imperial psychologist

Chapter 424
In the past three years, there have been two top priorities in the court, one is to store grain, and the other is to store troops;

All decisions issued from Pingjing are all considered from the perspective of these two.

During the three years of getting along with Emperor Shengming, the courtiers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The uncertainty of Emperor Jianxi has gradually faded away with his old man's death, and the young Emperor Shengming is obviously much more peaceful and kind.

The past three years are the best proof of that.

However, on this point, Sun Beiji and Zhang Shouzhong obviously have completely different views.

For example, earlier, Chen Yicong heard that there was an old gentleman in Huizhou who specialized in farming, and he had done a lot of research on how to avoid pests, and his reputation spread far and wide.

After hearing this, he wanted to invite the old gentleman to come to Beijing to give an oral account of his experience, so that he could leave agricultural books for promotion.

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry warned in advance, saying that the family members of this old man had been involved in unjust cases in the early years of Jianxi. In addition to his aloofness, the princes of Pingjing had paid a lot of money for several times before, and he always used the name of "mountain and wild". People who don’t want to see any nobles from Pingjing” refused to enter Beijing for reasons such as this.

Chen Yicong didn't mind, and invited the old man twice in the name of the Ministry of Industry. The Secretary of the Ministry of Industry obeyed the holy order and wrote two warm invitation letters, which were sent to Huizhou after Chen Yicong had seen them.

However, the old man claimed twice that he was ill and did not come. The second time he wrote back sarcasticly, saying that Emperor Jianxi liked to ask ghosts and gods when he was in trouble. It felt quite powerful. How about your Ministry of Industry burn a tortoise shell to have a look.

This reply letter was finally sent to Chen Yicong's desk, and everyone looked at the emperor's expression of neither joy nor anger, and fell silent for a moment.

This time, Chen Yicong wrote the pen himself, and returned a handwritten letter that afternoon.

The letter was rushed to Huizhou, and the old gentleman's carriage stopped at the west gate of Pingjing in the evening of the next day.

Chen Yicong came out to meet him personally with the minister of the Ministry of Industry and several ministers. He treated people very politely, and his words and deeds were full of respect and humility.

The attitude of the old man is no longer as tough as before. After everyone talked and discussed, the general process of this matter was quickly settled. Finally, Chen Yicong raised his glass and said loudly, "I will let you Gentlemen, see my sincerity."

The emperor's personal welcome soon became a good story in several southern state capitals.

But only Zhang Shouzhong and Sun Beiji knew that in the emperor's handwritten letter sent to Huizhou, there were actually only five words——

"If you don't come, kill your clan."

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In today's court, the things everyone is arguing about are also related to farming.

Just yesterday evening, Emperor Shengming decreed that an "Agricultural Research Institute" and an "Industrial Research Institute" should be established in Beijing, and a "specialized imperial examination" should be set up separately to select talents from all over the country to study agriculture and various projects.

Through the layer-by-layer selection of the special imperial examination, the agricultural and industrial candidates who can finally stand out from the college examination, rural examination, and general examination and enter the "two institutes" will be awarded official positions by the imperial court together with other candidates in the same period.

When several old ministers heard this decree, they were so angry that they almost fainted on the spot.

If you want to say that there is a shortage of people to lead troops to fight, it is no problem to set up martial arts to recruit warriors.

But in the past, all kinds of farming, farming, water conservancy, transportation... have always been directly under the name of the Ministry of Industry, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry are all promoted through imperial examinations-there are no errands for the Ministry of Industry. If it's not good, why are you suddenly splitting out two items and setting up a separate portal now?

That's not the most important thing.

The most important thing is-the so-called scholars, farmers, businessmen, scholars work hard, and the latter three work hard.

An ancient saying goes: A gentleman works with his mind, a villain works with his strength, those who work with their minds govern others, and those who work with their strength govern others;

This has always been that people do not concurrently serve as officials, and officials do not serve concurrently.

To set up special imperial examinations, doesn't it mean that laborers can be ranked among the laborers by virtue of their own skills?
What is this scenario?
On this day, the Hall of Supreme Harmony was full of chills, except for a few people who looked normal, most of them had dark eyes.

The eunuch Lu Dou said "The emperor is here", and everyone bowed in unison. Chen Yicong came quickly, passed through the courtiers, and stepped onto the high dragon chair, with his usual indifference.

After sitting down, Chen Yicong opened his mouth as usual, throwing out a sentence that he had repeated countless times as the beginning of today's verbal battle——

"Let's discuss."

The courtiers were almost waiting for the emperor's words, and the next moment, about a dozen people raised their heads in unison, "I have a book to play!".

Chen Yicong slightly raised his eyes—the Minister of Rites, the Minister of Industry, and many servants from the various ministries all looked bitter and hatred.

Chen Yicong didn't respond immediately, his silence made the atmosphere in the hall dignified.

Everyone felt the emperor's scrutiny. During the silence, they heard the beating of their own hearts.

Like Emperor Jianxi, the young Chen Yicong has learned how to use silence to disrupt the opponent's position and consolidate his majesty.

At an appropriate moment, he turned his attention to Jiang Chongwen, the servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs - this is an old official who is between Zhang Shouzhong and Sun Beiji, about 56 or [-] years old.

According to his official rank, Jiang Chongwen is not the tallest among these people waiting to speak, but he is definitely the most difficult one - he is best at starting from the minutiae, advancing layer by layer, and muddying the water with boring but airtight arguments.

He is thin and thin, and there are many wrinkles between his brows, probably because he frowns because he is often unhappy.

However, this may not be his fault. The officials of the Ministry of Officials are in charge of the punishment and punishment of the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they are the real power concentration.

Because of this, the hall officials of this department entered the cabinet, and most of them served as the chief assistant and second assistant.

However, with Jiang Chongwen's profound qualifications, he is still sitting in the position of a mere servant. It must be said that his luck is not good-who let the former Prince Gong's veteran Sun Beiji and the emperor Zhang Shouzhong stand in front of him?

"Master Jiang." Chen Yicong raised his eyebrows slightly, "Let's talk about it first."

Everyone is staring at him.

The emperor asked Jiang Chongwen to speak first, almost picking up a hard bone and chewing on it first.

The old minister's face was like a withered vine, and his eyes were silent. He took a few steps outwards, stood on the empty path in the center of the Golden Luan Hall, and presented a memorial with both hands.

The eunuch Lu Dou walked down the steps covered with thick blankets, took the memorial from Jiang Chongwen, and then delivered it to the emperor in the court hall.

Jiang Chongwen didn't speak for a long time, and Chen Yicong looked at his memorial at a glance.

Not long after, the emperor laughed, "...What does Master Jiang mean?"

"The veteran's thoughts have been clearly written in the memorial."

"I don't understand." Chen Yicong still smiled, "What do you want to do by handing over a dictionary for the court to discuss matters?"

There was a discussion in the hall.

However, there are still some people who don't have any surprises on their faces - because they also carry a copy of such a dictionary in their arms.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, whether the dignity of scholars can be maintained depends on today.

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