"Young master, let's forget it. We met for the first time, but we only chatted for a few words, and we couldn't be considered close friends at all. My family is poor, and the young master is rich, so we can't be considered friends.
If the young master wants to chat with me, that's fine.
But forget about the food and drinks.
"The young man said.
"Don't you like wine?"
Zhu Youjian asked.
After more than 200 years of development, Ming Dynasty has formed many bad habits.
In addition to daily studies, those who are quite official do not learn the manners of a gentleman. Instead, they prefer to learn to drink and have fun.
Although there has been a saying in China since ancient times that things are easier to do at the wine table, in Zhu Youjian's opinion, this is a completely bad habit, especially in the officialdom, it is a bad habit that may cost the country's life.
"Drinking makes things worse. I am just a poor man. I can only study with the help of temples, relatives and neighbors.
I didn’t have high school, so I naturally didn’t dare to forget the time my father spent several days catching a few rabbits to pay my tuition.
I dare not forget that my mother would rather go hungry than give me an egg.
I dare not forget that my parents knelt in front of Mr. Wang’s house in the middle of the night in order to help me pay for my trip to Beijing to take the exam.
..... "
"There are thousands of opportunities in the world. I'm not telling you that a personality like yours is not suitable for being an official in the court. Why don't you try to do other things?"
Zhu Youjian said.
Officialdom is like a battlefield,
People with no background. People without money. People with a high level of education or high abilities.
A person who is more cultivated than ordinary people and abides by social ethics.
People who are more independent-minded, dare to innovate, and don't take the usual path.
A person who dares to act alone and has personality.
He is not suitable for being an official.
Generally speaking, the officialdom system is anti-intellectual. In these organizations, slow elimination is generally carried out, kicking away capable people and leaving mediocre people behind.
To survive and be promoted in this system, the most important thing is to be or pretend to be a mediocre person, obey your superiors, have no independent opinions, and work hard to please your superiors.
Of course, there are people who like talents in this system, but they are few and the probability of you meeting them is very low. After all, there are still many ordinary people in the world!
"Young Master is right, but I think His Majesty needs me today." The young man said, his eyes full of confidence.
"Oh, I don't know what to make of this?"
Zhu Youjian said.
Because there is no Internet and no games, Zhu Youjian has to go out for a walk often.
So Zhu Youjian has seen a lot of people and things.
But this was the first time I heard someone say that His Majesty needed him.
"Since ancient times, most of the kings have been Confucian scholars but no one else. On the surface, they respect the Confucian family extremely. The Confucian family can be said to be the real local emperors in Qufu. They are the existence of superiors to others everywhere.
But your Majesty is different. Your Majesty respects the Ming Law.
Scholars all over the world call themselves disciples of Confucius. Your Majesty has suppressed the Confucius family several times. He also openly set up schools in various counties and allowed everyone to study for free, which shows His Majesty's dissatisfaction with the Confucius family.
Combined with His Majesty's policies over the years, the Imperial Examination 7 changed from the previous test of only the Four Books and Five Classics, and even added Mathematics and Ming Law for the first time.
I can infer that what Your Majesty wants are officials who are loyal to themselves and the Ming Dynasty and who don't care about personal relationships.
And what the Confucius pay attention to is the relationship between people,
Inviting such people to interact with each other is, in His Majesty's eyes, forming a clique for personal gain. It was the source of all evil that caused the decline of the previous daimyo.
"
