Although the Ming Dynasty had no money, the canonization team was very large.
Because people coming from the south often bring their families with them. Not only did they go to Nanjing to enthrone the King of Wu, but they also moved their whole families to Nanjing!
In order to leave Beijing, Yao Minggong bribed Xue Guoguan 30,000 taels of silver and promised to speak kindly to Zhao Han, and finally obtained the post of envoy to the King of Wu.
Yao Minggong took his family to the south, with only four boats loaded with family property, and their floating wealth was only worth more than ten thousand taels.
Including the money he used for bribes, he only had tens of thousands of taels of property, which made him appear to be incorruptible among the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty.
This guy's hometown was taken over by Zhang Xianzhong, and he didn't dare to stay in Beijing. He just wanted to settle down in Nanjing with his family.
"The man named Zhao still hasn't seen us?" Eunuch Du Xun asked.
Yao Minggong sighed: "Still missing. Nanjing scholars petitioned, hoping that Zhao Han would be granted the title of King of Wu, but he ended up imprisoning him for half a month."
Du Xun was the deputy envoy of the canonization team. He had served as a military supervisor before, and later as a supervisor of Shangshan. He came to Nanjing because he bribed Wang Chengen and used six ships to transport his property.
Du Xun said anxiously: "This thief doesn't see us, and he won't arrest us. What does he want to do?"
"He doesn't take the court seriously, nor does he take the title of King Wu seriously. He even regards us angels as clowns." Yao Minggong thought it through.
Du Xun asked: "Where is your in-law (Xiong Wencan)?"
"He is just living in Nanjing." Yao Minggong was quite helpless.
Xiong Wencan fully believed that with his "old friendship" with Zhao Han, he would definitely be able to get an official position.
As a result, Zhao Han took matters into his own hands and asked Xiong Wencan to start as an official, which made the old man so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. How many years can he live? He worked his way up from a small official step by step, and the most he could do until he died.
The magistrate died so early that he could not even become a magistrate.
Zhao Han often made exceptions by appointing old officials or scholars from the Ming Dynasty, but one of the following conditions must be met:
First, the political achievements are remarkable. And the political achievements are not just trumpeted, but achieved. They mainly depend on the local people's livelihood conditions.
Second, write books and establish theories. For example, Wu Yingji, Zhang Guowei, Fang Yizhi, and Mao Yuanyi wrote works on economics, water conservancy, physics, and military respectively.
Third, they have outstanding abilities. Zhang Bingwen has already served as the chief minister of Anhui, and Liu Huan has served as the director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Commerce.
Ma Shiying had a bad reputation, so she took the initiative to ask to be a minor official. She had a positive attitude and a good attitude. She has already become the mayor of Chunhua Town and will be promoted to the county magistrate next time.
Xiong Wencan asks for an official position, who the hell are you?
Du Xun asked again: "I heard that Zhang Pu is also heading north to Nanjing?"
Yao Minggong said nothing.
Yao Minggong used to be a member of Yang Sichang, but now he is a member of Xue Guoguan, and he and Zhang Pu are political enemies.
While the envoy Yao Minggong and the deputy envoy Du Xun were worrying blindly, Xu Zuomei took off his Ming Dynasty official uniform, wore only a Confucian shirt and wanted to join Zhao Han.
Xu Zuomei is this year's new Jinshi. She was selected to serve as an official in the Department of Personnel. She was nothing more than an errand boy who conveyed the emperor's orders.
"Xu Zuomei, a Confucian scholar from Henan and a new scholar in science and technology, would like to see the Governor of Shuntian Yingmin!" Xu Zuomei was lying in front of the Governor's Mansion, with his butt in the sky, unable to kneel down, and a letter in his hand.
The guard reminded: "My husband, if you want to write a letter to the governor, just drop it in the mailbox at the door."
Xu Zuomei knelt straight and said: "This general, I have something important to tell you. I would like to ask the general to forward a letter."
The guard saw that he was talking seriously, so he didn't dare to neglect, so he helped forward the letter in.
After a while, the guard came out again, threw the letter back angrily, and said angrily: "Get out of here! You sour fellow, you've made me suffer too!"
Xu Zuomei was still kneeling there, crying bitterly: "Captain Zhao is so confused!"
Seeing that Zhao Han refused to accept the canonization, this man gave up his status as a minister of the Ming Dynasty. He also introduced the situation in Beijing in detail in the letter, persuaded Zhao Han to proclaim himself emperor, and then vowed to fight the Northern Expedition, destroying the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.
He actually wanted to get some credit for persuading him to join!
In history, Xu Zuomei and Ma Liu took refuge with Li Zicheng and Dorgon. Moreover, they actively participated in the party struggle between the north and the south - the party struggle in the early Qing Dynasty. It was a continuation of the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty and lasted from the Shunzhi Dynasty to the Kangxi Dynasty.
In the second year after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the North-South party struggle began, which can be regarded as inheriting the fine legacy of the Ming Dynasty.
It was even more interesting in the Kangxi Dynasty. The Han people were fighting against each other and the Manchus were in conflict. The two factions were entangled and merged, leaving Kang Mazi in a state of despair.
At the beginning, Kangxi was still relatively immature and killed dozens of people at once. Gradually, he became more sophisticated and used party struggles to clean up the Manchu nobles. After the emperor took over the power, all the Manchu and Han officials were so scared that they turned into lap dogs.
After crying at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, Xu Zuomei had no choice but to return to her temporary residence and put on the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty Pingrensi again.
The next day, he took off his official uniform and ran to the Governor's Mansion to kneel down in his Confucian shirt.
Before Xu Zuomei could kneel down, she saw several children carrying schoolbags coming out of the alley at the side entrance of the Governor's Mansion.
"Prince?" Xu Zuomei rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
Not everyone can see the prince, and Xu Zuomei only saw it once by chance. He did not dare to confirm, so he hurried back to report the news. Yao Minggong and Du Xun learned of the situation, so they ran to the Governor's Mansion to stay guard.
They stayed squatting until evening, when the children finally got out of school.
Du Xun was surprised: "Not only the prince, but also the prince and princess are here."
Yao Minggong asked in confusion: "Zhao Han didn't put the royal family under house arrest, but also sent the princes and princesses to study?"
"Do you want to go up and see me?" Du Xun asked.
"No," Yao Minggong said in horror, "If we expose the identity of the prince and princess, we may be killed. If we want to survive, this matter must not be spread to anyone. You two must remember this!"
Xu Zuomei and Du Xun nodded repeatedly. If they were not afraid of death, they would not try their best to come to Nanjing.
The three of them continued to go back to discuss.
Yao Minggong said: "Zhao Han seems to really don't want to be granted the title. I won't go back to Beijing. Let's go our separate ways. I still have some money in my hand. Maybe I can find a way to make a living."
"Let's go, let's go." Du Xun also felt bored.
Du Xun brought six ships of property to the south, and also got a nephew from his hometown. He planned to settle down in Nanjing, raise his nephew as his son, and do business honestly to continue his family life.
Only Xu Zuomei was dumbfounded. He had no money, so eating in Nanjing was a problem.
The two bosses left the team and went to the outer city to buy real estate, and also registered with the government.
The rest of the people can go wherever they like.
Xu Zuomei ran out of money and was about to starve, so she could only set up a stall to write and copy books, and finally found a job as a typewriter and proofreader in a bookshop.
The canonization team sent by the imperial court was automatically disbanded.
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Governor's Mansion.
"Compiling a general history of China?" Zhang Pu said in surprise, "That is not easy to do. Dozens or hundreds of people must work together to compile it."
Zhao Han shook his head and said: "It's not a general history, but a history textbook. Nowadays, middle schools in the south still lack a history course. Reading history makes people wise, so why don't scholars study history?"
Zhang Pu wondered: "There are so many historical materials for all dynasties and dynasties, how can we let schoolchildren finish learning them in a few years? This history textbook is not easy to compile."
Scholars of the Ming Dynasty were exposed to history when they were children, but those were schematic historical stories.
After enlightenment, I stopped reading history books and only studied the Four Books and Five Classics. A person who passes the Jinshi examination may not know about Wang Anshi's reform. Those who really study history belong to erudite people.
Zhang Pu had many ideological views, and reforming the imperial examination was one of them.
Of course, his reform of the imperial examination was to abandon Shiwen (examination model essays) and let scholars study Confucian classics seriously. At the same time, he also emphasized applying what he learned and learning more about history and miscellaneous studies.
Zhao Han said: "Since they are teenagers, it is naturally impossible for them to read history books thoroughly. Take the Tang Dynasty as an example, tell how Li Yuan raised the army, tell how Li Shimin seized the throne, and then tell about Wu Zetian and Li Longji."
"We have to talk about the rule of Zhenguan and the Anshi Rebellion, but there is nothing to talk about about the other emperors. We can pick out a few famous officials such as Wei Zheng. There are also Li Bai and Du Fu, who are all included in the literature of the Tang Dynasty."
"Then we select military and political content from the history of the Tang Dynasty. We talk about the three provinces and six ministries, the mediocrity of rents, and the military system of the government. "Shi Huo Zhi" cannot be left out, and it talks about the economy, people's livelihood, and various industries in the Tang Dynasty."
Zhang Pu understood something: "Middle school history textbooks are similar to a history outline, allowing students to have an overview of past dynasties?"
"Yes, that's right," Zhao Han said with a smile. "All middle school graduates must have a general understanding of history. As for in-depth research, those who are interested will naturally study it. In the future, universities will set up liberal arts and history subjects."
Zhang Pu said: "I want ten people."
"Okay, there are ten places, sir, you can recruit by yourself." Zhao Han agreed immediately.
A famous scholar like Zhang Pu was indeed talented and had advanced ideas, but he had little experience in governing local governments.
It's not appropriate to arrange any duties. Just let him compile textbooks, so that he won't be fooled around when he has something to do.
As for the title, just like Qian Qianyi, he was directly awarded the title of Master of the Hanlin Academy.
Zhao Han reminded: "Remember, when compiling history textbooks, you must implement a concept. The rise and fall of a dynasty is nothing more than the popularity of the people. If the people are not living well, the emperor will lose the popularity of the people. Once the popularity of the people is lost, the destiny will be lost. The founding monarchs of the past dynasties,
Not only can we fight fiercely, but we must also govern the people leniently. Only in this way can we win the hearts and minds of the people, gain the mandate of heaven, and create a new dynasty."
Zhang Pu thought deeply: "In this case, how can the Qin Dynasty be unified?"
Zhao Han said with a smile: "It is said that Qin Shihuang was cruel, but did the monarchs of the six countries treat the people kindly? In the Qin State's farming and fighting, meritorious deeds must be rewarded, and misdeeds must be punished. Although the laws are strict, they do not cause great harm to the people, and meritorious deeds can actually be more rewarding.
There are many benefits. Naturally, the officials are diligent in their duties and the soldiers are loyal to the death. The second generation of the Qin Dynasty died because the system of rewards and punishments for farming and war could not be continued. How could the wars be fought after the six kingdoms were unified? Moreover, the Qin Dynasty had too many corvees and the people could not recuperate.
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The demise of the Qin Dynasty was due to many reasons, and Zhao Han just set a tone.
Compared with the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Han's peasant-soldier system will also be gradually abolished. This is a slow process. The proportion of peasants and soldiers in villages and towns is reduced every year, allowing farmers to have more free time to work and make money.
Zhang Pu was ordered to compile history textbooks. Without this leader of the society to take the lead, what kind of disturbance could the rest of the scholars create?
It was just a complaint, Zhao Han didn't bother to pay attention to it, and there was no need to arrest people and put them in jail.
Frequently arresting people is a sign of incompetence.
If those scholars really dare to cross the line, it will not be as simple as going to jail. The miners' package will start!