Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 118 The foundation has been laid, and the two houses have been decided!
For Zhu Yuanzhang.

The biggest temptation for him at the moment is not Su Xian's paintings.

It is the extension of this power and the improvement of the most important "weapon" for Ming Dynasty!

He could feel his heart racing at the moment, but because of this, he needed to calm down even more.

The steam was lingering, and the surrounding water vapor had not dissipated. The Forbidden Army stood around, holding weapons tightly in their hands, as if Zhu Yuanzhang gave an order, and they would rush to kill them immediately. However, from beginning to end, Zhu Yuanzhang's entire figure seemed to have been frozen.

Fang Xiaoru, Li Xiyan and others looked at this scene, but their hearts became anxious.

In today's fight, after Su Xian said the last words, they clearly knew how attractive he was to His Majesty. At a certain moment, even they themselves were lost in it!

However, if such a brand-new thing really appeared and spread throughout the Ming Dynasty at any time, it would also affect the selection of officials. Can the court center really control this situation?

In history, how many good policies turned into bad policies once they were implemented?

Allowing craftsmen to advance step by step through their craftsmanship, let alone what scholars around the world think of it, let’s talk about how much trouble it will cause in the current “preliminary situation” that has been difficult to determine?
These are all unknown!

Li Xiyan paused and then said earnestly to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Can the people of the Ming Dynasty accept this change? Will they go bankrupt in the future and use the property proposed by the imperial court to satisfy their own interests? Will there be officials who shirk the blame and take advantage of this? These are all After the expansion, there are urgent issues to think about.”

Everyone wants to move up. If the people are immersed in this kind of investigation, think about improving some technological progress, and suddenly invent something, they can rise to the temple.

Throughout history, even in the future, such a scene is impossible.

"Not yet" and "can't" have completely different meanings.

Li Xiyan, Fang Xiaoru and all the other disciples felt their hearts skipping a beat. Could it be that His Majesty just saw two "common and ubiquitous" experiments, and then listened to Su Xian draw a cake for a while, and then directly approved it, right?
"But... if you want to use this to replace the selection of officials from all over the world, it won't work!"

The former masters, who were still uneasy, suddenly opened their eyes wide and flashed with joy.

Fang Xiaoru's words were so reasonable that even Zhu Biao couldn't help but nod.

Li Xiyan sighed, and with the last words, he was already on his knees begging Zhu Yuanzhang.

Beside Su Xian, for some reason, Zhu Chun, Xu Yingxu and others, who had just been obviously interested, flashed a hint of disappointment.

“That’s why there was a sudden change in the long update iteration!”

"Indeed, once certain skills have a breakthrough, such as ironware, papermaking, gunpowder, etc... once they appear, it will be a change that can change the world."

Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses from his silence again, and his first sentence attracted everyone's attention.

This sounds incredible.

"In the past few thousand years, technology has improved, although there have been flashes of inspiration. But in the meantime, it is because of the needs of the people, the general trend, and the participation of many stakeholders who want to gain greater benefits! "

"If it's true as you said, it's really good."

Li Xiyan even spoke solemnly at this time and told Su Xian these reasons.

"What the gentlemen have said is correct. This method seems far-reaching, but it cannot yet replace the selection of officials for the imperial court."

And just when these thoughts emerged in his mind, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said again.

"In the final analysis, the purpose of selecting officials is to establish a good foundation and make the Ming Dynasty better. Even if it is more stable, it is much better than this unknown."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Xiyan's sincere attitude.

"Your Majesty! Of all things, state affairs are the most important!"

An abrupt sentence.

"The government can never be reached by just drawing a cake. In the future, people in the world will not be able to devote themselves wholeheartedly to work and achieve success in one step!"

"If I'm not careful, I, the Ming Dynasty, may not have arrived yet. What he said about the dynasty and the vast sea and the dusk can be destroyed. I'm afraid that the people in this world will be doing nothing and fanatically pursuing things like castles in the air."

a long time.

"Da Ming... can you afford it?"

Even Zhu Xiongying looked at his grandpa Huang eagerly, a little puzzled. It was clear that grandpa Huang was already excited just now, but his answer was the same as before?
Su Xian's expression didn't change much.

"When it comes to the wealth and lives of the 60 million people of our Ming Dynasty, no matter what, we must not fight, but must be stable!"

"Do you know how many difficulties you have to go through to reach the scene you just mentioned?"

"It's just that this kind of achievement is certainly coveted. But the process consumes an unknown amount of resources and takes an unknown amount of time."

Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision.

"Holy Lord! Once this move is carried out, it will destroy the four peoples and destroy the hard-won stability. If the people in the world are all immersed in strange skills and tricks, then who will cultivate the land? Why don't they all enter the gate of geophysics? never mind!"

Because he clearly heard one of the words in Zhu Yuanzhang's words - not yet!

the reason is simple.

Stability trumps everything in the moment.

this moment.

He didn't hesitate because he had already made up his mind.

Li Xiyan returned to her true nature as a scholar, no longer as anxious as before, but gradually gave her reasons.

Suddenly, several people were overjoyed again. Combined with His Majesty's previous attitude, once these words came out, it was the Holy Will that could not be changed.

Fang Xiaoru didn't even care about the bruises on his arms and burst into laughter.

"However, although the study of things cannot be directly imposed, it can be included in the broad imperial examination for selecting officials."

“But based on what we’ve seen so far, it’s necessary to take the lead in our Ming Dynasty.”

Ok?
As soon as these words came out, Fang Xiaoru and Li Xiyan immediately raised their heads, and the other princes also looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

"If you can't expand, then condense."

"The study of hundreds of craftsmen only explores skills, but it is not practical for local management among the people."

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to murmur. At this moment, his thoughts were intertwined. It seemed that there were thousands of pieces of information gathering, selecting, and summarizing...

Suddenly, he looked at Su Xian and others.

"You guys will go back to the main hall first."

"Sister, Biao'er, come with us."

As he spoke, he walked in a hurry and left the place directly.

All the teachers and students looked at it with astonished expressions.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others did not leave too far, but went directly to the Wenhua Hall in front.

There seems to be something that needs to be thought about alone.

On the way, Zhu Yuanzhang called Mao Xiang and whispered a few words, and the latter immediately accepted the order.

Then Mao Xiang looked around, waved his hand, and all the imperial troops who had just arrived disappeared.

Su Xian looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's leaving figure, although he was sure.

But when it comes to this time, I think of some of my previous ideas for the future.

But I can’t help but feel a sense of anticipation.

Waiting is the hardest part!
……

I do not know how long it has been.

Su Xian and others are still waiting.

During this period, Fang Xiaoru and others finally found the trick. They first pressed a little bit of muscle, then turned the wine glass, and then removed them all after the gas had entered a little bit.

Seeing the extremely obvious red circle marks, even they themselves couldn't laugh or cry.

suddenly!

Outside the door, Mao Xiang suddenly came to visit.

"Su Xian, come with me!"

After saying these words, he walked forward, and several masters looked at him eagerly, almost with eyesore.

Su Xian looked confused and followed immediately.

And after a while, he followed the other party to the main hall in front.

Wenhua Palace!
"We have just thought about it and extended it to the selection of officials. It is definitely not possible to do it too hastily! A childish imagination can almost compare the words of traveling across the sea, destroying cities and opening mountains, etc. to the bizarre words of gods and monsters!"

"It sounds really exciting, but if you really want to reach it, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach the sky. As those masters said, over a long period of time, craftsmanship and technology have only advanced so much! The distance is beyond the sky, I am afraid that my Ming Dynasty will be exhausted Manpower and material resources can’t be achieved even after decades of effort!”

Zhu Yuanzhang got straight to the point.

But Su Xian's eyes lit up.

If he really didn't agree, or didn't even consider it, he wouldn't call him over.

Sure enough, the next moment, he continued: "But even so, the ground must be stable and the dream must be pursued!"

"What if we set up a school like the Guozi School, not to study knowledge, but to gather capable craftsmen to specialize in classification and study of objects!"

Just this sentence.

Su Xian finally felt at ease.

I am alone and weak. At present, I cannot support such a large new study.

"But the ugly words come first."

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "This new learning is different from other learnings. The whole country will definitely regard it as alien!"

There are some things that I couldn't say in the main hall just now, so I can only say them here.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Xian with interest.

"So, for this new place of study, we will not specially approve any students, any gentlemen, not even the most basic official positions."

"Just like your Three Kingdoms banknotes." Huh?
Su Xian was stunned for a moment, but in a blink of an eye, his eyes lit up.

"It will only be divided into one place, and it will be in the name of a hero."

"As for how to do it, how to do it, what to do?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "We don't know anything about this. If the imperial court asks about it, we will use childish jokes to explain it away."

As soon as these words came out, Su Xian hesitated.

"If you have anything to say, just say it!"

Next to her, Queen Ma saw Su Xian's expression and quickly smiled and spoke.

Su Xian quickly said: "If you don't give me anything, doesn't it mean nothing?"

"It's just nothing." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

Su Xian said helplessly: "Then I have to give you something, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Su Xian with deep eyes, and suddenly said: "Indeed, all we can give you are four words."

what?
Su Xian raised his head in confusion.

But the next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke calmly.

"Nothing is forbidden!"

Su Xian froze on the spot.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, "It just so happens that I'll give you another name."

While talking, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the problem and wrote three words on the paper beside him.

Gewuyuan!
Su Xian watched this scene intently. He was still a little unable to react. To what extent does this no-taboos count as no-taboos?
And just when he was thinking about it.

"You should also prepare for the first recruitment of new members in Gokuyuan."

……

at the same time.

Zhongshu Province!
Li Wentai, the Minister of Household Affairs, visited again, and Lü Ben, the Minister of Rites, came with him. The two came not for other reasons.

"Did you hear the roar in the palace just now?"

Liubu Yamen is just outside Chengtianmen, only a few doors away from the imperial palace. Because this place is an important place for the country, it is usually quiet.

Sometimes if any yamen farts too much, other yamen can also hear it. Similar to the movement of the forbidden army just now, they can't help but pay attention...

However, precisely because of their attention, the two ministers were trying their best to suppress something at this moment, and were extremely reluctant.

"The matter of Baochao's promotion has not been decided yet, why did you suddenly propose a question of objects?" In the end, Li Wentai, the young and newly appointed Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, couldn't help but said angrily.

But his attention was obviously not here, but looking at Hu Weiyong again.

"Prime Minister, how are we going to set up the newly established yamen of the Treasure Bank Collection Department? When are we going to announce it?"

Hu Weiyong said nothing and just looked at Lu Ben aside.

The latter's face was gloomy and he looked at Li Wentai, "Li Shangshu, now the matter of raising the treasure banknote has been decided."

"So what if it's settled? The Ministry of Revenue should measure the general branches of the world. The Baochao Lifting Department is the place where coins are minted, and it should belong to the Ministry of Revenue no matter what. Previously, it was placed in Zhongshu Province under the control of the prime minister, and we at the Ministry of Revenue were also convinced. .”

"But now it has been reset. The Holy One has obviously let the eighth-grade promotion take the final decision. How can this be done? Since it is not returned to the Ministry of Education, it must also return to the Ministry of Revenue! I asked the Prime Minister, isn't it also necessary to prepare in advance?"

The two of them each said their own things.

Lu Ben said: "In the final analysis, this is not what the so-called Qilinzi did!"

Lu Ben seemed quite angry when he mentioned this matter.

"I really don't know what kind of ecstasy potion a child poured into His Majesty in the palace?"

"He didn't study well with the gentlemen in the main hall. He didn't respect the teachings of the teachers and only followed the heretical ideas. If he is allowed to stay any longer, wouldn't it be that I, the prince and grandson of the Ming Dynasty, would be influenced by him? When the time comes, the government will be chaotic and the government will be extravagant. Whose fault?"

Li Wentai also quite agreed with this, "If the investigation of things is successful, the wind of exaggeration will surely sweep through both the government and the public. I am afraid that the clean and stable situation that our Ming government has finally obtained will be involved in disputes. Fortunately, the palace is not rumored I came with news, but the Holy One didn’t respond!”

Even so.

But Lu Ben is the Minister of Rites, and national education, Guoxue, etc. are all matters of the Ministry of Rites.

He had already watched the duck fly once, and this time it was even more impossible for him to sit back and watch while the duck in his own pot was taken out by others.

"Prime Minister, no matter what, you have to make a decision. This son can no longer stay in the main hall!"

He spoke hurriedly, obviously for the sake of the country, "If the emperor's eldest grandson is influenced by him and doesn't like scriptures and meanings, and only talks about rhetoric, then..."

At this point, he suddenly paused, but he realized in his heart, isn't this good?

Wouldn't it be a good thing if the emperor's eldest grandson really became disliked by both the government and the public, and the emperor also lost his favor?
As he thought about it, his mind became alive again, but he stopped talking.

At this time, Hu Weiyong said:
"You are right. Regardless of whether he succeeds in investigating things or not, I can no longer stay in the main hall."

He had targeted Su Guiyuan a few times before, and Zhang Guance, the former central committee member, even risked his life. If it had been anyone else, I am afraid they would have already been under the pressure of the first wave of two million guan, and either submitted to themselves or been punished long ago!
Unexpectedly, in the past, the eighth-level promotion person who could not even write a greeting card was just lucky enough to survive, but in just half a year, he became more and more stable.

The status is rising with the treasure money!
It seems that he will be able to enter the court meeting soon.

Is this okay?

Hu Weiyong knew very well that all this was either because of Su Guiyuan or because of a voice that had been buzzing in the Holy Emperor's ears through the emperor's eldest grandson!

It was true then and it is true now!

At present, the master of the main hall has proposed the imperial examination, saying that the prime minister has a single hand in selecting officials, and now he comes to investigate... Humph! The more Hu Weiyong thought about it, the more ridiculous he felt.

Including the first two people who hurriedly came to him in Zhongshu Province, they also had ulterior motives.

He thought again that a certain person named Liu was about to come to Beijing, and he was also here for him.

Come on, come on, come on, it's just the way it is, I'll give it all to you in one pot!
Just when I was thinking about this.

suddenly!

"Prime Minister, two ministers."

A young man who looked somewhat similar to Song Lian suddenly came to the door and gently knocked on it with an anxious tone.

"Is this Song Shen?" Lu Ben couldn't help but ask, thinking of the "tit-for-tat" in the court that day about the selection of officials in the country.

To be fair, he himself was on the side of the "imperial examination".

But I didn't expect that Prime Minister Hu would be so powerful. He said that he would transfer Song Lian's grandson to the Zhongshu Province and serve as a member of the Zhongshu Province. There was no delay at all.

"What's the matter?" Hu Weiyong said calmly.

"There is an imperial edict!"

Swish!
The three of them looked at each other and stood up suddenly.

Hu Weiyong said anxiously: "Why didn't you tell me earlier..."

Several people quickly opened the door and walked outside, only to see a father-in-law outside Zhongshu Province who had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Hu Weiyong coming out in person, he looked solemn!
Hu Weiyong led a group of Zhongshu Provincial officials to salute quickly.

But the father-in-law said loudly: "Prime Minister, the Holy Spirit has said that after this edict is issued, Zhongshu Province will immediately issue six volumes to inform the world!"

"Yes!"

Hu Weiyong agreed.

The eunuch who delivered the decree took the imperial edict from the side and slowly opened it.

The sound spreads everywhere!

"The emperor is destined to be carried by heaven, and the edict says:"

"Since the establishment of the Treasure Banknote Proposal Department, there have been many confusions among the people about the printing and issuance of banknotes for our country, the Ming Dynasty. However, Su Guiyuan made a prompt decision after promoting the treasure banknotes and regained the trust of the people. His contribution is indispensable!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Wentai's heart skipped a beat and his face immediately darkened, but he still knelt down and did not dare to make the slightest move.

Hu Weiyong also had a gloomy look on his face, but next to him, the thin Wang Guangyang raised his eyes in surprise, but quickly lowered them.

"As the bank has settled down with all parties in the Ming Dynasty, the exchanges with Xifan have become increasingly frequent. Now, the treasure bank transfer department should be reorganized immediately. This should be the top priority of the country..."

"The Baochao Lifting Department was renamed - Chaojingyuan!"

"The Mint Department, the Money Transportation Department, the Issuance Department, and the Banknote Supervision Department will be established under the umbrella!"

"Chao Jingyuan, establish an envoy of the fifth rank!"

"One of the court judges is the sixth grade!"

"The four departments each have their own chief and deputy promotions, and each has ambassadors and deputy envoys..."

"Appreciate this!"

As soon as the decree was issued, Hu Weiyong and other officials stood up one after another.

Hu Weiyong was about to ask.

But when he saw the eunuch who was delivering the order, he smiled slightly and said again:

"There is another will!"

Hu Weiyong paused, and everyone else looked up and quickly returned to their previous posture!
But the father-in-law continued:

"Although the emperor's eldest grandson is young, he is curious to look up at the vastness of the universe and observe the prosperity of categories. His Majesty attaches great importance to it, and imitates His Highness the Crown Prince in setting up the Zhan Shi Mansion."

"Specially set up the Gwuyuan to assist the eldest grandson and observe all things in the world!"

"If you think you are talented and virtuous in all things in the world, such as fields, rocks, construction, civil engineering, water conservancy, etc., you can join the Institute of Observation of Things to assist your eldest grandson in studying things and gaining knowledge!"

"Appreciate this!"

In an instant, everyone raised their heads...

Looking at the two imperial edicts in front of him, his eyes were dull and lingering for a long time!
(End of this chapter)