Chapter 36 Xue Zhen
There is a reason why Xue Zhen is so anxious.
The rise of northern industry has occupied a large amount of manpower and material resources. The money that workers can make is far better than that of being tenants. The entire northern population is relatively small. Not to mention, many places have been immigrant areas for more than ten years, and the population is not large in the first place.
Shanxi is the most populous province in the north, and He Xi has wanted to take advantage of Shanxi more than once.
But Shanxi's population is also numerous. Over the past few years, Shanxi has experienced a serious population outflow.
This is one of the reasons why Shanxi has always been the southern position during the Civil War. After all, if there was no basis for public opinion, the Southern Army would not have persisted in Shanxi for such a long time.
The same problem also led to a problem, that is, because Shanxi lasted the longest, the suffering from the war was heavier. After all, in the later stages of the war, Shanxi maintained three lines of defense, and supplies from the rear could not be transported. It all relied on Shanxi There is local support, but how can local Shanxi support such consumption?
Moreover, when Shanxi surrenders in the end, it will be suppressed in many things. This is also human nature. Not to mention, the fate of the Yanzhou Kong family was seen by many people in Shanxi.
Many people feel that their fate in the future will be worse than that of the Kong family in Yanzhou.
How could they not think of a solution?
This meeting is their opportunity.
He Xi secretly thought: "Sure enough, it would be meaningful to establish the country."
If it hadn't been for today's incident, He Xi would not have thought that there would still be the power of northern scholar-bureaucrats. I never thought they were in such a hurry.
In fact, He Xi did not deliberately target these groups. But the problem is that with the development of the times, even if it is not deliberately targeted, it has been eliminated by the wave of the times.
At this moment, it was on the verge of jumping over the wall.
Now He Xi has taken control of the situation. Naturally, I don't want to see anything happen down there. Thus disrupting your own plans. After all, the so-called scholar-officials in the north are different from the scholar-officials in the south of the Yangtze River. The martial arts style of Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats was just average.
But the northern scholar-bureaucrats were different.
They didn't want to be martial, but their geographical environment forced them to do so. Confucianism was not flourishing in the north, especially Hu Feng, a legacy from the Yuan Dynasty. Many people are unreasonable.
The habit of respecting scholars from the Song Dynasty was left over in the south, but this habit needs to be re-cultivated in the north. Since we cannot reason, we must use force.
If these scholar-officials want to maintain their own interests, they must dare to take action against others. In what year can people not die if they grab water?
And He Xi also suspected that Xue Zhen represented more than just Shanxi. If it really breaks out, it seems that these people have little influence in the court, and they will probably cause more trouble than the Jiangnan scholar-officials.
Without him, the Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats had a great influence on the imperial court. It also has a big impact on the local area. But it’s too polite. So that it is difficult to have powerful attributes in him. This is also the reason why their troubles in Jiangnan were easily put down.
But if the northern scholar-bureaucrats really make a fuss, it's hard to say.
This is the power of ideas. Although the southern scholar-officials were rich due to their local power, they were not as arrogant as the northern scholar-officials. But they were able to change the rules, making it difficult for the northern scholar-bureaucrats to reach the center of the imperial court, and they were suppressed by him.
But now the rules have changed. There was just a glimmer of hope.
He Xi said: "Agriculture is the foundation of the imperial court, and there is nothing wrong with that. But industry and commerce are also the way to get rich. The road to a strong country. As time goes by, there must be a way to reinvent the wheel."
Xue Zhen said: "Sir, this matter is not trivial. Students think that some changes are good. The changes are too fast. It is really difficult for people to adapt."
He Xi said: "If you can't adapt, just learn to adapt. Many things won't stop just because you don't adapt. Well, I'll tell you that this year, schools in the north will give some quotas to Shanxi and host a special competition in Taiyuan. In the exam, if there are outstanding students from Jinzhong, they will naturally stand out."
"how?"
As soon as these words came out, Xue Zhen was stunned. It was difficult to distinguish this for a while
This approach is good or bad for them.
Specially recruiting students from Shanxi is very bad news for Xue Zhen, or the traditional Confucian school. After all, any school of thought needs people.
If future students go to new universities, how will their legacy be passed on?
But the reason why Xue Zhen has today's status is partly because of his knowledge, which is indeed good. But on the other hand, he is a good teacher, full of peaches and plums.
Many people are his disciples, so they are naturally highly respected. Deeply loved by his disciples.
Xue Zhen can do this because she really thinks about her disciples. He knew very well that from a personal perspective, joining He Xi's school, that is, in the so-called university, was the most promising.
Although these scholar-bureaucrats in Shanxi are facing various crises, if they can have their children to stand out in the court, some grievances are not unbearable.
Moreover, even though many people find it unacceptable, the problem is that some of the disciples have already joined He Xi. Their hearts are in disarray. If people's hearts are not aligned, nothing can be done.
He Xi paid too much attention to these northern scholar-bureaucrats, but not too much.
The important thing is that He Xi feels that he can't push people into a hurry. If something happens, you will be the one in trouble. But the reason for not paying attention to it is also very simple. The influence of northern industry is spreading, and these people are just grasshoppers in the autumn. When time abandons them, they will never say hello to him.
Xue Zhen already felt that this era was changing too fast. But in He Xi's view, the future is an era with an increasingly faster pace.
If you can't adapt to the present, you can't adapt to the future. It means being unable to keep up with one step or another. All He Xi wanted was comfort, and it was impossible for him to give up more benefits.
As for the enrollment issue, Nonsense, as the official school of the Ming Dynasty and the top university in the Ming Dynasty, can get fewer students from Shanxi. Even in order to achieve a balanced integration, universities in the North and the South must recruit students nationwide. Of course, due to climate reasons, there are naturally no restrictions on the number of applicants and admissions from each province.
Northern universities admit more students in the north, while southern universities admit more students in the south or themselves. This is natural.
In the north, Shanxi has the largest population. Of course, it may be surpassed by the population of Beijing in the near future. It is a birthplace that cannot be ignored. Originally, the number of students enrolled would not be small.
He Xi just increased it slightly.
It's simply a benefit at no cost. But it can also play a small role.
He Xi said: “If Mr. I was negligent. I just wanted to ask the knowledgeable people in the world to help me solve my doubts, and also to help your Majesty. Mr. Xue is willing to take on this important task."
Xue Zhen said: "Thank you for your kindness, sir, it's just this matter------"
He was very confused.
He knew that there was a reason for He Xi to do this, and it couldn't be a free future for him. If he wants this future, what will he have to pay?
What to pay for? Naturally, he helped him to appease the people below and get them to cooperate with the court's policies.
Does he want this future? Naturally, I want it.
The essence of Confucianism is to be an official. If you say what sounds good, you will send it to the kings Yao and Shun, and then make the customs pure, and if you say what sounds bad, it will be good. I want to get promoted and make a fortune, and receive gifts during the New Year. One person is inferior to ten thousand people.
In Xue Zhen's heart, she had the desire to pray for the people. Naturally, he wanted this future, and more importantly, this position was also very prestigious. It required him to find ways to solve the stubborn problems of the world.
This feels so good.
But he didn't know whether many people below could accept this result.
Give him a feeling of treachery. He sold his supporters in exchange for generous salaries.
Xue Zhen hesitated.
He Xi said: “Mr.
Be careful of Duke Qian from now on. Don't do this kind of thing again in the future. Too dangerous. In addition, in a few days, there will be a public vote on the Southern Expedition, so just pay attention. "
As He Xi and others took over Nanjing, the Nanjing Imperial College very quickly restored the situation that He Xi had originally controlled. Moreover, He Xi also transferred some people from Beijing. It was to rebuild the Nanjing Imperial College.
Now the Nanjing Imperial College has been almost rebuilt.
It is almost the same as the Imperial College in Beijing. It’s just that there are fewer students. But it only takes a few years to think that it will be able to keep pace with the four northern schools. After all, He Xi controlled the Nanjing Imperial College for a long time and still left some legacy.
Let Xue Zhen go to Nanjing Imperial College, and you can almost see that all the most cutting-edge things are already some of the projects that Nanjing Imperial College has advantages over, and even projects that Beijing Imperial College cannot compare with, that is, He Xi's integration project of New Learning and Confucianism.
This project started on He Xi, and it did not stop even after the Nanjing Imperial College fell into the hands of Fang Xiaoru. On the contrary, Fang Xiaoru personally promoted it and added a lot of things.
Even now, when He Xi goes to see it for himself, many places can be justified. There are still some pretty deep tears though. But most people can't see it.
He Xi even felt that after one or two hundred years later, after all the parties involved were buried, many people in later generations would take history for granted, and they probably would not be able to see that they were a person from later generations. Science is not the original ecology of the Ming Dynasty. .
This is why He Xi asked Xue Zhen to take a look. If the theory here can convince Xue Zhen, then more people can be convinced. But Xue Zhen could not be persuaded. Maybe Xue Zhen can help with this project.
But that's not what Xue Zhen cares about. Xue Zhen asked: "Vote? How to vote?"
