Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

Although they already know the pros and cons, the deep-rooted thinking concepts still make it difficult for several people to accept.

Xu Guangqi didn't care about the looks of the elders, he still led the four cabinet ministers to watch around the Ordnance Department, dutifully in front of a commentator.

From the ordnance department with dozens of people that belonged to the Yongwei Battalion at the beginning to the behemoth with tens of thousands of craftsmen today, the system belonging to this ordnance department has naturally been formed long ago.

There is no doubt that this institutional system is naturally incompatible with the general environment of the entire era.

If it is completely different from the outside world, it can even be called a generous craftsman treatment.

Like the common manual workshops in the outside world, in this ordnance department, it is a unique streamlined and standardized operation formed by large-scale manpower and a small number of crude machine tools.

For example, the full mental state of the craftsmen is completely different from what they imagined...

Even in the ordnance, there is a special academy that teaches the descendants of the craftsmen for free, and the knowledge imparted made several cabinet ministers feel astonished.

The sage's wisdom, in this academy, is just one of many subjects, besides, there is arithmetic, as well as teaching those mysterious astronomical knowledge in the Qin Tianjian, and teaching those who seem to be common sense, But in fact, natural knowledge that people can't understand at all...

Everything seems to be completely decoupled from the outside world!

The four cabinet ministers had stood outside the classroom for several hours, and their expressions were more complicated than ever before.

After a few lessons, it seemed that they had completely opened the door to a new world!

I don't know when, Lai Zongdao let out a long breath, looked up at the sky, and sighed faintly:

"People follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows the nature!"

"Everything in the world has its own truth."

"Old ancestor, you can see more clearly than us!"

Liu Qiyuan shook his head, his expression was equally complicated:

"Understand all things in the world, pursue their laws, and use their laws."

"These are indeed not trails, but dignified and upright roads that benefit the country and the people!"

After a few people sighed with emotion, Lai Zongdao asked:

"Students here, have you been studying here for free?"

"According to His Majesty's will, study for a total of three years. After three years of study, those who pass the assessment can enter the engineering department of the martial arts academy. , you can become an official craftsman, and then either continue to work in the Imperial City Ordnance Department, or be assigned to other ordnance departments in various places or to serve in various armies..."

"Just a few months ago, a new shipyard was established in Ningbo, and more than 500 craftsmen were transferred from the Imperial City Ordnance Department..."

Liu Qiyuan asked again: "How is the passing rate of the assessment?"

"If it's the engineering examination for entering the martial arts academy, these students are not the only ones participating. According to His Majesty's will, all craftsmen of the Ordnance Department, whether they are formal craftsmen or apprentices, can participate in the engineering examination for entering the martial arts academy. Every time you refer to it, There are probably more than [-] people, and those who can be admitted in the end, at most, are only two palms..."

"It's much easier for apprentices to advance to the examination. Basically, most of them can pass."

"Martial Academy..."

This day's experience, this scene, every sentence, seems to make Liu Qiyuan have a great interest in the engineering department of the martial arts academy.

Just this ordnance department seems to be about to subvert his cognition. What is the situation of the Wuyuan, which is designated by the emperor as a place to pursue the truth, and how many things will subvert his cognition!

This time, they were really watching the sky from a well!

Chapter 5 The Last Obstacle

When a person grows up under the ideological environment since ancient times, he thinks that the world should be like this, and it must be like this.

But one day, he suddenly discovered that this world, without knowing when, had another unique world, a world completely different from what he knew!

The collision of thoughts and concepts, rational and irrational choices...

The four cabinet ministers of the Daheng cabinet have been completely in this unspeakable state since the Ordnance Department returned.

Several cabinet ministers were in a trance, but the storm between the government and the people was intensified under the emperor's spare no effort to stir up.

Guardians and doubters are also increasingly confronting each other.

For this reason, there are not a few people who fight violently. During this period of time, Shuntian Mansion Yamen, it can be said that they have broken their hearts!

From ancient times to the present, when it comes to scholars, it is a big deal for scholars gathered before opening a subject to obtain scholars.

It's not easy to catch, and it's not easy to judge. The current Governor of Shuntian Mansion was forced to the end, and he just sat on the sidelines like a courtier.

In this way, after the only legal jurisdiction was gone, the already boiling public opinion naturally broke out completely.

The eighth day of March in the third year of Zhaowu.

The cause seemed to be just a dispute between a few scholars who had different opinions, and then the situation spread rapidly!

The scholars called for friends, and under the manipulation of some unknown forces, they finally gathered towards the Meridian Gate.

Since the death of Chongzhen, the Shizi Pleading Order, which has never been staged again, is officially staged in Daheng on the eighth day of March in the third year of Zhaowu!

Hundreds of scholars knelt outside the Meridian Gate, begging the emperor to be the master of the world's scholars and the Confucian mansion!

It was the first time that such a thing happened, even the generals of the Forbidden Army guarding the Meridian Gate were a little confused.

"General, how about expulsion?"

A general asked subconsciously.

"Expelling the fart, hurry up, send someone to report to His Majesty!"

The general yelled and cursed, and looked at the kneeling scholars, he was also a little bit battered.

Matters outside the Meridian Gate naturally quickly became the focus of attention in this city, which can be said to be boiling with public opinion.

Everyone wants to know how the Son of Heaven will handle this matter, and once the Son of Heaven handles this matter, it will be inevitable, and the current situation of being in the fog will be completely clear.

"Scholar petition?"

In Qianqing Palace, after listening to Ning Feng's report, the emperor was not surprised at all, which was also expected.

"Is there any movement in the court?"

the emperor asked.

"The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the head of the Ministry of Officials, Si Zheng of the Qing Officials Department, the head of the Ministry of Works, and the member of the Ministry of Works, Wailang... Several adults have already rushed to the Meridian Gate to persuade the scholars."

The emperor frowned: "Where are the other courtiers, what are they doing?"

Ning Feng replied cautiously: "They are all working in the yamen of various ministries, and there is no movement yet."

The emperor chuckled, although he didn't seem to care much, but his expression was obviously gloomy.

It is the first time that he, the emperor, can make all the officials in the court feel alienated.

"Let them kneel, don't worry about it."

"The end will follow the order."

Ning Feng retreated, the emperor stood still for a while, and finally glanced in the direction of the cabinet inadvertently, his expression had returned to normal, as if he didn't care about this matter.

……

"Your Majesty, is there still no movement?"

In the cabinet, the chief assistant came to Zongdao to ask.

"It's not clear yet, but the general who reported from the imperial camp has already returned to the Meridian Gate without any action."

An official spoke up.

Lai Zongdao nodded, waved his hand, and signaled the official to step back.

"Tell me, how to deal with this matter?"

After a moment of silence, Lai Zongdao looked at the three cabinet ministers in front of him.

The voice fell, and there was silence in the hall. After a long time,

Liu Qiyuan said slowly: "Your Majesty is waiting for me to deal with this matter."

The few people who came to Zongdao did not answer the words. This is a very simple matter. Since the emperor has led them to see that other world, it clearly shows that it is time for them to stand in line.

And the huge system that has been fully formed obviously clearly shows that the emperor has been preparing for this since he took power.

Son of Heaven, it is impossible to compromise at all.

"Go."

It was Yang Sichang who spoke out first.

"Why do things that benefit the country and the people remain unchanged!"

"I agree too."

Chen Qiyu also nodded: "Since ancient times, Confucianism has always changed with the times. Now, with the new dynasty and the new era, it is normal to change with it."

After receiving the statements from the two newly promoted cabinet ministers, the two veteran cabinet ministers, Lai Zongdao and Liu Qiyuan looked at each other, and then stood up one after another.

Although they didn't say a word, the two cabinet ministers Chen Qiyu and Yang Sichang also stood up, and the four cabinet ministers left Wenyuan Pavilion and headed towards the Meridian Gate.

There is no doubt that at this point in time, the movement of the cabinet seems to be the focus of all parties' attention.

It can be said that such a movement of the cabinet spread to the ears of interested people in the capital very quickly, and the chaotic and boiling situation became more and more strange and unpredictable.

"Your Majesty, the four cabinet elders have already gone to the Meridian Gate."

In the Qianqing Palace, Ning Feng, the commander of the Imperial Battalion, walked into the palace quickly again, and reported respectfully.

The Son of Heaven froze for a moment, then nodded his head.

Ning Feng bowed to the Son of Heaven, respectfully retired and left.

After a while, the emperor slowly put down his pen, but he also let out a long breath.

Today's Daheng, and even the pre-Ming Dynasty when he was in power, the political situation immediately looks messy, but in fact, from the beginning to now, there are only three factions!

One is his basic board, Wu Xun!

The second is the loyal ministers of the former Ming Dynasty who have now rebelled.

The third reason is that he has repeatedly wooed and favored the centrists, that is, the courts in Daheng and even officials from all over the world.

First, his basic martial arts skills have already overwhelmed civil servants under the brilliance time and time again.

But obviously, people's hearts can't be reversed in a short while.

And the way of governing the country, at present, and in the next many years, it is impossible to lack civil servants and literati.

Second, with the rebellion of King Shou, it can be said that it basically does not exist in Daheng, and the rest are only the former centrists and the current Daheng civil servants.

And these civil servants, under his deliberate arrangement at the beginning, most of them were headed by the chief minister and second minister of the cabinet, that is, the two courtiers who were willing to follow him, such as Lai Zongdao Liu Qiyuan.

And the rest are the great officials of the frontiers from all over the country, that is, people like Yang Sichang and Chen Qiyu. However, after his royal conquest returned, most of these people entered the court through additions, such as the best among them, Yang Sichang and Chen Qiyu joined the cabinet.

Undoubtedly, under such integration, the current direction of the cabinet means the direction of the entire former Ming and old minister system left in Daheng.

The cabinet, at this time, the cabinet ministers are all out of the Meridian Gate...

Obviously, he was showing his attitude to the emperor.

The cabinet expresses its attitude, which basically represents the attitude of the Daheng civil servant system.

What he wants to do, the only big obstacle, can be regarded as eliminated!

As for the people below, without a systematic organization, there will be no disturbances!

While his thoughts were flowing, the emperor got up, looked at the stretch of palaces outside the palace from the palace, and slowly uttered such a sentence:

"Go and inform Xu Feng, and ask him to hand over the evidence of the Confucian Mansion's crimes to the Sanju Department!"

Chapter 5 and Six: Twice Anticlimactic

The so-called, one wave is not flat, another wave rises again.

In this capital city, it seems to have become the norm.

Ever since Chongzhen ascended the throne in the former Ming Dynasty to Daheng Zhaowu today, this capital seems to have never been peaceful.

The same is true for the third year of Zhaowu, which has just begun.

From the storm of public opinion in the Confucian government at the end of the second year of Zhaowu to March of the third year of Zhaowu, it broke out completely.

Hundreds of scholars knelt down at the Meridian Gate of the imperial palace, petitioning for advice.

The storm broke out, but the direction of things far exceeded people's expectations.

The chief assistant, the second assistant, and the two cabinet ministers all went to the Meridian Gate, directly letting the storm end in an anticlimactic manner.

The folks are still talking about it, but the court seems to be united in thought, and the intricate relationship is beginning to play a role. Scholars with considerable background and prestige keep their mouths tightly shut, and public opinion is boiling , In just a few days, it only existed in the chats of ordinary people after dinner.