Daming Military Empire

Chapter 38 Promotion of Western Learning
Zhu Cijiong issued an imperial decree, and the Ministry of Rites immediately began to prepare for the school.As the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Guangqi naturally doesn't have to do everything himself, he just needs to assign the tasks, and the people under him will naturally take care of them properly.

Qian Qianyi, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, had outstanding literary talent, and Xu Guangqi ordered him to be responsible for writing and posting the admission notice;

Wen Tiren, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites, is careful in handling affairs and is responsible for the school's site selection and internal layout.

As for himself, he is responsible for writing tutorials. He once translated the "Elements of Geometry" by the Greek mathematician Euclid, which just covers the physical and mathematical knowledge needed to identify parts drawings. Based on "Elements of Geometry", this It is not difficult to write the tutorial, as long as you extract the basic graphics about points, lines, surfaces, quadrilaterals, circles, angles, radians, etc., and then describe the simple measurement and calculation methods.

As for teaching, there is no need for him, Bi Maokang and others to do it himself. He once opened a school in Shanghai, teaching western mathematics and physics. He only needs to find a few students with excellent grades to teach these basic knowledge.

Everything is in the midst of intensive preparations. Seeing the situation, it is not difficult to promote Western learning. How did Zhu Cijiong think wrong again?
It stands to reason that as long as the emperor wants to do something that is not too outrageous, no one would dare to object, but it was so weird in the Ming Dynasty, and some people liked to pull the emperor's pigtails. As long as the emperor did something a little unreasonable, Some people jumped out to object.

There are all kinds of people who jump out and sing a naysayer. Some are for personal interests, some are for the interests of the political groups behind him, and some are opposed purely for the sake of opposition. To put it bluntly, it is to become famous and prove that he has the pride of a scholar!

The promotion of Western learning is such a new thing this time, naturally someone will use it to make some articles, let's not talk about it for the time being, let's just talk about Qian Qianyi, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites.

He had already overshadowed Xu Guangqi when he built the military factory last time in order to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, but he was aborted by Sun Chengzong's roar a few times, and he was so scared that he didn't dare to do anything for several months.This time Sun Chengzong is not around, he has become bolder again, of course, he will not jump out to sing a big show by himself foolishly, because behind-the-scenes talents are his strong point.

No, as soon as he received Xu Guangqi's order, he thought about it in his heart, and after thinking about it for a while, he had an idea.

He first racked his brains to write an admission notice, and after showing it to Xu Guangqi, he ordered the people below to copy it hard and post it hard. It would be best to post it all over the streets of the capital within a day.

Does he have a positive attitude towards work?Of course not, he just wanted everyone to know that the Ministry of Rites was going to promote Western learning, and the more people who knew about it, the more beneficial it would be for his plan.

After get off work, he went home and rewrote another copy, and then went out with a sinister smile on his hand.

What is he doing?Naturally, he went to find the gunman, and learned the lesson of his failure last time. This time he was not looking for a young man, but a big boss of the Donglin Party.

If you find some youngsters and get slapped back by Sun Chengzong and the others, isn't that just asking for fun!He knew that he had to find a big boss who was as important as Sun Chengzong in the Donglin Party, and only if he slapped him over there and dared to slap him back here, his plan would have any hope of success.

The Donglin Party cannot be all good people, nor can it be said that it is all bad people. As a bureaucratic political group, there are all kinds of officials in it:
There are good officials who are honest and dedicated to serving the people, such as Sun Chengzong and Han Kuang;
There are treacherous ministers with hypocrisy, selfishness, such as Qian Qianyi;
There are capable ministers who seek truth and be pragmatic, practical and practical, such as Bi Maokang;
There are also great Confucianists who are dedicated to learning about sages and sages, such as Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou;
What Qian Qianyi was looking for this time was Huang Daozhou. At that time, Huang Daozhou was a lecturer in the Imperial Academy and an official of the Jingyan Exhibition, that is, the imperial lecture seat for the emperor to lecture on the history of classics.Don't look at him studying and studying knowledge when he is free, and writing some poems and songs. He looks like a good gentleman who is harmless to humans and animals, but once he gets stubborn, he is really a master who dares to scold him.

When Chongzhen was the emperor, because he couldn't get used to Yang Sichang, the chief assistant at that time, he "argued with Sichang and went forward, admonishing and arguing with him, many retreated, and the audience trembled."

Chongzhen reprimanded him: "I can only do a flattery in my life's knowledge!"

This guy argued: "The word loyal and sycophant, I dare not argue. A minister who dares to speak out as a sycophant before your father, how can you be loyal to someone who flatters you before your father?"

Chongzhen, who choked on these words, was very speechless. Later, he became stubborn and asked Chongzhen directly and sharply: "If the loyal and the loyal are not distinguished, the evil and the good will be confused. How can we cure it?"

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian was so angry that he almost spurted blood, and directly demoted him to six ranks. This guy is still "severe and hardy, not in harmony with the old customs", and he still does not repent.

Of course, now that the Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong is in power, this guy has not yet won the reputation of "the world calls a direct admonisher, he must be called Huangshizhai".But Qian Qianyi, who is a crony and good friend, knows this guy's stubborn temper. If he makes a second mistake, it will definitely be shocking, so this time the shooter is none other than him.

When Qian Qianyi came to Huang Daozhou's mansion, this guy was just as usual, leisurely holding a book to taste the wine, Qian Qianyi didn't talk to him, just took out the notice from his arms and handed it over.

Huang Daozhou thought that he had written some poems for him to appreciate, so he quickly put down the book, received the notice, and asked eagerly, "Are there any other masterpieces from Shouzhi?"

Qian Qianyi didn't answer, but just looked at him with a sad face. Monk Zhang Er, who was fooled by Huang Daozhou, couldn't make up his mind, so he quickly opened the notice and took a closer look.

Watching and watching, his face gradually became cold and severe, and at the end he was so angry that he slapped the notice on the table and said angrily: "Absurd, what does Xu Guangqi want to do to promote barbarian studies? As the Minister of Rites, he Instead of disseminating the sage's articles, he praised these barbarian's strange obscene skills, has he read all the sage's books for nothing?"

Qian Qianyi knew that this guy would get angry. When he wrote the notice, he faintly belittled the role of Confucianism. There was a taste in it that only Western learning could save Ming Dynasty. Xu Guangqi's thinking was originally biased towards Western learning, so he didn't see anything. inappropriate.

It's different when it comes to Huang Daozhou, he is a great Confucian in the world, whoever dares to belittle the knowledge of sages and sages in front of him will not seek death!
Seeing that Huang Daozhou was really angry, Qian Qianyi quickly added fuel to the fire: "Oh, Mr. Xu doesn't even have a book of sages in his eyes. He is the master of barbarian studies, so naturally he wants to praise barbarian studies. How else can he show his 'advanced knowledge'."

This means to imply that Huang Daozhou, Xu Guangqi is not good at learning the books of the sages, but he is good at barbarian studies, so he must do everything possible to promote barbarian studies to demonstrate his knowledge.

As expected, Huang Daozhou was fooled, which is fine, let Xu Guangqi promote barbarian learning in this way, where will the learning of sages be placed?
He was so angry that he slapped the table and pulled the chair and said: "Extremely shameless, extremely shameless, and shameless for his own selfishness. Such a person occupies the high position of the Minister of Rites, and the Ming Dynasty is also in danger. We will immediately write a letter together to see him One book, we can’t let him go on fooling around like this.”

Qian Qianyi naturally refused to rush to the front to be a fool, he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "It is unrighteous to slander Shangguan, I have also read some sage articles, how can I do such an unrighteous act, please also invite Shi Zhai Mr. Speak up for me and other scholars, and if you accept it, you will wave the flag for you in the back."

Huang Daozhou knew his careful thinking, and he really regarded him as a moral model. Hearing this, he couldn't help but praise: "Shouzhi is right. He Xu Guangqi disrespects the learning of sages, and we can't disrespect them. It is indeed unjust to slander Shangguan." If it’s not convenient for you to come forward, leave this matter to me.”

Qian Qianyi knew that this bastard was a stick, and immediately saluted solemnly after hearing the words: "Then there is Mr. Lao Shizhai."

Huang Daozhou accepted his gift calmly, and said righteously: "How can my generation of scholars allow such a treacherous villain to insult the learning of sages and sages? Don't worry, I will ruin Xu Guangqi's reputation."

(End of this chapter)