On April 11, the tenth year of Wanli, the Portuguese mission entered the capital. The next day they went through the formalities at the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites and moved into the diplomatic mission residence which was converted from the Seiyi Pavilion.
As for the Siyi Museum, which was originally responsible for training translation talents, it was moved to the newly completed School of Foreign Languages of Jingshi University in Beijing and was included in the management of the Ministry of Education.
Luo Mingjian, who was proficient in Chinese, took Matteo Ricci to be responsible for the contact between the mission and the officials of Honglu Temple. Seeing that the official of Honglu Temple seemed to have been caught and raped, and walked with wind, Luo Mingjian asked curiously: "Master Tu, your country Are all the officials so busy?”
This general manager's surname was Tu Minglong, and he was none other than the pervert of the large Hongbao layman. At that time, Zhang Sixiu, the second son of the Zhang family, gave face to Shen Maoxue, the new top scholar, and made it possible for him to stay in Beijing. Seeing Luo Mingjian's curiosity, he replied: "Oh, you can't say. It has nothing to do with you. Everyone in the court is very busy these days."
Luo Mingjian didn't know why, so he asked when he could see the emperor. Does the Ministry of Rites have any arrangements for this matter?
Tu Long smiled bitterly and said: "Oh, you can't say it. I suggest you spend a few days in the capital first. It's best not to see the emperor these days, as the emperor is in a bad mood."
Luo Mingjian was shocked and asked following the words: "Is this...what's going on? Do we need to avoid anything during the audience?" What he meant was whether he was the emperor's relatives or children. If you are ill or even incurable, you can prescribe the right medicine when you have the opportunity to explain Christian doctrine in the future.
Tu Long didn't understand what he meant and replied directly: "Oh, it's irrelevant. You don't need to ask around, it has nothing to do with our Ministry of Etiquette. It's this...Oh, you don't need to know." After saying that, he gave the instruction. When they go shopping, they must be accompanied by people from Honglu Temple. They cannot just walk blindly and run away all the way.
Luo Mingjian was confused and didn't mention it. Tu Long walked out of the gate of the foreign guest hotel and ran home directly without returning to Honglu Temple for work.
After returning home and entering the wing, he opened the door and saluted: "Mr. Fushan, I'm sorry. The Portuguese have come here these days, and there are too many chores. Please forgive me for my neglect. Did you have a good rest last night? Today is the big day. , I got up early."
The person he was talking to was in his sixties, with most of his beard gray, and his body was thick and tall. Hearing this, he chuckled and said, "I'm causing trouble for Brother Tu."
Tu Long smiled and said: "Mr. Fushan came to Beijing to find Mr. Tu, and our family really flourished. Nowadays, anyone who can meet Mr. Fushan will be honored by Huagong. What's the trouble?"
The Mr. Fushan he mentioned was none other than He Xinyin, a thinker from the Ming Dynasty in China and a disciple of the Taizhou School of Wang Yangming's "Xinxue". He was born in the twelfth year of Zhengde and is now sixty-five years old.
Before He Xinyin was thirty years old, he pursued a career like ordinary scholars at that time. Later, he followed Yanshan Agricultural Studies and "Xin Zhai (Wang Gen) established the foundation" and became a disciple of the Taizhou school of Yangming's Xinxue. His thoughts are more avant-garde and bold than those of Li Zhi. Huang Zongxi of later generations commented on him and Yan Shannong, saying, "The princes have overthrown the world, and no one from the past has been seen before, and no one has come since."
In the fourth year of Wanli in the original time and space, He Xinyin was arrested and imprisoned on the charge of inciting the chieftains of Guizhou to rebel because his thoughts were not consistent with the orthodox Neo-Confucianism. He Xinyin was diligent in teaching and his thoughts were widely spread. In the seventh year, Wang Zhiyuan, governor of Huguang, had him killed in prison with a stick - everyone at the time thought this was a great injustice.
In this time and space, thanks to the butterfly effect of time travellers, a major reform had begun in the seventh year of Wanli. The governors of various places, including Wang Zhiyuan, were so busy that they hit the back of the head with their feet every day, so they had no time to pay attention to him. Besides, Li Zhi and Feng Bangning of "Nanjing Daily" have expired their "three years to speak their mind directly" period. They publish some fallacies in the newspaper every day, but no one dares to care about them because the emperor is standing behind them - He Xinyin's lectures are compared to The influence of newspapers is dwarfed by that.
He Xinyin lived several more years as a result. At this time, he had keenly sensed that after the reform, deep gaps had appeared in the shackles of Neo-Confucianism, and it was disintegrating from top to bottom. He considers himself to be the "authentic" successor of Xin Xue, and this is the day when he will make great achievements. [Note 1]
Over the years he lectured everywhere and his reputation grew. Zhang Juzheng himself was actually disgusted with teaching in private schools. In the third year of Wanli's reign, he wrote to Zhu Yijun in his "Applying Old Chapters for Academic Affairs to Revitalize Talents": "Sages use Confucian techniques to teach, and the country uses Confucian techniques to educate people. If we can To understand the scriptures is to explain knowledge, so why bother to set up a separate school and gather in parties to talk empty talk. ... It is not allowed to create separate academies, gather party members, and call on people who wander around the place to eat and have nothing to do, and talk in vain."
Zhu Yijun read the memorial at that time and understood that Zhang Juzheng wanted to suppress public opinion to facilitate reform, but how could the time traveler extinguish the fire that overthrew Neo-Confucianism, so the "reported news" was shelved.
Later, his determination to reform was stronger than Zhang Juzheng's, and with the dimensionality-reducing attack method of newspapers, Zhang Juzheng bore most of the firepower against the reform. Zhang Juzheng's idea of "banning and destroying Tianxia Academy" was not so urgent.
After the Great Reform, the imperial court established the Ministry of Education, and an "Edict on Measures for the Licensing and Management of Private Schools" brought all private academies around the world under imperial administration. This method of issuing licenses was much more sophisticated than Zhang Juzheng's original plan to "forbid the destruction of academies all over the world." Times, Mr. Zhang can only admire Zhu Yijun.
After the academies management process was brought under the management of the imperial court, all those who ran academies needed supervisors trained by the imperial government in reform training classes. Instead, these academies became the high ground for public opinion advocating the reform. Various anti-Neo-Confucian thoughts accompanied the development of Physics, like storms and thunder, defeating Neo-Confucianism.
The White Terror in the Seven Years of Wanli severely damaged the economic foundation of Neo-Confucianism. Even if the squires everywhere did not praise the reform, they at least kept silent - the emperor at that time was too scary.
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Tu Long chatted with He Xinyin for a few words, and then asked He Xinyin: "Mr. Fushan came to Beijing, have you told your other friends?"
He Xinyin smiled and said: "When I passed through Nanjing this time, I met Editor-in-Chief Li Zhi. It was too late for us to meet each other."
"Li Zhi said that I know that Capital University has a style of study designated by the emperor, which is known as 'all-inclusive, letting a hundred flowers bloom', rather than the academicism of Taixue. He persuaded me to seek a teaching position. What do you mean by asking me? But someone asked me Come?"
Tu Long heard this and smiled and said: "Today, Mr. Tiantai, the deputy right-hand censor of the capital, came to see me. He somehow knew that you were here because he had admired you for a long time and wanted to meet you. Because he didn't know what you meant, he didn't Dare to agree, just say something lively."
When He Xinyin heard the words "Mr. Tiantai", he curled up his lips and said with a smile: "The more senior the official is, the bigger he is. Unfortunately, he is a top hypocrite... I have to wash my eyes after seeing him. I saw him do it." What?"
Tu Long laughed after hearing this and said: "My husband is not kind. When Mr. Tiantai met Yan Song and Gao Gong in the past, he criticized them. He has his own high wind. The high cliffs and cliffs are also different from ordinary people..."
He Xinyin also smiled and said: "Some time ago, I heard that the censor Zhou Zhihan impeached Lu Guangzu, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he signed the memorial. When the emperor was angry, he praised Lu Guangzu's wisdom and impeached Zhou Zhihan, which made a big joke. Is it true? "
Tu Long smiled and said: "That's what happened. Neo-Confucianism."
He Xinyin put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "What a 'Confucianism', haha!"
The Mr. Tiantai they mentioned refers to Geng Dingxiang, a famous Neo-Confucian scholar. He had profound attainments in humanities and Neo-Confucianism, and was regarded as a famous Confucian scholar by the people at that time. At this time, he was appointed as the right deputy of the Imperial Censor. He Xinyin's thoughts and views are incompatible with each other, and they have often had verbal disputes in Nanjing Daily in the past two years.
After laughing for a while, He Xinyin asked: "Li Zhi said that the selection of professors at the Capital University will not be judged by the academic field. After the local recommendation, the emperor will conduct an interview in person at Xiyuan Yingtai. Is this true?"
Tu Long said: "Exactly. I asked this morning. Is Mr. Fushan on the recommendation list?"
He Xinyin said: "How can I get any recommendation from the governor! But Li Zhi said that I just came, and I will be on the list. I don't know whether it is true or not."
Tu Long smiled and said: "How can Mr. Zhuowu be such a man, how can I deceive you?" After saying that, he whispered: "This slip is in the heart of the emperor, and he is also the prime minister. The editorials in the past two years have often guided public opinion and promoted reforms. It’s this—” After saying that, he put a thumbs up on his chest, indicating that Li Zhuowu was very good in the emperor’s heart.
He Xinyin sighed and said, "I can't help but be envious. Li Zhuowu was promoted to the fourth rank and resigned from his post to become editor-in-chief. At that time, everyone said he was a fool. How about now?"
Tu Long said with a smile: "Mr. Fushan is right. If you ask me, the emperor's selection of professors this time is comparable to the "Shiqu Pavilion Meeting" in the Ming Dynasty! As the saying goes, the road to broadening the artistic skills extends to hundreds of years. Duan Zhi Xue is a grand event in ten years. I guess Geng Xiang wants to see you because he wants to get to know your background so that he can have a clear target in the debate."
He Xinyin chuckled and said: "His two brushes want to debate scriptures with me, but they are only humiliating themselves. I'll wait for him to come! - I wonder when the selection will start?"
Tu Long sighed: "The emperor has been in a bad mood these days. I heard that this matter will be postponed. The matter in Zhejiang is too big, and the emperor is not in the mood to do anything else now."
He Xinyin heard this and said with anger on his face: "There are giant beetles in the country because the ruler and ministers do not share the same desires as the people. Unless there is a sage as the ruler, otherwise it will be difficult to get close to and respect the people of the world, and great governance will not be achieved."
After Tu Long heard this, he took a deep breath and said, "My dear father! Mr. Fushan, when making the selection, please don't say that you have no father."
He Xinyin smiled and said: "I have already established my path when I was established, how can I change it just because of a teaching position? If I am asked to speak at the selection meeting, I should speak my mind directly!"
Although Tu Long is a pervert, he is definitely an upright person in politics. After hearing this, he no longer tried to persuade him, but just sighed and said: "Alas. I can't figure out how the emperor views the various academic sects in the world today. He said it was a reform, but he didn't talk about it. Encourage private study; they say it is a study of hundreds of schools, but they only love one thing: studying things. How can you get close to the great road by studying things and doing other things?"
He Xinyin's face was solemn and he said: "My dear brother, this is not true. If everything in the world is aligned, the truth of Tao will be among them. In recent years, I have pondered the emperor's "On Contradiction" and "On Practice", and I have been enlightened from time to time. I feel that the essence of Xinxue lies in it. If Duke Yangming were still alive, he would definitely regard the Emperor as a close friend."
"This 'Yingtai Meeting' is really not as simple as selecting professors!"
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The major case in Zhejiang that Tu Long mentioned was exactly the "empty wages case" explained by Wu Shanyan. In early April, the "Ma Wenying False Martyr" case - now renamed the "Empty Pay Case" - was revealed, which immediately shocked the world.
The case centered on Weng Dali, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and involved a total of 37 senior officials below the third rank in the two capitals, 96 below the fifth rank, and nearly a thousand local subordinate officials and guards officers!
In half of the Jiangnan region, large-scale corruption occurred in the civil service and public health system, and more than 30 people from the National Security Bureau were involved in the case.
Although Ma Wenying's murder was only an insignificant branch of this huge corruption case, Ma Wenying's son Ma Junxian never gave up, which led to Wu Shanyan, an important insider, to make stupid moves. As a result, the entire case was uprooted and an officialdom turmoil was set off. Super earthquake.
By the end of March, when the case was being investigated, nearly all the Imperial Procuratorate and the National Security Bureau were mobilized, and five task forces were set up in the capital and Jiangnan. The emperor specially ordered Hai Rui to personally take charge - in Hai Rui's legendary career, it was written that The most wonderful thing.
After investigation, it was found that since the eighth year of Wanli, senior officials of the Imperial Privy Council and the Nanjing Ministry of War had colluded. In the process of implementing the reform of the guard station, a large number of fictitious military households in the guard station were made, and land and demobilization subsidies were embezzled, which amounted to more than 780,000 taels of silver.
Desire is hard to fill. After this corrupt group was formed, it quickly focused on the large number of ordnance eliminated during the military reform process. They took advantage of the unlimited smuggling trade between Jiangnan and Japan to resell a large amount of ordnance to Japan, which was undergoing a civil war, and made a profit of more than 1,150,000 taels.
After the emperor learned the details, it is conceivable that he was furious. This is also the reason why all officials in the imperial court are walking on thin ice these days - the mass arrests three years ago still have too great a shadow on everyone.
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