"Your Majesty, the grass people remember that Mr. Song Wenshan's clothes and ribbon inscription said, 'Kong said to be benevolent, Meng said to take righteousness, but its righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence, read the sage books, what you have learned, and now and then, you are almost worthy of it', the grass people feel very reasonable. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info read the sage book, not for the imperial examination, but for 'now and in the future, Shu is almost worthy of it'. ”

Wei Shui said, stood up, and said, "Your Majesty, what is taught in Qiantang Academy is the way to apply to the world. The elders of the cabinet used to study behind closed doors, and they did not work in production or in the world. When he arrived in the middle of the Jinshi, the Hanlin, and the Taiwan Pavilion, he was busy forming a party and running a private business. Busy taking advantage of His Majesty's ascension to the throne and the unstable power to consolidate his strength. Exclude dissidents and bully you. This is the study of emptiness, useless in the country! However, the Qiantang Academy of the grass people takes pragmatism as the first priority! ”

It is not for nothing that Wei Shui can win Zhu Houxi's love and trust. From beginning to end, Wei Shui just wanted to make the people around him live a little better, and by the way, he was on the cusp. is not greedy for power, and there is no conflict between him and Zhu Houxi. Moreover, whenever he speaks, he can always pick a statement that can make Zhu Houxi listen to it.

For example, now, if he says how good and good his Qiantang Academy is in the world, the biggest possibility is that it will only cause Zhu Houxi's backlash and suspicion, thinking that he will also participate in the party struggle! However, what Wei Shui emphasized was not his academy, but the cabinet's practice of 'excluding dissidents and bullying the monarch'. This made Zhu Houxi empathize. Once there is such an idea, it is not difficult to affect Zhu Houxi's judgment.

For example, now, Zhu Houxi's eyes lit up, and for a while, he only realized that the Qiantang Academy that Wei Shui said must be a completely different place from the cabinet that gave him a headache, so he became interested and hurriedly urged him to ask; "Mr. Wei, what do you mean by practical application? Tell me more about it. ”

Wei Shui immediately complied with the order and explained: "Your Majesty, the idea of 'applying it to the world' put forward by the grass people is relative to the empty talk of the cabinet and the Hanlin scholars. Caomin believes that there is a saying among the people, "those who know the current affairs are handsome", and the students are valuable and knowledgeable about the current affairs, and the way is not false, and the learning is effective. Your Majesty, please imagine, if everyone only talks empty talk, who will govern the country for Your Majesty? Only those who know the times and benefit the common people are sages. Scholars need to establish their hearts for heaven and earth, establish their lives for the people, continue their studies for the saints, and open peace for all generations. Instead of using all his abilities to compete for power and power, and form parties for personal gain. ”

Zhu Houxi felt that what Wei Shui said made sense, but he seemed to have heard of this remark somewhere.

In fact, Wei Shui's theory of 'applying it to the world' arose in the late Ming Dynasty and was a doctrine advocated by Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi, Huang Zongxi and others. On the other hand, it is Cheng Zhu Lixue, who is highly respected in the Ming generation.

Cheng Zhu Lixue pays attention to 'preserving heavenly principles and destroying people's desires', and the constraints on thinking are very great. The emperors of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di highly respected Zhu Xi, a scholar of his own family, and promoted him to the status of a saint.

Wei Shui did not have the strength to shake Zhu Xi's position, and naturally he would not use the idea of 'Cheng Zhu Lixue' to replace 'Cheng Zhu Lixue'.

And the reason why Zhu Houxi feels that he has heard it is actually the product of the confrontation between psychology and science in the Ming Dynasty. Since the beginning of the Zhengde Dynasty, the study of mind has begun to be popular in the Ming court, and Wang Shouren, who previously pacified the Zhu Chenhao Rebellion, is the founder of this faction.

"Mr. Wei, do you mean that the students taught by Qiantang Academy are all talents who pursue the application of the world?" Zhu Houxi asked Wei Shui, "But what's the use of being a talent?" As you just said, those children who don't have the money to study can say that they have the hope of entering the imperial examination. And those who repeatedly failed to rank were barely qualified for the imperial examination. But what about those who are from low backgrounds? Within three generations, or even generations, you can't take the imperial examination, even if you can use it in the world, what's the use? ”

Wei Shui knew that Zhu Houxi would ask like this, and he had already thought of a countermeasure, and when he heard him ask, he explained: "Your Majesty, why do the two emperors, Taizu and Chengzu, respect Cheng Zhu Lixue so much? Because the science of science can be used by my master! Use Cheng Zhu Lixue to teach the officials of the world, and use the Bagu article to take the office, so that His Majesty can use Cheng Zhu Lixue's rules and regulations to control them. If there is no Cheng Zhu Lixue, His Majesty's monarchy will inevitably not be as stable as Mount Tai. And the Qiantang Academy built by the grass people is not an official, but a master and a strategist. They learned the art of applying the world and assisted the officials in governing the locality. His Majesty controls the officials, and the officials borrow the master, and the master plans to control the people. Your Majesty, imagine that it is not so easy to rectify an official. But what if you want to rectify a common people? Especially a common man who doesn't even have a fame, isn't it a very simple thing? ”

Zhu Houxi was inevitably moved, this emperor who has a great desire to control power, very much hopes that everyone can be kneaded by him. And what Wei Shui just said is undoubtedly a good thing to increase his authority.

There are people who help him with local affairs, and he doesn't have to fear that these people will become bigger. Once he sees signs of becoming bigger, he, the emperor, wants to get rid of an official, he has to follow the ancestral system, he has to come up with solid evidence, or go through the cabinet, layers of cumbersome procedures. But want to kill a flat-headed citizen? That's so easy!

Moreover, Wei Shui was still thinking about him. did not try to shake the mainstream status of 'Cheng Zhu Lixue' in the Ming Dynasty, but just wanted to use the side-door method of 'applying it to the world' to assist in management.

Zhu Houyu admired the two emperors Taizu and Chengzu very much, if Wei Shui rashly said that what they formulated was wrong, it would definitely cause Zhu Houxi's backlash, and now, Wei Shui did not do that, which prevented Zhu Houyu from being suspicious of him.

After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Houxi understood what kind of place Wei Shui was talking about in Qiantang Academy. Moreover, just as Wei Shui was thinking in his heart at this time, Zhu Houxi would not allow such an academy to be in Wei Shui's hands alone.

It doesn't matter whether he trusts Wei Shui or not, it's just an instinctive and rational choice as an emperor. Qiantang Academy has too much temptation, if Wei Shui can't hold it, it is not a good thing. It's a pity that there are not too many people in the bag of Zhu Houxi today.