"Otsuka Zai, I can understand your idea of wanting to reform the old and make the new, but the problem is that the new monarch is on the throne and is still a young emperor, and the foundation of the court itself is not very stable, and too radical operations will be used by people with intentions, so there will be a situation where it is too much."

"In addition, the Cabinet Department looked at the resumes of the newly promoted officials, and most of them were new members of the last two years, and they did not get enough experience in the officialdom. Just by relying on a passing of the exam, how can we determine that the old man is a corpse vegetarian generation, and the newcomer is not a person who talks on paper? ”

Shen Yichen was still not persuaded by Li Xian after all, you must know that the Ming Dynasty officials have a small test every three years and a major test in nine years, and many officials have been waiting for such an opportunity for promotion for so many years.

As a result, the promotion opportunity was replaced by a newcomer, and it was unacceptable to anyone. One or two are good to say, Li Xian's large-scale promotion operation is difficult to suppress the dissatisfied voices below.

The civil official group is now weak, but there are still Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng in the government and the opposition, and Shen Yichen does not want to give either party a chance to make waves.

"Yuanfu, you once said that it is applied to the world, and the truth is differentiated, since you want to know the answer, instead of talking about who is more suitable here, it is better for them to use the performance of officialdom to prove themselves!"

Li Xian suddenly said his academic philosophy, which made Shen Yichen stunned and a little speechless.

It is true that practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, but trial and error require costs, and using a large area of official appointments and dismissals to assess who is more capable is a big gamble that shakes the country's foundation.

And what is the criterion for judging ability, political performance? Reputation? Probity?

Without perfect evaluation criteria and a supporting restraint system, even a good official will do whatever it takes to prove his ability and use all means to improve his "performance".

It is possible that the data is gorgeous, but in fact, the people under his rule are exhausted, and Li Xian's radical approach is to promote and encourage this kind of behavior.

And Shen Yichen also keenly captured a key point from Li Xian's answer, and he asked with a serious expression: "Otsuka Zai, are these newly promoted officials members of Shen Xue?" ”

Facing Shen Yichen's questioning, Li Xian nodded very frankly and said, "That's right, most of them are." ”

Compared with those traditional Confucian scholars who only know empty talk about righteousness, Shen Xue is more suitable for this era of change. Could it be that in order to avoid suspicion, Yuanfu wants to waste the talent and enthusiasm of many students? ”

Li Xian's eyes were full of a kind of heat at the moment, he didn't feel that he had done anything wrong, on the contrary, he was serving the country and the people. Just as Shen Yichen once said, the rotten scientific thinking should be abandoned, and Shen Xue's fellow students are the fresh blood of officialdom and the rising sun!

"Otsuka Zai ......"

Shen Yichen wanted to refute something, but he couldn't say it, he was the founder of Shen Xue, and he also wanted to build an ideal world.

So now that Li Xian has acted in his own way, what reason is there to blame and stop him?

But Shen Yichen has a historical perspective, and he knows that with the germination of capitalism and the emergence of various trends of thought, countless different parties have emerged to create their own ideal world. When many simple ideas came into contact with the power of the court, they evolved into a "party struggle" in which the party fought against differences.

Li Xian's actions Shen Yichen believed that there was no idea of the party being the same and fighting against differences, he simply felt that Shen Xue's protégé was more suitable for the era of change and the vigorous officialdom. However, his behavior in fact squeezed out officials with different ideas and developed in the direction of "sinking the party".

But Shen Yichen didn't know if he should stop it, after all, he currently agreed with Li Xian's idea in his heart, compared to the rotten science and Confucianism, at least Shen Xue's officials can do practical things better and benefit the people of the world.

Thinking of this, Shen Yichen sighed deeply and said: "Yuan De (Li Xianzi), I can understand your motives and feel your blood, but many things develop into the final result, which often deviates from their original intentions. ”

"If all officials who do not conform to the concept of Shen Xue are regarded as backward and rotten Confucians, then who can guarantee that Shen Xue, and even myself, will be correct?"

Hearing Shen Yichen's words, the expression on Li Xian's face fell into contemplation, he really didn't think about whether Shen Xueyi or Shen Yichen would always be right. But this is all in the future, at least at this stage, Shen Xue's protégé can change the world for the better!

"To the north, the reformers of all dynasties and dynasties have mixed reputations, and how can they achieve great things if they look forward to the future?"

"There is no absolutely perfect reform in this world, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages!"

Li Xian's tone was extremely resolute, he contacted "Shen Xue" and became a supporter of Shen Yichen, and then gathered a group of like-minded people with Xu Youzhen, waiting for the day when he became the secretary of the ministry to realize his ideal ambitions.

Li Xian will unswervingly go on this road, even Shen Yichen, the "teacher" in his heart, can't stop it!

Realizing that Li Xian's attitude could not be changed, and Shen Yichen had no way of judging whether the reform of official governance was right or wrong, after pondering for a long time, he slowly spoke: "If you want to ensure that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, you have to use the system to restrain and restrict. ”

"Otsuka Zai, the cabinet department hopes that the ministry will formulate a more reasonable set of evaluation standards and constraint systems, rather than looking at whether the officials are Shen Xue's protégés and their governing concepts are more advanced."

"The rule of law is greater than the rule of man after all!"

Shen Yichen finally agreed to Li Xian's official examination results, what he could do was to put a layer of shackles on the future assessment standards, no longer rely on the personal preferences and political ideas of the chief of the ministry, but instead use the system and law to standardize.

This is to restrain Li Xian, and it is also to restrain Shen Yichen himself.

"Motosuke, this official understands!"

With Shen Yichen's approval, a look of excitement appeared on Li Xian's face.

In fact, he didn't understand why the members of "Shen Xue" entered the court in a big way, and Shen Yichen would show his opposition. You must know that the essence of the imperial examination protégé system is to form a party for the private use of the "seat teacher", isn't it a good thing that there are more and more disciples in the DPRK and China?

However, he agrees with Shen Yichen's decision, and it is true that the Ministry of Officials needs a more complete set of assessment standards, so as to better find those who are messing around among the officials, so that more people with lofty ideals can give full play to their talents!

Just when Shen Yichen was talking to Li Xian, Zhao Ranyuan, a member of the Zhongshu House, hurriedly came to the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, and said to the arch: "Yuan Fu, the Mongolian military situation in Monan is urgent!" ”

Monan Mongolia is now guarded by Dingxiang Bo Guo Deng, he can be said to be one of the top commanders of the Ming Dynasty's current border fortress, under normal circumstances, small-scale border conflicts, with Guo Deng's experience and military career, will not issue military intelligence reports to the imperial court.

Then it must be another big event in northern Xinjiang!

"Say."

Shen Yichen didn't scruple that this was the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, and asked Zhao Ranyuan to tell the content of the military emergency report on the spot. Don't look at the fact that he has always been busy with political struggles in the court during this time, in fact, Shen Yichen has not relaxed his vigilance against the situation in the border area.

And he was still trying to intervene in the factional struggle of the Mongol Khanate, using Mengke's title of Mongol Great Khan to plot against the Arazhiyuan, causing civil strife in the Yeshin Warat group.

"This ...... It's hard to say. ”

Zhao Ranyuan replied with a look of embarrassment.

"Except for the main cabinet department, there is only Otsuka Zai here, so it doesn't matter."

Shen Yichen had discussed with Li Xian before, and he had already sent out the other staff members of the official department in the duty room, and there was no possibility of leaking even if it was a secret military information.

"The Tatar thieves also first committed the border in the name of conquering the puppet emperor, and have now taken an acropolis in southern Mongolia by surprise. In addition, Liaodong sent troops to the three Jurchen tribes to cooperate, and also invaded the hinterland and plundered some people and property. ”

What?

Hearing Zhao Ranyuan's answer, Shen Yichen understood why the other party emphasized that it was not easy to say, the reason was not that he was worried about leaking secrets, but that he also played the banner first this time, which was really disrespectful.

"Why did you raise the banner of conquering the puppet emperor in the first place?"

Li Xian, who was standing on the side, had the same doubts as Shen Yichen. You must know that in ancient times, when raising troops, a division was famous, and even if the Tartars or the Southern Barbarians, who had not yet been educated in the eyes of scholars, they had to play a "legitimate" banner if they really wanted to rebel.

For example, the soldiers also came to the city of Beijing first, under the banner of returning Emperor Yingzong.

Emperor Zhu Jianqing of the Ming Liang Dynasty, although there were some flaws in the etiquette, such as the second son crossed the eldest son, and the large sect passed to the small sect. But no matter what, before ascending the throne, he went through the entire set of succession canonization procedures, and the title of puppet emperor could not be his turn.

And take 10,000 steps back and say, even if it is a "puppet emperor", only Zhu Jianshen, the king of Yi, is qualified to play this banner in the entire Ming Dynasty, what does it have to do with you first?

"Back to Otsukazai, during the Northern Hunt of the Emperor Taishang, he left a dragon seed ...... in the Wara tribe"

Dragon species?

Hearing this word, a memory came to Shen Yichen's mind.

On the eve of Zhu Qizhen's return to Beijing in the first year of Jingtai, Shen Yichen sent Canghuo and others to assassinate him, but in the end he did not succeed, and only exposed Zhu Ji's internal spur.

At that time, in order to deal with the aftermath, Shen Yichen informed Zhao Hongjie of the assassination, and at the same time got a secret news from Zhao Hongjie. Earlier, when Datong Mansion sneaked into the Wara camp at night and wanted to bring it back to Zhuqi Town, he found that he had left a dragon seed in Wara, and his mother was still Yexian's sister Moro.

At that time, Shen Yichen's first reaction was to worry that history would lead to the situation of Emperor Jingtai's heir, this dragon species had a great threat to the legal system of the Ming Dynasty, and he had to find a way to prevent future troubles.

However, after discussing with Zhao Hongjie, he felt that with the importance of the dragon species, he would definitely be heavily guarded first, and would not give any chance to assassinate. In order to avoid sacrificing the spies that Daming had so hard to plant, Shen Yichen finally had to give up.

In the next few years, with the vigorous growth of Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Jianji and others, coupled with the birth of Zhu Jianqing in Nangong, there was no shortage of heirs of Emperor Xuanzong, and there was no news of any dragon species on the grassland.

As a result, who would have thought that even today, they would first raise troops under the banner of "crusading against the puppet emperor" and commit a large-scale offense again!

"Is that rumor true?"

Hearing Zhao Ranyuan's answer, Li Xian's face was full of shock, and he looked at Shen Yichen.

When the Emperor Taishang returned to the palace, there was a remark that the Emperor Taishang married a Tartar woman in Wara, and also wanted to bring the other party back to Daming as a concubine.

But when the chariot and horse honor guard came back, there was only one person, Emperor Zhu Qizhen, and he was subsequently imprisoned in the South Palace and isolated from the world, and slowly this rumor disappeared.

"Hmm."

Shen Yichen nodded silently, he had always known the news, and later told Zhao Hongjie not to make a noise, but he didn't want this dragon species to become the handle in Yexian's hands.

As a result, after a few years, this card was played first.

"What about this ......"

Li Xian was probably also shocked, but he didn't expect that Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was captured in the situation of Beijia, and he could still leave a dragon species in Wara, so he really didn't know what to say.

"Did Dingxiangbo's military intelligence report casualties?"

Shen Yichen didn't care about the broken things left by Zhu Qizhen now, he was more concerned about the casualties of the frontier soldiers and the situation of the entire Xuanda-Monan-Liaodong defense line.

"Now that there is heavy snow outside the Guan, and there has been no major war with the Tatars in recent years, the Slack of the Southern Border Army was found by the Tatars, and more than 3,000 casualties were withdrawn from the Acropolis."

"In addition, the elite of the Liaodong Army was taken to Beijing by General Li Da for rotation, and the remaining soldiers in the guard post lacked combat effectiveness, and there was a rout in the face of the Jurchen raid, and there were more than 2,000 casualties."

The ancient nomads generally chose to commit the border in the autumn, when the war horses were fat and strong, and the Central Plains was in the autumn harvest season, so they could plunder the materials to the greatest extent.

Mo Nan and the Liaodong Border Army, who have not fought a big battle for a few years, are a little slack, mainly because they did not expect that they would choose to attack in winter first, and they were caught off guard for a while, and the casualties exceeded expectations.

"It's really ghostly, and the cabinet department hasn't troubled him yet, so he started to provoke the side again!"

Shen Yichen said coldly, his tone full of murderous aura. The northern nomads are a thousand-year-old henchman, even if you can suppress them for a while, as long as there is a slight slackness, they will be bitten hard.

Eliminate the evil and wait for the internal political situation to stabilize, Shen Yichen will inevitably raise troops for the Northern Expedition!

"Yuanfu, does the imperial court want to mobilize troops and horses to take the initiative to meet the battle?"

Li Xian is not very good at military affairs, so he asked Shen Yichen that the emperor is too young to govern in person, in fact, the major decisions of the Ming Empire are decided by the cabinet and the court.

"No, it's not the time to send troops to meet the battle, on the contrary, if we send troops at this moment, we will help solve a big problem first."

"Motosuke, what does this mean?"

Li Xian was in a fog when he heard this, how could he send troops to help solve the trouble first?

"He also chose to send troops in the winter first, not to plunder supplies, he was deflecting the internal contradictions of the Mongol Khanate, or to kill people with a knife."

"Drag it out, the time and advantage are ours!"