At the restaurant on Sanshan Street, Xie Jin looked at the candidates walking by outside...
Of course, this is a gift to a person.
Because these 500 new graduates were all disciples of the late Emperor to be precise. From their selection to the entire learning process, the late Emperor presided over them. The late Emperor also had high hopes for them, so the Queen Mother decreed that they would not need to go through various examinations to be directly awarded.
Lift people.
It can be considered as a way to comfort the late emperor.
If this banner is raised, of course no one will object.
Of course, the main reason is that the time is too short, and the Ministry of Rites has been deliberately delaying it, so I simply bypass the Ministry of Rites and give the candidate directly.
"The arithmetic department is opposite to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the engineering department is to the Ministry of Industry, the military department is to the Ministry of War, what is the agricultural department to?"
Zheng Ci, the former Peking Chief Envoy and Councilor, said with great interest.
He was a Jinshi in the eighteenth year of Hongwu.
However, he was exiled for crimes a few years ago. Since the Queen's accession to the throne gave him amnesty, he passed through the capital on his way back from exile.
These Juren people outside, at least in the eyes of outsiders like him, were very different. None of them wore the green robes of Juren. They all wore short brown trousers similar to civilians, and all of them carried sabers on their feet.
He was wearing boots and a felt hat with a sun visor on his head. He didn't look like a lifter, but more like a walking vendor. More importantly, he was surrounded by women, young and beautiful women, and there were even obvious women from the Western Regions.
.
Very beautiful.
"Nongke is a local official."
Qian Yi, who was sitting there drinking by himself, said.
He and Zheng Ci were in the same class.
He is now in the cabinet with Xie Jin, but the cabinet at this time is just a secretariat. After all, the real decision-making is made by Yang Feng, the little princess, and the witch who only has a voice.
Zhang Xianzong, the boss of the cabinet, is qualified to participate in the discussion, but he is limited to participating in the discussion, which is the result of the discussion by the other three people. When there is a serious conflict with the actual situation of the court, he can argue with arguments, but he has no decision-making power.
As for the rest, the current main work is to compile records for Emperor Taizu Gao.
What a good literary talent!
That's what it's for.
In fact, although it was said that there was a mass exodus of officials from the capital, only a quarter of them actually resigned. After all, for the vast majority of officials, it was not easy to get a half-official position, so it would be a pity to lose it like this. Even if Chao Gang
Chaos is nothing more than tolerance. When Emperor Taizu Gao had endured it for decades, why can't he continue to endure it now?
In the final analysis, it was just that the late emperor suddenly relaxed for a few months after he ascended the throne and felt that he could breathe freely, and then suddenly he was replaced by Yang Feng.
Can't breathe again.
Only then did I feel a little unbearable.
But in fact……
It’s not that I can’t bear it.
As long as you are an official, why can't you endure it?
The main reason is that all the six ministers and other senior ministers have left, so it seems that the court is empty, but in fact, most of the middle and lower-level officials are there. What is particularly funny is that the vast majority of those who stayed were from the imperial examination, and those who left were mostly from the Hongwu Ten
Officials recruited before the imperial examination was re-opened in eight years.
Therefore, the Confucian scholars are heartbroken and sad, and it is still difficult for them to abandon the official position they have obtained.
"So, you still left us Confucian scholars with the three subjects of civil service, etiquette, and punishment?"
Zheng Ci said.
"It seems so, but in fact, not a single subject is left for us Confucian students, because liberal arts no longer rely on Confucian classics to select scholars, but on dividing laws, which are court laws. Examine whether the candidates are familiar with the laws and give cases
Which law should be applied, how to impose punishment, and even as a prisoner, you have to write a defense, that is, something to defend yourself. The second order is to pick out a few imperial decrees and let the prosecutor argue the pros and cons.
Improvement. Three Rites, these are about the changes in the Ming Dynasty and the barbarians, the gains and losses of the past dynasties, how to educate the barbarians in the future, the changes in folk customs, etc., but this is not really important, but if you want to write this well, you can learn about all the countries in the world.
Therefore, it is necessary to know the geography, customs and national conditions of overseas countries.
Zhang Mingyuan had previously drafted a draft for the cabinet and asked us to respond. As a result, no one from the cabinet or the editors of the Hanlin Academy was qualified.
There are even those who make people laugh.
Zhang Mingyuan was also helpless, and he made it clear that what Yang Feng did was a conspiracy.
When we enter the body with knowledge, he will find it difficult to gain knowledge.
In this way, if the younger generation wants to enter the world, they can only learn these new learnings, the ways of the sages, and the four books and five classics are discarded like dirty shoes. After a few decades, no one will learn them anymore, and they will naturally be buried in the dust.
What a poisonous intention!"
Xie Jin sighed.
They really have no way to change this situation now. They can only watch Yang Feng complete the layout bit by bit and use new people to squeeze out the Confucian scholars from the court.
This is just a conspiracy, and it's obvious that they did it.
Resist?
What to resist?
"So, Guangzhou is the last pure land?"
Zheng Ci sighed.
"The young talents from the countryside, such as Hu Guangda, Wang Jingzhi, etc., have all gone south. Wen Enke should be built, but Guangzhou is just a bit safe. Yang Feng has not organized the capital yet and has no time to take care of it. Wait until he gets everything sorted here.
, with the soldiers and horses in Guangzhou, I'm afraid they can't stop his army. Wang Bi is just old and decrepit. All his troops are interested in money. Most of his family members are in the north. How can Yang Feng's army go south to resist desperately?
After all, it is Shenzhou Luchen again, and thousands of horses are silent."
Xie Jin said.
He was talking about Hu Guang and Wang Gen. Both of them were Jinshi in the second year of Jianwen. Of course they didn't bother to come to the capital now. After all, it's not far from Ji'an to Guangdong.
However, according to Confucian standards, the Jianwen court can now be said to be full of virtuous people.
The great Confucians from all over the world who disdain to eat Zhou millet have already gone south. The main reason is that Yang Feng has made it clear that he wants to abandon the Confucian scholars. There is no market for them to stay. Asking them to learn new learning from scratch will obviously not make them look good. They are all great Confucians.
, they are all celebrities, why do they still have to squeeze in among a group of children and learn astronomy and geography from scratch?
They would rather die than learn.
The cabinet was completely wiped out in front of Zhang Xianzong's test questions because he was too spineless.
Zhang Xianzong asked them to express their opinions on the exchanges with the Delhi Sultanate. All kinds of knowledge about India are now popular among booksellers, including the geography, religion, country and culture of the South Asian subcontinent. Some of them were written by Yang Feng, and some of them were written by Yang Feng.
It is the record of envoys who went on missions, and there are even those who are specifically looking for sailors. The latter's oral collation of their experiences can be said to be systematic knowledge. As long as these Hanlin and bachelors read a few more books, the whole army will not be wiped out, and
These private books are available in the imperial palace, and they are even the first editions. Many of them are actually sent to the imperial palace before being published.
But few of the academicians who guarded these matters took a serious look at them.
It's not that they don't know these things are useful.
It’s because the New Learning was advocated by Yang Feng.
In order to show their arrogance, they didn't even bother to read it.
Even though they know these are valuable.
but……
I won’t watch it!
I am no longer pure after seeing this!
Even these people are like this, let alone those outside. Until now, there are still Confucian scholars who insist that the dung pill is Yang Feng's demon method. If you eat the food produced by this demon, your mind will be controlled by him.
It's quite a bit like the rotten Confucians of the Qing Dynasty.
In this case, of course, only the Jianwen Dynasty could bring them some comfort. After all, they were still respected Wenquxing in the Jianwen Dynasty, not the old disgusting things in the pseudo-dynasty. However, Jie Jin still
We are very clear about the comparison of strength between the two sides. Besides, they are already officials after all. These Confucian scholars are defecting if they flee south. If the people go south, they are innocent. If the officials go south, they are defecting.
Seize the dead end.
"Then what if Yang Feng can't sort it out all the time?"
Zheng Ci said.
"what for?"
Qian Yi said.
"Yang Feng is only one person after all. If he wants to control various places, he needs officials who obey orders, that is, these are the ones who give people promotions. But after all, the gentry has the final say in each place. These young people can take control of local power with just a piece of paper.
?
If all the gentry in the world resist, can he still ask everyone who goes to take office to bring thousands of soldiers and horses?
He will never be able to defeat the world alone."
Zheng Ci said.
"But how many of the gentry resisted? Didn't Suzhou surrender?"
Jie Jin said sadly.
In fact, they all knew that Yang Feng's reforms only touched the interests of Confucian students. It is true that most Confucian students are gentry, but the problem is that not all gentry are Confucian students. Even if they are Confucian students, they are not all defenders of morality.
Those who defend morality may not necessarily dare to take action.
After all, how many Fang Xiaoru can there be?
The vast majority of them are just idle people, the kind of things that fall into the wind.
Resist?
Will people die if they resist?
It’s not just that Confucianism was not tested in the imperial examinations, it’s the same thing as everyone quickly embraced the new learning.
Isn’t it just a matter of kneeling?
We have knelt down before the Jurchens, before the Mongols, and before the tyrants, so what’s the harm in kneeling down to a monster? It’s just a routine operation, and Xie Jin and others are so pessimistic about the future because they know the virtues of the gentry.
"Then provoke the gentry to resist and leave the gentry with no way out."
Zheng Ci said with a smile.
Both Xie Jin and Qian Yi looked at him doubtfully.
"But we need someone who will be scolded by the world's gentry, and who may even die for it."
Zheng Ci said.
"A Fang Xiaoru?"
Xie Jin said.
"Yes, one is Fang Xiaoru, one can sacrifice one's life for the sake of loyalty to the world, and one can die defending Tao."
Zheng Ci said.
"There is one person available, Shandong Chief Envoy Councilor Tie Xuan."
Qian Yi said.
"Yes, in terms of toughness, no one can surpass it."
Xie Jin said immediately.
Of course, as long as this person is not yourself.
"Then find a way to get him to write to the court and ask the court to reinstate the public land law, which is what Yang Feng did in Shanxi. In the name of the public land law, he divided the land of the gentry all over the world so that there would be no more landlords everywhere. Yang Feng said
This plan has been planned for a long time. Don't forget, you two, he has already done a good job in Shanxi, and the late emperor also mentioned this matter long ago. It's just that they are afraid that the gentry will not be able to bear it, so they have been laying out the plan. If Yang Feng will bring all the officials in the world to
In the new party, no one in this generation was born a landlord. They were all children of ordinary military households. They even deliberately did not want children of military officers when selecting them. It can be said that these people will not have any resistance. As long as Yang Feng gives the order, they will divide it among them everywhere.
Nowadays, if a high-ranking local official petitions for the implementation of the public land law, he will definitely vote for Yang Feng.
Then it can be reused.
What we need to do is to convince all the gentry in the world that after Yang Feng has replaced the new people, he will implement the public land law. This has been planned by him for a long time, but there is no one to do it for him for the time being.
This is his true intention of replacing the old man with the new man.
In this way, the gentry all over the world will inevitably rise up to resist.
This generation is enough to hold Yang Feng back, while the Guangzhou imperial court takes the opportunity to marshal its troops, rally the loyalists, and take advantage of this chaos to go north to clear away the evil atmosphere."
Zheng Ci said.
Xie Jin and Qian Yi looked at each other.
"It depends on whether you two can turn the tide and restore the country's tranquility and brightness."
Zheng Ci said.
"I'm going to Jinan."
Qian Yi said with a hint of determination.
Like a hero who is about to turn the tide.
"The Ming Dynasty and Confucianism depend on this trip."
Zheng Ci said.
Then he solemnly picked up the wine glass. Qian Yi quickly picked it up. Together with Xie Jin, the three of them drank it in one gulp as if they were blood allies. Then they said goodbye and left together. Zheng Ci, who sent them out, returned
In this elegant room, he was drinking wine by himself with a deep smile. Soon someone opened the door and looked at him with questioning eyes.
"Report to the princess that Zheng has lived up to his trust."
Zheng Ci said with a smile.
Mount Wutai.
"I thought they were all so smart, so they fell for such a little conspiracy?"
Yang Feng said with some contempt.
Well, Zheng Ci is the mole he released, but he can’t actually be considered a mole. After all, if this plan really succeeds, then Zheng Ci will still be a hero and the defender of Confucian orthodoxy. If it fails, then as a princess, his
If the confidant successfully completes the task, he will still receive a heavy reward, so apart from feeling a little uneasy about his conscience, he is actually invincible.
Yang Feng just wants to clean up.
But the problem is that the gentry are all weak-kneed.
They won't give him an excuse to clean up, so they have to be forced, and the public land law is the best option.
What's more, he had already implemented it. Shanxi has a public land law. There are no landlords there and the land is not allowed to be traded. They are all farmers. After he completed it, it even made Lao Zhu a little tempted, but fortunately Lao Zhu was sensible and knew
This kind of thing can be done in Shanxi Province.
After all, those unscrupulous people have already taken action, and Yang Feng has also contracted the tax.
But it cannot be expanded.
Even he cannot suppress the consequences of the expansion.
But because Zhu Yunxi was young, he did mention this matter many times.
So the gentry had this kind of doubt.
If there are treacherous ministers who flatter Yang Feng at this time and specially petition for the implementation of the public land law, it will undoubtedly ignite the anger of the gentry. If those Confucian scholars continue to spread the news of the public land law among the people, they will completely ignite the anger of the gentry. When necessary, he will also
You can stimulate it, such as promoting Tie Xuan, for example, mentioning it in an ambiguous way, confirming Jia Sidao when necessary...
Jia Sidao is indeed a scumbag.
Ding Jiazhou's crime of running away cannot be washed away, but his public land law is really right!
Hype!
Besides, this is not a hype, he really wants to implement the public land law in at least some parts of the Ming Dynasty.
In short, it stimulated the gentry to resist.
Then he took the opportunity to clean it.
"But they really picked the best victim."
Yang Feng said.
"Is this Tie Xuan famous in history?"
said the little princess.
"After I caught your fourth brother so angry, I treated him the same as Fang Xiaoru, Huang Zicheng and others."