The Reborn Wife is Farming

Naturally, scholars know better about scholars, so Qi Xiuyuan summoned the academicians from the Imperial Academy into the palace to discuss how to write the imperial decree.

The imperial decree was written but not sent out immediately. Qi Xiuyuan needed an opportunity, but before he could make it work, people from Cheng Zhu's School of Neo-Confucianism broke out in righteous indignation.

Among them, the Zhu family was the most angry.

Zhu Xicai passed away a few years ago. Although he was also an official in the court, his official position was not great, but his influence on the Zhu family was not small.

Because he annotated the Four Books, he was revered as a sage in the south of the Yangtze River, especially the poor students, and he was honored as "Zhu Zi" when he was mentioned, and his family also benefited a lot. Naturally, they did not want Zhu Xi's status to be challenged, so several Hanlin They were the most angry when the maester's debate came out.

Because in the debate, many people belittled the book "Annotation to the Four Books". How can this make them not angry?

But the biggest official of the Zhu family was only fifth grade, and he didn't even have the qualifications to go to the court, so he couldn't raise objections in the court, so they encouraged the students to help them seek justice.

Those students who have always used the "Annotation to the Four Books" as a reference book were also afraid of the "tricky" questions from the court, so they responded one after another.

The capital is in the south of the Yangtze River, so the emperor immediately knew what was going on outside. The imperial decree he had prepared came in handy at this time. In order to convey the holy intention more clearly, Qi Xiuyuan asked people to repeat it at the gates of various county yamen recite.

Qi Xiuyuan affirmed Zhu Xi's contribution to education in the imperial decree. The other party's commentaries on the Four Books did provide convenience to many students.

But these are all family opinions. Some of the knowledge in textbooks have fixed answers, but some have thousands of interpretations for thousands of people, and there is no conflict. What Zhu Xi gave is only one of thousands of explanations. He hopes that readers We must also forge ahead and think positively instead of fooling others and ourselves with ready-made answers.

As for the exam questions that everyone is worried about, it is not a problem at all, because except for policy theory, most of the questions will still come from the Four Books and Five Classics. Even if everyone uses the textbooks, the annotations are the same. In view of the different thinking and literary talents of each person, the answer Naturally, they are also different, they will not come up with weird questions for the sake of seeking differences, this is an imperial examination, an examination for the country's talents, and it is not a child's play.

But the emperor also said that if ninety-nine of the hundred test papers have the same answer, but there is another one that is different, as long as it is not a wrong answer, the examiner will naturally give him high marks first, so he encourages students to use their own understanding. , instead of copying annotations.

This imperial decree spread all over the world and aroused discussions among many students, especially the students in Jiangnan who were greatly impacted.

The Zhu family and the Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianists couldn’t explain their hardships, because the emperor didn’t say that Zhu Xi was wrong, he praised Zhu Xi, but he felt that everyone should not only recognize the annotations of one book.

At this time, other schools surged up, restraining the resistance of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and making factional disputes disappear invisible.

In the final analysis, it was because Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism had just raised its head, and before it had time to gain a foothold, it was uprooted by Mu Yangling's unintentional example. Nowadays, those who use Zhu Xi's book as a textbook are only students under the age of twenty-five. It has not grown into a faction of officials, so its power is limited.

Moreover, his books are only highly respected in Jiangnan, and have just risen in other regions, and have not had time to become popular, so this turmoil can come and go quickly.

But Qi Xiuyuan paid attention to the scholars. Although they had no soldiers to rebel, the chaos they caused could still cause a lot of losses to the country, and because the scholars controlled the speech, it was easier to stir up panic among the people.

Qi Xiuyuan has never been an emperor, but he also knows that one family is not allowed to become big in any field, otherwise the imperial power will be easily restricted or sidelined.

The same goes for reading.

The imperial examination was dominated by Confucianism, but Taoism also had a place. The Four Books annotated by Zhu Xi obviously respected Confucianism more. How could he let Zhu Xi alone take the lead?

So Qi Xiuyuan called all the imperial scholars into the palace, implying that they can also write books and say that Zhu Xi can write annotations, can't you?

Those who can be admitted to the Imperial Academy are all those who have passed five tests and cut six generals and squeezed over the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination. No one has ever been convinced by anyone, and their eyes lit up when they heard the words, but several people were also distressed. Limited, I'm afraid..."

Publishing a book also requires money. If they want to make money, they have to pay for the book after the book is sold.

Qi Xiuyuan frowned slightly, and said: "I will discuss this matter with the Minister of the Household Department, and see if I can allocate a sum of money to you."

The Imperial Academy thanked Dade and withdrew.

When Mu Yangling heard about it, he hurried into the palace and said to Qi Xiuyuan, "Brother, leave the matter of publishing the book to me, and the user department will allocate additional money."

With Qi Xiuyuan's current stinginess, he might not be able to allocate much money. The matter has been done ninety-nine steps, and there must be no mistakes at the last step. The most important thing is that everyone in Cheng Zhu's Neo-Confucianism now knows that it is her. I hate her for provoking it. She can't let there be only one commentary on the market no matter what.

Anyway, she has her own bookstore, and it is the most advanced movable type printing. In addition to ink and paper, workers and machines are ready-made, and the cost is not big at all. As long as the books can be sold, she can make a lot of money here. .

What's more, he could still win the favor of several Hanlin scholars, so why not do it?

Qi Xiuyuan felt that Mu Yangling was sharing his worries, so he agreed happily, and said: "If you don't have enough money, just tell me, and I will ask the inner government to allocate it to you."

Mu Yangling nodded repeatedly, but he didn't really ask him for money.

Qi Haoran also said, "Brother is mostly just talking about it. He is tight-fisted now, and every penny is tight. You must not ask him for money, or he will have to torment me when he has a heartache later."

"Don't worry, I can't take the money even if the elder brother forced me."

Qi Haoran asked curiously: "When did you become so self-conscious?"

"What do you know? Books are written by Imperial Academy. They may be the ones who will publish the imperial examination questions in the next ten years. If they write books, how many people will buy them?" Mu Yangling snorted, "That's why I It is said that everything is based on interests, you just read it, as soon as their annotations come out, Zhu Xi's book will have to stand back."

"This book is too expensive, even poor students can't afford it."

Mu Yangling smiled and said, "Don't worry, the cost here is only one-third of that of other bookstores. The price won't be too high, but it can't be too cheap, or other bookstores will be angry."