The sudden force of Xinxue in the capital suddenly alarmed the conservative school.

It is very strange that although Yang Tinghe likes to exclude dissidents, he is very generous academically.

Many ministers sent letters to Yang Tinghe, hoping to ban the spread of psychology, but Yang Tinghe did not do so. Although he was also opposed to the study of the mind, he only suggested that the imperial examination should not adopt the idea of the study of the mind, and that the folk lectures could be done in any way. Moreover, Yang Tinghe only forbade mental learning in the general examination, and he let it go in all the township examinations.

In May of the 19th year of Zhengde, Zhang Zhong, the eunuch of the master of ceremonies and the eunuch of Bingpen, approved Yang Tinghe's proposed vote on behalf of the emperor. The general content is: The selection of talents in the imperial examination is related to social discipline. In the examination and the palace examination, rare words shall not be used, the content shall not be grandiose, and the essays shall not be flashy in rhetoric, and the style of writing with respect to the old will be the best.

Wang Yuan couldn't object, because Yang Tinghe didn't say a word about Xinxue.

But Yang Tinghe's approach has characterized Xinxue, which is just grandstanding. You can spread it among the people, and you can even play it in the township test, and you are not allowed to bring it to the meeting test and the palace test!

Jiangnan Shizi died of depression, and it was not because of Xinxue.

In the past few years, the examination articles have become more and more gorgeous, and even the marking officers have gradually liked the wonderful articles. Now Yang Ting and the grass are beating rabbits, and the gorgeous articles are also banned by the way, Jiangnan Shizi likes to play this, and it is very uncomfortable for them to write simple articles honestly.

In July, Lin Jun arrived in Beijing.

It was able to come so quickly purely because of the sea route.

Including the clerks who went out of Beijing to deliver documents, as long as the destination was in the coastal provinces, they also liked to take a boat south in Tianjin. Because the travel fee issued by the imperial court is still so much, taking the sea route can save money and time.

Lin Jun received a call from the imperial court and came directly by boat from Putian. He is willing to accept new things, and when he is old, he still makes his own Franco cannon, and he is a year-old friend with Wang Yangming.

The day after Lin Jun arrived in Beijing, he was still living in an inn, and countless officials went to meet him, and a large group of trolls wanted to meet their idols.

Wang Yuan was a little more reserved, and when Lin Jun rented a house, he went to visit: "See Su Gong!" ”

"Sit down." Lin Jun said with a smile.

The house that Lin Jun rented was very interesting, neither luxurious nor shabby. He can make his own cannons, which shows that his family is solid, and he is not greedy or exclusive to money.

The servants served tea, and Lin Jun said: "As soon as I arrived in the capital, I heard that the examination article was restricted, and countless Jiangnan scholars were afraid that they would suffer because of this. ”

Wang Yuan explained: "The prohibition of flashy articles is just incidental, mainly to prohibit mental studies. ”

Lin Jun sneered: "Yang Ge is also stingy, although I don't agree with Xinxue very much, but I don't care what young scholars like." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Elder Yang Ge is already generous, at least the township test is not forbidden." ”

Yang Tinghe is really generous, and in history, the study of mind has been banned twice across the country.

One was instigated by Gui Cao, and the other was initiated by Zhang Juzheng, and the cause had nothing to do with academic thought, but was all for political reasons.

Gui Cao and Wang Yangming have contradictions, and that's only second, the real reason is that there are too many Xinxue disciples who are officials in the court. Although Jiajing defined the study of mind as "pseudo-science", the bigwigs in the middle of Jiajing had a bunch of descendants of the study of mind - a total of one Shoufu, one of the Ministry of Rites, one of the Ministry of Households, two of the Ministry of War, two of the Ministry of Punishment, and several of the books of Nanjing.

As for Zhang Juzheng, even if he is half a descendant of Xinxue, he was once a protégé of Gu Dongqiao, a disciple of Wang Yangming, and the practical learning he believes in is also a variant of the left school of Wangmen's Xinxue. Zhang Juzheng banned the spread of Xinxue because He Xinyin, the boss of Xinxue, opposed a whip law, and at the same time found that the influence of Xinxue was too great, which had interfered with his implementation of the New Deal.

Compared with Gui Cao and Zhang Juzheng, how generous is Yang Tinghe.

Lin Jun said: "Yang Ge is not generous, he doesn't have that prestige, who cares about him when he goes out of the capital?" ”

"It's all the same." Wang Yuan said with a smile.

Lin Jun said again: "This time I went north, I stayed in Zhejiang for a few days and had a conversation with your teacher. He said, you want to change the law and reform the system, is this true? ”

"I have this idea." Wang Yuan replied.

Lin Jun asked, "When do you plan to change the law?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "The change has begun, but it is only applied locally. If you want to change the law nationwide, you have to wait at least until the late students enter the cabinet. ”

Lin Jun sighed: "When you enter the cabinet, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you." I am old and frail, how many more years can I live? ”

Wang Yuanlian said: "Mr. lives a long life. ”

"Haha, don't live a long life, if you can live another ten years, I will be satisfied." Lin Jun laughed.

In fact, Wang Yuan originally wanted to recommend a teacher to take charge of the Hanlin Academy. But Wang Yangming is now worried at home, his father Wang Hua has just died for two years, and there is still one year before the mourning period expires.

Wang Yuan introduced the situation: "The people of the Yang Party, the cabinet accounts for half, and Zhang Yong, the master of ceremonies and the eunuch Zhang Yong, is also very close to Yang Gelao. ”

Lin Jun complained unabashedly: "The emperor is really confused, he actually made some eunuchs, he is not afraid that the eunuchs will manipulate the national weapon?" The first thing I did when I came back to be an official was to persuade the emperor to abolish the eunuch Bingbi! ”

Wang Yuan sweated wildly, this idol worthy of the officials, is really a troublemaker.

Wang Yuan said: "With Your Majesty's character, I am afraid that the eunuchs of Bingbi will not be abolished. Seeing that Su Gong could be tactful, he said that since the eunuch was in charge of the seal of the ceremony, he could no longer concurrently serve as Bingbi, otherwise he would approve and seal by himself, wouldn't the eunuch become the emperor? ”

Lin Jun shook his head and said, "What's the difference between the palm print and the bingbi?" It's not a person who has changed Zhang Yong. Since you want to advise the emperor, you have to go to the end and directly abolish the eunuch Bingbi! ”

Wang Yuan somewhat understood, why didn't he treat Lin Jun with Li Dongyang's temperament, this old gentleman has a good personality.

Wang Yuan had a headache and said: "Seeing Su Gong, if you act like this, I am afraid that the master of the Imperial House and the Hanlin Courtyard will have to be changed again next year at most." ”

Lin Jun said indifferently: "Change it, it's a big deal, I'll resign again." Anyway, if you are old, if you don't get involved in the bad things in the DPRK and China, you can live a few more years when you return to your hometown. ”

Wang Yuan could only open up and say: "Then please see Su Gong bear with me a little, and when the period of Yangming Gong Ding is over, how about you directly admonish the emperor?" ”

Lin Jun thought for a while and blinked: "It's okay, just wait for Wang Yangming to lose his temper after serving the funeral." Now this emperor is not as good as his father, and his father is so angry that I resigned, and I will lose my life if I become an official under him. ”

Wang Yuan couldn't laugh or cry.

After chatting about business, Lin Jun suddenly asked: "I heard that you can cast steel cannons, and you have cast dozens of Franc machine steel cannons in Zhejiang in one go?" ”

"It's true." Wang Yuan said.

Lin Jun suddenly became interested: "I will also cast the Buddha Lang cannon, but I use tin as a model and use copper to cast it." How can you cast steel? ”

Wang Yuan explained: "Using graphite mixed clay as a crucible, graphite is refractory and can withstand high temperatures. Then add glass, lime and other materials to the iron to help burn, so that the furnace temperature can be raised to the point that it can melt the molten steel. ”

"Wonderful," Lin Jun immediately got up and walked out, stood at the door and looked, pointed to the courtyard and said, "You can make a furnace here, and tomorrow I will hire a craftsman, and you will teach me how to make steel." ”

Wang Yuan didn't know how to respond, Lao Tzu asked you to come back to take charge of the Imperial House and the Hanlin Academy, but he didn't ask you to come to steelmaking to play tickets!

Lin Jun was not done yet, and said: "I saw a lot of black chimneys in Tianjin, and I heard that what steam engine was weaving. The steam engine was also developed by you? How can steam weave cloth? ”

Wang Yuan said: "If you are interested, you can go to the Chengnan Institute of Physics. ”

Lin Jun really went to the School of Physics, and after communicating with Wang Xu, the head of the school, he actually joined the School of Physics on the spot. It's just that his qualifications are too old, and he doesn't rank any seniority, so he can be regarded as the treasure of the School of Physics.

On this day, Wang Yuan was teaching Lin Jun to make steel, and the servant suddenly came to report: "Master, the Admiral Tanhai has returned to Beijing, and His Majesty has summoned you to go to the leopard room immediately!" ”