Huang Daozhou really deserves to be the great Confucian of the world, as soon as the admonition came out, the respondents gathered, and in less than two days, Zhu Cijiong received nearly 500 impeachment recitals. What is this concept, you must know that all the officials in Beijing add up to more than 1,000 people, which means that nearly half of the officials oppose the promotion of Western studies!

The attitude of other officials is not yet known, and it is estimated that there is no consensus on the promotion of Western studies because they are embarrassed to impeach Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and others because they are embarrassed to play the impeachment.

Zhu Cijiong was a little scared, he finally realized the helplessness of Wanli and Tianqi. Emperor Wanli is not a fool, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse is not a fool, why is he so frightened by his officials that he does not dare to go to court? There is a word called public anger, in popular terms, it is a collective strike, you are the emperor again, then the boss, people are gone, what can you do with them?

Can companies close their doors and go out of business, but can the state shut down? That's called the Dead Country!

Zhu Cijiong knew that he couldn't let them be impeached like this, and if he didn't deal with it, something big would definitely happen. However, how to deal with it, he didn't have a good way, so he could only invite a group of cronies to discuss.

Looking at the two or three kittens under his hands, and then thinking about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong felt a thirst for power in his heart, if the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty listened to him, why should he be so aggrieved.

How can you make the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty listen to him? Do you reuse eunuchs like the Emperor of the Apocalypse? Wei Zhongxian cleaned up the Donglin Party, and no one in the entire court dared to resist him, but what those officials were afraid of was not the Emperor of the Apocalypse, but Wei Zhongxian, did he also want to cultivate a nine-thousand-year-old? Forget it.

Zhu Cijiong still prefers to slowly cultivate his cronies to take power, although this is more time-consuming, but there will be no situation where one family dominates and monopolizes power.

Of course, these are all afterthoughts, and the top priority now is to quell this impeachment storm.

Now in the imperial study, Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, Cao Huachun and other cronies, everyone is standing there with a worried face, frowning and pondering, the whole study room except for the sound of low breathing, there is no other sound, the scene is extremely depressing.

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while, and saw that everyone was not angry, so he had to point to the pile of twists and turns on the desk, and said helplessly: "What to do, let's talk about it." ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they are speechless, so they can only shake their heads and sigh. This time the matter was so big that almost half of the court jumped out to oppose it, and everyone really couldn't think of any perfect solution.

In the end, Xu Guangqi sighed and said tragically: "Their goal is me, and the emperor can only remove me from his post and investigate it." ”

Zhu Cijiong was stunned when he heard this, what kind of joke are you making, Xu Guangqi is his number one general, isn't it self-defeating martial arts to deal with him. He shook his head and said, "This is my idea, I can't blame the teacher, and besides, their target is not you, but ......." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Cijiong's head flashed with inspiration, and he clapped his hands and said: "Yes, their goal is to stop the promotion of Western studies, and it will be fine if we don't promote it for the time being!" ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, his eyes showed a glint of hope, but he thought about it and shook his head gloomily and said: "What if you don't promote the military factory of Western learning, who will make the flintlock pistol, just rely on a few of us, and we can make a few in a day, it won't be used at all!" ”

Zhu Cijiong didn't answer, he pondered for a while, and then asked, "How many students have been recruited now?" ”

Xu Guangqi sighed and said: "A total of more than 1,000 people have been recruited, and they are all the children of craftsmen under the Ministry of Industry. ”

There are only about 1,000 people, which seems to be a little small, and he asked Bi Maokang again: "Meng Hou, aren't there more than 10,000 artisan households under the Ministry of Industry, why are there so many people to sign up?" ”

Bi Maokang replied embarrassedly when he heard this: "Your Majesty, there is also a division of labor in this craftsman, there are masons, carpenters, blacksmiths, and stonemasons, and the carpenters and blacksmiths who can really be trained to make flintlock pistol parts in a short period of time." Besides, they all have a craft in their bodies, and no one wants to change careers to learn this, only those whose families are more prosperous will send one or two juniors to try their luck. ”

Zhu Cijiong was stunned when he heard this, he took it for granted, forget it, a thousand is a thousand, and he must make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise something big will happen sooner or later if he continues like this. He gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "Then let's do it, all these thousand people are recruited to Wang Gong's factory, and there is no need to work in shifts, let them work with you during the day, give on-site guidance, and then teach them how to read pictures at night." As for the four schools, let them toss around and let them use them to spread the saint's articles, so it's all right. Also, if you want to wronged your teacher, you will be fined for one year, what do you think? ”

Xu Guangqi is ready to lose his official position, what is this fine for one year, he said indifferently: "Weichen still has a thin property, and a fine for one year is nothing, as long as he can suppress the matter." ”

Of course, Zhu Cijiong didn't really want to fine him for money, and immediately explained: "This fine is only used to gag them for a year, how can I let my teacher suffer, Gonggong Cao went to the inner treasury to get five thousand taels of silver tickets to give to the teacher." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was moved to tears, and he hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, you can't help it, you can't help it,"

The salary of officials in the Ming Dynasty was very low, and his monthly salary for a first-class official was only more than 100 taels, which was enough for him for several years, so he naturally resigned again and again.

Zhu Cijiong didn't care about this money, so he forced it into his hand, sent them away, and then ordered Cao Huachun to draft a decree and read it out to the public tomorrow morning.

The approximate meaning is: this promotion of Western studies is due to his lack of consideration by Emperor Chongzheng, he decided to humbly accept everyone's suggestion, stop promoting Western studies, and hand over the built school to the management of the scholar Huang Daozhou to spread the articles of the sage. Although Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was not primarily responsible, he was the emperor's teacher, and his teaching was ineffective, so he was fined for one year as a punishment.

As soon as the decree was read the next day, Huang Daozhou was naturally satisfied, he not only dissuaded the emperor, but also rectified the emperor and earned enough face. As a learned Confucian, he naturally understands the truth of courtesy, and with his own face, he naturally can't let the emperor be too faceless, so he immediately changed his face and praised the emperor for his wisdom and youth.

Qian Qianyi was depressed, this was done twice, each time he hit the deputy car by mistake, and he didn't achieve his goal at all, he was a villain twice, but he didn't get any benefits.

Zhu Cijiong was also very depressed, this matter was solved, but the production of flintlock pistols has also seriously declined, just this thousand people, it would be good to be able to make 20,000 a year, which made him delay the time of clearing the rebel army for a few years, this gang of Donglin Party is really killing people.

Of course, he won't let go of these people, and after leaving the court, he immediately called Cao Huachun to him, gritted his teeth and confessed: "Send me a few well-written fans to break into their interior, I want to see who always can't get along with me." ”

He was so angry that he forgot to say it, and used me directly, Cao Huachun knew that he was angry, so he didn't point it out, but went down silently to arrange it.