Chapter 70 Fang Xiaoru chooses Zhu Yunwen
It was the prince who Fang Xiaoru sighed.
Fang Xiaoru and the prince got along day and night, and the person who understood the prince's thoughts best was probably Fang Xiaoru.
In fact, the prince's thoughts may not be just the prince's thoughts. The prince is also influenced by the people around him. Who is this guy? Naturally, Fang Xiaoru was the leader.
On the whole, Fang Xiaoru has the least corrupt Confucianism.
Even Fang Xiaoru often did not mind absorbing nutrients from He Xi's theory to strengthen his own theory. He Xi originally proposed many things, such as scientific methodology and the importance of arithmetic. During this period, Fang Xiaoru also separated, melted and refined them. Absorb it into your own doctrine.
What, this is plagiarism.
Is what a scholar does considered plagiarism?
If you really want to talk about it, how many things from various schools of thought were integrated into Confucianism. Things that can't be explained at all.
Anyone who can become a great Confucian is generally someone who has some original ideas based on Confucianism. His high status alone may have meant he was highly respected at the time. But if you evaluate it hundreds of years later, you will definitely not have a name. It's like Su Boxheng is famous in this era, but hundreds of years later, who will know him.
Fang Xiaoru. Anyone who knows this period of history knows that not only because of Fang Xiaoru's death, but also because of Fang Xiaoru's academic status, many scholars in later generations looked down on Song Lian's knowledge, but Fang Xiaoru could not be ignored in the early Ming Dynasty.
This is also the reason why Fang Xiaoru has been able to tolerate He Xi, because Fang Xiaoru is more open-minded than ordinary people and can see He Xi's knowledge from a higher height. But now, Fang Xiaoru also broke through.
Only six hundred years, so many things have changed.
There is a huge difference between modern thought and ancient thought. Many conflicts are irreconcilable. Even though Fang Xiaoru was a great Confucian who was very willing to learn, had strong learning ability, and had a broad heart, he had now reached the limit of his patience. Judging from this explanation, the prince is not stubborn.
The prince knew that many scholar-bureaucrats had the limit of endurance.
It's not that he doesn't know what can be better, but that the prince knows that he can only go here, and the problem will be bigger if he goes further down.
It's not something he can handle.
Fang Xiaoru and the prince had a tacit understanding.
Fang Xiaoru originally hoped that the prince would be able to bring order to the throne after he ascended the throne. But Fang Xiaoru also knew that the prince had been in poor health recently and had gradually withdrawn from government affairs. If you think about it carefully, it was a month ago that Fang Xiaoru last met the prince.
Thinking of the prince's expression at that time, Fang Xiaoru felt sad in his heart.
Heart disease is difficult to treat.
Fang Xiaoru was disgusted with Zhu Yuanzhang to the extreme, but towards the prince, he trusted the righteousness of the emperor and his ministers, and had the same feelings as the prince. But at this point, Fang Xiaoru must be prepared in his heart. How can the prince survive? It's easy to say anything. But if the prince fails. In other words, the prince refused to compromise with the emperor and eventually lost his position as reserve.
He must be prepared.
Prepare it for the prince, but also prepare it for yourself.
He calmed down for a moment and suppressed his own turbulent undercurrent. This memorial was divided into the memorials handled by Zhu Xiongying.
A few hours later, I checked some of Zhu Xiongying's processing results.
The secretary supervisor's handling of the memorials is a preliminary sorting out. Not just drafting, prioritizing, and writing in abbreviations may seem like simple things, but they can actually tell people's tendencies.
It's like Fang Xiaoru is reading an abbreviation of a mere hundred words written by Zhu Xiongying. Suddenly he smiled coldly.
Zhu Xiongying's abbreviation of this memorial seems to be a neutral description, but who is Fang Xiaoru? He is a top-notch writer in the world. How could he not read Zhu Xiongying's tendency behind it. Zhu Xiongying himself had no intention of hiding anything.
After all, Zhu Xiongying taught at Yingkou University. He was actually very accustomed to the learning and atmosphere of Yingkou University, which was a completely different education method from Confucian education. If it can be said that Confucian education often uses ancient authority to suppress the nature of students, the school system introduced by He Xi is still different from the schools of later generations. But overall it's much more relaxed.
It goes without saying what you like as a young man.
In fact, Fang Xiaoru also has his own judgment on some of Zhu Xiongying's ideas. It's just that this is his final confirmation.
As the prince's right-hand man, he was actually the one who controlled the prince's power during his illness. Of course, Fang Xiaoru would not be able to do many things as he was just managing things on his behalf without the status of a prince. But even so, it's amazing enough.
Although Fang Xiaoru had some criticisms of Zhu Xiongying before, they only had some opinions. There is no intention to participate in the competition between Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Xiongying.
But it's different now.
For the sake of justice and moral integrity, Fang Xiaoru would not care about trivial matters of honor.
But Zhu Xiongying still didn't know how big an impact Fang Xiaoru had on Zhu Yunzhen. Even Zhu Yunwen himself didn't know that he had the support of this heavyweight. After all, Fang Xiaoru's support for Zhu Yunwen was different from Ding Xian's.
Ding Xian went there for glory and wealth. No other ideas.
Fang Xiaoru went there for his own ideals and beliefs. He didn't care what Zhu Yunwen thought of him, and he had no intention of trying to please Zhu Yunwen in front of him. He was thinking more about how to plan for Zhu Yunwen.
As the right-hand man of the prince, Fang Xiaoru has never done anything selfish, but now, it is different. Fang Xiaoru has begun to use the prince's influence to make plans for himself.
Fang Xiaoru has been in the Secretary's Prison for so many years and is no longer Wu Xia Ameng.
In terms of political skills and scheming, Fang Xiaoru now is several levels higher than Fang Xiaoru when he was the most powerful in history. After all, after ten years of experience in the secretary's school, the connections and resources under his control are completely different from those in history.
To put it simply, if Fang Xiaoru travels back in time to Emperor Jianwen in history, maybe Emperor Jianwen can really make a comeback.
Therefore, Fang Xiaoru knew very well that in this matter, even if Zhu Yuanzhang was still breathing, he would not be able to oppose success. For example, ordinary Confucian ministers go to death to remonstrate, which is not the style of other filial piety. He has to wait for the opportunity. He is still young, but Zhu Yuanzhang is already old.
He has plenty of time and plenty of opportunities.
As for He Xi, I'm sorry, Fang Xiaoru didn't pay much attention to it, because the center of the world lies in the center, and the prince has an absolute advantage in the center. In this regard, He Xi is absolutely incomparable.
Now Fang Xiaoru is just burying his secret hand for the future.
However, there was one thing that Fang Xiaoru felt he could do something about. It was none other than the place where Song Lin offered wine at the Imperial Academy in Nanjing.
First of all, Song Lin has been serving as the imperial wine minister for a long time. It's time to make a move and let him get promoted. Fang Xiaoru has a way. It is certainly not easy to embarrass someone, but it is not too difficult to help someone.
The most important thing was this "good intention". He Xi couldn't let Song Lin refuse. Otherwise, Song Lin might not be willing.
Secondly, it was the establishment of the Imperial College in Beijing. It was inappropriate to let He Xi occupy the two Imperial Colleges in the north and south. Before this, Fang Xiaoru had not wanted to get the Imperial College back, but Zhu Yuanzhang refused to let go on this matter, and no one could do anything about it.
But now, Fang Xiaoru saw the possibility of Zhu Yuanzhang relenting.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor, and the emperor must consider checks and balances. Such an important location as the Imperial College was the source of future imperial officials. It's good to have He Xi in control for so many years. Now that He Xi is trying to make a new start, after Zhu Yuanzhang has accomplished his goal, doesn't he want to think about whether it is a good thing for all the officials in the world to come from He Xi's family?
This is the good news that Fang Xiaoru saw.
Blessings lie where misfortunes lie, misfortunes lie where blessings rely. Blessings and misfortunes sometimes happen in just a thought, but a truly wise man can turn misfortunes into blessings and blessings into misfortunes.
Although He Xi's various actions were a major blow to the sacred teachings of Mingjiao. But taking this opportunity to regain the Imperial College can be considered a good thing.
Of course, there is no balance between gains and losses, but it is already the limit of what Fang Xiaoru can do.
"The next thing to do is to hide our minions and wait for the right time." Fang Xiaoru had a cold look in his eyes and secretly said: "The sun has its time, and the dragon has its regrets. Your Majesty, I will wait, don't be in a hurry."
