After considering the wording, Su Liang said, "Although I feel guilty about what happened, don't expect this personal emotion to affect me in helping me in my official work. Besides, I don't know why you're here, who you're here for, and of course, I don't want to know. ”

Hu Yuansheng was obviously prepared for Su Liang's reaction, he groaned for a while and said: "Actually, I still hate you in my heart, and I don't want to deal with you at all, it's just that it's all for Daming!" ”

He took out a small black plastic book from his arms and opened it in front of Su Liang.

What catches your eye is the golden sun and moon national emblem of the Ming Dynasty, with a small photo of Hu Yuansheng below, and between the national emblem and the photo, there is a row of large characters. "General Administration of the Ming Empire."

Underneath Hu Yuansheng's photo, there are also some small personal introductions.

Due to the advent of cameras, it is now very difficult for many people to want to disguise themselves as someone else.

What reassures Su Liang even more is that only a few factories will produce this kind of plastic skin for work permits, and it is impossible for others to imitate it.

Seeing this work card, Su Liang felt a kind of funny.

He could never have imagined that Hu Yuansheng, a young man who was once used as a benchmark by the civil official group, would now serve the General Administration.

Although the Department of General Administration is semi-subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is only for the convenience of the management of personnel abroad, and in fact, in terms of overall establishment, more administrative affairs of the Department of General Administration are under the Ministry of National Defense.

In other words, the General Administration Department should now be regarded as one of the military sides of the civil and military competition.

Seeing Su Liang's expression, Hu Yuansheng's face also showed a trace of chagrin and embarrassment. He explained: "You were ordered to return to Xizhou, but you didn't know that Xue Hedong died last year. ”

Six years ago, the reason why the lawsuit between Su Liang and Hu Yuansheng intensified was mainly because Xue Xuan, the then secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Xue Xuan and Xue Dewen, launched a public opinion offensive behind his back.

Xue Xuan and Yu Qian, the Xie Zhen period was the same period of Jinshi, at that time, the champion of the Xie Zhen period, Xue Xuan was in the eye, and Yu Qian explored the flowers.

And this period of Jinshi is also a period of the Ming generation and full of talents.

Although Xue Dewen only achieved the highest official position in the Ministry of Rites, he was a generation of Confucian scholars after Cao Duan, and created the "Hedong Learning" in the north, and his disciples spread all over Shanxi, Henan, and Guanlong, and became a great sect.

Ideologically, this person took the revival of Confucianism as his own responsibility, and was quite dissatisfied with Zhu Zhanji's emphasis on business over Confucianism and his support for Shinrikyo. It is believed that valuing commerce leads to the people's profit-seeking, and ignoring Confucianism leads to the corruption of the people's customs.

In terms of being an official, he is honest and self-disciplined, and he is diligent in government and loves the people, and has a good reputation among the people.

As a famous master of science in the Ming Dynasty, Xue Xuan admired Cheng Zhu Lixue.

However, although he is in the same vein as Cheng Zhu Lixue in thought, it is not a simple continuation of Cheng Zhu Lixue, but a further improvement and development of Cheng Zhu Lixue.

In order to oppose Taoism and Buddhism, under the guidance of the idea that "reason is infinite, so the words of the sages are also infinite", he abandoned the old and made the new, and put forward many views with materialist ideological tendencies, which played a pioneering and pioneering role in the rise of scientific materialism in recent years.

Moreover, he also founded Confucianism, and published the word "people in the word 'real', when they never forget, at any time and everywhere, they should examine the words and deeds, live and deal with things, and the heart makes every thought and everything come from the truth, and there is a place for virtue." And "Don't say much for learning, but also care about how to do things!" of remarks.

While emphasizing the importance of action, he also affirmed the guiding role of knowledge in action, such as the theory: "Those who know reason and walk, such as observing the road during the day and walking clearly, have no mistakes; Those who do not know reason, such as walking in the dark at night without seeing anything, although there may be occasional people who are suitable for the road, there will be a difference in the end. ”

The theory of "repetition" also occupies an important position in Xue Xuan's system of thought. Although he actively defended Cheng Zhu's concept of "Taoism", which was still idealistic in nature, there was also a materialist viewpoint.

For example, in terms of the origin of "sex", Zhu Xi believes that "sex" is a talent that comes from innateness; Xue Xuan, on the other hand, believes that "sex" is "reason", which is mainly formed in the day after tomorrow.

In terms of the specific interpretation of "re-nature", Zhu Xi pointed out that "re-nature" is to restore the natural goodness of human beings; Xue Xuan is different, he said that "repetition" is to see, hear, speak, and move reasonably. Xue Xuan's theory of "renaturation" is, to a large extent, a revision and improvement of Zhu Xi's theory of "renaturation".

Because Xue Xuan advocated "practical learning" and practiced it all his life, his doctrine was called "the study of practical performance" by the people of the time, and he himself was known as "the Confucian of practice"

However, because Zhu Zhanji attaches great importance to the religion of truth and only takes Confucianism as the foundation of his thoughts, Xue Xuan's life is generally unsatisfactory.

In his later years, he set off the Confucian orthodox theory, criticizing the theory that Shinrikyo scholarship can only be used for use, not for the body, and that "the body should be greater than the use", which caused a lot of academic controversy among the people.

If it is only an academic debate, Zhu Zhanji can tolerate him, because Zhu Zhanji knows very well that what Xue Xuan said is right.

Shinrikyo is actually applied science, and applied science can develop the economy, but it cannot enrich people's hearts.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to be stable for a long time, it is inseparable from the academic influence of Confucianism.

However, Confucianism can be used as a body, but it cannot be used, and if Confucianism is really used, the Ming Dynasty will embark on the old road of history.

Therefore, Xue Xuan led the academic dispute to the officialdom and artificially divided different officials into factions, which Zhu Zhanji could not accept.

In the thirty-seventh year of orthodoxy, Zhu Zhanji reduced him to the people, drove him back to his hometown, and asked him to write books and speak in his hometown.

Xue Xuan's reduction of officials also represented the great defeat of Confucianism in the imperial court, and from then on, all officials were mainly professional, and only the Ministry of Rites still belonged to the base camp of Confucianism.

The Ministry of Rites controls Confucianism and takes education as the root of development, which is also in the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

All children should learn Confucianism from an early age, only in this way can they be afraid, loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and have the foundation of the idea of great unification.

Children learn Confucianism from an early age, and then learn professional knowledge when they grow up.

In later generations, Confucianism was completely regarded as feudal dregs, which only led to the corruption of the people's customs and fearlessness.

Hearing Hu Yuansheng say this, Su Liang sneered and said: "Although I am in Xizhou, I also know the news of his death, but I don't know, what does this have to do with your entry into the General Administration Department as an errand?" Is it because he is dead that you dare to put pen to paper? ”

"You ......" Hu Yuansheng slapped the table and stood up. Your Majesty's punishment for you was too light, you should have gouged out your tongue to see if you could still speak wildly! ”

Su Liang also felt that he was speechless, and he shouldn't be so sarcastic. He originally wanted to ease the relationship with the other party, not to form a deep hatred with the other party.

But he couldn't make him apologize to the other party, so he could only hug his fists stiffly and give himself a mouthful.

Hu Yuansheng, who was attracted by this scene, couldn't help but sneer, but he knew in his heart that this was already the other party's apology.

Although the hatred has not disappeared, he can only endure it for the sake of the court's major affairs. "Let's get down to business!"

Su Liang nodded, clenched his fists and asked, "Why are you looking for me?" ”

Hu Yuansheng got up and walked around the room, looking around for a while, before returning to Su Liang's side and sitting down. "Although the General Administration Department has an independent system in Xizhou, it has been on the bright side all these years, and I don't know how deeply it has been corroded by the two royal mansions. So now, even if you want to find out the news, you don't dare to startle the snake.

In today's Xizhou, only the Golden City directly under the imperial court is trustworthy, and even the Duke of Cao Guo does not dare to believe it all. Your Su family is confused about small things, but you still control the big things. Therefore, it was a decision made from above to use the people of your Su family to find out the news. ”

"What about the Intelligence Division?"

"Of course, the people from the Consultation Department also need to be used, but Your Majesty has no idea of transferring troops from Daming to Xizhou."

Su Liang understood at this time, the imperial court didn't want to tear his face, and investigated through the Su family, just to confirm from the side whether the two lines of the General Administration Department and the Information Department had been bought by the two palaces over the years.

It is certainly necessary to let the Su family investigate the news, but it is more important to let the Su family stand directly on the side of the court from the beginning.

When the two royal palaces knew the news, there was pressure from the Su family, and they didn't dare to make a big move to suppress the turmoil.

Su Liang pondered for a while and said: "Whether it is the Han Wangfu or the Jin Wangfu, although some of them have been excessively done over the years, I don't believe it if they want to be self-reliant." ”

Hu Yuansheng said: "The key is not whether they have the intention of self-reliance, but that Your Majesty does not want the two royal palaces to be too powerful and occupy too much territory."

The Jin Dynasty covers an area of more than 2 million square kilometers, while the Han Dynasty has expanded its territory to more than 4 million square kilometers in recent years.

And what about the other royal palaces? The average area of the Prince's Mansion in Nanzhou and Dongzhou is less than 600,000 square kilometers, and the gap is too great.

Therefore, it is not that His Majesty wants to deal with the two royal palaces, just to maintain long-term stability. ”

"Isn't there a push order?"

"Could it be that now that the county king's mansion has increased, aren't they the descendants of the King of Jin and the King of Han?"

Su Liang thought about it carefully, it is true that today's Ming Dynasty is completely different from the original Han Dynasty, even if it is a Tui En Order, it will not achieve the purpose of the imperial court.

During the Han Dynasty, the fiefdom of a royal palace was nothing more than a state and a county. After being divided by children and grandchildren, the last family even has only one township.

And the territory of the Jin Wangfu and the Han Wangfu has been increasing, their descendants are divided, and each county king has 3,000 guards, 400 guards, and now there are dozens more, and the silver spent by the court on them is not counted, and there are nearly 100,000 additional guards alone.

As the territory increases, the population increases, and so does their strength.

Even if there is no rebellion now, what if Your Majesty will be a thousand years later, and a hundred years from now?

Therefore, it is the best way to weaken the strength of the various royal palaces in disguise now.

However, he still can't save face by directly helping his enemies like this. "Since you have been ordered to come, do you have a secretary for the general administration?"

Hu Yuansheng knew that he would help, after all, the old master of the Su family was still there, and the Marquis of Yecheng was the first generation of Ming heroes, and there was no doubt about his loyalty to His Majesty.

He took out another document from his arms and said: "This matter should not be publicized at first, and it is not until after Master Xie arrives in Xizhou that the carriage and horses can be displayed, so even in the Su family, it is not appropriate to let too many people know about this matter." ”

Su Liang nodded, took the sealed letter, and stuffed it into his arms without opening it. "When the business is done, hurry up and eat. Finish eating and fuck off. ”

Hu Yuansheng was furious again, if he wasn't burdened with a heavy responsibility, he would have been eager to give the other party a beating, and he would leave without eating.

Su Liang obviously saw through this and said this.

Hu Yuansheng picked up the chopsticks, pointed at Su Liang and said, "Our grievances, the bitter master is me!" Do you know how Lao Tzu has lived all these years? ”

Calling a friend is a beating, four to one, but his friend was beaten and crippled by the counterattack.

Because of his youth and frivolity, Hu Yuansheng fell very miserably, and it was unbearable.

Don't mention how much he regrets it all these years, but the matter has already happened, and it is too late for him to regret it.

Su Liang said: "If you marry Miss Yuan, I admit that you are the sufferer." But just to give me a sachet, Lao Tzu didn't even know what she looked like, so you divorced Miss Yuan and let her see people without face, what qualifications do you have to be called a bitter master? ”

As soon as he said this, Hu Yuansheng was speechless again.

At the beginning, this lawsuit was so big that even the emperor was shocked. As for the cause of the incident, it is naturally known to everyone.

Miss Yuan Jia originally just admired Su Liang's heroic appearance on the court, and asked the maid to give away a sachet, but it caused such a big dispute.

At that time, the Manchu officials who were in the civil and military dispute could not shirk their responsibilities, and a young man was seriously injured and paralyzed.

The Hu family withdrew from the marriage, and the Miss Yuan family committed suicide twice for this unsuccessfully, and Yuan Ke of Shaofu loved his daughter like his life, and took care of him in every way, and even resigned and returned to his hometown for the sake of his daughter.

Although Zhu Zhanji did not approve Yuan Ke's resignation, he also allowed him to return to his hometown with his daughter, and rearranged a marriage for his daughter in his hometown, away from the whirlpool of Ying Tianfu.

Time passed, thinking of the mistakes they made when they were young, both of them sighed for a long time, they didn't eat much food, but two people drank a pot of wine.

Both of them know very well that even if they drink together today, but their personalities are incompatible, there is no possibility of reconciliation in this life.

During the Spring Festival of the forty-third year of orthodoxy, Xie Yun spent time in Bursa, the capital of the Ottomans.

In this plane, the Ottomans were much more difficult than the other plane.

First of all, because of the support of the Ming Dynasty for the Mamluks, they did not dare to develop to the south, let alone the east, so they could only go all the way to the north.

A few decades ago, they still had an absolute advantage, and the Christian countries they fought were miserable.

However, after the Europeans learned the steelmaking method of the Ming Dynasty, Europe had reliable muskets, and the European coalition at this time re-emerged.

In the original history, Constantinople would have been occupied by the Ottomans more than a decade ago.

But by this time, they had now lost most of the Ottoman territory in Europe, even the former capital of Edirne.

Constantinople was supported by the Europeans and is still struggling to hold on, while the Ottomans have lost the best opportunity to capture it.

After losing Edirne, the Ottomans moved the capital back to Bursa, and now they are also surveying for iron ore in an attempt to reclaim territory in Europe.

However, the Timurid people, who were driven to Europe by the Ming Dynasty, had already occupied the Thracian lowlands.

They worked with the native Bulgarians to defend themselves against the Ottoman invasion, and on the condition that they were allowed to survive in the Thracian lowlands.

As muskets grew more powerful, it became increasingly difficult for the Ottomans to dominate Europe with their scimitars.

Therefore, they have seen the reality clearly a long time ago, and like all ethnic groups in the East, they took the initiative to recognize the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, in exchange for the Ming Dynasty's non-levy.

In Crete, they were also the biggest customers of the Ming Dynasty, and they were much richer than the poor Europeans.

From the west, the Ming wanted to support France, so from the east, the Ming would now also support the Ottomans.

Of course, the Ming did not want the Ottomans to directly capture Constantinople and conquer half of Europe, which was not in the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the Caspian Sea has become the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty, and Ukraine in the northern part of the Black Sea has also become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Bosphorus Strait, which no one can monopolize, is the most in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, no one can set up a card here, and the warships of the Ming Dynasty can always pass through without hindrance.

Moreover, Zhu Zhanji does not like that the power of the Green Religion is too great, and the fanaticism of this religion is too strong.

However, we should not suppress them too much, let them put some pressure on Europe at all times, and not let Europeans live too peacefully.

Although Xie Yun's official position is not high, he came to Europe as Zhu Zhanji's special envoy this time, so he was warmly welcomed wherever he went.

He also readily agreed to the Ottomans' request to buy gunpowder, of course, not ostensibly to deal with the Europeans, but to let them deal with Timur's widow, the Ulugh Beg.

Ulugh Beg has now fled thousands of miles, from Asia to Europe, although the Ming will not directly attack him, but it is reasonable to let the Ottomans help.

And the Ottomans were willing to be this knife. Because the current Ottoman governor Mehmed II still remembers the history of his great-grandfather being captured alive, humiliated, and finally killed by Ulughgh's grandfather.

For the whole of Ottoman, this was a humiliation that cannot be forgotten.

Xie Yun and Mehmed II attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the two banks of the Ming Dynasty and jointly decided on a money model specially built for the Ottomans.

Of course, gold, silver and copper coins were not minted in the Ottomans, and all the currency in circulation in the Ming Dynasty was minted in Crete and then shipped to every country.

The sea transportation was the responsibility of the Ming themselves, but the land transportation was jointly handled by the Ming army and the military of the local country.

Daming's local banks are responsible for exchanging currencies and controlling the amount of currency according to local resource conditions.

All the nations were elated, because of the shortage of gold, silver, and copper, and they did not think at all that this metal, which could not be eaten or drunk, would be exchanged for their grain, their wool, their livestock, their labor.

In fact, don't talk about them, even many ministers of the Ming Dynasty can't understand why they should send them gold, silver and copper coins, and let them die poor.

Only a few ministers understand that it is these metals that cannot be eaten or drunk, and that the Ming Dynasty does not lack at all, can make all countries volunteer to serve the Ming Dynasty.

All Da Ming needs to pay is for some people to dig up these metals from the ground.

After the Spring Festival, Xie Yun set foot on the land of Europe, and the first thing he arrived was the heart of Europe, which the ministers of the Ming Dynasty had never arrived in the past: Hungary.

This country, which has always considered itself to be Oriental, has been known as the shield of Europe for a long time.

They occupy the richest land in southern Europe, and unlike the northern plains, many of them do not grow food, but only grazing.

It is the largest granary outside of Kiev, and because there is enough food, the Hungarians are now the hegemon of Europe.

They declined historically, mainly because they served as a shield for Europe against the Ottomans, as a result of which most of the population killed by the Ottomans was lost.

Now, of course, this will not happen, and Hungary will definitely not become a vassal of Austria again.

In order to prevent this possibility, Daming will also vigorously support them.

However, they did not know this, and they were grateful to the Ming Dynasty for supporting them in the development of industry and the construction of an assembly plant for tractors and harvesters in Hungary.

Of course, in addition to these, Daming will also mint silver coins and copper coins for them to solve their money shortage problem.

It wasn't until May that Xie Yun made a big circle from Europe and traveled to almost all countries. When he finally arrived in Paris, his legs had been worn out with a thick layer of calluses from the long riding period.

He would have liked to have taken a car, but the roads in Europe were too poor, the supply of gasoline was difficult, and the guards could not keep up. Therefore, the main thing along the way is horseback riding, and only in the city can you ride in a horse-drawn carriage.

Seeing the reality of Europe, he had a sufficient understanding of why Zhu Zhanji wanted to keep Europa, and why he wanted to contain Europa and guide Europa.

After a comprehensive comparison with the Ming Dynasty, he also knew how to better implement this long-term national policy.

At this time, he really understood why the emperor announced to the world in the thirty-third year of orthodoxy. The future Secretary-General, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Diet must not only be familiar with internal affairs, but also have sufficient diplomatic experience before they can take office.

Only by knowing all the opponents and having enough experience in dealing with politics can you make the most suitable choice for the development of the empire.

This trip to Europe has given him a lot to gain. Although all countries are inferior to the Ming Dynasty, he now knows himself and his opponent.

Discovering the flaws of the other party also helps to discover your own strengths and maintain your own strengths.

The emperor's first purpose of sending him as an envoy had been achieved, and he knew very well that this was a harbinger of the emperor's desire to promote him.

Otherwise, on the occasion of the mission, the emperor will directly order him to be promoted to a scholar of the Zhengwupin Wenhua Palace.

In the eleventh year of orthodoxy, when the emperor rebuilt the Da Ming Law for the second time, he had already ordered the world that even if it was the emperor himself, when he promoted officials, he could not be promoted by more than two levels at a time, and a person could not be promoted more than once a year, nor could he be promoted for more than two consecutive years.

When he was on an envoy last year, he was promoted to the fifth rank, and when he returned to Daming at the end of the year, he could be promoted to the fourth rank. Next year, you can't be promoted continuously, and the year after next, you can also be promoted to the third grade, and you can serve as a chief officer, or most of the deputy positions.

In this way, he can be promoted to the chief officer of the second grade in five years at the earliest. At that time, he was forty-eight years old, and at the level of a court official, he could still be regarded as a young and strong faction.

However, if you want it to go so smoothly, in addition to the goal that has been achieved, there is also the matter of Xizhou, which must also be satisfactorily resolved.

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