I am the king of the dead

Hu Wei watched Wang Zhi's reaction, and knew that Wang Zhi was only worried about Daming's future, and was not planning to imitate Sima Yi, so he was silent for a moment and said, "Whether talent or training is important, there is one thing that is most important. "

"What?" Wang Zhi looked at the lawsuits that filled Hu's head. He didn't want to deal with Hu, but when he talked to Hu, he always fell into Hu's rhythm unconsciously.

"Your Majesty has a fire card for participating in the administration and deliberation of the seventh-rank General Administration Department. I wonder if Master Wang knows?" Hu Wei talked about what is important.

After all, Wang Zhi is Duke Ming, and now he is still the prince's junior teacher of the emperor's heirs, he nodded and said: "I know it."

"That thing is the most important." Hu Yan said with emotion.

Chapter 851 Isn't your emperor a little bit wrong?

It is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep a business.

Top-down reforms are more difficult than bottom-up struggles.

In the process of reform and change, many problems will be encountered, most of which are dilemmas, like a balance, how to weigh and choose?

What is the standard?

The interests of the majority must prevail, and the majority refers to the community of the Ming Dynasty. To protect the interests of the majority is to maintain the continuation of the Ming Dynasty.

How to determine what is the interests of the majority?

You need to understand people's sentiments.

The emperor must be above the Nine Heavens, but above the Nine Heavens, looking around the world, it is easy to see clearly what is in the interests of the majority of people, so that humble seventh-rank fire card to participate in and discuss state affairs is the most important thing in the community .

Zhu Zhanqian, the Zhide Prince of Ming Dynasty, understood this truth. When he was in charge of the country, he could do anything, but he refused to take the fire card.

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world.

Wang Zhi is a typical scholar of Confucianism. He even thought that it was reasonable for Chen Xunru to go to the palace in his robe. He was very familiar with this sentence, but the standards of the people of Ming Dynasty changed in Jingtai Dynasty.

Before the Jingtai year, the min generally referred to the rich and luxurious households, because only they could participate in state affairs, participate in government affairs, and influence decision-making.

After the Jingtai year, Min refers to everyone of the people of Ming Dynasty.

Talent is important, cultivation is important, but in the final analysis, people's hearts are important.

Wang Zhi got the answer he wanted, and chatted with Hu Min in Hu Min's mansion for a long time contentedly, and then made dinner with the fish he brought, and then slowly went home.

After Wang Zhi returned home, he didn’t rest right away. The old man felt less sleepy. He lit the lamp, looked at the bright light of the lime blowtorch, and was in a trance for a moment. He prepared his pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and called his son to write for him.

He was getting old, and he could not hold the pen steadily after all his life.

"Chang'an Shu." Wang Zhi said to his son, this is the memorial he wants to write, Chang'an, long-term peace and stability.

This memorial is very long, and it is some of his thoughts on how to train the emperor's heir, especially after communicating with Hu Wei, he wants to write down his thoughts, and he is afraid that he will forget them if he does not write them down, or it will be too late.

Chen Xun left and couldn't survive this winter, Wang Zhiwu hurt his kind, and realized that his time was probably numbered.

Wang Zhi pondered for a long time, but did not speak until Wang Zhi's son turned his head and said, "Father, it's already late at night, why don't you rest."

"Finish it." Wang Zhi shook his head and asked his son to continue writing the memorial. He wrote the content he had considered in the memorial.

Wang Zhi stood up and said in a slightly louder voice: "Change will lead to success, and generality will lead to success. There is no eternal sunshine in the sky, and there is no peaceful day in the country. It does not change. It is nonsense to expect the law of the ancestors to last forever."

It was not until Zishi that the memorial was finally finished.

"Let's just write here. After all, I still underestimated myself. The affairs of the country are so complicated. I want to use a few words to talk about long-term peace and stability. I am a little confused." Wang Zhi picked up his reading glasses and looked at it for a long time before shaking his head.

He wanted to use a memorandum to discuss how to cultivate the emperor's heir, but he still had some three poisons of greed, hatred and ignorance.

"Father, it's better to go to bed earlier." Wang Zhi's son persuaded again, it's already midnight, and according to Hu Wei's health regimen, it's time for the midday nap.

"Rest, rest." Wang Zhi said with a smile.

The last day of the Tianming Festival is after the Shangyuan Festival, also known as Xiaonian. The days of celebration in the capital are finally over, and everyone starts to get busy. The plan for the year lies in spring, and there are prosperous scenes everywhere.

In the mansion given by Wang Zhi, there is a piece of plain onyx and linen clothes.

Wang Zhi passed away.

On the second day after finishing writing the memorandum, Wang Zhi reviewed it again, made revisions and made the final draft. After taking a nap at noon, he never woke up again.

After all, Wang Zhi has not survived this winter, the year is close, and the year after year is always closed.

After hearing the obituary, Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a long time.

Wang Zhi was not in good health. After Wang Ao was transferred back to the capital from the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Wang Zhi began to hand over the affairs of the ministry and the presiding over the ministerial meetings to Wang Ao.

Zhu Qiyu spread out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write. After writing for a long time, he stopped writing and said: "Xing'an, let the Ministry of Rites prepare a posthumous title for the official, and the official will be buried in the Jinshan Cemetery. Pass on my will, and let Shang Ren write the Shinto inscription directly for the king. After the first three days, on the day of the burial, you will make another trip to the Wang family to deliver my eulogy."

As the emperor, Zhu Qiyu couldn't see his subjects off. When Yang Hong left, Zhu Qiyu had been watching Yang Hong come to the end of his life in Juxian Pavilion, but Zhu Qiyu didn't go to Yang Hong's funeral.

He is the emperor.

But the eulogy still has to be given. This is the final conclusion, which comes from Zhu Qiyu's assessment of Wang Zhi's merits and demerits in his life, and it is also Daming's conclusion of Wang Zhi.

Zhu Qiyu spoke well and said well, Wang Zhixing made no mistakes, so Zhu Qiyu naturally kept his promise.

"Thinking about it, Wang Zhi has been holding his breath, waiting for Chen Xun, an old man, to walk in front of him. He has never argued much in his life, but he is a bit stubborn in this matter." Zhu Qiyu dried the ink, and he There is no grief at all, just laments that those old ministers are leaving Daming one by one.

Wang Zhi lived to be 83 years old. This is a happy funeral, and there is no need to be sad.

"Your Majesty, with the passing of two important ministers one after another, should the matter of the Northern Expedition be slowed down?" Xing'an pondered for a long time before whispering.

Zhu Qiyu knocked on the table and said quite dissatisfied: "You big pen, why did you talk about the art of being disgusted with victory? What is auspicious or unlucky? Birth, old age, sickness and death are normal in life."

Xing'an bowed his head and said: "What I said just now, is now said by the minister. When the news of Wang Zhi's death spread, it was the courtiers who said it."

Are there many people in the DPRK and China who oppose the Northern Expedition?Much.

But His Majesty has already made up his mind, and they can only hold their noses to do things. However, the successive death of two Dukes of Ming Dynasty in the court is an ominous omen, and it can naturally be used as a reason to continue clamoring against the war.

There is nothing wrong with opposing the war. War means death. The death of a strong man will affect the whole family. Those children in Nanyuan who have no father and no mother are one of the many wounds of war.

Zhu Qiyu has a very clear understanding of the harm caused by the war. His decision to make the Northern Expedition does not mean that he will not listen to objections. On the contrary, every objection will eventually become part of his lenient anticipation of the enemy, and finally become a kind of punishment for the Ming army. Assure.

The 14 years of orthodox civil engineering and natural changes must not turn Daming into a cowardly Daming. This is his responsibility as the emperor.

But it is a big mistake to take advantage of the anti-war wind for personal gain.

"Well, that's fine. If you want to say something, say it now. After the Northern Expedition in the province starts, you will make small moves later. If the head falls to the ground, he is not decent, and I am not decent either." Zhu Qiyu pondered for a while, and felt that it was not a bad thing. .

After Gao Yangbo Li Wen, the commander of the capital from Shaanxi Xingdu, returned to Beijing, he also held objections to the Northern Expedition, mainly because of military concerns.

What happened to Xiao Xun was that Xiao Xun lost his head, but at the same time, Zhu Qiyu also lost face.

Courtier, courtier, let’s put aside the facts, the courtier made a mistake, don’t you, the king, have no responsibility at all?

Your emperor followed the advice of the slanderous minister Hu Wei, and transferred Xiao Jun from the local area back to the capital to be the Minister of Rituals. Did such a big mess happen because he didn't know the people?

What's more, the Hanlin Academy has been turned into the appearance of today's withered talents. People's hearts are separated from the belly, and they are officials outside.

Of course, Zhu Qiyu has the responsibility. It is certain that he does not know people well, but if he expects Zhu Qiyu to abolish the basic rule that the prime minister must start from the state department and the strong general must start from the army, that is a dream.

In Zhu Qiyu's eyes, even Xu Youzhen is much stronger than those in Hanlin. Even if he lets Xu Youzhen into the cabinet, he won't let the gang of Hanlin who wag their tongues all day long in the Hanlin Academy into the cabinet. Anbang?

Xu Youzhen is still alive now, that's because Xu Youzhen took a deep sip of water and a shallow foot of mud, and worked hard step by step.

"That's it. The left and right will not swear to the Northern Expedition until after Chunwei. There are still two months left. If you want to say something, there is always plenty of time." Xing'an thought it was good to understand what His Majesty said, and felt that what His Majesty said was reasonable.

Chunwei is in February, and the Northern Expedition after Chunwei is the date of departure that was finalized years ago.

This has something to do with the weather in the north. If they set off after Tianming Festival and go out all three ways, and arrive at Helin, the snow has not yet melted, the weather is cold, and the Oala people are used to freezing, the Ming army will suffer a great crime.

Helin in the Little Ice Age would warm up in April, and get cold again in September. The summer pan camps of Oala, Tatar, and Wuliangha tribes kept migrating southwards, which is the reason for this climate. real embodiment.

"Speaking of this spring, the business bachelor's day is quite aggrieved this Tianming Festival." Zhu Qiyu thought of Tiqi's pond newspaper and just shook his head.

Shang Ren presided over Chunwei, so the qualifications and resumes are naturally enough. If Shang Ren is still a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, then the relationship between people and relationships can be changed, and it can't be rejected. When they meet, they agree to be beaten by the emperor. If they don't agree, Will be shaped by the wind into a flatterer.

Pei Lun, the governor of Shandong Province, went back to his hometown Jianli to revise the county annals because he refused to join forces with others.

Now it's all right, Shang Lu simply spent the entire Spring Festival, not even seeing the New Year's greetings, thanking guests behind closed doors, and declining anyone's contact.

Human relations?not familiar with you;

Shaped by the wind?So what if the Lord is a flatterer.

When the wind shapes you into a sycophant, you'd better really be a sycophant. This kind of gray humor is not uncommon in politics.

Why did Xiao Xun dare to make noise about King Xiang's rebellion?Because King Xiang didn't have the strength to rebel, the reason why Xiao Xun didn't encourage Yu Qian to rebel was because Yu Qian had the strength.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu decided to carry it through to the end since he wanted to discuss it publicly. He squinted his eyes and said, "Since they want to make a big noise against the Northern Expedition, let's use my opinion on the Northern Expedition as the topic. Let's focus on this for this year's Spring Festival."

"A word from Lao Tzu, a good soldier is an ominous weapon, and a gentleman must use it as a last resort."

As the emperor, Zhu Qiyu has the right to decide the topics of the general examination and palace examination. In the past, Zhu Qiyu also selected a sentence from the Four Books and Five Classics, and then the chief examiner formulated the examination questions around this sentence.

Xing'an was stunned, and after a while, he said: "This is the 31st chapter of the Tao Te Ching. This is not the Four Books and Five Classics. Isn't it a little bit out of line? This scholar is not prepared at all, maybe there are some examples." I don’t even know this sentence, how do I answer this?”

Xing'an said that there are Juzi who don't know this sentence, which is very reasonable in Daming, because Confucianism is the dominant family, and books like the Tao Te Ching are generally classified on the side of Taoism. I have never heard of it, which is normal.

"Then the left is more expensive for a gentleman to live in, and the right is more expensive for a soldier. Let's click on this sentence." Zhu Qiyu changed the sentence, and it all meant the same thing.

"Your Majesty, this is still in the Tao Te Ching, and it is still Chapter 31." Xing'an reminded His Majesty that this is still not the Four Books and Five Classics.

Zhu Qiyu sneered and said: "What do you say that scholars in the world are all disciples of the Son of Heaven, bullshit."

"You see, after these scholars came to Beijing, they begged their grandpa to sue their grandma everywhere, entrusting connections, finding ways, and finding benefactors, just to get possible exam questions, but why didn't they ask me? Are they my students? Or the disciples of these scholar-bureaucrats?"

"The spring is coming soon, so let's set up a special exam outline in the Dibao, and say that the scope of this year's exam will be covered, so there is no need for them to ask everywhere."

"This..." Xing'an was stunned by the publication of the syllabus, but after thinking about it, he still felt that there was nothing wrong, so he bowed his head and accepted the order.

Zhu Qiyu reminded: "You remember to inform Shang Ren, don't let him be caught off guard, he will find out after the fact."

For such a big matter, Zhu Qiyu had to communicate with the chief examiner. Of course, if Shang Ren couldn't explain the reason for his decision, he would naturally do so.

After Shang Ren heard about it, he rushed to Juxian Pavilion like the wind. He was going to face the saint. On the way, his thoughts were very messy. The conclusion is that His Majesty did it intentionally and had a plan long ago.

From the very beginning, mathematics was included in the palace examination, then mathematics was included in the general examination, and now, the candidates are also required to take mathematics.

From the second year of Jingtai's recommendation of "Guanzi", to the inclusion in the palace examination in the fifth year of Jingtai, and the inclusion in the general examination in the eighth year of Jingtai, His Majesty is now preparing to publish the syllabus for the exam, and the content of the exam is the Tao Te Ching.

If "Guanzi" can barely be regarded as a Confucian classic, then "Laozi" is an out-and-out, undoubted Taoist classic.

Your Majesty did this intentionally, and had planned for a long time. This is not a sneak attack, but a move by His Majesty to reform the imperial examination system.

After Shang Ren figured this out, he roughly figured out what to say and what not to say.

"Refer to Your Majesty, Your Majesty's congratulations." Shang Ren bowed his head in salute.

"Zhen An, sit down." Zhu Qiyu signaled Shang Ren to sit down and talk, there is no need to be formal.

"Your Majesty wants to choose a sentence from the "Tao Te Ching" as this year's exam question?" Shang Ren asked His Majesty's highest instructions to Chun Wei, which will involve the focus of work for the next month and a half.

Zhu Qiyu was quite sure, and said with a somewhat unquestionable tone: "Yes, it is that ominous tool, and a gentleman has to use it as a topic."

The ancient Confucian scholars have entered a dead end. Even the old Wang Zhi understands the principle that change leads to success, but these Confucian scholars are still holding the classics from nearly 2000 years ago. What's coming out?

Shang Ren felt a lot of emotion, and sure enough, as he guessed, His Majesty's death in Rigong changed the environment of the imperial examination little by little.

"Why, the Bachelor of Commerce thinks it's wrong?" Zhu Qiyu asked with narrowed eyes.

Shang Ren shook his head and said, "No, I think it's quite appropriate! It's just that I think we can make a compromise."

"Oh? How to compromise?" Zhu Qiyu asked curiously.

Chapter 852 Aspiring to serve the country, but no money to ask a teacher

The emperor used the current affairs as the examination questions for the palace examination and the general examination. It was not that Zhu Qiyu deviated from the scriptures, but a practice. The most famous of them was the nine questions of the palace examination of Emperor Chongzhen in the seventh year of Chongzhen.

Each of Chongzhen’s nine questions addressed the fundamental issues of Ming Dynasty. The analysis of the respondents was thorough and sound. Every examinee answered the question to the point. However, after ten years, Ming Dynasty still died.

Liu Lishun, the number one scholar who was famous all over the world for his [-]-year-old prose, was full of words, but these scholars had the ambition to revitalize the Ming Dynasty. After entering the court, how did they behave?

Inactive, silent and nameless.

What are the phenomena in Ming Dynasty, what kind of problems are behind these phenomena, what are the complicated causes behind these problems, and how to solve them, all are clearly written in this editorial.

Even these students who have not entered the officialdom are clear about these problems. Doesn't the court Minggong know how to solve them?

But Ming Gong in the court is always asking for the best of both worlds, and if he asks for this, the world will be gone.

For example, Chongzhen asked: "Furthermore, the bandits have been in trouble for a long time, and the amount of money and grain is lacking. The speaker does not consider the national economy, and every time he wants to reduce it."The people are the foundation of the state, so the imperial court doesn't know it, doesn't it sympathize with it?

But if you want to show compassion to the people and also want to support the army, how is it possible to benefit both ways?

This question is about Gao Yingxiang, the first generation Chuang Wang, who has a deep foundation in Shaanxi. The Ming Dynasty has repeatedly invaded and suppressed. As soon as it was wiped out, the government army just left, and the rebel army came out like a spring breeze?It's not that landless refugees are everywhere, and they can make trouble with a little noise.

The opinion of the courtiers is that the people should reduce and exempt the tax burden for the country, but how can they have both when they are sympathetic to the people and also support the army?