Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 136

In the 26th year of Hongwu, the imperial court formulated the examination method for school officials, which can also be regarded as the performance assessment of "public schools" and "education committees".Prior to this, the imperial court also promulgated the "Zhu Si Du Zhang", which stated that the duties of each office were different, and the government was different.

Lao Zhu and Da Zhu, who had come down to court, were both unhappy, and the father and son hurried towards the Qianqing Palace.

Old Zhu snorted coldly and said, "Those scholars just don't agree with us!"

"It's normal. Most of these scholars still think that the aristocratic family can control the channels for becoming an official." Da Zhu also said, "Nowadays, the examination method for academic officials is determined, based on the number of candidates in the imperial examination. These ordinary people The family has more opportunities to stand out, but those big families are afraid that they are a little resentful. Those noble teachings and professors are also under pressure."

Old Zhu said angrily, "Since you have taken our salary, you should do things. You can't take our salary. What you think about all day is going to brothels and prostitutes. Teach and educate people well, and cultivate some useful talents for us." That's good."

The elegance and decency of scholars may be difficult in the Hongwu Dynasty. Once the school official examination method is implemented, the pressure on those people will be even greater.

Da Zhu thought for a while, and didn't feel embarrassed, "If you quarrel again these two days, you will drag Ying'er to the court tomorrow. With his temper, it is impossible to quarrel with those scholars. I am afraid that the dignity of scholars will be lost." It's all over."

Hearing what his son said, Lao Zhu also laughed, "We are afraid that not only the dignity of the scholar is gone, but also the dignity of the ancestors of the scholar will be torn down by Ying'er. Well, let him go to the court to make a fuss That’s good, readers have more thoughts.”

It's not just Lao Zhu who has such thoughts, Da Zhu actually also has such thoughts.

In fact, this has been the case in all dynasties. Generally speaking, at the beginning of the founding of the country, the status of generals and nobles must be higher.However, a dynasty is developing steadily, and scholars will soon come to the fore. Even if they are fighting among themselves, they are more often in a group and want to suppress other groups.

Now Da Ming already has such a momentum, which naturally aroused the vigilance of Lao Zhu and Da Zhu.

Even though they have suppressed scholars these years, there are some things that can’t be helped. Even if he is as strong as Lao Zhu, he can’t completely ignore the feelings of scholars. He also needs to govern the world now, and he can’t just rely on his generals to govern the world .

Zhu Xiongying didn't know about these things, he was just reviewing the memorials in Qianqing Palace with peace of mind, this was his job.

Lao Zhu and Da Zhu who returned to Qianqing Palace looked at each other, and the father and son knew each other.The next thing is naturally to get a kid who doesn't know the situation into the game, it's such a simple thing, they are very confident.

Lao Zhu and Da Zhu also sat in their seats as usual, and began to review the memorial.

About half an hour later, Lao Zhu said, "Ying'er, read this memorial, study hard, read it, we have to take the school exam."

Zhu Xiongying finished the memorial and looked at it seriously.This memorial is about the "Ji Zhi Lu" issued at the beginning of the year, which is also a matter of meritorious officials.Lao Zhu personally wrote the preface and announced the meritorious officials. This is also because the heroes are many warriors and do not know the books.

There are still some effects. For example, Xu Yungong delivered the extra family members and ceremonies to Yousi according to the regulations.Lao Zhu ordered the redundant people to be sent to Fengyang as citizens, and Lao Zhu ordered the Ministry of Rites to enforce the strict prohibition of extravagance in the Duke system.

Zhu Xiongying felt that this matter was correct. The speed at which the nobles corrupted was amazing and shocking. If this was not stopped, these nobles would not have to wait for their spines to be interrupted by the civil service group, and they themselves would become helpless. It got muddy.

This is not in line with the ruler's mind. It is not good for the Xungui Group to be big, and it is not good for the Wenchen Group to be too strong.In particular, some civil servants are always thinking of 'ruling the world with the scholar-bureaucrats'. This is the reverse scale of imperial power.

Zhu Xiongying looked carefully, and Da Zhu suddenly said, "Yinger, as soon as Xungui's "Jiezhilu" came out, the civil servants were happy, but Xungui was in a dilemma. Now that the examination method for academic officials has been formulated, those noble scholars also made trouble .”

Zhu Xiongying muttered in a low voice, "76 generations of slaves, 25 dynasties of second ministers."

Lao Zhu raised his head and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Zhu Xiongying immediately said, "I'm talking about Kong Sheng's family. Today is the number one civil servant of Emperor Zhu's family. Tomorrow, it may be Yan Shenggong of Niu Emperor's family. If Emperor Gou calls, Yan Shenggong may persuade him to come in immediately." gone."

Both Lao Zhu and Da Zhu knew that Zhu Xiongying was dissatisfied with Yan Shenggong's family, but they couldn't help it.

Who gave Confucius a special status, and scholars in all dynasties regarded themselves as disciples of Confucius.As powerful as Lao Zhu, he has to admit the status of Confucianism, and there are some things that cannot be ignored by the world.

In fact, Zhu Xiongying once embarrassed the family of Yan Shenggong, that is, the family of Yan Shenggong had two schools in the north and south.

Zhu Xiongying also said at this time, "Grandfather, grandson will find an excuse another day. The status of Duke Yan Sheng is too respected. Let's forget about Saint Kong. His unworthy descendants can't be worthy of my Ming first-rank, class-leader." The head of Levin officials."

In fact, in the Song Dynasty, Yan Shenggong was equivalent to an eighth-rank official, and was promoted to a third-rank official in the Yuan Dynasty.But a few years ago, Lao Zhu promoted Yan Shenggong as a first rank. Because of the glory of his ancestor Confucius, Yan Sheng Gong became a special duke with a long history, prosperous generations, and a prominent position in Chinese history. enduring.

In fact, the Jurchens and Mongols use it to win over people's hearts, so they have a lot of praise for Yan Shenggong.But Daming, that may not be the case.

Especially in the tenth year of Hongwu, Lao Zhu ordered Yan Shenggong to set up a lawsuit office, and specially ordered to rebuild the mansion east of Que Li's former residence.That is to say, the famous Yanshenggong Mansion started to grow from the hands of Lao Zhu.

At this time, Da Zhu directly asked, "Ying'er, what are you thinking?"

"One basket of food, one ladle of drink, in the alleys, people can't bear their worries, and they don't change their joy when they return." Zhu Xiongying said calmly, "I'm talking about Yan Hui, who is also Confucius' favorite disciple. This is the case for disciples." , The same should be done for descendants. I heard that there are many rewards from the imperial court, and coupled with the thousand-year-old family fortune of the Kong family, it is rich enough."

Zhu Xiongying continued, "My grandson also knows that many descendants of the sage Confucius were unfilial, and that many fields in Qufu were reduced to the land of the Confucian mansion. My son and minister are going to have someone check them out to see how many tenants they have. Talented but not virtuous, He has no talent, no virtue, and is not worthy of a high position."

Lao Zhu's expression was a little embarrassed. The status of scholars in the Yuan Dynasty was low, and Lao Zhu had the opportunity to continue to suppress them all at once.But in the past few years, the status of scholars has been elevated, and these scholars have thoughts that they shouldn't have.

Even if Zhu Xiongying wants to suppress scholars now, it will take a lot of effort.

Da Zhu laughed and said, "That's fine, you are going to prepare for these two days, and follow me to court first."

Zhu Xiongying nodded immediately, he felt that he was going to be used as a gun.But there's nothing wrong with this matter, Zhu Xiongying thinks it's okay even if he is used as a gunman.This is an out-and-out major event, Zhu Xiongying also has such awareness.

It's just that Zhu Xiongying suddenly felt something was wrong, he seemed to have jumped into a big pit on his own initiative.

Old Zhu and Da Zhu looked at each other, feeling that Xiao Zhu was still too tender.He couldn't hide his thoughts at all, even if he didn't like some of the descendants of Confucius, he didn't have to act in such a hurry.It's a good thing now, it's so easy to get into the game.

Zhu Xiongying didn't expect that he took the initiative to take a very difficult job, and he would be laughed at for being too tender.But even if Zhu Xiongying knew such an evaluation, he would be quite helpless, mainly because the two people opposite him were too powerful.

It seems that practice is still not enough, Zhu Xiongying still needs to continue to learn and grow, maybe he will make some progress, maybe he will be able to wrestle with these two outstanding people in the future.

Don't have so many thoughts and ideas now, the main reason is that it is quite unrealistic, and Zhu Xiongying also knows that she can't do these things well.It's better to play your own role well and go to the court to fight with some people.

In fact, this is not just a ring fight, Zhu Xiongying, the grandson of the emperor, will go out in person.What Lao Zhu and Da Zhu want now is not to muddy the water, what they want to see now is which one is not on the same mind with the emperor.

This is the focus of attention, and this is the true thoughts and thoughts of Lao Zhu and Da Zhu.Even the emperor's grandson is willing to push the front stage. If some results cannot be seen, it will be a bad thing.

Continue to review the memorials, this is Zhu Xiongying's job, and this is his most important thing now.

After dealing with these, Zhu Xiongying returned to the East Palace.He is not a pure scumbag, and he naturally knows that he needs to accompany his pregnant wife at this time. This is not a trivial matter, it is an out-and-out major event, and it is related to Daming's inheritance.

Seeing that Xu Miaoqing didn't eat much, Zhu Xiongying asked, "Did I eat too little?"

Xu Miaoqing replied with a smile, "It's not a problem for my concubine to eat less and more meals now."

There is no problem in saying this, but no one dares to deduct Xu Miaoqing's meals, and she is naturally the key protection target now.As a concubine, Xu Miaoqing is naturally qualified to not care about the 'normal dining time' at this time, no one will say anything without being enlightened.

Seeing Zhu Xiongying getting ready to rest, Xu Miaoqing said, "Your Highness, it's time to go to Qiongqiong's side."

Look, what a lady-like performance this is.When pregnant, let the husband go to sleep with the side concubine, instead of thinking about monopolizing the husband.

Zhu Xiongying lay lazily on the couch, and said, "It's okay, I haven't been there too often. Now I'll talk to you, come here, and let me hear if the baby is playing around."

Xu Miaoqing was so sweet and happy that she couldn't tell, Taisun was a very considerate person.Those who say that the grandson is stubborn and martial, or that the grandson is mean and ungrateful, who really understand the grandson!

(End of this chapter)