Han and the other two looked at each other.

In Zhu Youxiao's words, they all heard a name, whose name was Wei Dazhong, and he was a student of Gao Panlong.

How could this person say "Only the doctrines of saints who are worthy of the Confucius Temple can be taught"?

Everyone present knew why Gao Panlong entered the Jinyiwei prison.

Now the student of Gaopanlong actually said such words. What are you going to do?

Han Yu and others looked a little unfavorable. They felt that Wei Dazhong was not a good person, and probably a treacherous and cunning person. He actually wanted to show himself so prominently after his teacher entered the Jinyiwei Prison.

The matter about Wei Dazhong was said by His Majesty himself, so naturally there would be no falsehood.

But how did this Wei Dazhong pass the news into the palace?

No minister has ever published a question book about this matter, so it is definitely not through the cabinet; then there is only one possibility, that is, through the East Factory or through the Jinyiwei.

No matter which side you use to let Your Majesty know this kind of remarks, it means that Wei Dazhong is not good.

If it is through the East Factory, it means that Wei Dazhong has already gotten along with Wei Zhongxian. What a shameful thing?

Even though these cabinet ministers are now promoted by His Majesty, they are still not in harmony with Wei Zhongxian. Under such circumstances, Wei Dazhong's resignation to Wei Zhongxian is really a bad character.

If Wei Dazhong surrendered to the Jinyiwei, his character would be even worse. His teacher was still locked in the imperial prison of the Jinyiwei, which was a very serious matter.

The five people present had different thoughts.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care much about what they were thinking. The expression on his face did not change much, but just sat quietly on the dragon throne, waiting for the five people to have a result.

For Zhu Youxiao, he put the hat on Wei Dazhong's head without any psychological pressure.

You should know that "only the sages who are worthy of enjoying the Confucius Temple can be taught" is Wei Dazhong's original words, and he did not add any more to the fire.

Now that someone reports this matter to himself, he can use it to talk about it in the court, and it can also be said that this is what the folk scholars said. What does this mean?

This represents public opinion!

Through this incident, Zhu Youxiao learned another trick. He wanted to go down to cultivate some public opinion representatives, and asked them to express some opinions at the appropriate time, and then he took it to the court.

These are all public opinion. As an emperor, how can you ignore public opinion?

This is how things are in the beginning.

If you put some ministers who support you in the court, what else can you do to overcome them?

None of the four cabinet ministers and a minister of the Ministry of Rites knew what Zhu Youxiao was thinking.

After a little thought, Xu Guangqi spoke first.

Because for Xu Guangqi, there is nothing to consider about this matter at all.

So he said slowly: "Your Majesty, I think this matter is feasible. All dynasties have their own ideas. Now, I will reshape the Confucius Temple and re-plan the ancestors who entered the Confucius Temple. I think this is a good thing for the Ming Dynasty. So I think this matter can be carried out."

Wei Dazhong is a knowledgeable person. For Xu Guangqi, if this matter works, he can drive some people out of the Confucius Temple.

For example, you can drive Zhu Xi out and let him leave the Confucius Temple completely, so that his knowledge cannot be passed on in the court, or even in the folk.

This is definitely a very, very good wish for disciples of Xinxue. If it can be realized, then Xinxue will surely prosper.

Without Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism, he must have a mind-study. He can let some great masters of mind-study enter the Confucius Temple, such as the great scholars of his mind-study school. You should know that Mr. Yangming is in it now.

Your Majesty’s attitude is very obvious now, that is, he has been suppressing Neo-Confucianism and allowing Xinxue to quickly gain power.

Under such circumstances, Xu Guangqi naturally had to take advantage of this opportunity, so he felt that there was great potential for this matter.

Xu Guangqi was the first to express his attitude and wanted to take the initiative, and then asked His Majesty to finalize the matter.

After receiving such a reply, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Do you guys have any objections? Just say it bluntly."

After hearing Xu Guangqi's words, Han Yu and others naturally knew that there was no way to stop this matter, because you see His Majesty's happy look.

Moreover, if the list of Confucius Temples is really planned, it will be an opportunity, an opportunity to gather some people.

The other is the royal academy of the imperial court. How could they not know that this matter involves academy and lectures?

The Royal Academy is something that Your Majesty has always wanted to promote. If they oppose this matter now, it would be like opposing the Royal Academy and Lecture together. This is definitely something that Your Majesty cannot tolerate.

So they had no other way except to agree.

After thinking of this, Sun Chengzong took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think this is a good thing. However, I think it is better to set a strict rule to avoid eventually becoming a means of the party's common ground and attacking the differences. There are many factions in the court, and they have learned a lot and are complicated. If you attack me and I attack you, you will inevitably split the court, and the country will be unstable at that time. Therefore, you must be cautious in this matter."

"If this is the case, it's better not to change." Huang Kezhang, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke out at this moment.

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone was stunned, including Zhu Youxiao.

You should know that since entering the cabinet, Huang Kezhang has not expressed his attitude much, but has stood in the cabinet like a tablet.

But this time it was different. Huang Kezhang's attitude was too obvious. He obviously did not get involved in these things in the court before, and this time it was abnormal.

After saying this, Huang Kezhang did not stop, but continued: "Since you want to change, there will be naturally going out and going. If you start by not offending others and not being unhappy, how can you change it?"

"If you go out and go in, some people will suffer damage and some people will be unhappy. So I think you can change the method. After all, if you move the Confucius Temple, the movement will be a bit too big."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Huang Kezhang and felt a little confused about his attitude.

Is this Huang Kezhang standing on Xu Guangqi's side or Sun Chengzong's side? Or is he not standing on either side?

However, Huang Kezhang's statement aroused Zhu Youxiao's interest. He asked with an interest on his face: "I wonder what your dear is?"

"I think there is no need to move the saints in the Confucius Temple. The saints in the Confucius Temple are just some of the predecessors, just to express the grief of future generations. Just like the temple, what kind of Buddha is worshipped is not important. It's enough for someone to worship."

"The Wei Dazhong said that only the theories of the saints who were worthy of the Confucius Temple could be taught. I think this statement was biased. The court could not prohibit any knowledge from being taught, but could only be taught in a standardized manner. Otherwise, it would be Qin Shihuang's act of burning books and burying scholars, not the actions of the wise monarchs in prosperous times."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao frowned.

Huang Kezhang said something too much, right?!

"The court's ceremony of talent selection is just to select officials suitable for the court. Then, the court should have the final say on what kind of person to choose to be an official. Therefore, I think there is no need for such a big deal to change the qualifications of the saints of the Confucius Temple."

"You can formulate a list with some books or names of sages written on it. These knowledge are what the imperial examinations are to be tested in the imperial examination. The imperial examinations in various places must draw the questions from these books, so that you can kill two birds with one stone."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Huang Kezhang quietly and thought silently.

In fact, Zhu Youxiao was not expecting this idea from Huang Kecheng, but he just felt that the movement was too small, so it was better to move the Confucius Temple to shock the world.

But now thinking about it, it seems that the move to move the Confucius Temple is indeed a bit inappropriate, because the noise seems to be too big and not a good thing.

Huang Kezhang's method is actually quite good, just like the exam syllabus in later generations, and the questions must be set within the scope of the syllabus.

90% of scholars in the world study to be officials, which is mainstream in this era. If you don’t take the exam, do you still want to learn?

This is how education in later generations looked like, let alone the Ming Dynasty?

Everyone knows what exam-oriented education is in later generations. Since that is the case, the same is true in this era.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty exam combined the college entrance examination and the civil service examination, so the importance of it is naturally self-evident. It is definitely what you take to learn, so why not take it?

So Huang Kezhang's idea can still be tried.

Seeing that his Majesty was in deep thought, Huang Kezhang continued: "If you are more specific, your Majesty can choose a book to conduct the imperial examination during each imperial examination, and announce it in advance, and then spread it to the world, so that all officials can choose topics from this book."

Zhu Youxiao raised his head, glanced at Huang Kezhang, his eyes slowly swept over the others, and asked, "What do you guys think?"

Huang Kezhang's method will indeed be much less disturbing, and it will be much smaller than the movements in the Confucius Temple; it will turn things into simple court struggles. If this is the case, it will be a good choice.

The key question is whether it will generate tools for party struggles, which is unknown.

However, Sun Chengzong agreed with this matter, because even if he took it seriously, such movement would be much smaller.

One of the things that Sun Chengzong is most worried about now is that Xu Guangqi will take this opportunity to drive Zhu Xi out of the Confucius Temple. If that is true, many things will be troublesome.

"I think this matter is OK." Sun Chengzong was the first to express his opinion and said loudly: "In this case, the movement will indeed be much smaller, but it can indeed achieve the goal, which is a way to kill two birds with one stone."

Among the four major ministers in the cabinet, two of them had already expressed their approval, so their final gaze fell on Han Du.

As long as Han Yu agreed, there would be no other choice, and even if Xu Guangqi objected, it would be useless.

As a result, Xu Guangqi felt a little uncomfortable, but this was not an unacceptable result for him.

He just needs to prevent Zhu Xi from taking the exam. It is not very important whether he will continue to worship in the Confucius Temple. He can find an opportunity to get Zhu Xi out in the future.

Before Han Du could speak, Xu Guangqi spoke first.

He smiled and said, "I think this matter is feasible, and it is indeed a way to kill two birds with one stone. You can try it out, I agree."

Hearing Xu Guangqi say this, Zhu Youxiao nodded and said gently: "Then this matter is settled. My dear friends inform the court of the court to let the officials of the court discuss it. If there is no problem, then follow this idea."

"Your Majesty, then who will formulate this list?" Sun Chengzong asked suddenly.

This time, Xu Guangqi did not give in at all. He took a step forward, straightened his back, and said directly: "Of course, this must be formulated by the Ministry of Rites. This is originally a matter of the Ministry of Rites."

At the same time, Xu Guangqi turned to Zhu Youxiao and said, "I think it is more appropriate to let the Ministry of Rites formulate it."

All of them looked at Xu Guangqi. The old man really didn't hide his feelings at all, and everyone was surprised by his actions.

Everyone knows who the Ministry of Rites belongs to.

It seems that Shen Tingjun and Xu Guangqi are almost wearing pairs of pants. If the Ministry of Rites is the decision to make the decision on this matter, what is the difference between letting Xu Guangqi do it?

These two people are all children of the heart, what does it mean?

It means that they will definitely praise themselves and step on others.

This is something that no one else can accept, so Sun Chengzong said, "I think it should be taken seriously, which is a big deal for the Ming Dynasty. If you just let the Ministry of Rites manipulate it, it might be a bit too much."
To be continued...