Chapter 1214 Postscript: The Ming Dynasty’s Ming Dynasty Minister in the Seventy Years’ Future
Chapter 1214 Postscript 70: The future Ming Dynasty minister
Chui Gong Hall.
Queen Mother Ye asked: "The Southern Yu Kingdom has been in rebellion for nearly half a year and has been defeated by the rebels. Why are you reporting it to the court now?"
Lu Dan, minister of Honglu Temple, stood up and handed over his hands: "Reporting to the saint, the king of Nanyu believed that he could quell the rebellion, so he did not want the court to intervene at first. Now that the chaos can no longer be suppressed, he hurriedly sent envoys to ask for help."
"He has firecrackers, artillery, and a solid city. How can he let the rebels attack the city and seize the territory?" Queen Mother Ye asked again.
Deng Gongwu said: "The current king of Nanyu succeeded to the throne six years ago. This man was extravagant, extravagant, rejoicing in great achievements, and resorted to militarism. The year he succeeded to the throne, he sent out a large army to forcibly destroy the queen's kingdom (Haribunchai). The new territory was not yet occupied.
Stable, the next year he sent troops to attack Siam (Sukhothai)."
"As a result, its territory grew rapidly, and the king of Nanyu became very proud and became more self-willed. He began to build extensive civil works, especially Buddhist temples. He also spent a lot of money to hire eminent monks from Luoyang and Kaifeng to teach the Dharma. This man also liked
Luxury items from the Central Plains were often asked by the nobles of Luoyang on how to dress and play, and even...even when the Nanyu Palace was rebuilt, everything was built according to the Luoyang Imperial City."
"After several years of violent conquests, not only the foreign tribes in Nanyu rebelled, but also some Han people in Nanyu began to rebel. In the Siam Kingdom that was destroyed, the surviving nobles rebelled last year. Although the king of Nanyu successfully suppressed it, due to the high mountains and high roads,
Far away, the weather was sultry and hot, and the army of the Southern Yu Kingdom suffered many casualties. The local forces in the country took the opportunity to rebel again."
"Because of unclear rewards and punishments and withholding of military pay, the soldiers of Nanyu Kingdom have no desire to fight. Now they always passively avoid fighting. Some generals even choose to join the rebels. The rebels from all walks of life have gradually merged, and the king of Nanyu has lost most of his territory.
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Queen Mother Ye asked: "Should the imperial court send troops to rescue?"
"The Kingdom of Nanyu is the country of the descendants of the Ming Dynasty, so it is necessary to send reinforcements due to both sentiment and reason." Wu Shenfu, envoy to the Privy Council, said.
Han Chong, the Minister of War, also said: "Some rebels from the vassal states can be easily captured."
Queen Mother Ye asked: "The king of Nanyu is so cruel and unkind. This time he provoked his subjects to rebel. If we send troops to rescue him, won't he be more confident in the future? Anyway, no matter how cruel he is, the court will support him. If the Ming Dynasty rescued him once,
There must be a second time and a third time. Do you want to use the money of the Ming Dynasty and the lives of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to satisfy the desires of such a small country and the foolish king?"
Wu Jiying, the Minister of Rites, said: "The country of descendants must be saved, otherwise the majesty of the Ming Dynasty will not survive. But saving the Southern Yu Kingdom does not mean saving the tyrant of the Southern Yu Kingdom. This person imitated the Ming Dynasty Imperial City and rebuilt the Southern Yu Royal City, which is a great achievement.
He violates the rules. He is also militaristic, exploitative, and cruel. He should be deposed from the throne and establish a new king!"
Queen Mother Ye then nodded to express satisfaction and asked: "Who among the royal family of Nanyu Kingdom can be established as the new king?"
Lu Dan replied: "All the kings of Nanyu are young and may not be able to cope with the rebellion. The third brother of the king of Nanyu, Zhu Fengrou, studied at Luoyang Imperial College for four years. It is said that he is quite wise and observant of etiquette and has an honest and honest temperament."
"Then let this Zhu Fengrou be the new king of Nanyu Kingdom." Queen Mother Ye said.
The ministers in the cabinet will discuss how to implement it specifically, so there is no need for Queen Mother Ye to worry too much.
It was definitely not possible to declare the abolition of Li Li directly. The reinforcements of the Ming Dynasty had to take over the Nanyu Royal City first, and then capture the tyrant without bloodshed.
Moreover, summer is not the time to send troops. It is too hot in Southeast Asia.
The important cabinet ministers bowed and retired.
Xie Yan and Zhu Tangxi, who had been waiting outside, were finally summoned inside.
The ministers who had just exited met the couple outside the palace, bowing and saluting each other.
Although Xie Yan does not have any real power now, he is theoretically on the same level as the Six Ministers, and his standard treatment is half a level higher than that of the Six Ministers.
"Is there something big going on again?" Zhu Tangxi ran to Queen Mother Ye's side.
Queen Mother Ye sighed: "Alas, there is a tyrant in the Southern Yu Kingdom. If we don't send troops to rescue, the country will soon be destroyed."
The aunt and sister-in-law stopped talking and did not discuss political affairs in depth.
Xie Yan came forward to greet him, and the Queen Mother smiled and gave him a seat.
Queen Mother Ye joked: "Looking at your radiant face, your married life must be very comfortable."
Zhu Tangxi had a happy smile on his face: "It's just that the weather is too hot, so I can't take Liulang's family around."
Queen Mother Ye said to Xie Yan again: "Since Liu Lang has become the consort, it is inconvenient for him to study in the imperial palace. What are your plans for the future?"
Xie Yan replied: "You can just study at home."
Empress Dowager Ye said: "Although the prince-in-law cannot participate in politics, he still has four places to go. One is to work in the Hanlin Academy, the other is to work in Zongzheng Temple, the third is to work in the Royal Society, and the fourth is to be a teacher in Luoyang Imperial College."
Doctors, professors, lecturers, and teaching assistants in Taixue were all high-ranking Jinshi officers in the Song Dynasty.
This was also the case at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, but it had already changed during the Taizong Dynasty.
From the central to local governments, administrative positions in schools at all levels are mainly held by Jinshi officers. Usually promotion within the education system is often achieved by being promoted to the Minister of Rites. But in theory, one can reach the highest rank of the third cabinet minister.
minister.
Teaching positions in schools at all levels are given priority to royal bachelors.
But the number of bachelor's degrees is definitely not enough. Teachers at universities (high schools) and above are also filled by many low-ranking scholars. As for teachers in elementary schools and middle schools (junior high schools), they usually ask candidates to apply, leaving those who have failed to pass the exams.
way out.
As a Bachelor of Furong, Xie Yan can definitely work as a teacher at Luoyang Imperial College. But he can only teach and cannot interfere in the school's administrative management.
"There is no need to answer now. You can go home and think about it later," Queen Mother Ye said.
Xie Yan said: "I would like to teach at Luoyang Imperial College."
Queen Mother Ye reminded: "You are too junior and young, so you can only teach outsiders for the time being."
Xie Yan said: "Just do it if you have something to do."
The little emperor had finished his homework and ran over jumping.
The Queen Mother Ye said to her son: "A gentleman promises a thousand pieces of gold. Since you are competing with your uncle in reading, the winner will be decided today."
"Oh." The little emperor looked downcast.
He was very interested in betting at first, but the names of countries, people and places in the Middle East overwhelmed the little emperor. After only two or three days of paying attention, the little emperor lost interest and spent the rest of the time
They were all forced to learn by the Queen Mother.
Xie Yan smiled and took out a stack of manuscript paper.
They were spread out one by one, leaving the little emperor stunned on the spot.
Xie Yan explained: "These are maps of the kingdoms of Tianfang, sorted according to the Yellow Emperor's era, and a map is drawn every twenty years."
He took out a few more articles and said: "These are the political and religious systems of the countries in the sky, as well as the achievements and failures of several important monarchs."
"The above maps and articles mainly refer to the "Chronicles of the Tianfang Kingdoms" and the papers about the Tianfang Kingdoms in journals. I have only been studying the Tianfang Kingdoms for a short time, so I can only excerpt the general content like this."
Queen Mother Ye browsed the article and the map carefully, nodded in approval and said: "Although it is not in-depth, it is rare to have a high position. Liu Lang has the potential to study Confucian classics."
Zhu Tangxi's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and he even felt a little uneasy.
What does it mean to have the potential to study classics?
The masters of Confucian classics in the Ming Dynasty were either great Confucian scholars or important officials in the imperial court!
This is tantamount to saying that Xie Yan has the talent to be an important minister, and Zhu Tangxi instantly felt that she had delayed her husband.
Queen Mother Ye asked her son: "Do you know why my uncle is so powerful?"
"Grab the main contradiction and distinguish priorities. I remember Taizu's teachings." The little emperor muttered.
This isn't some royal secret.
In his later years, Zhu Guoxiang had already proposed epistemology, methodology, theory of contradiction, theory of practice, etc. This knowledge now also belongs to the category of Confucian classics and is a required subject for many people who study Confucian classics.
Xie Yan sighed in his heart at this moment: Senior time traveler has done everything.
The Empress Dowager Ye said to her son: "You are studying "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and follow the method of my uncle to roughly draw the states of the pre-Qin Dynasty. There were many vassal states at that time, so just draw those important big ones. You can also ask
The teacher helps, but you can’t leave everything to the teacher.”
"Oh." The little emperor wilted like an eggplant beaten by frost.
My uncle is so hateful, I will never bet with him again!
Queen Mother Ye said: "Let's go play."
The little emperor said: "The weather is very hot, I want to go swimming."
Queen Mother Ye told Tao Jinfeng: "Send a few more people to keep an eye on it."
During Ju Ming's reign, two royal swimming pools were dug. The bottoms and walls of the pools were paved with ceramic tiles.
There are two swimming pools, one deep and one shallow, with the shallower one specially designed for children to play in.
Xie Yan said: "I have good water skills and can teach your majesty how to swim."
"Go." Queen Mother Ye nodded.
The little emperor ran away excitedly.
Previously, because of the successive deaths of the emperor's grandsons, the little emperor was not allowed to go into the water. In the past two years, he has grown up and no longer often gets sick, so he was allowed to swim for a while in the summer.
The swimming pool is dry at the moment. All the water was drained a few days ago, disinfected with lime and cleaned repeatedly.
The little emperor took Xie Yan to the swimming pool. The eunuchs and maids were cleaning it again and then opened the water gate to fill the swimming pool with water.
Xie Yan jumped in first, and the water level only reached his waist.
Several more eunuchs jumped into the swimming pool to guard against any accidents that might happen to the little emperor.
There were still guards standing on the shore, not only watching the little emperor, but also supervising the eunuchs.
"Oh oh oh~~~"
The little emperor happily jumped into the swimming pool, flopping around like a dog.
After struggling for a long time, the little emperor said with a look of admiration: "Wow, little uncle, you can swim lying down. You can lie still on the water without sinking!"
"This saves effort and allows you to bask in the sun." Xie Yanzhen lay motionless in the water.
It doesn't require any great skills, just keep a balance.
The little emperor stepped on the bottom of the pond and walked over with his hands like a dog paddle: "Teach me quickly, teach me quickly!"
"You must first learn to swim upright." Xie Yan began to teach the essentials.
Not long after, Queen Mother Ye and Zhu Tangxi also walked over.
Zhu Tangxi glanced at it, fearing that the Queen Mother would be angry, so he took the lead in pretending to be angry: "Why did this scoundrel take off all his shirt, without any regard for palace etiquette!"
Queen Mother Ye said with a smile: "You can't tell, but he's quite strong."
"Sister-in-law, let's go somewhere else," Zhu Tangxi said.
Queen Mother Ye told the guards: "Let your majesty get up in half an hour. Don't soak in the water for too long."
"Yes!" the guards responded.
Xie Yan is still teaching the little emperor to swim.
He doesn't have a system or a golden finger. If he wants to live a life of peace and contentment, he has to make the little emperor happy.
I not only want to be the Newton of the Ming Dynasty, but I also want to be the number one sycophant of the Ming Dynasty!