Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 668 Cherishing fellow robe Huang Zongxi's face, Jihong Confucianism Academy was born

Before Huang Zongxi went on a mission, Zhu Yu had met him.

Although Huang Zongxi was also thin at that time, he was not as thin as he is now.And at that time, Huang Zongxi's complexion was fair, with a beard and a Confucian shirt, he looked quite elegant.

Although Huang Zongxi's beard and hair are neatly tidied up now, the official uniform looks a little empty on him - he is obviously a lot thinner than before, and the skin on his face has become a little gray and rough.

This is the result of his journey to Nanjing for nearly a month after he returned to Daming territory from the Heshuo Special Department.It is conceivable that he must have been thinner when he first left the Pegatron Special Department.

In addition, one of the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Guard who was in charge of protecting him also sacrificed one, and now he has been treated as a martyr by the imperial court.

Although Auntie Zhu only said a simple "suffering", Huang Zongxi still couldn't help sobbing. Thinking of the difficult life of herding sheep in Tianshan, his eyes glistened with tears.

But he has good control ability, and he didn't shed tears, let alone cry out.

Instead, he cupped his hands and said, "The sufferings I have suffered are nothing, I only sigh that Qiao Yong lost his life at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain."

In the past, as scholars and officials of Confucian background, even in the Zhaowu Dynasty, Huang Zongxi thought that scholars and officials were superior to soldiers.

However, this mission to the Heshuo Special Department first experienced more than 100 soldiers resisting the attack of more than [-] Qing captives in a simple camp, and then three guards guarded them to herd sheep at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain.

In such a bitter and cold environment, Huang Zongxi lived with three soldiers of the imperial guards for four or five months.

At first, he was a bit put on airs, but when he found that the three soldiers were very active in their work, giving him delicious food and trying to create more comfortable living conditions for him, Huang Zongxi gradually changed his mind.

Although at the beginning it was just a matter of losing face, I didn't want to be regarded by the three soldiers as the kind of officials who only enjoy themselves and participate in labor.

But later, he eliminated his original prejudice against soldiers in his work.

Because the three soldiers selected by Di Wushang to volunteer to go to Tianshan, one from Gansu, one from Shaanxi, and one from Beizhili, all belong to the frontier provinces. In the hard life of shepherding, they really taught Huang Zongxi, who is a native of Jiangnan Quite a few things.

After deeply understanding the previous experience of these three soldiers, he not only lost his prejudice against them, but showed more sympathy and respect for them.

So, gradually, he changed from a three-man Shangguan to a brother, supporting each other and facing the bitter cold at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain together, as well as Oqiertu's occasional difficulties.

It's a pity that just as the ice and snow at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains are about to melt, they will soon be on their way back home.Qiao Yong, one of the three soldiers, was surrounded by a large pack of wolves in search of a few lost sheep.

Although he rushed out with all his martial arts in the end, when he returned to his residence, he was seriously injured and was in danger.

In the end, a soldier of the Imperial Guard who had made a lot of military exploits died at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain because of months of hard life and lack of weapons and ammunition.

As the chief envoy, Huang Zongxi has always felt that he has an important responsibility for Qiao Yong's sacrifice, and he feels guilty.

If it was in the former Ming court, he would definitely ask the emperor to pursue Qiao Yong.

But now that the various departments of the imperial court perform their own duties, as a diplomatic envoy, he has no right to make such a request. He can only write up Qiao Yong's sacrifice as a memorial and report it to the imperial court to see Qiao Yong's contribution.

Zhu Yu had read Huang Zongxi's memorial and knew about Qiao Yong's sacrifice, so she said at this time: "Qiao Yong also sacrificed for the Ming Dynasty, and he deservedly died. I have ordered the Military Affairs Department to posthumously designate him as a lieutenant of Zhongxian, and show great sympathy to his family. You don't have to worry about it."

Lieutenant Zhongxian belongs to military officials, usually from the title of sixth-rank military officer.As far as the Ming Dynasty's new army is concerned, at least one can get it.

Qiao Yong used to be just an ordinary soldier of the Imperial Guard, even if his rank was higher than that of the border guards and garrison, he was at most equivalent to the chief of the garrison.

It is already a rare honor to be awarded the posthumous title of Military Sanguan of Zhongxian Colonel Lieutenant at once.

As for recording individual and collective military achievements, issuing military medals, military merit fields, pensions, etc., are all normal operations.

It is a supplement to the system of meritorious service to retain the Wusanguan who used to benefit from the great Ming Dynasty.

For example, Qiao Yong is an ordinary soldier. Although he has meritorious service, it is not enough to be knighted, and military medals cannot be handed out casually.

After talking about Qiao Yong, Huang Zongxi said again: "Your Majesty, although Oqiertu sent his eldest son to Daming as a hostage, he wrote a letter of apology and made compensation.

But according to Weichen's observation, he might not be convinced in his heart, and this autumn is likely to commit another crime. "

Aunt Zhu said: "Don't worry, I won't be deceived by his disguise. Now the soldiers of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces are actively preparing for battle. If Eqiertu and others dare to invade the frontier, they will definitely have their teeth broken."

After that, Aunt Zhu asked Huang Zongxi about the local conditions and customs of the Heshuote Ministry and the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain before letting him go down.

Naturally, Huang Zongxi made a contribution this time, because his mission, no matter what Eqiertu thought in his heart, at least Daming asked to send his son as a hostage and apologized, which gave Daming a basic face.

Therefore, Zhu Yuxi has been promoted by the Ministry of Officials to be the seventh-rank diplomatic minister.

However, there is no place for Ming Dynasty to send diplomatic envoys. Huang Zongxi and other diplomatic envoys will probably be idle for a few years.

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But it is said that Huang Zongxi left the Forbidden City, returned to his apartment (rented house) in Nanjing, changed into ordinary clothes, and went to visit his teacher Liu Zongzhou.

It was also yesterday that a friend came to visit. During the conversation, he learned that Liu Zongzhou was recruited by the imperial court in April to be the honorary president of the "Daming Confucian Academy" and a scholar of the Confucian Academy.

Under the emperor's order, he established a Confucian academy with many other famous Confucian scholars and everyone, and discussed how to promote Confucianism in other countries overseas.

Originally, Xinxue (natural science) has risen strongly in recent years. Not to mention many young people studying Xinxue, young and middle-aged scholars, and even those who have made achievements in Confucianism, all switch to Xinxue.

Coupled with the fact that the Confucian family in Qufu had surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the reputation of Confucianism was greatly affected. Many disciples of Confucianism were worried that the Confucianism would die during the reign of today's emperor.

After all, it is well known that the Son of Heaven advocates new learning, and the Son of Heaven is very young, and he still has what God wants. He does not know how many years he can live with supernatural powers.

All these situations made Confucian disciples feel desperate.

Unexpectedly, in April of this year, the emperor suddenly issued an imperial edict to gather many eminent Confucians to form the "Da Ming Confucian Academy".

The imperial decree stated: The first purpose of the Confucian Academy of the Ming Dynasty is to study Confucianism intensively, discard the chaff and keep the essence, so as to help the scholars and common people of the Ming Dynasty cultivate their moral character.

The second purpose of the college is to discuss how to promote Confucianism in other countries overseas, spread Ming culture, and practice the way of Confucianism.

Liu Zongzhou is already 70 years old. Seeing that the world is peaceful and the prosperity is coming, he has started to retire in his hometown of Shaoxing.

But when he received the imperial edict of Aimee Zhu's recruitment, he set off as fast as he could and came to Nanjing without hesitation.

When Huang Zongxi was about 20 years old, he studied under Liu Zongzhou and was regarded as a disciple of the Jishan School.

Now that he knew that Liu Zongzhou was also in Nanjing, of course he wanted to visit.

Walking on the crowded and prosperous streets, Huang Zongxi found that in the past half a year, many new things appeared on the streets of Nanjing.

All kinds of changes can be called changing with each passing day.

Huang Zongxi was used to it, so he didn't take it as a surprise. He didn't stay in the street for long, and soon came to Liu Zongzhou's residence.

But his old servant told him that Liu Zongzhou should be in the "Daming Confucian Academy" at this time, so he rushed to the Confucian Academy...

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