Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Official position, resume.

What Qichao values ​​most today is resume.

No matter whether you are a Jinshi, or you are from a rural background, if you don’t have a resume from the grassroots, and you don’t have any achievements in government, how can you say that you are a great sage?

Huang Zunsu was a Jinshi in the former dynasty and also served as a censor, but this needs to be added.

Moreover, he has never actually held any local official position, not to mention starting from a farm, and he has never been the head of a county or a prefecture.

But he can't be blamed for that.

After all, Jinshi has always entered the imperial court starting from the Hanlin Academy, and went up step by step, and it was possible to be released to the outside world after reaching a certain level.

But can it cultivate talents with real talents?

Half of my life in the court, I only rely on books and records of predecessors to talk about state affairs. I don't understand how the court works and how the people live. What's the use?

The student bowed to Huang Zunsu and saluted: "Sir, governing the country needs to be done from the ground, not in the countryside and fields to see the lives of the people, just relying on a few books and a few rumors to talk about state affairs and talk about governing the country, isn't it just madness?" ?”

"If you have never been in power and understand the people's livelihood and the wishes of the people, how can you talk about the disadvantages of state affairs? The master's book does not say that I will wait for scholars to just talk. The saints still travel around the world to visit the people's livelihood. Can you rule the world by reading a few books?"

"Could it be that I'm better than a sage? Or do I really have a thorough understanding of the sage's scriptures?"

"However, countless sages throughout the dynasties have painstakingly studied the sage's scriptures and have not fully understood them until now. Why do you think that you can govern the country and the people with just books?"

Huang Zun's angry face changed: "Absurd! Absurd!"

"Don't you hear that in the early Song Dynasty Zhong Xian Gong ruled the world with half of the Analects? Zhong Xian Gong read very few books, and he could govern the country and the people with only half of the Analects. How can you despise the principles of saints in this book and the way of governing the country?"

The student said: "Responding to Mr.'s words, we students naturally dare not despise the sage's scriptures, the truth in the book."

"However, Mr. Zhongxian never spoke falsely about state affairs, but started step by step until he was finally promoted to prime minister. He spent half his life traveling around and experienced before he managed the world with half of the Analects."

"Students dare to ask sir, why is Zhong Xiangong half of the Analects?"

"Isn't it true that the book accounts for half of the truth, and the personal experience accounts for half? After reading thousands of books, you have to travel thousands of miles. Only by using personal experience and supplementing the words of sages can the country and the people be governed. What is learned on paper is always superficial, and you never know it. Things must be practiced, how can you forget the words of the sages?"

"Looking at the sages and ministers of the past dynasties, how can the country be governed solely by the scriptures? If the country is peaceful and the people can be governed by the scriptures, there are countless scriptures in the past dynasties. Why are the people still suffering and the dynasties change? Looking at the past and the present, it can be used directly, but is the experience from a thousand years ago really applicable to today?"

"Why do you only say half of everything, sir? And why do you criticize the government, starting from their personal morality, dare to ask what is wrong with Yuanfu's private morality? Have you ever been to the north? Have you ever seen the people in the north live in peace? , the family is happy, the people's livelihood is rich, everyone is fed and clothed, the elderly have something to rely on, and the children have something to learn?"

As he said that, the student saluted respectfully: "Sir, Confucianism up to now, Confucianism, Confucianism, Practical Learning, and the development of Mind Learning, but even Mind Learning advocates the study of things and knowledge, and believes that everything should proceed from reality. Do you see empty talk but not reality?"

Huang Zunsu opened his mouth, he wanted to say something else, but he looked at the students on the opposite side, and finally let out a cold snort and walked away. These people have been brainwashed by Zhang Haogu, and they are no longer Confucian students!

Huang Zunsu's departure, in the eyes of the onlookers, was not his own departure, but being refuted by the students of Datong Academy, so the onlookers applauded, and the students and scholars around continued to applaud for these Datong Academy The students applauded loudly.

Anyone who has been to the north and has really seen the situation in the north cannot ignore Zhang Haogu's New Deal reforms. Now the people in the north live happily and peacefully, and their families are harmonious and reunited, and three generations and four generations live together everywhere.

What's more, the north is now exempt from gold tariffs, and it is cheap to trade. Many imperial policies encourage commercial development, and the encouragement of private commerce is unprecedented.

Now it's not just the people who support the New Deal?

Businessmen, students, craftsmen, who do not support the New Deal?
Everyone has a chance to succeed, which is much better than before.

Now that the New Deal has spread to the south of the Yangtze River, merchants, common people, students and craftsmen have all supported the New Deal, and the traditional gentry and landlords have been powerless to stop this surging trend.

As the debate between the old and new theories continues, people of insight in the south of the Yangtze River have a heated debate on the old and new learning. A general trend is brewing across the south of the Yangtze River and even in the whole south. They all felt the wind and rain coming.

Just like the waves caused by the new and old theories of the past dynasties and the great etiquette of the previous dynasties, this storm is only accumulating strength, and the aura leaked out like that has already made many people shudder. It can sweep the entire south and make countless people smash to pieces terrible power.

Some students even publicly declared that the officials of the Ming Dynasty should be supervised by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and believed that only officials under the supervision of the people could enforce the law and be honest and upright.

As soon as this remark appeared, many officials in the south felt that something was wrong. The people supervised the officials? !
Simply unheard of!

When did the ruling party of officials need the supervision of the people?

However, there are quite a few students who really agree with this opinion. They spontaneously organized and formed associations, and really began to supervise the governance of officials in various places in the south of the Yangtze River.

Facing these students, many officials have a headache.

First of all, they are all students, they belong to the common people, but they do not belong to the common people. You will doubt: Do you really have a problem? If you don’t have a problem, why would you attack ordinary students?
More importantly, the issue of public opinion.

There is no doubt that students can read and write, and study the classics and principles since childhood. Who controls the public opinion in this world?
Is it the common people?

They are the scholars among the common people, because they have a lot of literacy and knowledge, and the common people respect the scholars, so the scholars can grasp the public opinion.

Today, the students of Datong Academy not only read and write, but also teach the children of the common people in the farm, which has a great reputation among the people.

If you attack these students suddenly, the public opinion of the common people and other students will overwhelm you.

If they hadn't been driven into a hurry, no one would have dared to attack the students easily.

They cannot be beaten, scolded, or arrested. This is the difficulty.

Let’s say these students interfere with official duties. They still don’t break into the yamen, they just supervise the actions of officials among the people. I don’t bother you, but I will keep an eye on you. This makes it really difficult for officials who want to earn some extra money.

For a while, the atmosphere in the officialdom in various places in the south of the Yangtze River actually improved a lot. The officials who were stared at by these students had to stop temporarily and wait for the students' enthusiasm to pass.

After all, young people have a lot of ideas. Right now, they are thinking about supervising officials. Maybe they will dissipate when the excitement passes. After all, students still need to study knowledge and take the national exam. up?

Originally, many people thought that these students might be passionate for a while, and they would soon go their own way, and everyone continued to be safe and sound.

However, no one expected that the storm sweeping across the south of the Yangtze River would show its strength for the first time through these students.

Zhenjiang Mansion, Jintan County, the county magistrate Huang Mingdao had just finished handling government affairs. After returning to the back hall, he watched the servants bring tea, waving a folding fan in one hand, and holding a teacup in the other: "These days, I am really exhausted. gone."

"Those students put away their good books and don't read them. They seem to have nothing to do and come to supervise the officials every day. It's really unreasonable!"

The master on the side said with a smile: "Master Xian, what are you doing with those students, they can be hot for a few days, and when this trend passes, they will leave."

Huang Mingdao nodded: "Well, then bear with them for a few more days."

"By the way, have you collected the money from Nanyan Village?"

The master said: "Those students have been keeping an eye on them these few days. There is no way to collect the money from Nanyan Village. Let's wait a few more days."

Huang Mingdao was a little dissatisfied, but he also knew that the whole of Jiangnan was like this at the moment. Facing the spontaneous supervision formed by students from all over the country, it was really difficult for them to be officials for a while to make money.

Shaking his fan agitatedly, Huang Mingdao held back his anger and said: "These days, I can't move this, and I can't move that, how much money have I lost by these students!"

"Seeing that the new policy of the imperial court is about to be pushed over, if you don't make some money now, what will you do in the future?"

The master looked at Huang Mingdao who was troubled, and could only smile: "The magistrate can bear with it, for a few days."

However, Huang Mingdao didn't know it at all, and all his actions were already known.

In a private house in Jintan County, a group of students gathered here to discuss the situation in Jintan County:

"County magistrate Huang Mingdao is not a good official at all, and he has never heard of additional apportionment. Now all parts of Jintan County have been squeezed by him to sell their sons and daughters!"

"Hasn't the new policy of the imperial court been implemented in the south of the Yangtze River? Doesn't the governor of the south of the Yangtze River Wang Wenyan ignore it?"

"Control? How? Can he manage such a large area in the south of the Yangtze River? I think we have to take action!"

"But we don't have an official status, and we don't have the right to supervise. How should we manage it?"

"Why not? The Emperor Taizu promulgated a great edict, and everyone in the world can report corrupt officials. Now that Jintan County Magistrate Huang Mingdao is so blatantly oppressing the people and robbing the people of their fat and anointing, if we students turn a blind eye to it, wouldn't we be reading the sage's book?" "

"Yes! As students, we should complain for the common people. Right now Huang Mingdao is oppressing the common people like this, and he completely treats the court's laws as nothing. If we don't care about it, when the court sends people here, the people here may not be able to survive long ago. Already!"

"Then why don't we just rush into the county government office, grab Huang Mingdao, take him to the capital, and hand him over to the Ministry of Punishment!"

"Can!"

"feasible!"

"But we also need to have his crimes. Now we go to various villages and towns to collect his crimes. When we have collected them all, we will directly catch him and send him to the capital!"

A group of students made up their minds and acted immediately. First, they rushed to various villages and towns to collect Huang Mingdao's crimes from the people. Facing these students, ordinary people would not believe that they could punish Huang Mingdao. Ming Dao knew, wouldn't they just be unable to survive?

Faced with the distrust of the common people, these students could only reason with their emotions, showing that they had the ability to send Huang Mingdao directly to the capital for questioning.

But even so, the people still did not cooperate.

Being oppressed by Huang Mingdao, with such a magistrate on his head doing evil, ordinary people would not want to offend him.

Seeing that the common people were unable to provide help, the students got together to discuss other methods. In the end, everyone split up again. Some went to the county government to ask acquaintances to see if they could get any clues, and some continued to mobilize the common people to try to get the common people. support.

Seeing these young students working so hard for themselves and the common people, the common people were really touched: "These scholars really want to help us."

A student said: "Fellow folks, Huang Mingdao can no longer be oppressed by everyone to do evil. The imperial government's new policy has been implemented in the south of the Yangtze River. He is still acting recklessly here. The imperial court will not let him go."

"Now as long as we act together, we can catch Huang Mingdao and send him to the capital for questioning. Folks, declare his guilt, and the court will not spare him lightly!"

An old man came out slowly: "If you declare his crimes, the imperial court will not let him go?"

Seeing that there was something to be done, the student quickly said: "That's right, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, his fate will not be better! Asking and beheading are all light! Now as long as everyone lists his crimes, he will definitely die, and he exploited him before. All the money and food will be returned to everyone.”

A commoner stood up and said: "Fight with Huang Mingdao! He asked us how much food we asked for, all kinds of apportionments and corvee, just to force us to pay money, if this continues, we will not be able to live anyway, why not fight with him! "

"I know his crimes, let me tell you!"

The student was overjoyed: "Okay, tell me, I will remember."

After this commoner stood up, others came forward soon, and everyone told Huang Mingdao's crimes one after another. The student wrote down one by one, and wrote a few sheets of paper, and then the common people pressed their fingerprints to prove the crimes. true.

After all, the common people still have trust in the imperial court. The imperial court has promulgated various policies in the past few years, and the people in the south are so envious of the north. Now that the new deal is coming to them, they know that the imperial court keeps their word, and know that the imperial court can punish these corrupt officials After the dirty officials, the common people are willing to trust the court once.

With the instigation of the students, people in various villages and towns mentioned Huang Mingdao's crimes one after another, and piled up the criminal evidence full of fingerprints. The thick stack made the students even more angry: "This Huang Mingdao has committed a heinous crime! Mere cuts are not enough!"

Another student stood up: "We can't wait any longer, let's mobilize the people, let's block the county government together, and get Huang Mingdao out!"

"Yes, find out!"

The students took action again and went to various villages and towns to mobilize the people. After Huang Mingdao found out the news, Huang Mingdao was stunned: "What?! Those students go to encourage those mud-legged people to expose the master?!"

"Those mud legs don't want to live anymore?!"

The yamen servant who reported the letter said: "Master, hurry up, those students have mobilized the people in all villages and towns, and now the people are all running to the county town to arrest you!"

Huang Mingdao couldn't help but slow down his heartbeat when he heard the news, did those students really agitate their muddy legs?

The flustered Huang Mingdao also realized that there was a big problem, and he quickly said: "Hurry up, gather people to protect the county government, and don't let those students attack the county government!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help pacing back and forth anxiously: "No, it's not enough!"

"Hurry up and send someone to notify the mansion that there are mobs attacking the county government. Let the mansion quickly send troops to support it!"

"Don't go soon!"

The sudden outburst of Huang Mingdao startled the yamen servant. Seeing that the magistrate was angry, he hurried down to report the letter.

After the yamen servant left, Huang Mingdao had a distorted expression on his face: "I shouldn't have waited, I shouldn't have waited!"

"A group of mud-legged people dare to attack the county government?"

"Mob! Mob!"

Seeing Huang Mingdao who can no longer litchi, the master is also helpless, he intends to persuade him, but how can Huang Mingdao listen to it now?

Suddenly, there was a lot of noise outside the yamen, and a yamen servant ran to the back hall in horror: "Master, it's not good!"

"It's full of people outside, and the county government is besieged!"

Hearing that the county government was really surrounded, Huang Mingdao got scared!

"Hey, these mobs really dare to surround the county government? Are they trying to rebel?!"

"Quick, close the gate, don't let those mobs in!"

At this time, even Huang Mingdao who was in the back hall could shout from the front: "Huang Mingdao! Come out!"

"Huang Mingdao, you have corrupted the law, abused the people, and you haven't come out to accept the crime!"

"Huang Mingdao, you have disregarded the court's laws and harmed the people, you should pay the price!"

Hearing the noisy shouts from outside, Huang Mingdao was really scared. He was trembling all over. All along, the mud legs that he had easily manipulated, Ren Bian and Ren Yuan, became so strange now?
Is this still those honest and docile mud legs who let him exploit them?
The world has changed, the world has really changed!
The shouts from the front hall are still coming: "Huang Mingdao! Come out!"

"Huang Mingdao, if you don't come out, we'll go in!"

"Folks! Open the door, don't let Huang Mingdao go!"

Accompanied by the shouts, the gate of the county government was knocked and creaked, and the only servants in the county government could not stop these people from banging on the door crazily. Soon the gate of the county government was knocked open, and the people were Under the leadership of the students, they rushed into the county office: "Quick, go find Huang Mingdao!"

"Catch Huang Mingdao, we can't let him escape!"

The shouts from the front hall sounded like gongs and drums to Huang Mingdao's ears, his calves were trembling, and he was paralyzed on the chair and couldn't get up.

Hearing the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer, and the shouts to grab him came from all directions one after another, Huang Mingdao looked around in a panic, then got up and scrambled, trying to escape through the back door.

He can't be caught, he can't be caught by these mud legs!