"So, the Neo-Confucian School has collapsed?" Yunxi asked Chen Yingdao in front of him.
"Your Majesty, I have heard that Academician Song Lin has already planned to resign and go into seclusion. Several other great scholars from the Neo-Confucian school have also fallen silent. Even if they do not resign, they will not say anything more."
"Many young people who want to further their career have turned to other schools of thought. It is also difficult for Song Lin and others to recruit students. It is unlikely that the Neo-Confucian school will be able to revive again," said Chen Ying.
Yunxi let out a breath. After finishing this matter, he finally had something on his mind.
"However, does this person named Zhou Shu really think so, or does he do it on purpose?" Yunxi suddenly thought of the possibility of quoting Confucius to preserve some of the beneficial views of Neo-Confucianism when the Neo-Confucian school was about to end.
Yuan Zhou Shu.
Even if Zhou Shu didn't stand up at that time, he would instruct others to quote Confucius's words to preserve some things in the Neo-Confucian school. So, did Zhou Shu see through his own thoughts, or was it really what he thought?
Of course, Chen Ying did not dare to answer, and only heard Yun Xi continue: "I don't dare to make a conclusion now, I can only ask someone to check it out. In addition, Jin Shan and others are all from Jiangxi, and Xie Jin is Zhou Shu's
Fellow townspeople, they have all interacted with each other in the past, so they should know something about his past."
After thinking about this matter, Yunxi raised his head and smiled at Chen Ying: "Thank you for your hard work, Chen Aiqing."
"It is natural for me to do things for Your Majesty, so why bother?" Chen Ying immediately lowered her head and said.
"Even so, how can we not reward him for his merits? Chen Ying listens to the reward."
After he knelt down, Yunxi continued: "I have orally decreed that Chen Ying, the imperial censor of Zuo Qiandu of the Ducha Yuan, be granted the rank of Zhongshun doctor. He will be promoted to Zhongxian doctor. He will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold and ten pieces of silk and satin." He instructed Chen.
It is not a shameful thing for Ying to participate in the Confucian debate, so he can be rewarded publicly.
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Chen Ying kowtowed, but he was a little disappointed. Recently, the right deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was vacant. He thought he could take over, but His Majesty didn't mention this matter, which shows that it was not necessary.
I plan to improve myself.
However, he immediately thought that he had only been appointed as the fourth-rank Zuo Qiandu Yushi for two years, and his qualifications were too junior. He had been suspected of Tong Yan before, and it would indeed be easy to cause criticism if he was promoted rashly. Although Chen Ying was a relative
A person who is very eager to get promoted, but is very good at adapting to the environment. The current general situation is stable. Not only the ministers temporarily yearned for stability after the rule of the Hongwu Dynasty, but the emperor also tended to be stable out of consideration for Timur's war, so
It's understandable that the emperor doesn't promote him now.
Yunxi encouraged him a few more words and asked him to retreat. But as he retreated, he kept staring at his back.
Different from Chen Ying's own analysis, there were other reasons why Yunxi did not promote him this time.
Yunxi has now seen through Chen Ying's true nature. He is a person who is very passionate about power and has no firm belief. If he gains power, he will definitely use cruel methods in political struggles to consolidate his power, and will be widely implicated.
Yunxi himself tried his best not to be too involved in the political struggle. Although Yunxi would deal with him very severely if he made mistakes, he would not necessarily create a bunch of comrades. Therefore, he had to use Chen Ying as well as
To suppress it, don't let him rise too fast.
'After you complete your six-year term, I will promote you to a third-rank official.' Yunxi thought.
After considering Chen Ying's matter, Yunxi raised his head and asked Huang Lu: "Has Kong Gongjian of the Kong family in Shandong arrived in the palace?"
"Your Majesty, Duke Yansheng has entered the palace and is waiting outside." Huang Lu replied.
"Let him come in." Yunxi ordered.
Not long after, Kong Gongjian walked in. After bowing to him, Yunxi chatted with him for a while and said, "I have something I want to leave to Zhaowen to handle."
Kong Gongjian was beating his drum in his heart. Although the Kong family has inherited Yanshenggong for more than 400 years, they are all in vain. They only manage a county in Qufu and have used their family as a sign in the past. What does the emperor of the Ming Dynasty want him to do now?
?
But no matter what he was asked to do, he did not dare to respond. He could only say: "But please give me your Majesty's orders."
"Recently, the Confucian masters in the capital have been debating with each other. I have also read the Analects a few times, and I was deeply moved when I saw the words 'The Master said: There is no distinction between teachings'."
"Now that the Ming Dynasty has just pacified Annan, the local area is still a little uneasy; but the people of Annan are different from other barbarians and are very devoted to Confucianism. Since Confucius has the saying that there is no distinction between education and distinction, I want Zhaowen to lead his people to move to Annan and educate the people of Annan.
,how?"
"Your Majesty, I should abide by the will of my ancestors and your Majesty's will. However, during the Confucius era, all the tombs and tombs were in Qufu. I could not bear to have no one to worship my ancestors, so I did not dare to obey the imperial edict. In the 19th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty was ordered to think
Duke Lu returned to Qufu to inherit Shiju, but Duke Silu preferred to give up Shiju to guard the tomb because the tomb was in Quzhou, and so did I." After a while, Kong Gongjian said.
"It's simple. Your Kong family leaves a few families to serve your ancestors, and the magistrate of Qufu County is still hereditary from your family. Can't you get the best of both worlds?" Yunxi asked again.
Kong Gongjian was confused in his heart, and he managed to calm down and explain a few words. The central meaning was that he didn't want to go.
But as Yunxi's tone of voice became more and more unkind, Kong Gongjian became more and more frightened. "Should I give up the title of Yanshenggong to my younger brother and let him go to Annan to educate the locals? I will stay here as the hereditary magistrate of Qufu?"
'He thought to himself.
When he became more and more frightened and wanted to say what was in his heart, Yunxi suddenly smiled and said: "I also know that your Kong family has been filial for generations and does not want to stay away from the tomb of your ancestors."
"In this case, there is still a southern sect of the Kong family in Quzhou. I am determined to confer the current head of the clan, Kong Xilu, as a hereditary doctor of the Five Classics and go to Annan to educate the people."
"Your Majesty is wise." Kong Gongjian breathed a sigh of relief and immediately knelt down and said.
"But your Northern Sect cannot let the Southern Sect be more beautiful than before. I heard that you have a younger brother who is familiar with the classics?" Yunxi asked again.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I have a younger brother named Kong Gongchang, who is good at classics. I and the other two are the only children of my late father." Kong Gongjian replied.
"In that case, send him to Annan to assist Kong Xilu." Yunxi said in an unquestionable tone.
Kong Gongjian hesitated for a moment, then bowed and agreed. Yunxi said a few more words to him and asked him to step back.
After he retreated, Huang Lu thought about Wang Xi's instructions before leaving the palace, and boldly asked: "Guan family, why don't you grant Yan Shenggong to Annan? Just now, the servant could see that he no longer dared to talk to Your Majesty.
Argued."
Yunxi was as lifeless as Wang Xi said. Instead, he explained: "Firstly, Kong Gongjian has no fault now. If I change the title rashly, I'm afraid it will cause turmoil, and the last thing I want now is turmoil."
"Both of the two, I will find a more suitable place in the future to confer the title of Holy Duke Yan."