyiwei is doing things according to the rules, and the scholars are also willing. It is a blessing to treat each other with respect. If this is the case, then the old man has nothing to be picky about. , if the old man intervenes again, it will be a side effect and meddle in other people's business."

But Zhang Anshi said: "Mr. Liu is here, let's give some pointers. After all, Jin Yiwei are rough people. If there is anything dissatisfied, please ask Mr. Liu for advice."

"I don't dare to teach you." Liu Guan smiled and said: "In my opinion, this is very good. It's just... need to invite seven or eight thousand scholars? This is not a small number. Jin Yiwei, are you busy?"

Zhang Anshi said with a nonchalant expression: "This is easy. Thousands of households and hundreds of households collect information, and then report it to the Fusi of Nanzhen. After approval, you can apply for a driver. It may be slow." It will be slower, but the good thing is that you won’t wrong a good person, no, the good thing is that you can choose the best candidate.”

After a pause, the expression on his face became solemn, and he continued: "Grand Liu... you know the current situation, the Ming Dynasty has traveled all over the world, if even scholars are not willing to work for it, how can they be the leader of the soldiers and civilians in the world?" What about a model? If your majesty’s ambitions are squandered because of this, we, the courtiers, will surely die.”

Liu Guanqian smiled and said, "Yes, yes."

After speaking, Liu Guan stood up. He didn't want to linger any longer, so he said, "In this case, the old man should leave. The Ministry of Rites is busy, and the old man has already checked. There is nothing wrong with the Fusi of Nanbei Town! Your Majesty If asked, the old man also meant the same thing. Even if the officials and the princes have some misunderstandings, the old man will stick to his own opinion."

Zhang Anshi stood up and said, "I'll give you one."

Liu Guan nodded, Zhang Anshi sent him directly to the door of the Qianhu Office, and Liu Guan was about to board the carriage.

At this time, Liu Guan looked around, as if thinking about something in his heart.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, "Does Mr. Liu have anything else to teach?"

Liu Guan quickly looked away, and said with a stiff smile, "No, no."

Saying that, without hesitation, he quickly got into the sedan chair, smiled at Zhang Anshi, and quickly closed the sedan chair curtain.

Zhang Anshi sent Liu Guan away, and immediately went back to the lobby of the Qianhu Office, the Qixia Qianhu Office hurriedly followed.

Zhang Anshi said without turning his head, "How is it?"

"It's only two cups of tea, and now everyone is willing to go overseas." Qianhu replied with a blushing face.

Zhang Anshi nodded, and said calmly: "Report to Chen Li, and tell him that after drawing up the number of posts and indicators for scholars from various places, Jin Yiwei will give them an official position. For example... for teaching envoys, they should be invited to go deep into the barren Of course, the hard work here will be a little bit harder, but so many soldiers and civilians go to sea, and they are also overcoming obstacles, so why is it not hard work? The vassal states also need to build Hongwen libraries to manage and dispatch these scholars. In a word... They should be the eyes and ears of Jin Yiwei, teachers of the local natives, and they must be controlled by the vassal state."

The thousand households hesitated and said: "Your Highness, these scholars... I don't think they are very useful, why not follow my Qixia's method and build schools all over the world, wouldn't it be good?"

Only then did Zhang Anshi look back at him, and then said, "What do you know? When it comes to education, who can compare with these scholars who read the Four Books and Five Classics? The things piled up by righteousness and allusions can teach people to learn from the shallower to the deeper, and can also be logically self-consistent. Qixia can teach engineering and miscellaneous studies, but what the natives lack most is benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and other knowledge. It’s the minutiae, the most important thing, it’s this.”

Qianhu was reprimanded, and didn't dare to say anything more, so he was obedient and quickly said yes.

Confucianism is really good at education. They have a whole set of education methods. The most powerful thing about it is that although the classics and allusions are so profound that ordinary people can’t learn them, they are good at compiling the Four Books and Five Classics into various Fool's version, for enlightenment.

Since the Han Dynasty, there have been "Yu Xue", "Guangcang", "Wu Zhang", "Thousand Characters", "Enlightenment", "Enlightenment" and "Miscellaneous Fingers" for children and teenagers. , "Difficult Words in Common Sayings", "Miscellaneous Characters" and so on.

Since then, there have been "Kaimeng Yaoxun", "Hundred Surnames", "Three Character Classics", "Comparing Chinese Characters", "Writing Mengqiu" and so on.

As for various books such as "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Filial Piety", once you pass elementary school and can read and write, there will be various classic short stories in history for you to read.

Don't look at today's scholars, who write articles in a jerky and difficult way, but in fact, the Four Books and Five Classics, and even many Confucian classics, they are best at integrating various historical stories into the books.

In this era of lack of entertainment, reading a short story of "Spring and Autumn" or various historical allusions such as "Historical Records" every day is still very flattering.

This kind of book that compiles various historical legends and stories not only makes people interested in reading in this era of poor entertainment, but the most powerful thing is that these stories are in line with Confucian values.

That is to say, while you read the story happily, the loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness advocated by Confucianism will unconsciously penetrate into your heart.

With the cultural achievements that have been continuously tempered for thousands of years, if we put aside the fact that the current scholars are obsessed with the past and only want to take advantage of the stain of reading as rentiers, this generation of Confucianism has been repaired, its education system has been improved, and this value system has been logically The self-consistent saints and great Confucians of the past dynasties do have many things to admire.

If such a treasure is not used, Zhang Anshi might not be able to sleep at night.

Of course, the only problem to be solved now is whether it is the scholars of the pre-Qin period or the Han and Tang dynasties, whether they have something to do. It can be said that without the pioneering efforts of this generation of scholars and overcoming obstacles, there would be no Confucianism today. .

It's a pity... until now, scholars have only used it as a tool to protect their own interests. They hold this thing as a fig leaf, and also as their own weapon to carry out crazy involution in the eighteen provinces.

If it continues like this, sooner or later everyone will die together.

So Zhang Anshi felt that they had to stand up.

Just like the children of Confucianism in the pre-Qin and Han and Tang Dynasties, they traveled around the world to promote Confucianism and went deep into barren lands.Go to the Western Regions, go to Mobei, or even fight against other things resolutely like Han Yu.

Only in this way can they have the possibility of gaining a new life.

Moreover, it has great benefits for the country and the world.

Thinking of this, Zhang Anshi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In order to let the scholars stand up, he really broke his heart. If the sage Kong was alive, he would be overjoyed. He insisted on letting Zhang Anshi inherit the mantle of Confucianism.

So Zhang Anshi said again: "Oh, that's right, the vassal states should also inform them, don't mention it too obviously, just say what you mean, and tell them, whoever is willing to make great efforts to promote Confucianism, I, Zhang Anshi More posts will be assigned to countries.”

"Here."

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In Honglu Temple.

The vassal kings of various countries have already returned to their vassal towns because they are worried about their vassal lands.

Of course, there were quite a few followers of the vassal state, but they stayed on, and were mainly responsible for various business affairs with the Taiping Mansion.

Xie Jin is still here and plans to come back next year.

But today, there is a meeting full of people in this Honglu Temple, but there is a special meeting.

The envoys of more than a dozen vassal states took their seats.

The one who came here to visit was Chen Li.

Chen Li sat in a high position, and seeing that everyone was present, he took out a copy of the regulations and taught them to pass them around.

Of course, this charter is burnt after reading it, so after everyone has read it, it is passed back to Chen Li, and Chen Li should burn this charter.

Only then did Chen Li glance at everyone, and then said: "What do you think?"

"This is a good thing. In Luzon, the most lack of manpower is now. No, the most lacking is scholars. The natives are not convinced by Wang Hua, and the language is difficult..."

"There are a lot of Han people on Luzon's side, but Java's side can be called..." Xie Jin immediately understood what, and he immediately began to say: "In my opinion, at least 500 people are needed on Java's side. "

"One thousand five hundred..." Someone shouted in dissatisfaction: "Why is there so much in the small land of Java? I am Annan..."

"You, Annan, write Chinese characters, speak Chinese, and learn the Four Books and Five Classics. Why do you need to promote literature?"

Everyone immediately started chattering and discussing.

Xie Jin thought for a while, it would be disrespectful for him to argue with these people, but at the moment, he looked at Chen Li: "Chen Tongzhi, Jin Yiwei, what do you mean?"

Chen Lidao: "Your Highness means that it is better to auction, the highest price wins, no, no, it is not an auction, it mainly depends on the performance of each vassal state, such as how much money they are willing to subsidize to build the Hongwen Museum, this Hongwen Museum Well, everyone knows that in addition to promoting Confucianism, there is also a part of the responsibility, which is to do some things for the Jinyiwei. After all, the Jinyiwei wants to insert hidden stakes into the four barbarians, but after all, they cannot speak the language of the natives. Work has always been difficult to carry out. But if Han people are hired, the Han people will not be able to penetrate into the interior of the natives."

"Now... taking advantage of the Hongwen Museum has become an opportunity. In this way, Jin Yiwei can secretly support the Hongwen Museum and support these scholars to go deep into the barren land. The natives, secretly recruiting, this not only provides convenience for the vassal states..."

Chen Li paused, then continued with a smile: "After all, you need to have military intelligence when you send troops. On the other hand, sometimes borrowing natives is more likely to cause the country to collapse than using swords and soldiers. His Royal Highness Wuhu County attaches great importance to this matter." Therefore, it is planned to build 72 Hongwen halls in the border of the world, for the purpose of restraint and sending scholars."

"Everyone knows that information is money. These people go deep into the natives, and what they get is not only military information, but also business information, which is beneficial to Jinyiwei and the feudal states. "

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, their eyes flickering, dare they come to ask for money?

But after careful consideration, at least for now, all feudal states are beneficial.

For them, the imperial court is no longer an enemy. Without the support of the imperial court and Jin Yiwei, it is really not easy for them to gain a foothold in the world.

Regardless of whether it is the imperial court, Jinyiwei or a vassal state, they have only one enemy, and that is the land states all over the world.Manpower is the most important resource. Whether it is a craftsman, a laborer, a scholar, or even a rotten Confucian, for them, one counts as one, and the more the better.

Xie Jin said immediately: "This is easy to handle. On Java's side... no matter how much the Hongwen Museum needs, Java will support it. It's just... Can Jin Yiwei make up so many scholars?"

Chen Li said without hesitation: "Your Highness said it is possible, then it will be possible. How about this, this matter can't be rushed, everyone first compiles the book and report, and we can discuss it later."

Everyone nodded, as if they all felt that this was more appropriate.

Afterwards, Zhang Anshi presented several secret memorials to the palace.

Zhu Di got the memorial, but he became a little interested.

This is no longer a matter of scholars going out to sea to drive away these pesky ghosts.

Instead, it uses scholars to promote etiquette, justice, integrity and shame in the world.

Of course, it’s not just that. In Zhang Anshi’s conception, these Hongwen halls are like the hundreds of households arranged by Jinyiwei in various places. Through these Hongwen halls, a large number of natives who cooperate with them are absorbed. It is also of great benefit to the disintegration of various states.

In fact, there is one more thing. It is not clearly stated in the memorial that the growth of the Hongwen Museum has also greatly strengthened the imperial court's control over the vassal states to a certain extent.

As soon as there is any disturbance in the vassal state, the court can immediately know about it.

Zhu Di held the memorial, thought about it carefully, pondered for a long time, and then solemnly handed the memorial to Yi Shiha.

He told him: "This memorial is sealed, and other than that... teach someone to pass an oral order to Zhang Qing. Remember, there is no need to make an explicit edict, just an oral edict. Tell him, this matter...he has full power to deal with it. If Provoke right and wrong, I will deal with the aftermath."

A trace of surprise flashed across Yishiha's eyes, but he didn't show anything, and immediately said: "Zunzhi."

In the middle of the 18th year of Yongle.

At this time, the weather began to heat up.

The long-lost palace test has already begun.

After a palace examination, the imperial court made a list, and Ma Yu, the number one scholar, immediately attracted everyone's attention.

This is the first number one scholar from the north in the history of the Ming Dynasty. It can even be said... since the Southern Song Dynasty.

After all...in the Southern Song Dynasty...there were no northern scholars to conduct imperial examinations at all.

Zhu Di was also very satisfied with the choice of Ma Yu.

This Ma Yu's talent and articles are all top-notch. Immediately, the imperial court ordered Ma Yu to compile and write for the Imperial Academy.

Compiled from the sixth grade, it can be regarded as directly winning on the starting line.

As for the second place in the rankings and Tanhua, they are generally awarded to the editors of the seventh rank, and those who are among the best in the second-class Jinshi are the Shujishi of the Imperial Academy.

Of course, the worse Jinshi are not even qualified to enter the Imperial Academy, and they are often sent to the Six Departments to observe politics, and after studying for a year or two, they are transferred to other places.

There are basically no accidents in this Hanlin compilation. In a few years, it can be called the Hanlin Servant Lecturer and Servant Reader.

It can be seen from this that Ma Yu's future at this time will almost follow the path of all the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and eventually...may be ranked in the center.

All the officials in the court were quite curious about this No. [-] Scholar, so they all inquired about him.

Waiting for Ma Yu and all Jinshi to enter the palace to thank him, and then he was appointed by the Ministry of Officials.

Just when many important ministers in the court were planning to find an opportunity to call the number one scholar for a meeting.

On the other side of Wenyuan Pavilion, some Sheren rushed in stumblingly.

"My lords... my lords..."

The Sheren was out of breath, with a look of anxiety on his face.

The three of Yang Rong heard the movement from the duty room and came out one after another.

Hu Guang frowned first and said, "Why are you in such a panic?"

The Sheren slowed down, and hurriedly said: "The official department...the official department sent a message...it was said...that it was...something happened...then Matthew Zhuan...resigned."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone showed disbelief and was shocked.

Yang Rong, Hu Guang, and Jin Youzi looked at each other.

Obviously, no one expected this result.

In the past dynasties, there is actually a tradition of resigning from office. Either they feel that their official career is not going well, so they simply retire, and some celebrities prefer to choose pastoral songs.

But the premise of all this is that these people often come from aristocratic families, and there is a way out.And in the official career, he didn't get a position commensurate with his family background, so he naturally didn't want to worry about hard work.

Hu Guang subconsciously said: "His parents are still there?"

This is the first reaction.

Could it be that the bad news came from the parents, so they wanted Ding You?
Of course, when this remark came out, Hu Guang still felt incredible, because even if his parents died, it should be Ding You, not his resignation.

Ding You is going to come back in a few years, His Majesty will reserve a place for me first, and I will come back after I go back to fulfill my filial piety.

And resignation is a one-shot deal.Sir, I quit.

(End of this chapter)