By the end of the year, preparations for sending troops were in full swing, and the abnormal prosperity of the capital gradually returned to normal.
But for the winter market, the hottest thing is the hot sales of charcoal fires and clothes and quilts.
Especially the various furs from the Northeast, such as mink, fox, beaver, and even bearskin coats, are very popular among everyone.
Jiang Liu'er, wearing a coat, slowly stepped into a clothing store, somewhat hesitantly.
Behind him, a girl said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? Just come in!"
With that said, she strode forward.
Only then did Jiang Liuer enter.
As the emperor's chessman, he has been awaiting imperial edicts for many years. His annual salary of two hundred yuan allows him to live comfortably, but it is difficult for him to be extravagant.
"Fortunately, there is a rich girl!" He looked at Fang Baihua's figure and smiled helplessly for a moment.
The waiter bowed and smiled, and kept measuring the size: "Sir, if you want cotton-padded clothes, it will be ready in three days. Leave your address and they will be delivered to your door then!"
"Choose good cotton, and the fabric must also be made of satin." Fang Baihua ordered without hesitation, with excitement on her face.
"It's too expensive!" Jiang Liu'er said hurriedly.
"That's not okay. In a few days, you will be giving lessons to the princes. How can you not behave properly?"
Fang Baihua said casually: "When you have free time on weekdays, you go and teach the princes and nobles a thing or two. It is much higher than the salary, but you know how to study chess records."
As a chess player, Jiang Liuer's status is not low. After all, he is someone who can occasionally meet the emperor.
Therefore, Fang Baihua will be engaged to Jiang Liu'er in the middle of the year, and they will get married next year. This is a great event.
No matter how much Fang Baihua fiddled with his shoes, socks, and clothes, Jiang Liuer just stood there motionless.
He ignored all ordinary matters and only liked playing chess.
The same is true. As a young man, he has always been a leader in chess, and this year he finally got rewarded and became the prince's chess master.
Even if there is only one class in three days, it is still a great improvement and is even more recognized.
After cutting out the sizes and getting a few pairs of shoes and socks, Fang Baihua blushed slightly and said, "I am better than you, but my craftsmanship cannot be embarrassing in front of the prince."
The two of them were walking on the street and felt a little uncomfortable seeing the bustling scene.
After returning home, I breathed a sigh of relief.
"By the way, Zhixing Academy said that the chief can see you if he is free in the afternoon."
"Very good!"
After lunch, he exercised for a while, walked to the corner of the street and hailed a rickshaw: "Go to Zhixing Academy!"
Two quarters of an hour later, Jiang Liu'er paid a cent and arrived at Zhixing Academy.
Zhixing Academy, a college in the capital, is under the control of the county government, but it has great freedom. It is one of the four major academies in the capital, and the last one is also a scholar.
It was founded by Gu Yanwu, a giant in Qin Dynasty, and was the first academy in the capital.
The huge archway made him breathe a sigh of relief.
"arrive!"
After passing the gatehouse, Jiang Liuer started walking around the college.
Zhixing College is located outside the city, so it covers an area of more than 100 acres and has more than 200 buildings. It is the main place for scholars in Gyeonggi to study.
Since there is no need to study the eight-part essay after passing the examination, you need to study it again for the provincial examination and the general examination in order to pass the examination.
Even though Jiang Liu'er didn't know much about this, he still knew that the rural examinations were mostly about astronomy, geography, arithmetic and farming. Without the guidance of a teacher, it was impossible to study on his own.
"The way to control chaos in the world is to be a noble gentry. Therefore, as the teacher has said, there are people who have fields, but the rice per household is not enough to fight with stones; there are the poor who have no standing grain, but the rice per household is more than tens of stones!"
"This is a result of the accumulated shortcomings of the previous Ming Dynasty for three hundred years!"
In the pavilion, with the stove burning, a group of scholars in monk's robes began to argue.
A scholar whose clothes turned white from washing said with his head held high.
"Absurd, that's just an inducement." Another scholar wearing a felt hat immediately refuted:
"The Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty did not limit annexation. The so-called thousand-year farmland had eight hundred owners. And due to annexation in the south of the Yangtze River, there was a saying of farm skin and farm bones. Even if the people lost their cultivated land, they could still become tenant farmers and fill their stomachs!"
"Therefore, land annexation is the most superficial level. The Chongzhen Dynasty fell on finance and taxation. Naturally, it must focus on commerce and develop commerce, so that it can collect taxes widely and enrich the national treasury without abusing the people!"
Suddenly, someone laughed again:
"Brother Bochang, your views are from the Fujian school, mixed with a little bit of the Beijing school."
"In my opinion, governing a country depends on the administration of officials. Officials can govern the country and collect taxes. Otherwise, given the situation in the Song Dynasty, it would be more than just mediocre. Wouldn't it be easy to unify the world?"
"It was only sixty years after the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, but it already suffered from three redundancies, and had to carry out Fan Chongyang's Reform and Wang Anshi's Reform."
"And how to govern the officials? Be cautious and independent, have a conscience, and then use the method of supervision to eliminate the beetles. Therefore, during the Hongwu period, the north was broken and it was possible to carry out several northern expeditions, forcing Mongolia to be divided into two."
Several people around looked at the excitement and chimed in a few words from time to time. The scene was extremely lively.
Seeing these students warming themselves over the fire, drinking tea, and debating, Jiang Liu'er couldn't be more envious.
"Is this Qin Xue?"
Moving his steps, he came to the mountain chief's courtyard.
Li Baiquan, the mountain director of Zhixing Academy, is a short, fat old man. He is a direct disciple of Gu Yanwu. Zeng Jin was a doctor at the Imperial College. Later, he served as the enlightenment teacher for the princes for several years before he retired as the mountain director.
Because they knew each other in the palace.
"Want to enroll in Qi?" Li Baiquan narrowed his eyes.
"Yes!" Jiang Liu'er said truthfully: "I am in decline in my family. I have only studied for a few years and know that the mountain leader is good at scholarship, so I came here because of his reputation."
"Do you know Qin Xue?" Li Baiquan nodded.
"It is said that Mr. Tinglin gained something from studying in Qin Sheng for many years..." Jiang Liu'er said slowly.
"Yes and no!"
Li Baiquan said in a deep voice: "The Qin School founded by Mr. was born out of Xinxue. Neo-Confucianism is now also called Beijing School, and many schools in the world are also collectively called Qin School."
"The five major factions in the world are integrated with each other. There is one among you, and we learn from each other's strengths, so we gradually identify with Qin Xue."
"The Beijing faction emphasizes the simultaneous development of agriculture and commerce, restricts the right-wing gentry, opposes empty talk, and emphasizes practical application of the world; the Fujian faction comes from coastal areas such as Fujian and Zhejiang, and emphasizes commerce, especially maritime commerce."
"They believe that land annexation is a terminal disease that cannot be cured. Anyway, the land in the world is vast, and what is needed is exchanged. Even in years of drought and floods, they can buy it from foreign countries through sea trade, and even move people to open up wasteland."
"The third is the Anhui School, also called the Jiangnan School. In the old days of Southern Zhili, they emphasized tolerance, equalization of land, equalization of taxes, no one being lenient under the king's laws, learning the essence of Western learning, and opposing empty talk."
"Fourth, it is the school of history, which pays attention to the study of ancient knowledge and experience, is keen on reading history, uses history as a mirror, considers the profits and losses of national affairs, puts the people first, and implements light corvee and small taxes."
"Finally, there is the Shendu School, which is most like the Xinxue School. It emphasizes that those who serve as officials must be cautious and independent, must have a conscience, and study things to gain knowledge..."
"These five factions are available in the academy. It's up to you to choose!"
"Captain Shan, I think the Beijing faction is good!" Jiang Liu'er said cautiously.
"Don't look at me!" Li Baiquan said casually: "These five factions are not distinct, they just have different emphasis. They are all the key points of dealing with people and being an official."
Having said that, Jiang Liuer still chose a gentleman from Beijing, which made the latter very satisfied.
After he left, Li Baiquan showed a satisfied smile.
Jiang Liu'er was waiting for the imperial edict. Not only could he meet the emperor, but he would also teach the princes. This was a good situation to expand the influence of the Beijing faction.
"Chief Shan, the examiner for next year's Shuntian Prefecture's rural examination hasn't come out yet!"
After a while, the prison guard came quickly with a serious look on his face:
"For many years, important places in Gyeonggi Province have been served as ministers of the Hanlin Academy. Now, there are only three ministers of the Hanlin Academy who are qualified, knowledgeable, and capable!"
"And there is only one person who belongs to our Beijing-inclined faction!"
Although the Hanlin Academy's promotion path was abolished, it is still a key stepping stone for the promotion of Jinshi.
After all, most of the examiners and angels in various places are drawn from the Hanlin Academy, and they are all good-looking.
For Zhixing Academy, an important place in the capital, the preference of the examiner of the rural examination determines the direction of hiring candidates, so there is no room for sloppiness.
The five schools of Qin studies are not all harmonious. This involves a struggle for academic orthodoxy and a struggle for the right to speak.
For example, the Beijing faction advocated the restriction of powerful right-wingers, while the Fujian faction opposed it with a clear-cut stance, advocating the emphasis on commerce and the widespread collection of commercial taxes.
Also, the Beijing school advocates the theory of "one husband", which is not only about being a monarch, but also governing the family, the people, and the industry, all of which require public governance, limited power, and decentralization of power.
However, the Jiangnan faction secretly opposed it, saying that public governance was unreasonable and would not last long.
Similarly, the Jiangnan faction advocated the equalization of land and taxation policies, but they were also denounced by the Beijing faction.
The consensus reached by the five schools on Qin studies is only three points: pro-business, anti-empty talk, and anti-eight-legged stereotypes.
Although the Beijing school is now the dominant one with the support of the emperor, other schools are not weak either.
Naturally, the imperial examination became the decisive factor.
Once students from the Beijing School make up the majority in the officialdom, wouldn’t it be natural for the Beijing School to merge with the Qin School?
"I'm going to the capital!" Li Baiquan looked serious.
The next day, he arrived at the Imperial College in a hurry.
As a big boss of the Beijing faction, he naturally has far-reaching connections, and Imperial College Jijiu is his senior brother.
"Brother, the Gyeonggi Provincial Examination is not out yet?"
Li Baiquan said directly: "I wonder who has hope?"
"I don't know!" Guo Wenyuan, the Imperial College's sacrificial wine, said calmly while drinking tea: "This is something you can't worry about."
"But this is related to Qin Xue..."
Li Baiquan opened his mouth helplessly.
"Wait!" Guo Wenyuan blew on the tea: "Everything depends on the Holy Will."
"Besides, now that Xinxue has retreated and Neo-Confucianism has been defeated, we, Qin Xue, are in the mainstream, and the five schools are connected with each other. Why bother to compete with each other?"
"The teacher has already said it. The long-lasting knowledge depends on the truth and ability, and the ability to apply what you have learned, rather than some small tricks."
"It's not bad for five factions to compete for glory!"
Hearing this, Li Baiquan opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything and could only lower his head.
The teacher here naturally refers to the teacher Gu Yanwu, one of the founders of Qin Xue.
He had no room for resistance at all. The position of mountain chief was still given to him.
Guo Wenyuan shook his head.
The contents of the rural examination and the general examination all involve the contents of the five factions, and the court's balancing strategy is beyond words.
Just know that when studying knowledge, politics is the key to knowledge.
Without today's support, Qin Xue would not have been born and integrated.
The two were discussing academic matters, when suddenly a scholar broke in:
"Mr. Xia Feng passed away!"
boom--
Both of them were shocked.
Mr. Xia Feng refers to Sun Qifeng, who lives in Rongcheng, Baoding Prefecture. He is the leader of Qin Xueshen's independent sect. He is an extremely famous master of Neo-Confucianism, Xinxue, and Qinxue. Class, there are many apprentices.
The Shendu Sect can have such power now, and its contribution is huge.
This was like a bolt from the blue.
During these days, there was an endless stream of carriages traveling from the capital to Baoding, and the governor of Hebei even expressed his condolences in person.
Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, Fang Yizhi, Li Yong, etc., the great masters of Qin science, all came here, regardless of the distance.
Unknowingly, it turned out to be a big gathering of the five sects of Qin School.
The apprentices under his command quarreled endlessly, but they were extremely harmonious.
This is an opportunity.
The shed was set up and they sat on the ground.
In this way, several people discussed it for several days and nights in Rongcheng. They each felt that they had benefited a lot, but they tacitly agreed not to argue. What was left to the world was a discussion of Qin studies.
Historians call it the Rongcheng meeting.
No one knew the content of the conversation, but the conflicts among the five factions suddenly decreased, as if they were one family, which was a bit exaggerated, but still inseparable.
…
North Korea, Pyongyang.
Jingshi Academy.
In North Korea, academies, like aristocratic manors and temple estates, all belong to the privileged class and enjoy tax-free and corvee-free treatment.
Jingshi Academy is the product of the spread of Qin studies to the east. It is also a landmark building for North Korea to imitate the Ming Dynasty's reforms and unify social ideological trends.
The plaque was even handwritten by the then Korean King Li Hao.
It covers an area of 100 acres, enjoys more than 50,000 acres of tax-free school land, and has more than 800 students enrolled, one of the best in North Korea.
When the news came that Sun Qifeng, the leader of Qin Academy, had passed away due to illness, the entire Jingshi Academy burst into tears, and then they all turned into a sea of white.
All the scholars in the school wore sackcloth and mourning, and burst into tears.
"Your Highness, please go to Jingshi Academy in person to pay homage to Mr. Xia Feng——"
Xu Ji, the leader of the Southern Party and now the chief assistant, bowed his hands in obeisance.
In front of him was the fifteen-year-old King Li Zhen of North Korea.
"Who is Mr. Xia Feng?" Li Yan was stunned, why should I pay tribute to someone who died properly?
"Your Highness, this is Sun Qifeng, the leader of Qin studies. He is also a master of Neo-Confucianism and Mind Studies, and his position is very important. Your Highness should go there in person to show respect and win the hearts of scholars!"
Although Sun Ji studied Confucianism, he did not hesitate to explain Sun Qifeng's status.
In North Korea, where Neo-Confucianism flourished, Qin learning spread eastward, causing differences in the ideological field of North Korea.
In the end, North Korea reunified the country's thinking with the policy of respecting Qin learning and actually treating it as Neo-Confucianism, but the influence of Qin learning grew day by day.
In particular, Song Shang and Wan Shang supported Li Hao, Emperor Xiaozong, with large sums of money during the Third Invasion of Nanking, so the mercantile thought was laid.
Coupled with the free trade of Yongzong Island and the guidance of the Ming Dynasty, Jingshi Academy came into being.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty respected Qin Xue, how dare you, North Korea, to oppose it?
Is the throne burning your butt?
Naturally, we should do more of this kind of thing that is beneficial and cost-effective.
"Oh!" Li Yan nodded: "That's right!"
(End of chapter)
