In the study room, Wen Renxi was sitting on his knees with a solemn expression, holding a book, and was slowly giving lectures and enlightenment to Ma Jun. Ma Jun in front of him was also holding a pen very seriously, writing and studying on the bamboo slips, although the paper
It was already very popular in the late Han Dynasty, but only nobles would use it on a large scale. Most of the people at the bottom still used bamboo slips.
Ma Jun's family was poor, so his father often used bamboo slips like this. The bamboo slips were very thin and would break with even the slightest force. This was because Wen Renxi often used these bamboo slips and would scratch out the writing on them with a knife before writing on them.
The bamboo slips used by Ma Jun didn't know how many times they had been used. They were as thin as cicada wings and were very good at honing his writing skills.
Ma Jun was not very articulate and not good at arguing, but he was indeed very smart. He only broke two bamboo slips and learned the correct way to use the bamboo slips amidst the furious roars of Wen Renxi.
Because of Ma Jun's unique talent, he accepted him as his disciple, but he was very attentive in teaching him. He did not force Ma Jun to try the ink carving method he talked about that day, but taught him to learn Confucianism.
After all, Confucianism is the main road, and the rest are side branches.
Ma Jun's father was sent to Menzi School by Wenren. After receiving the care of Cai Yong and others, he took his wife over and the family settled down in Luoyang. Ma Jun was smart and Wenren
If you teach him, he will learn it quickly, but he can't express it. Every time when someone tests him, he always hesitates and is speechless.
He was so angry that he cursed loudly.
However, his appearance also made the originally deserted Wenren Mansion gradually become lively.
In the temple, the officials were still arguing about the canal. When the construction of Chidao in Hebei Province was about to be completed, Wang Fu and Wen Renxi proposed to build the canal. They still planned to use the indigenous people on the peninsula.
To carry out these projects, the amount of work is very huge. In addition, due to the excavation of canals, many cultivated fields along the river will be damaged.
This matter aroused the opposition of many ministers. They believed that the Han Dynasty was now well-developed and crisscrossed with roads, so why waste energy on digging canals? Jizhou, Hebei and other places were originally large grain-producing lands, and they had not suffered any damage for a long time.
The flood was completely unnecessary, but Wen Renxi and Wang Fu scolded these people for being short-sighted and started arguing with the officials.
The main problem is still the scientific merit system. Everyone knows that Wang Fu wanted to expand the scope of the scientific merit system. He first implemented it on officials in civilian villages, then on officials in government schools, and later in Yangzhou and Liang.
It was implemented in the four prefectures of Zhouzhou, Hezhou and Xinzhou. Now, he and Wen Renxi want to restart the official position of water transportation. Official positions such as the captain of water transportation, which have been dismissed for a long time, will return to the stage of the temple.
The water transport system established by Wen Renxi, Wang Fu and others will naturally adopt the scientific merit system. If this is the case, I am afraid that most of the officials in the world will become traitors like Wang Fu who are talented but not moral, and the country will be ruined.
This is also the reason why all the officials are madly opposed to Wang Fu's series of memorials. Wang Fu is determined to carry out the Kegong system to the end, even the Yuewen Division currently under construction.
Among them, the more senior officials, those with no more than a hundred stones, were all selected using the merit system.
Of course, these quarrels are nothing. If the emperor wanted to, he could have ended the quarrel. Now among the officials, no one except He Xiu dared to go against the emperor's wishes. No one even dared to admonish the emperor. Only He
He Xiu dared to enter the palace to criticize the emperor, and the emperor accepted it with his head lowered. However, this time, He Xiu did not oppose the canal, nor did he support it.
He was writing a book at home day and night. He heard that he was going to annotate "Gongyang Chunqiu". The emperor also respected his approach very much and sent many servants to take care of He Xiu to prevent him from overworking. The emperor also had his own thoughts in mind.
On the one hand, he admires the scientific merit system. After all, this system can fundamentally suppress the growth of aristocratic families.
There is no need to bear a bad reputation, but because this is an innovative system, he also has some hesitation in his heart. The success in Yangzhou and other places does not mean that it can also be successful in other states and counties. After all, there is only one Wang Fu, and he cannot be in charge of it.
The governor of every state and county cannot do everything himself. He still needs to wait and see and see the progress in Liangzhou, Hezhou and other regions before making a decision.
It is a good thing for officials to quarrel, but if they are too harmonious, it will be bad.
Under the emperor's deliberate indulgence, the canal became the fuse of the struggle between the old and new officials. Everyone was arguing about it. Every time the emperor held a court meeting, all the officials talked about it. The talk of asking the king to cook the letter has continued.
After three years, Wang Fu has become somewhat demonized in the eyes of the people. Except for his hometown and Yangzhou, which he personally governed, no one talks about Wang Fu in other places.
They are all images of Qingfu. Unless Qingfu dies, the disaster will not end.
In order to get the emperor's permission, Wen Renxi went to the palace again and again, showing the emperor one beautiful picture after another. He explained to the emperor all the conveniences after building the canal. In the past,
The officials once argued over the construction of the Chidao. It was he who proposed the water transport canal. Now that it can be built, these officials disagreed!
This is putting personal grudges above the interests of the Han Dynasty. It is definitely not the behavior of a good minister. These officials still need to be severely sanctioned by His Majesty. After Gong Wenren's attack has been proposed several times, the emperor still smiled and did not speak.
Instead, he wanted to talk to him about unrelated things. Wen Renxi was helpless. If Wang Fu was still in Luoyang, he would definitely dare to force the emperor to accept it.
But when he heard that the attacker was not Wang Fu, he did not dare to act like this, so the matter could only be postponed again and again.
The two were discussing in the main hall. A chubby little figure staggered to the entrance of the main hall. The little guy was chubby and had horns. He was eating his little hands and was about to rush into the main hall. The guard at the door immediately
He stopped him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is busy with state affairs, you can't go in..."
The little fat man raised his head, looked at Su Wei seriously, and suddenly ran into the hall, but was stopped again by Su Wei who reacted quickly. This blockage made the little fat man particularly angry. He was so angry.
He looked at Su Wei eagerly and shouted in a sweet voice: "I want to go in!"
"Without His Majesty's anger, you can't go in." Su Wei was also a little embarrassed. Suddenly, Xun You walked out slowly. Su Wei quickly saluted. Xun You saw the little fat man, leaned down and asked with a smile: "Your Highness,
Where is the maid taking care of you? Why are you here alone?" The little fat man frowned and shouted: "I want to go in!"
Xun You looked around and saw that the maids responsible for taking care of the prince were all gone.
Just as he was wondering, the little fat man couldn't help it anymore and shouted: "You're bullying me!" He ran over angrily, stretched out his hand and was about to hit Xun You, but after running a few steps, he tripped over himself.
He immediately rolled up on the ground, and Xun You quickly helped him up. The little guy started crying loudly. At this time, the emperor heard the movement outside the door, heard the prince's cry, and ran out in a hurry.
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Seeing the crying prince, the emperor took the little fat boy from Xun You's hand.
She coaxed him and asked: "Why are you still crying? What's wrong? Tell me? Why are you crying?"
"Father!" the little fat man cried with a runny nose. He pointed at Xun You in the distance and said, "He hit me!"
Xun You was stunned.
Both of you, father and son, are the same...cough, he quickly lowered his head and said, "I don't dare."
The emperor was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter.