This is a grand event, even comparable to a scientific expedition.
Since the course started this year, the various state governments were already preparing for the autumn examination. When they heard that there was a large-scale court debate in the court, at the request of the local scholars, they quickly completed the autumn examination.
You can't enter the Daqing Palace, and you can't see the scene of the court debate. It's better to hear the content of the court debate in Bianliang in a timely manner than to hear rumors in the state capital.
There were even officials in some remote prefectures who were infected by the sentiments of scholars and wrote to the court, requesting that the date of the court debate be postponed to ensure that scholars in remote areas could catch up with this grand event.
What's more serious is that officials who originally returned to the DPRK to apply for jobs at the end of this year have invariably postponed their time.
There are all kinds of reasons, except not to curse the death of family members, all other possible reasons can be seen.
For no other reason than to have the opportunity to stand in the Daqing Hall and listen to the court argument.
As for that? Zhao Xi was a little confused when he heard Wang Zhongzheng reporting these miscellaneous news.
"Guan Jia, today's rail carriage passenger transport far exceeds freight, and Gongfang City has to temporarily put in spare carriages..."
What are they doing? Just a bunch of people getting together to talk nonsense and not doing anything serious?
Sigh... Zhao Xi really didn't expect that things would turn out badly.
"Are they all scholars?"
"The official family is all scholarly officials. Although the time for the court hearing has not been determined, it is already hard to find a bed in the inn in Bianliang."
What a troublesome thing, and I really have nothing to do to make trouble for myself.
It is not that there were no such debate activities in various academies of the country, but I have never heard of such a situation happening.
Zhao Xi was stunned, looked at Wang Zhongzheng, and asked him to continue telling this miscellaneous news.
"The official family, that... that printing shop..."
"Which printing house?"
"In the early years, because of the printing shop owned by Bi Sheng, the official family is now working day and night. They don't even bother to print the Cuju newspaper, and they are focusing on reprinting the interpretations and annotations of various schools..."
"Even the Cuju Express has dedicated space to explain the characteristics and core essence of each school."
"Moreover, the down-and-out literati who originally asked officials to write legendary stories stopped serializing them, and instead used country slang to explain the academics of various schools..."
Are you going to make such a fuss? Zhao Xi really understands what Song Dynasty Wenhua is.
As an emperor, it was his duty to do so. He could not really understand the empire's passion for culture. This time, all of this gave him an intuitive feeling.
"Officials, and even those Goulan wine shops in Wataifang City, abandoned the original poetry and drama, and from time to time invited scholars from various places to debate scriptures."
"That's it...it's the inner garden. You ladies are also looking through the books in the inner garden to understand the academics of various schools."
"Nowadays, in the market, officials are using the eclectic selection of talented people as a cover to convene debate events at all levels..."
"Especially some students who failed the exams even began to criticize past scientific examination questions and examiners..."
It's chaotic, it's really chaotic, this time it's really unexpected.
Zhao Xi just thought...he himself had forgotten what it meant.
Maybe it was to resolve the debate in the political hall, maybe it was to expand the differences among the political hall ministers, maybe it was to change the form of scientific examination marking, or maybe it was just to have fun and watch the fun, but ended up being completely
The country was hijacked.
I'll just go! Zhao Xi doesn't even know who to blame.
Large-scale events are the most prone to accidents. It's not that they are worried about the unsatisfactory results. It doesn't matter. The court debate is just a formality. As for the result, Zhao Xi already has it in mind. He just needs this process to make his decision convincing.
But now, it has caused such a great trend that it has swept the entire country, and I have to pay attention to it.
Let’s not talk about the process and rules of the court defense for now, because the court defense, or other issues derived from the court defense, need to be dealt with.
"Zhongzheng, please pay attention to the debate activities in the Goulan Restaurant, and record who the participants are, where they studied, and who they studied under."
"Focus on students who have criticized the imperial court's scientific examinations over the years or the examiners, and investigate their backgrounds..."
Originally, Zhao Xi wanted the Imperial City Division to handle it, but after thinking that this might intensify the situation, the Imperial City Division didn't care about the severity, so in the end he didn't say anything.
However, we still have to intervene in this matter. Perhaps people in this era do not value public opinion very much, but Zhao Xi knows the power of public opinion.
Regardless of the purpose of the court argument, this is an official event after all, and Zhao Xi does not want to end up being swayed by some chaotic public opinion.
This is a mess!
In court debates, it is impossible for everyone from all schools of thought to talk nonsense in the Daqing Hall. This will lead to disputes.
There are disputes between the leading advocates within the school, disputes between different schools to create publicity, those who fish in troubled waters, those who pretend to be false, and those who deliberately muddy the waters. At this time, these monsters and monsters come out.
Those who follow Wang Anshi's studies naturally hope that the new learning will be respected in the scientific examination, so that the probability of passing the examination will be much greater.
In the mortal world of Shilin, to create some momentum for Wang Anshi's new learning and win over the popularity of Shilin is not necessarily to force the court to finally choose the new school. It is always right to gather some popularity.
Similarly, for those who studied under Zhou Dunyi, because Zhou Dunyi's official position in the court was at a disadvantage, there is nothing wrong with expanding some influence in the scholarly community.
Even if Xiangshu is unpopular, if there is such an opportunity, even if Shao Yong is too lazy to play tricks, the scholars who follow him may not want to take the opportunity to let Xiangshu learn.
At this time, individuals, schools, and regions, each with their own purposes, created such a chaotic situation, which also gave some people with impure minds an opportunity to take advantage of it.
It is estimated that under the current situation, Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-six Strategies can be traced throughout the Bianliang debate.
If it is allowed to develop, it is estimated that the scholars and the people have already won the academic scholarship before the court debate has begun, and it will even affect the court officials, so that the court will eventually have to accept this fact and determine the winning school in this chaos.
For official studies.
It's not that Zhao Xi wants to assume malicious intent on others. Although he didn't expect this matter to have such a big impact, Zhao Xi still knew about the orthodox dispute.
Sage Confucius has allusions to the death of Shao Zhengmao, not to mention these disciples of Sage Confucius?
At this time, even if they have gone too far, with Sage Kong standing in front of them, they can still find excuses to defend their shamelessness.
Although Zhao Xi had great trust in the character of Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and others, he could not believe that their disciples had equally noble character.
What's more, this is still a dispute between orthodoxy. Who knows that character and orthodoxy can have the upper hand?
Regardless of whether there is the involvement of the Political Affairs Hall, or whether various schools of thought intentionally do it, since it is the official organization of this court defense, all activities related to the court defense must be organized by the official.
Forget it, the worst case scenario is to change the process of the court debate. Since he initiated it, and with such great momentum, Zhao Xi will not allow it to be disrupted.