Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 661
The days at the end of the year are busy and looking forward to, and such a big thing as defrauding money with the statue of Ye Xun seems to be not worth mentioning at this time, and it will soon be forgotten by people.

After Zhang Weixian's coffin was buried, the Zhang family seemed to disappear out of thin air overnight. Except for some peripheral servants, all members of the Zhang family disappeared, and no one knew where they went.

For this reason, some distant relatives of the Zhang family reported to Shuntian Mansion, and Liu Zongzhou was also responsible. After sending people to investigate, the case was shelved.

Just when everyone was puzzled, the sixth lady's mother and son, escorted by Jin Yiwei and Xichang Fanzi, suddenly returned to the mansion. Not only that, but soon the queen mother issued an order, ordering the sixth lady's son Zhang Xumin to inherit the British dukedom.

At this time, someone finally wanted to understand that the disappearance of the Zhang family was probably caused by Eunuch Ye.

We must know that when the old man passed away, the Zhang family ignored the old man's bones and drove the sixth wife and mother out of Zhang's mansion.

After such an analysis, no one dared to care about the disappearance of the Zhang family.

The change in the British government was a major event, but the attention of the people in the capital was quickly attracted by the content of the Ming Morning Post.

The headline of the Ming Morning Post that day was "On the Good and Bad of Stereotyped Essays"

You must know that the Guochao has been established for more than [-] years, and the compulsory subject of the imperial examination every year is stereotyped essays. Now the Ming Morning Post suddenly came up with such a topic, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

In fact, since Ye Xun held a meeting with eight important officials of the court, rumors that the court will reform the imperial examination system have already spread.

But just as Ye Xun thought, the imperial court did not formally write about it, and everything was planned. Although the students have doubts, they can't make trouble because of rumors, right?

However, the title of the Ming Morning Post seems to confirm that the imperial court intends to reform the imperial examinations, and everyone knows that the master behind the Ming Morning Post is Grand Duke Ye.

It seems that for such a long time, none of the plans proposed by Grandpa Ye have not been implemented.

It's just that this kind of matter involves the interests of all scholars, and there was no breakthrough point at first, but now the Ming Morning Post jumped out, and refuting it is equivalent to refuting the proposal proposed by Ye Gonggong.

The subjects of the Celestial Dynasty are always kind. If they are not forced to, no one is willing to take to the streets and fight against the court.

In fact, Ye Xun also used this relatively mild method to make people gradually accept the reality of the imperial examination reform.

At noon, in a restaurant, a group of drunken scholars were having a heated discussion on this topic.

"Who will tell me what is the use of stereotyped essays? Can it be used in war or in farming? Anyway, I have made up my mind. After the new year, the legendary Imperial University really starts classes, so I will sign up and never It’s a headache-inducing shitty essay just looking at it.”

"It's really insulting to the gentleman. If you say that stereotyped essays are useless, so many sages and saints are also wrong? Emperor Hongwu opened the imperial examination and answered questions in the form of stereotyped essays. Is it also wrong? It's really absurd."

"I remember who told me what Eunuch Ye said, that innovation leads to development. Take the Liaodong War as an example. If it weren't for Eunuch Ye's improved firearms, the Tartars outside the customs would not be so easy to drive away! Not only that , Ye Gonggong also successfully copied the treasure ship of the Sanbao eunuch in the south of the Yangtze River, and installed more powerful artillery on it. Learn and apply it, so that we can live up to what we have learned in our chest.”

This scholar brought in the illustrious military exploits made by Ye Xun, which immediately made the scholars who had previously issued a statement against the reform of the imperial examination a little frustrated.

"We are talking about reading, so why did you bring Eunuch Ye into it? It is undeniable that our Ming Dynasty could not be rich and prosperous today without the great achievements of Eunuch Ye, but we can't just overthrow the fine traditions passed down by the sages! "

As soon as Ye Xun was lifted out, this buddy lacked confidence in speaking.

At this moment, a clear voice came from the table next to him.

"Gentlemen, I think everyone is a little confused?"

It wasn't a person at the table. The scholars turned their heads to look in amazement, only to see a young man of Fengshen Yulang standing next to the table.

Sapphire blue gown, covered with a fur cloak, a sword hanging from the waist, and a piece of green jade inlaid on the felt hat, one can tell by his expression that he is also a scholar.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, after winning the Juren, you can travel around, and eat and drink with public funds, but this kid's flirtatious appearance, no matter how you look at it, he is a rich family.

Everyone has a mentality of hatred of the rich. If the young man is not dressed too gorgeously, it is easy to arouse the favor of others just because of his appearance.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were not very friendly, the young man hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, "I'm Shen Yu, I'm from Jiangnan, where Meng Lang is. Please forgive me, brothers."

Reach out and don't hit the smiling face. Besides, everyone is a scholar, so there is still a minimum of etiquette.

A scholar said: "You don't need to be too polite, Xiongtai. I see that Xiongtai is also a scholar, but I don't know what the meaning of what Xiongtai said just now?"

The young man Shen Yu smiled slightly, and said: "I'm going to be bold, and I hope you don't take offense if I say something wrong. I just heard what you guys said. Some say stereotyped essays are useless, and some say stereotyped essays are useful, but I'll take a look. Come on, I'm afraid everyone has misunderstood what Eunuch Ye meant."

"First of all, Eunuch Ye is not trying to overthrow stereotyped essays, but judging from the feedback from various sources, Eunuch Ye advocates that the scholars in my life can apply what they have learned, just like what the brother said just now, learning stereotyped essays well can Killing the enemy on the battlefield? Brother is wrong, martial arts are different, how can we generalize? But that brother also said that we must follow the inheritance of the sages, but I would venture to say that the words of the sages must be right?"

The first sentence of Shen Yu can still be accepted by everyone, but the latter sentence is obviously a bit arrogant. If the words of the sages are wrong, how can they be called sages?

As if guessing what everyone was thinking, Shen Yu continued: "I'm not trying to deviate from the orthodoxy, but I'm trying to understand the true meaning of Ye Gonggong's move in my own way."

The scholars who originally wanted to denounce Shen Yu, heard that Shen Yu had carried Ye Xun out again, couldn't help cursing shamelessly, and then went on being honest again.

"Today we are not here to discuss the right and wrong of the saints, but to discuss the facts. After learning the stereotyped essay, can you learn other things? Who said that Ye Gonggong will cancel the stereotyped essay exam?"

Speaking of this, Shen Yu shook her head and said: "If what I expected is correct, this is because some villain is deliberately arranging Ye Gonggong, wanting us scholars to fight against Ye Gonggong, so as to achieve his ulterior purpose."
Many things are like this. If Ye Xun personally explained this matter, then those old scholars and their students who are ready to argue with Ye Xun will definitely not easily change their minds.

But if this matter is analyzed through the scholar's own mouth, the result will be very different.

Shen Yu's words were soon on the headlines of the Ming Morning Post, and then spread across the country at the fastest speed.

With the growing power of the country, Da Ming Zao Bao is getting cheaper and cheaper, and it can almost enter thousands of households.
(End of this chapter)