My country is dead again [Rebirth]

The reason why Xie Ruzhuo proposed such an unconventional method was also because he knew the virtues of the group of old civil servants behind Sun Bingde.

It can be said that they only have interests in their eyes, and they can often show some literati human nature and gentlemanly demeanor.

But this is not a bad thing, people have two sides, how to use these two sides is to take off the other side when you want to use one side, for example, this time, Xie Ruzhuo just wanted to use their literati human nature, so naturally he had to find ways to get rid of it on the side of interest.

Du Ruo is usually gentle and polite. When he and Sun Bingde had a teacher-student friendship, none of the senior officials in the court disliked him. They even admired Sun Bingde in private. For Du Ruo's ability and character, these people are also obvious to all, but because of factional disputes in the middle, those appreciations and praises have given way because of interests, but it is not gone. Can't fault anything.

Literati look down on each other, but they also attach importance to each other. This is their inherent temperament.

Xie Ruzhuo believed that Sun Bingde also understood this truth, and even guessed the result when he proposed this method, so he hurriedly refuted and wanted him to dismiss the idea.

But this method is indeed very fair. Since Sun Bingde and the others do not want young officials to preside over the reopening of the Imperial College, and the young officials do not agree with Sun Bingde's going, the two factions do not like each other. If there is no fundamental solution, there will be trouble When, even if the person is selected, there will be a lot of moths.

Three days later there will be a court meeting, and all civil servants in Beijing must come to the Chongzheng Hall to select a candidate whom they have identified. Xie Ruzhuo thought that there was no suspense in the result, and watched leisurely as the courtiers went to each official with a pen and paper and asked them to write their names. After the paper was finished, it was turned upside down and taken back. Lin Fen was responsible for recording the records. Compared with the Empress Dowager, Sun Bingde and the others could feel more at ease. Xie Ruzhuo asked Sun Bingde and a few people he trusted to come up to watch Si Li. how the supervisor consolidated the records.

Seeing this, the young officials also said they wanted to come and see, Xie Ruzhuo smiled gently, and asked them to come out to watch together, he yawned and half-closed his eyes and began to doze off.

Now Dayu has cut down a lot of redundant officials and streamlined the establishment of officials in central Beijing as much as possible, but today there are still 700 people. When he was about to fall asleep completely, a courtier called him tremblingly. He opened his eyes and glanced over, dissatisfied with "I didn't wake up, why make noise?" He knelt down, he recovered his senses and looked at the situation in the hall before realizing that it was over, waved his hand at the minister, and yawned again: "It's okay, it's okay."

Lin Fen recorded all the names written by the civil servants on the paper, how many people chose this person and wrote it clearly, as Xie Ruzhuo expected, the number of people who chose Du Ruo in the court was the most, more than half, and Sun Bingde was The chief assistant of the cabinet can no longer manage the Guozijian no matter what, so Sun Bingde's faction originally intended to push Cao Xing, the minister of rites, but in the end Cao Xing was not half of Du Ruo's choice.

Leaving aside factions and prejudices, everyone will see who is more able to afford to do this, Du Ruo or Cao Xing. In terms of knowledge, ability and prestige, Cao Xing has nothing to compare with Du Ruo. In the face of interests, everyone has no choice. I don't make concessions for the literati, but once there is no interest, everyone wants to be a gentleman, and I want to choose Du Ruo, and no one will know afterwards. What does each person's handwriting look like? Is it not enough to give everyone a checkmark?

What's more, many people thought in their hearts: Maybe Yuan Weng himself wrote about his students, who knows?

Yuemo Sun Bingde and the others had watched for so long, and knew the result long ago, they were silent, but the young officials couldn't hide their smiles, they were very complacent, Xie Ruzhuo shook his head with a smile, and asked the supervisor to read out the result. To Du Ruo, he said: "Mr. is expected by everyone, and the re-opening of the Guozijian will be presided over by you."

It is no secret that the emperor and Du Ruo had a teacher-student relationship in the past. Xie Ruzhuo called Du Ruo "Mr. .

Du Ruo didn't refuse, didn't talk nonsense, bowed and said: "I will live up to your majesty's high expectations."

In order to appease the people of Sun Bingde's faction, Xie Ruzhuo chose two of Sun Bingde's people to assist Du Ruo, but the young officials were more responsible for doing this together, and asked Li Ke to supervise the progress of the matter, After thinking about it, he said, "The candidates for Guozijian's sacrificial wine will be decided in the future", so there is no need to worry about this matter.

In the afternoon, it was Du Ruo's turn to teach the prince to read. Xie Ruzhuo went to the Shishan Pavilion as usual, and personally tested the prince's homework, and then invited Du Ruo to the side hall to talk.

"Sir, who do you think is the right person to serve as the emperor's sacrificial wine?" Xie Ruzhuo has been thinking about this question since he left the imperial court today. Sun Bingde said that Du Ruo is too young to make sense, although he thinks that Du Ruo can afford the position, and no matter whether he is a student who has not entered an official position, Young officials who have entered the court should not raise any objections to Du Ruo, but if there is a more suitable candidate, it is not impossible to consider. After all, Du Ruo is doing very well in the Ministry of War. Speaking of which, Xie Ruzhuo is still reluctant to let Du Ruo leave. Ministry of War.

It was rare for Du Ruo to be at a loss, and he sighed with some emotion when he heard the words, and said: "In the past, the Guozijian Jijiuju was a great Confucian who was admired by scholars and literati all over the world. He is a model student, and his articles are circulated by everyone. But in the past few years, there has been no such person in Dayu. First, the situation between the court and China is tense, and factions are in conflict. Few civil servants can study knowledge. The world is not stable, many academies around the world have closed their doors, and many students have no interest in studying, and are more thinking about how to survive in the troubled times. In the past few years, there have been almost no poems and articles that can be famous all over the world. The literary world has been silent for a long time. There is no one who can take the lead."

This is a fact. There were endless poems and articles in the previous dynasty. The period of prosperity in the literary world was mostly when the prosperous times were peaceful, and the court was generally stable. Dayu had constant internal and external troubles in recent years. It is a pity that Xie Ruzhuo understands Du Ruo's feelings for those who go to study and are able to survive. The number of scholars recruited for the scientific examination is getting less and less every year. As a matter of fact, the fate of literati is actually connected with the family and the country. When the country prospers, the literature prospers, and when the country declines, the literature declines.

"In Mr. Yi's opinion, who in the court has a higher reputation and status in the hearts of scholars and literati?" Xie Ruzhuo asked again.

Du Ruo shook his head, and said: "In the early years, there were a few adults in the court who had some prestige, the name of a gentleman, and were quite respected by the literati, but most of them did not go well in their official careers, and they were forgotten by everyone before the fall of Pingdu. , there are still a few left, but they are all in high positions, and it is impossible to be a Guozijian offering wine. The officials of the early years, at least entered the court at the same time as the ministers, but none of these people can have that kind of prestige and status."

This is also true. Speaking of which, Sun Bingde and the current cabinet members were once well-known figures in the literary world, and they were also quite famous among scholars and literati, but they are already cabinet ministers. It’s a bit ironic to say it, Guozijian Jijiu is from the fourth rank, and the position between the fifth rank and the fourth rank is not high or low. As Du Ruo said, most of them have been in the court for several years, but they have not climbed to the high position. , except for Du Ruo, the others are all around 40 to [-] years old. Xie Ruzhuo racked his brains and really couldn't think of anyone who is famous in the literary world.

Unexpectedly, the literary world of Dayu has fallen to such a point along with the fortune of the country. The age of 40 or [-] is the prime year. When Dayu was still prosperous, countless famous figures in the literary world were remembered by the world at this age. While being high-spirited in the officialdom, they also wrote the best poems and articles in their lives, which will last forever, but now, looking around, there is no one there, and it is hard to see those good poems and essays.

"Well, to pick and choose, in fact, only the gentleman is the most suitable in the court." Xie Ruzhuo pouted, "Sun Bingde also said that you are too young and doesn't want you to go, so he will propose someone else for me."

Du Ruo hurriedly said: "Yuan Weng is right, I am indeed too young..."

"That's because Mr. was not yet crowned when he was admitted to the Imperial College. How many people in Dayu are admitted at this age?" Xie Ruzhuo waved his hand to interrupt him, "But I really don't want Mr. to go to the Imperial College. It is impossible to stay in the Imperial College for a long time You can leave in a few months, and at least one or two years, compared with the Ministry of War, I think it is most suitable for you to be in the Ministry of War."

Du Ruo was silent for a moment, then said: "If Your Majesty needs me to go, I am willing to go."

Every official who came out of the Imperial Academy, especially those who were born as auspicious scholars, would not want to enter the sixth department, slowly go up, and finally join the cabinet. Xie Ruzhuo also thought so when he arranged for Du Ruo to enter the sixth department. If Du Ruo is half-ranked, he will be put into the sixth department, because only after entering the sixth department can he go on the next road. Now that Du Ruo has managed to gain a firm foothold in the Ministry of War, he wants to transfer him to the Imperial College. He is unwilling to be in a position that is more attractive than power, and he also has a feeling of frustration that all previous efforts have been wasted.

As soon as Du Ruo left the Ministry of War, there would be no one he trusted the most among the six departments. The Ministry of War is the most important place now, so what if there is no one of his own?

The more Xie Ruzhuo thought about it, the more irritable he became, his brows were furrowed unconsciously, and there was a coldness in his eyes.

Du Ruo naturally guessed what he was worried about, thought for a while, and said: "If your majesty is worried that the situation will be unfavorable if you leave the Ministry of War, in fact, you don't think your majesty should worry too much. Yuan Weng's new policy has helped your majesty a lot, no matter whether it will be in the future or not. There are unavoidable disadvantages, at least in a short period of time, the New Deal will be very useful, and Yuan Weng will try his best to implement the New Deal in a decent manner. The Six Departments should not dare to make any big disturbances because of the New Deal within two or three years, let alone the Six Departments There are also many officials who are familiar to the ministers, and His Majesty can also get in touch with them more."

"The most difficult part of the reorganization of the guard has been done, because the most difficult thing to start is Suifang. We have already done it, and we will take back other chief ministers in the future. Your Majesty will not make any mistakes if you let others go. Yuan Weng Ruo For the power of the guard, what he wanted most was Suifang and Chizhou. At the beginning, he wanted to attack Hengchuan only because there were only Suifang and Hengchuan in Dayu. I won't think about other places, because he can't take it in if he wants to come, and it's too far away from the capital, and it's not as significant as Suifang, so it's useless. Other affairs of the Ministry of War are mostly related to the war at present, and His Majesty has already planned to let Shen The general admiral supervises the three major battalions, and the Ministry of War can't do much to intervene."

Because Xie Ruzhuo was distracted, he subconsciously thought about the surface of the matter, while Du Ruo obviously thought deeper and farther. Hearing this time, he felt quite enlightened. Although he knew that Du Ruo meant to comfort himself, he wanted to After a long while, I didn't know what Du Ruo said was wrong, and the irritability disappeared in an instant, the brows became smoother, the frost in the eyes also disappeared, and there was a little smile.

When you are in a good mood, your brain will turn a lot faster, so people still have to be in a good mood, otherwise it will affect the speed of thinking. Xie Ruzhuo immediately thought that in fact, Yu Liangqian, who is now in the cabinet, also served as the son of the state many years ago. , was also transferred from Liubu to Guozijian. Two years later, Jingcha was promoted from the fourth rank to the third rank, and the most suitable for this rank in the court was the Liubu servant, so Yu Liangqian returned to the Liubu and became a servant.

Thinking about it carefully, before the first emperor, Dayu could count a few other such examples. Leaving Liubu is indeed harmful, but the defeat is only temporary. In fact, if the position of Guozijian Jijiu is used well, it can become a springboard.

There is a gap between the fifth rank and the third rank for the officials of the sixth department. There is no fourth rank, but there are few people who can be promoted to two ranks at a time. They have to take it step by step, so many people can only work in the sixth rank for the rest of their lives. When you reach the fifth rank, you can't go up one step further. The third rank is the servant. This rank is very close to the peak among civil servants when Dayu did not have the previous three provinces. As for the qualifications to join the cabinet, not all the seven members of the cabinet are six ministers, and now two are ministers.

Not only is Xie Ruzhuo not irritable anymore, but he also feels that he was really stupid before. How can he not get up when such a good opportunity is in front of him? After two years, returning to the sixth department is a matter of course to become a servant.

So Du Ruo watched Xie Ruzhuo hide his ecstasy and tried to calm down, but every word he uttered felt like he was laughing: "Sir, just go to the Imperial College, I think it's very good."

Du Ruo was a little helpless, in fact, he just wanted to comfort Xie Ruzhuo that things were not so bad, but the effect was so good that Xie Ruzhuo was almost dizzy with joy.

The author has something to say: Xiao Xie: I suddenly found a good thing, don’t tell Sun Bingde

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