Idle courtiers

Chapter 337 There is such a saying
"Zimu, where did the question "A Small Man's Envoy to the Country" come from, and how to solve it?" Wang Shizhen asked.

Zhou Nan: "This sentence comes from "Great Learning". He is a good person, and a villain is an envoy to the country, and disasters come. "Great Learning" is the study of the ultimate good. The last two paragraphs and the second-to-last paragraph are about governing and using talents; The last paragraph talks about finances and does not compete with the people for profit. Especially the sentence that there are ministers who amass money is better than ministers who steal. It should be translated as: officials who compete with the people for profit are not as good as corrupt officials. Corrupt officials lose profits, but officials who amass money Damage to righteousness is more harmful. The country implements good governance, anti-corruption is one aspect, and more importantly, it is not to compete with the people for profit."

He felt that his mind was very clear today, and he was able to speak up. He continued: "Now that the national treasury is empty, the imperial court should be more efficient and streamline administration to save various expenses. As for government affairs, sometimes local gentry and village sages can manage them on their behalf. This is called : Big society, small government."

"What a big society and small government!" Wang Shizhen's eyes lit up when he heard that.

Since ancient times in China, there has been a tradition that the imperial power does not come down to the county, and the local government at the county level only has three or five people to eat financially.If there is a problem among the people, the villagers will handle it by themselves.

Who is the village elder? In fact, he is not a scholar like him, a big landlord and a big bureaucrat, and the entire civil service department of the imperial court also came from this.

Zhou Nan's idea of ​​this sentence is in line with the thoughts of civil servants, and it is difficult to write an article without getting a high score.

Although my student has bad conduct, he has an exquisite heart.When talking about his academic articles, the professor usually draws inferences from one instance, which is much easier than the so-called honest gentleman.

Recently, Zhou Nan's articles have become more and more fluent.Although I can't see anything special, it's hard to pick a mistake.

His stereotyped essays are the words of a sage, spring and autumn careless, standing directly on the height of political correctness, shaped like official documents in a yamen, extremely boring.I don't know how his beautiful poems were written?
Wang Shizhen: "Then, if this sentence is used as a contemporary essay, how should we solve the problem?"

Zhou Nan thought about it, and said: "The "Biography" is a misfortune for the villain, so we must investigate it to the extreme. The villain of the husband's patent can do everything. If you use it, the disaster will be better than words?"

"This rhetorical question is well used." Wang Shizhen was refreshed. Just now he thought Zhou Nan's stereotyped essay was not readable, but he came up with this sentence for himself, which is really beautiful and meaningful.This kind of article can be read in the examination room!

It seems that my student has become enlightened, and it is not in vain that the old man has spent the past few months training and painstakingly.

For the past six months, Wang Shizhen has worried about her father, who is in prison, and feels that her health is gradually getting worse.If there is no accident, and there is no energy to accept disciples in the future, Zhou Nan is likely to be his closed disciple of Taicang Wang Yuanmei.

Zhou Nan's articles are getting better and better, and his poems can be called the best in the world.In the future, if he enters the officialdom, with his wit, his prospects will be small.

The students were present, and Wang Shizhen, a teacher, also had a bright face, and couldn't help stroking his beard and laughing.

Zhou Nan was also proud of being praised by the teacher.He has made rapid progress in his studies recently, and he feels that he will have some confidence in the examination room in the future.He asked: "My teacher is in a very good mood today, but is there any good news from my teacher?"

Wang Shizhen smiled and nodded: "I just went to the imperial prison for my teacher and finally met your master. He can eat and sleep, and his bones are also strong. I went to the Sanju Department to ask again. My father's case will be resolved soon. Conclusion. If there are no accidents, you will be able to get out of prison and return to your hometown in a few days."

Zhou Nan rejoiced in his heart: "Master, is this true?"

Wang Shizhen nodded: "It's [-]% to [-]% sure. There are upright gentlemen in the court who speak up for justice. The Ke Dao and the Ministry of War have issued papers to appeal for your master's defeat of Ji County. The cabinet has accepted the papers and drafted a vote. Wait for the supervisor to approve the award."

Zhou Nan asked urgently, "What does the draft ticket say?"

Wang Shizhen said: "Now the position of chief assistant in the cabinet is vacant, and the elders of the three major cabinets jointly issued an order saying that although your master was not good at fighting, which caused the foreign invaders to invade the side wall, he was barely able to hold the counterattack and did not lose the city. "Law of the Ming Dynasty" It is stipulated that if a local official loses a city or land, he should be beheaded and abandon the city. However, your master did not lose a city or land, so he cannot be sentenced to death. If you only accept the national law because of this, who will dare to lead troops in the future?"

"It seems that the old master was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown to take care of the elderly. As long as he is safe, congratulations to the benefactor." Zhou Nan breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally saved the master's life, which can be regarded as repaying the teacher's kindness.

In real history, Wang Shu was beheaded because of his defeat.It seems that history can still be changed.

Wang Shizhen gave Zhou Nan a strange look: "Zimu, you are not working in the General Administration Department. You are more informed than your teacher. Why don't you know about this?"

Zhou Nan made a bitter face: "Reporting to my teacher, the student hated Xu Xiang, and I haven't been to the General Secretary for a few days. Autumn is coming soon, and my studies are tight, so I simply study behind closed doors at home."

In the past few days, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the court situation.

Just four days ago, Xu Qian, the chief envoy of Fujian, reported that Yan Shifan had received contributions from local tyrants and evil gentry along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang for a long time.However, some local tyrants and evil gentry usually work for the people, but when they come out, they are Japanese. Yan Shifan contacted them with the heart of disobedience.

At the same time, Xu Fantai also produced a long list, all of which are the names of the local pirate leaders in Fujian and their relationship with Xiaoyan.

As soon as the book was written, Jiajing Longyan was furious, and immediately ordered Xiaoyan to be arrested and sent to the three courts for retrial.Yan Song and Luo Longwen, the chief think tank of the Yan Party, were also imprisoned at the same time.

In addition, Emperor Jiajing also ordered Hu Zongxian to be dismissed from all positions, and he was arrested and escorted to Beijing.For front-line military affairs, Tan Lun, governor of Fujian, is the interim prime minister.

So far, the strict party has been completely eradicated.

Yan Song's family was ransacked, and Ah Jiu naturally didn't have to be his grandson's concubine anymore.

The Yan family's father and son are completely unable to turn over this time, and the next step is the political liquidation afterwards.Those who are strict with the party must be severely punished, and the gentlemen who were persecuted by the strict party in the past must be brought out of order.

Wang Shu was framed by Yan Song and put into the sky prison, and it will be a matter of time before he gets out of prison.

Hearing what Zhou Nan said, Wang Shizhen asked curiously: "How did you hate Mr. Xu Ge?"

This fact is too embarrassing, Zhou Nan said: "Some small things, different ideas, there are differences. Different ways, don't conspire with each other."

Ever since she lied to Xu Jie that An was pregnant with her child, Zhou Nan felt terrified.This incident was a great shame and humiliation to his old Comrade Xu, I'm afraid Xu Jie would have the heart to eat him alive.How could the Secretary of General Administration dare to go, and how should he face Zou Yinglong if he went.

Forget it, if I can't provoke it, I can hide it, go to Lao Xu and Zou Yinglong's eyes, and take death.

"But it's about Qiu Wei?" Wang Shizhen pondered for a while, and praised: "Well done."

Zhou Nan was very surprised: "Please tell my mentor clearly."

Wang Shizhen pondered for a while, and said: "Zimu, you are originally from a miscellaneous family, and being able to join Xu Ge's old sect, with his support, will certainly be of great benefit to your future, but the prerequisite is the word miscellaneous official. If you are right For ordinary people, this is a great opportunity. However, the official career of miscellaneous officials is limited after all, and there are few precedents in the world where miscellaneous people are used as official seals. Even if there are a few people, they are all up to the fourth rank. "

What he said is right, it is difficult for a miscellaneous official to be promoted, and reaching the fourth rank is already the upper limit.Even if he manages to squeeze into a high position above the fourth rank, he is only the deputy of the second official or the department, how can he compare with the prestige of the Zhengyin official alone.

For example, the prefects at the prefecture level are all from the fourth grade, which is supposed to be much older than the county magistrates below.But because he was not a Jinshi, the county magistrate is not a bird.As far as its background is concerned, a magistrate of a county has a teacher of a senior official of the imperial court, and there are countless classmates who are in the same school, and the energy of activities is not comparable to that of the same magistrate.

Yes, even if Zhou Nan will be supported by Xu Jie in the future, there will always be a transparent ceiling blocking his head because of the shortcoming of a diploma.

From this point of view, if I want to show my ambitions, I really have to take the imperial examination.

Wang Shizhen continued: "Judging from your homework today, Zimu, this year's Qiu Wei in Shuntian Mansion can be won, and the chances are not small. However, everyone in the world knows that you are Xu Ge's disciple, and you are a teacher. I have old grievances with Gu Shangshi. I'm afraid that Gu Yan will use this opportunity to brush you off because of the disputes between the government and the opposition."

"So, my teacher said that you are now hating Mr. Xu Ge, and it's the right time. It can't be Zimu, you did it on purpose, right?"

This student himself is full of cleverness, yes, he should have done this on purpose.

Wang Shizhen was already sure of this, Fu Xu looked at Zhou Nan with admiration.

Hearing what he said, Zhou Nan suddenly realized.I thought to myself: Yes, I forgot that Xu Jie is now the assistant of the cabinet, and he will be the head of the cabinet soon.Zhou is his confidant, if he really enters the examination room, will the examiner dare to take it?
The imperial examinations are so important. Every autumn and spring, it can be said that the eyes of the whole world are fixed on every candidate who enters the venue.Anyone's name, origin and background will be checked out by interested people.

In the officialdom, it is a good thing to have the background of a cabinet minister, but it is a great disadvantage to enter the examination room.

If you, a disciple or disciple of a court elder, win the Juren or Jinshi, others will wonder whether you have gone through the back door, and whether the examiner is deliberately selling favors to curry favor with you, the elder standing behind you?
At that time, once the failed candidates start to make trouble, not only you, but also the chief examiner who admitted you will be overwhelmed.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, there was once a son of a cabinet minister who was awarded a Jinshi. Some officials in the court refused to accept it and impeached him.The old man had no choice but to submit his resignation.There is still the emperor's persuasion, so he didn't go down sadly because of this.However, this is also a big stain in his life.

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the only person who was not affected by this kind of incident was Yang Tinghe, the first chief assistant of the Jiajing court.That's because he has the son of the most talented man in the world, Yang Shen who wrote "The Yangtze River rolls to the east, and the waves wash away the heroes".

Unexpectedly, there is such a talk in the imperial examination field.

From this point of view, it was a good thing that he and Xu Jie fell out.

(End of this chapter)