The asbestos fire in the glass oil lamp was lit with orange fire, and the slight blackening of the lampshade mouth faintly emitted a fishy smell, which was very faint and almost inaudible. This oil lamp is made of whale oil, which is popular with wealthy people because it has less smoke and is brighter than other lamp oils.

When Fang Wen leaned forward to seek advice, he leaned forward, ignoring the black smoke rising from the mouth of the oil lamp in front of him.

"Hmmm......"

Yuan Keling pondered for a moment, and then said.

In fact, "Chongwu suppresses literature" or "Chongwen suppresses martial arts", in the final analysis, it has its utilitarian benefits, those who worship martial arts do not intend to study articles, study articles and waste brains, waste, that is like practicing martial arts, often only need brute force, and those who worship literature in order to seek fame, often blindly bury their heads in hard reading, and they still don't hear anything outside the window, and naturally they don't have the mind to practice martial arts. From the perspective of the pre-Qin period, our Han people pay attention to "going out and entering the phase", in fact, that is, the dual cultivation of civil and military, which is also the current proposition of today. ”

Fang Wenzhi nodded when he said this, because it was both the truth and the truth.

"How easy is it to talk about the dual cultivation of civil and military, "poor literature and rich martial arts", it is not easy for the poor to study poetry and books, practice martial arts? How can there be any wealth in martial arts? ”

"Therefore, since the Sui and Tang dynasties, all the children of the Han family have entered the imperial examination, all advocate taking scholars with literature, abandoning martial arts and cultivating literature, and concentrating on scriptures, and when they arrived in the Song Dynasty, the election of officials came from the imperial examination, which is exactly what the children of the poor family in the world wanted, even so, it is still not fair, because the family education inheritance of the children of the poor family is limited, and it is naturally impossible to compare with the wealthy families, so in my dynasty, there are eight shares of scholars, only from the four books and five classics, so that even if it is a poor poor family, as long as you buy the four books and five classics, you have the possibility of seeking fame, That's fair......"

When mentioning this fairness, Yuan Keling couldn't help but shake his head and sigh lightly, it was this kind of "fairness" that ruined the imperial examination, and His Majesty abolished the imperial examination as an excuse in the first place.

"It seems to be fair, but it destroys the people of the world, as Gu Ningren said: The harm of the eight shares is equal to the burning of books, and the corruption of people is even greater than the suburbs of Xianyang. The talents are often incompetent! It really doesn't help the country. ”

Fang Wen's tone was very affirmative, and the reason for the affirmation was not because of the reflection in the past few years, but because as early as a few decades ago, the people of the Great Ming Shilin had begun to reflect on the shortcomings of the Eight Shares of Scholars, and were brewing to abolish the Eight Shares of Scholars.

Therefore, His Majesty will abolish the eight-strand essay of "empty and useless, and it has nothing to do with political affairs", and specifically draw talents from practical learning. As for the so-called "new Shilin", it is not as closely related as the old Shilin, so from the day the imperial examination was abolished, as far as the Shilin was concerned, there were only two ways to go, one was to improve and conform to the trend, and the other was to give up on oneself and let it go to the end,"

"Oh, I see."

Fang Wen is also a smart person, and he understands it at one point.

"You're saying it's time for Shilin to improve? That's a good idea, I've thought so, but how can this improvement be improved? Invite a bachelor from the college to join us? This is true everywhere, but at the moment, it seems to be ineffective, after all, many of them tend to be obsessed with academic research. ”

Because the academic workload in the academy is not like in the past, where only the Four Books and Five Classics were required, it is naturally impossible for the students in the academy to have enough time to communicate and talk about poetry and articles with friends like the students in Shilin in the past.

"Improving Shilin is by no means just introducing scholars into Shilin, this old bottle of new wine is obviously unrealistic, and it is not pleasing to Your Majesty."

Yuan Keling, who sat down again, picked up the tea bowl.

"When Shilin was big, he was finally able to share the world with the royal family, and the root cause was because of the support of the royal family, without the support of the royal family, even if it was improved, it was just a fool's dream!"

"Brother, how can the royal family support Shilin again, don't forget, from Emperor Xiaolie to that point back then, my Shilin also has some responsibility, support Shilin, Your Majesty is afraid that you will never do this."

In the eyes of the world, if there was no party struggle in Shilin back then, and if there was no empty talk about misleading the country, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty would not have fallen to that step, in this case, Fang Wen naturally did not believe that the emperor would support Shilin.

"Old Shilin will never be able to get the emperor's support!"

Yuan Keling said coldly:

"Your Majesty's dissatisfaction with Shilin can be said to be deep-rooted, and it is naturally impossible to support Shilin anymore, and today's Your Majesty's worship of military force and suppression of literature is also because of this reason, which may lead to national turmoil, but it cannot be denied that if the country is not strong in force, it will definitely lead to the decline of the country and the people will become slaves of foreign races."

Fang Wen touched the lid of the tea bowl and thought for a while and said.

"Chongwen suppresses the military, the country's weak soldiers will suffer national disasters, and the worship of the military and suppresses the culture, the valve is chaotic and the people are robbed, so ...... It's all a sign of unbalance. ”

"It's a loss of balance."

Yuan Keling looked at him and said.

"Therefore, the most important thing is balance, only when the civil and military are balanced, will the people be rich and the country strong......"

"Hmm...... How to balance the civil and military forces? ”

After a pause, Yuan Keling replied.

"Didn't the ancients say it a long time ago - both civil and military."

"Both civil and military ......"

Fang Wen's brows furrowed slightly, and then said.

"I'm afraid this is a bit unrealistic, after all, it is difficult for a poor disciple to have the spare strength to practice martial arts when studying literature."

"You see, it's back to being fair or not......"

Yuan Keling looked at Fang Wen and said.

"If you keep thinking like this, in the end, the problem will not be solved."

"But there are always the majority of poor families in the world."

"Since the Song Dynasty, the world has flourished, and there are more than 100,000 scholars in the imperial examination. The so-called poor family is probably a well-off family, if it is really poor, let alone ten years of cold window, I am afraid that even literacy is not allowed, the so-called poor door, often just a pretext......

This sentence couldn't be more naked, and all of a sudden, the fig leaf that had supported the imperial examination for hundreds of years was torn off.

"Even if it is only to take the scholar with eight shares, the scholars are probably all farming and reading homes, and there are only a handful of people who have entered the farm, and there are a few people who are indeed poor people, probably the worst, and it is also a well-off home, the so-called cold door, but in order to encourage the end of learning."

Although his words were biased, Fang Wen still smiled helplessly. There are more than 100 people in Shilin who have met over the years, and how many of them are really destitute, and most of the so-called "poor people" are often well-off families, and the real poor people can't even eat, let alone for people to read and learn words?

"This point, Your Majesty is very clear, so when he implemented the new school, when someone took this to open his eyes for the poor family, His Majesty's counterattack was very simple, they said that the children of the poor family could not afford to buy books, so they built a library, in fact, His Majesty who has been wandering the people for many years does not know that the real children of the poor family will probably not read, they are at most just learning to read and write, first seek food and clothing, and after they become well-off, they will place their hopes on the next generation. The so-called "scrap the eight shares to take the people, close the door to the cold and advance to the road", is just an exaggeration. ”

What do literati do best? It is extremely exaggerated, and it is the "alarmist" of the Spring and Autumn brushwork. Don't you know about this, even when some people opposed the abolition of the imperial examination on the grounds of being poor, His Majesty deliberately asked the opponents to count the family backgrounds of the middle examinees over the years, and then refuted the other party with facts. And not one or two examples.

The noble son of the poor family, the fish leaping over the dragon gate...... Often, it's just a good wish.

Even if it is a poor family, its children are smart, and they can also enter social studies to learn practical learning, and they can be buddies and apprentices in the future, and change their lives step by step, unlike the imperial examinations in the old days, where there is only one way to go...... Actually, there's no use in saying that,"

As soon as the words turned, Yuan Keling looked at Fang Wen and said.

"Now, what you and I are worried about is nothing more than "Chongwen and Suppressing Martial Arts" and "Chongwu Suppressing Literature", but both are out of balance, no matter which one you choose, it is a big disadvantage for the Ming Dynasty, and there seems to be no problem at the moment, but what about a hundred or two hundred years later? Back then, when I was taking people with eight shares, I didn't expect that there would be a disaster later, right? In fact, in the final analysis, it is because of the desire to save trouble that this situation has occurred. ”

"Want to save trouble?"

Fang Wen was stunned for a moment, and looked at the other party in some surprise.

"It's opportunistic, but most people in the world love opportunists, but how can there be opportunism in this world? The so-called opportunists are just abandoning literature and martial arts, or abandoning literature and martial arts, so that they first have the idea of opportunism, and only then do they have the current "Chongwen and Suppress Martial Arts", "Chongwu and Suppress Literature", so the most important thing is to return to the right path——"

"On the right path?"

"Otherwise, whether it is a scribe who has no power to bind a chicken, or a strong man who only knows martial arts, but only a lame person, it is ridiculous that for hundreds of years, whether it is a literati who has no power to bind a chicken, or a strong man who only knows martial arts, they are all ashamed to think that they are "scholars", but they don't know at all, they are just crippled people......"

Fang Wen was instantly stunned by Yuan Keling's words, he was not talking about a person, he was talking about the civil ministers and military generals of the past dynasties, and he was talking about the virtuous and talented people of the past dynasties. In his mouth, these people are nothing more than "cripples".

"Brother Ling Zhao, you, you ......"

"It's just a lie......

Yuan Keling replied with a smile, in the past few years, he has been obsessed with music and rhythm, but he has looked down on many things, and he has also seen through many things, many things that he can't figure out, and he has slowly figured it out, and it is because of this that he will have this feeling.

"False Talk......

Fang Wen shook his head and sighed.

"The feet of civil and military warriors are like soldiers, and the lack of one is lameness, and for hundreds of years, either abandoning literature or abandoning martial arts, what is the difference between this and self-abandonment? Brother Ling Zhao is a person who understands, but how many people in this world understand? ”

"So, you see, Your Majesty's "The Dignity of the Soldier" has caused you and me to sigh, in fact, it's just that I've been crippled for a long time, and my heart is also broken, so I naturally can't see its noble place......"

Saying this, Yuan Keling's words turned around, and Zhengse said.

"The reason why soldiers are noble is because they have the most direct expression of their feelings for the country and the people, through selfless self-sacrifice, and such emotions are not inferior to literati such as us, so why can't they be called honorable?"

His rhetorical question made Fang Wen fall silent, and only after a moment did he shake his head and say.

"The elder brother knows that the younger brother's original intention is not to argue about whether the military is noble or not, but to worry about the future of the country."

"Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, especially after the Song Dynasty, they have focused on literature, and since then they have had a different path to literature and martial arts. Today, His Majesty intends to revive the martial arts of my Han people, if Shilin is blindly biased towards "Chongwen and suppressing martial arts", it will definitely be disliked by His Majesty and eliminated by the general trend, so the future of my Shilin today lies in returning to the right source, if the people in my Shilin want to regain the favor of His Majesty, they must respect both civil and military cultivation, so that it is the source of Shi, and it is also the way of Shida! ”

The source of the scholar!

The way of the Scholar!

These eight words came into Fang Wen's ears, only making his whole body tremble, and he looked at Yuan Keling in surprise and asked.

"Brother Ling Zhao, what do you mean ......?"

"Civil, military, and civil!"

Yuan Keling said with a smile.

"Today, there is always a local "martial arts gentry", "ploughing and reading gentry", the latter disdain the former, thinking that the former is vulgar, while the former has His Majesty's respect, over time, it is bound to be martial arts and literature light, and it is excluded, can not be included in the integration, the reason why my Confucianism can have today's prosperity, is not the integration of a hundred schools? Besides, you and I can see the shortcomings of "advocating martial arts and suppressing literature", how can we not see it with Your Majesty's wisdom? It's just that the people in my Shilin blindly oppose it, even if Your Majesty has the heart, he can only "worship martial arts and suppress literature", even if the price is the Zhu family's ......"

When he spoke, Yuan Keling's face was full of reverence.

"After the Jiashen Heavenly Change, for Your Majesty, this country is my Han people and my Chinese country, not a family with a surname, so I am willing to take risks, unlike Zhao Song, for the benefit of a family and a surname, I do not hesitate to abolish my Han family's martial arts......"

Of course, this is a bit exaggerated, but in this way, it is righteous and awe-inspiring, and people have to sigh at His Majesty's "benevolence and righteousness", but then Yuan Keling said again.

"However, everyone has selfish intentions, Your Majesty's feudal vassals are in Nanyang, and they re-practice feudal things, and they want to protect one family and one surname, but if we can eliminate the shortcomings of "Chongwu and suppress literature", how can Your Majesty refuse? ”

"In the final analysis, it is still necessary to cultivate both civil and military!"

Fang Wen asked a little puzzled.

"Both civil and military cultivation, Your Majesty also has an opinion, what does this have to do with my Shilin?"

"It doesn't matter, we can take the initiative to pull the relationship, Your Majesty wants to cultivate both civil and military, then we have to take out how to cultivate both civil and military......"

Looking at Fang Wen, Yuan Keling asked rhetorically.

"When the time comes, Your Majesty will naturally not object, and the civil and military are integrated, and the martial arts are combined, how can this Shilin disappear?"