"The state selects scholars based on their subjects, and advances and retreats based on patterns. Those who are powerful, powerful, and magnificent will have nothing to do in this world. Even if they are small and small, they will be abandoned." Professor Xie's epitaph.
"The Taixue Institute has established a literary style, and we must be cautious in selecting talents and talents. We should choose people who are knowledgeable and cultivate etiquette as teachers, so as to teach noble ways and make them popular." After talking for so long, the emperor felt a little dry.
After taking a sip of water, he continued: "Existing Taixue Ph.D.s should be examined and screened by Tai Chang before they can be retained."
The emperor suddenly lengthened his tone and said to Taichang Zhongfu who was accompanying him below: "They are all here."
This is talking about a group of Confucian students selected from Guanzhong counties that were publicly tested by Taichang at the Xuanping Tower the day before yesterday. There were more than sixty of them in total. According to the Taixue annual examination system, the assessment results were divided into upper and lower grades.
There are three ranks: middle and lower. Those in the upper rank are given the title of doctor, those in the lower rank are given the title of prince, and those in the lower rank are sent home.
Zhong Fu stood up and replied: "They lined up outside the door according to their rankings based on the results of the test, waiting for your Majesty to see you."
"Are the people who should be repatriated also included?" the emperor asked.
Not knowing what the emperor meant by this question, Zhong Fu replied cautiously: "Everything is in accordance with your majesty's previous instructions. Everyone is outside."
The emperor then said: "There is no prince at the moment, so why give up people? Rather than leaving their corpses to have a simple meal, it is better to integrate them into the Imperial Academy to teach the scriptures."
Everyone was shocked. Since it was about their own rights and interests, Zhong Fu was the first to react and stood up and replied: "Doctors from Taixue are all people who are knowledgeable in ancient and modern times, have profound knowledge, and have a thorough understanding of the state. Although these Confucian scholars are quite knowledgeable, if they are allowed to
I’m afraid it will be difficult for them to teach their children.”
Since its establishment, Taixue has established a doctor for each of the Classics of Poetry, Calligraphy, Rites, Yi, and the Spring and Autumn Period, so it is called Doctor of the Five Classics. He teaches disciples according to the classics. The number of people ranges from ten to thirty.
After everyone here persuaded the emperor to nod to rebuild Taixue, the next step was to eliminate the existing doctors, not only because there may still be people like Li Ru who are not worthy of their virtues among the existing doctors, but also to provide more opportunities for the important officials in the court.
Human forces free up enough places to place their own people.
In this day and age, which aristocratic family has the nerve to say that it has not produced one or two Su Confucian scholars and not even a family book that has been studied for generations?
Even if you don't have any of these, or you are inferior to others in comparison, at least you still have a great scholar who is close to you.
As long as a great Confucian who is close to his family is arranged to become a doctor in Taixue, he will not only be able to use the power and responsibility of a doctor to prepare consultants for the government and give advice to the emperor, but also use this to bring in private goods when teaching knowledge, and subtly influence those
The political stance of Taipei students.
When those Tai students graduate and become officials, they will naturally come together with the interest groups represented by their respective teachers.
So when they heard that the emperor intended to directly arrange the candidates for the doctorate, everyone was panicked. After Zhongfu finished speaking, they all admonished: "The doctors of Taixue all compile and write works, which are the examples of all the Confucian scholars in the world.
You can master all five classics, but you must also specialize in one classic. This is the law of the imperial court and cannot be ignored. I hope your majesty will act with caution."
Seeing everyone's admonishment in unison, even the emperor felt a little troubled. But think about it, they were even ready to divide the cake and compete for places, but when they saw that the emperor was not going to give them the crumbs of the cake, how could this happen?
Aren't you in a hurry?
Fortunately, the emperor was just testing this time, and did not clearly explain his intention, leaving some room for change: "No non-Confucian scholars can hold the post of doctor. This is the Han system. Just now, it was said that those Confucian students who passed the examination will be allowed to enter the Imperial College.
Teaching the scriptures does not mean letting them become doctors directly."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but a new question soon appeared. If they were not allowed to become doctors, why would they be placed in the Imperial Academy?
If we look at the whole court, there are only a few people like Jia Xu, Xun You, Yang Qi, Shi Sunrui, etc. who have insight into the Sacred Heart. But if we are talking about those who can understand the Sacred Heart and obey the emperor without any worries, I am afraid that there are only a few people at the moment.
Wei Wei Zhao Wen, who has been performing actively.
"In the system of Imperial College, the wine-sacrifice is often the master of affairs, the doctors pass on their knowledge, and all students learn from it." Zhao Wen said eloquently: "This is the past practice. I wonder if your Majesty intends to create a new system, what will happen to them?
What position should Confucian scholars be given?"
The emperors of the past dynasties all hated and feared the scholars' use of Taixue to build momentum. Nowadays, Taixue is in ruins and the system is in ruins. No normal emperor will nod lightly on this. He can just use the excuse that the world is uncertain and the army is still there.
In the suburbs, the date of rebuilding Imperial College will be postponed indefinitely.
However, the emperor had already made a plan. He not only dared to establish culture and education at this time, but also dared to use the Imperial College for political transactions. Salt and iron mainly involved the interests of some large families in the salt-producing lands. Ultimately, they had nothing to do with other noble families.
It’s related to Taixue, which is different. Who among the world’s scholars doesn’t want to study and become an official? Who doesn’t want to be a Confucian scholar or doctor?
The emperor caught the weakness of his ministers and naturally had no disadvantages. He glanced at Zhao Wen approvingly, nodded and stated his plan. According to the emperor's idea, Taixue should first be like the universities of later generations, with administration and teaching separated.
, Taixue Jijiu and Doctors and others are only responsible for teaching students and studying academics, while Taixue Pushe and Supervisors are only responsible for administrative management, supervision and approval.
The two do not interfere with each other, are not subordinate to each other, and are separated from administration and teaching. Although this will lead to a certain degree of academic and bureaucratization, it can grasp the general direction and contain bad trends in a timely manner. In addition, the emperor also plans to establish a new system in Taipei.
On the basis of credit-based teaching of the Five Classics, compulsory and elective courses, majors and minors are introduced, and various teaching contents are implemented.
In addition to studying the necessary Confucian classics at Taixue, there are also books designated by the emperor such as Si Sheng's Book, Xia Xiaozheng's agricultural books, as well as arithmetic, law and other books to be studied as official textbooks. Not only that, but also
They should be included in the assessment for becoming officials.
The emperor’s explanation for this was: “If an official doesn’t know the farming season, doesn’t know the laws, and doesn’t understand the economy, how can the herdsmen and herdsmen have no skills? Then there will be insufficient warehouses. If there are not enough warehouses, how can there be education?”
Huan Dian had a different view: "There were no ministers in ancient times who were unable to govern the people without being proficient in agriculture and miscellaneous subjects. The ministers only needed to be familiar with the scriptures, impart education, and persuade the people to do their own thing. As for administering laws and sentencing, admonishment
Farmers and mulberry trees have their own subordinates and village elders to help them."
"According to your words, Xiang Xu can pacify the Yellow Turban, and Song Xiao can settle Liangzhou, but they have no merit. It's because Emperor Xiaoling doesn't know the meaning of the scriptures." The emperor suddenly asked.
Xiang Xu was a servant of Emperor Xiaoling who was well-versed in the classics. He once went to court during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, saying that as long as he sent generals to the north to recite the Classic of Filial Piety to Zhang Jiao and other rebels, the rebels would be defeated without a fight.
Capture him without hesitation.
Song Xiao was the governor of Liangzhou at the time. Facing the arrogant Qiang and Hu rebels, he did not want to invigorate the military. Instead, he believed that the reason for the repeated rebellions in Liangzhou was that the locals rarely studied Confucianism and wanted every family to
Hu copied the Filial Piety Sutra with the intention of quelling the rebellion.
The two people cited by the emperor were examples of people who only knew the classics but were not good at managing affairs. Huan Dian was speechless for a moment and was stunned on the spot.
After Zhao Wen weighed the gains and losses, he immediately replied: "Sang Hongyang, the son of Jiaren, is able to rule the country and make it rich. Zhang Tang is a prisoner, but he dares to be isolated. These are not Confucian scholars, but they can make the court rich and powerful. Therefore,
I believe that the teachings of Taixue should not be limited to one classic, but should be based on the strengths of others."
The emperor nodded and said, "That's very kind of you."
After saying that, he suppressed his smile and looked at everyone present expressionlessly.