"There are indeed many things that are possible or not, but for some people, it is absolutely impossible; but for some people, it is not impossible." Zhang Siwen said something to Jiao Hong, which was not so easy to understand, but it was meaningful. .
The purpose of establishing some regulations is to set thresholds, and then use reasonable means to use the power in your hands to seek personal gain. This fact is too common, even for the imperial examinations that are already relatively fair.
Threshold: if you pass it, it is the door; if you cannot pass it, it is the threshold.
Jiao Hong was silent for a moment before speaking: "From the Hongwu years to the Xuande years, officials in the Ming Dynasty were inspected for promotion. After taking three exams and completing nine years, they could become officials, such as tikong, Duli, Yuli, Lingshi, and Dianli. , clerks, and scribes can all be given official status, but in the seventh year of Xuande, tests on literary meaning, movement, and writing began, which basically cut off the chance for officials to be promoted and obtain official status."
"Those who have no merit in any of the three will be dismissed from the service of the people."
This was the decree of the seventh year of Xuande. After that, the door to promotion from civil servants to official status was completely closed.
There was a general ceiling in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. Non-Jinshi scholars could not enter the Hanlin Academy, and non-Hanlin people could not join the cabinet. By the Wanli period, only those who became common people were eligible to join the cabinet. Jinshi scholars were also divided into three grades, and the top three entered the Hanlin Academy. If the second-level students fail to pass the Hanlin Academy examination, they can also find a job in the imperial court, while the third-level students can only serve as officials.
As for Juren, at the time of its establishment, there were still high-ranking officials. By the Wanli period, the upper limit for Juren was the sixth grade.
This attempt is like a carp leaping over the dragon's gate.
Therefore, Jiao Hong really had no ambition for an official career, so he contradicted Sun Jigao in person and angrily denounced the Confucian scholars. He knew that a person like him would not be able to find a good place for himself in the officialdom.
Everyone is greedy, are you greedy or not? Everyone is tolerant, are you tolerant? Everyone turns a blind eye to a certain thing, can you turn a blind eye? Jiao Hong was very confident in his knowledge, but he had no confidence at all in being an official.
If he hadn't taken shelter in the Quanchu Guild Hall this time, he wouldn't even be able to refer to it.
"Because of my father, I don't plan to be an official." Zhang Siwen's words were shocking, and he directly raised an explosive topic, leaving Jiao Hong dumbfounded and dumbfounded.
As the eldest son of Zhang Juzheng, isn't it natural for Zhang Siwen to enter the officialdom and rise to a height of 90,000 miles?
Zhang Siwen looked at Jiao Hong's stunned look and said with a smile: "Although my father has never said anything about this, if it is Chinese style this year, I am afraid that some people will say that my father will become a powerful minister, Yan Song and Xu Jie, I still If you don’t cause trouble for your father, he already has enough troubles.”
"I have a place to go if I don't become an official. I plan to learn arithmetic well and then enter the Gewuyuan."
"Gewuyuan?" Jiao Hong was full of doubts. What kind of yamen is this?
Zhang Siwen began to explain the various aspects of the Royal Garden, which is still under construction.
Zhang Siwen longed for the Gewuyuan. He was very good at arithmetic. With the various novelties in his father's Wenchang Pavilion, he could flexibly use the eighty-one-position abacus and measure irregular land areas with a measuring cart. Between the two, he was able to use the sine table for trigonometric drawing, and even made a 10-point sine table himself.
At this time, he was fully qualified to enter the Gewuyuan.
Zhang Siwen clearly knew that he had no future in politics. His father, Zhang Juzheng, did not intend to hand Zhang Dang's big stall to Zhang Siwen, which was reserved for His Majesty.
Zhang Siwen didn't think it was unfair. His father had talked about public and private matters. Zhang Dang was a public servant, while the small family was private. If Zhang Juzheng wanted to leave these to his son, there would be no Zhang Dang at all.
Zhang Siwen likes arithmetic. In the past, he was a bit deviant and useless. Now, the Gewuyuan built with arithmetic logic as the core is the temple in his mind and the place he yearns for now.
Jiao Hong and Zhang Siwen chatted for a long time. Jiao Hong was very interested in Gewuyuan, but he had never studied arithmetic at all.
The next day, Jiao Hong entered the Imperial College and became a student of the Imperial College. There were not so many problems with reference.
Jiao Hong had a family background, so it was not difficult for him to enter the Imperial Academy.
Sun Jigao immediately did not dare to continue to embarrass him. The reason was very simple. Jiao Hong was from the Quanchu Guild Hall. If he continued to embarrass him, he would not give Yuan Fu face.
If you don't give Yuan Fu face, you are courting death.
After Jiao Hong entered the Imperial College, he immediately regained his self-confidence. The poor students had many stationery supplies. The etiquette of these prison students was good, but in terms of knowledge, they were not very good.
When Jiao Hong entered the Imperial Academy, he came to study arithmetic, and he was also somewhat interested in arithmetic.
But Jiao Hong soon realized the difficulty of arithmetic.
The arithmetic in the Imperial College is a separate points system.
Jiao Hong just entered school and entered the Dushu Hall. There are twelve exams a year, with a ten-point system, the highest is ten points, and the lowest is 0 points. Only after getting 90 points in the exam every year can he study from the Dushu Hall, Shengzhai Hall, to the Bypass Hall in "Arithmetic Enlightenment" "Baojian of Arithmetic Science", "Algorithm Tongzong", "Taiwan Algorithm".
After another year of examination, with a score of 90 points, you can enter Minglitang. Minglitang is the disciple of the crown prince Zhu Zaiyu, and is responsible for the grading of Dushutang and Byantongtang.
The Imperial College originally had six schools. The three schools of Zhengyi, Chongzhi, and Guangye lasted one and a half years. In addition to the original grades, the math score must reach 60 points in order to be promoted to the two schools of Xiudao and Chengxin. The schooling system of these two schools is also one year. Half a year later, the arithmetic scores must reach 80 points or above before they can be promoted to Suixingtang, obtain the qualification of a child student, and start preparing for the provincial examination.
Mingli Hall and Suixing Hall are the two upper chambers in the Imperial College.
Cultivation, sincerity, and bypassing are the middle equanimity, while justice, lofty karma, wide karma, and degree are the lower equanimity.
The upper, middle and lower houses are three grades.
If they are admitted by Juren, they will be transferred to the monastery. For students with a Juren background, the Imperial College does not require classes or examinations, because most of the Juren who enter the Imperial College are seeking status, mainly for the examination.
When Jiao Hong started studying arithmetic, he didn't think it was scary at first. Isn't it just addition, subtraction, multiplication and division? Then as the subject gradually deepened, Jiao Hong began to feel numb, and then his scalp began to tingle.
He even wondered how he passed the examination and whether his father had used money to clear the way for him without knowing it.
The Enlightenment of Mathematical Learning directly deceived him. Is Mathematical Learning really learned by humans?
Xuezheng stood in front and said: "I have a jug of wine. I take it with me on spring outings. When I meet a shop, I double the amount. When I meet a friend, I drink a bucket. The friend of the shop goes around and there is no more wine in the lake. I would like to ask if there is any original wine in this pot. How many buckets."
This test was about arithmetic and logic, and after repeated calculations, Jiao Hong finally got a result, but he made a mistake. He calculated backwards and counted one less store, and then he calculated it wrong. Then he used Tianyuan Technique, and he was right. After walking through it again, I got it right.
The answer is: 15/16 buckets.
Jiao Hong found new fun.
On the third day of October, Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Hall as usual, held a large court meeting, and started the monthly regular court meeting.
After the ceremony was over, everyone looked at His Majesty the Emperor on the stage.
Feng Bao shook his fly whisk and said loudly: "The envoy from the Ryukyu Kingdom is here to see you."
"I, Zheng Xian, the chief minister of Ryukyu, and Zheng You, the chief minister of the palace of Zhongshan King of Ryukyu, are here to see your majesty. Long live, long live, long live your majesty." Two Ryukyu envoys entered the palace and saluted.
Zheng Xian and Zheng You bowed again. Zheng Xian bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the late king has passed away. I beg your Majesty to canonize the crown prince Shangyong as the king."
The Ryukyu envoy came to the court this time to request the emperor to confer the title of King of Zhongshan, the crown prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Shangyong. The old king died and the new king was already in power, hoping to be canonized by the court.
"The Ministry of Rites has reported this matter. I don't understand. Prince Wang is Shang Kang, so why would he support Shang Yong as king?" Zhu Yijun asked with a frown.
According to the "Fan Kingdom Rituals Notes", the prince appointed by the old king was clearly Naoyasu, and the prince Naoyasu was still alive. As a result, Ryukyu's ministers gathered around Shounaga as the king. This must be clarified.
"Your Majesty, Shang Kangbo is not the concubine." Zheng Xian bowed again and replied very respectfully.
After Ma Ziqiang, the Minister of Etiquette, bowed his head after leaving the mission, he turned to look at the Ryukyu envoy and said, "Is this really the case? But Shang Yong, who you are crowding around, is not the daughter of the royal concubine."
In the sixth year of Longqing, the old king passed away. The reason why the Ming Dynasty has been reluctant to canonize the title must be due to the fierce struggle in the court. On the other hand, it is because the Ministry of Rites decided that the prince, the official of Ryukyu, was appointed by the old king. But they support another one, which is inconsistent with etiquette.
Therefore, until the fourth year of Wanli, no new king was canonized.
Recently, the coastal defense inspectors of Zhengjiupin were driving hydrofoil sailboats on the sea. It only took one day to get from Matsue Prefecture to Ryukyu, and it only took two days to get from Yuegang to Ryukyu. The speed of information transmission was greatly improved. A big improvement. After a recent visit, I found that the problem in Ryukyu is not just as simple as the fault of the non-concubine.
The mother of the new king who is surrounded by Ryukyu is a Japanese, while the mother of the crown prince Shang Kang is a Ming Dynasty.
Ma Ziqiang did not make it clear, just to give the Ryukyu State envoy an opportunity to make it clear directly that he wanted to jump left and right here in the Ming Dynasty and have both sides, without even thinking about it. In the decision-making against the Japanese, he needed to stand firm.
Zheng Xian's forehead immediately broke out in cold sweat, and the court already knew.
"Your Majesty, I have given you a detailed report. It is not the military and civilians of Ryukyu who have betrayed the Ming Dynasty, but the Japanese pirates who have caused endless harm to the Ryukyu Islands. I sincerely request your Majesty to send the Ming Dynasty Army to help Ryukyu pacify the Japanese." Zheng Xian had nothing to say. Too clear, but explain the reasons clearly.
As a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, Ryukyu had to be canonized by the Ming emperor. However, the reality was that Ryukyu was repeatedly invaded by Japanese pirates. As the suzerain state, it was never able to help eliminate the Japanese pirates.
The Japanese were fierce, fighting everywhere, occupying fertile fields in ports, and the Ryukyu envoys came to the Ming Dynasty. They complained every time, but the court could only say a few good words.
The Ming Dynasty has the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty, and Ryukyu also has the national conditions of Ryukyu. Ryukyu has been heavily infiltrated in all aspects. In fact, there is no other way. We can only play this kind of wall-riding trick. On the one hand, we have to obey the orders of the Satsuma Shimazu family, and on the other hand, we have to obey the orders of the Satsuma Shimazu family. We must also seek the canonization of Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Declare the decree."
Feng Bao came out of the queue, flicked his fly whisk, and said with frustration: "The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says:"
"I have been appointed by heaven to dominate the world. All political orders are announced and are to be implemented in accordance with the constitution. In the country of Ryukyu, far away from the sea, Shengjiao is gradually being practiced for its responsibilities and righteousness. It has been a long time since I passed the world. Therefore, the king is still in the Yuan Dynasty and shows his lotus. The title of a nobleman has passed away. If you belong to the country and ask for the title, you will still be given a hat, a crown, a uniform, etc. It is advisable to abide by the etiquette and be loyal and diligent."
"Appreciate this."
What is very interesting about this imperial edict is that although it granted the skin benevolence and the imperial robes, it still did not recognize Shoanyong as the king. It only allowed him to temporarily take charge of state affairs. There was no corresponding seal or ribbon, and no canonized officials were sent to Ryukyu. Preside over the canonization.
The Ming Dynasty has not fully explored the situation in Ryukyu. The speed of the Ming Dynasty's navy is much slower than that of the Beijing camp. This is not because Yu Dayou is not as good as Qi Jiguang, but because the navy needs ships, and shipbuilding takes time. There are no ships, cannons, Gun, it is really difficult for the navy to go ashore to fight.
And Yu Dayou gave a clear time, that is, around the seventh year of Wanli, the Ming navy would have the ability to attack.
Therefore, Ryukyu will have to wait, and so will Ming Dynasty.
"I thank your Majesty for your kindness." Zheng Xian sighed heavily. This result was not very good.
In fact, Zheng Xian was not willing to accept it. Either the imperial court would send troops to quell Japan, and Ryukyu would be directly attached to it, hello, me, hello, everyone; or the imperial court would directly grant the title of king and recognize the influence of Japan in Ryukyu. However, Ming Dynasty was so unwilling to swallow it. They refused to send troops or confer titles, which made Ryukyu unable to advance or decline, which was very uncomfortable.
Zheng Xian had no choice but to give up his claim to Ryukyu. It was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to give up its claim to Ryukyu. It would not have done so in the past, and now it is even less likely due to the opening of the sea. However, the Ming Dynasty's navy has not yet recovered to the point of attacking. This will take time. Accumulation, so it can only be so neither up nor down.
It's difficult for the imperial court and it's difficult for Ryukyu, so we can only do whatever it takes to maintain the situation.
After the envoy left the palace, Zhu Yijun's hand touched the memorials. This pile of memorials were all from this month.
"Is Xu Guochong here to review the Hanlin Academy?" Zhu Yijun held the memorial in his hand and said with amusement on his face.
Xu Guochong was waiting outside the palace. When he heard the announcement, he hurried up to the palace, knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly: "See you, your majesty. May your majesty pay his respects."
Zhu Yijun held the memorial in his hand and said: "I have told you that arithmetic is a delusional art. It is said that numbers have magical principles. They can know the comings and goings, and they can't do anything without thinking. There is a saying: arithmetic is useless, not only economics." To govern the world, all your efforts are wasted and useless.”
"If I deny it to you, you still have to report it and let me reduce the burden by one or two."
The first obstacle to arithmetic was exaggerated by Confucian scholars as a monstrous technique.
For example, in the past, when Li Chunfeng was engaged in astronomical calendaring and Wu Zetian ascended the throne, some people said that Li Chunfeng had deduced that Wu Zetian was going to usurp the Li family as early as 40 years ago!
Astronomer and mathematician Li Chunfeng suddenly became a master of prediction.
There is also a "Tui Bei Tu" written by Li Chunfeng. I don't know if it was written by Li Chunfeng himself. He has processed the prophecies of the past dynasties and finally became the top among the top in prediction. However, whenever something happens, this Tui Bei Tu will be taken away. Come out and make some noise.
Tuibei pictures actually have very obvious traces of collective creation, and it is not only horizontally created by Li Chunfeng with multiple people, but also vertically. It has been continuously processed by successive dynasties, and things are forcibly attached to Tuibei pictures. , thus creating the illusion that its predictions are accurate.
This thing is deceptive. For example, something happened in August of the fourth year of Wanli. A Confucian scholar named Ma Dengru started to tinker with some mysterious things because he was not good at reading. In the Ming Dynasty, this was called Things are evil.
Shu Ao of the Huai'an Prefecture reported that Ma Deng had no success in Confucianism and martial arts, so he created "Tui Bei Diagram" and "Array Formation Diagram" to confuse the public and prove it.
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, those who spread rumors about prophecies would be beheaded in public, so they were directly escorted to the capital.
Making "Tui Bei Tu" is what I made myself, which is the only way to cheat.
Now, what Xu Guochong means when reviewing Xu Guochong is that the promotion of arithmetic in the Ming Dynasty is to encourage the arrogance of demonic arts. This worry cannot be wrong, because everyone in the past dynasties has said so, arithmetic is the puppet of demonic arts, and arithmetic is the puppet of demonic arts.
On the other hand, Xu Guochong also said that this thing is too difficult.
The first time Zhu Yijun denied Xu Guochong's request, the second time Xu Guochong stopped talking about evil tricks, and instead interceded with the supervisors of the Imperial College to loosen the reins, which was regarded as telling the truth.
It's too difficult and impossible to learn.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "Xu Jiaquan and I have different opinions. Xu Jiaquan said it is difficult, but I am also learning. Why do I think it is not difficult? I have an idea."
As soon as the emperor said that he had an idea, the ministers were immediately frightened. Your Majesty's ideas are always so unexpected. Your Majesty, please don't come up with any ideas. The entire Ming Dynasty is overwhelmed by your Majesty's ideas. .
Zhu Yijun didn't care whether the ministers were happy or not, he said with a smile: "Then I will go to Yilun Hall tomorrow to talk about arithmetic. Why don't I just talk about recruiting."
The Yilun Hall of the Imperial College was called Chongwen Pavilion in the Hongwu period. In the Yongle period, it was renamed the Yilun Hall. It was the place where the emperor went to give lectures after visiting the Imperial Academy. When the emperor came to this place, he met the officials of the Imperial Academy, and then he was visited by Hongwu. The minister of the temple preached to teachers and students that they should study hard and respect their teachers.
Zhu Yijun felt that since it was a place for lectures, could he, the Master, be the teacher himself and teach arithmetic to the students in the Imperial College?
Zhu Yijun himself said that he was not bad at reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but Guozijian's lectures on the Four Books and Five Classics were very good, but his teaching on arithmetic was not very good.
As the master and the master are one, then fulfill your obligation as the master and master in the world and speak about it yourself.
Wouldn't it? Zhu Yijun planned to go into battle himself and teach the tactics.
The technique of recruiting was created by Guo Shoujing, Zhu Shijie and others in the Yuan Dynasty. It was widely used in the time-telling calendar and the Four Yuan Jade Mirror. The name of the technique in later generations was Newton's interpolation formula.
When Zhang Juzheng heard what the emperor said, he quickly stepped out of the queue and bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, I thought it would be better to talk about the Four Elements Technique. It is too difficult to recruit people."
Zhu Yijun said very confidently: "Sir, are you afraid that I can't understand what I'm explaining? Didn't I demonstrate the method of calculating the apparent degrees of the sun, moon and five stars for you yesterday in the side hall, which was when I was reading the Theory of Astronomical Movements?"
"I can explain it clearly, sir, don't worry."
Zhang Juzheng was not worried about the little emperor, he was worried about the supervisor.
"Your Majesty can understand, but the supervisors do not. I am not worried that Your Majesty will not understand. I am really worried that the supervisors will not understand. They will be even more frightened by God's calculations and unwilling to learn." Zhang Juzheng did not want to stop the emperor from going to Yi. Lun Tang gives lectures to the supervisors, but His Majesty immediately engages in recruiting and recruiting. Isn't this life-threatening?
It is okay to give lectures, but they cannot be so difficult, otherwise the students will not understand, and Your Majesty will think that the supervisors are too stupid, which will damage the friendship between the monarch and his ministers.
"How about we talk about how the powers and potentials of Zu Xuan are the same, but the accumulation is not different?" Zhu Yijun actually didn't want to talk about the Four Elements Technique, because it was a bit too simple.
"Your Majesty, I think the Four Elements Technique is just right. If it is more difficult, the supervisors may not be able to understand what your Majesty means." As soon as Zhang Juzheng heard that he was going to talk about the Zu Xun Principle, he immediately clearly opposed it. In the Imperial College, the Zu Xun Principle is also the Mingli Hall. He only knows how to study it. If the supervisors are asked to learn this, they won’t be able to learn it, right?
Zhenzhen: sincere and patient teaching.
"Okay then, I'll go to Yilun Hall to teach arithmetic on the afternoon of the third day of every month." Zhu Yijun followed his husband's advice and chose the simpler Four Elements Technique to explain.
After Zhang Juzheng succeeded in the compromise, the courtiers all breathed a long sigh of relief. Zhang Juzheng fulfilled his mission as Yuan Fu and successfully sealed the emperor.
If His Majesty is really asked to teach recruitment skills, then if the students don't understand, wouldn't they have to hang themselves to apologize?
The Four Elements Technique is simple and just right.
Zhu Yijun still felt a little regretful. In fact, he really wanted to talk about this triangulation mapping method. This was Zhu Zaiyu's biggest achievement after entering Beijing, and now he has begun to calculate it. The Kantu map, which was previously seriously out of proportion, can finally be further revised.
Talking about triangulation can effectively respond to the first trend of public opinion, that arithmetic is useless and arithmetic is monstrous.
It's because you don't know how to use it, you don't understand it, and you rely on arithmetic. It's not a problem with arithmetic, it's a problem with people.
But trigonometric mapping is also a cutting-edge arithmetic that only Meilido is exposed to.
"What does Xu Jiexing think of my handling? Look, you say it's difficult, but I don't think it's difficult. I'll go and tell the students in the Imperial College about this." Zhu Yijun seemed to be asking Xu Guochong. He was going to give lectures. Xu Guochong agreed. agree.
Whether Xu Guochong agrees or disagrees, everyone has to agree.
"I thank you for your majesty's grace." Xu Guochong realized something was wrong. He originally asked the emperor to reduce the burden, but the emperor decided to take action himself.
There is a reason why the Confucian scholars in the Imperial College don't want to learn arithmetic. That is: they don't know whether the emperor's arithmetic is really good. preferences?
Now it is a mule and a horse, and it can be pulled out for a ride.
Zhu Yijun showed a bright smile and signaled to Xu Guochong that he could leave. Can you explain it clearly? If you explain it clearly, won't you know in the afternoon?
After lunch in the afternoon, Zhu Yijun took a lot of tails to the Yilun Hall of the Imperial College.
Fan Yingqi, Sun Ying'ao and others, who were in charge of the Imperial College's memorial ceremony, were well prepared and carefully selected 90 outstanding students from Mingli Hall and Biantong Hall to come to study.
Zhu Yijun appeared in the school. After everyone bowed, Zhu Yijun's arithmetic class began.
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