Wang Jiaping is a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, from the fifth grade, the level does not sound high, in fact, it is a very clear position, without it, this position is an important springboard to enter the cabinet, without this experience, there is almost no hope of entering the cabinet to become a university scholar.

For example, after Zhang Siwei's Shen Shixing, after Jiajing won the champion in the forty-first year (1562), he was awarded the compilation of the Hanlin Academy as a rule, and since then he has been serving in the Hanlin Academy, serving as a lecturer, serving as a bachelor, and finally promoted to the military department and the Ministry of Rites, and was appointed as a university scholar after only seven months in office.

If nothing else, Wang Jiaping's experience is not much different from his.

What does Hallymin Temple do? The Hanlin Academy was equivalent to the Faculty of Social Sciences of the National University in later generations, a place where high-level intellectuals gathered, and the people in it were all talented people who were familiar with the scriptures and history and wrote beautifully.

But just like that, does it have the conditions for the emperor to be an advisor to the emperor? Could it be that if you have profound academic attainments, you can become an excellent politician and have the ability to govern the country?

Many years ago, Chen Mo didn't understand it, but it wasn't until he went to university in later life, familiarized himself with many famous classics, and studied history intensively, that he suddenly understood the subtle changes in it -- Zhu Yuanzhang founded the country, implemented centralized power in the system, and spiritually, took morality as the pillar and used literature to manage the huge country.

This is also the reason why among the six departments, the Ministry of Rites has the highest status. There is no way, this dynasty governs the world, and the role played by the ritual system is decisive and unshakable -- the emperor reigns over the world as one person, which is the destiny of heaven. And the commands of heaven must be embodied in the faith of hundreds of millions of subjects.

Countless solemn and beautiful ceremonies are a recipe for cementing this belief. The countless kowtows reinforce the sacred and inviolable significance of the emperor. And the liturgy that he personally presided over shows that he is also subject to divine moderation, that is, to traditional morality.

This would explain why the cabinet ministers had to have the experience of the Hanlin Academy, because the emperor needed the officials of the Hanlin Yuan to write an edict for him, and the recipient of the edict would be a very virtuous and filial son. They had to tell the emperor that it was their duty to keep the people fed and clothed in good years, so that they would not go hungry in bad years. They wanted to tell the emperor that the royal mandate of generations still applies today, that a good government must select meritocracy, and promote integrity and harmony in society.

In short, morality is paramount, and it can not only guide the administration, but even replace it. The Hanlin scholars studied various literary and historical archives all day long, and received the influence of morality and ethics day and night, which naturally laid a good theoretical and practical foundation for entering the cabinet to govern the country in the future.

It is difficult to judge the merits of this method (or procedure) of cultivating talents for governing the country, in fact, after coming into contact with many historical classics, even Chen Mo could not accurately propose a good prescription that would surely save the dynasty and restore its glory.

He only knows that whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world, in fact, many people know it. It's just that how to operate it will be a very complicated and long-term problem, and in his current position, it seems too early to start thinking about it now.

On horseback, he couldn't help but sigh, and withdrew his gaze from the gatehouse of Gu Xiancheng's house, and suddenly became a little disheartened - if Gu Xiancheng succeeded, Daming might move towards a constitutional monarchy (that is the most likely direction, as for parliamentary democracy, it is basically impossible)? But even if he succeeds, when the power of a country is in the hands of a few bourgeoisie, how much preferential treatment can the poor get? And shouldn't the prosperity of a country be represented by the prosperity of all people?

This problem is too complicated, he only understands the surface, and he has a headache when he thinks about it, and his mind is like a mess.

"Grandpa Chen?" A familiar voice suddenly came from behind Chen Mo, he rubbed his face with his hands, turned around, and saw Zhao Zhenyu coming across the horse, and hurriedly greeted: "Brother Zhao, it's snowing, don't go home to rest, what are you going to do when you run out?" ”

Zhao Zhenyu grinned and pointed to the front: "Liu You's house is in front of Xuanwumen Street, walk closest from here." ”

"It turned out to be for our business," Chen Mo looked at Zhao Zhenyu's unused uniform under the snowflake cover, guessing that the other party must have been running for himself without even returning home, and couldn't help but be a little moved: "It's not a big deal, it's not too late to wait for the snow to stop and leave, and then go to find Liu You?" ”

"Anyway, it's okay, I always listen to what those readers say'treading the snow to find the plum', we are the old man, let's come to it's 'treading the snow to find people', spread it, maybe it can be cited as a good story!" Zhao Zhenyu smiled as he spoke, his flushed face was flushed, the corners of his mouth were grinning, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and he looked very sincere.

Chen Mo is a suspicious person, he is never afraid to ponder people with the most vicious thoughts, he always feels that everyone's every action is purposeful, the so-called "no profit can not be early". But even so, he still quietly classified Zhao Zhenyu into the ranks of those who could have deep friendships, and he couldn't say why, it was all based on intuition.

For this reason, he felt that it would be a bit redundant to say thank you again, so he just nodded and said, "In this case, Brother Zhao will wait for us for a while, let's go to Wang Duanren's mansion, and when we come out, we will go to find that Liu You together." ”

"Howler!" Zhao Zhenyu nodded, and pinched the horse's belly: "Lord Wang's house is in front, let's lead the way for my father-in-law!" ”

The tooth card of the Qianqing Palace is very good, and the gatehouse of the palace welcomes Chen Mo and Zhao Zhenyu into the gate as if welcoming the ancestors. It's just that Wang Jiaping's attitude is diametrically opposed to the enthusiastic porter, kneeling to receive the reward of fifty taels of silver, don't say thank you, without saying a word of politeness, he came to serve tea to send off the guests, and Chen Mo was angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven.

"Father-in-law Chen, don't be angry, Lord Wang has this temper, don't talk about you, it's Gonggong Feng, it is estimated that the same thing happened, he has ...... in his bones" Zhao Zhenyu suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and quickly covered his mouth.

"You don't look down on us at all, do you?" Chen Mo said the unspoken words of Zhao Zhenyu, he was not annoyed, sighed and said, "It's okay, who made us not angry...... Forget it, don't mention these, aren't you looking for Liu You? Hurry up, it's too late to go back, long live the Lord and we can't make a difference. ”

Zhao Zhenyu nodded, and the horse sped up.

Finally arrived at the mansion of Liu Shouyou, the commander of Jinyiwei, but Zhao Zhenyu did not stop, but rode through the main gate.

"Brother Zhao......" Chen Mo was a little puzzled, Zhao Zhenyu hurriedly turned around and explained: "Liu You is not favored at home, go through the back door, and save him trouble." Chen Mo suddenly realized that he followed with his horse.

When he arrived at the back door, Chen Mo saw the sedan chair parked at the door at a glance, although there was no sedan chair driver, he still recognized it as Feng Bao's sedan chair, and couldn't help but move in his heart: "What did he do when he came to Liu Shouyou on a snowy day?" ”