"You, that's it, after all, you didn't enter this Gezhi Hospital, even if your family and friends know that your preferences are different from everyone else's, it's nothing." Zhou Shu listened to the narration of his younger brother Zhou Wei's return and said.

"Big brother, don't you blame your brother for not doing his job?" Zhou Wei asked in disbelief.

"Do you think Big Brother doesn't know that you make some weird things on weekdays?" Zhou Shu said with a smile: "Although you don't go home when you live in the county, and you never talk about these things when you're with your friends, so your family and friends don't know about it, but your eldest brother often lives in the city, can you not know?" Do you think the eldest brother is a person who listens to things outside the window and only reads the books of the sages? How can such a human strategy be answered well? ”

"It's just that my brother didn't delay your studies because of this, and you passed the county exam, the government exam, the hospital exam, and the township exam, so he didn't speak. If you had delayed the imperial examination because of this, my brother would have reminded you a long time ago. ”

"Big brother." Zhou Wei didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhou Shu didn't care what he was going to say, and he continued: "There is no need to talk about the past, and in the future, it is not a bad thing for you to fall into the eyes of the emperor because of this." ”

"According to your past appearance, even if you choose an official, you won't do it well, if it's okay to be a Beijing official, there will be fewer things; There are many things for local officials, and now the emperor is also strict with whether officials are attentive to work, and most of them will be demoted. ”

"But since you have entered the emperor's eyes because of astronomy, even if you are not qualified to enter the court, the emperor will consider this and arrange you a lighter position."

"Besides, the tone of the emperor's speech that you described will be very useful to Gezhiyuan in the future, and I am full of confidence. My brother has read the Di newspaper all these years, the emperor is very cautious, and he will never do anything that he is not sure of, and the emperor is so confident in Gezhiyuan, most of the Gezhiyuan will indeed be useful in the future. ”

"What else can you do but the calendar?" Although Zhou Wei likes astronomy very much, he doesn't think it's of any use.

"I don't know, I can't think of it, maybe the emperor can think of it."

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As soon as he ascended to the court on the second day, Yun Xi threw out the two holy decrees that he had drafted last night and revised by Jin Shan in the morning: allowing merchants to sell foreign people as slaves in Daming, and abolishing the Qin Tianjian and setting up Gezhiyuan.

The ministers had little to say about the intention of allowing merchants to sell foreign people as slaves in the Ming Dynasty. The ministers who can go to the court are not of low grade, even if the family was very poor before becoming an official, it is impossible to be poor when he becomes an official, and he has more or less hired a few subordinates, and naturally hopes that his subordinates are all slaves with deeds rather than commoners who are hired freely, so although there are still a few words to argue from the perspective of "Da Ming Law", no one admonishes.

However, there are many opinions on the abolition of the Qin Tianjian and the establishment of the Gezhi Yuan.

The officials present did not know what Yun Xi had said to Cao Zheng, Zhou Wei and others yesterday, so they thought that Gezhiyuan was just a change of name from Qin Tianjian and some of the emperor's favorite gadgets, but even so, they were against the establishment of such a yamen.

For the upright ministers, the emperor's establishment of the Gezhi Yuan is like the Tang Ming Emperor's love of listening to operas, and now it seems that there is nothing, but this kind of thing must be prevented, so it is opposed; For ministers who are not very upright, the grade of Gezhiyuan is too high, and a god-like yamen has reached the fourth grade, which is absolutely unbearable and opposed; As for some veteran ministers, they felt that the change of the yamen was unnecessary. Therefore, after the reading of the decree, there was a voice of opposition in the court.

Yun Xi had long expected that they would oppose the establishment of the Gezhi Academy, and immediately said: "Although Confucianism is the right way and the great way, it is not possible to have the Tao without the art. Astronomical calendars, mathematical calculus, shipbuilding and repair, steel smelting, learning firearms, studying medicine, or even raising horses to feed horses, which does not need to be studied? ”

Although Yunxi really wants to set up an academy of sciences, he can only pull out technology to back up now. After all, the officials of the Ming Dynasty still have an understanding of technology, but they are completely ignorant of science. As for the future, who knows what to study as soon as the door is closed.

"This is just the art of craftsmen, how can we set up a separate yamen for them to study these things?" Song Lindao, who has already played the excerpt of requesting retirement but has not yet completed the retirement process.

"Even craftsmen serve the country, how can the Ministry of Industry do so many things without those craftsmen?" Yun Xi asked rhetorically.

"This," Song Lin was very dissatisfied with the fact that the other officials in the Ministry of Industry were now literate craftsmen except for Shangshu, Shilang and a few Lang, but after all, craftsmen also worked for the country, so he couldn't say anything about it, so he could only say: "Even so, if people other than studying the astronomical calendar are assigned to the Ministry of Industry, not only can they study these things, but they can also save the money and food of the imperial court, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?" ”

"Now that there are a lot of errands in the Ministry of Works, how can we take on these many things?" Yun Xi said: "But it stands to reason that this is indeed a matter within the Ministry of Works, so it is under the control of the Ministry of Works, but it is still a separate yamen. ”

"Your Majesty, if it is under the control of the Ministry of Industry, the grade will be a bit high, so it is better to be reduced to the fifth grade." Li Ren, the secretary of the ministry, spoke.

"Yes." Yoon-hee agreed.

Since Yun Xi has regressed and is right, the officials are not opposing the establishment of Gezhiyuan.

Yun Xi also breathed a sigh of relief. For him, as long as such a yamen is established, it doesn't matter what level and name it is. Even if it is assigned to the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu is not a person without eyesight, dare to meddle at will?

After waiting for the court, Yun Xi immediately sent someone to call Cao Zheng, and in the front hall where he usually gave the excerpts, he and Yang Shiqi instructed him and Yang Shiqi many things about the Gezhi Academy, including where the yamen was set up, how to carry out the work, and how to recruit talents, and instructed Yang Shiqi to discuss with Cao Zheng how to establish the official system in the Gezhi Academy, and report back to himself.

Yang Shiqi immediately understood that the emperor was showing that he attached importance to Gezhiyuan, so that they would not have the idea of being demoted. Yes, they are. There are so many scholars and generalists in the cabinet now, Yang Shiqi is the most diligent and willing to work on weekdays, and he has never made a mistake. When people's hearts are scattered, it will be difficult for the team to lead, and Yun Xi, who understands this very well, will naturally not let such a thing happen.

As for why Yang Shiqi was chosen, there is also a way. Now these Zhongshu people around him, Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu, Jin Shan, Wang Gen and others are the most qualified, and they should be selected from among them; And among these people, Yang Pu, Jin Shan, and Wang Gen are all from Jinshi, I am afraid that they look down on Gezhi Yuan, only Yang Shiqi has only been a Xiucai, and because his family is poor, he has been wandering around, so he will not despise the people in Gezhi Yuan.

After instructing this matter, Yun Xi called Wang Gen, Yang Pu, and Jin Shan over and said with a smile: "If it weren't for the recent hall test, I wouldn't have thought that a few of you have been by my side for three years." ”

"In the past three years, you have been an official by my side, and you are going to discuss political affairs, and I can rest assured that I can entrust you with some important tasks."

"Wang Gen, now that there is a vacancy in the Literature and Anthology Department of the Ministry of Officials, I have ordered you to be the head of the Literature and Selection Department of the Ministry of Officials, and you will go to the Ministry of Officials tomorrow. I took care of the Anthology Division. ”

"Yang Pu, I have ordered you to be the prefect of Fengxiang and assist in military affairs. There will be a war in the northwest in the next two years, and you should make good preparations for this, and discuss more with Xia Yuanji, the political envoy of Shaanxi, and Xu Huizu, who has been transferred to the northwest for military affairs. ”

"Jin Shan, I ordered you to be the wine of the country's prince, and you still serve as the middle scholar to take care of the country's eunuch for me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The three of them hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Yun Xi gave a few more orders to let them step down and hand over the errand at hand.

After that, it is naturally a reply and a fold. After lunch, Yunxi went back to sleep again, and when he woke up, he was served by the little eunuch and dressed, and listened to Wang Xi say: "Official, Xiao Zhuo and Zheng Pai have left the palace, and Yang Shiqi asked him to go out of the palace in the afternoon to inspect the selected yamen,......。 "There are a lot of things to report.

Yun Xi listened carefully. These things are big or small, but they can't be completely ignored, especially his criteria for judging the importance of things are not the same as ordinary people, even Wang Xi, who has followed him for more than ten years, may not be able to judge accurately, so every time he tells Wang Xi to report these things to him in the intervals, such as before and after napping and after he stops dealing with political affairs and returns to the harem.

As he was listening, he saw Wang Xi say: "Official, yesterday I ordered Cao Xing to come to the palace to discuss the matter of choosing a direct guard to train elite cavalry, as well as the matter of meeting Hu Yuancheng, but do you want to announce the two of them into the palace this afternoon?" ”

"Cao Xing, let him rest for a few more days." Yun Xi said: "He has been away from Beijing for many years, so he accompanies Cao Zhen more. Cao Zhen is also old now, and I don't know how many days I can assist me, and now that Cao Che is in Taiwan, let Cao Xing accompany him at home. ”

"However, I was a little interested in Hu Yuancheng's matter, and announced that he would enter the palace in the afternoon. By the way, how are the people of the Hu clan settled now? How was Hu Jichen's body disposed of? Yunxi asked.

Most of the people of the Hu clan were placed in Tianchang County, Fengyang Prefecture as farmers, a few people entered the military household in Wudewei, and those who stayed in Beijing as soldiers were registered in Jiangning County, and the imperial court granted them a piece of land outside the city as a cemetery. In early April, after Erhu Ji Xuan was beheaded, the people of the Ministry of Rites did not know what the official family meant, and did not dare to dispose of it without authorization. However, it didn't matter much, so although it had been reported the day before yesterday, it had not yet been approved by His Majesty. Wang Xi replied.

Yun Xi's lips moved, and he hesitated for a moment before saying: "Hu Jichen was once a high-ranking official in Annan, and he also had a hereditary title, so the Ministry of Rites and Rites buried him with the etiquette of a five-grade official." As for Hu Hancang, he was buried with the etiquette of a seven-rank official. ”

Wang Xi agreed, and after serving Yunxi to the front hall, he went out of the Qianqing Palace and ordered.

After a long time, one was about thirty and dark-skinned. The man dressed in the clothes of an ordinary soldier of the guard, led by the little eunuch, walked in, knelt down after Yun Xi turned his gaze and said: "Sinner Li Cheng, I have seen Your Majesty, long live!" ”