Chapter 495: Running a School (I)
Zhang Juzheng's attitude actually recognized Fan Jin's plan and agreed that he would unite with Xungui and focus on the eunuchs and the emperor's relatives. Fan Jin quietly wiped the sweat from his head, and secretly screamed a few lucks in his heart. If it weren't for the relationship between the two of them from the benefactor's subordinate to Weng's son-in-law, where would a person like Zhang Juzheng give himself so much time to reason, and how could he listen to his own advice?
Another thing to be thankful for is that Zhang Juzheng is not the kind of person who demanded himself according to the standards of a saint in the previous dynasty. He has selfish intentions and jade hopes, and he is not ashamed of jade hopes. There is no resistance to helping children and grandchildren open the back door and supporting their son-in-law, otherwise Fan Jin's life will be sad. He sent two housekeepers to contact Xungui's children, that is, to respond to the other party's request instead of Fan Jin. From Xungui's point of view, Fan Jin is of course a good man who counts when he talks, and he is enough for his friends to be righteous. In the future, if Zhang Juzheng says that it doesn't matter, they will not be angry with Fan Jin.
"Officialdom is no less dangerous than the battlefield, sacrificing his children for himself or his family, this kind of thing has also been seen by the old man. Fortunately, if it is peaceful today, the world is no longer as sinister as it was back then, and this kind of thing will not happen again. At least as far as the old man is concerned, he doesn't want this to happen to his family. The old man works for the imperial court, and it is okay to repay the kindness of the emperor, but he can't catch up with my children and grandchildren. The world has many children, and the old man prefers women. Shunqing's temper is spoiled by me, you have been absent from Jingshi for more than a year, she has to come to your house to serve every once in a while, and secretly learn Cantonese. In the past, she would never have done these things. The old man can see that Qing'er's affection for you, if you make a sacrifice, she will definitely not be happy. I promised Qing'er to you to make her happy, not to make her sad, it is enough for you to be nice to her. β
At this time, Zhang Juzheng had already turned to care for Fan Jin, "What you are doing in Shangyuan, the old man knows it very well, and it is really condescending to arrange you to be a county order." The old man was thinking that if it wasn't for the old man's sake, let you go south and stay in the capital to be by the side of the Son of Heaven, maybe it would be more beneficial for you personally and even the world. β
Fan Jin said with a smile: "The little son-in-law is a little bit of a way, and he doesn't dare to be the reputation of Old Taishan." In Shangyuan, he is just a follower, and he can't be on the stage. If you stay in the Jingshi, you won't be able to do anything, so you might as well do something practical for the imperial court in Shangyuan. In fact, there are countless officials in the Ming Dynasty who are wise and resourceful above the son-in-law, as long as they dig well, they will not worry about our new law. β
"There are a lot of talented people, but how many of these people can be used by me?" When Zhang Juzheng said this, his expression was also a little lonely. He was not ignorant of the behavior of his men. Although Jiangling is known as employing people in an eclectic manner, whether it is Wang Guoguang, who sorted out the Wanli accounting records, his friend Li Youzi, who died not long ago, or Pan Jitao, who is now presiding over the affairs of Hecao and governing the Yellow River with the method of harnessing water and attacking sand, and even Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and other pillars of the country, they are all handsome today, and they are all under Zhang Juzheng, but the proportion of these people is too small.
Gangneung Gate can pull out hundreds of people, but not many can be on the stage. Most of them are just attached to Zhang Juzheng's power, waving flags and shouting to fill the scene. Not only is loyalty not trustworthy, but personal ability is not excellent. Compared with their opponents, these Jiangling generals have no advantage in terms of character or talent, and even Zhang Juzheng himself does not believe that these people can smoothly implement the new policy.
Zhang Juzheng is not a foolish person, and he also knows the disadvantages of using these people to implement the new policy, but for him, there are not many options. If the new law is to be implemented, the interests of many people will be affected, and even some people's family businesses will be affected by it. In addition, Zhang Juzheng's behavior of closing the Tianxia Academy and taking over power caused a large number of scholars to be dissatisfied with Zhang Juzheng. Although it is impossible for them to have any influence on Zhang Juzheng, they can always guarantee that they will not work for Zhang Juzheng, and the work of implementing the new law will certainly not be counted on from them.
Unfortunately, today, among these scholars who are unwilling to be used by Zhang Juzheng, there are many people with excellent ethics and ability, after all, they are willing to follow Zhang Juzheng to destroy the old system. Most of those who can do whatever it takes to implement the new law are limited by their own talents, and they cannot be promoted in the normal system, so they take this shortcut. It is also in this context that Fan Jin's outstanding talent is more and more precious, and is even regarded by some people as Zhang Ju's main horse.
From the beginning of the horse to the east bed, some tasks that could have been given have to be done by someone else in the future. But it is not so easy to find a fast knife comparable to Fan Jin. This is also a hidden worry that plagues Zhang Juzheng, and it is also an unsolvable problem.
Everyone understands the truth that thousands of troops are easy to get and hard to find, but understanding and being able to do it are two different things. Now even if a great talent really appears in front of Zhang Juzheng, he may not dare to use it. Between talent and loyalty, Zhang Juzheng obviously attaches more importance to loyalty, which is also a common idea of rulers, and it is not surprising that Fan Jin brought the real gift to Zhang Juzheng this time is also his plan for the cultivation of talents in the Jiangling department: to establish a school.
Zhang Juzheng is not a figure like Wang Yangming who founded the school, and his influence in the academic field is far less than that in integrity. But his own literary accomplishment is not bad, people who can be teachers of the Son of Heaven are naturally knowledgeable, coupled with Zhang Juzheng's status and status, don't look at many people scolding Zhang Juzheng now, if he establishes a school to give lectures, people who are willing to come to study are afraid that they will break through the threshold.
It was Zhang Juzheng himself who really obstructed the establishment of the school. In fact, he hated the style of lecturing since he was a minister, and he hated this kind of scholarly behavior of discussing the government and politics. What's more, the closure of private schools was his order, and it is inevitable that people will criticize them if they start their own schools.
Out of trust and understanding of Fan Jin, Zhang Juzheng didn't think that Fan Jin wanted to open a school that he was really willing to, so he didn't rush to deny it, but looked at Fan Jin and asked, "Think back, what is the school you are talking about?" Could it be that the old man should teach them the scriptures? These people are now all officials of the imperial court, do you think they can still step down and read the scriptures and history? Even if they can settle down and learn, the old man is impatient to teach! β
"Naturally, this is not a school that teaches a subset of scriptures and history, nor should it be taught by old Taishan. What kind of people are they, and what qualifications do they have to hear before Tarzan? The content that the son-in-law wants to teach in this school is to teach them how to be officials and how to do things. Originally, these were things that they were supposed to know, but these people were so stupid that they couldn't learn without anyone to teach, so they had no choice but to teach them from scratch. It's like the codex that Old Tarzan gave him. β
"There will be no more than ten people who are qualified to read the Codex today, and those people are not qualified. When they are officials, they should have the ability to take advantage of it, and if this has to be taught, don't sit in this position. We can't teach them how to govern the herdsmen, we are the court, not the Mengxue. β
"What Lao Taishan taught is that since he is an official, he should have the corresponding ability. The capable are cut off by the inferior, and the unqualified take off his yarn hat. But the truth is just the truth, and everyone has to conform to reality. Some people have loyalty but no talent, and some people are competent enough to do it, but they are not loyal enough. It is true that they can take off their black veil, but the person who replaces them may not be much better. There was no way, we had to teach them to be officials by ourselves, and tell them what Old Taishan wanted and what they should do. If they are willing to listen, they will give them a future, and if they are not willing to listen, then they will have to send them away. Therefore, the idea of the son-in-law is to take the experience of the son-in-law in governing Shangyuan as the bibliography, and the son-in-law will be the official first, and first give it to a few people who are not high in official positions and have limited but are loyal enough. Find some people who are very smart but disobedient, and teach them some principles of life. In the future, these people will be used as professors, and then they will teach others, and all officials must be trained and assessed here in Lao Taishan before they can be sent out to serve as officials, otherwise don't want to wait until there is a good lack of points. β
The way Fan Jin came up with it, to put it bluntly, is the X school of the later generations. It is impossible to really improve after a short period of training. But the officials of the Ming Dynasty were not short of talents, and more often, they were just too lazy to stand up for the common people, did not want to do things seriously, and just wanted to get by with perfunctory official duties. Fan Jin doesn't think that his administrative methods in Shangyuan are really unmatched, maybe the trainees can come up with a better way than themselves. The purpose of this training is to let them understand the direction of the wind: Zhang Xiangye wants you to work, but the purpose is to let the big tomorrow be peaceful, not to let you go down to make trouble. If anyone engages in the new law to the point where the heavens are angry and the people are resentful, then he is the enemy of the new law, and Zhang Xiangye will not be able to spare you first.
In the past, Zhang Juzheng would also arrange for someone to say similar things, but there was no example there, and no one listened to what he said. Most people's reaction is: we can't do the work of letting the horses run and let the horses not eat grass, it's not that we don't want to do it, but we really can't do it. And it's not that you can't do it yourself, it's that everyone can't do it. Now that there is an example of Shangyuan, this kind of thing cannot be said. Fan Jin's methods are not surprising, in the final analysis, he can let go of his body and take the people seriously.
Fan Jin believes that this kind of thing does not need to be said in a clear place, as long as the meaning is pointed, those officials will naturally understand what to do when they get to the place. In the original historical time and space, in order to cater to Zhang Juzheng's land and expand the tax base, they can measure the cemetery wasteland as good land. Now tell them that the evaluation standard is whether they can ensure that the place is not chaotic and the people do not scold their mothers, and they will naturally find their way to please the people.
As for those who are not loyal enough and cannot be entrusted with great things, it is easier to deal with them than these virtuous and talentless. Those who walked out from under Zhang Juzheng's door naturally wore the Jiangling Party label, and then went through this school training to serve as an official, and no one would believe you if you said that you were not under Zhang Juzheng's door. Whether they want to be loyal to Zhang Juzheng or not, there is no way out, and the Jiangling Party has tied them to their chariots, and they can't get off if you want to.
As for those who are unwilling to participate in the training, it is easy to deal with, and now the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Guoguang is Zhang Juzheng's hardcore descendant, and who is awarded and what officials are under his control. As for the lottery Yunyun, no one would be stupid enough to believe in the fairness of this trick. When the time comes, those who don't enter the school will not get good points, and naturally, they can attract those people to the school.
This kind of school is somewhat suspicious, so it must be in the name of a preaching college. This point is actually a reference to the method of Donglin Academy in another time and space, the late Ming Dynasty. With an academy as a carrier, unite people and get them into a boat, so that they will have the ability to compete with their opponents in the future.
Zhang Juzheng closed down the world's private schools and banned private lectures. With the exception of remote mountainous areas where transportation is underdeveloped, where His Majesty's glory does not shine, most provinces and large cities strictly enforce this ban. At present, there is no private academy in Beijing, but the scribes and students of the Ming Dynasty and ordinary people have the need to give lectures or listen to lectures. In Fan Jin's view, it is the right time to set up a group of official academies at this time. It not only fills in the gap, but also buries its true intentions in it.
As for the issue of public opinion, it has long been calculated. These official schools must be run in the name of the imperial court, but the lecturers in them are replaced by Zhang Juzheng's people. This model also has a successful experience, that is, Fan Jin has achieved official education in Shangyuan.
Fan Jin, as the leader of the Zhang Party, canceled the entire Shangyuan Folk Academy after he took office, and asked Feng Mingqi to find someone to burn down a few academies in Jiangning to complete the performance in place of his neighbors.
In a place like the southeast where the literary style is flourishing, it is actually a big risk to do so, but Fan Jin did not receive too much pressure from the scribe level in office, but got a good reputation. In addition to Zhang Juzheng's sign and the praise of the gentry, a very important reason is that he not only closed the school, but also opened the school.
Those newly run official schools are actually changing the brand on the original site of the private school, and some don't even change the brand, and then standardize the content of the lecture. Originally, everyone who attended the lecture could come, and all ordinary people, traffickers, and pawns were qualified to attend the lecture. In addition, a kindergarten was also set up in Shangyuan County to popularize the basic knowledge of science, only teach writing, and do not talk about reading articles and sentences, with the purpose of only letting as many people as possible know how to read and write, to be able to understand the yamen notices, and by the way, to teach the people to abide by the law and discipline, and not to confront the yamen.
After Fan Jin served as the magistrate of Shangyuan County, the city's cultural and educational undertakings were actually more developed than before, not regressive, and the students still had the qualifications and conditions to give lectures, at most they were controlled in content. Ordinary people can still listen to the lectures up close, and there is no impact on their lives.
Those whose interests have been harmed cannot find supporters, cannot form a numerical advantage, and cannot make trouble if they want to. In the work of closing private schools in various places, Shangyuan County is not the fastest and the most efficient, but the whole process is the most kind, and there has not been a single conflict between the government and the people.
"All people in their right minds want to live a good life, and as long as their lives are not affected much, they will not cause trouble. If the better it gets, I'll be grateful to Dade. The purpose of the son-in-law's establishment of the official school in Shangyuan is to let the people be able to obey the rules, understand fear, and know that they can't shake their fists when they find the government when they have something. When this concept is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the yamen will be easy to manage, and the so-called herdsmen will be well deserved. The son-in-law herdsman, the old Taishan herdsman, the herdsman with the gentle wind and drizzle, the herdsman with silent thunder. Tell them what Old Tarzan wants, and they will do it themselves. β
Zhang Juzheng looked at Fan Jin, "You're forming a party!" β
"If the Son of Heaven doesn't know, he will naturally form a party. If the Son of Heaven knows and has issued an edict, it is not a party. Even the lecturer can be selected by the Son of Heaven, and all the students are protΓ©gΓ©s of the Son of Heaven, so is there anyone who wants to say that the Son of Heaven is a party? β
Zhang Juzheng was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes lit up: "This ...... It's a good litmus test, you can draft a copy of this chapter now, the old man will have you copy it, you are busy getting married, don't make a come. β