At the end of the 11th year of Xianfeng, Prime Minister Yamen requested the establishment of the Jingshi Tongwen Museum to recruit children under the age of 15 to learn Western language and writing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although this is a new-style school, because it only learns foreign Chinese languages, the students are limited to the children of Eight Banners, and there is no resistance. In the first year of Tongzhi, Yixun asked for another hall in the Tongwen Pavilion in the name of the Prime Minister Yamen, specializing in astronomy and arithmetic, and the enrollment object was also expanded from the children of the Eight Banners to the Manchu and Han Juren over 20 years old, Wugong (Engong, Bagong, Deputy Gong, Sui Gong, and Yougong, all of which are considered to be on the right path), Xiucai, and young and intelligent officials below the fifth grade who were born on the right path of the imperial examination, and hired foreigners to teach. The Imperial Court approved the action.

Unexpectedly, this incident caused a great repercussion among some scholars. Some people pointed out that it is a great shame for the Chinese to worship Yi people (that is, foreigners) as teachers in the Celestial Empire.

Prince Gong was not discouraged, and on the first day of September in the first year of Tongzhi, he further explained the necessity and urgency of opening an astronomy and arithmetic museum, and also proposed to expand the enrollment objects to the editors of the Hanlin Academy, Jinshi and others. The Queen Mother approved it again.

This greatly stimulated the sensitive nerves of the Taoist gentlemen, causing an uproar inside and outside the Jingshi.

On September 5, Zhang Shengzao, the superintendent of Shandong Province, was the first to attack, and said: If it is judged by self-improvement, then the strength of the imperial court is as good as the discipline of the whole program, the punishment of the government, the strict reward and punishment, the pursuit of talent and the support of the people, and the training of troops to raise salaries; The strength of the subjects is only one end of the temperament. The subjects have integrity, "with it to prevent disasters and disasters can be leveled, with it to resist and destroy the Kou". Let the personnel of Zhengtu Branch A learn "clever things", and use promotions and silver to lure them, "Is it important to fame and fortune and light temperament, and there is no temperament to hope that they have something to do?" This is tantamount to saying that Yixun has made a "directional" mistake and led the country astray. Although this fold was "a temporary push", others spoke lightly, and the court ignored it.

The Queen Mother naturally doesn't have any thoughts about such a little person, in her opinion, these so-called clear streams can only play the role of supervision, and she wants to rely on them to do things. That can't be done, you know, it's easy to pick thorns in everything, but it's hard to plant flowers. If you want to make a career, you always have to have a lot of obstacles, not to mention that the Queen Mother's routines for dealing with these people are now very skillful, "Ah, I'm sorry." The excerpt is left," An Dehai was so proud outside the Qinzheng Palace that his nostrils were facing people, "I don't know what's going on with the minions, what?" Do you want to hand over the sign to the Queen Mother? I'm sorry for you, you haven't reached the fourth grade yet, and the Queen Mother won't see you. ”

After half a month of disturbance, the big man Wu Ren personally went into battle. The word Gen Feng is a Mongolian Red Banner person. Daoguang was a scholar for nine years, and successively served as an attendant, a bachelor, a bachelor, and a bachelor, and was a famous master of science. When Emperor Xianfeng was alive. Because he could only preach and not do things, he regarded him as a "pedantic", and made him the deputy minister of Yarkand, and deliberately used his talents to put him in an idle place. After Cixi came to power, he was recalled to Beijing and awarded the Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Procuratorate, and later served as a scholar of the Ministry of Industry and a co-organizer of the university, and ordered him to teach the Tongzhi Emperor to study. He is also the head of the Hanlin Academy. On this day, the Queen Mother and Queen Mother came to the court, and she happened to discuss the affairs of the conference, so in addition to the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Cabinet, the Six Ministries and the Nine Secretaries, and Zhan Shike Dao were all gathered one by one. In the Ming Hall of the Qinzheng Palace, after the foreman of Prince Gong knelt down, he came out in shift, and was about to talk about the affairs of the town assembly, when a thin and loud voice sounded behind him, "The Queen Mother." Slaves have something to say! ”

The Queen Mother was separated by the screen, and the shadow was full of shadows, and she couldn't see who it was, but the green head card written on the side of the throne, the Queen Mother looked at the position, picked it up, and saw the name on the green head card clearly, and her eyebrows wrinkled slightly, "Master Wa, what's the matter with you?" "Because Wuren is the master of the Tongzhi Emperor, the Empress Dowager Cixi is still very respectful.

"The slave asked the Queen Mother to abolish the Tongwen Pavilion and remove the foreign affairs!"

There was an uproar in the Qinzheng Palace, Prince Gong glared at the widow behind him, took a step back, and stood in the class, widow knelt on the ground, and said loudly to the queen mother, "The slave asks the queen mother and the queen mother to abolish the Tongwen Pavilion and remove the foreign affairs!" ”

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes silently, and the imperial meeting began to interject from Emperor Xianfeng, Emperor Xianfeng was easy-going, allowing ministers, especially Su Shun, to make noise in the Qinzheng Hall of Yangxin, of course, because this is Emperor Xianfeng, which is called the Prince of Benevolence by the ministers, half of Wenzong's title comes from this, although the Queen Mother is a little disgusted with them, but she also sincerely feels that this form is very good, but today I saw that Wu Ren suddenly jumped out, and pulled the topic away like this, said that these objections were completely different from his own policy outline, and he was very displeased, but it was not easy to attack, and his eyebrows jumped a few times, "Tell me about it." ”

"The way to build a country is to be courteous and righteous, not to be powerful; The fundamental picture is not in the human heart. Now learn skills, and serve Yi as a teacher, even if you learn, you can't rise and weaken. What's more, the world is so big that there is no lack of talent. If astronomy and arithmetic must be taught, and there must be people who are proficient in their skills, why bother with people? Why bother to teach others? Moreover, the Yiren are the enemies of China, Xianfeng ten years, they called the soldiers Shun, invaded our Jingshi, shocked my sect, burned my homeland, and killed my subjects, which is a humiliation that has not been seen in my dynasty for 200 years. ”

Wu Ren's angry voice echoed in the Qinzheng Palace, Liubu Jiuqing looked at Wu Ren in surprise, some disagreed, some secretly smiled and nodded, Li Tang of the Military Aircraft Department turned his head sideways and looked at Wu Ren worriedly, Wen Xiang didn't care, just knelt quietly, Bao Jun breathed out of his nostrils, and glared at Wu Ren angrily, Cao Yuying looked at Wu Ren, and quietly raised his head to look at the screen, Chen Fuen half-closed his eyes, didn't look at people, didn't speak, just sneered slightly. The expressions of everyone were different, only the voice of Wu Ren continued to sound, "The people who come from the imperial examination are all useful talents cultivated by the state, if they are changed to Yi, the righteous spirit will not be extended, and the evil spirit will be even stronger, and in a few years, all the Chinese will be driven to the side of the Yiren." The king of the government messes with my system, and changes the summer with raze, and his heart can be punished! ”

Prince Gong didn't speak, he glanced at Wen Xiang, Wen Xiang raised his head and said awe-inspiringly: "Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, this is a big mistake!" It is precisely because the people on the right path of Kejia are honest and will not be lured astray by foreigners that they are allowed to learn. Although the words of Wu Ren are very high and righteous, they are actually just empty words! And empty words cannot be shameful, they will only mislead the country. If we want to save the country, we must face up to reality and understand foreign countries. Learn from foreign countries. If the so-called mastery of the skills of the foreigners is not learned as soon as possible, in another 20 years, the foreigners will be able to use warships and muskets again. That's hopeless! Is it possible to let the queen mother and the king drive the prince every time? Wen Xiang glanced at Wu Ren, "Since the scholars have used this move as an obstacle, they must have good intentions, if there is a clever plan, they can subdue foreign countries and not be controlled by foreign countries." Since the ministers followed the scholars of the university, they carefully conducted business and showed their mutual help. If there is no other good plan, only faithfulness as armor, etiquette and righteousness as the dry oar, etc., it is said that the bottle can be broken and rushed, which is enough to control the enemy's life? Hmph, the ministers really didn't dare to believe it. ”

"Roughly speaking, the empty words of faithfulness and propriety cannot receive the actual effect of winning and self-improvement." The minions thought otherwise. The faithful who want to win, must seek the faithful; If you want to be self-reliant, you must seek courtesy and righteousness. Nowadays, those who recite poetry and study books and serve Yi people as teachers, their aspirations and deeds can be summarized, not to mention that what they have learned must not be refined, even if they can be refined, and hope that they will be upright and try their best to serve the country? I'm afraid there are very few that are not used by the Yi people. Moreover, Yiren is the most scheming, cunning and cunning, and now wants to learn its secret art to control its death. Even if they give instructions on the surface, do they know that they have other schemes? It is not an exaggeration for a slave to worry about his tricks. ”

Wen Xiang ridiculed each other again, and Qingliu was also a large number of people. In addition, Wu Ren's knowledge and personality were very prestigious at that time, for example, he treated people and things, and he was never arrogant and disrespectful because he was the emperor's teacher. When the old master interacted with people, he was amiable, and although he was short in stature, his kindness overflowed his eyebrows; Talk to someone else. He is also endless, lest others do not understand what he means. Sending off passengers, abiding by the ancient road, every time they must be sent to the door, until others board the bus before returning. As a result, Uren had an excellent reputation among the scholars, and some people were able to come out to help. Yang Tingxi jumped out of the incident and accused: "The Minister of Military Aircraft ignored the celestial warnings and made people's hearts float!" Cao Yuying retorted, "The words of the celestial phenomena are ethereal, how can they be connected with the matter of the Tongwen Pavilion!" "If it weren't for the uneasiness of the people, why would there be only so many people enrolled in this Tongwen Museum!" For a while, the Qinzheng Palace became a pot of porridge.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was quite interesting to watch the ministers quarrel at first, after half a cup of tea, the hall was still in chaos, the Empress Dowager felt bored, and the Tongzhi Emperor who was sitting in front of the screen was originally watching the show with great interest, and after such a while, she couldn't help but quietly snort, the Empress Dowager frowned, glanced at Yang Qingxi, Yang Qingxi hurriedly shouted, "Quiet!" ”

The ministers who were originally pointing fingers and spitting hurriedly quieted down, still hanging their sleeves, only Prince Gong was standing, Prince Gong saw that everyone did not speak, and bowed slightly towards the emperor on the throne and the queen mother behind the screen, "The queen mother, the emperor, the slave has something to say." ”

"The king of the council, please." The Queen Mother said.

"Since Wu Ren said: The world is so big that there is no lack of talent, it is better to ask the Queen Mother to order him to sponsor a few Chinese teachers who are proficient in astronomy and arithmetic, and open another museum to teach and watch their success." Prince Gong Shi said with a smile, "It's good to compare China and foreign countries, if the Chinese division is powerful, this foreign affairs will naturally not need to be done!" ”

Prince Gong's purpose is to launch a counterattack against the other Qingliu and others, so that they will retreat in the face of difficulties and not make obstacles, and at the same time, he also deliberately teases and embarrasses them, which is almost mischievous. The Queen Mother understood and said with a smile: "According to the proposal, the Military Aircraft Department will draw up an order and order the Wuren to supervise it." ”

"Huh!" Wen Xiang responded loudly, couldn't help but smile, Prince Gong's good idea, the Queen Mother was also wonderful, and couldn't help but shout again: "The Queen Mother sees thousands of miles!" ”

Although Weng Tongyi was not born, his expression changed greatly, and he hurriedly looked at Wuren, his face was drenched with sweat, and he didn't dare to wipe it, so he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The Queen Mother Mingjian, the world that the slave said is so big, it doesn't suffer from no talent, but it is reasonable, it doesn't really refer to his person, please don't need to set up a separate museum, and the slave will supervise it." The minions are not skilled in astronomy and arithmetic, and they do not dare to defend themselves. ”

Prince Gong turned half of his body and glanced at Wu Ren, "Master Wu Ren is too modest, and the affairs of the Tongwen Pavilion are not going well, all because there is no competent person to handle it, and the Military Aircraft Department, the Prime Minister's Yamen and the King will all be guilty of this matter." If you can come forward to supervise the Tongwen Museum, you will inevitably have a large number of people who apply for the exam, and talents will be available at your fingertips. Didn't Master Uren just say that? 'The world is so big, there is no lack of talent, if you must teach astronomical arithmetic, learn from the side, you must have the skill, why bother to destroy people? Why bother to teach others? 'Please ask the Queen Mother to order her to supervise the affairs of the Tongwen Pavilion. If there are people in China who are proficient in these knowledge, why do they need to invite foreigners to work as errands, isn't it too much of a waste of money? ”

The young emperor on the throne was dumbfounded when he heard this, who didn't know that Master Wu was very opposed to the Tongwen Pavilion, and now he was even asked to do it, could it be that this uncle was already confused?

Prince Gong himself thought that this idea was clever, and it was a bit like the pleasure of a child trying to play tricks on people. But if the Queen Mother didn't allow it, it would be in vain, so when she lowered her head and waited for the Queen Mother's reply, she couldn't help but sneak a glance behind the pale yellow curtain.

If the Queen Mother said, "Master Wuren is only afraid that he will not do it, this matter is still discussed later, right?" "That's a lot of fun.

Unexpectedly, a smile flashed across the corner of the Queen Mother's mouth behind the curtain, and she nodded slightly and said: "This is a good idea, I will draft the intention of Wu Ren to serve as the director of the Tongwen Pavilion from now on, and handle the matter of astronomical arithmetic and foreign languages." The Queen Mother stood up, and didn't wait for the shocked Wu Ren to come back to her senses, "You can kneel down in peace about the noon meeting." ”

"Wait for the resignation!"

In the afternoon's deliberations, sure enough, Wu Ren did not come, not to mention military matters, the Queen Mother did not allow others to chirp crookedly, so it was done smoothly, and the Military Aircraft Department issued an order to stipulate the method of this meeting for the training of all armies, and Chen Fuen was in charge of this matter. On the second day, the first fold that the Queen Mother saw when she got up was Wuren's.

The first resignation of Uren was mainly to declare that he did not covet the official position of the director of the Tongwen Museum. However, the resignation was not granted, and the Empress Dowager's Zhu Bi and the military plane's edict replied that since the U Ren knew that there were capable people in the Qing Dynasty who knew astronomical arithmetic, they should be invited to teach at the Tongwen Museum, "Don't shirk because of the complexity and hardship of the matter." (To be continued.) )