Zhu Youzhen originally didn't expect Qian Qianyi to cooperate with him and put forward any eye-catching opinions, but after Qian Qianyi received such a sentence, he could continue to play.

From this incident, it can be seen that even if the imperial court promulgates various policies that are beneficial to the people's livelihood, once the local officials do not implement them effectively, or simply disobey the law, then no matter how good the policy is, it will be absurd.

Therefore, the cabinet should not just formulate a policy and issue it, but also formulate a policy to check and verify the implementation of local officials.

For those officials who act in opposition to the policies of the imperial court for their own selfish interests, we must resolutely and thoroughly expel them from our ranks of officials, and we must not allow such officials to create contradictions between the imperial court and the people and undermine the prestige of the imperial court.

In my opinion, I will start with the questions raised by these Henan scholars and carry out a campaign to rectify the political style of local officials all over the world. Mr. Qian can convey my opinion to the cabinet gentlemen and come up with a solution. ”

Whether it was a student at Yenching University or a scholar from Henan, most of them were inexplicably excited after listening to the conversation between Chongzhen and Qian Ge Lao, thinking that they had won some results in today's action.

Of course, Qian Qianyi and other officials and a few scholars did not see it that way, but they heard the emperor's implication, Chongzhen wanted to use this reason to purge local officials.

Especially Qian Qianyi, who has been in the cabinet for nearly a year, has already known a lot of things, such as the reform of the guard system and the reform of the official system that the emperor and the first assistant have been pushing for, which have been carried out smoothly in Hebei, Shandong and several northern provinces of Henan, but other provinces have become a dead letter.

Among them, the compulsory education system, which the emperor was most concerned about, and the preparation for the establishment of Jinling University, made particularly difficult progress. The main purpose of the compulsory education envisioned by Chongzhen was to enable ordinary people to acquire simple literacy, writing and arithmetic, but with the exception of a few prefectures near Gyeonggi, most local officials still regarded compulsory education as an old-style private school education.

The goal of these two kinds of education is simply the opposite, the former is to train a qualified industrial worker, and an ordinary citizen with simple patriotic ideas; The latter is still in the goal of cultivating a talent who is separated from labor and provides talents for the imperial examination.

Perhaps Donglin Party officials like Qian Qianyi were still comforted by this, because the more literati the latter cultivated, the more inclined they were to the Donglin Party, and the more powerful the scholars who supported the change of the political situation in Korea and China. After all, these scholars exist as the reserve of Ming officials, and if they want to enter the official career, in addition to passing the academic level, they also need to have a suitable position vacant in the imperial court.

The remnants of the current eunuch party have almost occupied the most promising position in the DPRK. Only by driving them down will these good positions be likely to fall on them, the rising stars.

However, for Chongzhen, the literati cultivated by the old-style private school education cannot be used without a long-term transformation process.

Because the purpose of private school education is only one thing, to be an official, or to be an official desperately. It has become a common practice for these literati from private schools, regardless of the family they once came from, to despise labor and laborers.

So there is a very strange phenomenon in the capital, on the one hand, the various workshops opened in the palace are in urgent need of all kinds of staff with a certain degree of cultural ability, but they have not been able to recruit many people.

On the other hand, a large number of poor scholars would rather live at home in the name of a student than accept the employment of a workshop and become an ordinary workshop worker.

The biggest obstacle to turning the village private school into an ordinary primary school proposed by the emperor undoubtedly came from the local scholars and magistrates, who were unwilling to let the ordinary Ming people learn culture, just for the purpose of working and doing business, thus tarnishing the name of scholars and confusing the class division of the four people.

Although Chongzhen has proposed several times in the cabinet that it is necessary to rectify the perfunctory policies of these local officials towards the imperial court, if it is serious, they should simply be dismissed from their posts and promoted officials who have fulfilled the imperial court orders well.

It's just that the emperor's proposal has been opposed by the cabinet and the officials of the six ministries, so it has not been passed for a long time. The officials actually think very simply, as far as the current situation is concerned, although there is a contradiction between the local government and the imperial court, this contradiction has not intensified to the extent of provoking a war of dismissal.

No matter how different it is now, the arrival of these Henan scholars, their accusations against Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu gave the emperor an excuse to rectify the official style.

Although Qian Qianyi understood this, he had always been cowardly, so he did not oppose Chongzhen's proposal in person, but agreed to the emperor's proposal with some uneasiness.

Zhu Youzhen then turned his head to Wang Chengen and said: "From today's incident, we must also learn some useful lessons. In this world, when people have grievances, they always want to find a place to be reasonable, and as a great tomorrow, I can't ignore this.

You told the Imperial Secretariat on behalf of me to find an official residence near the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to set up a Letters and Visits Bureau, which was used to receive the people who went to Beijing to complain about their grievances, and of course also accepted letters from the people complaining about their grievances. For general issues, the Imperial Secretariat can refer them to the relevant departments for handling, after all, important issues will be excerpted and handed over to me for personal approval. ”

Wang Chengen hesitated, but quickly agreed. Only then did Zhu Youzhen turn his head to look at the side of Henan Shizi and said again: "You went to the capital to complain about your grievances regardless of your hard work, and it is also for the stability of the Ming Dynasty, I want to thank you in advance today." ”

Hearing Chongzhen's thanks, a cadre of Henan scholars did not dare to slack off, and quickly got up and saluted the emperor and bowed back. After Zhu Youzhen comforted them and sat down again, he continued: "I really want to be able to talk to you one by one and hear the facts you have seen in the place.

But there are so many of you, if you report to me one by one, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish talking until the evening. In this way, Wang Chengen, you ask the Imperial Secretariat and the palace to send people to find a place with these Henan scholars, record everything they want to say to me one-on-one, and then give it to me to see. ”

Li Xin's face changed slightly, and Zheng Lian was still immersed in the uneasiness of being reprimanded by the emperor just now, so none of them could oppose Chongzhen's proposal in the previous matter.

Seeing that these Henan scholars were about to be invited out of the room by Wang Chengen, a relatively young Henan scholar behind them said a little unwillingly: "Your Majesty, now Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu are poisoning the people in Henan, since Your Majesty already knows these things today, why can't you order them to stop them first?"

No matter how you look at it, if we can stop them one day earlier, our Henan Shimin will be able to suffer one less day, and the local area will be able to retain a little more vitality. ”

Qian Qianyi finally came to his senses at this time, he grabbed ahead of Chongzhen, and reprimanded the young scholar: "The imperial court has its own laws for doing things, if only a few people go to Beijing to sue for a royal complaint, they will indiscriminately detain the officials who go down to do things and ask about the case, who will dare to do things for the court in the future?"

Your Majesty was able to personally come forward to meet with you and others today, which is already a big exception, is it possible that you still want to gather everyone to coerce the king to ask about the case? Hurry down and explain your grievances, and don't continue to be rude in front of Your Majesty. ”

In front of the leader of Donglin and the leader of the literary world, these Henan scholars finally did not dare to continue to be strong, and after they saluted the emperor, they walked to the door with their heads a little dejected.

Zhu Youzhen's heart moved, and he suddenly stopped everyone and said: "What Mr. Qian said is right, this court has its own laws for doing things, so some things must be investigated clearly, and you can't wronged the good people, and you can't let the bad people go." After you go down and wait patiently, the court will definitely give you an explanation. ”

After hearing Chongzhen's promise, the faces of these Henan scholars changed slightly better. Zhu Youzhen asked with concern: "After you went to Beijing, where did you live these days?" What are the difficulties in life? ”

Li Xin exchanged glances with several fellow villagers, and then replied on behalf of everyone: "With the concern of His Majesty Lao, most of me have borrowed to live in the hometown hall after I went to Beijing, and some people live in inns, and their lives have been repaid. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, turned his head to Wang Chengen again, and said: "Although the capital is the first good district, the place is vast, and it is a little inconvenient for them to be scattered around.

Since most of them are lifters and students, then simply let the official post in Beijing vacate a few courtyards for them to live in, and they can take care of each other in everything. As for their daily living expenses, you can arrange them and use some of them from my expenses to subsidize them..."

The emperor's greetings made the scholars in the room very moved, and after Li Xin took a group of Henan scholars to thank him again, he reluctantly left the room with Wang Chengen.

Dozens of Henan scholars were sent away, and the room was suddenly empty. Zhang Puzheng wanted to speak out and turn his criticism of Xu Xianchun and Yang Suoxiu's misdeeds in Henan to the topic of liquidation of Wei Zhongxian's party.

Zhu Youzhen quickly interrupted him, looked at the students of Yenching University and said, "Don't worry, I still have something to say, you guys listen to me first."

The predecessor of Yenching University was my Ming Dynasty's Guozijian, and you students, according to the past, were the prisoners of Guozijian.

What is Guozijian? It is the highest university in the Ming Dynasty established by Emperor Chengzu, and it is also the place where the Quartet is educated.

In the past, Guozijian mainly had two tasks, one was to inherit the etiquette classics of our Chinese civilization; The second is to reserve talents for the country.

It's a pity that in modern times, the reputation of Guozijian is not obvious, and it has also abandoned its own business, but it has become a shortcut to the south for those who do not learn and have no skills.

It is precisely because of this that I decided to change Guozijian into Yenching University and reshape the academic style of the highest university in the Ming Dynasty.

The way of the university is in Mingmingde, in being close to the people, and in stopping at perfection. The reason why I changed the country to a university is that I hope that Yenching University will be a place to teach the learning of adults and gentlemen, and to teach you how to choose your own path in life.

I hope that every student who enters the university will not only learn knowledge in the university, but also turn himself into a gentleman with a bright heart, a far-sighted vision, and a mission to the world..."