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  Chapter 355 353【History Textbook】

  Although the Ming court had no money, the canonization team was huge.

  Because people from the south often drag their families along. They not only went to Nanjing to canonize Wu Wang, but also moved the whole family to Nanjing!

  In order to leave Beijing, Yao Minggong bribed Xue Guoguan with 30,000 taels of silver, and promised to give Zhao Han a good word for him, and finally got the post of envoy to King Wu.

  Yao Minggong took his whole family to the south, and the family property only loaded four boats, and the floating wealth was only worth more than ten thousand taels.

  Counting the silver he used for bribery, it is only tens of thousands of taels of property, which is really clean among the high-ranking officials of Ming Dynasty.

  This guy’s hometown was occupied by Zhang Xianzhong, and he didn’t dare to stay in Beijing, so he only asked his family to settle in Nanjing.

   "The one surnamed Zhao still doesn't see us?" the **** Du Xun asked.

  Yao Minggong sighed: "I still don't see you. Nanjing scholars petitioned, hoping that Zhao Han would be crowned King of Wu, but he was imprisoned for half a month."

  Du Xun was the deputy envoy of the canonization team. He used to be the supervisor of the army, and later he was the supervisor of Shangshan. He was able to come to Nanjing because he bribed Wang Chengen and used six ships to transport his property.

  Du Xun said anxiously: "This thief doesn't see us, and doesn't arrest us, what is he planning?"

   "He didn't pay attention to the imperial court, he didn't take the title of King Wu seriously, and he even regarded us angels as clowns." Yao Minggong thought it over clearly.

  Du Xun asked: "Where is your in-law (Xiong Wencan)?"

   "He is just living in Nanjing." Yao Minggong was quite helpless.

  Xiong Wencan thought with all his heart that by virtue of his "old friend" with Zhao Han, he would definitely be able to get an official position.

   As a result, Zhao Han was doing business and asked Xiong Wencan to start as an official, which made the old man so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. He is very old, how many years can he live? Climbing up step by step from a young official, at most he can be a magistrate until he dies, but he can't even be a magistrate when he dies long ago.

  Zhao Han often makes an exception to use the old officials or scholars of the Ming Dynasty, but one of the following conditions must be met:

   First, outstanding achievements. And political achievements are not blown out, but made out, mainly depends on the local people's livelihood.

  Second, write a book and make a statement. For example, Wu Yingji, Zhang Guowei, Fang Yizhi, and Mao Yuanyi have written works on economics, water conservancy, physics, and military affairs.

  Third, outstanding ability. Zhang Bingwen has already served as the chief envoy of Anhui, and Liu Huan has served as the director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Industry and Commerce.

   Ma Shiying, who has a bad reputation because of himself, volunteered to be a small official, with a positive and good attitude. He has already become the mayor of Chunhua Town, and he will be promoted to a county magistrate next time.

  Xiong Wencan opened his mouth to ask for an official, who the **** are you?

  Du Xun asked again: "I heard that Zhang Pu is also running in Nanjing?"

  Yao Minggong didn't speak.

  Yao Minggong used to be a member of Yang Sichang, but now he is a member of Xue Guoguan, and he and Zhang Pu are political enemies.

  While envoy Yao Minggong and deputy envoy Du Xun were in a hurry, Xu Zuomei took off the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty and wanted to join Zhao Han in only a Confucian shirt.

  Xu Zuomei is this year's Shinke Scholars. She was selected to be an official in the Human Resources Division, and she was nothing more than an errand to convey the emperor's orders.

   "Henan Confucian scholar and Xinke Jinshi Xu Zuomei, please see the governor of Shuntian Yingmin!" Xu Zuomei lay in front of the governor's mansion, with his **** facing the sky, kneeling up, and holding a letter in his hand.

  The guard reminded: "This gentleman, if you write a letter to the governor, just drop the letter in the mailbox at the door."

  Xu Zuomei knelt straight and said: "This general, I have something important to tell you, and I request the general to forward a letter."

  The guard saw that he was speaking seriously, so he didn't dare to neglect, so he helped forward the letter.

  A moment later, the guard came out again, threw the letter back angrily, and said angrily: "Get out! You are a sour scholar, and I'm going to die too!"

  Xu Zuomei still knelt there, weeping bitterly: "Captain Zhao is so confused!"

   This guy saw that Zhao Han refused to accept the canonization, so he gave up his status as a minister of the Ming Dynasty. In the letter, he also introduced the situation in Beijing in detail, persuaded Zhao Han to proclaim himself emperor, and then swore to the Northern Expedition to destroy the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

  He actually wanted to get a credit for persuading him!

  In history, Xu Zuomei and Ma Liu took refuge in Li Zicheng and Dorgon. Moreover, actively participating in the party struggle between the North and the South—the party struggle in the early Qing Dynasty was a continuation of the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty, which lasted from the Shunzhi Dynasty to the Kangxi Dynasty.

  In the second year after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the North-South party struggle began, which can be regarded as inheriting the fine legacy of the Ming Dynasty.

  It is more interesting to go to the Kangxi Dynasty. The Han Chinese party struggle and the Manchu conflicts.

  At the beginning, Kangxi was relatively immature, killing dozens of them in one go. Gradually, the methods became more sophisticated, using party struggles to clean up the Manchu nobles. After the emperor took over the power, the Manchu and Han officials were all frightened and turned into pugs.

  Crying at the gate of the Dudu Mansion, Xu Zuomei could only return to the temporary residence and put on the official uniform of the Ming Xingsi again.

  The next day, he took off his official uniform again, and ran to the Dudu Mansion to kneel in a Confucian shirt.

  Before Xu Zuomei knelt down, he saw a few children carrying schoolbags coming out of the alley at the side entrance of the Dudu Mansion.

   "Prince?" Xu Zuomei rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

   Not everyone can see the prince, and Xu Zuomei only saw it once by chance. He didn't dare to confirm, so he hurried back to report the news. Yao Minggong and Du Xun learned of the situation, so they ran to the Dudu Mansion together to guard.

   Squatting until the evening, those children finally got out of school.

  Du Xun said in surprise: "It's not just the prince, the prince and princess are both here."

  Yao Minggong wondered: "Zhao Han didn't put the royal family under house arrest, but also sent the prince and daughter to study?"

   "Do you want to go up and see?" Du Xun asked.

   "No," Yao Minggong said in horror, "If the identity of the prince and princess is exposed, we may be killed. If you want to survive, this matter must not be spread, you two must remember!"

  Xu Zuomei and Du Xun nodded repeatedly. If they were not afraid of death, they would not have tried everything possible to come to Nanjing.

  The three continued to go back to discuss.

  Yao Minggong said: "It seems that Zhao Han really doesn't want to be entrusted, and I won't go back to Beijing. Let's go our separate ways. I still have some money in my hand. Maybe I can find something to make a living."

   "Let's go, let's go." Du Xun also felt boring.

  Du Xun brought six boats of property to the south, and brought a nephew from his hometown. He plans to settle down in Nanjing, raise his nephew as his son, and continue his business honestly.

  Only Xu Zuomei was dumbfounded. He has no money, and eating in Nanjing is a problem.

  The two big brothers left the team respectively, went to the outer city to buy real estate, and also went to the government to register their household registration.

  The rest of them can go wherever they like.

  Xu Zuomei exhausted all his money and was starving, so he could only set up a stall to write and copy books, and finally found a job as a typesetting proofreader in a bookstore.

  The canonization team sent by the imperial court automatically disbanded.

  …

   Dudufu.

   "Compile the general history of China?" Zhang Pu said in surprise, "That's not easy to do. It must be compiled by dozens or hundreds of people."

  Zhao Han shook his head and said, "It's not a general history, but a history textbook. Now middle schools in the south still lack a history class. Reading history makes people wise. Why don't scholars study history?"

  Zhang Pu was puzzled and said: "There are so many historical materials in the past dynasties, how can we let schoolchildren finish learning in a few years? This history textbook is not easy to compile."

  Scholar of the Ming Dynasty, he was exposed to history when he was a child, but it was an outline historical story.

  After getting rid of Mongolia, instead of reading history books, I only studied the Four Books and Five Classics. A Jinshi who has passed the examination may not know about Wang Anshi's reform, and all those who really study history belong to learned scholars.

  Zhang Pu has many ideas and views, reforming the imperial examination is one of them.

  Of course, his reform of the imperial examination is to abandon Shiwen (examination model essay) and let scholars study Confucian classics seriously. At the same time, we must also pay attention to applying what we have learned, and learn more about history and miscellaneous learning.

  Zhao Han said: "Since children in their teens, it is naturally impossible for them to read history books thoroughly. Take the Tang Dynasty as an example, talk about how Li Yuan raised troops, how Li Shimin seized the throne, and then talk about Wu Zetian and Li Longji."

   "We have to talk about the rule of Zhenguan and the Anshi Rebellion, and the rest of the emperors have nothing to talk about. We can pick out a few famous officials like Wei Zheng. There are also Li Bai and Du Fu, all of which are included in the literature of the Tang Dynasty."

   "From the history of the Tang Dynasty, select the military and political content. Talk about the three provinces and six ministries, talk about rent and mediocrity, and talk about the military system of the government. "Shihuo Zhi" can't be missed, and talk about the economy, people's livelihood, and all kinds of industries in the Tang Dynasty."

  Zhang Pu understood a little bit: "Middle school history textbooks are like a history outline, allowing students to know a general idea of ​​the past dynasties?"

   "Yes, that's exactly the case," Zhao Han said with a smile, "All high school graduates must have a general understanding of history. As for in-depth research, those who are interested will naturally learn it. In the future, universities will set up literature and history departments."

  Zhang Pu said: "I want ten people."

   "Okay, ten places, sir, you can recruit yourself." Zhao Han immediately agreed.

   Zhang Pu, a famous scholar and Confucian scholar, is indeed talented and advanced in thinking, but he has little experience in governing the local area.

  It is not appropriate to assign any job, so let him edit textbooks, so that he will not jump around when he is busy.

   As for the title, like Qian Qianyi, he was also directly granted the title of Master of the Imperial Academy.

Zhao Han reminded: "Remember, when compiling history textbooks, you must implement a concept. The rise and fall of a dynasty is nothing but the gains and losses of the people. Not only do you fight fiercely, but you must also govern the people leniently, so that you can win the hearts of the people, gain the mandate of heaven and start a new dynasty."

  Zhang Pu thought about it and said: "Since this is the case, how can the Tyrant Qin be unified?"

Zhao Han said with a smile: "It is said that Qin Shihuang was cruel, so the monarchs of the six countries treated the people benevolently? The Qin State farmed and fought, and rewarded for meritorious deeds, and punished for demerits. Although the laws are strict, they do no great harm to the people. What a benefit, of course, the officials are diligent and the soldiers are obedient. The death of Qin Dynasty II was because the system of rewards and punishments for farming and warfare could not be continued. How could there be wars when the six countries were united? Moreover, the Qin Dynasty was too heavy for the people to rest and recuperate. "

  The demise of the Qin Dynasty was due to many reasons, and Zhao Han just set the tone.

  Compared to the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Han's peasant and military system will gradually be abolished. This is a slow process, reducing the proportion of farmers and soldiers in villages and towns every year, so that farmers have more spare time to work and earn money.

  Zhang Pu was ordered to compile history textbooks. Without the leader of the Fushe Society, what storms could the rest of the scholars make?

   It was nothing more than complaining, and Zhao Han didn't even bother to pay attention to it, let alone arrest someone and put him in prison.

   Arresting people at every turn is a manifestation of incompetence.

  If those scholars really dare to cross the line, it will not be as simple as going to jail, the miner package is on the way!

   (Ask for a monthly pass.)

  (end of this chapter)