Wanli 1592

Chapter 476 Xu Guangqi

Regarding the lack of talents, Chen Longzheng had nothing to do.

Xiao Ruxun is a military general, so it is not too difficult to recruit literati and staff, but in the Ming Dynasty, all capable literati are above the degree of fame, and among scholars and scholars who are not even scholars, there is really not one or two capable ones.

Knowledge of people is not for everyone.

The literati above Juren are divided into two parts, one part is purely to live a good life, to obtain land for the family, and to study for tax relief, not for other things. Most of these people have become country gentry and powerful.

And another part of the ambitious will naturally choose to continue studying and take the imperial examination, and become a high-ranking official in the future.

The imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty was good, and it attracted all the talented and capable scholars in one fell swoop. Xiao Ruxun, a military general, was already discriminated against. you.

And the most important thing is that in the eyes of everyone, Xiao Ruxun was "assigned" to the frontier, not by himself.

What the hell is Myanmar?

The refugees had nowhere to go, and the imperial court was worried that the refugees would rebel, so they tried to send the refugees to Myanmar. In the eyes of scholars, Myanmar is similar to those places that were dispatched to Leizhou in the past. It is a place of exile. Would you like to come?
Anyone who raises people is not poor, and no one lacks a bite of food. Even if he fails to pass the Jinshi exam, he is a powerful and powerful, sitting on tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, sucking the blood of the empire, and being comfortable, not to mention how happy he is. Willing to suffer hardships with you in Myanmar?

Although in Chen Longzheng's eyes, Myanmar is not like this at all, and it is even different from the paradise in the Central Plains. Everyone's life here is many times better than that in the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

I don't know how much money Xiao Ruxun has, and I don't know how prosperous Myanmar is, but in the eyes of the Central Plains people, Myanmar is a place of exile.

China has never been short of talents since ancient times, but no matter how talented people come to Myanmar, it is fair to say that Chen Longzheng wanted to come to Myanmar at first because of his teacher Yuan Huang.

If it weren't for Yuan Huang's earnest persuasion, he would not have come, nor would he agree with Xiao Ruxun as his master and himself as his staff as he does now.

And there was another more important reason why he went south in the first place, that is, Chen Longzheng himself was just a scholar, not a juren.

Although Yuan Yan was a Juren, he failed the previous exam and was not admitted as a Jinshi. Moreover, Yuan Huang believed that Yuan Yan's character was too straightforward to survive in the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, so he asked him to come to Myanmar to work as Xiao Ruxun's staff. Mayor Yuan, who is now shocking 20 foreign merchants in Yangon.

After all, the only real literati under Xiao Ruxun is Yuan Huang, a serious Jinshi who was an official in the imperial court, and became acquainted with Xiao Ruxun in North Korea. Xiao Ruxun is recruiting talents.

However, no matter how great the fame is, it is no match for the reality. There are too few people who recognize talents. Most people choose to follow the established path, study, take the imperial examination, become a Jinshi, and become an official. They have no other ideas.

Xiao Ruxun was forced to choose the sons of Nanyang maritime merchants who had defected to him to be officials. These sons of maritime merchants were educated, literate, and had done business. They were relatively shrewd. It was only then that the Burmese bureaucratic system was barely built.

Now Xiao Ruxun's subordinates are extremely short of bureaucrats, so Yuan Huang has to work twice as hard to assist Xiao Ruxun in handling government affairs.

"Xiaohou, there are some things that my subordinates have to say. Although Juren is not willing to come to Myanmar to follow you, you don't have to keep an eye on Jinshi Juren. Some talents may not be Juren, Jinshi, or even scholars. , but even if they are very talented, you should look for such people more."

Xiao Ruxun couldn't help sighing.

"Why don't I know how to search a lot, but, I am a military general and I am guarding the border. Ordinary people will retreat when they hear these two things. If you can't find a scholar, how can you talk about raising a scholar?
It is my great fortune to be assisted by Mr. Yuan, but Mr. Yuan is old, and I always need to find some young people who can be trained for him to help him share the pressure, but I just can't find it! "

Chen Longzheng said: "You said that in Nanjing City, there is Ye Mengxiong, Minister of the Nanjing Military Department, who admires you very much. Why don't you use Ye Gong's relationship to find some available talents?"

Xiao Ruxun said: "I have approached Ye Gong, and Ye Gong recommended me a good talent named Xu Guangqi, but he just won the Juren this year, and he is preparing to go to Beijing to participate in the examination. I wrote a letter and sent someone to I don't know what will happen after going to the capital to find him.

Ye Gong told me that he mentioned something about Myanmar to Xu Guangqi, Xu Guangqi didn’t say anything bad, he just said that he wanted to take the test, so I plan to wait for news next year, if he wins the test, I won’t. I went, but if he misses, I'd like to see him. "

Chen Longzheng frowned and said, "Xu Guangqi? Who is this? How could he be valued by Ye Gong? Isn't that a great career? Would he be willing to come to Myanmar?"

Xiao Ruxun smiled.

The current Chen Longzheng naturally doesn't know who Xu Guangqi is, but Xiao Ruxun knows it very clearly.

Xu Guangqi can be regarded as the greatest cadre in the late Ming Dynasty, a pragmatic cadre, and also a prime minister who saved the time. He also served as the chief assistant of the cabinet in the Chongzhen year.

Xu Guangqi was indeed selected as a Jinshi, even a Shujishi, and finally became the first assistant, but Xiao Ruxun also knew that Xu Guangqi's official career was quite rough and bumpy, and he was not in tune with the mainstream forces in the court. The mainstream of the imperial court wants to promote political struggle.

The mainstream of the Donglin Party only knew about political struggle, but had no opinion on the national policy, and finally succeeded in killing Daming.

Xu Guangqi's behavior was incompatible with them, but because of his single power, he couldn't compete with them, so he could only resign from office many times and go back to hiding, spending a lot of time on practical work and writing books.

Such a hard-working talent who is dedicated to the country can reach the highest peak in the political arena, which is especially valuable at the end of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that it is a great hope that God left for the Ming Dynasty, but this hope failed to take root and grow into a towering sky. Tree.

Xiao Ruxun wrote in the letter to him - the capital is a huge vortex, there are countless opportunities, and there are countless dangers that can threaten his life, and more importantly, at this moment, the capital is more dangerous than opportunity, if he wants to If you want to work hard to rejuvenate the country, you can't do it in the current capital.

Xiao Ruxun revealed a little bit of the reason why he chose to go south to Burma instead of returning to the capital to fight for the commander of the capital. I hope Xu Guangqi, who has a clear head and understands the shortcomings, can understand what he means. Where he flexes his muscles.

Whether Xu Guangqi will come or not, Xiao Ruxun is not sure, everything can only depend on God's will.

(End of this chapter)