Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 117 Zhu Yuanzhang's New Appointment

Just after Zhu Qicai finished speaking, the expressions of both Zheng Shiyuan and Liu Bowen changed.

Liu Bowen asked very quickly:

"It turns out that you really have a system for this study of the mind?"

After Liu Bowen finished speaking, Zhu Qi was a little confused.

During this period of time, if anyone is to say who is the most dedicated to promoting the study of the mind, it is definitely the old guy Liu Bowen.

Of course, it is publicized in the name of himself, that is, the king of Liao.

This Liu Bowen's position among literati is quite important.

The reason why this theory of mind can cause such a wide range of dissemination and discussion is naturally unable to stand up to Liu Bowen's push to fuel the flames.

Seeing Zhu Qi's expression, Liu Bowen explained:
"Originally, when I heard Mr. Zheng talk about it, I thought it was just your Highness's sporadic thoughts and perceptions, and it was somewhat similar to what Lu Jiuyuan mentioned in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, His Highness could really write a book. "

Zheng Shiyuan also smiled at the side, and Zhu Qi understood it as soon as he heard it. It is probably because Liu Bowen saw the advantages of learning of the mind, and he probably studied it a lot during this time.

Zhu Qi didn't say much else, the reason why he called Liu Bowen and Zheng Shiyuan over was also to get them to help, mainly to help the axe.

After all, Zhu Qi had read the Xinxue books, but there was no classical Chinese version, and they were all written in vernacular.

Even Zhu Qi couldn't understand classical Chinese.

Zheng Shiyuan and Liu Bowen nodded immediately, isn't it just right, let alone right, even if they help to summarize together, it's no problem!
When Zhu Qi heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly.

Sorry, no need.

Let's sum it up together, Zhu Qi doesn't know what Wang Shouren's mentality is.

He is simply a memory porter.

But this can't be said to Zheng Shiyuan and Liu Bowen.

After begging the two of them, Zhu Qi started to work.

And Zheng Shiyuan and Liu Bowen, who came out from His Royal Highness King Liao, walked outside the imperial city and started chatting.

Zheng Shiyuan said:
"Uncle, you really deserve to be His Royal Highness Liao Wang, I just said that what His Royal Highness Liao Wang said to me on weekdays is by no means a random thing.

It must be the result of long-term exploration and careful consideration.

Now His Royal Highness King Liao is going to write it into a book. Once this book comes out, it will definitely change the atmosphere of my Ming scholars! "

Liu Bowen also stroked his beard and said with a smile:

"Master Zheng is right.

It's just that writing a book can't be done in a short while.

The old man, this old bone, must be guaranteed at that time. I hope that in my lifetime, I can see the publication of the book of Xinxue by His Royal Highness King Liao, and the old man will not live in vain. "

Although Liu Bowen said so, but at this time Liu Bowen's body is quite healthy.

Zheng Shiyuan naturally said some more polite words.

Both of them knew in their hearts that although His Highness Liao Wang said he didn't want to help, His Highness Liao Wang would call them when he couldn't.

After all, the two of them understood His Royal Highness Liao's temper. A person who seemed to have thick eyebrows and big eyes was actually quite afraid of trouble.

No matter what you do, you will plan it in advance, and then hand it over to others to handle it.

This is true in war, in learning, and even in business.

So both Liu Bowen and Zheng Shiyuan felt that in a few days, His Royal Highness King Liao would call them both to help.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and went home one after another, getting ready to read up on some ancient books and classics.

.........

Just three days later, the two were called over again.

"His Royal Highness Liao Wang seems to want our help."

Just met Liu Bowen in the hall, Zheng Shiyuan just said that, and Liu Bowen nodded and smiled.

But before Liu Bowen could speak, he heard hurried footsteps outside.

His Royal Highness came down.

The two stood up and saluted separately, and Zhu Qi waved his hands to let them sit down after the ceremony.

Then I heard Zhu Qi say:

"About that book..."

His Royal Highness Liao Wang hesitated for a moment, Zheng Shiyuan quickly answered:
"Don't worry, Your Highness. If Your Highness needs to discuss it, feel free to tell me and Uncle, it's just right."

Liu Bowen also nodded, Zhu Qi glanced at the two of them and said:

"...Gu has finished writing."

"Heh, writing a book is not so simple..." Liu Bowen said with a smile, but he just started to speak, and suddenly froze.

Looking at Zheng Shiyuan sitting next to him, he also had the same expression as him.

Liu Bowen hurriedly asked:
"Your Highness, have you finished writing?"

Zhu Qi nodded, and Zheng Shiyuan beside him couldn't help but stood up and asked:
"Does Your Highness already have manuscripts? In the past three days, these manuscripts have been pieced together?"

This is already the most likely answer.

After all, what is the concept of writing a book in three days?

I'm afraid I'm not writing a book, but copying a book?
Isn't Zhu Qi just copying, and he doesn't understand these things, he just copied the contents of his mind into his memory verbatim.

But they are all vernacular. If you want to print and promote them, you must simplify the language, modify the wording, and print and publish in classical Chinese.

This is really not what Zhu Qi wanted to do. The main reason is that those who can read characters now basically understand classical Chinese.

Using classical Chinese can save a lot of trouble in making templates.

After all, the production of printing templates is now done manually.

There are four or five times more words in vernacular Chinese. Books that are too complicated are not conducive to publication.

Of course, in order to popularize the effect, of course the vernacular is the best.

Because everyone understands vernacular literati, getting started is very simple.

The prerequisite is that ordinary people must know how to read and write.

And improving the literacy rate is another difficult hurdle...

Zhu Qi shook his head and said:
"How can Gu have any manuscripts, but these things have long been in Gu's heart, and they have been copied in the past three days."

In fact, Zhu Qi blushed a little when he said this.

Because if you really want to count, he can actually finish copying after two days of continuous work.

It's just because of the newlyweds, it's inevitable to dawdle, and this dawdling, the anger of the two of them came up.

It was Zhu Qi's first time as a husband, and Xu Miaoyun's first time as a wife, and neither one was used to the other.

When the anger comes up, of course it is to do something that may kill people.

This back and forth, also wasted a lot of time.

Of course, what Zhu Qi wanted to say was not these, he put the written book on the table, and there was no name on it, it was just an ordinary book cover, so he heard Zhu Qi say:
"What this king wants to say is not these, what this king wants to say is.

I will leave this book to the two of you, and I will only be responsible for writing it out, as well as the subsequent printing work. For the rest, such as discussing the Tao and accepting disciples, I really don't have the energy.

But how to achieve the greatest effect depends on the two of you. As for the future, I can only hope for a good result. "

After Zhu Qi finished speaking, Liu Bowen didn't speak first, but reached out to get the book.

Zheng Shiyuan's first reaction was to take the book, but when he saw Liu Bowen also stretched out his hand, he had no choice but to take it back resentfully.

Liu Bowen took the book in his hand and began to flip through it.

The thickness of this book is not too thick, Liu Bowen read it briefly, and then put down the book.

Zheng Shiyuan also quickly picked up the book and read it.

At this moment, I heard Liu Bowen sigh:
"Threesomes must have my teacher, the ancients did not deceive me!

As soon as His Royal Highness King Liao published this book, this Confucianism, Taoism and mind learning has been accomplished! "

Zhu Qi was terrified when he heard that, good guy, is there such a boast?

If I boast again, I will regret it.

Zhu Qi hurriedly said:

"The teacher has won the prize, and Gu Ye is just stepping on the shoulders of his predecessors."

Liu Bowen didn't say much. Although the classics of mind learning have been completed, there is still a long way to go.

This thin book is just the beginning of the promotion of mind learning.

Both Liu Bowen and Zheng Shiyuan bowed deeply, and then left with the books.

They also need to modify the wording and even make some annotations.

Although this is easier than writing a book, it also takes a lot of time and energy.

What's more, they also need to take this book to study and study.

Fortunately, both of them were great Confucian scholars at that time, and the protagonist still has no doubts about this kind of ability.

It's finally settled, the rest of the matter can only wait for it to slowly ferment, and no one can say what will happen in the future.

As I said before, I hope that this seed can bear fruit and grow into a towering tree.

…………

Hongwu ninth year, June.

Since April, the controversy over mind learning has gone through two months of great debate.

Finally in June, news spread that His Royal Highness King Liao had completed his work on the study of mind.

And for this book, Zheng Shiyuan and Liu Bowen, the most staunch supporters of Xinxue, are the ones who correct this book.

It's just that there are very few people who are lucky enough to see this book in advance.

However, some great Confucian scholars who have seen it also praised it one after another.

There is even such an extreme point of view as "once this book is published, Neo Confucianism will be abolished!".

But no matter how the literati discussed it, Zhu Qi didn't have that much time to discuss with them.

During this period of time, he was mainly busy relaxing, and continuing to develop his entertainment career.

The main thing is to return to the old profession, drawing books, ah no, it is comics.

But because of Xu Miaoyun, sometimes this is drawing and drawing, and it can't help but develop towards the direction of the book.

Of course, it is impossible to sell these paintings for money.

After Zhu Qi finished painting, it was all left to Xu Miaoyun.

Xu Miaoyun was naturally blushing, saying something like whether to watch or not.

But the sneaky ones will still pick it up curiously, it's almost like - it's so weird, take another look.

This means.

As for those artisans, each one of them is also working hard to publicize outside and research recruitment.

During this period of time, craftsmen came to inspect one after another.

However, because of the addition of a math test threshold, these craftsmen may need to be trained for a period of time before they officially enter the job.

Those who are not strong in learning ability naturally failed the assessment.

After all, the blueprints that Zhu Qihou needs to produce are not simple things one by one.

In the future, I also want to set up a special laboratory to do experiments related to physics and chemistry.

After all, these two disciplines are very practice-oriented and observation-oriented.

This learning ability and logical thinking ability must not be too bad.

What if a genius who sees an apple falling into the ground and thinks why he doesn't fly up is cultivated?

No one can say anything bad about this.

Ma San has been very busy during this period of time. Naturally, he didn't go to the Imperial College to teach, but was left by Zhu Qi to teach in the research institute.

By the way, I also offered Ma San a position as assistant to King Liao.

This was decided for him by Zhu Qi himself, and with the consent of Prince Zhu Biao, he is also of high rank in the court.

Although he is only a ninth-rank sesame official, he is still an official.

And Zhu Qi insisted on keeping Ma San by his side, in addition to hoping that he could teach.

The biggest thing is to take advantage of Ma San's contacts and status. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will recruit more talented students from the Western world.

Can these people be regarded as half foreign experts?

Of course, it doesn't mean that foreign experts are necessarily good. What Zhu Qi mainly needs is to let them promote the theory of natural science.

After all, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there have been a large number of foreign translations and began to spread to China.

We should be proud when we should be proud, and learn when we should learn from others. There is nothing we can't save face.

Ma San is naturally very happy.

Finally got his wish and became an official, got a salary, and began to live the life like in Marco Polo's travel notes.

After all, Zhu Qi never treated his own people harshly in daily life.

Of course, it was limited to basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation. Zhu Qi would naturally not provide for some spiritual needs, such as a partner.

If Ma San has the ability, he can find it by himself.

But these days, it is too difficult for foreigners to marry Chinese women.

I understand everything I understand, and I can’t say more if I don’t understand. This matter is very troublesome and involves a lot...

In fact, Ma San really went to find a partner. Before that, he was flirting with a sex dancer in a hook-up bar run by Jiaofangsi.

Now I finally officially have an official position and a salary.

Of course, the salary is only a little bit, and His Royal Highness Liao Wang also gives extra salary, that is the focus of his improvement of life!

On the court side, Zhu Yuanzhang actually didn't care much about the dispute between scholars' psychology and Neo-Confucianism.

It's just because Zhu Qi proposed the study of mind, so Zhu Yuanzhang would occasionally ask about it.

He heard that Zhu Qi had written a new book, which summed up the main points of the study of the mind, and some great Confucians who had read it praised it greatly, so Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Qi over and praised and encouraged him.

As for whether Zhu Yuanzhang has read that book, Zhu Qi is not sure.

But even if you have seen it, you probably won't have any special feelings.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang would never think about what normal scholars think. He was a child of a poor family since he was a child.

Now that he is an emperor, his mind is full of important national affairs, and all he cares about is whether the common people can live well, whether they have food to eat, and whether they have clothes to wear.

Whether those officials fulfill their duties, what to do if an official bullies the common people, and so on.

In Zhu Qi's view, this is the question that normal officials and ministers should also think about.

Instead of arguing with scholars about philosophical and theoretical matters.

Now that you are an official, let's do something in his position.

Philosophy is something that should be left to other people to study.

Of course, this was just Zhu Qi complaining about thinking about it. Whether it was right or wrong, he didn't think about it that much, and he didn't talk about it with outsiders anyway.

At this time, Chaotang was most concerned about the war against Beiyuan.

The threat of King Liang made Zhu Yuanzhang decide to send Zhu Liangzu to Guangdong and Guangxi to take charge of the defense work there.

It still followed the historical development, and Zhu Qi also told Prince Zhu Biao some bad comments about Zhu Liangzu's past.

Expressed his concerns.

Zhu Biao apparently also kept an eye on it, and sent a confidant adjutant to go with Zhu Liangzu.

There must be the prince's surveillance, so Zhu Liangzu wouldn't go too far.

There was only so much Zhu Qi could do, so he couldn't go to Zhu Yuanzhang's side and speak ill of Zhu Liangzu directly, right?

Isn't this something to be scolded for?

And Zhu Qi originally thought that in the nine years of Hongwu, he could spend a year leisurely in this leisurely atmosphere.

But I didn't expect it to be the end of May in the ninth year of Hongwu.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't seem happy to see himself as the third child being too idle, and soon found himself a new job.

………………

Yingtian Mansion, inside the imperial city.

"Huh? Let me go to Shuzhong to preside over Bashu defense?"

Zhu Qi looked at the prince Zhu Biao in front of him, a little confused.

Zhu Biao nodded with his hands behind his back and said:

"This is the meaning of the father. Although my brother does not want you to run too far, the third, but at this time the court is employing people, and most of the generals have gone to the north. There is really no one who can rest assured.

But don't worry, this time entering Shu, it's not just you going alone, it's still the same as before, you just choose the lieutenant general.

On Father's side, he also arranged for Mu Ying to go with you. "

Zhu Qixin thought to himself, what do you mean there is no candidate who is not at ease? Is this Mu Ying still not at ease?
Mu Ying is Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son, and he is very famous.

Those who don't understand history may not know much, but you should have seen "The Deer and Ding Tale", and there is a character in it, Mu Jiansheng, the young master of Mu Wangfu.

Can not remember?Mu Jianping always remembers.

One of Wei Xiaobao's wives.

This Mu Palace is from Mu Ying.

In the 14th year of Hongwu in history, Mu Ying followed Lan Yu and Fu Youde to pacify Yunnan.

So Zhu Yuanzhang stayed in Yunnan, Yongzhen Yunnan.

It was also because of Muying's elite that Daming's control over Yunnan was impregnable.

To be honest, Zhu Qi really didn't want to go.

If it is modern, then he absolutely agrees with both hands.

Go to Shuzhong to see the endless roads, to see the intercity railway that shuttles through the high-rise buildings in the city, and to see how the four seasons are like spring.

And the beautiful young lady in Shuzhong...

"I go!"

Zhu Qi was taken aback for a moment, and said righteously:

"When the court employs people, it is the time for me to be loyal to the country!"

When Zhu Qi thought of Miss Sister, ah no, he thought that he couldn't refuse anyway, so he should be decisive and set off for Bashu as soon as possible.

As for the chosen lieutenant...Jing Nan Tiantuan, assemble!

(Dazhang, there will be more later~)

(End of this chapter)