Zhizhitang.

Hui merchant Huang Chongde came again, and also brought his son and apprenticeship to the six rites.

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, and offered a tea cup with both hands: "Sir, please drink tea!" ”

Wang Yuan took a sip and gave the young man a balance scale, which was regarded as a return gift to his disciple.

Huang Chongde said respectfully: "My son Huang Xu, who has not yet reached the crown, begged Master Wang to give him a word." ”

Wang Yuan thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Jingguang." ”

Huang Chongde was very happy and said to his son: "Xu'er, thank you for the words!" ”

"Mr. Xie!" Huang Xu hurriedly kowtowed again.

Huang Chongde asked his son: "Do you know what is the mystery of the word 'Jingguang' that Mr. gave you?" ”

Huang Xu pondered for a while, shook his head and said, "The child doesn't know. ”

Huang Chongde said with emotion: "May you respect Mingde and love Jingguang at any time." Sir is to connect your word with the name of the Father, with the promise of the Father's kindness and filial piety. At the same time, I warn you that you must cherish your time and study hard in the future! Scenery is the meaning of time! ”

Wang Yuan scratched his head, crying and laughing: "Huang Yuanwai, I really didn't think about it so much. ”

"Huh?" Huang Chongde was surprised, "What does that gentleman mean?" ”

Wang Yuan said to Huang E next to him: "Little sister, come on." ”

Huang E and Wang Yuan have been studying Mozi lately, looking for physics knowledge inside. As soon as Wang Yuan asked, she immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Mo Ziyun: 'The people of Jingguang are like shooting, the people below are also high, and the people who are high are also down. This means that the light travels in a straight line, revealing the truth of the image of the hole. Sir, let you study physics as a good student in the future! ”

Huang Chongde was instantly embarrassed, and patted his ass: "Bachelor Wang is a pedantic and man, and he is unpredictable and unpredictable. ”

"Well, your father is right, you must cherish your time in the future," Wang Yuan admonished his disciple a few words, and then asked, "I heard that the children of Hui merchants all believe in Lumen Xinxue, have you ever studied Lumen Xinxue?" Get up and speak. ”

Huang Xu stood up and replied respectfully: "The student knows a little bit about it. ”

Wang Yuan asked, "Why do the sons of Shangjia believe in Lumen's Xinxue?" ”

Huang Xu replied: "Lu Men learns from his heart, learns from Mencius, and respects the people-oriented. The foundation of the people is wealth, and financial management is the top priority! Confucius said: 'A gentleman is a man of righteousness, and a villain is of profit.' Lu Ziyan said: "If a businessman can do public interests, he should also be a gentleman; If a scholar only seeks small righteousness, his words are only a small person. ’”

Wang Yuan didn't have much research on Lu Jiuyuan's knowledge, but after hearing this, he could understand it.

Lu Jiuyuan pursued Mencius's set of righteousness, and believed that the distinction between a villain and a gentleman should not be judged by his identity. A businessman who pursues profit all day long, as long as he has a benevolent heart and can bring public benefits to the world, can also be called a gentleman.

Naturally, businessmen like this set of doctrines!

"I know that in the future, you can continue to study Lumen Xinxue." Wang Yuan nodded.

Huang Xu saluted again, then stepped aside.

He Guangzu and He Xianzong immediately stepped forward with tea and prepared to bow to the teacher. Wang Yuan stopped them, held a cup of tea and said, "You don't need to apprentice, in the future, we will also be teachers and friends, and we can also make friends with each other!" ”

He Jin went to Kaizhou to be a fellow intellectual, but threw his two sons over, saying that he wanted to study under Wang Yuanmen.

He Guangzu is older than Wang Yuan, He Xianzong is the same age as Wang Yuan, plus they have a knowledgeable father, Wang Yuan really has no face to accept these two brothers as students.

Seeing that Wang Yuan refused to accept it, He Guangzu said: "In this case, you should treat each other as a brother." If you are a false brother, please give me advice in the future! ”

"Well said." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

When Bao Chaozhen came back for the New Year, he also brought a cousin named Bao Chaoxiang, who worshiped under Wang Yuan's door today.

There were also six children, who were Wang Yuan's servants and the children of tenants. Wang Yuan said that he would receive six a year, and today he will also follow the formal apprenticeship.

The children of these domestic servants and tenants, Wang Yuan did not impart knowledge personally, and threw them to Bao Chaozhen, Du Jin and others to teach on their behalf. Only after a few years, when there are talented and intelligent people, will Wang Yuan accept them as his own disciples.

However, since they have learned basic mathematics and physics, even if their qualifications are mediocre, they will definitely be appointed to various stewards in the future. You can manage a homestead, you can manage a factory, and you can even be sent to do maritime trade.

So far, Wang Yuan has received more than twenty formal disciples. Those who are also teachers and friends, and followers of the same way, add up to more than 60 people!

Among them, there is also a noble son, who is the grandson of the British Duke Zhang Mao, who has no right to inherit the title, and is named Zhang Cheng. Because this kid loves to read "A Chinese Ghost Story", he must buy "Physics News" in every issue, and as a result, he became interested in mathematics and physics. As long as he gets the approval of the British public Zhang Mao, Zhang Cheng can come to apprentice at any time.

After the disciples finished their apprenticeship, Huang Chongde chatted with Wang Yuan about business, saying that many fields in Shandong have been replanted with cotton, and this year's cotton harvest in Shandong will definitely be bumper.

In the following days, Wang Yuan discovered that Huang Xu was indeed smart.

Although the son of this merchant had just turned fourteen years old, he had studied the Four Books and the Five Classics, as well as traditional arithmetic. His thinking is very out-of-the-box, he doesn't like to study hard, and he doesn't like to do the homework assigned by his senior brother Bao Chaozhen, so he wanders around the physics experiment team all day long. Even so, among the newly recruited disciples, Huang Xu's theoretical knowledge also improved the fastest.

He Yao's two sons are a little difficult to explain.

It's no wonder that in history, they have failed to pass the test all their lives. It's purely the kind of poor student who studies hard every day, performs harder than anyone else, and always fails the exam.

But the victory lies in loyalty and honesty, and noble character, with benevolence and righteousness as their own standard of life. Just in terms of conduct, you can be called a gentleman!

It's May.

The central government's finances have finally improved, and the most direct manifestation is that the Dragon Boat Festival has finally given banquets to the ministers, and no longer exempts the banquets in the name of saving expenses.

Yang Yiqing, the secretary of the ministry, resigned again, saying that he was not in good health and had no one to take care of him. The emperor did not allow it, and also transferred Yang Yiqing's son from Nanjing to Beijing as an official, so that he could take care of his old father nearby.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Jiao, the secretary of the household department, and Fu Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, resigned together, and the emperor agreed.

The Kedao officials, who were not in the same group as Yang Tinghe, immediately asked the emperor to retract his order. Yang Yiqing also said, I am sick like this, and I still rely on it and don't leave, how can Sun Jiao and Fu Jue go? Once they are gone, the important ministers of the DPRK and the central government will not follow suit, and they will resign one after another?

"What do you think?" Yan Song asked.

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is completely disappointed in Sun Jiao and Fu Jue!" ”

Yan Song didn't know much about the court, and asked, "Who are Wang Qiong and Liu Chun?" ”

Wang Yuan explained: "Wang Qiong, the new head of the household department, has always been His Majesty's person; Liu Chun, the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is the person left behind by Li Ge Lao (Li Dongyang). ”

"I see!" Yan Song instantly understood the situation.

Sun Jiao and Fu Jue chose to resign because they were set aside by Yang Ting and the faction. The emperor didn't allow them to resign before, because he wanted the two of them to continue to hold on, but now it seems that the mud can't support the wall, so just let Wang Qiong and Liu Chun replace them!

Liu Chun is already old, and he probably hasn't done anything.

Wang Qiong is in the prime of life, and there is the support of the emperor behind him, and the Ming Dynasty Hall in the past few years this year must be the pattern of Wang Qiong, Yang Ting and the two of them.

Wang Qiong is a very special person, with extraordinary talents, and she is clear to the household department. The frontier asked for the allocation of grain and grass, and the civil and military officials cooperated to eat kickbacks, and he replied directly: How much grain and grass is there in a certain warehouse and a certain field, how much grain is transported in various places every year, and how much grain is stored by the border guards every year, how much I allocate to you is enough, and then I want to embezzle!

When encountering the construction of water conservancy projects, Wang Qiong directly took out the abacus and settled the accounts for the officials who asked for silver, and the calculated funds made people speechless.

Wang Qiong's ability to employ people is all based on his ability, and he became the secretary of the military department in history. Although he had never seen Wang Yangming, and Wang Yangming had never sent him a penny, Wang Qiong was thousands of miles away to enable Wang Yangming to suppress bandits, which gave rise to Wang Yangming's battlefield myth!

Wang Qiong himself is not corrupt, and King Ning doesn't want to send him money, but is he really upright and selfless?

Definitely!

Wang Qiong once did one thing, Xungui embezzled the people's property, he helped Xungui overturn the case, and the victim was stoned! Manchu officials impeached Jiang Bin, but he hugged Jiang Bin's thigh and was regarded by civilian officials as Jiang Bin's lackey.

This is a person with a complex personality, and he is a little unscrupulous!

Anyway, the pattern of the Ming Dynasty changed drastically again, and two Shangshu were changed one at a time, and they were both from the emperor's side. There is still a vacancy in the cabinet, and the emperor is unwilling to make up for it, so he has kept the cabinet vacant there.

Everything fully shows that the emperor was very dissatisfied with this cabinet.

Yang Tinghe finally stopped, not daring to install cronies at will, but he was still unscrupulous in many places.

Soon in June, Jin Wei got married and invited Wang Yuan to attend the wedding.