Zhang Yue said to General Xu: "Then the case is true."
General Xu said: "Reporting to the Prime Minister, I really don't know about this matter. I contacted several fellow villagers to do it."
Hearing General Xu's words, Zhang Yue pinched his forehead.
Zhang Yue said: "I know that you are an honest official, but I didn't expect that you are not strict in restraining your family."
"Having said that, people don't just pop out of the cracks in the rocks. They also have family members and fellow villagers to take care of them. However, Cai Chizheng is in prison this time, so you may not be able to escape."
General Xu said: "This is a lowly official who has betrayed the trust of my father-in-law and is willing to accept the punishment."
Zhang Yue said: "Now I can only let you go abroad and come back after a while."
"yes."
General Xu bowed and left Zhang Mansion.
This time Xu Jiang was involved in the case of imperial student Yu Fan.
It turned out that a prince named Yu Fan beat the drum and wrote a letter to express his grievances.
The content of the letter was "Taixue's lectures on officials are unfair, the school tests all students, and there are private tests for promotions and supplements."
"Anyone who succeeds in the test does not win by force, but by profit. Those who are lonely and talented will be deposed."
This is the disadvantage of Wang Anshi's implementation of the Sanshe method after reforming Imperial College, because students who were admitted to Shangshe could be directly promoted to officials, and the quota for promotion to Shangshe was in the hands of Imperial College supervisors such as Zhijiao.
This led to a sharp decline in the academic reputation of the Imperial Academy. Scholars rushed to become officials and bribed officials to become officials.
So the Emperor ordered General Xu, the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, to investigate the case. General Xu shied away from the case at first, so the case was really difficult and he did not have the strength to handle it.
The officials were dissatisfied with General Xu, so he was temporarily dismissed from the post of magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture and remained a Hanlin scholar.
Cai Que took over the case.
As soon as Cai Que took over the case, he found out the facts clearly.
The first person involved in the matter was Yuan Jiang, the political advisor. Yuan Jiang asked his son Yuan Shening to bribe the Imperial Academy to speak directly to Sun E. Ye Tangyi asked Sun Yuan Bohu to give birth to the Imperial College.
Afterwards, Yuan Jiang agreed to be promoted to Sun E's official position in return.
In addition to Yuan Jiang, there are also Yinjuan who directly talks about Gong Yuan's birth member Zhang Yu, and Wang Nian's request to upgrade the unqualified papers to a superior one.
Directly speaking, Shen Baht sat and received Zhang Yu's porcelain and bamboo mats.
To put it bluntly, Ye Tao was sitting and receiving tea and paper from Zhang Yu, and it was not a holiday reception.
To put it bluntly, Shen Jichang was bribed by a student from the imperial family, and his promotion and compensation were unfair.
Wang Dianzhi was bribed by Zhang Gongbi, a student of the imperial family, but he failed to make up for it.
Yu Zhongzuo was bribed by Chen Du, a student of the Imperial College.
Cai Que found dozens of people in his investigation, such as Li Junqing who joined the army as a recorder, Cai Xun who joined the army as a scholar, and Wang Yu, the imperial eunuch, as well as General Xu, the former magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture. His wife, brother, and several people from the same village were also involved in the case.
Among the group of direct lecturers from Imperial College, Gong Yuan was Wang Anshi's favorite disciple; Shen Zhu was Wang Anshi's nephew; Ye Tao was Wang Anshi's niece and son-in-law; and Shen Jichang was Wang Anshi's brother-in-law.
Yu Zhong was the number one scholar in the sixth year of Xining and was the son-in-law of Lu Huiqing.
After General Xu left, Cai Que was led to the hall by Peng Jingyi.
Zhang Yue handed the list back to Cai Que, and then said: "Since it is confirmed that it is correct, we will handle it according to the law!"
Cai Quedao: "Prime Minister, some of these people's crimes may be light or serious. Are they going to be punished strictly?"
Zhang Yue said: "Tai Xue is where you and I studied in the past. The imperial court provided us with food so that you and I no longer have to run around for food and clothing. We also invited masters to give direct lectures to doctors, so that you and I no longer have the difficulty of seeking knowledge.
The world's books are stored here, so that you and I no longer have to worry about copying books to read."
"Therefore, the atmosphere must be rectified. Although General Xu is a good friend of you and me, since he is involved, he will be demoted and sent out to show justice."
Cai Que showed a playful smile and said: "Of course."
Zhang Yue saw Cai Que's smile and knew exactly what he wanted.
The target of this matter is directed at Yuan Jiang, and there is also a new party in Taixue. Of course, except for General Xu, all the other candidates on the list are very suitable.
In his first letter, Yu Fan also said that in the Analects of Confucius in Taixue, Mencius did not teach anything else, but only the Zhou Rites.
Why?
Wang Anshi revised the New Meanings of the Three Classics, among which the new meanings of Zhou Rites were written by him himself.
There is no problem if you, Taixue, want to talk about Zhou Rites, because Wang Anshi wants to change from "Qin system" to "Zhou system", so the reform must find theoretical basis in Zhou Rites.
Zhang Yue has no objection to this.
But you are too learned to teach anything except Zhou Rites!
When Zhang Yue was the former counselor, he asked Su Che, Chen Guan and others to renovate Zhongyong Yi and Mencius Yi.
It has been compiled and published.
Now that Zhang Yue has paid homage to the prime minister, although I haven't asked you to use Zhongyong and Mencius as teaching materials, you should still talk about Zhongyong and Mencius.
Don’t you even understand what your leader means? You don’t even have a wink?
The Taixue lecturers, led by Shen Jichang, just turned a blind eye. This is not because they don't understand, but because they don't take Zhang Yue seriously at all. Do they still think it's Xining now, not Yuanfeng?
When Zhang Yue and Wang Anshi were debating scriptures, Shen Jichang also encouraged students to criticize his annotations on the Tao Te Ching and supported Wang Anshi, which also sparked a controversy among Tai students.
During his debate on the scriptures, Shen Jichang and others directly told the Tai students who opposed Wang Anshi and supported Zhang Yue to downgrade their papers or demote them to the upper house or inner house.
It happened that Cai Que handed over this Yufan case.
Cai Quedao: "Xiaoguan remembers the case of Taixue in the second year of Xining. At that time, the prime minister was sentenced to the Imperial Academy. Duke Shu Guogong suspended or excluded the prime minister and six direct lecturers from Taixue."
"The prime minister was demoted three levels in a row and was demoted to Qinzhou Tongju. After that, the direct lecturers of the Imperial Academy were Gong Yuan, Shen Zhu, Ye Tao, and Shen Jichang."
"I still remember that the Prime Minister scolded Duke Shu Guo for his 'one morality', suppressed the scholars' speech, and complained directly to us about Yan Fu and other Imperial College students."
Cai Que said this with a strong sense of irony.
Zhang Yue knew that Cai Que was ridiculing himself for questioning Wang Anshi, understanding Wang Anshi, and becoming Wang Anshi. This time he took another step forward.
Zhang Yue said shamelessly: "Hey, uprightness, as the Master said, words must be deeded and deeds must bear fruit. You are just a villain."
Who says you can't slap yourself in the face?
I'm going to show my face now... No, I still want to find the correctness of my behavior.
"Actually, there is nothing wrong with morality. There is a saying in universities. The way of universities lies in the clear virtue, the new people, and the pursuit of perfection!"
"This is to show Ming De in the new people and to stop at perfection. These are the three outlines of the university. Among them, Ming Ming De is to carry forward Ming De."
Confucian morality is different from Taoist morality.
To be precise, Taoist morality is morality. This morality means to be straight up and down. To put it bluntly, it is the road to the heart. To be more precise, it is how people and the world can coexist harmoniously, and how humans and nature can become one.
Confucian ethics are universal values, which are values that require everyone to abide by. For example, some behaviors that violate customs but do not violate the law are considered by Confucians as something that everyone has a natural obligation to stop.
Therefore, some people are not allowed to talk about individuality or individualism.
Some people may think that it is their own business and has nothing to do with others, but Confucians believe that everyone feels that what you are doing is wrong, and they have the right to stop you.
Therefore, the first syllabus of the university is to understand Mingde. You must not only understand Mingde, but also promote it.
As for what "Mingde" is today, Zhang Yue has the right to define it, and this is the rectification of the name.
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At the court hall the next day, Cai Que reported to the emperor the bribery case involving Yuan Jiang, Xu General and the Imperial Academy officials.
Zhang Yue looked at Yuan Jiang's expression from the side.
He took advantage of the great victory in Lanzhou to decisively attack his political opponents.