golden scales

Zhu Cihong drank tea at Wu Tong's house again, during which Zhu and Qi went out to use the toilet, and there was no one there in a blink of an eye.The housekeeper of the Wu family had no choice but to come in and report, saying that the young master and the young masters in the house had a very good time.Naturally, Zhu Cihong left him alone, and asked Zhu Heyuan if he wanted to go out to play together. The six-year-old Zhu Heyuan just shook his head and continued to concentrate on tasting Wufu's dim sum.

Zhu Cihong chatted with Wu Tong about some trivial matters again, and saw that the sky had already darkened in the first month, so he got up to leave.Of course Wu Zhen didn't dare to keep him, and asked to open the middle door, but found that His Royal Highness, the second son, could not be found no matter what.This made Wu Xuan so anxious that he mobilized the whole family to look for it, and finally found Zhu Heqi in the rockery in the back house—he was playing hide-and-seek with the Wu family's grandson.

"You guys are rascals! So many people are looking for me!" Zhu Heqi was very dissatisfied.

"Your father wants to take you home!" Zhu Cihong made a serious face, and helplessly stepped forward to grab Zhu Heqi's hand, half dragging and half tugging him out.

Seeing the emperor pulling on the second son while the third child was just holding a small pastry and licking it, Wu Xuan thought to himself: The emperor's family is also in trouble.

Reminiscing that now that the crown prince has grown up, he is quite close to those real "Confucian officials", and even the officials of the East Palace are quite arrogant, Wu Xin is even more headache.

——Fortunately, I don't need to worry too much about family affairs.

Wu Xuan thought this in his heart, but it was actually self-comforting.

As the prime minister of a country, Wu Tong not only has to go all out to handle the country's major affairs and balance the turmoil in the court, but at the same time, he still has to worry about the future development of the family.He didn't worry too much about it.It's just that it's not like His Majesty the Emperor who has to personally ask about the children's homework.

Wait for the emperor to leave completely.Wu Shengcai called the three sons to the study room, and sat on the grand teacher's chair by himself. He saw the three sons standing with their hands down, not daring to raise their eyes, not daring to breathe.He said leisurely: "Do you know who this gentleman who came today is?"

Several sons ate with them.But without father's permission, no one dared to speak.During the dinner, Zhu Cihong and Wu Tong only talked about love affairs, and basically didn't say much.These three people dared to guess, that is, the prince, the county king and so on.Because if they are the nephews of the ministers in the court, they must have seen them.

"He is today." Wu Tong sighed and announced the answer in a deep voice.

This is indeed disappointing.The eldest son is already in his mid-thirties, and the youngest son is about to stand up, but the art of watching others is so unbearable.If you want to come to the country for 300 years, it is difficult for Zai Zhi's family to be Zai Zhi.Is it because of public spirit?It's really that the dog and son in the family can't be brought up, so they can only promote the students and turn the master and apprentice into father and son.

The sons of the Wu family were shocked when they heard this.It turns out that the Holy Son of Heaven can go out without any guards or carriages!In addition to being astonished, they were all quite fortunate, judging from the atmosphere during the banquet.Sure enough, the father's holy family is prosperous.It is worthy of the legend that "Wen Wang met Ziya".

"Usually I ask you to study hard, but you always refuse." Wu Xuan was quite heartbroken.

The three sons were quite puzzled why their father suddenly said this.Although I failed to be a Jinshi in high school, it was also because of luck, not to mention that Jinshi is not important in the court nowadays, but people with new learning background are more important.

Is there any father in the world who doesn't want his son to be an extremely powerful minister, like a family of the Han Dynasty, who will live with the country for generations?

It is true that the aptitudes of people differ greatly from person to person.

As the last civil official leader in the Chongzhen Dynasty who was able to lead a group of officials, he was not afraid of party struggles and fought against the chief assistant.Does it depend on one's own moral cultivation?

of course not.

Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a kind of officialdom knowledge, which involves maneuvering, watching people's opinions, and plotting to advance and retreat.This kind of knowledge is difficult to teach from master to student, and it is not passed on from father to son, it is purely based on personal understanding.It wasn't until the late Qing Dynasty, when the world was in turmoil, that someone leaked it, the so-called "Emperor's Art", and then there was the knowledge of Houhei Xue.

Wu Sheng attaches great importance to his sons reading "Zuo Zhuan", refined "Warring States", and curated "University", because he intends to lead his sons in this direction. Unfortunately, his sons are all middle-aged, and no one can understand.How can this not disappoint Wu Xuan?

"Current events are different!" Wu Xuan restrained his emotions in an instant, and said: "Your father is not a talent for the world. It is because of the holy family that there are two ups and downs. Once the holy family is gone, Or if your father passed away, how can you stand on your own?"

As the prime minister, Wu Zhen knew very well the emperor's policy for governing the country.

If it is said that the Emperor Qin is the family of the world, then the Emperor Han shares the world with his relatives and wealthy families.In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there were powerful families, and there were only filial sons and few loyal ministers in the world.Even in the Song Dynasty, scholars participated in politics, so Wen Yanbo dared to say "govern the world with the scholar-bureaucrats"-in fact, Zhang Yong, one of the three ministers in the early Song Dynasty, mentioned this word more than 80 years before Wen Yanbo.Fan Zhongyan, a contemporary of Wen Yanbo, also expressed his support many times, which almost became a public opinion.

The so-called sun and moon re-opened the Great Song Dynasty, Ming inherited the Yuan Dynasty, and also inherited the Song system, so who did the Ming emperor rule the world with?

Zhu Yuanzhang is the hopeful family.Seal the princes, so that the vassal kings will be in charge of the military and civil affairs; dismiss the prime minister, so that the ministers will not be the chiefs; build a big prison, so that the heroes will not dare to shake the lord.As a result, Emperor Jianwen cut down the vassals and triggered the Battle of Fengtianjing.

Of course Chengzu didn't want to see another rebellion of the seven kings, let alone other suzerains and vassals "Jing Nan", so he established a cabinet, emphasized counties and counties, and cut down vassal kings, so he had to follow the old path of the Song Dynasty.After Chengzu, the court ministers went higher and higher, reaching the peak in the Jiajing and Wanli dynasties, so it can be said that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world.

However, since the national change, the emperor no longer trusts the class of scholar-officials.He promotes culture and education, and there is no distinction between teaching and learning. He seems to be following the way of Zhongni saints, but he is actually cultivating new "co-rulers".Judging from the content taught, these "co-rulers" are destined to only undertake part of the social functions, and will never become "scholar-bureaucrats."

Who is a gentleman?It is to take the world as one's own responsibility, worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later.A professional who has only received professional education in a certain field, from study to work, only follows the established strategies and procedures, and is bound to take on "small responsibilities", and it is impossible to look at the overall situation and take into account the "responsibility of the world".

It can be seen from the current syllabus of the new study that only a few excerpts of the Four Books and Five Classics have been excerpted, while the study of the philosophers has quietly sprung up.In the next hundred years, where will the scholar-bureaucrats come from?There are only pieces of "bricks and wood" that are satisfied with their own positions.

Under such a general environment, what Wu Tong saw was that his three sons were not qualified to become "bricks and woods" at all.They all feel that Jinshi is useless nowadays, but at any rate, they are elites of Chinese studies selected by the country from hundreds of millions of people, and it is a good "brick" to write and copy in the Imperial Academy.The third son of the Wu family can't even pass the Jinshi exam, and he has no interest in learning new things. What should we do?

The three Wu brothers were also a little confused when asked by their father, but they didn't have a sense of urgency.They have been abandoned by this era, but the sons have embarked on the road of new learning. With the shadow of their father and grandfather, they must be much better than others, and the Wu family will still not be ruined.

This can indeed be considered so before the national change, because at that time Wu Sheng would definitely cultivate a group of his own disciples.These disciples are like father and son with Wu Zhen, but they are actually a family with the Wu family and will definitely take care of Wu's descendants.However, the current situation is that Wu Xuan dare not train students at all, and cautiously takes a fancy to a Wang Xuan, and is also sneaky and secretive to help.

The situation in the officialdom was changing, and if Wang Xuan turned against him in the future, no one would blame him in any way—because no one knew that he was trained by Wu Sheng.

This is the new era!

Seeing that his sons were still like this, Wu Xuan sighed again, and said, "I will retire after a few years as a father, and Cai Maode has been selected today, so I probably won't keep me. None of you can stand in the court. turnover……"

"Father, although it is difficult for us to become ministers in the cabinet, it is always possible to be a small official." The eldest son couldn't help but say.

According to the usual practice, the son of Zaifu Butang can be awarded the title of Shangbao Sicheng, who is in the sixth rank, and is the official responsible for stamping the documents.

In fact, the national treasure seal is handed over to the female official. The one who sealed the seal was the Lijian, and the Shangbaojian was handed over halfway. Shang Baosi was skipped directly, and this official position became a place dedicated to raising meritorious children.

Seeing his son interrupting, Wu Xuan slapped the armrest of the seat with a slap, and said, "Be a petty official? If you know why His Majesty came here today, I will beg for an official for you with an old face!"

The eldest son of Wu's family froze for a moment, thinking in his heart: Isn't it because the emperor is bored in the palace?what else?

Wu Zhen couldn't help but sighed, calmed down and said, "My father is quite indulgent to your brothers."

In this era, Wu Zhen really dotes on children very much.According to the habits of other literati and bureaucrats, the son has no chance to breathe at home. If he does well, he should be served. If he does not do well, he will be served with bamboo whips. Bad for yourself.They believe that only in this way can a good son who is both loyal and filial can be educated.

"So much so that you can't become great talents." Wu Xuan laughed at himself: "But now the world doesn't need great talents anymore, it only needs hardworking ministers who obey the public and obey the rules."

This is why Cai Maode, the only one among the elders who is not talented, can take on the important task of educating the new generation of elders.Otherwise, Sun Chuanting is good at military formation, Jiang Dejing governs rivers and people, Zhou Yingqi transfers communication, Yuan Jixian distinguishes current affairs, and his talents should be higher than Cai Maode.

"In order for the Wu family not to decline in the future, let's simply make an arrangement today." Wu Sheng said: "After you have heard it, you must do it quietly, and you must not leak a word to the outside world!"

The three sons suddenly felt their scalps go numb, and they always felt a little like announcing a will.

The eldest son was about to persuade him again, but his father raised his hand to stop him, saying: "Father can still be in power for three or four years, Yu Yin can have another two or three years, and Yang can live for more than ten years. From now on, the time has passed." It's very tight. It's about the fate of the Wu clan, so you must not ignore it." (To be continued~^~)