Dao Yan, who was well versed in yin and yang and had insight into mysteries, knelt down and saluted Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen issued an order to restore the secular name of Yao Guangxiao to Daoyan, and appointed Yao Guangxiao as the monk's director Zuo Shanshi. At the same time, he entered the Hanlin Academy and served as an assistant lecturer. He read history books for the emperor, explained the meaning of the scriptures, and prepared advisers to deal with it.
Yao Guangxiao looked at Zhu Yunwen and couldn't believe his ears.
The Imperial Lecturer can be said to be half of the cabinet. Although he does not have actual power, he has the energy to influence the emperor's decision-making!
To Emperor Jianwen and to the Ming Dynasty, he had no distinguished past, no background, no imperial examination background, no meritorious achievements, and no experience in governance. How could he enter the Hanlin Academy?
I originally thought that Zhu Yunwen's decision to keep him was just a false excuse to place him in an inconspicuous position at will, but now it seems that he is serious and really wants to reuse him!
Could it be that I, Yao Guangxiao, after wasting decades, can finally show my ambition and live up to what I have learned in my life?
Yao Guangxiao's promotion triggered a heated debate in the court. Some officials wrote a letter directly targeting Zhu Yunwen, hoping that the emperor would not appoint officials without authorization and would not listen to slander. Some even said that there was no place for monks in the court.
It’s just that these people have forgotten that Zhu Yuanzhang was once a monk. Why can’t the Ming Dynasty have one more monk?
When Zhu Yunwen was angry, he took out Deng Gong's Theory of White Cats and Black Cats and wrote a 3,000-word article to vent his dissatisfaction, express his feelings directly, and name the core points:
It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.
Regardless of whether they are monks or nuns, anyone with talent can become an official.
The capable ones go up, the mediocre ones go down.
If you dare to sit down and have a vegetarian diet, I will lay you off and divert you to work for Ming Dynasty agriculture.
"The way to recruit talents is to observe their quality, appraise their talents, and make use of their people. I have read many books, and I especially appreciate this sentence: I urge God to be more energetic and send talents in any way. I have thought about it for a long time, and I think this sentence should be The empire’s strategy for selecting talents!”
It only took two days for Zhu Yunwen's article to go from Jie Jin to praise the case, to Xu Huizu to look up to the sky and scream, to all the officials to worship him.
"The Theory of Cats" became the focus of discussions among the cabinet and the Six Ministries, and was spread from the imperial court to the people.
For a while, the hand-copied "On Cats" became the most popular reading among Nanjing citizens. Seeing this, some bookshops even printed it overnight and sold "On Cats" in the capital. Some businessmen would also take the quantity with them when they left the capital. The expensive "On Cats".
Soon after, Emperor Jianwen's "On Cats" appeared in Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Kaifeng, Jinan, and Peking.
Wuchang Prefecture, Jiangxia.
A gentleman in his thirties, wearing a long dark green coat, smiled and nodded to the children in the school. The children left the school after saluting.
It is not appropriate to say that this is a school.
It's just a utility room, a house that has been tidied up.
And the students are just a few children in the countryside.
"Master Yang, haha, you are indeed still here."
Ding Jin, the foreign minister, walked quickly into the hall and shouted in a loud voice.
Yang Shiqi closed the "University" in his hands, looked up at Ding Jin who had arrived at the door, stood up and saluted: "You are polite, Yuanwai Lang."
"Haha, why are you and I so polite?" Ding Jin smiled heartily, picked up the food and wine in his hand, and said, "Today, I'm here to announce the good news."
"Announcement?"
Yang Shiqi was a little surprised and looked at Ding Jin, not understanding what happened.
Ding Jin pulled Yang Shiqi to sit down, put the food and wine on the table, and said with a smile: "What a happy event! Master Yang, you are going to Beijing!"
"Entering Beijing?"
Yang Shiqi stood up, looking surprised.
Ding Jin motioned Yang Shiqi to sit down, rubbed his hands, looked at the dilapidated school, and said, "It's too cold for you, but the hard days are over, so you should read this article first."
Yang Shiqi took the article that Ding Jin took out from his arms, looked down and saw the words "On Cats" written on it. He couldn't help but smile and said: "When did cats become something worth making a fuss about?"
"Just keep watching."
Ding Jin filled up the wine and took a sip.
Yang Shiqi looked carefully, and his originally smiling face gradually became serious. When he saw "I urge God to cheer up and send talents of any kind", he even stood up and shouted: "What a great article, what a great article." !”
"Be quiet. If you spilled my drink, you will be punished with disrespect!"
Ding Jin chuckled.
Yang Shiqi read it back and forth several times and praised it, saying: "This "Cat Theory" is easy to understand, has a clear starting point, and is very clear. Reading it is mind-blowing and enlightening. What is a talent? How to select talents? This should be the policy. The world. Your Majesty is a sage and wise monarch. Please bow to me!"
After Yang Shiqi finished speaking, he placed "The Theory of Cats" on the table with the utmost respect and solemn salute.
Ding Jin nodded heavily, stood up, and saluted with Yang Shiqi.
Although "On Cats" only has three thousand words, the publication of this theory means that thousands of talents will be reused in the Ming Dynasty! And those mediocre people who do nothing and have nothing to do will be kicked out.
Yang Shiqi worshiped not only Emperor Zhu Yunwen, but also the future of the Ming Dynasty!
"Today, I will never come home until I'm drunk!"
Yang Shiqi said solemnly.
Ding Jin burst out laughing and said, "If you don't get drunk, don't talk about it. Drink less, so as not to worry my old mother."
Yang Shiqi laughed heartily, with tears in his eyes.
After the New Year, I will be thirty-six years old.
His father died when he was one year old, and he wandered around with his mother.
When he was six years old, his mother remarried Luo Xing and changed her surname to Luo.
Because when he was worshiping ancestors in the Luo family, he made clay statues to worship the ancestors of the Yang family. Luo Xing discovered that he was ambitious, so he restored the surname Yang and supported his studies.
Later, Luo Xing died while guarding the border in Shaanxi for offending the powerful.
Without any support, he could only make a living by teaching with his old mother.
Although he also served as a local evangelist, he had to run away with his mother because he lost his academic seal and took refuge in Hubei and Hunan.
People are not afraid of suffering; what they are afraid of is not seeing the end of suffering.
Yang Shiqi knew that as soon as "The Theory of Cats" was published, he would be successful.
Ding Jin raised his wine bowl and said with a smile: "Master Yang, Wang Shuying, the magistrate of Hanyang, and Fang Xiaoru, a Hanlin scholar, are close friends, and Wang Shuying attaches great importance to your talent. After the New Year, it will be the first year of Jianwen, and the emperor will definitely order the compilation of "Ming Tai" "Ancestor Records", Wang Zhixian has recommended you. I think it won't be long before you enter the capital."
Yang Shiqi said with a smile: "If this is true, I should thank Wang Yuancai."
"Just thank Wang Zhixian? What about me?"
"You should be grateful, haha."
The two laughed loudly in the dilapidated school.
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Prince Yan's Mansion in Beiping.
Zhu Di has been crazy for a while, but pretending to be crazy outside all the time is not an option. After all, winter swimming is not too cold. If you don't change clothes when you go ashore, you will freeze to death.
It's okay to pretend to be crazy, but if you go too far and lose your life, it's not worth it.
So Zhu Gaochi and others arranged for King Yan's guards to tie up Zhu Di and carry him back to King Yan's Mansion. Although he occasionally went out to make trouble in the streets, the times became less and less. Later, he simply hid at home and pretended to be crazy.
Some time ago, Zhu Di received a letter from Zhu Quan, King of Ning. The letter narrated the "demonstration in the palace" between Zhu Quan and Zhu Yunwen before Zhu Quan left the capital, and warned Zhu Di to just end it after the show was about the same.
Zhu Di hid in a corner of the room, wrapped in a quilt, looking at the door tremblingly. After the movement at the door disappeared, he stopped trembling.
At the end of November, Zhu Gaochi, on behalf of Zhu Di, promised peace, and the new army strategy entered the three guards, stabilized the three guards of King Yan, and bought time.
But what Zhu Gaochi didn't expect was that the New Army's strategy was not just a "policy chapter", but also an "ideological chapter."
Zhu Yunwen's meaning is very clear. Since you have implemented the "New Army Policy", it is natural for you to accept the ideological education of "serve the country with loyalty and defend our country and the Ming Dynasty".
As a result, a group of Confucian scholars stationed themselves in various guard posts.
These people have a very solid idea of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country, and it is no problem to carry out ideological education and cultural propaganda. It's just that in order to strengthen the effect of ideological education, Zhu Yunwen set some key points for these Confucian scholars.
For example, it is necessary to cultivate the will of the soldiers to "not be afraid of hardship and fight tenaciously"; to cultivate the belief of the soldiers to "kill the enemy thousands of miles and wrap the corpse in horse leather" for the sake of their family, the country, and the Ming Dynasty; to cultivate the ideal of the soldiers to "kill the enemy at a rapid pace and seal the wolf as a child". …
Zhu Di knew that although the three guards of King Yan still carry the word "King Yan", they have become Zhu Yunwen's personal bodyguards.
Before the three guards go out for training, they must swear to be loyal to the court, Jianwen, and the Ming Dynasty. After training, they must shout the slogan "Kill the enemy for the country and not be afraid of death." Even before the soldiers go to bed, they must shout "Cheng Cheng". The new army will defend our mountains and rivers."
Even those veterans and generals of King Yan gradually became alienated from King Yan's Mansion.
There were footsteps outside the door again, and Zhu Di suddenly started to tremble.
The door opened, Zhu Gaochi walked in, closed the door, walked to Zhu Di, knelt on the ground, took out a booklet, handed it to Zhu Di and said: "Father, there is news from the capital that Master Dao Yan has entered the Hanlin Academy. .This "The Theory of Cats" is the emperor's strategy for appointing Master Daoyan, also known as "The Theory of Talents of the Ming Dynasty"."
Zhu Di stopped trembling, his distracted eyes gradually solidified, he looked deeply at Zhu Gaochi and asked: "Master Dao Yan entered the Hanlin Academy?"
Zhu Gaochi nodded sadly and said, "It's absolutely true."
The corners of Zhu Di's mouth trembled, and his eyes were full of disbelief, and he said: "This is not true! Master Daoyan has a deep and close relationship with me, and he is my confidant. I have been dating him for more than ten years, how could I not know this!"
Zhu Gaochi sighed: "I don't know the inside story, but this is the fact. Judging from the news received from Uncle Ning, the emperor may have foreseen our every move. Father, let's... bow our heads!"
Zhu Di leaned his head against the wall and laughed.
Countless times, I dreamed of taking over the seal of power from my father, Zhu Yuanzhang, sitting on the supreme throne, giving orders, and controlling the great Ming Dynasty!
But will dreams be shattered by reality?
Zhu Yunwen!
My good nephew!
He is a man of means and ability, and it seems that he is also a competent emperor!
Just let yourself bow your head and surrender!
Not willing to give in!
"Father, eldest brother."
Zhu Gaoxu broke into the room, carrying a gust of cold wind, and shouted something that made Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi horrified:
"Master Daoyan is back!"
