Although he is not a genius, he is still pretty smart. If he is born among the people and gets a good education from an early age, he has a certain chance of becoming a Jinshi.
This evaluation is already very high, and it is not that easy to become a Jinshi.
He may seem to have a weak personality, but he is actually very strong. This can be seen from the fact that when he came back from hunting, he practiced riding and shooting in private without anyone forcing him to do so.
And I like to learn, I ask questions about things I don’t understand, and I also have my own thinking and understanding.
In two years' time, Ju Ming planned to throw the prince to Wangchuan Valley and ask him to learn materialist dialectics from Dean Zhu.
"Your Majesty, Liang Tongzheng urgently seeks an audience."
"Let him in."
Zhu Ming had planned to promote Liang Yi, who was in charge of the Tongzhengyuan, to the cabinet, and then replace him with someone else.
This person did not have much reputation among the people, and even most ordinary people did not know that there was such a number one figure. But he was absolutely important in the court. From the time when the Zhu family and his sons occupied Hanzhong, Liang Yi was responsible for the communication and issuance of government orders.
Let's put it this way, if Liang Yi ignored the consequences, he could single-handedly carry the entire Ming Dynasty cabinet.
Ju Ming put down his brush and asked, "What's the emergency?"
Liang Yi said: "The family of the Duke of Gan came to Beijing and asked the imperial court to grant him a posthumous title."
Ju Ming was surprised and said: "The Duke of Gan died of illness?"
Liang Yi replied: "He died of illness a month and a half ago. His will was to dedicate Zhang's largest copper mine to the imperial court to set up a money-making prison."
When Zhu Ming heard this, he remained silent.
In the previous dismantling of the clan in Zhangtian, Jiangxi, the Zhang family was also a little bit injured. Before Zhang Gen died, he actually donated copper mines to the court.
This is forcing Ju Ming to express his position. If his posthumous affairs are not properly arranged, many ministers will feel chilled.
After thinking carefully for a while, Ju Ming finally said: "I ordered the Ministry of Rites to confer the posthumous title Wenzheng. The funeral specifications are the same as those of a county prince. His eldest son will inherit the title and be demoted one level according to the system. However, the city will be increased by 300 households, and the household will be sealed after the real estate is established.
The number remains unchanged. We will select a young woman from the Zhang family to be the official wife of the third son of the emperor, Zhu Xiang. The prince will escort the queen back to her hometown to express her condolences, and the prince will be solely responsible for the burial matters."
"Yes!" Liang Yi accepted the order and resigned.
Ju Ming no longer dealt with government affairs and went directly back to the harem to find Zhang Jinping and personally inform her of her father's death.
Zhang Jinping was startled for a moment, then slowly sat down.
There was no sign of sadness, but he was in a daze, and even the smile when he saw Ju Ming hadn't gone away.
Ju Ming took her hand and said, "You should also go home and have a look, and let Yang'er accompany you back."
"Okay." The smile on Zhang Jinping's face turned bitter.
That night, Zhang Jinping thought about all the things his father had done during his lifetime. Countless memories from the past came flooding back to him, and finally he burst into silent tears.
Ju Ming held her in his arms and patted her on the back gently.
Last year, the father of Fatty Zheng and Zheng Yuanyi died, and Ju Ming also asked the brothers and sisters to go home for the funeral. Fatty Zheng's grandfather, on the other hand, was in good spirits and lived well. He was over eighty years old and could still drink and eat meat.
Grandma Yan is still alive, but she is blind and deaf, and her life is inconvenient.
Ju Ming began to recall the past. His previous life and this life seemed like a dream.
A few days later, Prince Zhu Yang, along with officials and guards, escorted his mother to Jiangxi for the funeral.
…
In the late summer, there is a severe drought in the south, and Poyang Lake is almost bottoming out.
Northern provinces that have continued to suffer from spring drought have experienced heavy rains one after another, and some states and counties even experienced floods.
Disasters are coming in turns from the north to the south, and the climate is really weird.
From the central government to the local governments, everyone is busy with disaster relief. This year is one of the worst disaster years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
There are many strange rumors among the people, complaining about the imperial government's policy problems.
Ju Ming issued another order, asking the prince not to rush back to Luoyang to resume his duties after burying his grandfather. He could stay in Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Huainan to inspect the disaster, but he should not meddle in disaster relief affairs indiscriminately, but carefully observe the operations of local officials.
At the same time, he also asked the inspection censors of the southern provinces to copy a copy of the recent work report and give it to the prince.
In a blink of an eye, it's autumn.
Yue Fei and Han Shizhong sent messages one after another: There is a war in Mobei!
Since the Ming Dynasty controlled the southern grasslands and set up two guardianships, and the Wanggu tribe at the northern foot of the Yinshan Mountains were very loyal to the Ming Dynasty as dogs. Therefore, the Mobei tribe did not dare to invade south for the time being. After experiencing a severe grassland drought this year,
The Klei tribe brazenly launched a war against the Mongols.
Ju Ming immediately sent an envoy to order the two ministries to resolve the dispute peacefully.
Then he gave orders to Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, asking them to wait and see for the time being. Until one side is defeated one after another, troops will be sent to help it recover its territory. That is, whoever loses will be helped, and the Mobei grassland will never be allowed to unify.
At the time of the Mobei War, the Xiliao mission arrived in Luoyang.
When he first received the news, Zhu Ming was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that Yelu Dashi would take the initiative to repair it.
Zhu Ming did not receive him immediately, but asked Honglu Temple to find out what he was talking about first.
Soon, the envoys from Xiliao explained their purpose: they presented thirty good horses and planned to become brothers with the Ming Dynasty forever. Merchants from the Ming Dynasty can travel unimpeded in Xiliao as long as they hold official documents. In addition, Xiliao
I would like to request a batch of Buddhist scriptures, Confucian scriptures, eminent monks and Confucian scholars.
Ma Kuo, who had been transferred to the Privy Council, was summoned by Ju Ming to question: "Have you ever dealt with Xiao Chala Abu, the envoy of the Western Liao Dynasty before?"
Ma Kuo said: "When Emperor Tianzuo was still there, this man was a co-president of the Privy Council of the Liao Kingdom. He and another general Xiao Orili were known as Yelu Dashi's right-hand men. He led a team to envoy to the Ming Dynasty, which fully showed that Yelu Dashi
sincerity."
"Is Buddhism popular in Gaochang?" Zhu Ming asked.
Ma Kuo replied: "My previous mission to Mobei was to pass by the Uighurs in Gaochang. The Buddhists there are the most numerous, followed by the Nestorians, followed by Manichaeism, Zoroastrianism, Taoism and Shamanism."
Ju Ming was extremely shocked: "Gaochang is actually the second largest Nestorian?"
Ma Kuo nodded and said: "That's right. The Kelie tribe who fought with the Mongols in Mobei, and the Wanggu tribe at the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, their chiefs and nobles are all Nestorian Christians."
Ju Ming: "..."
Ju Ming really doesn't know much about this situation.
Historically, the biological mother of Meng Ge, Kublai Khan and others was a Nestorian from the Klei tribe. After she died of illness, Kublai Khan personally ordered that she be sacrificed at the Cross Temple in Ganzhou.
After Ju Ming asked in detail, Ma Kuo answered carefully and quickly dispelled the emperor's doubts.
It is true that Nestorianism is a branch of Christianity, but it is definitely a heresy in Europe.
The idea of this school is to separate the divinity and humanity of Jesus. It is very secular and has lost its exclusivity. The Han people even called Nestorianism Persian religion.
Especially in the Turpan area, since Buddhists and Nestorians are the most numerous, intermarriage between believers of the two religions has become normal. Monks and priests also have friendly exchanges and even absorb each other's teachings... It was a scene that Ju Ming could not imagine.
On the contrary, Manichaeism is the most exclusive among the Gaochang Uighurs.
Manichaeism is extremely well-organized and once became the state religion of the Gaochang Uighurs, with a large number of believers in the upper class.
At this time, Turpan was simply a melting pot of religions.
Yelu Dashi also wanted to introduce Confucianism, and historically he did so. It was not until Qiu Chuji traveled to the Western Regions that he discovered that there were Confucian scholars in Central Asia, and there were quite a lot of them. Western Liao's contribution to this was indispensable.
…
In different historical books in the East and the West, Xiao Chala'abu has different names.
For example, he led a large army to force the surrender of Azis and accepted Khwarazmo as the Orbus of the Western Liao vassal state. In fact, it was the name of Xiao Chala'a when he was not in Central Asia and West Asia.
He not only understands Chinese and Chinese characters, but also has some attainments in Confucianism.
All the way from Shaanxi to Luoyang, Xiao Chala'abu carefully observed and found that the Ming Dynasty lived and worked in peace and contentment. When he planned to go back to resume his life, he persuaded Yelu Dashi to completely give up the idea of the Eastern Expedition, and to honestly develop in Central Asia from now on.
After several days of contact with officials from Honglu Temple, Xiao Chala Abu finally received an audience with the emperor.
"Xiao Chala Abu, minister of the Daliao Dynasty, pays homage to His Majesty the Ming Emperor, and wishes His Majesty the best on my behalf, the Emperor of the Liao Dynasty!" Xiao Chala Abu bowed solemnly, and his accent was very standard Northern Chinese.
Ju Ming smiled and said: "Please also say hello to Dashi Linya for me and give me a seat."
Ma Kuo sat next to him, cupped his hands and said, "Brother Xiao, long time no see."
Xiao Chala'abu returned the gift with his hand and said happily: "After seeing each other for several years, it is really a great joy in my life to see my old friend today."
The two of them reminisced about old times there, and Ju Ming also exchanged polite words from time to time.
After Xiao Chala'abu drank a few glasses of wine, Zhu Ming asked, "I heard that Yelu Dashi built a Western Liao Kingdom?"
"It was the Liao Kingdom that moved westward!" Xiao Chala'abu corrected.
Zhu Ming did not argue and raised his glass with a smile: "A hero is a hero no matter where he is. I am here in Luoyang to pay homage to Yelu Dashi."
"On behalf of my lord, I would like to thank your majesty for your kindness!" Xiao Zhalabu smiled with a smile on his face. He had a very good impression of Ju Ming and felt that the Ming emperor was the real British master.
After another drink, Zhu Ming asked: "I can understand asking for eminent monks and Buddhist scriptures. Why does Yelu Dashi ask for Confucian scholars and Confucian scriptures?"
Xiao Chala'a didn't have a set of words, which was taught to him by Yelu Dashi: "Your Majesty, no matter it is the Liao Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, or even the Song Dynasty before that, we all belong to the Yanhuang ethnic group. But the Western Region is different, not me
Ethnic groups must have different minds. When I, the Emperor of Daliao, first occupied the Black Khanate, I still thought that all ethnic groups and religions could coexist peacefully. But the sects there are really stubborn and must use Confucian classics to perpetuate them.
enlightenment."
Zhu Ming suddenly wanted to understand why Yelv Dashi allowed merchants from the Ming Dynasty to pass unhindered.
This was to increase the number of Han people in Xiliao and attract more Han merchants to settle in Xiliao.
Xiao Chala'abu continued: "Our Majesty plans to promote more Confucian scholars to serve as officials. He also wants Confucian scholars to educate the local people and let people in the Western Regions also read the books of sages."
Ju Ming did not object to this, and even actively supported it.
Ju Ming said: "Serious Confucian scholars may not be willing to go to the Western Regions. But there are many eminent monks in the Ming Dynasty, and they are definitely willing to promote Buddhism. Many of these eminent monks also study Confucian scriptures, allowing them to bring the books of sages to teach.
Alien."
"That's okay," Xiao Chala'abu said happily, "the more eminent monks who are proficient in Confucianism, the better. As long as they arrive in Daliao, they will be given preferential treatment. A group of alien orphans will also be selected and stay with them as students. These aliens
Orphans are the beginning of education, and there will be more and more in the future."
