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Chapter 565 on the Truth

After the turmoil of the Consultative Bureau passed, the newly established Jiangnan Consultative Bureau was highly valued by Emperor Zhu Youzhen, and personally sent the most trusted eunuch Wang Chengen to appear on the day of its establishment and announce a will.

What does that mean? Members of the advisory bureau at the provincial level are given the background of the people, members of the advisory bureau at the provincial level can be donated as prisoners, and members of the advisory bureau at the county level are given the background of jinshi. After this decree came down, not to mention the entire Jiangnan, the entire Ming Dynasty was speechless. What is the emperor going to do? Such a single-minded approach? What is even more surprising is that the entire Ming officialdom collectively lost its voice.

This was an event that really shook the absolute status of the Ming scholars, and the social status of the businessman was greatly improved after this incident. This move shows that Zhu Youzhen has made a bold attempt on the premise of relying on Wenchen to govern the world for a long time, but without any effect. If it weren't for the appearance of Chen Xie, Zhu Youzhen would not have done this, and he wouldn't dare to do it. The character of Chen Xie brought Zhu Youzhen not only a stable overall situation, but also the hope of the Ming Dynasty that would not be easy for all generations. After seeing this hope, Zhu Youzhen naturally dared to bet on being an emperor through the ages.

At the end of Chongzhen's 16th year, the domestic situation facing Zhu Youzhen had undergone tremendous changes. The natural disaster is still raging, but after receiving favorable financial support, the relief work is going on, and as long as the people of the Ming Dynasty have a stutter, they will not rebel. On the military side, Sun Chuanting has completed the task of driving him away. Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others, who fled to Mubang, have less than 5,000 troops, and they have lost all their baggage, and they can't become a climate at all. At this time, as long as Daming himself does not make mistakes, there is no big problem. Zhu Youzhen made a decision, and Ma Xianglin was the commander-in-chief of Yunnan. Guarding the border to prevent Zhang Xianzhong from turning back. The rest of the divisions returned to the Beijing division one after another, and selected elites under the age of 25 from the elite soldiers of the hundred battles to fill the new army to replace the Beijing camp in the past. The nobles who originally led the troops will slowly withdraw from the army and become the real sense of the Ming Dynasty who will eat and wait for death.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen's purpose of sending Zhu Cihong to Chen Xie's side. It's a poor dagger. The Ming officialdom has seen it thoroughly that this is not the meaning of one generation of emperors, but to implement this meaning into the hearts of two or more generations of emperors. The transformation of the Ming Dynasty ushered in an era that could not be changed or unchanged. A composition with Chen Xie as the backbone of the future Ming Dynasty is clearly placed in front of everyone. The emperor may have a short life, but Chen Xie is a guy, and now he looks less than thirty, no matter how you look at it, he can live for a long time.

While highly affirming the Consultative Council. On the other hand, Zhu Youzhen issued another edict asking the cabinet to reconsider the examination law. The supervision of the Consultative Bureau was taken as a scoring criterion, and together with the Beijing investigation, a new examination method was compiled and submitted to the emperor for deliberation. What does that mean? It is to let the cabinet take the lead, take out the examination method, and outside the Beijing investigation. Establish a mechanism for the Advisory Bureau to supervise the scoring as a criterion for whether officials can be promoted. This move is really ruthless, and it is really unbearable for officials. Forget about being overseen by the same kind, what are those advisory bureaus? Just when hundreds of officials are eager to try. Gearing up to prepare, as long as someone stands up to pick the head, they will follow along. There was another storm in Jiangnan, which immediately grabbed everyone's attraction, and the new test method was not the main topic.

What's going on with this Gu Storm? The cause was also caused by the media "Ming Pao", and at the end of October, an article was published on the front page of Ming Pao. Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. This article is signed by Chen Xie, which means that Chen Xie rolled up his sleeves and went into battle shirtless.

The content of the article is only one, what is the correct interpretation of the knowledge of things, and the answer given is very simple, practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. The original meaning of Gewu Zhizhi is not the kind that was later explained by the great Confucians, but another meaning. Tong guò Gewu, explaining the truth of a qiē thing seen in this world, this is called Gewu Zhizhi. So, how can this conclusion be reached? Mere utopia will not solve the problem at all, and it will even distort the words of the saints and mislead future generations. Everything in the world, behind the appearance, has its inevitable truth, through guò Gewu, to find this truth, to grasp the truth and law, this is called Gewu Zhizhi.

After this article appeared, the entire literati class was outraged. In the past, Chen Xie was engaged in wind and rain in other fields, so everyone can endure it. This time, it's in the realm of what they think is absolute domination. Dare to subvert the saints, dare to subvert the sages, how can you bear this?

On the day of the newspaper's publication, hundreds of students from Nanjing Guozijian and Taixue stood up and blocked Chen Xie's doorstep. Chen Xie must give an explanation, they shouted the slogans of "learning for the sake of the saints" and "the saints and sages do not allow blasphemy", and they took them more than 100 meters away from the gate of Chen's house, refusing to leave. Some people even erected a sign directly in the same place, writing: If you don't apologize, you'd rather starve to death. The implication is to use a hunger strike to protest against Chen Xie, the governor of the three provinces, against his inappropriate words and deeds. But they did not dare to go any further, for the soldiers were lined up on the road, and the bayonets were pointed at them, and there was a great sense that if they went any further, they would stab them.

The news flew to the capital division as if it had grown wings, and this incident brought a lot of shock to Zhu Youzhen. After seeing the report, he immediately locked himself in the study, thinking about this matter, and after thinking about it for about an hour, Zhu Youzhen came to a conclusion that Chen Xie was sharing the firepower for him, but his new test method was not implemented smoothly, so he did so. The problem is, although this matter has attracted firepower, once Chen Xie fails in this matter and is extinguished by the literati of the world, won't Zhu Youzhen's new policy also be implicated? Once these ministers gain power, they will not let go of any of their former opponents. Including the emperor, don't underestimate the viciousness of these literati.

Zhu Youzhen doesn't think Chen Xie can't see this, but why does he still do this? Could it be that he has a good hand to turn the tables? Does Chen Xie have the means to turn the tables? Zhu Youzhen didn't know, but he only knew that he had to immediately summon the cabinet members to discuss how to deal with this report. Especially in the imperial court, it must not cause a new earthquake because of this.

In fact, at this time, the officials of the Beijing Division have the same attitude, that is, wait and see. Look at the reaction of the emperor, look at the reaction of the cabinet ministers. Smart people are all in the officialdom, and it is more difficult for the Ming Dynasty to be admitted to the Jinshi exam than Nima to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and it is even more difficult for the Shujishi. These people have absolutely high IQs, and after training in officialdom, they are all human spirits.

A group of cabinet members gathered in the Wenhua Hall, and Zhu Youzhen put the report from Jiangnan on the table and said, "Let's talk about it." As a result, everyone had the same expression, and they didn't speak while their faces were not spoken. This time Zhu Youzhen is strange, didn't the sun come out today? Looking up outside, it's a sunny afternoon, it's not normal.

It's normal, it's not strange at all. It's a very simple truth, from Nanjing to Beijing, fast horses run and don't stop galloping, with the post station system of the Ming Dynasty, the slowest ten days can arrive. In other words, what we are seeing now is what happened ten days ago. Then things are simple, how did Chen Xie deal with it, how did the Jiangnan scholars fight, and what was the final result, it had already come out, and it was even on the way. In that case, why not wait for the dust to settle before speaking?

This is the problem caused by the inconvenience of transportation, if there is a telegram, it will cost a little more money.

So, what exactly happened in Gangnam? Did Chen Xie let his army use bayonets to solve this scholar? Or did Chen Xie admit his mistake? This possibility, everyone decided hehehe. So, it's not appropriate to say anything now, wait for the result. Zhu Youzhen didn't expect this, and when he was wondering, Yang Tinglin stood up.

"Your Majesty, let's put this matter aside for the time being, at the latest a few days, the next report will come to Jingshi." A word to wake up the person in the dream, Zhu Youzhen understood, they are all smarter than ghosts, and they are waiting for the next report. For such a big matter, local officials will definitely report it continuously. It's too early to say anything before the report arrives.

"In that case, let's put it aside for now, and let's hurry up and put the compilation of the new test method on the agenda." Zhu Youzhen immediately changed the topic, since Chen Xie had created such an opportunity, of course he had to seize it. Not to mention Yang Tinglin, the few cabinet ministers present, one by one, don't mention how crooked they are. In this matter, if Chen Xie hadn't made such a big move in Jiangnan, Jingshi might have to turn the sky upside down. Now Zhu Youzhen once again emphasized this matter, and the outbreak that had been brewing for many days made Chen Xie scorched.

Which one of you was not full of poetry? Which one is convinced of others on cultural issues? If Chen Xie does something else, forget it, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so everyone can not see it. Now it's a knife to start with the sage's "knowledge of things", even Yang Tinglin wants to say "brother can't bear it"!

"Your Majesty, let's wait a little bit for this matter." Zhou Yanru had to stand up and put forward his own views. Let's wait for the turmoil in Jiangnan to subside, everyone doesn't have this mind. When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he saw that Zhou Yanru came out to say it, and knew that the cabinet had reached an agreement. In that case, let's wait, who will let themselves have confidence in Chen Xie? This matter is too important for Daming readers, because it is related to the truth. (The novel "Rise of Empires" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)