Chapter 416: So Sweet
In his will, Emperor Chongzhen first praised the profound righteousness of the Korean lord Li Ju and his auxiliary ministers, expressed the emperor's high appreciation for the Korean monarchs and ministers to obey the decree to exchange the treaty and redefine the border, and then praised how the Korean monarchs and ministers knew how to observe etiquette, how Shilin was studious and progressive, how the folk customs were loyal, filial piety and simplicity, etc., and said that it was worthy of the name of Haidong Little China. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The last point, and the key point, is to agree to the request of the Korean monarch and minister Shilin, and in the form of a holy decree, the edict ordered the Ming Hanlin Academy to edit and the Li Fan Yuan to send the Korean deputy envoy Zhang Pu to the Ming Dynasty as the permanent envoy of the Ming Dynasty to Korea, and ordered him to open an embassy in Seoul, the capital of Korea, as a permanent place, and at the same time to present the Korean Daming Hanlin Academy and the Guozijian newly engraved genuine Confucian classics 1,500 copies, for Zhang Pu's purpose of learning and edifying in the Korean Shilin.
At the same time, in the holy decree, Qiao Qitai, deputy of Jinyiwei, was promoted to Jinyiwei Qianhu, and at the same time remained in North Korea, serving as the deputy military attache of the Ming Embassy in North Korea, on the one hand, to help North Korea maintain communication and liaison with Dongjiang Town and the Right Road General Military Office, and on the other hand, to be responsible for the security affairs of the Ming envoys in North Korea.
Of course, this is a duty on the surface, and in private, since Jinyiwei has entered Seoul, the capital of North Korea, he will naturally not withdraw easily, and it is even more important to monitor the Korean monarchs and ministers and collect information from all sides.
It's just that Zhang Pu is too angry, so it is naturally inconvenient for him to participate or meddle in such a thing.
Correspondingly, in addition to bringing a large number of Confucian classics, Wang Dehua also brought money left for Zhang Pu to build and open a new academy as the embassy of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, there was also a will that made Zhang Pu overjoyed, that is, he was allowed to write a letter to recruit people from the channel, to open academies in North Korea to give lectures, recruit disciples, and solve doubts for the vast number of Korean Shilin disciples.
In this regard, Zhang Pu is excited and grateful.
What made him excited was that his actions were actually approved by the Holy Decree of the Ming Emperor, which was the first time in the history of the Ming Dynasty.
What made him grateful was that the emperor was so caring, knowing that it was not easy to open a academy and preach and teach in a foreign country, not only provided him with his identity, provided classics, and provided money, but even allowed him to recruit his own fellow Taoists in the Great Ming Shilin to come to North Korea to run schools and give lectures en masse, what a great grace this is!
In addition to excitement and gratitude, Zhang Pu expressed his gratitude to the emperor as the first envoy to the court, and on the other hand, in his personal capacity as the leader of the society, he wrote letters to his former colleagues and invited his friends to come to Seoul, North Korea.
Among the people he vigorously invited were his friends and backbones of the Ying Society, Sun Chun, Zhou Zhong, Yang Yi, Li Wen, Chen Zilong, Xu Fuyuan and others.
These people were either Juren, Engongsheng or Yin Jian Sheng, and although they were qualified to take the examination, they repeatedly failed to try, so they gradually gathered together and formed an association, which was not yet a political party in later generations.
The main function of this kind of community organization was to gather together to read and study together, to learn academically, and to exchange experiences, but slowly, these people realized the strength of their unity, so they gradually stopped doing their jobs, organized associations in the name of academics, and slowly began to politicize, trying to influence public opinion, influence Shilin, and disseminate and promote their own academic views and political opinions.
However, compared with history, in this life, Zhang Pu, Xia Yunyi, Wu Weiye and others were admitted to the Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, which made the Ying Society in Jiangnan immediately lose several important leaders, not only did it not form the North and South Ying Society as in history, and finally formed the Fu Society, but also with Zhang Pu and Xia Yunyi's top three high schools, these repeatedly tried Ying She's sons or tribute students, and prison students, also quickly saw hope, withdrew their energy from the organization and association, and regained their anger and strength.
At the same time, with the departure of the leader of Jiangnan Shilin, the Donglin boss "Qian Qianyi" and the other two coins of "Four Thousand", that is, Qian Xiangkun's return to his hometown and Qian Shisheng's demotion to the northwest, the large and small associations of Jiangnan Shilin were rumored for a while, and the dragons were leaderless, and they were in chaos at this time.
Mr. Zhang's rise to prominence and now his preeminent and transcendent status in North Korea have drawn a flock to his followers.
After Zhang Puguang's invitation to Jiangnan Shilin colleagues to go to North Korea, the country of Haidong, to teach and build the Fulin Academy, after it was sent to Jiangnan, the Shilin celebrities were proud of receiving the invitation letters from Tanhualang and the imperial envoys in the court, and the peripheral organizations of Donglin who did not receive the invitation, such as several societies, Kuang Society, Nanshe and the celebrities of Shilin of the Fushui Mountain House Society, who knew Zhang Pu, also wrote to him, hoping to participate in the grand event together.
These news reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen of the Forbidden City in Beijing one after another.
Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very happy about this, the more these people went to North Korea, the better, and it was best not to stay and leave them all.
Therefore, in late May, Emperor Chongzhen sent a decree to Zhou Yanru, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, asking him to personally meet with Sun Chun, Zhou Zhong, Yang Yi, Li Wen and others who were preparing to go to Korea to give lectures and participate in the establishment of the Fulin Academy, and to reward a number of Confucian classics collected by the Nanjing Hanlin Academy and Guozijian, and the Nanjing Ministry of Rites Shangshu issued a letter of customs defense to prove the merits, identities and qualifications of these people, so that after they arrived in Korea, they would be more easily recognized by the Korean monarchs and ministers and the children of Shilin.
These things were not completed until the end of May, and the officials of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, the Hanlin Academy, and the Guozijian represented by Shangshu Zhou Yanru personally sent Sun Chun, Zhou Zhong, and other 12 talented people from Jiangnan Shilin, who were invited by Zhang Pu and were willing to go, from Zhang Pu's hometown of Taicang to the sea ship to North Korea.
Starting from Taicang, it also gave these Jiangnan Shilin talents who were about to go to North Korea to run schools and give lectures and revive Donglin Academy to have a sense of mission to preach in the East Kingdom.
Now this Chongzhen Emperor accepted the advice of Wen Zhenmeng and others shortly after the eradication of the eunuch party, destroyed the "Three Dynasties Classics", and won a huge reputation for himself among the children of Jiangnan Shilin, but although this Chongzhen Emperor overthrew the "Three Dynasties Classics" and removed the evil party charges on the heads of the predecessors of the Donglin Party in disguise, he did not allow the rebuilding of Donglin Academy in Wuxi.
After Wuxi's Donglin Academy was destroyed during the Apocalypse period when Wei Zhongxian was in power, the bigwigs of the Donglin Party and the Jiangnan Shilin celebrities who had studied in Donglin Academy all hoped to restore Donglin Academy, but the emperor's treatment of Qian Qianyi, Qian Shisheng, Qian Xiangkun, Hui Shiyang and others made Jiangnan Shilin officials feel the emperor's thoughts and the direction of the Jingshi court.
So far, no one in Jiangnan Shilin officials has dared to openly ask for the rebuilding of Donglin Academy, which is a big regret by many Jiangnan Shilin celebrities who actively participate in the association.
Therefore, when Zhang Pu, the leader of the new generation of Jiangnan Shilin, under the banner of reviving Donglin Academy in Dongguo, invited these Jiangnan Shilin celebrities and talents to North Korea to give lectures and preach and revitalize Donglin's momentum, many people were tempted.
And in the end, those who chose to go were the leaders who were more determined, courageous and capable of action among the children of Jiangnan Shilin, such as Sun Chun, Zhou Zhong and others.
If these people leave, then it will only be a short year or two, and it will also bring some positive changes to the Shilin in the south of the Yangtze River, at least the association activities in the Shilin will be sluggish or stagnant for several years.
Emperor Chongzhen, who was far away in the Forbidden City in Beijing, knew this, and Zhou Yanru, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites near the south of the Yangtze River, was also clear.
Therefore, in the matter of sending Sun Chun, Zhou Zhong and other twelve celebrities and talents in Jiangnan Shilin to North Korea to run schools and give lectures, Zhou Yanru, the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, was also very intimate, and everything thought of the front for them, and did the details, so that they felt honored and walked extremely happily.