After the imperial edict was delivered, the Hanlin scholars suddenly lost their interest in talking and went back to their rooms.
For the initial screening, it will be based on articles, and everyone will be an opponent!
After passing the preliminary screening, what is the next step to make the selection?
"Everyone who is recommended must pass this test!" Wang Qiong said to Wang Shouren, "With your talent, this preliminary screening is not a problem. But if you want to sit on the top chair in the imperial study, you have to do Ready to argue with other scholars!"
Wang Shouren only felt that his target was already shining brightly.
The bachelor who served as lecturer had never served as a lecturer before. The emperor, who was not prepared to study at all, just wanted to use him as a tool!
But the Chief of the Royal Study... really suits him very well.
He does not need to be constrained by his Neo-Confucian subordinates after taking any actual position. He can not only use his rich experience in state affairs to influence the direction of many major events, but he is also important enough to be remembered in history.
It’s also very fragrant…
He was conscientious and calm: "If I win this position, I will not mention my contribution to quelling the chaos. I am a eloquent debater... Your Majesty, this can be regarded as an opportunity for me."
Although the emperor was not prepared to cause chaos due to intellectual disputes, he still gave him an opportunity to fully demonstrate his insights.
"Are you still hiding your clumsiness this time?"
Wang Shouren smiled meaningfully: "Since Yangming knows the military, he naturally strives to achieve full success."
…
When the news about the eighteen top spots came out, the front wave continued to surge, and the back wave also began to beat hard.
The wind is high and the waves are rough.
But is this considered messy?
After Yang Tinghe came back from the national policy meeting that day, he sat in the study for a long time and said to Yang Shen, "If Yan Weizhong comes to visit, please just invite him." Only then did he realize that his son had stopped him several times.
I'm really tired.
"Are you going to hurry up?" Now he was asking his brother Yang Tingyi.
"It has been arranged. We will invite them all to come to the capital no matter what. Without the position of the chief accompanying scholar in the imperial study, Wang Shouren cannot be allowed to enter the imperial study openly." Yang Tingyi was extremely solemn, and then looked at Yang Shen, "Yongxiu, you also need to go all out this time. To gain insights from the three chapters of the sutra, you must work hard!"
Yang Shen nodded silently. His mood had been equally heavy these days: he had been scolded by his father, and he also fully understood the difficulty of his father's current situation.
The emperor not only allowed civil servants to enter the process of approving red officials, but also delegated a lot of power to cabinet ministers Jiuqing. My father could not find any position to oppose such changes.
Will the Yang family be enemies with all other courtiers?
Just as he started planning to work on the selection of the other two cabinet ministers and the chief scholar of the imperial study, another imperial decree came out from the emperor: for the chief of the imperial study, all officials from the third rank and above can recommend people with outstanding talents and knowledge. First, they will be screened for knowledge, then they will be selected for their wisdom through debate, and finally, the candidates will be selected at the national policy meeting.
The three levels are set very reasonably: the chief of the imperial study room is to assist the emperor in making decisions and approving Zhu. Such a large amount of memorials and comments does require very agile thinking.
Yang Tinghe looked at the current Manchu Dynasty and determined that Yan Song had both sufficient motivation and sufficient strength.
Rather than letting Wang Shouren reach that position, it would be better to recommend Yan Song.
"Now I only want to implement the few new policies that His Majesty worried about in the imperial edict, and the rest are the fundamental matters of Neo-Confucianism." Yang Tinghe said slowly, "Besides the nine cabinet ministers, I want to block Wang Bo'an from the third place. Guan, only the group debate next month left him speechless. Several old scholars and senior officials have their own merits in terms of knowledge and history. We must allow them to arrive in Beijing within the month."
"There is another way!" Yang Tingyi said, "Now it's just that Wang Xian is still worrying about the abolition and re-establishment of the three major battalions as an excuse, and suppresses Chen Hao's statement of merit and says that we will do it next. If he can tell his merits as soon as possible, If we work together to promote Wang Bo'an's knighthood, we can alleviate this worry."
Of course Yang Tinghe knew this method, but at this moment, the words "work together" seemed harsh.
Even he is not sure whether the emperor's candidate for chief imperial study is Wang Shouren or Yan Song, or whether he has other goals.
How can we talk about making concerted efforts under such circumstances?
How many high positions above the third rank will be disturbed by replacing two cabinet ministers?
Yang Tinghe felt quite exhausted mentally and physically, and had to finish the task of cleaning up the Huangzhuang Huangdian that he had taken charge of.
He didn't dare to neglect Yang Tan because of his guilt, but the clan represented by Cai Zhen and the ministers behind Zhang Jin...
After discussing in the mansion for a long time, Yang Tinghe, who was sitting alone in the chair, really showed the sad expression that Liang Chu imagined.
"...Father." Yang Shen, who came back from seeing off the guests, looked at him worriedly.
Yang Tinghe came back to his senses and spoke: "Your thoughts on the meaning of these three classics should be written in a pragmatic way. Your Majesty does not want to promote the study of mind and replace Neo-Confucianism. Your Majesty just wants this water to come alive."
After so many rounds, Yang Tinghe finally got to know Zhu Houcong better and better.
It's just a pity that it's a little late...
…
No one in the world would have thought that the emperor's grand "election" for the chief of the imperial study room would actually have a heart-wrenching purpose.
Now it was Zhu Qingping who felt the pain first.
"...Your Majesty, there are so many, this servant can hardly breathe."
"Don't be in a hurry, start from the shallower to the deeper, and take your time. Just use the method I teach you. You have seen how to do it before. First, sex..."
The content of the conversation is thought-provoking, but this is very serious academic research.
Zhu Qingping worked for the emperor with a grimace. She took a pen and began to sort out the insights and insights on the classics and meanings submitted by the Hanlin bachelors and the recommended tycoons with Jinshi origins in the Manchu Dynasty.
Before falling asleep, the two tried for a few nights and found that the posture was wrong, so Zhu Houcong changed his mind.
He has to use his more systematic approach.
Neither Zhu Xi nor many subsequent Neo-Confucianists have used the method that Zhu Houcong was familiar with to sort it out in a more organized manner and clearly express Neo-Confucianism's worldview, outlook on life, values, methodology and other things.
Many opinions, highlighting a foggy and random.
In other words, when they were doing academic work, they did not have the so-called academic paper standards of later generations.
I say whatever comes to my mind, and I don’t even give you a source when quoting scriptures. If you are not knowledgeable enough and your memory is not good enough, you will be disgusted by some articles.
Completely unsystematic and extremely poorly targeted!
That's the good thing about being an emperor. Otherwise, in this era, how could one get so many targeted "paper materials" with just one decree?
Learning requires methods.
So now, Zhu Qingping started to do trivial tasks.
She had to first find the source from the Four Books and Five Classics and other classics according to the method set by the emperor, and then mark the emperor's numbered index on a piece of paper on the meanings and insights of those classics, just like doing sentence reading.
At the same time, I sorted out different people’s explanations of important Neo-Confucian terms that I was already somewhat familiar with, and excerpted them into a special booklet.
This is Zhu Houcong's inductive analysis method, and Zhu Qingping is a tool beauty.
Seeing that she was familiar with the method, Zhu Houcong walked towards the Zhongyuan Hall with his hands behind his back.
There are also tools in the Zhongyuan Hall. Huang Jin, Yan Song, and Liu Long read the memorials submitted to the imperial study for approval every morning.
Assisted by three people, both Yan Song and Liu Long can say whether the opinions on the cabinet votes are accurate or not, the reasons and the opinions that can be given - of course, it is Yan Song who has the main say.
Zhu Houcong’s original purpose was to give his opinions and then see the feedback or implementation results. This is a learning process. Therefore, with the attitude of first respecting the opinions of cabinet ministers and trusting their abilities, the work of approving memorials and comments is now much more efficient.
"You are already the companions of the imperial study room, but if you want to become the chief, you need to double it, six articles each!"
"I obey the decree." Yan Song was eager.
Liu Long didn't want to be the chief of the royal study, but he didn't dare to talk too much.
"Today we will talk about the Book of Rites."
Zhu Houcong also learned that he did not have to finish reviewing all the memorials every day. Yan Song, who was obsessed with progress, temporarily tried his best to prioritize the contents of the memorials at his request, so Zhu Houcong would have more time.
While he could chat privately with Zhu Qingping, he also had to listen to the lecture - anyway, he just listened, no one forced him to ask questions or test him.
Yan Song also began to enjoy the rare days when he could go home on time - although Yan Shifan had been sent to the official school of Jinyi Weisheren, Yan Song actually wanted to stay with the emperor more.
Habits can be a very powerful force, which is why Yan Song is going all out now.
So when he saw another memorial the next day, based on his current understanding of Zhu Houcong, he solemnly said after Zhu Houcong came to the imperial study: "I think this memorial to the cabinet draft is inappropriate! "
Zhu Houcong is watching.
Yan Song briefly explained on the side that this was the "tacit working understanding" formed during this period: "Although the imperial court in the 14th year of Zhengde allowed the Franji people to come to Beijing to meet and discuss tribute matters, Yan Guan had always wanted to practice because of his great reputation. Franji said, and the Franji people bribed Jiang Bin, so I asked Shu to expel the Franji people on Tuen Mun Island. Now I talked to Shu about the matter again, and the cabinet thought it was okay, but I remembered the source of the matter."
Zhu Houcong had finished reading the book, put it down and looked at him: "Tell me."
"In the ninth year of Zhengde, when Wu Shilang was appointed as the right chief envoy of Guangdong, he established the "Law of Tribute Transaction of Fans and Ships". Merchant ships of the vassal and barbarian tribes could come to our country at any time in the Ming Dynasty, and the ships could pay taxes and trade when they arrived in Guangdong. As soon as this move came out, the vassal and barbarian merchant ships could come to our country at any time. The barbarian merchant ships came one after another. However, although this method has the wonderful effect of opening up the world, Wu Shilang was also impeached. After the Franji merchant ship also came, it was even more complicated. The previous situation is: I am one of the tributary countries of the Ming Dynasty. The Manalajia located in Nanyang was overthrown by the Franji people in the sixth year of Zhengde..."
Zhu Houcong listened to him talk about the matter related to the tribute trade in Guangdong in an orderly manner, including Wu Tingju, the pirates and Japanese pirates on the sea route outside Dianbai Port in Gaozhou, and the harvest of the Guangdong Shipping Department when Wu Tingju was in office. Huge profits.
He listened quietly before looking at Yan Song, and then asked Huang Jin: "When was this book delivered?"
"Chang Chaohou just arrived today."
Zhu Houcong looked at Yan Song deeply.
Is he really so knowledgeable that he can explain it after seeing this?
(End of chapter)
