After listening to Chen Zilong's words, Zhang Huangyan was silent for a long time, which subverted his understanding of Chen Yue. In the past, Zhang Huangyan thought that Chen Yue, the king of Qi, was just a military general like Yue Fei, strong and loyal, but now Chen Zilong said this, which made him realize the other side of Chen Yue.

"If there is only these, it would be enough, but the King of Qi appointed Xu officials as government and county officials in the recovered Jiangxi without authorization, trying to change the rule of the Ming Dynasty, which has exceeded his duties as a noble general, and the King of Qi has a great plan. For this reason, the six branches did not hesitate to exercise the right to refute for the first time after His Majesty's southern tour, and rejected the edict issued by the princess of the prison country appointing local officials in Jiangxi, which is also the direct reason for the opening of Enke, the official must be from the imperial examination, this is the ancestral system of my Ming Dynasty! Chen Zilong said.

Zhang Huangyan pondered for a long time, and finally spoke, "Brother Mao, of course, you know much more in the court than foolish brother me, but have you ever thought about one thing, is what King Qi did out of selfishness or for the sake of the Ming Dynasty?" If it is out of his own selfishness, then his behavior is similar to Cao Mengde, but what if King Qi's actions are out of public intentions and for the sake of the Ming Dynasty? Can we still compare him to Cao Cao? ”

For a long time, the actions of Chen Yuecun, the king of Qi, to save the society made Zhang Huangyan sincerely admire, and the loyalty of the Chen family father and son was widely spread among the people. In Zhang Huangyan's eyes, Chen Yue, the king of Qi who is about the same age as himself, is his idol, because saving the Ming Dynasty is also Zhang Huangyan's wish and his lifelong pursuit. He didn't want to see the image of his idol damaged, so he instinctively wanted to distinguish it.

"Public, selfish?" Chen Zilong chewed slowly, "Brother Xuan, can you explain in more detail?" ”

Zhang Huangyan nodded and said: "Everyone has selfishness and has their own position, only for their own selfishness is a traitorous person, if it is for the public and at the same time take care of private is also excusable, the selfless person is a saint, there are too few such people!"

Take this incident as an example, from our standpoint, we will naturally not allow people like Xu Wufu to be government and county officials, saying that it is the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty that non-Jinshi cannot be officials, in fact, it is just that the interests of our literati have been damaged, if Xu officials do a good job, they can be officials, and if they have some military exploits, they can be officials, what is the use of us people studying poetry and books? Therefore, in the final analysis, it is a conflict of interests, and scholars are unwilling to give up their exclusive interests.

In his opinion, whether it is a scholar or a scholar, even if it is a martial artist, as long as he can appease the place and quickly stabilize Jiangxi after the war, it is no different who is an official!

Therefore, in the eyes of the foolish brother, although King Qi's move has the intention of installing a confidant as an official, it cannot be said to be completely selfish, so it is very inappropriate to compare him to Cao Cao! ”

Zhang Huangyan's words pointed directly to the hearts of the people, saying that it was not that Chen Yue, the king of Qi, was selfish at all, but that the civil officials in the court did not want their own interests to be damaged, and slandered Chen Yue as Cao Cao for their own selfishness, which made it difficult for Chen Zilong to accept. Because if this is the case, a few days ago, he used the right to refute the matter for his own selfishness!

So, Chen Zilong said with a stiff face: "If this is the case, there is no need to open Enke, anyone can be an official, can the imperial examination that has been implemented by the Ming Dynasty for three hundred years be canceled?" ”

Zhang Huangyan sighed, "In extraordinary times, extraordinary measures should be carried out, Jiangxi was initially decided, and it is understandable that the appointment of local officials by the King of Qi is just an expedient measure, and besides, he did not propose to cancel the imperial examination."

Moreover, the imperial examination is an official, Brother Mao, you are familiar with history, when you know that the imperial examination is only an imperial examination that has only existed since the former Song Dynasty, and the imperial examination has undoubtedly selected a large number of talents, so that the poor family can also enter the court. However, not all people who are good at reading are suitable for officials, and there may not be no talents outside the court, take Yan Yingyuan, the governor of Zhejiang, as an example, he is just a small official, and how many scholars can do his deeds? ”

"You!" Chen Zilong's face changed greatly, and he pointed at Zhang Huang and said, "Xuanzhu, don't forget that you are also a scholar, how can you say such a thing." There have been wild relics and sages since ancient times, but the imperial examination is the fairest way to select officials! If they are all reckless with power like King Qi, wouldn't the official system of the Ming Dynasty be chaotic! ”

"Brother Mao," Zhang Huangyan persuaded bitterly, "When you compiled the "Huangming Jingshi Wen Compilation", you said, 'Vulgar Confucianism is ancient rather than modern, and it is important to give up the truth', why do you have to insist on the imperial examination now, the imperial examination can be had, but there may not be other ways to become an official, and now the Ming Dynasty is the time when the wind and clouds are changing, and some rights and interests are not impossible!"

From the point of view of the foolish brother, King Qi is definitely not a person who is only for his own selfishness! ”

"King Qi is not for his own selfishness?" Chen Zilong sneered, "If it wasn't for his own selfishness, how could King Qi brazenly wave his troops to invade Nanjing, why did he brave the world's disapproval to support the establishment of a women's prison country?" Xuanzhu, don't be deceived by the past reputation of the King of Qi, I dare to assert that the person who will compile the Ming Dynasty in the future is none other than the King of Qi! ”

Zhang Huangyan sighed, "The foolish brother just said that everyone has selfish intentions, and the king of Qi is not exempt from vulgarity if he is not a saint, and the princess can naturally hold the authority of the country, and it is far stronger for the king of Qi than the king of the vassal king."

For the Ming Dynasty, without the King of Qi, there would be no current Ming Dynasty, which is probably the reason why the monarchs of the court had to compromise with the King of Qi. In that case, why do you bother with it, Brother Mao?

For us scholars, governing the country and leveling the world is our lifelong goal, as for the vassal king or the princess, what is the difference? ”

Zhang Huangyan didn't dare to say something in his heart, that is, as long as it is beneficial to the people of the world, even if Chen Yue, the king of Qi, is the emperor, what is there to do?

But what he said now had made Chen Zilong very displeased, so he could only sigh and close his mouth.

After sitting for a while, Zhang Huangyan offered to leave, and Chen Zilong let him leave after a little retention, and there was no point in retaining it without speculation.

Out of Chen's mansion and standing on the streets of Nanjing, Zhang Huangyan was at a loss, what he just said was all thought hard in his heart, but he also knew that he would not be tolerated by Shilin, and sure enough, his friend Chen Zilong was unwilling to listen.

But are all the things that the civil servants insist on are right? Why is the situation in Daming getting worse and worse? Zhang Huangyan was very confused.

There are still more than two months before Enke's exam, and it is said that this time is the event of the exchange between the reading and literature club and other scholars, but Zhang Huangyan is unwilling to do this. He decided to use this time to go to Jiangxi, to see with his own eyes what was going on in Jiangxi, the king of Qi, Chen Yue, and to see how the officials appointed by the king of Qi and the martial arts officials governed the local area compared to the civil officials.