In Guangzhou Prefecture, Guangdong, on a scorching summer day, the governor's office is very refreshing.
Qian Mingyi has handed over the work to the Chief Envoy of Guangdong, allowing him to temporarily act as governor.
After many years of ups and downs in officialdom, Qian Mingyi became more prudent and did not rush to the capital. He handed over all the matters in hand clearly to prevent future troubles.
After Qian Mingyi finished handling all the affairs, he walked out of the Guangdong Governor's Yamen and suddenly felt that the sea and the sky were vast.
He once again stepped onto a bigger stage, and this time he had to be careful and not get into trouble again because he was implicated by other people.
Qian Mingyi's family members are all in his ancestral home in Beijing. He does not need to go back to Beijing with his family. He asks his disciples to go back to Beijing together.
He has a hobby, that is, he likes to recruit disciples. When he sees smart young scholars, as long as they have the right personality, he will take them under his disciples.
Qian Mingyi knew that Emperor Su He hated forming cliques for selfish interests.
Any official who violates this taboo, even a cabinet minister, will be quickly marginalized.
In his impression, Wu Donglin, the minister of Dali Temple, was a relatively typical official.
As a low-level official, he obviously has no overall perspective and doesn't even know he is being taken advantage of.
It was so obvious that he formed a party for personal gain, and was directly transferred to a casual position by Emperor Su He for reasons.
Qian Mingyi predicted that this person would never be able to recover in this life.
The key thing to note is that Wu Donglin didn't know it and thought he had made a minor mistake.
Qian Mingyi knew so clearly because he was the first official to follow Emperor Su He.
Even though they have different interests, they usually behave harmoniously and communicate with each other.
Qian Mingyi understood Wu Donglin's thoughts from his letters.
The group of them quickly boarded the train, and the master and apprentice sat in the VIP carriage.
This place is spacious and comfortable. There are only five masters and apprentices in the carriage, so it seems a bit empty.
Qian Mingyi looked at these five apprentices. As for the other apprentices, they had all passed the Jinshi examination to become officials, or had married and had their own careers.
He stared at a fat man with a round face, who was the smartest among the four apprentices.
"This time when I return to Beijing as my teacher, the only thing that concerns you is the Conference of a Hundred Schools of Thought.
What do you think of this conference?
Xiang Wenzhong tells you your opinion first."
When the fat man Xiang Wenzhong heard his master's question, he shook his head and said, "Master, my experience is too shallow to understand the court's actions.
Our mentor has told us before that His Majesty does not like officials forming cliques for personal gain, and even more disgusted with officials abolishing public service for private purposes.
I feel that His Majesty vigorously promotes the Hundred Schools, and officials will definitely use this as a link to form a party for personal gain, and will also criticize each other and eliminate dissidents.
This is completely contrary to His Majesty’s thoughts.”
Qian Mingyi looked at Xiang Wenzhong's performance and was very satisfied.
A young candidate is not a veteran in the officialdom. If he can see this, he already has good potential.
Qian Mingmei immediately expressed his own opinion to clear up the doubts of the disciples.
"Human nature cannot be blocked by a few imperial edicts.
Your Majesty hates forming cliques for personal gain, and cannot reverse the deep-rooted trends in official circles.
Forming a party for selfish interests means being able to withstand risks, and considering comprehensively means that officials can achieve a win-win situation and make progress together.
It is human nature for those in power not to want their subordinates to stick together.
But the stubborn problem of cliques and selfish interests has never disappeared in China's officialdom for thousands of years, and it will not disappear in the future."
Qian Mingyi believed that Emperor Su He had some idealism.
There is no idealism and heroic spirit of saving all people from fire and water.
Emperor Su He would not rely on his unique personality charm to have so many talents around him.
Without firm belief, it is impossible to defeat the Ming Dynasty and win the entire world.
But as Emperor Su He began to govern the world, his methods became more pragmatic.
Seeing his disciple deep in thought, Qian Mingyi continued: "The situation of cliques and private interests in official circles has become very serious.
You should all have heard of factions such as the Industrial and Commercial Party, Old Confucianism, and New Confucianism.
There are also local parties such as the Zhejiang Party, the Soviet Party, the Songjiang Party, the Chu Party, and the Sichuan Party.
These are all large parties divided by officials based on their opinions or geographical areas, and there are also countless small parties.
His Majesty believes that it is not necessary to govern with a heavy hand. After these parties are banned, they will soon revive.
Choose to use the method of Zhuzi Baijia to break the original clique of people who formed selfish factions due to friendship, location and other reasons.
After all, the various schools of thought are mainly based on ideas, which are easier to control.
Even if it's out of control, it doesn't matter, it won't cause too much negative consequences.
As long as it is not a dominant family like Confucianism before, it can be easily controlled."
Qian Mingyi briefly explained the reason, which is only the most obvious reason.
Based on his understanding of Emperor Su He, he promoted various schools of thought, in addition to dismantling the shackles of Confucianism on the people.
The most important reason is that Emperor Su He is paving the way for future generations.
This reason was completely guessed by Qian Mingyi himself, and he did not dare to tell anyone.
He was really deeply involved in the succession of the throne. With the character of Emperor Su He, it would be a luxury to be demoted to a commoner.
Qian Mingyi analyzed that even if the cabinet is united as one, it can form a party for selfish purposes to this extent.
Emperor Su He would not be afraid. At most, he would beat all the officials to the end.
But after the throne is passed down for one or two generations, the emperor loses this authority, let alone this confidence.
The situation where various schools of thought check and balance each other is more conducive to the emperor's control over the court.
Zhuzibaijia is a school of thought formed by a civil servant interest group.
It will not covet the throne, but will safeguard the emperor's authority.
Qian Mingyi also guessed through the actions of Emperor Su He.
Only then did he realize that it was safer to engage in party struggles among schools of thought than among powerful ministers.
This was also Qian Mingyi's analysis of the situation, and he immediately changed his mind.
Previously, he was not prepared to participate in the Hundred Schools of Thought Conference.
As a cabinet minister who was resurrected for the second time, Qian Mingyi's original preparation was to focus on stability.
Gather the original subordinates and inspect some officials in the capital.
Wait until his wings are full before he can make his own voice.
But the current situation was completely beyond Qian Mingyi's expectations, so he could only find another way.
After Xiang Wenzhong listened to Qian Mingyi's words, he fell into deep thought, thinking about his mentor's words.
Shi Yun, who has a relatively upright personality, raised his head and looked at Qian Mingyi.
"Teacher, my disciple still feels that it is inappropriate for us to participate in the Congress of the Hundred Schools of Thought in the name of Gongjia.
The knowledge taught by my mentor is quite complex, so the student suggested that he should be named Zajia."
Qian Mingyi looked at Shi Yun and said with a smile: "Little Shitou, with your personality, you will suffer a loss when you enter officialdom in the future.
Being a teacher has its own considerations."
When Xiang Wenzhong heard Shi Yun's question, he had already recovered.
He waited until Qian Mingyi finished speaking, and immediately said with hatred of iron and steel: "Little Shitou, how can you boost the ambition of others and destroy the prestige of our own people.
The concept of engineering has been around since our ancestors built houses in the wilderness.
My mentor has long proposed the concepts related to engineering, and the knowledge we have learned contains many of the core ideas of engineering.
The capital of Wei just publicized it in newspapers in advance, does engineering belong to him?
There are tens of millions of workers in the Dahua Empire and tens of thousands of factories in the entire industrial chain. Who agrees to monopolize the capital of Wei?
Confucianism also includes Confucius and Mencius, Gongyang School and other schools.
Who said that Gongjia must obey the instructions of the Wei capital.
We are also workers, who has the power to take away our identity.
Xiao Shizi, you must have confidence in your mentor and in us."
Qian Mingyi looked at the performance of his disciple Xiang Wenzhong and was very satisfied.
The method he came up with was to pluck Wei Shiming's wool.
People like Wei Shiming have organized and perfected the ideas related to engineering and publicized them through newspapers.
Qian Mingyi knew a lot about industry and commerce. He could make Guangdong surpass the southeast region by providing a large amount of industrial products to Nanyang and other places.
The engineering thought developed by Wei Shiming only needs to modify some contents, and he can turn it into another set of engineering thought.
This was the prototype of his thoughts that he came up with on the fly.
During the period before the Hundred Schools of Thought Conference, Qian Mingyi would optimize the details and teach his disciples.
When Shi Yun heard Xiang Wenzhong's words, he said worriedly: "I'm just worried about the idea that our mentor created by paving the way for us to participate in the Hundred Schools of Thought Conference.
He will bring trouble to his mentor. After all, Prime Minister Wei is more powerful than others.
If we bring trouble to His Majesty, it is likely to have an impact on my mentor."
Shi Yun always felt that this was not appropriate.
He saw in the newspaper that someone announced that he would inherit the ideas of his ancestors.
Newspapers everywhere are shouting about continuing the unique learning for the saints.
There are many factions of Taoism and Mohism, and even famous writers and novelists claim to have inherited them to this day.
He believed that his mentor could easily avoid risks by choosing a Mohist or even a Zajia.
Choosing to imitate Prime Minister Wei's school of thought may leave consequences in the future.
Qian Mingyi looked at Shi Yun, who was worried. He was a bit honest, but he had a better relationship with him.
Precisely because of the good relationship between the two of them, Shi Yun seemed to speak more casually.
The reason why he did this was not to randomly choose the thoughts of the ancestors of the mixed family as a shell to install his own thoughts.
Qian Mingyi's main purpose is also to plan for the future.
The prominent schools of thought in the pre-Qin period were Confucianism and Mohism. These two schools of thought were the most popular among people at that time.
Today's outstanding scholars can only be from Gongjia, who can really bring tangible benefits to the country and individuals.
Real money, this is more effective than any promise.
The speed of industrial development will definitely shock the world.
Wei Shiming cannot have all of this benefit, he must get a share of it.
Wei Shiming would never openly object to Qian's name.
Emperor Su He will also support him from behind, allowing him to carve up Wei Shiming's power.
The appearance of two engineering studies can also indicate the primary and secondary relationship.
The knowledge of various schools of thought will never be attached to a certain person, but this person is the representative of this school of thought.
Qian Mingyi smiled calmly and said: "I have my own plans as a teacher, so you don't have to worry.
Now your task is to plan the conference of a hundred schools of thought.
If you don’t want to embarrass your master, then make the other Gong family members speechless at the meeting of a hundred schools of thought.
We must maintain a certain difference from the Wei faction and not let the world think that we are the same group of people. This depends on your ability.
Let’s discuss this issue together during the ride.”
After the disciples heard Qian Mingyi's instructions, they no longer thought about the question just now and devoted all their energy to the question proposed by their teacher.
The train wheels hit the track, making a regular sound.
Everyone in the carriage fell into deep thought.
They know that the performance of this matter is related to their destiny.
After dinner every day, the master and apprentice exchanged their ideas with each other, hoping to create sparks of thought.
The train announces its station from time to time. The train has crossed the Yellow River Bridge and is not far from the capital.
After finishing lunch, the masters and apprentices fell into silence.
When the train stops at the station, you can receive the latest newspapers.
They compared the latest content in the newspapers and found that the backbone of their two schools of thought was roughly the same and could not be changed.
It was originally born out of industrial and commercial experience, and if the key content is changed randomly, it will be divorced from the experience gained from practice.
Shi Yun put down his pen and muttered: "How can this be changed? There is no clue at all.
The general direction cannot be changed, only some details can be changed to highlight our differences."
After hearing this, Qian Mingyi's eyes lit up and he said: "That makes sense, we have to find some differences in details.
As long as we repeatedly emphasize different details, in the eyes of the people, we will become two different factions.
The key is to find this difference.
After Qian Mingyi determined the direction, he and his disciples began to look through previous newspapers to summarize the common features of the Wei sect.
Xiang Wenzhong slapped his thigh and said in surprise: "Teacher, I found a very important detail."
He immediately found a stack of newspapers and used a pen to draw horizontal lines on some of the contents.
"Teacher, you see, Prime Minister Wei and others have constantly emphasized in the newspapers that industrial progress must be guided by the government.
The examples they cited were the steel center in Tangshan Prefecture, the porcelain center in Tianjin County, and the textile center in Suzhou Prefecture.
There are a large number of industrial centers. This should be related to the political achievements of Prime Minister Wei and his faction. They publicized these contents.
We can focus on this point and highlight the differences between our factions.
They provide government guidance, and we provide businessmen with free development.
This can also be compared with the performance of his mentor in Guangdong.
Even if others question us, we have enough reasons to fight back."
When Qian Mingyi heard what his disciple Xiang Wenzhong said, he was surprised. This was the key point that he had been looking for but could not find.
"Wen Zhong's point of view is great, and it solves the problem in my mind in one fell swoop.
As long as we grasp this point, we will be completely different from the Wei faction.
Anyone who hears the theories of the two families will think that they are two factions.
If anyone refutes it, let them see if the Confucian Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism and Yangming Xinxue are the same."
Qian Mingyi lamented that young people have flexible minds, which is why he likes young people.
They may lack experience, but their wild imagination and dynamic way of thinking can solve many problems.
Qian Mingyi relied on his rich experience to optimize his theoretical basis in a more reasonable way.
He also taught Xiang Wenzhong how to express the salient points of their theories.
Xiang Wenzhong's performance made Qian Mingyi feel confident sending him to participate in the Conference of Contention of One Hundred Schools of Thought.
Woo! Woo! Woo!
A whistle sounded, and after more than ten days of long journey, the train finally arrived at the terminal station.
Qian Mingyi took his disciples to the prosperous capital city.
They looked at the clearer sky and breathed in the air that did not smell of coke.
The master and the disciples all made up their minds to stay here.