Chapter 246: Guozi's Commandment
Yang Gai is looking out over the entire Guozijian complex.
Obviously, when it was first built, it was intended for people with a scale of more than 10,000 people, so even if there are one or two thousand people now, it looks empty, and when you pass through some courtyards, it looks a little barren inside.
"Tanhua?" Yang Gai looked at the building complex of the National Prison and felt that there were not enough people, and more people should be brought in to study. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste to have an empty place here? In this matter, you have to blow the wind on the sacrificial wine of this national eunuch.
Lin Zhu was obviously surprised, the emperor actually didn't call him by his name, but called him Tanhua, this, Lin Zhu's heart was filled with a trace of joy, joy.
"The minister is here." Lin Zhu replied respectfully.
"I ask you, is there a time in history when there was a glorious scene of ten thousand people studying in my dynasty?" This is not the 21st century, in the 17th century, the "international metropolis of Paris" is said to have only tens of thousands of permanent residents, and in this university, there are 10,000 people studying, which has to say that the Ming Dynasty at this time is indeed called the kingdom of heaven and the center of the world.
Lin Zhu thought about it carefully, recalled it, and then said solemnly: "Back to Your Majesty, no, throughout the ages, there has never been a dynasty that has had the grand occasion of my dynasty, and 10,000 people have studied it, but ......" Lin Zhu has always been reluctant to talk about this kind of disguised betrayal.
"Hehe, does Tanhua want to say that these people are all here for officials, and they are disguised officials by the imperial court?" As soon as Yang Gengai saw the old man's stubborn expression, he guessed what he was going to say, and blocked the conversation in advance.
"This ...... Back to Your Majesty, this minister didn't dare to say...... "Lin Zhu's temper is a little stubborn, but his mouth is not big, what to say and what not to say, it is very clear.
"Huh...... This, I understand, and I can agree with your point of view, but even if he is a traitor, he can't deny his glory back then, right? Things always have to look at two sides, not only to see his bad side and deny him completely, but also to see his good side, his bright side. "Yang Reform began to fool the sacrificial wine of this national eunuch.
“…… But, Your Majesty, this ......" Lin Zhu's mind didn't react for a while, and he didn't know what to say.
"Hehe, now that you said his bad side, now let's talk about his good side." Yang Reform uses flickering**, flickering hard.
“…… The good side, Your Majesty, the good side, as Your Majesty said, 10,000 people studying, a rare grand occasion in history, is the pinnacle of teaching and educating people, and ......" Lin Zhu actually thought about the addiction of 10,000 teachers in his heart, thinking that back then, the Confucian sage was only 3,000 disciples, if he had 10,000 students, to a certain extent, it was also more than the sage, which was secretly enjoyable, and it was also very refreshing.
"Hehe, okay, now that we know his bad side and talk about his good side, let's talk about it now, how to avoid the expansion of the bad side as much as possible, try to make the bad side develop on the good side, and talk about how to turn this selling official into a good thing...... Yang Gengai asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, this is easy, the minister has thought about it, although this Guozijian is now wide, but it is absolutely strict, this teaching and educating people, we must not relax moral education, we must educate the students to be gentlemen, only then can they be qualified, so that the prisoners of the Guozijian can go out to be officials, so that the bad side can be controlled as much as possible and turn to the good side." In fact, this has always been what Lin Zhu thought in his heart. Now when the emperor asked, he said it without thinking.
Yang Reform was also surprised, he hasn't fooled yet, you will answer by yourself, he originally wanted this Lin Zhu to support him to let go of the mouth of the Guozijian and step up the accumulation of money, on the other hand, reduce the conditions for going out as an official, so that although the Guozijian collects money, it will not get out of control and completely become a place for selling official positions.
"Tanhua, what you say, I love to hear it, this wide entry and strict exit is not wrong at all, the sage said 'there is no class', we should not look at these regular prisoners with prejudice, as long as they are willing to study and be positive, we must always give them a chance, right?" Yang Gai affirmed.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks the same, the minister must be strict with the prisoners of the country, and educate them into gentlemen with outstanding literary talents and outstanding moral character, and it is not in vain for them to come to the country...... "Lin Zhu is very happy, what he is most afraid of is that the emperor completely regards the Guozijian as a place to collect money and sell officials, and now listening to the emperor say this, Lin Zhu has a bottom in his heart, the emperor thinks the same as him, and agrees with this wide entry and strict exit.
"Well, good, good, Tanhua, come on, I'm watching you." Yang Gengai felt that the effect of this blowing was very good, and in the future, he could smoothly lower the threshold of the country's regular supervision, otherwise, it would not be a matter of just relying on some people to collect money.
...... "Your Majesty, the new officers and scholars who are about to go to various places to serve as immigration officers, all the students, are waiting for Your Majesty to summon you. Wang Chengen saw that the emperor was more than halfway through his trip, so he also reminded the emperor of the purpose of coming here today.
"Well, we'll see you at that." Yang Gai has always wanted to cheer up these people, talk about them, and encourage them to do a good job in this disaster relief work.
…… Outside the Yilun Hall, there is a very wide flat land, the middle piece is paved with granite, and the two sides are grasslands, forests, today, the emperor wants to meet everyone here, and the middle is the Jinshi, on both sides, all of them are the historical students who are holding prisons, and they are all immigration officials, scribes and so on that are about to be sent to various places.
As soon as Yang Reform, the emperor, appeared in the eyes of everyone, everyone reacted, as if they had acted in advance, knelt on the ground neatly, bowed, and shouted: "We knock to see my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." The voice is neat and loud, the action is neat and consistent, it is very interesting, and now Yang Reform has a paragraph as the emperor, and he is used to this kind of scene, and he feels that this is the treatment that the emperor should have, and he enjoys it very much.
Yang Gai walked to the foot of Yilun Hall before he said: "Flat." Then they got up.
"Today, I came to see you, for one thing, that is, migrant disaster relief, this matter, related to the life and death of millions of people in my Ming Dynasty, related to the peace of my Chinese land, related to my Chinese clothing, the inheritance of civilization, I hope that when you serve as immigration officers, deal with and assist immigrants, you can be conscientious and work together to deal with the immigration disaster relief......" Yang said the most critical thing at the beginning of the reform.
“…… I know that some people have complaints in their hearts, thinking that if they have won the jinshi, they have to make up for the main work, and if it is not good, they can also be a county magistrate, and they can be the official side, so why do they need to be this suffering immigration officer? What I want to warn you is that 'the heavens have sent a great task to the people, they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and ......skins', this immigration is indeed very bitter and tiring, but I want to say that it is definitely worth it, this is a huge melting pot for exercising people, you can exercise your own ability, go to its dross, and what remains is the essence,...... I believe that only people who fully understand the sufferings of the people can be a good official ......, and the kind of people who do not understand the sufferings of the people and do not distinguish between grains and grains, what use do I want him to do? I hope that everyone can accept this test, first, to solve problems for the court, to solve problems for me, but also to the people of the world, bring a way to live, I believe that the people of the world, will be grateful to you, at that time, you will understand me, at that time, you will have a sense of achievement, but also endless memories, but also the wealth of your future life......"
“…… I want to say that originally, the imperial court should give preferential treatment to the champion, but I said that although the champion should be preferential, but the preferential treatment cannot ruin the future of the champion, and the preferential treatment does not mean that the champion does not need to understand the people's suffering, this champion will also be an official in the future, as the saying goes, 'When an official does not know the suffering of the people, it is better to go home and plant rice'......" Speaking of this, there was a burst of laughter among the people, the emperor's words were very slang, but they were very easy to understand.
“…… Therefore, I decided that this year, Enke Yijia will also go down to the front line of immigration, fully understand the suffering of the grassroots people, I believe that this is of great benefit to them as officials, and they will definitely be able to go further...... "Yang Reform glanced at the few who stood at the front of the granite floor, it seemed that they were the champions, the list of eyes, and the first of the flowers, it seemed that these people lowered their heads and couldn't see any opinions, but Yang Reform believed that these people would have complaints, stay for a while, and have to be appeased.
“…… I said 'don't give up, don't abandon', as long as I am his emperor, I will not give up any of my people, I made such a grand wish, it is up to you to complete, I heard the earth-shattering shouts on the way here, I believe everyone has also heard of it, the people, the most kind, you give him a hope, he will give you all, I hope you will not let me down, do not let me lose my trust in the world, do not let the people despair in a desperate situation, I want to say, the people of the whole world are watching you, I am watching you……”
“…… Among you, there are many of you, all of whom are prisoners of the Guozijian, and many of you look at you with prejudice, but if I want to say, I don't, if I remember correctly, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the local officials who went out from the Guozijian, the scholars of various ministries, and even the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, are not a few, so I want to say that the Guozijian is by no means the kind of place where there is only dirt in everyone's eyes, selling officials and buying officials, how much future there is, where you can go, completely depends on your own ability, completely depends on your own efforts, and is by no means inferior because you have entered the Guozijian. The future of Guozijian, hope, also depends on your group of people to support, this immigration relief, is a good opportunity, this immigration disaster relief, is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, the difficulties faced, is unimaginable, the problems faced, is also unimaginable, for this reason, I am here to give you a quasi-letter, in the process of this immigration relief, all those who work hard, active and willing to work, after the immigration work is successful, immediately to the official, end the calendar in advance, have outstanding contributions, meritorious personnel, can be given priority to promote to officials, In the past, there were many restrictions on raising people as officials, but now, in order to encourage you to have the courage to do things, the courage to work hard, and you can also be appropriately loosened, in the past, you can only do five grades, I will open the door to you widely, and it is not impossible to send you to the fourth grade, and the third grade, this, it all depends on your efforts, depending on your actions, I have only one request, that is, to do a good job in this immigration disaster relief, I also tell you, I look at you, the people of the world look at you, and the victims who are suffering from the disaster and are waiting to be fed look at you......
Yang Gai said a long and long paragraph in one breath, and his mouth was dry, and he finally said what he wanted to express, which was nothing more than encouragement, encouragement, reward, promise, and emotion.
Anyway, the emperor's words also touched many people, some people have a lot of resentment in their hearts, listening to the emperor say this, the heart has also come down, even the champion has to go down to be an immigration officer, they these second, third class will not have any reason not to go, moreover, the temptation given by the emperor is not ordinarily big, even the unspoken rule that the highest can only be done at the prefect level is now broken, I have to say that the emperor has put a lot of money, not only the ten million taels of silver, but also this hand to break the unspoken rules of the five-grade prefectOf course, the premise is to do a good job in immigration disaster relief, and the emperor's meaning is very clear, if you don't do it now, you can't go to the court in the future, and the emperor said, "If you don't know the suffering of the people, it's better to go home to the rice", which is not obvious, people who don't go to participate in the immigration disaster relief will all go home, no, they are not allowed to go to the court, that is, at most, they will be a feudal official, or a local official will stop...... Of course, among them, there are many people who really care about the people, and after listening to the emperor's words, they are even more confident and ready to do something. The top is worthy of the king, the bottom is worthy of the people, and realizes the concept of self-cultivation, family building, governing the country, and leveling the world.
I don't know who took the lead in shouting the slogan. "Don't abandon, don't give up......" The jinshi and the students of Guozijian also shouted one after another, at first they were afraid that the emperor would blame, but when they saw that the emperor didn't say anything, they became more and more bold, and their voices were higher and higher, and the shouts of thousands of people were also spectacular, flying a few leaves on the roof.
The lecture was finally over. Yang Reform was welcomed into the Yilun Hall to rest, here, is the place where the emperor lectures, there is a special place for the emperor to rest, summon people, it is an office space.
"Big companion, go and put the champions, Bangyan, Tanhua, the top ten of the second class, and among the top three, select some representatives, I want to talk to them." Yang Reform decided to hold a small-scale symposium to completely stabilize the minds of these people, as well as the champions, the list of eyes, and the flowers, the emotions of these people, we have to take care of them, these people, if they follow the old system, will give a high starting point, and now they want to send others outside, which is considered to be released, which is somewhat derogatory, and we have to appease the emotions.
...... "The ministers knock on my emperor, long live, long live, long live." After a short time, the representatives Wang Chengen was looking for arrived.
"Get up." Yang reformed.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." And they said.
"Hehe, Zhuang Yuanlang, today, I'm talking about you, I hope you don't mind!" Yang Gengai said with a smile.
Liu Ruozai looked at the emperor who was younger than himself and had a tender face, and the emotion in his heart was also thousands, and he immediately said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister does not dare, the minister listened to His Majesty's teaching, and feels that it is very reasonable, the minister feels that the minister is still young, as His Majesty said, it really needs to be honed more, and he will be an official, and he will not forget the people, forget the book, and the minister is willing to serve as an immigration officer and complete the grand ......wish of 'not abandoning, not giving up' for His Majesty."
"Well, very good, very good, this is my champion, you go to the grassroots, go to the immigration disaster relief, originally, it is the imperial court that owes you, so, in terms of grade, it is not good to be demanding, the champion Lang still takes the position of the Hanlin Academy to revise, Bangyan, Tanhua, you are the same, the level and grade will not be disadvantaged to you, still take the Hanlin Academy to edit......"
"Thank you, Your Majesty." When the three of them heard this, they were secretly happy in their hearts, they finally got something, at least this way was not blocked, at least they still entered the Hanlin Academy, this is the beginning of politics! Nowadays, the various books and cabinets are basically from the Hanlin Academy, and if they don't enter the Hanlin Academy, their hearts are not steady!
"Okay, no thanks, as the first class of Zhenenke, you also take it as an example, in the process of migrant disaster relief, you must also endure hardships everywhere in the front, enjoy in the back, and assist Master Xu to complete this immigration disaster relief matter, this matter is heavy enough to crush my Ming Dynasty, I hope you can understand my heart......" Yang Reform had to reiterate the important surname of this migrant disaster relief.
"The minister understands, the minister obeys the order...... the three of them replied in unison.
Next, I talked with the top 10 of the second class, the representatives of the third class, and the representatives of the people, and they were nothing more than encouragement, temptation, coercion, and promise.
Among them, there are some people who have known Yang Reform for a long time, including Wanhu Hou, Ye Gaobiao and others, they met the emperor before the exam, and they also drank tea with the emperor, and even asked the emperor about the exam questions, so the relationship with the emperor is different, and today, Wang Chengen specially called them here.
"Marquis of Wanhu, I remember, you said that you want to be a general who has made ten thousand households! But now, I see you, too, on the list of immigration officers! What, don't you want to be a general? "Yang Reform has always wanted to get some literati into the army, but he has to be reliable, and the literati who are willing to endure hardships originally planned to start with this Wanhu Hou, but he didn't expect him to release his own pigeons now.
Wanhu Hou twisted very much, blushed, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it's not that the minister is unwilling, it's just that my father ...... My father really didn't want the minister to join the army, and the minister was forced to have no choice, so he had to obey his father, otherwise, this would ...... Alas...... "Wanhu Hou was very embarrassed, his face was red and his neck was thick, and he seemed to have something unspeakable.
Xu Yifan liked to quarrel with Wanhu Hou the most, although he was now in front of the emperor, but he still did not relent, relying on the unusual relationship with the emperor, and rushed to say: "Your Majesty, Wanhu Hou and his father are forced to die, if he dares to join the army, his father threatens to kill him......" When Xu Yifan broke the news, some people were ready to come out to drink, but Wang Chengen knew the relationship between the emperor and these people, so he quietly stopped it.
"Bah......" Yang Reform is depressed and forced to die? Then you give your son the name of Wanhuhou? It's fun! Yang Reform was depressed, this matter, it seems to be yellow, this matter, it is not easy for him to interfere with it, he will make trouble, he is not good-looking, and the relationship with his cronies is also difficult to get along with, forget it, he is not alone.
(To be continued)