Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 688: Your Majesty, a humble minister will not avoid relatives when he promotes virtuous people!

Following Guo An's words, the eyes of all the important officials in the palace flickered again.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask you to supervise the editing!"

"Your Majesty, I have also requested you to be the supervisor!"

"Your Majesty, I would like to invite you..."

Zhu Di smiled slightly and said: "You are our important ministers in the Ming Dynasty, and you have many government affairs every day. It often takes several years to compile such a grand ceremony.

Who should be the supervisor, who should be the president, vice president, or general president, all must be carefully considered! "

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After hearing this, all the courtiers, although still a little reluctant, all responded in unison.

This matter is so important that if it were decided in the morning, the decision might not be made even in the morning.

We still need to discuss it carefully after we come down.

Anyway, no one of them would be willing to give up such an opportunity to leave their name in history.

The next court meeting was much simpler.

With the matter of compiling books and reporting to all courtiers, it will be much simpler.

They all reported the matter and discussed it, without any officials coming out to accuse each other and quarrel.

……

"I have to thank His Highness the County Prince today. If it weren't for Your Highness, those civil servants would have had to attack and quarrel with each other over the allocation of various funds, and they would never have gone to court so early!"

"Yes, His Highness the Prince, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked today. I didn't expect His Highness the Prince to write a book. He actually wanted to compile such a big book!"

"Once this book is completed, the prince will become famous among scholars and civil servants all over the world..."

After the morning court, Guo An was surrounded by Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu, the great nobles of the Ming Dynasty.

Guo An smiled softly, "You can't just talk about me. You are the highest-ranking Lord Wu of the Ming Dynasty. You can also participate in the compilation of the military book in this ceremony!"

"Book of war?"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu and others suddenly changed.

They all looked at Guo An with bright eyes, "Your Majesty, can we, these big bosses, be supervisors, presidents, or something like that?"

"Supervisor, CEO?"

Guo An was stunned for a moment, and then nodded slightly.

"Although you two have military honors, you are still a duke, and you have been familiar with military literature since childhood. If you ask your majesty for help, it is not necessary!
Even if you can't be a supervisor or president, you can definitely be a vice president or general president!
Such a large number of classics, including military books, should involve military commanders. "

"Very good, then I will go and beg Your Majesty!"

"It's very true, such great things cannot be left to the exclusive use of civil servants!"

"Let's go, I'll go see His Majesty later..."

With that said, Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu and other Wu Xun turned around and wanted to go back.

"Your Highness the County Prince, Your Highness the County Prince!"

At this time, a eunuch hurriedly caught up from behind.

"What's the matter?"

Guo An asked.

The eunuch hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty summons you!"

"Then let's go!"

As Guo An said this, he bowed his hands to Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu and others.

"I'll go too!"

Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong thought for a moment, then followed the eunuch inside without being polite.

See this.

The eunuch didn't dare to say anything more. Although he called two more people, he didn't dare to stop them!
Even His Majesty would not rebuke him too much!

soon.

Several people came to Wenlou.

At this moment, Zhu Gaochi was also in the literary building.

"I have met with Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"I have met with Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Everyone is free of charge!"

Zhu Di waved his hand slowly and couldn't help but look at Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu.

"Is there something going on between Cao Guogong and Wei Guogong?"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Li Jinglong said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I have something to ask your Majesty!"

Although Xu Huizu didn't say anything, he nodded slightly!

This time, Zhu Di was in a daze!

"What's going on with you two?"

Li Jinglong said directly: "Your Majesty, I also want to compile the canon!"

Xu Huizu also nodded.

"You guys are going to compile a canon?"

"Exactly!"

Li Jinglong nodded slightly.

Zhu Di couldn't help but glance at Guo An, and then said to Li Jinglong: "This is a great book of compilation, which combines all the books in the world into one book. Why do you and other warriors compile books?

If it spreads out, wouldn't it make the world laugh? "

"Your Majesty, your words are wrong!"

Li Jinglong hesitated, and then said seriously: "Your Majesty, the Art of War is a classic written by our military strategists and generals.

Since the military books are all classics written by our generals, there is no problem for our generals in compiling them.

The most important thing is that those civil servants have never been on the battlefield, do not understand the art of war, and do not know how to organize troops. They can only talk about war on paper. How can they compile the military books of our military strategists? "

"fart!"

Zhu Di laughed angrily, "Those civil servants compiled all the military documents in one book. Isn't this just talking about war on paper?"

Li Jinglong: "..."

Xu Huizu: "..."

Even Guo An and Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but look weird.

It seems that this is really the case.

Li Jinglong opened his mouth and finally looked at Guo An aside.

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Shunde County, you are also Wu Xun, you have to help me wait for Wu Xun to say a few words about this matter!

The money for compiling the canon was robbed from the Timur Kingdom by us generals risking our lives.

Now, those civil servants want to use the money to compile a great book. They can use this to be famous throughout the ages. They can even compile the military books of our generals as civil servants. But each of these generals like us is... Can't get anything!
Our general is aggrieved..."

"..."

Guo An was speechless.

Then, he looked at Zhu Di blankly.

Zhu Di's expression turned dark.

However, it seems that he was the one who caused this incident.

Guo An felt that he had been a little too impulsive in the past two days.

Make trouble for yourself one after another!
"His Majesty!"

Guo An bowed slightly towards Zhu Di and held his hands, "Wei Chen feels that what Cao Guogong said is somewhat reasonable!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di's expression condensed.

Guo An hurriedly said again: "However, I think what your majesty said makes sense!"

"Your Highness the County Prince?"

Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu also looked at Guo An hurriedly.

Guo An continued: "Your Majesty, if Cao Guogong, Wei Guogong and others are allowed to compile military books, it will disgust the civil servants and even exclude them.

Moreover, Wei Guogong and Cao Guogong were busy with military affairs all day long, so they did not necessarily have so much time to compile.

However, it would be irresponsible to allow civil officials to compile military books at will.

Therefore, Wei Chen thought of a compromise! "

"What method?"

Zhu Di asked directly.

Guo An replied: "Your Majesty, I think we can let Cao Guogong and Wei Guogong take the post of supervisor! In a few days, Cao Guogong, Wei Guogong and others can go to inspect it!"

"Supervision?"

Zhu Di frowned again and couldn't help but look at Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu on the side.

"Can the two of them do it?"

"It works!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu also nodded hurriedly.

"Are they two going to be supervisors?"

Zhu Di stared at Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu, looking left and right. No matter how he looked, he felt a little unreliable.

"Your Majesty, although the ministers do not read classics and history as extensively as those civil servants, they have grown up reading military books and various classics since they were young. If you take part in the imperial examination, although you may not be admitted as a Jinshi, but you will still be admitted as an examiner. No problem!”

"Exactly, Your Majesty, you can't underestimate us..."

Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu hurriedly defended themselves.

Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help being stunned.

If these two people didn't talk about it, he wouldn't have remembered that these two people seemed to have not only practiced martial arts since childhood, but also studied literature.

The education they received was no worse than that of the children of those big families!

Thinking about it, Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Guo An again.

Guo An nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Zhu Di sighed and nodded slightly.

"In this case, you two can be the supervisors!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu immediately thanked him with joy on their faces.

Zhu Di said with an annoyed look: "I hope you two will not interfere too much in the compilation of the ceremony, and don't provoke those civil servants to come to us every day to complain!"

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. The two of us are only supervising the revision of military books and will never interfere with anything else!"

"Exactly, Your Majesty, don't worry, we will never provoke those civil servants at will!"

With the supervision in hand, Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu were in a good mood, and Zhu Di did whatever he said.

When their names appear in that grand book and are ranked alongside those great scholars, they will surely be proud of their ancestors!
It's even worse than them getting promoted to a higher position... No, they no longer have any official positions left!
When Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong left with happy faces, Guo An asked hurriedly.

"May I ask your Majesty, what is the purpose of your Majesty's summoning of ministers?"

"It's also a group of candidates for the compilation of the canon!"

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An speechlessly, and then walked to the dining table aside.

"Because of their delay, we all forgot to eat. Come, Prince, Guo Qing, let's eat together and talk while we eat!"

"Yes, Father!"

Zhu Gaochi responded hurriedly. He had been hungry all morning.

As for Guo An, he touched his belly and bowed his hands towards Zhu Di.

When Zhu Di said this, he also felt a little hungry.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Then, he sat aside consciously.

soon.

Yi Shiha then walked in with a few servants and plates of food.

Each person has a bowl of porridge, a few steamed buns, a plate of pickles, fried eggs with tomatoes, fried shredded potatoes, steamed sweet potatoes, and a plate of fried meat.

Very homely and hearty.

After eating, several people wiped their mouths, and then Zhu Di spoke.

"Compiling the Grand Ceremony is a big event. We need to select some candidates. I wonder if Guo Qing has any candidates?"

Guo An quickly raised his hands and saluted, "Your Majesty, I would like to recommend myself to you!"

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An in surprise, "Guo Qing also wants to supervise the repair?"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Guo An flattered.

Zhu Di continued: "Is there more?"

Guo An pondered for a moment and then said again: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I feel that Master Daoyan is proficient in Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, and is good at poetry and strategy, so he can be a supervisor!"

"In addition, Bao Gong is highly respected and knowledgeable. He is also in the capital and has plenty of time. He can also be a supervisor!"

Zhu Di just watched quietly, but found that Guo An only introduced the two of them, and stopped introducing them. He couldn't help but ask: "No more?"

"Gone!"

Guo An slowly shook his head.

Zhu Di said helplessly: "So, you just introduced two people with whom you have a good relationship?"

Guo An hurriedly said: "Your Majesty has learned clearly that a humble minister will not avoid relatives when he promotes virtuous people!
Master Dao Yan and Bao Gong had a lot of dealings with Wei Chen, and Wei Chen was also familiar with their character and knowledge, so he recommended them.

As for other officials, I don’t know them well, and I don’t know their character and knowledge!

The construction of the main hall is a major matter related to the cultural governance of our Ming Dynasty, and minor ministers cannot recommend it randomly. "

As he spoke, Guo An seemed to think of something and said again: "However, if Your Majesty feels that there are few candidates recommended by Wei Chen, Wei Chen will recommend the Minister of Rites!

In addition, Wei Chen thinks that three cabinet scholars, including Nie Zishi, Zhu Fu, and Fang Xiaoru, are also acceptable! "

Nie Zishi and Zhu Fu were acquaintances of Guo An. As for Fang Xiaoru, he could be called a literary star of the Ming Dynasty. As a supervisor, he would not have any objections!
"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slowly, without commenting on this, but asked directly: "What does Guo Qing think of Jie Jin?"

Guo An thought for a while and then said: "Young Master Xie Jin is a child prodigy, and now he is also one of the most talented people in the Ming Dynasty. He can also supervise the construction!"

Zhu Di looked up at Guo An.

"So, is there too much supervision?"

"..."

Guo An was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but nodded slowly, "Your Majesty, you are wise, there are indeed too many supervisors!"

Zhu Di thought for a moment and then said directly: "Let's find a few and let them be president or vice president!"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Guo An flattered him again.

Zhu Di: "..."

"Then who is the president and who is the vice president?"

Guo An hurriedly said: "Such a major matter should be done according to His Majesty's will. How dare a humble minister talk nonsense?"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An quietly.

Guo An hurriedly chuckled again and said, "Your Majesty is aware that Wei Chen is always quick to come up with some ideas.

However, if it comes to these specific matters, then you are out of ideas! "

Zhu Di was startled again, "You've always been so lazy!"

Guo An quickly chuckled and said, "Your Majesty has misunderstood. I will have a headache when I hear these things!"

Zhu Di waved his hand helplessly, "Well, let's think about it ourselves!"

"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"

Guo An was still flattering sincerely.

Seeing this, Zhu Di didn't bother to talk to Guo An about this.

Guo An resigned very wisely.

When Guo An left, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi.

"Prince, who else do you think can compile the canon?"

Zhu Gaochi said directly: "Reporting to the emperor, I have recommended six ministers, including Hu Yan, Yang Rong, Jin Youzi, Huang Huai and others!"

Zhu Di's eyes flashed and he thought carefully about these people. "These people are all editors for the Hanlin Academy. They can compile the canon..."

On the other side.

Guo An left the palace gate and went directly to his home.

He didn't need to think about it, he knew it.

As word spread about the compilation of the Grand Ceremony, the entire court and even the great Confucians in various prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty looked at the capital with longing eyes.

However, now that he has got what he wants.

Then, he will definitely not participate in the next thankless thing!
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(End of this chapter)