Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 369
Zhu Houzhao did not hide anything about the Daming Royal Academy.So the news spread quickly.

Everyone also understood one thing, His Royal Highness is really going to make a big deal this time.

All far-sighted officials have long been prepared in their hearts.What His Highness the Crown Prince has done for so many years is before everyone's eyes one by one. It would be strange if His Highness the Crown Prince did not want to innovate.

The Royal Academy teaches people to study and become an official, and the ministers don't know how to object.Can you say it's wrong to do so?
No one dared to say such a thing.

As for whether I feel uncomfortable in my heart, it must be uncomfortable.The reason is also very simple. Originally, one only needed to read the Four Books and Five Classics to become an official, but now one has to go to the academy to read it again, and there are so many subjects.

It is equivalent to choking the neck. If you want to enter the officialdom, you must pass the academy.

In fact, this is only part of their thinking.Zhu Houzhao still has another trick. For serving officials, he can actually use the academy.

That is the training class for serving officials.

Once you are dissatisfied with an official, you can let him go for further studies. Naturally, he will be promoted if he has completed his studies.Of course, some of them may not be able to study well, so it's hard to say, just dismiss from office and go home.

Anyway, this Royal Academy can be used anyway, it’s all in my heart.

In a word, Zhu Houzhao wants to strangle the necks of officials' appointments, and you civil officials want to give and accept privately, absolutely not.

You must know that the current imperial examination system has the rules of being a teacher.

The masters belonged to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Juren and Jinshi are the respectful titles for the examiners, and they must be treated with teacher etiquette.

Morally, the constraints of heaven, earth, ruler, relatives and teachers are very serious.With morality as the bond and interests as the foundation, a huge gentry group has been formed, and the next step is to form a party for personal gain.

Zhu Houzhao wants to avoid this kind of rules, break this kind of monopoly, and eliminate the rights of teachers.He wants to change the imperial examination from becoming an official after completing the examination to studying after the examination, similar to the university entrance examination for later generations.

Establish public academies in various places to teach what you want to teach.As for private schools, don't even think about it.The Donglin Party and the Donglin Academy were all strangled in the cradle.

There was a lot of commotion outside, and some people wrote to oppose it, but it was only a handful.

No one at the top wrote a letter to object, whether it was a cabinet scholar, the six ministers, or the imperial censors such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they basically didn't respond.They know what it means.

This means the New Deal of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is extremely powerful, and it is difficult to stop him from doing what he wants to do.

The ministers all chose to remain silent, they wanted to see what His Highness the Crown Prince could do.

The saddest and most unhappy person should be this year's Xinke Scholars.

Not long after the imperial examination in Hongzhi's 18th year was held, the new scholars had not yet sent officials, and they basically watched politics in the six departments.

Originally, they planned to send officials after watching politics, but now that something happened, it was impossible for them to send officials, so they went directly to the Royal Academy to report.

These people want to cry but have no tears. They could have become officials before, but now they need to take another step. It is simply too painful to live!
But these people have nothing to do, and they don't dare to make trouble.

There is nothing to say in the court, once they make a fuss, it is easy to be regarded as a provocation to His Highness the Crown Prince.

Zhu Houzhao didn't care what people outside thought.

After the matter is explained, it will naturally continue to be done.What he has to do now is to receive Horqin's people.

These people came to surrender, and Zhu Houzhao presided over the negotiations with them.In fact, it is not a negotiation. You have come to surrender. What are you talking about?

Basically, what Daming said, Horqin and the others would do.If they don't agree, just call them.

Therefore, although Zhu Houzhao was ordered to preside over the negotiation, in fact Zhu Houzhao did not go, and Zhang Jun, the Minister of Rites, was responsible for assisting Zhu Houzhao.

Horqin was coming, so Zhu Houzhao called Zhang Jun.

Speaking of this Zhang Jun, he can be regarded as a character.

It is not good for Zhang Jun to try again and again in autumn.

Chenghua Dingyou, who was a tribute to Taixue, was 39 years old.

At the age of 41, he was exceptionally hired by the imperial court and awarded the praise of Honglu Temple (congjiupin).Soon, he was promoted across the ranks, promoted to the prime minister of this temple (from the sixth rank), and found Shaoqing (from the fifth rank).He holds an important position in the public office, and his reputation is increasing day by day, which often attracts the attention of the officials.

Hongzhi has been in the unitary year, and the three-year period of keeping filial piety has expired and he will be reinstated.Soon, he was promoted to the Minister of the Temple (the fourth rank), and the right minister of the Ministry of rites (the third rank), and he was still in charge of Honglu Temple.Later, he was promoted to Zuo Shilang, and he was promoted to Zishan doctor (the second grade), with a second-level salary increase, and Yin's first son was admitted to Guozijian.

His quick promotion and courtesy and grace are one of the few existences in Daming.So Zhu Houzhao was very curious about this person.

This person should be the confidant of the old man, and the confidant of the confidants.I just don't know why my father fell in love with him.

However, in Zhu Houzhao's view, it is obvious that this person was able to do this step, which is obviously not an ordinary person.

Zhang Jun didn't even pass the exam, and suddenly one day he was admitted by the imperial court as the ninth rank, and then he was promoted all the way up, it was like cheating.

There must be something extraordinary about such a person!

Zhu Houzhao thought he could test him to see if he was really talented.

If the negotiations with Horqin can be done well this time, then this person can be considered for reuse; if not, then let him go back and continue to be his servant.

"Your Highness," Liu Jin walked to Zhu Houzhao's side and said respectfully, "Minister Zhang Jun has arrived."

Zhu Houzhao nodded, and said blankly, "Let him in."

Not long after, Zhang Jun walked in from the outside.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the man who was hanging out. From the look of his face, Zhang Jun really wasn't young anymore.However, it can also be seen from the time when he became an official that he is not old, but really old.

He is in his 60s. Although he looks gentle and refined, Zhu Houzhao still sees a little difference.He felt that Zhang Jun looked like a person, and this person was Qin Hong.

Both of them are old men.The spirit is the same, and at the same time, they all have a kind of transparency that is clear.

"Zhang Jun, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, see Your Highness the Crown Prince." Zhang Jun did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly bowed to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Aiqing is free of courtesy. Come and give me a seat."

Older courtiers should be given a seat, and Dad would do the same in front of Dad. To put it bluntly, it is preferential treatment for high-ranking courtiers.

For His Royal Highness, the requirements are much lower.Courtiers of similar status have to give a stool. Zhu Houzhao is very familiar with doing such things, so it doesn't seem abrupt at all.

After Zhang Jun sat down, Zhu Houzhao said: "Father sent Aiqing to assist me. I am self-aware. I am young and frivolous, and have little experience. Many things cannot be grasped. I hope Aiqing can give you more advice." .”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Zhang Jun's heart twitched.

(End of this chapter)