"What? Crossbow showman? Gun show? That's too insulting, isn't it? Shikai, what do you think of Xiucai? ”

It was the third prince of Zhu who asked this, he received a good Confucian education before Chongzhen went to the coal mountain, and after the country broke down and the family died, he was handed over by Chang Mingyue and Chang Xiangu and her father to a former dynasty official surnamed Wang to raise and educate, and learned a lot of Confucian principles that were useless - the things he learned were not used for rebellion, and he didn't dare to take the imperial examination, so he could only be a private school teacher to earn some living expenses. However, deep down in his heart, he has regarded himself for a long time as a scholar who has the ideal of life in order to obtain merit.

So this Xiucai is still quite tall in his mind - I don't know how many nights, he will dream that he has won Xiucai, and then shout "hit, hit" in the dream. It's a pity that a dream is a dream, he is about to become the emperor now, and if he becomes the emperor, he is not qualified to take the Xiucai exam!

Although he is not qualified to take the Xiucai exam, in the mind of the third prince Zhu, this talent is still quite noble, and he can only be the best among scholars.

Before, Wang Zhongxiao, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua proposed the way of selling Xiucai's fame to raise military salaries, but now Wang Zhongxiao's proposed path is even wilder, and he directly issued Xiucai as a military merit medal. How do you get this?

Do you still want to be beheaded? Beheading the first level to be a showman, beheading the tenth level to be a lifter, and the jinshi must be a "hundred people beheading"?

If the Ming Dynasty had such a method, how many tartars would have to be enough to cut it? The tartar head is not a leek, it can grow after cutting! But. It's not bad to cut down all the tens of thousands of Tartar soldiers outside Nanjing! It's just that those strong men in Nanjing City have this ability?

Thinking of this, Third Prince Zhu was a little moved again. After all. Who is the showman and not the showman? As long as you can cut down the Tartars outside the city, let him be the emperor of Ming Xian.

Just as Zhu Cijiong's thinking began to change, Wang Zhongxiao had already begun to answer his question patiently: "Your Highness is a scholar, don't you know what Xiucai is?" Xiucai is the youngest master, he can see the official without kneeling, and he can't play the board if he commits a crime, and he can also talk to the official master on behalf of the local villagers and ask for a wish.

Those rich businessmen and giants in the people, no matter how much they hug, if there is no showman. Or a greater fame, then it is only the people, not the scholars! If you can't get into the gentry circle, you can't be regarded as a local leader. If it weren't for the kind of merchants who were particularly resourceful and couldn't enter the gentry circle, then they would be fat sheep to be slaughtered in the eyes of local officials. But as long as you enter the gentry circle, it is not easy to handle.

This talent, if you want to get to the origin, it is a taxi in ancient times, and at least a Chinese person who can discuss politics. Now don't the big guys also praise them as a doctor? And why can a Chinese become a Chinese citizen? How does a taxi become a taxi? Mr. Lizhou, Mr. Chuanshan, Mr. Tinglin, Mr. Shunshui, Mr. Caipu, Mr. Banfeng. You are all well-educated, can you solve the doubts of the main department? ”

These "gentlemen" are all well-known figures, Mr. Lizhou is Huang Zongxi, Mr. Chuanshan is Wang Fuzhi, Mr. Tinglin is Gu Yanwu, Mr. Shunshui is Zhu Shunshui Zhu Zhiyu, Mr. Caipu is Qu Dajun, and Mr. Banfeng is Chen Gongyin.

Now the great Confucians and small Confucians who are gathered in Nanjing to discuss the state are headed by a few of them, so they were also invited to the meeting of the prison government today, and they were given a chair and let them sit and talk about it - this is the treatment that only the prince and the middle hall have.

Of course, they also deserve such treatment, the height that this generation of Confucianism can achieve and the "single-minded sanctification" of Confucianism produced when the Ming Dynasty can still maintain it, and those who are not Confucianism at all in the Qing Dynasty after that, at most they are some slaves. And it's not necessarily a slave family that doesn't have an establishment, that's simply too high!

So much so that Wang Zhongxiao didn't need to carry much thought from later generations, and directly flipped through books such as "Ming Yi to be Interviewed", "The Book of Diseases of the Heavenly Counties", "Reading the Theory of Learning" and other books, and copied the progressive content into his "The World is Public".

But that's easier said than done!

These great Confucians who came out of the troubled times at the end of the Ming Dynasty only carried out truly profound reflection and summarization after experiencing painful failures, so that their thoughts could be sublimated. I also knew the reasons for the death of the world, and proposed some solutions.

But their skills in cutting people are not very good, and they have never cut good servants of the Qing Dynasty when they were young. Fortunately, now there are three juniors, Wang Zhongxiao, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua, who are holding the "scriptures" they passed down and reading them vividly!

Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi, Gu Yanwu, Zhu Zhiyu, Qu Dajun, Chen Gongyin, and other great Confucians, as well as the "middle Confucians" and "small Confucians" who were leading a group of Nanjing people who were coerced to petition, were naturally mobilized by Wang Zhongxiao, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua through their own channels to create momentum for their own ideas.

Now that Wang Zhongxiao has handed them the talk, of course they have to help advocate it well.

"Li Zhongtang," the first speaker was, of course, Huang Zongxi, who was the head of the Guangdong Restoration Hall and Wang Zhongxiao's "Imperial Confucianism", "The reason why Chinese people are Chinese people and scholars are scholars is because they are the cornerstone and pillars of the country, the people are the cornerstones, the scholars are the pillars, and the country is the house." If the house has no foundation, no beams, no matter how beautifully painted and decorated, it is useless, and when the wind blows, it will fall down, and there will be nothing! ”

Qu Dajun continued Huang Zongxi's words and said: "If a country wants to be consolidated, it is indispensable to have strong soldiers, sufficient food, and more money. And these three things must be taken from the countrymen and scholars in the final analysis, so the wise monarchs of ancient times will put the truth that water can carry boats and overturn boats on their lips and put them in their hearts. ”

Wang Fuzhi said in a heavy tone: "It's a pity that there are few virtuous kings in ancient times, and there are many dumb kings. When there is nothing to do in the world, the dumb king does not know how to protect the pillars and strengthen the foundation. Instead, let the pillars decay and the foundation erode, and when the catastrophe comes, the pillars have been broken, the foundation has been lost, and the general trend has gone! ”

Wang Zhongxiao nodded pretendly, looking like he had already been taught, and then asked humbly: "Is there a pillar and foundation of the country in Nanjing now?" ”

"Yes but not much!" The answer to this question was Chen Yingong, "Yingtian has been ravaged by Hu Lu for many years, where are there still Chinese people and scholars, and some are just horsemen and slaves. Now that the heroes of the Quartet are gathered, there are some Chinese people and soldiers. ”

"What if there are too few people and soldiers in the country?" Wang Zhongxiao asked again.

Gu Yanwu shook his head and said: "The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband!" And being responsible is beneficial, and taking the rise and fall of the world, of course, must share the benefits of the world! ”

"How do you divide the profits?" Wang Zhongxiao asked again.

Gu Yanwu said: "The king is the original king, the minister is the original minister, the Confucianism is the original scholar, and the husband is the original people, so that each can get its own benefits and work together." ”

Mr. Shunshui, Zhu Zhiyu, who has just returned from the feudal neighbor Japan with a strip of water, is probably the one who knows the most about "scholars" and "countrymen" among several great Confucians, and he also understands the thoughts of Li Zhongtang, Lu Zhongtang, and Chen Zhongtang - they want to be shogunes or overhead generals, right?

He touched his long white beard and added: "Zhongtang, this countryman and samurai are actually the same kind of people, they are all good men who have a little industry and can unite to fight with the lord. Because they have property and force, the lord must treat each other with courtesy, or else. But it's going to hurt the peace! ”

I see!

Third Prince Zhu finally understands now!

This countryman and scholar turned out to be the foundation of Li Zhongtang, Lu Zhongtang, and Chen Zhongtang, who were the "former ministers of Zhongtang"!

If a huge class of countrymen and scholars can be cultivated, then these three "former ministers of the middle hall" will be able to control the original monarch internally, and they will not be subordinate externally. That Geng Dong Wang. I'm afraid I won't have a chance to be Geng Mengde again!

Thinking of this, the third prince of Zhu asked Geng Jingzhong with a smile: "King Dong, do you think it is feasible to award the strong men in Nanjing who are willing to defend the country as a countryman, a talent, and a person to reward their merits?" ”

"Okay!" Geng Jingzhong nodded without thinking about it and said, "Ask others to contribute, and always give some benefits, the benefit of the Qing Dynasty is to accept slaves, and the identities of let's put some countrymen, show talents, and lift people are similar." But. Who can be a countryman? Who can be a showman? Who can be a lifter? How many benefits there are for these people, talents, and people, we still have to discuss carefully. ”

"What the East King said is very good, we have to discuss it carefully. There are still tens of thousands of Nanjing people waiting for news outside the palace! ”

While speaking, the third prince of Zhu looked at Geng Jingzhong, who looked naïve, and only felt funny in his heart-you, the king of the east, can't do it! I can't fight that hall at all! That Zhongtang has already been calculated, and you still need to discuss? And what can you negotiate? See who people use? Who are you using?

At this time, Lu Sanhao was the first to start "discussing", only to hear him speak: "Anyone who defends the country from the army will be given the status of a countryman!" Those who are from the country, they can not kneel when they see officials, they must be cautious when they break the law, and they have the right to discuss the affairs of the county government, and they can serve as officials! ”

That's a good deal!

Don't kneel when you see officials, don't beat you when you pass through the court, discuss politics in the county government, and you can be a small official. Basically, it's a little master!

Wang Zhongxiao added: "Chinese people who are born in Kuanxiang or are willing to move to Kuanxiang can also be granted land!" On the other hand, Chinese people who were born in urban or narrow townships can send their children to county schools and government schools instead of granting fields. ”

His method is also very good, and the Chinese who are willing to farm can go to a place with few people and more land to become a big landlord, and if they want their descendants to study hard, they can get admission qualifications in big cities.

"As for Xiucai," Wang Zhong said with filial piety, "it is the qualification to enter the official and the examination for the lifter. In the future, all those who are officials, without academic qualifications and military qualifications, must have a reputation for showing off their talents. The way to obtain the fame of Xiucai is to take examinations and send them to special schools, in which the qualifications to be sent to the schools can only be obtained through meritorious service and donations. Of course, the knowledge taught in this Xiucai Academy is relatively simple and easy to understand, and it doesn't take too long to learn, it can be completed in six months, and the pass rate of the academic success exam can be set at eighty. Therefore, those who have already bought Xiucai fame before can also ask them to make up for a class. After making up for it, it can be appointed as appropriate.

As for lifting people, you have to take a good test! It can only be obtained through the imperial examination, and after passing the examination, it can be awarded to the shogunate. After a few years of being appointed as an official, let them take the Jinshi examination, and after the examination, they should be able to be qualified to be awarded a marquis of a hundred miles (county official). ”

Wang Zhongxiao is now putting forward this set of suggestions. Of course, it was also discussed with Lu Sanhao, Chen Yonghua and a vote of Confucianism.

They want to use the so-called "Accelerated Talent Academy" to give the civil and military officials with complex backgrounds and different compositions on the side of Ying Tianfu a unified background!

Everyone is an alumnus of Yingtian Xiucai School or Yingtian Primary School, and Wang Zhongxiao, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua, the three major middle halls, will serve as the principal of Yingtian Primary School, and the graduates of Yingtian Primary School in the future will be their protégés.

Through this teacher-student relationship, Yingtian Tuanlian, Yingtianzhen, Yingtian militia, and Yingguan were all "accomplices".

And Geng Jingzhong. He either went to primary school, or he and his men were slowly marginalized.

In addition, if the hundreds of thousands of strong men in Yingtian City were organized, the "big people" who had more financial resources donated the admission qualifications of Xiucai Primary School and became students of Wang Zhongxiao, Lu Sanhao, and Chen Yonghua.

Then the army that these three major halls can control in Ying Tianfu will be close to 200,000!

Although the vast majority of these 200,000 people are militiamen, Geng Jingzhong's few people are still not enough!

"Dongwang, what do you think?" The third prince of Zhu gave this proposition to Geng Jingzhong, who was confused.

"Okay!" Geng Jingzhong vaguely heard the cannons and people outside at this time, and felt troublesome, so he nodded and said, "King, then let's go out and talk about these things to the Diao people outside, so that they don't make trouble first." ”

Third Prince Zhu nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, three Zhongtang, a few gentlemen, let's discuss it again, come up with a detailed rule, and then go out together!" ”

Beijing, Forbidden City, Cining Palace.

Just when the third prince of Zhu and Geng Jingzhong, the king of the east, as well as Li Zhongtang, Lu Zhongtang, Chen Zhongtang, and a vote of Confucianism in Nanjing announced the "good news" to tens of thousands of "alternate scholars", a great event was also happening in the Qing Dynasty!

Hell with Suo Etu!

He met a Shunzhi ghost monk at Aunt Bumu Butai!

Of course, Suo Etu knows Shunzhi, and he is also Shunzhi's imperial guard, who was born as a royal guard, not a guard, the one with a knife to escort.

Although I haven't seen Shunzhi for many years, after being led into Cining Palace by Fu Lin today, I still saw at a glance that the great monk Shunzhi was being "sandwiched" between two Mongolian fat aunts, one left and one right.

The two Mongolian fat aunts are both Borzigit, a pair of sisters, and both are Bumu Butai's nieces and granddaughters. Because Shunzhi came to a "fake death", so the two of them were widowed at a young age, although one is the queen mother and the other is the concubine, they are both quite noble, but without Shunzhi, even the regent will not be arranged, how boring?

So at this moment, the two Mongolian girls are so happy, one on each side, and firmly hold the skinny little Shunzhi - they are not allowed to go anywhere!

And Bumu Butai sat on the side, looking at his two nieces and granddaughters who looked like they were going to kidnap her son, and could only smile wryly and shake their heads. She is the queen mother, and she is the queen mother and the concubine, all of whom start with the word "too", and it is not good to give them too much face.

Moreover, this thing is still wrong with Shunzhi!

When the emperor deserves to run away, it has been unheard of since ancient times! Isn't this a good way to compensate for the two concubines?

"Your Majesty? Why are you alive again? Are you a human or . Is it a bodhisattva? Are you because of today?"

Suo Etu was stunned, he forgot to knock his head, he couldn't speak, and he almost sold Kangxi.

"Suo Etu!" The great monk of Shunzhi snorted, "You and Mingzhu have done a good job!" ”

Suo Etu knelt down after a plop, "Your Majesty, this, this worship of him is indeed domineering." ”

Shunzhi snorted: "What's wrong with Ao Bai?" It's better than it is now, right? He has been domineering for several years, and the world is not too peaceful, and now that he is not there to dominate, what is the chaos in the world? ”

"Or, why don't we invite Ao Bai back again?" Suo Etu said with a sad face.

"Please?" Shunzhi's face sank, "He doesn't know if he's not alive, and even if Ao Bai comes back now, it will be difficult to save the overall situation!" ”

Bu Mu Butai on the side interjected: "It's not okay to worship, so who can?" ”

Shunzhi sighed: "I'm afraid I have to let the regent of Huang Ama come!" ”

Bumu Butai was stunned, "What? Regent of Emperor Amma? Dolgon, you say? ”

Shunzhi nodded: "Uncle Huang is in national trouble!" ”

(End of chapter)