I studied in modern times

Chapter 868 The Kong Family’s Crisis

Naturally, Zhao Xu could not hide the fact that he appointed Shen Zhu as the magistrate of Chenliu.

Soon, almost everyone who was interested knew about this.

Some well-informed people even got the proclamation written by Peng Ruli at the order of Zhao Xu.

Normally, no one would pay attention to this kind of announcement for appointment as an official in the imperial court.

Because there are templates everywhere, the only difference is the words used, positive or negative.

However, this is the first time that officials at the prefecture level have been appointed.

It has profound political implications, so many people are concerned about it.

Everyone hopes to understand the future political direction of the government through the speech.

So, many people took the content of the notice and began to study it.

The ones who are most concerned among them are naturally the three brothers of the Kong family.

"To Shen Zhu: The county is large and difficult to govern, so officials have difficulty in employing people; the place is close and easy to know, so talented people are happy to employ themselves..."

"Govern with simplicity, decide cases with clarity, control officials with severity, and govern the people with kindness! Who doesn't know these four things? Yes, I grant you the title of magistrate of Chenliu County!"

Kong Wenzhong chewed over the words in the notice, his eyes flickering in and out.

After a long while, he sighed: "The government is wise and knows the difficulty of government affairs in the capital..."

He had been a county magistrate in a prefecture, so he knew very well how difficult it was to be an official in a prefecture.

There are a lot of nagging mothers above, and the wealthy families and merchants below, and it is possible that there is some big shot behind them.

As a result, they are tied up and unable to do anything.

Therefore, when Han Jiang was appointed prime minister, the government appointed Su Song as the official in charge of the county affairs in the prefecture, which has always been regarded as a brilliant move.

Because, most people really can't understand the affairs of the prefecture.

Only a minister like Su Song, who is familiar with the situation in the prefecture, can talk to almost everyone, has face in front of everyone, and is willing to condescend to go to the prefecture, can hold up the situation.

If someone else had been in charge of the affairs of the counties and towns in the prefecture, Han Jiang's administration would not have been so smooth.

Just ...

"Why choose Shen Ziping?"

This was something Kong Wenzhong couldn't understand no matter how hard he tried.

"Brother..." Kong Wuzhong, the secretary and proofreader of Kong Wenzhong's younger brother, had a bad temper and said immediately, "Why don't we go to the emperor again and tell him about Shen Ziping's crime!"

Kong Wenzhong listened, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The emperor has issued an edict, ordering the capital to re-determine Shen Daoyuan's assignment..."

Kong Wuzhong's eyes widened. Even he knew that under such circumstances, if they brothers continued to object in front of the king.

That is "bullying the emperor and father".

It's like being shameless even if given the chance!

The iron fist of imperial power will definitely come!
Even if they have the halo of being the descendants of Confucius, they will probably be beaten black and blue.

"That's it!" Kong Wenzhong sighed and said tiredly.

As a subject, he needs to know how to advance and retreat.

Although Kong Wuzhong was unwilling, he could only sigh: "Shen Ziping went to Chenliu County... If he had made achievements, he might have gone to the Imperial College and joined forces with Lu Dian!"

Now the Imperial College has almost become Lu Dian’s one-man show.

The things that this disciple of Wang Anshi did inside the Imperial College made the Kong brothers grit their teeth in anger.

Whether it is reforming the three-house system or subdividing the credits and grading system.

To them, it is unacceptable.

This is because the reformed three-house system and the credit and grading system changed the style of study at the Imperial College from studying Confucius' classics to studying and applying the classics to the world.

From the Kong family's perspective, this is digging their graves!
The reason is very simple.

Now under the credit system of the Imperial College, a student can choose any one of the Confucian classics to study.

In the monthly, quarterly and annual examinations within the Imperial College, every student could pass this course on classics and compete for a total of 40 credits.

But the Imperial College uses a percentage system.

In other words, the meaning of the sage's scriptures only accounts for 40% of the credit assessment.

Not even halfway through!
This is already the reversal of Tiangang!
This kind of thing has never happened in history!
The teachings of the sages lost their dominant position in the Imperial Academy.

Even so, the Imperial College under Lu Dian’s leadership still pretended to set a 20-point character score, making it seem as if the students were being trained to be both talented and well-behaved.

But the problem is that the total score of the scriptures and moral conduct is only 60 points.

Confucianism has always advocated moderation and stressed that excess is as bad as deficiency.

Therefore, it is impossible to give anyone full marks in the assessment.

Even if Confucius were to be resurrected, he would not get full marks.

This meant that the Imperial Academy’s requirements for its students went beyond the knowledge of classics and moral conduct.

In the other forty points!

Whether it is promotion from outer dormitory to inner dormitory, or from inner dormitory to upper dormitory, or students from upper dormitory seeking to become an official.

You have to pay attention to the other forty points, and you must pay very close attention, as every point may determine success or failure, honor or disgrace.

This directly led to a drastic change in the academic atmosphere of the Imperial College in just one year.

The students of the Imperial Academy are paying more and more attention to things that were once considered not worthy of being displayed in formal occasions.

For example, mathematics, finance, criminal law, etc. - the current Imperial Academy allows students to study one or more miscellaneous subjects in addition to the classics.

These miscellaneous subjects account for the remaining 40 credits for both outer and inner dormitory students.

But when you become a student of Shangshe, these 40 credits will be replaced by the so-called "internship points".

As long as students of the Imperial Academy were promoted to upper classes, they would be allowed to choose an official office in Beijing for internship.

These people will intern in relevant government offices for one day every seven days to learn the basic work of the offices.

Those with the best grades can even go to the bachelor's college for internship.

This is like heavenly music to the students!

But for the Kong family, it is a crisis.

The importance of the scriptures began to weaken.

Although, the slogan raised by Lu Dian was very high-sounding - rites, music, calligraphy, mathematics, archery and charioteering are the six arts of a gentleman, and are revered by sages!

Therefore, the Imperial Academy should cultivate talents who are all-rounders in moral, intellectual, physical and behavioral aspects.

Instead of cultivating a bunch of nerds.

However, what Lu Dian did was actually digging up the roots of Confucianism.

To be precise, it should be digging out the roots of old Confucianism.

In the Song Dynasty, the ideological differences between the new and old parties had their own standards.

Old Confucians worship Confucius, while new Confucians worship Mencius.

One of the greatest landmark achievements of the New Party so far is to upgrade Mencius to a higher status and enshrine him alongside Confucius.

But, this is not the end.

Just the beginning!
The Kong brothers all knew what the New Party would do next.
A hundred years after Wang Anshi's death, his spirit tablet was also placed in the Confucius Temple, and then placed next to Confucius, finally replacing Confucius and taking over the magpie's nest!

This is what the Kong family fears most.

Kong Wenzhong saw through the New Party’s evil ambitions early on.

Therefore, he firmly opposed and resolutely blocked every step of the new party.

However, the New Party had to carry Mencius into the Confucius Temple and sit him next to Confucius.

Now, Shen Zhu was appointed by the emperor himself as the magistrate of Chenliu.

It means that the danger has advanced one step further!
Because Shen Zhu's father, Shen Jichang, was the most radical member of the New Party.

When this man was in the court, he advocated everywhere that the Duke of Jing was the modern-day Duke of Zhou!

"We must think of a way..." Kong Wenzhong muttered to himself.

Kong Wuzhong's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he said, "Brother, do you want me to go find Yu Fan from the past?"

Kong Wenzhong immediately shook his head and said, "No!"

"This is a villain!"

The Wutai School Case back then, like the Wutai Poetry Case, is an injustice case known to everyone in the literati community today!
Yu Fan had long been condemned by thousands of people and had become a public enemy of the literati.

They brothers are pure and honest people, they are gentlemen.

Once you get involved with this kind of villain, your whole body will be dirty immediately and you can't wash it clean!
(End of this chapter)