Chapter 430: The Greatest Thing in the World

Liu Guan pinched his beard, showing his excitement.

The heart is muttering, seven or eight thousand people …… This Zhang Anshi is crazy, must be crazy.

However, he did not show any dissatisfaction, and continued to look pleasant, and lowered his head to look at the number on the book, only the more he looked, but the more shocking it was.

At this time, Zhang Anshi said, “Lord Liu, let’s go and see those readers in person, seeing is believing, looking at the book alone can’t see any names.”

Liu Guan, however, agitated, fiercely raised his head to look at Zhang Anshi, said: “No, no, no, just look at this will be very good, do not have to go, well …… brocade guards acted very rules, I see here head of the confession, no, can’t say it is a confession, and that is the talk record, this talk record, brocade guards of the绶箁ider is very courteous. Treat each other with courtesy, so convince people with reason, and these readers it, the answer is also very decent, very good, very good ……”

Zhang Anshi said with a smile, “I have always taught the school captains and the绶归獞 that one should do things to honor one’s conscience.”

Liu Guan nodded with a look of deep sympathy: “The Brocade Guards side is doing things by the book, and the readers, too, are willing, and it is a blessing to be able to respect each other. Since this is the case, then there is nothing for me to be picky about, if I intervene again, it is instead a side issue and meddling.”

Zhang Anshi, however, said, “Liu Gong came to all come, or point it out, Jin Yiwei after all are rough people, if there is any dissatisfaction, but also Liu Gong please teach.”

“I dare not take the instruction seriously.” Liu Guan laughed, “In my opinion, this is fine. Just …… have to hire seven or eight thousand more readers? This is not a small number. Jin Yi Wei up and down, are they busy?”

Zhang Anshi a look of disdain said: “This is easy, each place thousand households and hundred households, search for information, and then reported to the South Zhenfu Si, and then approved after the driving sticker can be under the invitation, slow may be a little slower, but the good is good will not be wronged a good man, no, is good in good, to be able to select the best candidate.”

After a pause, his face expression solemn up, then said: “Liu Gong …… the situation at the moment, you are aware of it, the Great Ming strategy of the four seas, if even the readers are unwilling to serve, and how to do this world military and civilian model it? If this makes your majesty’s ambitions go down the drain, I and others for the subjects, will be ten thousand deaths can not resign.”

Liu Guan laughed dryly, “Yes, yes.”

Saying that, Liu Guan stood up, he didn’t want to stay longer, so he said: ”In that case, then I should also take my leave. The Ministry of Rites side is rather busy, I have already checked, and on the side of the Northern and Southern Zhenfu Departments, there is no problem! If His Majesty asks, I also mean it. Even if there are any misunderstandings between the hundred officials and the princes, I will still stand my ground.”

Zhang Anshi then got up and said, “I’ll give a ride.”

Liu Guan nodded, Zhang Anshi directly sent him to the entrance of the Thousand Household Office, this Liu Guan ready to board the carriage.

Liu Guan was looking around at the moment, but he seemed to be pondering something in his mind.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Does Lord Liu have any more instructions?”

Liu Guan hastily withdrew his sight and said with a stiff smile, “No, no.”

Saying that, without any further hesitation, he hurriedly got into the sedan chair, smiled at Zhang Anshi, and hurriedly knocked down the curtain of the sedan chair.

Zhang Anshi sent away Liu Guan, immediately back to the Thousand Households Hall, this Qixia Thousand Households Thousand Households, busy also followed.

Zhang Anshi said without looking back, “How was it?”

“It’s only been two teas, and now everyone is willing to go overseas.” Chito replied with a red face.

Zhang Anshi nodded, calmly said: ”Report to Chen Li, tell him, draw up the posts, and the indicators of the readers from all over the world, the Jin Yiwei to give them an official position. For example …… missionary ambassador or something, to ask them to go deep into the barren land, here hard certainly will be hard some, but so many military and civilian out to sea, is also thorny, and how is it not hard? Various clans side, also want to build Hongwen Hall, these readers management, dispatch, in short …… they are both if the eyes and ears of the jinyiwei, but also if the local natives of the teaching, but also subject to the clan’s moderation.”

This thousand households hesitantly said, “Your Highness, these readers …… I see it is not very useful, it would be better to follow my Qixia’s method, in all parts of the world to build the academy, is not it good?”

Zhang Anshi then turned around and looked at him, then said: “What do you know, if it is about education, who can compare to these readers of the Four Books and Five Classics? This is after the previous year, from the child into the monks, and then countless scriptures and allusions piled up out of the thing, teach people to be able to go from shallow to deep, and also be able to logical self-consistency of the university, Qixia professor of engineering and miscellaneous can be, but the earth people are the most lack of benevolence, righteousness, propriety and trustworthiness, the other learning, but is the nitty-gritty, the most important thing, is this.”

Thousand households were reprimanded and no longer dared to say anything more, so they coyly and hastily said yes.

Confucianism is indeed very good at education, and they have a whole set of methods for education. The best thing about it is that, although the sutras and allusions are very profound and cannot be learned by the general public, they are good at taking the Four Books and the Five Classics and practicing them into various fool-proof versions for the enlightenment of the people.

Since the Han Dynasty, there have been “Yuxue”, “Guangcang”, “Wuzhang”, “Qianzhiwen”, “Faimengji”, “Qimengji”, “Miscellaneous Characters”, “Common Difficult Characters”, “Miscellaneous Characters”, and so on, all of which have been specially designed to be read by children and teenagers.

Since then, there have been “Enlightenment Essentials”, “The Hundred Surnames”, “Three Character Classic”, “Knowing Characters by Opposing Phases”, “Characters in Monk’s Quest”, and so on.

As for the Spring and Autumn Annals, the Book of Filial Piety and various other books, once you have passed the Montessori school and can read and write, there are all kinds of classic short stories from history for you to read.

Don’t look at the readers nowadays, one by one, they write their articles in a raw and incomprehensible way, but in fact, the Four Books, the Five Classics, and even many of the books of the Confucian classics, what they are best at is to blend all kinds of historical stories into their books.

In this era of lack of entertainment, it is still beautiful to read a short story of Spring and Autumn every day, or a variety of historical allusions like the Historical Records.

This kind of book, which compiles various historical legends as well as stories together, not only makes people interested in reading books in this era of poor entertainment, but the most powerful thing is that these stories, all of them, are in line with Confucian values.

In other words, while you are reading the story beautifully, the loyalty, filial piety, propriety and righteousness espoused by Confucianism will unconsciously penetrate into your heart.

With the cultural achievements that have been continuously refined over the past thousand years, if we put aside the stigma of the current generation of readers who eat the past and only want to become profit-makers through reading, the saints and great scholars who have been repairing Confucianism for generations, perfecting its education system, and making logical self-references to the value system, there are indeed many things that can teach people to admire.

Putting such a treasure, if not to utilize it, Zhang Anshi was afraid that he would not be able to sleep at night.

Of course, the only problem to be solved now lies in the fact that, whether it is the pre-Qin or Han and Tang readers, people are something really on, it can be said that, if there is no generation of readers pioneering, thorns and thistles, there will not be today’s Confucianism in its heyday.

Only a pity …… to the present day, the readers but only as a tool to maintain their own interests, they hold this thing, as a cloth of shame, but also as their own weapons, in the eighteen provinces, to carry out a crazy inward roll.

If it keeps going on like this, sooner or later we’ll all end up together.

That’s why Zhang Anshi felt he had to get them to branch out.

Just as the sons of Confucianism in the pre-Qin and Han and Tang dynasties, they went to travel around the world, to penetrate into barren lands for the promotion of Confucianism. Go to the western regions, go to the desert north, or even, as in the case of Han Yu, go to fight resolutely against something else.

Only then will they have the possibility of gaining a new life.

And it is of great benefit to the nation and the world.

Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but sigh at the thought.

In order to make the reading of people branching up, he is really worried about, if it is the Confucius saint in the world, must be overjoyed, have to let Zhang Anshi inherited the mantle of Confucianism, good and bad, a saint should always give.

So Zhang Anshi also said: “Oh, right, each vassal state side, also know a message, do not mention too obvious, the meaning of the said to become, tell them, who is willing to promote Confucianism to make great efforts, I Zhang Anshi will give the countries with more posts.”

“Here.”

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In the Honglu Temple.

The feudal lords of various countries have long since gone back to their own feudal towns because they are not at ease with their own feudal lands.

Of course, there were quite a few vassals’ retinue, but they stayed behind and were mainly responsible for docking with Taipingfu on all kinds of commercial and trade matters.

Xie Jinyin stayed here, intending to return the next year.

Today, however, there is a unique meeting in this Honglu Temple.

A dozen or so emissaries from the vassal states, each taking their seats.

And the one who visited here was Chen Li.

Chen Li sat on a high seat, and seeing that the people were all together, he took out a charter and taught the people to circulate it.

Of course, this charter was to be burned after reading, so when everyone had read it and passed it back to Chen Li, Chen Li immediately torched it.

Only then did Chen Li scan the crowd and continued, “What do you gentlemen think?”

“This is a good thing, Luzon this side, now the most lack of manpower, no, the most lack of is reading people, the natives do not submit to the king’s chemical, the language does not understand ……”

“Luzon side, a lot of Han people, Java side, only to be called ……” Xie Jin immediately understood what, he immediately began to say, “In my opinion, Java side, at least 1,500 people are needed. ”

“Fifteen hundred ……” someone exclaimed with great dissatisfaction, “Why is it necessary to have so much for that tiny place in Java? I Annan ……”

“Your Annan writes Chinese characters, speaks Chinese, and learns the Four Books and the Five Classics, so why do you need to promote literature?”

The crowd immediately began to talk and talk.

Xie Jin thought about it, he and these people fight, it is a loss of decency, at the same time, but he looked to Chen Li: “Chen Tongzhi, Jin Yiwei side, what is the meaning?”

Chen Li said: “His Highness means, or auction for good, the high bidder, no no no, not really an auction, mainly to look at the performance of the clans, such as how much silver are willing to fund to build Hongwen Hall, which Hongwen Hall Well, we all know that, in addition to promoting Confucianism, there is a part of the duties, is the need to do some things for the Jin Yiwei, after all, the Jin Yiwei will be the hidden stakes, inserted into the Within the four barbarians, but after all, the language barrier with the people of the soil, this work, has always been difficult to carry out. But if you hire Han people, Han people can not penetrate into the interior of the natives.”

“Now …… borrowing this Hongwen Hall, it becomes an opportunity. In this way, the brocade guards can both secretly support the Hongwenkan, support these readers to go deep into the barren land, as a return, but also can take this opportunity, will be some admirers of the way of the saints of the natives, secretly recruited, which both for the convenience of the various clans ……”

Chen Li paused and continued with a smile, “After all, when you and others go out, you always need to have military intelligence. On the other hand, sometimes borrowing natives is also easier to make the native state fall apart than using swords and soldiers, His Highness, the King of Wuhu County, attaches great importance to this matter. Therefore, intends in the four seas of the realm, the preparation of seventy-two Hongwen Hall, control and dispatch of readers use.”

“We all know that the message is silver, these people deep into the natives, what they get, not only military intelligence, this business intelligence, I’m afraid that there is also a lot of, in the Jin Yiwei and the clans, all have benefits.”

The crowd looked at each other, eyes flashing in their eyes, dare they say this is to ask for money?

On reflection, however, the clans are in a position to benefit, at least for now.

For them, the imperial court was no longer an enemy, and without the support of the imperial court and the Brocade Guards, it was not easy for them to gain a foothold in the four seas.

And whether it is the court is the jinyiwei or the vassal state, they have only one enemy, and that is spread throughout the world of the earth state. Manpower, on the other hand, is the most important resource, whether it is craftsmen, laborers, readers, even if it is a corrupt scholar, for them, there is one counts one, more is better.

Xie Jin immediately said, “This is good to do, the Java side …… no matter how much Hongwenkuan needs, Java also be supported. Just …… Jin Yiwei can come up with such a number of readers?”

Chen Li did not hesitate to say, “If your highness says it is possible, then it must be possible. Let’s do it this way, this matter is not in a hurry, let’s all repair the report first, and we’ll discuss it again.”

The crowd nodded, all seeming to feel that this was more appropriate.

Thereafter, Zhang Anshi presented several more secret reports to the palace.

Zhu Di got the zhangshi, but came to a few points of interest.

It’s no longer a matter of readers going out to sea and getting rid of these nasties.

Rather, it is a matter of utilizing readers and promoting propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame in the realm of the four seas.

Of course, not only that, this one Hongwenkan, in Zhang Anshi’s conception, it is the same as a Jinyiwei in all parts of the hundred households, through the Hongwenkan, absorb a large number of cooperation with the natives to enter, which is also a great benefit for the disintegration of all parts of the Tubang.

In fact, there is another thing, the zhongshen did not explicitly say, Hongwenkuan’s growth, to some extent, but also greatly strengthen the court’s control over the various clans.

Whenever there is a stirring of the wind in a vassal state, it will immediately be known to the imperial court.

Zhu Di took the sangha, thought carefully and pondered for a long time, and only then solemnly handed the sangha to Yiluoha.

To him instructed: “This play sealed, in addition to …… teaching people to Zhang Qing pass oracle. Remember, do not have to explicitly system edict, just oracle can, tell him, this matter …… he has full power to dispose of, if it is caused by the right and wrong, I come to the aftermath.”

A trace of surprise flew across Yiluoha’s eyes, but he did not show anything, and then said, “Yes.”

By the middle of the 18th year of the Yongle.

At this point, it was starting to get hot.

The long overdue temple exams, however, have begun.

A temple examination down, the court opened the list, located at the top of the list of the first prize Ma Yu, immediately attracted the attention of everyone.

This is in the history of Daming, the first scholar scholar from the north, and it can even be said …… that it is since the Southern Song Dynasty.

After all, …… the Southern Song Dynasty …… pressed no northern readers for the imperial examinations.

Zhu Di was also very satisfied with Ma Yu as a candidate.

This Ma Yu’s talent and articles, none of them is the top, immediately, the court issued a decree, edited Ma Yu for the Hanlin Academy Cultivation.

Cultivation as from the sixth grade, has been considered to win directly in the starting line.

As for the other top scorers and probers, they were generally awarded the seventh rank of editor, while those who ranked top in the second grade of jinshi were the Hanlin Academy’s commoner jinshi.

Of course, the poorer enter, then even into the Hanlin Academy qualifications are not, often sent to the six ministries to observe the government, learning one or two years after the transfer to the local.

This Hanlin Cultivator, basically no accident, not a few years, can be called Hanlin Squire, Squire, not a few years, may have the opportunity to become a student or to the ministries to do the Squire.

It can be seen that at this time Ma Yu’s future, almost will repeat the road of all the court ministers of Daming, and eventually …… may be ranked in the center.

The hundred officials in the court, for this scholar, also quite a lot of curiosity, therefore, all have to inquire about this person.

When this Ma Yu and all the scholar to the palace to thank the grace, and then got the Ministry of the Ministry of mandarins authorized.

Just when many important ministers in the court were already planning to find an opportunity to summon this scholarly official to have a meeting.

On the Wen Yuan Ge side, however, a shepherd stumbled and rushed in.

“Lords …… Lords ……”

This sherpa was panting and had an anxious look on his face.

Yang Rong’s three men heard the commotion from their duty room and came out.

Hu Guang was the first to frown, “What’s the matter with this panic?”

This sheriff slowed down, then busy said, “The Ministry of …… Officials …… Ministry of Officials over there summoned …… said that …… said that … . something big has happened …… that Ma Xiucheng …… resigned.”

When these words came out, everyone revealed unbelievable gazes of shock.

Yang Rong looked at each other with Hu Guang and Jin Youzi.

This result, obviously, was not expected by anyone.

Throughout the dynasties, in fact, there is also the tradition of resignation, either that is not good career, so simply recluse, and there are some celebrities, preferring to choose the idyllic pastoral.

But the premise of all this is that these people are often from big families, there is a way back. And in the career, and did not get with their own family position, naturally do not want to worry about labor.

Hu Guang subconsciously said, “His parents are still alive?”

That’s the first reaction.

Could it be that your parents have gotten bad news, so you want to get rid of them?

Of course, when this statement came out, Hu Guang still found it inconceivable, because even if the parents died, it should be a worry, not resignation.

Dinh is a few years before I come back. His Majesty will leave me a place first, and I will come back after I’ve gone back to do my filial duty.

And resigning this is a one-shot deal. Master, I quit.