466 [Heart-learning bosses have returned to Beijing]
Wang Yuan brought many changes to the Ming Dynasty, and the steam engine was just one of them.
For example, historically, there was a famine in Linqing, Shandong Province at this time.
Due to the conflicts between Jiajing and Lao Chen, many local affairs were difficult to advance, resulting in a small-scale breach of the Yellow River. Linqing was the hardest-hit area last year, and this spring the drought resulted in famine. In order to stabilize grain prices in Shandong, two warehouses of grain and rice were accumulated and three grains were used.
One percent is sold to the local area at a reduced price.
But now, because Wang Yuan gave Zhu Houzhao information, the Huanglinggang embankment has been gradually repaired, and three more embankments have been added to prevent breaches. In addition, Wang Yuan personally built embankments and dug lakes in Linqing, and Linqing has been without water for nearly ten years.
Floods, people here live and work in peace and contentment, it's just that the large cotton planting in Shandong has caused the price of rice to rise.
In these two incidents alone, Wang Yuan saved at least 100,000 people and saved millions of people from being displaced!
And the residents in the city have gradually become accustomed to newspapers.
Although there would have been newspapers in the Ming Dynasty without Wang Yuan, Tang newspapers were only distributed to officials, while private newspapers were mostly purchased by merchants (containing commercial information). It was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty that newspapers for scholars appeared.
The wax printing machine invented by Wang Yuan made it easier to print newspapers in large quantities, and the cost plummeted. Nowadays, newspapers have spread all over the country, and there are various types of newspapers. Not only merchants and scholars like to subscribe, but even ordinary people like to listen to people read newspapers.
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After landing at Tianjin Port this time, Wang Yuan came to Tianjin Acropolis and saw at least three kinds of newspapers. The printing volume was not high, and a few hundred copies was considered a lot. They were mainly provided to local readers.
Well, there are also football matches in Tianjin, and occasionally teams from Beijing are invited to compete.
After staying in Tianjin for one day, Wang Yuan was about to take a boat. Suddenly someone from behind shouted: "Is this the Minister Wang in front of you?"
Wang Yuan turned around and looked, and he suddenly had an impression. He cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Qian, I haven't seen him for many years, but he still has the same style."
Zou Shouyi smiled and said, "Shilang Wang actually still remembers me."
"You and I are in the same department, how can we forget that?" Wang Yuan invited Zou Shouyi to take a boat ride with him.
In history, Zou Shouyi should have ranked first in the examination and third in the palace examination. Only because of Wang Yuan's appearance, Zou Shouyi was not regarded as a Tanhualang and passed the examination as the first place on the second list.
This guy didn't even wait for the end of the school, he gave up his status as a scholar and went back to his hometown to study knowledge!
What does it mean?
The top central reserve cadre, and only twenty years old, voluntarily gave up all prospects and said that he would go home and concentrate on academic studies.
This study lasted for thirteen years, during which he became a disciple of Wang Yangming and studied hard for another seven years.
The once weak-headed young man is now thirty-three years old. Moreover, this man has a slender figure and handsome appearance, which can be said to be like a jade tree facing the wind. He also carries the aura of a great Confucian in his gestures - in history, although Zou Shouyi is not the head of the Wang family
Although he was a disciple, he was unanimously recognized by all schools of mind learning and was considered to be the only disciple who received the true biography of Wang Yangming.
The two of them entered the cabin. They were in the same department and were from the same school, so they naturally reminisced about old times.
Wang Yuan asked: "Brother Qian is returning to Beijing to serve as an official this time?"
Zou Shouyi said: "First go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Hanlin Academy to report. As for whether you can become an official, it doesn't make much difference. I have been giving lectures in Jiangxi for ten years, and I think I have mastered Zhu He's teachings. I want to spread knowledge in the capital."
Come on, this man did not come back to be an official, but came back to the capital to preach!
Yangming's Xinxue has been widely spread in Zhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Huguang, Jiangxi, Guizhou, and Lingnan, but its influence in the north is still weak. Not only Zou Shouyi came back this time, but also Fang Xianfu, Huang Wan and others
They are all academic leaders who have returned to their hometowns to give lectures for more than ten years.
Wang Yuan thought for a while and said: "My brother is a great talent and should be an editor and editor for the Hanlin Academy. But before I leave the academy, I am afraid that when I return to Beijing this time, I will have to do a review for the Hanlin Academy first."
"It's okay," Zou Shouyi said, clasping his fists, "Thank you, Brother Ruoxu, for taking care of me."
Strictly speaking, Zou Shouyi was unorganized and undisciplined. He served as a sage for a few months and then deserted. If pursued to the end, he could even be deprived of his honors. However, with his profound knowledge and Wang Yuan's help, he was awarded the title of Seventh Rank Imperial Academy Review.
Very convenient.
If Wang Yuan didn't help speak up, Yang Ting and his party members controlled the Hanlin Academy, and Zou Shouyi was a disciple of Xin Xue, I'm afraid he would have to sit on the bench after returning to Beijing.
Zou Shouyi neither talked about official positions nor academics, but talked about Qingtian, Jiangxi: "Last year, Chen Xiran (Chen Yong) finally completed Qingtian, Jiangxi. Although it was not very thorough, it also changed Jiangxi. Alas,
When he left Jiangxi, he was attacked by a mob again and almost died."
"I know about this," Wang Yuan said with an ugly expression on his face, "Chen Xiran was in danger several times in Jiangxi. It was said that he had a narrow escape from death. However, he worked hard to clear the fields but was demoted."
Zou Shouyi laughed and said, "Haha, he also cleared more than 2,000 acres of my family's farmland."
The Zou family belongs to a large family in Jiangxi, so they are naturally targeted. But Zou Shouyi is too lazy to be a concubine, so why would he care about his family's land? This guy even persuaded his father to take the initiative to hand over the occupied official land to Chen Yong
It brings a lot of convenience.
As for Chen Yong, his end was a bit miserable.
He worked hard in Qingtian, Jiangxi for several years, promoting the grain tax reform, and was almost beaten to death several times. While Wang Yuan was far away in Liaodong, Yang Tinghe gathered party members to impeach Chen Yong for harming the people. Zhu Houzhao got off the road and demoted Chen Yong.
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Zhu Houzhao supported the Qingtian, so Chen Yongcai stayed in Jiangxi for several years. But since the Qingtian was completed, Chen Yong also completed his mission, and the emperor no longer needed to protect him. Demoting him could silence the ministers, so why?
What about enjoying it but not doing it?
Don't tell him to kill the donkey. In two years, if Zhu Houzhao still remembers Chen Yong, it will only take one sentence to promote Chen Yong.
When the time comes, Yang Tinghe will not stop him. His impeachment of Chen Yong this time is not to oppose Qingtian, but to win over more party members. As many people as Chen Yong and Qingtian have offended, Yang Tinghe can win over as many people. This is a hugely profitable operation.
As for Wang Yuan, he naturally wants to protect his own people. When something happens somewhere, I will recommend Chen Yong to go there. Once he has meritorious service, he will be reinstated.
I chatted with Zou Shouyi all the way back to Beijing. As soon as I got home and before I sat down in the hot pot, Zheng Shanfu, the priest of the Rites Temple, came to see me.
"Sir, the new calendar has been prepared!" Zheng Shanfu held up an almanac.
Zheng Shanfu, a native of Zhejiang, was a mathematician, litterateur, and astronomer. He should have been a disciple of Wang Yangming, but in this time and space, he resolutely joined Wang Yuan's school of physics because of the new arithmetic and new astronomy.
Historically, Zheng Shanfu once appealed to Zhu Houzhao, saying that the current calendar was no longer accurate, and that the time difference between the northern and southern solar eclipses should be measured to calculate the actual precession of the calendar, and requested that the existing epochs of the Ming Dynasty be changed. Zhu Houzhao was busy fighting, how could he
Would he care about the calendar? He also dissuaded Zhu Houzhao from going on a southern tour. He was spanked thirty times and made to kneel at the Meridian Gate for five days. He later died of illness on the way to his appointment.
Now it is completely different. After Wang Yuan served as the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, he promoted his disciple Zheng Shanfu from the rank of wailang of the Ministry of Rites to the rank of doctor.
Zheng Shanfu wanted to change the calendar, so Wang Yuan said: "Your Majesty is not interested in this, but you can contact the Qintian Supervisor. The Qintian Supervisor will inform the yin and yang officials in various places, and you will work together to compile the new calendar first, and then I will help
Presented to His Majesty."
So Zheng Shanfu went to work on writing the new calendar. How could he have time to persuade the emperor not to tour the south?
Wang Yuan flipped through the new calendar and couldn't see anything, so he just asked: "There won't be any errors or omissions, right?"
Zheng Shanfu said: "My disciples, together with Qin Tianjian, have compiled this calendar for six years and have checked it no less than ten times. There must be no errors or omissions."
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Then I will help you present it to Your Majesty. This is a great achievement. I think it can get you a young man."
Zheng Shanfu was overjoyed: "Thank you sir for your support!"
Most of the positions in Zhan Shifu were springboards for Hanlin officials, and it was difficult to hold concurrent positions if you were not from Hanlin.
Wang Yuan recommended Zheng Shanfu to serve as Shao Zhan, which was not only as simple as promotion, but also gilded Zheng Shanfu. The original position of the doctor of the Ministry of Rites remained unchanged, and he also served as Shao Zhan. In the future, he could also become a minister after passing the qualifications.
Zheng Shanfu was thirty-nine years old, and Wang Yuan was only thirty.
But a master is a teacher, and he is also a superior, so it is not shabby to call him "sir" over and over again.
(A new book will be released in the new series in July. The title is "New Book". It seems that he will follow Wang Mang and defeat Liu Xiu, the son of heaven?)