On April 11, the 10th year of Wanli, the Portuguese mission entered the capital. The next day, they went through the formalities at the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites and moved into the diplomatic mission's residence, which was converted from the Siyi Pavilion.
As for the Siyi Museum, which was originally responsible for training translation talents, it was moved to the newly completed School of Foreign Languages of Jingshi University in Beijing and was included in the management of the Ministry of Education.
Luo Mingjian, who was proficient in Chinese, took Matteo Ricci to be responsible for the contact between the mission and the officials of Honglu Temple. Seeing that the official of Honglu Temple seemed to have been raped and walked with wind, Luo Mingjian asked curiously: "Master Tu, your country Are all the officials so busy?”
This general manager's surname was Tu Minglong, and he was the perverted double plug of the large Hongbao layman. At that time, Zhang Sixiu, the second son of the Zhang family, gave face to Shen Mao, the new champion scholar, and made it possible for him to stay in Beijing. He met Luo Mingjian Out of curiosity, he replied: "Oh, you can't say that. It has nothing to do with you. Everyone in the court is very busy these days."
Luo Mingjian didn't know why, so he asked when he could meet the emperor? Did the Ministry of Rites make any arrangements for this matter?
Tu Long smiled bitterly and said: "Oh, you can't say that. I suggest you spend a few days in the capital first. It's best not to see the emperor these days, as the emperor is in a bad mood."
Luo Mingjian was startled and asked following the words: "Is this...what's going on? Do we need to avoid anything during the audience?" What he meant was whether he was the emperor's relatives or children. If you are ill or even incurable, you can prescribe the right medicine when you have the opportunity to explain Christian doctrine in the future.
Tu Long didn't understand what he meant and replied directly: "Oh, it's irrelevant. You don't need to ask around, it has nothing to do with our Ministry of Etiquette. It's this...Oh, you don't need to know." After saying that, he gave the instruction. When they go out shopping, they must be accompanied by people from Honglu Temple. They cannot just walk blindly and run away all the way.
Luo Mingjian was confused and didn't mention it. Tu Long walked out of the gate of the foreign guest hotel and ran home directly without returning to Honglu Temple for work.
After returning home and entering the wing, he opened the door and saluted: "Mr. Fushan, I'm sorry. The Portuguese have come here these days, and there are too many chores. Please forgive me for my neglect. Did you have a good rest last night? Today is the big day. , I got up early."
The person he was talking to was in his 60s, with most of his beard gray, and his body was thick and tall. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "It's troublesome for Brother Tu."
Tu Long said with a smile: "Mr. Fushan came to Beijing to find Mr. Tu, and our family really flourished. Nowadays, everyone who can meet Mr. Fushan is honored to be in Huagong. What trouble is there?"
The Mr. Fushan he refers to is none other than He Xinyin, a thinker from the Ming Dynasty in China and a disciple of the Taizhou School of Wang Yangming's "Xin Xue". He was born in the twelfth year of Zhengde and is now sixty-five years old.
Before He Xinyin was thirty years old, he pursued his career like ordinary scholars at that time. Later, he followed Yanshan Agricultural School and "Xinzhai (Wang Gen) established the foundation" and became a disciple of Yangming's Taizhou school of Xinxue. His thinking is compared with Li Zhi's. He became even more avant-garde and bold. Huang Zongxi of later generations commented on him and Yan Shannong, saying, "The princes have overthrown the world, and no one from the past has been seen before, and no one has come since."
In the fourth year of Wanli in the original time and space, He Xinyin was arrested and imprisoned for inciting the chieftains of Guizhou to rebel because his thoughts were not consistent with the orthodox Neo-Confucianism. He Xinyin was diligent in teaching and his thoughts were widely spread. In the seventh year, Wang Zhiyuan, the governor of Huguang, killed him with a stick. In prison - everyone at that time thought this was a great injustice.
In this time and space, thanks to the butterfly effect of time travellers, a major reform had already begun in the seventh year of Wanli. The governors of various places, including Wang Zhiyuan, were so busy that they hit the back of their heads every day and had no time to pay attention to him. Let's talk about the "Nanjing Daily"
The period of "three years from now when Li Zhi and Feng Bangning can speak their minds directly" has expired. They publish some fallacies in newspapers every day. Because the emperor is standing behind them, no one dares to care about him. Compared with the influence of He Xinyin's lectures in newspapers, then
But the little witch saw the big witch.
As a result, He Xinyin lived for several more years. At this time, he had keenly sensed that after the reform, deep gaps had appeared in the shackles of Neo-Confucianism, and it was disintegrating from top to bottom. Those who considered themselves to be the "authentic" successors of Xinxue
This is the day when he will make great achievements. [Note 1]
Over the years, he lectured everywhere, and his reputation grew. Zhang Juzheng himself was actually disgusted with lecturing in private schools. In the third year of Wanli, he wrote Zhu Yijun's "Applying Old Chapters for Academic Affairs to Revitalize Talents": "Sages use Confucian classics to teach
, The country relies on Confucianism to educate people. If you can understand the Confucian classics, you will be able to explain knowledge. Why bother to set up a separate school and gather in parties to talk empty talk... It is not allowed to create academies, gather disciples and parties, and call on people who are wandering around the place to eat and have nothing to do.
Empty talk is useless."
Zhu Yijun read the memorial at that time and understood that Zhang Juzheng wanted to suppress public opinion to facilitate reform, but how could the time traveler extinguish the fire that overthrew Neo-Confucianism, so the "reported news" was shelved.
Later, his determination to reform was even stronger than that of Zhang Juzheng, and with the dimensionality-reducing attack method of newspapers, Zhang Juzheng bore most of the firepower against the reform. Zhang Juzheng's idea of "banning and destroying the Tianxia Academy" was not so urgent.
After the Great Reform, the imperial court established the Ministry of Education, and an "Edict on Measures for the Licensing and Management of Private Schools" brought all private academies around the world under imperial administration. This method of issuing licenses was much more sophisticated than Zhang Juzheng's "forbidden destruction of academies all over the world" in his original time and space.
Times, Mr. Zhang can only admire Zhu Yijun.
After the academies were brought under the management of the imperial court, all those who ran the academies needed supervisors trained by the imperial government in reform training classes. Instead, these academies became the high ground for public opinion advocating the reform. Various anti-Confucianism trends accompanied the development of the study of physics, such as
Like a storm and thunder, Neo-Confucianism was defeated step by step.
The White Terror in the Seven Years of Wanli seriously damaged the economic foundation of Neo-Confucianism. Even if the gentry from all over the country did not praise the reform, they at least kept silent - the emperor at that time was too scary.
...
Tu Long chatted with He Xinyin for a few words, and then asked He Xinyin: "Have you told your other friends that Mr. Fushan has come to Beijing?"
He Xinyin smiled and said: "When I passed through Nanjing this time, I met Editor-in-Chief Li Zhi. It was too late for us to meet each other."
"Li Zhi said that I know that Capital University has a style of study designated by the emperor, which is known as 'all-inclusive, letting a hundred flowers bloom', rather than being just a philosophical school like Taixue. He persuaded me to seek a teaching position. What do you mean by that? But someone asked me
Come?"
Tu Long heard this and smiled and said: "Today, Mr. Tiantai, the deputy right-hand censor of the capital, came to see me. He somehow knew that you were here because he had admired you for a long time and wanted to meet you. Because he didn't know what you meant, he didn't
Dare to agree, just say something lively."
He Xinyin heard the words "Mr. Tiantai", curled up the corner of his mouth and said with a smile: "This official is getting bigger and bigger, but he is a top hypocrite... I have to wash my eyes after seeing him. I saw him do it
What?"
Tu Long burst out laughing after hearing this and said: "My husband is not kind. When Mr. Tiantai met Yan Song in the past, he criticized him. He has his own high wind. The high cliffs and cliffs are also different from ordinary people..."
He Xinyin also laughed and said: "Some time ago, I heard that the imperial censor Zhou Zhihan impeached Lu Guangzu, the minister of civil affairs, and he signed the memorial. When the emperor was angry, he praised Lu Guangzu's wisdom and impeached Zhou Zhihan, which made a big joke. Is it true?
"
Tu Long smiled and said: "Is this the case? Neo-Confucianism."
He Xinyin put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "What a 'Confucianism', haha!"
The Mr. Tiantai they mentioned refers to Geng Dingxiang, a famous Neo-Confucian scholar. He had profound attainments in humanities and Neo-Confucianism, and was considered a famous Confucian scholar at the time. At this time, he was serving as the right deputy censor of the Capital Procuratorate. He Xinyin's thoughts and views were incompatible with them.
No, there have been frequent verbal spats in the Nanjing Daily in the past two years.
After laughing for a while, He Xinyin asked: "Li Zhi said that the selection of professors at the Capital University will not be judged by the academic field. After the local recommendation, the emperor will conduct an interview in person at Yingtai, Xiyuan. Is this true?"
Tu Long said: "Exactly. I asked during the morning session today. Is Mr. Fushan on the recommendation list?"
He Xinyin said: "How can I get any recommendation from the governor? But Li Zhi said that I just come, and I will be on the list. I don't know whether it is true or not."
Tu Long laughed and said: "How can Mr. Zhuowu be such a man, how can I deceive you?" After saying that, he whispered: "This slip is in the heart of the emperor, and the prime minister is also a commoner. The editorials in the past two years have often guided public opinion and promoted reforms.
It’s this—” After saying that, he put a thumbs up on his chest, indicating that Li Zhuowu was very impressive in the emperor’s heart.
He Xinyin sighed and said, "I can't help but be envious. Li Zhuowu was promoted to the fourth rank and resigned from his post to become editor-in-chief. At that time, everyone said he was a fool. How about now?"
Tu Long said with a smile: "Mr. Fushan is right. If you ask me, the emperor's selection of professors this time is comparable to the "Shiqu Pavilion Meeting" of the Ming Dynasty! As the saying goes, the road to broadening one's artistic skills extends to hundreds of thousands of people.
Duan Zhi Xue is a grand event in ten days. I guess Geng Xiang wants to see you because he wants to get to know your background so that he can have a clear target in the debate."
He Xinyin chuckled and said: "His two brushes want to debate scriptures with me, but they are only humiliating themselves. I will wait for him to come! - I wonder when the selection will start?"
Tu Long sighed: "The emperor is in a bad mood these days. I heard that this matter will be postponed. The matter in Zhejiang is too big, and the emperor is not in the mood to do anything else now."
When He Xinyin heard this, his face became angry and said: "The country has a giant beetle, but it is still a king, and the ministers do not share the same desires as the people. Unless there is a sage as the king, otherwise it will be difficult to get close to each other, and it will be difficult to respect the people of the world, and if you want to achieve great governance, you will not be able to achieve it."
After Tu Long heard this, he took a deep breath and said, "My dear father! Mr. Fushan, when making the selection, please don't say that you are not a king or a father."
He Xinyin smiled and said: "I have already established my path when I was established, how can I change it just because of a teaching position? If I are asked to speak at the selection meeting, I should speak my mind directly!"
Although Tu Long is a perverted person, he is definitely an upright person in politics. After hearing this, he stopped trying to persuade him and just sighed and said: "Alas, I can't figure out how the emperor views the various academic sects in the world today. He said it was a reform, but he didn't talk about it.
Encourage private study; it is said that it is a study of hundreds of schools, but it only loves one thing, 'the study of things'. How can you get close to the great road by studying things and doing other things?"
He Xinyin's face was solemn and he said: "My dear brother, this is not true. If everything in the world is aligned, Tao Zhen is among them. In recent years, I have pondered the emperor's "On Contradiction" and "On Practice", and I have been enlightened from time to time.
I feel that the essence of Xinxue lies in it. If Duke Yangming were still alive, he would definitely regard the Emperor as a close friend."
"This 'Yingtai Meeting' is really not as simple as selecting professors!"
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The major case in Zhejiang that Tu Long mentioned was the "empty salary case" explained by Wu Shanyan. In early April, the "Ma Wenying False Martyr" case - now renamed the "empty salary case" - was exposed, which immediately shocked the world.
The case centered on Weng Dali, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and involved a total of 37 senior officials below the third rank in the two capitals, 96 below the fifth rank, and nearly a thousand local subordinate officials and guards officers!
In half of the Jiangnan region, large-scale corruption occurred in the civil service and public health system, and more than 30 people from the National Security Bureau were involved in the case.
Although Ma Wenying's murder was only an insignificant branch of this huge corruption case, Ma Wenying's son Ma Junxian never gave up, which led to Wu Shanyan, an important insider, to make stupid moves. As a result, the entire case was uprooted and an officialdom turmoil was set off.
Super earthquake.
By the end of March, when the case was being investigated, nearly all the imperial procuratorates and the National Security Bureau were mobilized, and five task forces were set up in the capital and Jiangnan. The emperor specially ordered Hai Rui to personally take charge - in Hai Rui's legendary career, it was written that
The most wonderful thing.
After investigation, it was found that since the eighth year of Wanli, senior officials of the Imperial Privy Council and the Nanjing Ministry of War had colluded. In the process of implementing the reform of the guard station, a large number of fictitious military households in the guard station were made, and land and demobilization subsidies were embezzled, which amounted to more than 780,000 taels of silver.
Desire is hard to fill. After the formation of this corrupt group, they quickly focused on the large number of ordnance eliminated during the military reform process. They took advantage of the smuggling trade between Jiangnan and Japan to resell a large amount of ordnance to the ongoing
civil war in Japan, and profited from it more than 1,150,000 taels.
After the emperor learned the details, it is conceivable that he was furious. This is why all the officials in the imperial court are walking on thin ice these days - the mass arrests three years ago still left too great a shadow on everyone.