The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2506 Bachelor of Political Science

"Colleagues, is there anyone who opposes the Council of Government?" Fang Yun said while the Queen Mother was thinking.

Many officials looked at Sheng Boyuan.

Sheng Boyuan looked forward, seemingly not seeing the reactions of the officials.

Many officials stared at Sheng Boyuan with squinted eyes, even prepared to attack in groups if Sheng Boyuan dared to continue to oppose.

There are hundreds of furniture in the court.

Nowadays, the Palace of Punishment, the Palace of Works, the Palace of War, the Palace of Agriculture and the Palace of Medicine are almost all on the side of Fang Yun. The Jingguo ministers from these families have almost no choice, or they are as willing to stand with Fang Yun as the other palaces. . Because Fang Yun has made great contributions to various families and opened up the holy way. Not to mention other things, it is impossible to oppose Fang Yun just to repay his kindness.

Those who really opposed Fang Yun were some Confucian officials and more than half of the miscellaneous bureaucrats.

There are too many Confucian scholars, so there are always those who support or oppose it.

The reason why the Zajia family opposed it was because Zong Sheng was now in charge of the Zajia family. Since the Zong family was opposed to Fang Yun, it would be difficult for them to make friends with Fang Yun, so they would rather join the imperial family.

But now, no Zajia official has stood up to oppose Fang Yun, because no matter how you look at it, this council seems to be strengthening the Zajia Holy Way, so not only will they not oppose it, but they will support it.

Just like Fang Yun's previous reforms to the court, they were beneficial to the Zajia family in many places, so they did not fight comprehensively, but only opposed some innovations that were beneficial to other families.

When no one spoke, Sheng Boyuan coughed lightly and said, "May I ask Fang Xusheng, how are this rural school and council house established and how do they operate?"

Fang Yun said: "The rural school is very simple. Since we want to learn ancient methods, we should simply establish a place with free access in or near the academy. People who have leisure can enter it, discuss politics, and communicate with each other. The Council of Government sends officials Resident in rural schools, if someone proposes good policies The officials of the Council should record the method. Of course, those people can also take the initiative to find the officials of the Council. Once the method of administration is adopted by the court and achieves good results, the proposer can be rewarded with money, food, or land. , or a title. Even, you can enter the Council of Ministers."

"Anyone can enter? Is it possible that traders, lackeys, beggars and madams can also enter?" Sheng Boyuan asked.

Fang Yun said: "As long as they have occupations or identities recognized by the imperial court, they can enter. Traffickers and lackeys can enter, farmers and workers can enter. As for beggars, it is not considered a formal business and should not be entered. As for the gambling house and flower house, I personally prefer to completely ban it, but I had proposed it before and was met with opposition. Yes, so we’ll discuss it later. People who work in the gambling house can still make a living. As long as they don’t break the law, they can enter the rural school. It’s not as complicated as everyone thinks. It can be said to be a somewhat different park. , everyone should know about the park I built in Ning’an City, right?”

Cao De'an smiled and said: "I understand what Fang Xusheng said, that is, we should simply recruit all the street elders, alley ministers, high-ranking officials, etc. into the rural school."

All the officials started laughing.

"In this case, isn't there any difference between scholars and other people?" Sheng Boyuan asked.

"Are scholars originally different from other people? Is it because they have an extra eye or an extra mouth?" Fang Yun asked, pretending to be surprised.

Sheng Boyuan snorted coldly and said: "I mean knowledge. In many things, it is difficult for non-scholars to really participate. Those people who talk in the streets and alleys are not helpful to the government."

Fang Yun recalled Sheng Boyuan's experience and said: "I heard that Sheng Shangshu has been rich since he was a child. He has clothes to put on, food to eat, and his mouth is open. In terms of reading and literacy, he is far better than ordinary farmers. All of them, if Jingguo wants to issue agricultural regulations To understand the laws or decrees of farmers, you must also listen to their opinions. At least in terms of agriculture, 90% of the farmers in Jingguo are more knowledgeable than Sheng Shangshu. "

"You are using strong words to make sense." Sheng Boyuan said.

Fang Yun smiled and said: "Shang Shu has misunderstood. Each of us has limited time and energy, and we are not omniscient and omnipotent. Therefore, since we want to govern the country, we must listen to the advice of people from all walks of life, even if they are not scholars. Even Confucius admitted that he is not as good as a farmer in farming and not as good as a gardener in pruning. We admit that our shortcomings are ordinary. And it's very correct. To give a very simple example, some of the technical improvements in the workshop were first discovered by ordinary workers. Can we say that those ordinary workers are not knowledgeable? At least the truth is that they are very knowledgeable in their own fields. They know better than us. The reason why we sometimes think they are uneducated is because we are ignorant most of the time.”

Fang Yun's words were a bit rude, but Sheng Boyuan surprisingly did not refute.

After a few seconds, Sheng Boyuan said: "The township school is just a place to discuss political affairs, so what is the role of the Council of Government? How to bring those people into the Council of Government? Wouldn't it be a violation of the court's rules to allow them to become officials directly?"

Fang Yun smiled and said: "Who said that if you enter the Yizhengyuan, you must be an official? Are the servants who enter the Yamen officials? Are the unworthy clerks officials? The Yizhengyuan is managed by the court, so some of the main management of the Yizhengyuan The position is indeed an official, but giving opinions and suggestions does not necessarily require an official, so Therefore, we should give new identities to those in the Council who are good at making suggestions for Jingguo. Whether they are scholars or not, since they make suggestions for the country, we should not belittle them. We should treat them as scholars, so we can make them bachelors. , Strictly speaking, he is a bachelor of politics.”

"What grade is the Bachelor of Political Science? What authority does it have?" Sheng Boyuan asked.

Fang Yun smiled and said, "The political scholars have no rank, it is just a title exclusive to the Council of State. No matter what their status is at other times, when they serve as political scholars in the Council of State, they have no privileges. Their mission is to put forward good opinions or suggestions to the court, help improve the court, and make the court and Jingguo better."

"You just said that officials are not necessarily needed. Does that mean officials can also enter the Council of State?" Sheng Boyuan asked.

Fang Yun said, "Of course, people from all walks of life can discuss politics, and officials can naturally do so. However, the Council of State is the Council of State of Jingguo, not the Council of Officials, so I have initially decided that the proportion of officials among the political scholars should not exceed 30%."

"Who will be left with the other 70% of the political scholars?" Sheng Boyuan asked.

Fang Yun said: "Jingguo has many talented people. We should allocate the number of councillors according to population and industry. For example, Jiangzhou is rich and has a large population, while Mizhou has a small population. Therefore, the number of councillors selected from Jiangzhou will naturally be more than that from Mizhou. In addition, in order to listen to the voices of various industries, we should select from farmers, workers, merchants, clerks, teachers, doctors, women, etc."