The purpose of Luo Yan'er's "self-assertion" was just to let Luo Guanying take care of Zhu Yunwen's worries. There were no other factors involved. Zhu Yunwen knew this.
However, the original intention is good, but the ending may not be good.
Zhu Yunwen knew the intrigues in the officialdom, and knew that the collapse of faith under materialistic desires would lead to eternal disaster if he made one wrong move.
Luo Guanying is talented, but he is too idealistic and too sharp. Such a person is easily attacked. Entering the court too early is not a good choice for him.
Regarding the imperial examination, Zhu Yunwen once told Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi to "handle things impartially" and "not show favoritism", but Luo Guanying still entered the imperial examination, which shows that he still has some abilities.
They come, the security.
After all, the position of talents is not decided by the market, nor by the court, but by himself. He had better not think about business methods...
When Dian Shi Cewen appeared in front of everyone, everyone became nervous.
Mencius taught:
Fish is what I want; bear paws are what I want. You can't have both, it's like giving up the fish for the bear's paw. Life is what I want; righteousness is what I want. You can't have both, you have to sacrifice your life for righteousness.
But no one has ever taught me that farming is what I want, and business is what I want. How to get both...
Fixed thinking and the traditional concept of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business have made many people afraid to take a step forward. Even Zeng Qi of Huiyuan looked pale and his hands were trembling slightly.
Do agriculture and business correspond to fish and bear's paws? Corresponding to life and righteousness?
Is this policy question asking about policy or heart?
Zeng Qi nervously thought about how to answer. Even though his forehead was covered with sweat, he still didn't dare to write.
Are the words of the sages wrong?
If the sage is right, you can only choose one of the two, not the other. But according to the words of the sages, it means that the emperor is at fault?
Zeng Qi was fighting fiercely in his heart, not knowing how to make a decision.
Zhou Shu, Zhou Mengjian and others also hesitated to write. They stared at the blank space under Ce Wen and did not dare to take a big breath.
Zhu Yunwen looked at everyone and shook his head secretly.
The influence of traditional Confucianism and the classics and meanings of Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism taught them that their eyes should be in one direction when understanding the world. They gave them ideological shackles, but did not give them the wisdom to "think about change."
As long as you take a closer look at the court of the Ming Dynasty, you will find that only one or two people who are truly capable of thinking about change and talented in state affairs have appeared in decades, and the rest are just "clerks", especially in the Ming Dynasty. Later.
Zhu Yunwen was not satisfied with Jinshi in this field. They may have good talents and good knowledge of classics and meanings, but they do not have the "flexible" talent he wants.
If such people are put in a certain place, they will probably remain the same in more than ten years.
Solid thinking leads to solid behavior.
These people have been imprisoned by themselves.
Education must be fundamentally reformed. Top-down approach may be effective, but the fundamental path must start from childhood.
Zhu Yunwen made up his mind and the palace examination finally came to an end.
Not surprisingly, most of the Jinshi gave the same answer:
There is no way to have both, there is only one way to focus on agriculture and suppress business.
Zhu Yunwen did not point to the top pick, second place, or top pick, but handed it over to the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites. From the emperor's point of view, who is the first-class talent and who is the second-class talent no longer means much.
Not all champions can leave their names in the history books.
However, it is worth pondering that the prosperity and high level of education in Jiangxi can be said to be the best among provinces. It may be a good thing if we can allocate resources from there to support education in the north.
For example, Beizhili, Henan, and another example:
Shandong!
There is a stone weighing on Zhu Yunwen's heart, an immovable stone. This stone is named Kong.
Looking back on history, almost all dynasties have highly praised "Confucius" and continued to grant him titles.
For example, Duke Ai of Lu and Confucius were called "Nifu", Emperor Xiaoping of the Western Han Dynasty called Confucius "Gong Xuanni", Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty presented his late master as a nun, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty named him the ancestor saint and father, and Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty named him the supreme saint King Wenxuan and Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. Canonized King Wenxuan...
However, among the countless titles, the one that bestowed upon Confucius no more titles than any other in history was the Yuan Dynasty established by the Mongols.
In the 11th year of Emperor Wuzong's reign in the Yuan Dynasty, he issued an edict:
"It is said that those who were born before Confucius are not Confucius and cannot be understood. Those who are born after Confucius are not Confucius and cannot be understood... Following the good rules of governing the ancients, a grand ceremony was held to posthumously confer the title Dacheng to the Supreme Saint Wenxuan King... The relationship between father and son, the righteousness between monarch and minister, will always be the honor of the Holy Religion... I am still qualified to be deified, and I will be the emperor."
Before the Song Dynasty, the descendants of Confucius were either Yishui Marquis, Guannei Marquis, Wenxuan Gong, etc. During the Song Renzong period, they were changed to Yansheng Gong!
At this point, the name Yanshenggong was passed down and became a formal title.
Zhu Yunwen didn't mind the name on Confucius's head, but as the name on Confucius's head became more and more expensive, his direct descendants were also given posthumous titles and titles, forming a force, and this force was what Zhu Yunwen cared about. !
Every dynasty needs Confucius as a signboard to prove that it is Chinese orthodoxy and win people's hearts.
Since it is a sign, it naturally needs someone to hold it. If Confucius is gone, then his descendants can only live their lives holding the sign.
Logically speaking, if you want to raise a sign, you should hold it properly, talk about the Analects of Confucius, teach the younger generations, and shine for the cause of education. But these people who hold the signs desperately want glory, wealth, and power. , I want to be named Shenggong!
Rationally speaking, Confucius and others were great.
Also rationally speaking, Confucius and his grandsons produced piles of garbage, which reached a disgusting level.
Dear Confucius, don’t be too busy picking up bricks. It’s not too late to say a few things before taking pictures:
During the Jin, Yuan and Song dynasties, the three dynasties stood side by side.
How many Yanshenggong were there at this time?
Three!
Kong Yuancuo was established by the Jin people, Kong Zhiquan of the Yuan Dynasty, and Kong Zhu of the Song Dynasty.
The Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Jin Dynasty, and Kong Yuancuo demoted the Yuan Dynasty. There were two Yanshenggong coexisting in the Yuan Dynasty. In order to win the title of Yanshenggong, Kong Yuancuo knelt down and licked the Yuan Dynasty, and then used all means to drive away Kong Zhiquan.
After Kong Yuancuo died and had no sons, he planned to let his brother's grandson Kong Zhen succeed Yan Shenggong, but Kong Zhiquan's son took revenge, saying that Kong Zhen was of low status and not qualified.
Therefore, Kublai Khan left the position of Duke Yan in the air and instructed the Kong family that whoever wants to be Duke Yan can do it, but you see, the Yuan Dynasty has established territory, and people are tempted and unstable. You Kong family are not Do you have the ability?
Come on, show off your skills.
Therefore, in order to help the Yuan Dynasty, the Kong family mobilized all the power of "enlightenment" and persuaded all those who wanted to resist to surrender, to become grandsons, and to kneel down!
Oh, if the Yuan Dynasty killed your father, it was just a bad life, but you still have to live, right?
As for the Yuan Dynasty killing your son and taking away your wife, that is forgivable. If you rebelled, wouldn't you be able to survive? If you couldn't survive, wouldn't you have no descendants?
Besides, it may not be the Yuan Dynasty who did these things, it was probably the Song Dynasty who framed the blame...
Under the storm, there is a wind of "peace", and it is the kneeling Kong family that blows this wind!
One more thing:
The Red Turban Army uprising at the end of the Yuan Dynasty,
Seeing that he could not defeat Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Yuan Shun planned to move. As a result, Kong Kejian, the fifty-fifth generation grandson of Confucius and Duke Yansheng, took the initiative to offer advice to Emperor Yuan Shun:
"The emperor must live and die with the state, so how can he abandon it to others? King Qin has a large number of soldiers now. If he fights decisively with him, the thieves can be defeated."
Duke Yansheng supported the Yuan Dynasty barbarians. Even if the Yuan Dynasty was on the verge of collapse, they did not recognize China or the Han people. Instead, they hoped that the Yuan Dynasty would continue to exist, continue to oppress the people, and maintain their rule!
This is the highly respected Kong family!
When Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor and the Yuan Dynasty was not yet completely defeated, Zhu Yuanzhang hoped that Kong Kejian would serve the Ming Dynasty. But he was on both ends of the spectrum. He said that he was ill and turned around to serve the Yuan Dynasty. At the same time, he arranged for his son to serve Zhu Yuanzhang!
For such a person, can you say that he has read the Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly and knows about etiquette, justice, integrity and shame?
Zhu Yuanzhang could tell at a glance that Kong Kejian was a villain, and directly issued an edict:
"I heard that you have wind disease in your body, but I don't know if it is true? However, the Kong family is a very human being... Every time I serve in the Wang family, it is not because of Hu Jun (referring to the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty) that he sent me there. I am leading the Central Plains. The scholar serves Heaven to drive away the barbarians in order to secure Zhongxia... If you don't have a disease and report it as a disease, it is unacceptable to slow down our country. I'll think about it!"
It is estimated that Zhu Yuanzhang's original words were: Write him a letter and tell him that if you are not sick and pretend to be sick, you should consider the consequences yourself! His father always served the royal family of the Central Plains, but in his generation he served Lord Hu...
Duke Yansheng cooperated with the Yuan Dynasty, with the Ming Dynasty, and in the future, he would also cooperate with the Qing Dynasty.
Let's just cooperate. It's so despising to help others beat the core of the Han people and make them kneel down in the name of education.
Later generations were criticized and fought, and it was not without some reason.
The world respects Confucius, but it does not say that they want to respect the Confucian family and the Holy Duke Yan.
But Yan Shenggong in Qufu, Shandong, doesn't seem to think so. They have unparalleled influence on Shandong, and this influence, to some extent, even exceeds the decree of the court!
Zhu Yunwen arranged for Song Li to be responsible for the exploration and dredging of the Huitong River. However, after Song Li arrived in Jining, the first problem he encountered was not the problem of the river, but the threat of Yan Shenggong.
Specifically, it was the threat from Confucius' fifty-seventh generation Sun Kongna, who did not allow the Huitong River to be dredged, and the reason was very legitimate:
Working hard and mobilizing people will tire the people.
Kong Na was Yanshenggong and the magistrate of Qufu. Logically speaking, he could not control Jining, but this was not the case. Yanshenggong's status was very high, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was on an equal footing with the vassal kings.
Perhaps it was this "status" that gave Kong Ne the illusion that he was truly a prince, and relied on his influence to interfere in government affairs.
Zhu Yunwen had a headache. The Kong family was troublesome because their trademark was Confucius. If he touched them, he would be tantamount to touching Confucius. Scholars in the world would definitely not agree, and they might even scold him to death.
But the Kong family doesn’t do anything!
The North-South Ranking Case brought about during the Zhu Yuanzhang period, in a sense, means that education in the north was so bad that they could not even pass the examination.
As a large intellectual family in the north, the Kong family has not made any move at all. They can enjoy it however they want. As for educating talents, it seems to be none of their business.
Yes, the Kong family does not need to become officials in the court, they have supreme honor and status at home.
Northern education has nothing to do with them.
Zhu Yunwen himself did not have much "reverence" and "admiration" for the Confucian family, but at this time, he felt the power from the Confucian family!
PS:
April 1st, I don’t ask for any votes or reminders, I just hope that every friend who sees this can remember:
Today is the 27th anniversary of the death of "Sea and Air Guard" Wang Wei. Call 81192 again, please return!
