Bright Spring

If so, Zhu Gaoxu had just done something different, and immediately received all kinds of intimidating memorials.

Generally, those who dare to intimidate the emperor will end badly.But as long as the motivation of "for your own good" is added, and if it makes sense, the effect will be different.

For example, the Imperial Academy's memorial to Xie Jin discouraged the emperor from establishing the "Wu Bei Yuan".Xie Jin's words were terrible, saying that the emperor would repeat the mistakes of the warlord separatist regime in the late Tang Dynasty, and the country would lose the country; he did not hesitate to die to admonish Zhu Gaoxu for the stability of the throne.

Xie Jin's reason is that if the children of soldiers and soldiers are gathered in one place to study, these children will enter various military camps as generals after they grow up, and they will inevitably form cliques and harm the country's court.And the young ladies brought up by "Xianshutang" are literate and know how to be polite. It is easier for their mothers and elder brothers to choose the well-matched "Wubeitang" military generals to marry and further form a party.

Even Zhu Gaoxu summoned his confidant Qi Tai and asked about his views on this memorial; Qi Tai's reaction was not too strong, he only said that it is not a bad thing to prevent the passing of time.

Civil servants who were born in the imperial examination also formed cliques, and made various acquaintances in the same hometown or in the same year; since the Hongwu, Jianwen, Yongle, and Hongxi dynasties, "colleagues" who had been loyal to a certain emperor also formed cliques.However, officials seem to have a consensus that the harm of clique formation among civil officials is far less than that of military generals; because warriors may go to mutiny or warlords.

Fortunately, Zhu Gaoxu was not intimidated, he has his own independent way of thinking.

Judging from the current "Armed Forces Institute", the consequences may not be as serious as the civil servants said; as for what will happen in the future, what do people do now?

(In the future, Chinese people will become as numb and impoverished as they are in the old photos in the late Qing Dynasty. Who would have expected it? As shown in the photos, it seems reasonable for the whole country to be despised | humiliated by other countries.)

First of all, the current level of civil servants is generally very low, but they have great power, and the power of the generals group|group has been divided.Secondly, hereditary officers in the military system are still the main source of generals, and they are not the same as officers from schools.

So Zhu Gaoxu temporarily ignored the objections of the civil servants.

Officials directly expressing their dissatisfaction in a letter is only a minor means; Zhu Gaoxu does not know what they will do in the future and whether the conflict will escalate.However, he assessed the contradictions on his own, and believed that the core power of the civil servants had not been shaken for the time being, and everyone would not do anything.

Zhu Gaoxu was surrounded by all kinds of remarks.Miao Jin was very curious, thinking that among the emperors of all dynasties, Zhu Gaoxu seemed to care a lot about the soldiers and civilians at the bottom.He was noncommittal because he couldn't explain it; he couldn't say it, because he was at the bottom for many years, so he felt more empathy for the demands of the people...

On March [-]th of the first year of Wude, Zhu Gaoxu presided over the palace examination, this time called Ji Chou Enke.According to the triennial examination and palace examination system, March this year is a good day.

Using the previous model, scholars who study hard in the cold window can obtain the highest level of fame and thus enter the power circle of the dynasty; the examination questions are all given by civil officials, and the standards are based on Confucian Neo-Confucianism and the words of the sages.This was the main source of state power in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Gaoxu followed the custom and won the approval of the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty and scholars all over the world.

Qi Tai, Hu Wei, Xia Yuanji and others participated in the writing of the questions.Zhu Gaoxu randomly picked a policy topic, anyway, the core is one thing.

"I have inherited a vast career and nurtured Hongsheng's luck. Since I came to the imperial court, I have been diligently encouraging and seeking the best way to promote governance. And Tan Zhelei said: Ritual, music, punishment, and governance are all four-way without contradicting, and the king's way is prepared." He also said: Ritual and music are the foundation of the country, and criminal administration is the auxiliary of the country. It is still true that it was recorded in ancient times, Boyi ceremonies, and later Kui Dian music. To succeed in music, to Zhou Dabei... Do not be vague or hidden, I will personally see it."

The literary talent is good, citing a lot of allusions. Fortunately, there are bureaucrats to help, otherwise Zhu Gaoxu would not be able to write this kind of article.He still remembers the books that "the former Zhu Gaoxu" had read and his handwriting was very good, but it was easy to be ridiculous and generous when writing articles in front of the scholars who had read the scriptures.

If Zhu Gaoxu wrote it, he would not have mentioned the remarks in it that "rituals and music are the foundation, and criminal administration is only auxiliary".It's just that the other policy issues are similar.

This year's examination, the Ministry of Rites selected 84 tributes, and all of them will be promoted to Jinshi after the palace examination. According to the rules, no one will be eliminated.

Zhu Gaoxu personally reviewed the articles. He had to read 84 classical Chinese articles full of allusions. Sometimes he himself was at a loss when he read them, because after forgetting some uncommon allusions, he could not understand the meaning of the article.

But it doesn't matter, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't care about the subtle literary talents and ideological differences between them.

So Zhu Gaoxu randomly picked a few authors with well-written and neatly written articles, and as the number one scholar, he chose a "calligrapher" named Xiao Shizhong as the number one scholar.As for the arrangement of the second armor and the third armor, it all depends on everyone's luck.

This feeling of mastering the fate of others in a single thought, Zhu Gaoxu had to admit, was very refreshing.

However, one of the articles caught his interest.The reason is simple, he saw different voices from the literati.This person's name is Liu Ming.

Zhu Gaoxu did not fully agree with the content of Liu Ming's article, but he saw that this person's words were different.There is a paragraph in Liu Ming, which means that everyone can have their own understanding of the sage classics, and it is only a reference for exploring the "Ming Dao"; this kind of remarks cannot be the concept of Neo Confucianism.

Zhu Gaoxu first thought of a sentence: There are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand readers.

Then he thought of Xinxue (Lu Jiuyuan: Learn Gou Zhiben, and I will annotate all the six classics) with similar sayings.Although Zhu Gaoxu was not as good as a scholar at all in writing this kind of classical Chinese, he had read a lot of books in the Ming Dynasty. Although he couldn't memorize the classics he read, he knew roughly what was said; so he saw this Liu Ming, It is possible that he believed in the Song Dynasty Xinxue.

The philosophies of the era of contention among a hundred schools of thought had almost no successors except Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty thousands of years later.But Confucianism is different, and it was born relatively recently, and there were many hidden followers until the Ming Dynasty.

In Dongnuange, Zhu Gaoxu read this article twice in a row, then sat in a chair and meditated for a while.

When Liu Ming participated in the imperial examinations at all levels, he must write the content of Neo Confucianism, otherwise he would not be able to pass the imperial examination.But why did he write such an article during the imperial examination, a statement that was not recognized by Neo Confucianism?

Maybe the phrase in the title "Never hide, I will see it in person" encouraged Liu Ming; in addition, the palace examination will not fail, and the risk is low, which undoubtedly encouraged Liu Ming.

However, a lower risk does not mean no risk.The palace examination articles will be archived, which means that ministers can also see them.Liu Ming wrote like this, even if Zhu Gaoxu let him go, wouldn't he be afraid of being squeezed out by the courtiers?

Some people are unwilling to compromise with the world for the sake of their beliefs.Liu Ming didn't seem to be that kind of person, because he had already written many Neo Confucian articles before he could get to the imperial examination.His purpose may be to attract Zhu Gaoxu's attention.

Such a purpose was undoubtedly successful.Zhu Gaoxu didn't read the champion's article very carefully, but read Liu Ming's writing twice.

After weighing for a while, Zhu Gaoxu still ranked Liu Ming in the lower position of the third place.

What he has done recently has already aroused the concerns and dissatisfaction of the courtiers, and for the time being, he does not want to cause any more conflicts between the monarch and his ministers; for example, if Liu Ming's articles on psychology are ranked first, what kind of waves will it cause in the court?He didn't need to do that at all, because there was no rule that the people with the highest ranking would definitely be reused.

... After the gold list was posted, Zhu Gaoxu gave a "regular banquet" in the Fengtian Palace to congratulate the newly promoted imperial elites, Jinshi and people who entered the exploitation|exploitation class, called "Jinshi Enrong Banquet".

For the scholars who just came out of the cold window, the banquet in the palace hall is super tall, and they can brag in front of the folks for a lifetime.However, the dishes are actually very simple, and there are no more than ten dishes including small dishes, and there is nothing particularly precious.

Fortunately, the court's savings did not affect the excitement of Jinshi.It doesn't matter what you eat, where you eat and who you eat with are the key points of the banquet.

Even if there are only a few dishes, the Jinshi are ready to "pack" after they are done. They urgently need to take the palace food home and ask for credit to their parents, wives and children who have been living in poverty for many years without complaint. .

Zhu Gaoxu issued an order to ask Jinshi to come to the imperial court in batches to meet the ceremony.The new Jinshi he paid the most attention to was Liu Ming who was ranked at the bottom of the third place.

This is a thin yellow young man in his twenties at most, wearing a silk robe issued by the Ministry of Rites, but it can't hide the inner lining of his coat, and there is even a patch on the collar.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately judged: This is a person with political|political ideals.

The reason for his judgment is very simple.The family background is not very good, which means that in the officialdom, there are not many relationships to rely on; so Liu Ming dared to take risks, hoping to get the emperor's attention.If you are a Jinshi who doesn't want to do career, why do you want to gain power at any cost?

But for Zhu Gaoxu, if he can take advantage of the struggle between Xinxue and Neo-Confucianism, he can muddy the water, and the civil servants on both sides will pay too much attention to the dispute between schools; at this time, Zhu Gaoxu can carry out more in-depth reforms, and he will be able to transfer |contradictions and fish in troubled waters .

After saying "flat body", Liu Ming stood up.Zhu Gaoxu gave him a meaningful look.

Chapter 722 Self-cultivation

Honglu Temple, the Ministry of Rites and other official offices, as well as the Inner Palace supervisors, arranged a canonization ceremony for the two concubines.The two ceremonies each lasted half a day.

During the process of canonizing Zhuang Concubine Li Xianhui, she and Zhu Gaoxu seemed to have nothing to do with each other, and each performed complicated etiquette in different places.

During this period, Zhu Gaoxu only saw one side of Li Xianhui, and that was when she came to worship and thank her.She was wearing a fancy dress and she was a little far away. Zhu Gaoxu didn't even see her clearly. Fortunately, he had seen her before.

But before Shen Baoyan was canonized, there was an unpleasant voice.Chen Er, who had been buried alive for seven days and seven nights, wrote a letter to dispute the identity of Shen Shi (Bao Yan)'s biological father.So Zhu Gaoxu decreed that Shen Baoyan's deceased father would be the commander of Jin Yiwei.

At the end of March, because of a new concubine, Zhu Gaoxu decided not to follow the rules of taking turns serving the bed in the past two days, and first called Concubine Zhuang to attend the bed.

In the evening, Zhu Gaoxu took a shower and changed into an ordinary robe, waiting for Li Xianhui in the Qianqing Palace with great anticipation.

Not long after, Li Xianhui came to Zhu Gaoxu's bedroom under the escort of a group of palace servants.After Zhu Gaoxu saw it, he was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses.

Li Xianhui is wearing a kind of dark clothes.Shenyi was the most common in Qin and Han Dynasties. The sleeves were large, the upper and lower skirts were connected together, and only a short section of the skirt was exposed at the hem.The dark suit worn by Li Xianhui was dark blue with a wide red hem.There were few jewelry, and her smooth hair was not tied up, which slightly covered the sides of her full forehead.

This attire made her look gentle.But Zhu Gaoxu had the illusion of "traveling through time again", because her dress was incompatible with the clothes of the Ming Dynasty.The aristocratic costumes of Korea|North Korea are very similar to those of the Ming Dynasty, even if she is wearing Korean|North Korean clothes, Zhu Gaoxu should not be surprised.

"The concubine kowtows to the sage." Li Xianhui kowtowed and performed the salute slowly.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at her and pondered for a while.Looking at the wider hem, he was reminded, and suddenly remembered that Li Xianhui was wearing a Han Chinese dress, called a sackcloth; it belonged to the noble lady's dress in Yanju.

The concubines in the Ming Dynasty hardly wore this kind of clothes anymore, because even the empress dressed more casually during the Yanju period, and could even design their own styles.However, it seems that not everyone understands these changes, relying on North Korea, which copied the Daming Ritual System.But Li Xianhui seems to be more reserved in the palace, cautious in everything, and strictly abides by the rules of etiquette.