Chapter 2199 Renzong Chapter 16 Family and Country
"The official has returned home!"
Under the setting sun, Huating City seems to be covered with a layer of dreamy clothes, gorgeous and dazzling. Shanghai is a smelly city, but it does not include Huating City. There are only white snow in spring, dancing pavilions and singing stages.
After Wang Anshi took office in Shanghai, in order to facilitate management and correct chaos, he moved his office back to the old Yamen in the port area to manage politics nearby, monitor people's sentiments, and listen to people's voices.
This move naturally made the senior officials in Shanghai Yamen very uncomfortable and even dissatisfied. After all, how could the port area's hardware facilities and environmental conditions compare with Huating.
But there is no way. The top leader has made a decision. As a subordinate, how can you not follow it, especially a top leader like Wang Anshi. Although Wang Anshi did not force it.
However, Wang Anshi's family residence is still located in Huating City. The residence was an official residence specially built by the Shanghai Yamen for the mayor when Huating City was rising. It is very grand.
After all, a dignified city king should not be too shabby. He should work hard for the hundreds of thousands of farmers, merchants, and good people in the city and live better. This is also a measure to show his majesty.
If the ruling class wants to enjoy depravity, they can come up with enough high-sounding reasons! Although Wang Anshi can't stand it, the existing rules are not easy to break rashly, so he still puts his family in it. What he cares more about is
Whether he can practice his political philosophy will affect his ability to govern the world.
During his three years in office, Wang Anshi only returned to the official residence in Huating City three or two times a month. Today, taking advantage of the successful conclusion of the abacus conference, the autumn breeze was just right, and he was in a good mood, Wang Anshi returned to the mansion again.
His return was a happy event for the men and women in the mansion, as well as the stewards and servants, so it was better to put up lanterns and festoons. When he returned to the mansion, his wife, Mrs. Wu, led a group of wives, concubines and children at home to welcome him.
His eyes swept over and landed on a young man. A rare expression of surprise appeared on his face, and his tone was filled with surprise: "Yuanze!"
The young man's appearance was very handsome, and he clearly belonged to a well-known family. He behaved calmly and with a sense of confidence. Under Wang Anshi's gaze, he stepped forward and bowed and said: "Greetings to my father!"
His name is Wang Yu, and he is the eldest son of Wang Anshi. He is eighteen years old. He has inherited Wang Anshi's talents. He has been smart since he was a child, has strong learning ability, and is good at literature. Under the influence of his father, he is very interested in political commentary and official learning.
Although he is light-hearted, he often has astonishing insights when discussing things and people.
During Wang Anshi's tenure in the Southeast, Wang Yu also traveled with his father in the officialdom. He studied at a young age and entered official school at a young age. At the age of fifteen, he was admitted to Loujiang College. Due to the influence of Emperor Sejong, this was the best school in Jiangnan Province.
The reserve talent pool of Jiangnan officials.
As for Wang Yu, the former ranked first in the college examination and successfully graduated from Loujiang College. Although he has always been busy with official duties, Wang Anshi also devoted a lot of effort to his eldest son. Wang Yu's return made him very happy.
"Yuanze, you have graduated now, what are your plans next?" Wang Anshi asked calmly after some questioning in the flower hall.
After hearing the question, Wang Yu didn't answer and asked instead: "I wonder what my father has to say?"
Wang Anshi said: "If you want to apply what you have learned, you can join the Jiangnan government to hone your skills and accumulate experience; if you want to continue your studies, you can go to Beijing and study in the political and legal university. After five or six years, you will be knowledgeable and knowledgeable.
Everyone has achieved success through experience, so he can take the scientific examination and learn to become a good official!"
The two directions pointed by Wang Anshi actually lead to the same goal through different paths. The key lies in those four words: learn from the best and become an official. Of course, this is different from ordinary scholars. Although the Han Dynasty has prosperous animals and all kinds of industries, when you become an official, you will gain power.
, is still the ultimate future goal for most people, as long as there is that opportunity.
The development of productivity and the improvement of economic level have certainly brought about the rise of a group of industrial and commercial classes, but the expansion of the powerful and bureaucratic class will be even greater and broader.
As for the descendants of bureaucrats like Wang Anshi who have really made their mark, they can naturally enter school, take imperial examinations, and participate in politics more easily than ordinary people. Those threshold problems that limit the development of students all over the world basically do not exist for the children of the powerful.
How far they can go depends solely on their overall political quality.
In a few words, Wang Anshi actually arranged Wang Yu's plan to "study as an official" before taking the scientific examination in the future. He followed two paths. If nothing unexpected happened, the starting point of Wang Yu's future official career was just to see how many points he could pass in the scientific examination.
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Wang Yu's qualification for the scientific examination was obtained as early as Loujiang College. The development of the imperial examination in Han Dynasty has changed a lot compared to its original form. The local upper road and state second-level examination systems are still in effect.
, to provide ordinary students all over the world with the qualifications to take the Beijing Higher Education Examination.
However, in the later period of King Sejong, the sources of talented officials in the imperial court had become "diversified". Among them, those with the highest success rate mainly came from two aspects, one was the official administration and political and legal schools in various places, and the other was all county-level officials across the country.
The above yamen have fixed recommended quotas for each scientific examination.
The smart Wang Yu could understand the intention of his father's arrangement, but after thinking for a moment, he handed over his hand and said: "My father has worked so hard, and my son is so grateful! However, my son has made an appointment with his classmates and friends and plans to go out on a study tour!"
Hearing this, Wang Anshi frowned slightly and glanced at his eldest son, seeing his calm expression and calm eyes. It was obvious that this was not a whim, but a plan.
He didn't refuse directly. After thinking about it for a while, Wang Anshi asked: "Where are you going?"
Wang Yudao: "My plan is to return to my hometown (Linchuan, Fuzhou, Jiangxi) first, then go south to Fujian to seek advice on Fujian studies, then go north to Changsha via Guangnan, visit Yuelu Academy, then west to Jiannan, and all the way to the northwest."
After listening to Wang Yu's description, Wang Anshi became obviously interested and said in a reminding tone: "As you said, the journey is long and the time will not be short. The hardship and danger involved may be beyond your imagination!"
Wang Yu said with emotion: "The big man in the books and official documents has heard and seen too much. He is planning to travel thousands of miles to verify what he has learned. In addition, he is still young, so he should travel to promote learning and grow."
If you don't have the knowledge, you will have to wait until the day when your son will become an official in the court and be busy with official duties. Even if you have thoughts at that time, it will be difficult to find free time."
Seeing his confident attitude, Wang Anshi couldn't help but smile, and suddenly realized that it was not a bad thing to let him go out to see more. He said: "If you follow your plan, it is already thousands of miles away. Even if you are given a year and a half, you may not be able to complete the journey."
!Even if you can persevere, can your classmates and friends also?"
In this regard, Wang Yu smiled and said: "My classmates may not be on the same path. In this journey, if I can find a close friend who can walk to the end together, wouldn't it be a great blessing?"
"Since you have considered it carefully, then go ahead. There will be no obstacles for your father. It's just your mother's side. You can tell her yourself!" Wang Anshi said.
"Thank you, father!" Wang Yu said solemnly.
Late at night, Wang Anshi stayed in the study, unwilling to go back to his room for a long time. It was his wife Wu who was crying and crying, which made him unable to resist. However, he was deeply in love with her and couldn't blame her, so he could only hide away.
After writing the case, Wang Anshi looked serious and read a letter. The letter came from Luoyang and was sent by his younger brother Wang Anli. Wang Anshi has many brothers. Perhaps his halo is too heavy, which makes people tend to ignore the talents of other brothers.
For example, Wang Anli took the imperial examination last year and ranked first in the Ming Dynasty. And based on Wang Anshi's understanding of this brother, he could be among the best even if he took the Jinshi examination. Currently, Wang Anli is observing politics in the Metropolitan Procuratorate as a "preparatory censor"
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As for Wang Anli's letter, in addition to expressing brotherly friendship, it was more about asking for advice and talking. The imperial court has always been a big dye vat, but now this dye vat has become very turbid after being rinsed and washed countless times.
A dye vat that had not been cleaned for a long time was a bit torturous for Wang Anli, who had just entered the official career and was full of ambitions to serve the country. What he saw and heard for more than a year had a huge impact on Wang Anli.
From between the lines, Wang Anshi could feel his brother's grievances. While sighing that he had little knowledge, he could not help but feel worried in his heart.
For example, Wang Anli mentioned that the prime minister had exclusive power, endless party fighting, corruption, and extravagance. He also vaguely mentioned that the emperor was lazy in politics, indulged in women, and favored eunuchs.
All these circumstances made Wang Anshi feel very heavy when he wrote his reply. The next day, Wang Anshi received another piece of bad news: the prime minister and the inspector-general Bao Zheng had passed away, and he was deeply saddened.
From then on, a thought quietly arose in Wang Anshi's mind: The Han Empire needed to change!