Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 20 The Wang Family Father and Son
Wang Shouren's father is very powerful. His name is Wang Hua. He was No. 17 in Xin Chou Ke Jinshi in the 1th year of Xianzong Chenghua, that is, the number one scholar. The father and son were officials in the same dynasty.Of course, I don’t know why Wang Shouren failed to get the top two places and was not selected as a good scholar, but Zhu Houzhao can guess some, because there are really a few things about Wang Shouren in Zhu Houzhao’s memory.

The first thing was when Wang Shouren returned to Yuyao with his wife Zhu Shi, the boat passed by Guangxin, and Wang Shouren paid homage to Lou Liang.Wang Shouren was very pleased when Lou Liang taught him the science of "learning from things and learning".

Afterwards, he read Zhu Xi's works and thought about the so-called Song Confucianism's theory that "everything has its surface and its interior is refined and rough, and every plant and tree has the ultimate principle".In order to practice Zhu Xi's "investigation of things to gain knowledge", once he made up his mind to use the principle of poor bamboo, and "examined" the bamboo for seven days and seven nights, but found nothing, and people fell ill because of it.From then on, Wang Shouren had great doubts about the theory of "gewu", which is the famous "Shouren Gezhu" in the history of Chinese philosophy.

After this incident, Wang Shouren became suspicious of Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism, and turned to study Lu Jiuyuan's psychology. Zhu Houzhao didn't know whether this incident affected Wang Shouren's imperial examination.

When Wang Shouren was 22 years old, he failed the Jinshi examination. Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, smiled at him and said, "Although you didn't win the first prize this time, you will definitely win the first prize in the next imperial examination. Try to write a first prize for the next imperial examination."

Wang Shouren picked up the pen and finished it. The elders in the court were all amazed at his talent, and those who were jealous of him began to comment that this young man must be defiant if he is the number one scholar.At the age of 25, Wang Shouren took the imperial examination again and failed again.His father, Wang Hua, the No. [-] scholar, enlightened him and said that if he failed this time, he would win next time if he worked hard, but he said with a smile: "You are ashamed of not being ranked, and I am ashamed of being annoyed by not being ranked."

In the 12th year of Hongzhi, the 28-year-old Wang Shouren took the imperial examination again, ranking second in Nangong and taking seventh place in the top two.

Looking at the Ministry of Political Science and Industry, Wei Ning Bo Wang Yue before leaving for the funeral, and after he came back, he read this book about border military affairs. Obviously Wang Shouren's energy and interest are in border affairs. Looking at Wang Shouren's life experience, whether it is military or ideological In fact, this is a very talented person.As an emperor, such a courtier is absolutely dreamed of, capable of both civil and military skills!

It's just that Wang Shouren's official career was not very smooth in history. After reading this book this time, Wang Shouren still failed to show what he had learned in the military. prison.

After a short time, he asked to return home due to illness. It must have been uncomfortable to do it under Zhu Hou's care. Five years later, Wang Shouren was reinstated as the head of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War.

This should have something to do with Wang Shouren's father. Wang Hua was born as the No. [-] scholar, and his official career is much smoother than Wang Shouren's. When he was reinstated, Wang Hua was promoted to the position of Zhan Shiren, the Minister of Zhan Shifu, and a Hanlin Bachelor.Within a few months, Wang Hua was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Rites and still concurrently served as the emperor's daily lecturer because of his contribution to the pre-revision of "Da Ming Hui Dian" and "Tong Jian Zhuan Yao".

It can be seen from the time that Wang Shouren helped his father get back this time, otherwise, he just happened to get back the head of the Military Selection Department of the Ministry of War that Wang Shouren wanted to be the most.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, the Wenxuan Division of the Ministry of Officials and the Wuxuan Division of the Ministry of War were all extremely lucrative yamen, and they were in charge of official hats.

According to the normal promotion process, Wang Hua's next step is to join the cabinet. It is not difficult to join the cabinet as a minister. The chances of getting into the cabinet are very high.It's just that the world is impermanent, Liu Jin came to power, the father and son of the Wang family and Liu Jin fell out, Wang Hua was sent to Nanjing to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he was promoted secretly.

Not long after, Liu Jin forced Wang Hua to resign from his post by taking advantage of Wang Hua's participation in the pre-compilation of the small fallacies in the "Da Ming Hui Dian".

Wang Hua was unmoved, thinking that "from then on, the disaster can be avoided".After Wang Hua returned to the field, he entertained himself with reading and served his century-old mother. Although he was seventy years old, he still performed filial piety in front of his bed and was praised by the world.

Not to mention Wang Shouren and Liu Jin. Liu Jin arrested more than [-] people including Yu Shi Dai Mian in Nanjing.Wang Shouren went to Shushu to discuss rescue, but offended Liu Jin. He was forty rods and relegated to Longchang, Guizhou ([-] miles northwest of Guiyang, the county government of Xiuwen) as the postman of Longchang.At the same time, his father, Wang Hua, was also expelled from Beijing and transferred to the post of Minister of the Ministry of Officials in Nanjing.

On the way, Wang Shouren was hunted down by Liu Jin. He faked diving and committed suicide to escape the catastrophe. Wang Shouren, who escaped the hunt, went secretly to Nanjing to meet his father Wang Hua. Responsibility is on your shoulders, you should go to office.”

Then he set foot on the road and came to Longchang, Guizhou, where "thousands of mountains are thin, and Miao and Liao live together." Longchang was still an uncivilized area at that time.Wang Shouren was not discouraged, and taught the local people according to the customs, and was loved by the people.During this period, he had a new understanding of the central idea of ​​"The Great Learning".Wang Shouren realized that "the way of a sage is self-sufficient in nature, and it is a mistake to seek truth from things." During this period, he wrote "Doctrines Show All Living Beings in Longchang", which is known as Longchang Enlightenment in history.

Wang's father and son, Zhu Houzhao tapped the title book in his hand, and kept turning it over and over again in his heart. Does Wang Shouren have talent?Have!
No matter which person in the later generations is asked this question, he will never get a second answer. This is a bug-level existence, and few of them will appear in thousands of years.Whether in terms of learning or martial arts, this person is a remarkable existence.The only thing that makes people regret is that Wang Shouren has never been able to enter the main center in his life, to show what he has learned in his heart, and to display his great ambitions in his heart.

Compared to Wang Shouren, Liu Jin is nothing. What Liu Jin can do can be done by a eunuch. Although it is not as good as Liu Jin, it may not be too bad.

Wang Shouren is different. How can Zhu Houzhao not want to accept him as an invincible existence at the same time?As for character, Wang Shouren's father, Wang Hua, has a very good character.Zhu Houzhao believed that Wang Hua would be able to join the cabinet if he treated Liu Jinxu in the future, because he had reached that position, and his qualifications were sufficient.

Because he did not obey Liu Jin, Wang Hua directly lost the chance to join the cabinet and the chance to become the top civil servant.

From this matter, Zhu Houzhao saw that he was strong and strong. Although civil servants always advocated righteousness and strength of character, how many people could do it when faced with such an opportunity?Zhu Houzhao didn't even think he could do it, that's joining the cabinet, that's becoming a prime minister, there are thousands of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, how many people can join the cabinet?Fighting began from the time they entered Hanlin through the imperial examination, and only three or five people entered the cabinet in the end.

(End of this chapter)