Extricating himself from the crowd in front of Shuntian Mansion, Lao Xu quickly rushed to the Engineering School and showed the voucher left by Jiao Shun to the gatekeeper.

After the yamen officials checked the vouchers, their attitude immediately changed 180 degrees, but they told Lao Xu that Lord Jijiu was not in the yamen at the moment, and had been summoned to the palace by the cabinet half an hour ago for consultation.

As for the things that need to be inquired about, it is naturally the "On the Examination and Evaluation of the Academy of Engineering" that Jiao Shun handed over early in the morning.

To be honest, although Mr. Wang Zhe and Wang Ge felt that he was sure of victory, he did not underestimate Jiao Shun because of this. Instead, he made full preparations secretly, taking into consideration all factors related to engineering and study.

But he still couldn't predict that Jiao Shun would find a way to expand the battle beyond engineering, and turn the original dispute between New Confucianism and engineering into a battle between the New Deal and the conservative forces!

Being caught off guard, the originally planned strategy will naturally become useless.

According to his idea, it would be best to postpone the discussion of this memorial until later. However, the cabinet has never been a one-man speech - especially after the founding of the New Confucian school, Wang Zhe became a minority in the cabinet.

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Therefore, before he could find out the reason for postponing the discussion, Xu Furen, a scholar of Wuyingdian Palace, waved his hand and said that this article could be submitted to the emperor without any changes.

Then he deliberately blocked Wang Zhe with words: "Even people like Jiao Shun know the importance of education. Since the boss of Wang Ge said that New Confucianism is also Confucianism, it is expected that he will not lose to any working-study students in this, right?"

Wang Zhe was speechless for a moment.

This is the most embarrassing part of the memorial. Since you are a Confucian scholar, how can you not attach importance to education and be good at education? Therefore, if this big hat is removed, the New Confucian school must accept it even if it does not want to.

But if this dose of poison is really swallowed, then most of the new Confucians who want to enter the Academy of Engineering in the future will inevitably have to face the front line of the battle between the old and new forces - not to mention how many people can do it, even if they have this strength, as long as

I am afraid that I may not have the courage to bear this pressure.

If there are only a few people participating by then, then the matter of New Confucianism entering engineering will naturally come to an end.

What an uneducated Jiao Changqing!

Wang Zhe sighed inwardly, but he still had the calm look on his face. He stroked his beard and said: "Because it involves education, we should be more cautious and not act too hastily."

"Ha ha……"

Xu Furen laughed when he heard this and asked: "If this is the case, New Confucianism has only been established for less than half a year, so why rush to establish an engineering institute?"

"Mr. Xu Ge, I'm just discussing the matter."

"Isn't Xu..."

"alright!"

The second assistant, Mr. He Ge, who had been silent until now, put down the memorial in his hand and said: "What Mr. Wang Ge said is reasonable. Since it involves education, we can't attach too much importance to it - so, let's start with

Invite Jiao Changqing here. If there is anything unclear, let him explain it clearly in person before submitting it to the emperor."

These words obviously seemed to be impartial, even in favor of Wang Zhe, but in fact they blocked Wang Zhe's attempt to postpone the discussion. Although Mr. He Ge and Mr. Xu Ge also hoped to suppress and weaken engineering, they

But I don’t even want to see New Confucianism become bigger!

The two of them had the same attitude. Wang Zhe was caught off guard by Jiao Shun again. He couldn't think of a good way to delay it, so he had to express his support and ordered someone to invite Jiao Shun to question him face to face.

However, after Jiao Shun was ordered to enter the palace, he was not taken to Wenyuan Pavilion, but directly to Qianqing Palace.

This was because the emperor was impatient to wait and sent people to urge the cabinet to make a judgment on Jiao Shun's memorial as soon as possible before Jiao Shun entered the palace.

Later, after learning that the cabinet intended to summon Jiao Shun, the emperor simply invited the three cabinet ministers to the Qianqing Palace, preparing to hold an imperial meeting directly after Jiao Shun arrived so that the matter of establishing the Engineering Academy could be decided as soon as possible.

When Jiao Shun arrived in a hurry, the emperor, with the help of Concubine Wu, had already read the memorial and was about to ask Wang Zhe for his opinion. When he heard that Jiao Shun had arrived, he hurriedly ordered him to come in and see him.

As soon as Jiao Shun entered the door, the emperor, who was half leaning on the dragon chair, couldn't help but admire: "Ai Qing has indeed lived up to my expectations. You have been chosen well for your enlightenment!"

"I am ashamed of myself."

Feeling Wang Zhe's scrutinizing gaze, Jiao Shun bowed slightly to the throne and said calmly: "I was also inspired by Mr. Wang Ge to discover the biggest shortcoming of engineering at present - I never believed that engineering and Confucianism There is no way to be inclusive. If we can break down prejudices and bridge differences through education, so that scholars, peasants, industry and commerce can work side by side without conflicting with each other, then we can benefit the world, the imperial court, and the blessings of all people!"

"Okay, okay!"

These righteous and awe-inspiring words, as expected, aroused the emperor's admiration. At the same time, he turned his one eye to Wang Zhe: "What do Mr. Wang Ge think about Jiao Jijiu?"

Wang Zhe looked away from Jiao Shun's face, turned sideways and said respectfully: "Jiao Jijiu's words are loyal to the country, and I second my opinion."

From the moment he learned that the emperor was going to convene an imperial meeting, he knew that the matter could not be settled. He could still play tricks in the cabinet, but in front of the emperor, if he hesitated for even a second on this issue, he was doing nothing for the New Confucian school. Digging graves.

To put it bluntly, the so-called Neo-Confucian school is, in the final analysis, nothing more than an improvised Imperial Alliance Army put together to compete for the dominance of the Holy Scrolls and the New Deal. If it cannot show the courage to seize chestnuts from the fire, then why should the emperor believe in Neo-Confucianism?

The emperor was naturally very happy with Wang Zhe's statement, and he enthusiastically discussed with everyone the responsibilities and obligations of the Academy of Engineering, as well as the rank and treatment of academicians and engineers.

But the emperor's excited state did not last long. In just a quarter of an hour, before any results could be obtained from the discussion, he yawned again and again, and his one eye suddenly opened. It came together suddenly, and in the end I shed tears unconsciously.

Seeing this, Mr. Hege, the Second Assistant, quickly stopped the discussion and said that the specific details of establishing the Engineering Academy needed to be considered by the cabinet before being submitted to the emperor.

The emperor announced the adjournment of the meeting, and the three pavilion elders immediately bowed and resigned, leaving only Jiao Shun alone in the Qianqing Hall to continue to face the saints.

After everyone left, the emperor yawned and said: "Ai Qing's proposal is good everywhere, but it is to evaluate academicians based on their merits of education. Wouldn't it waste too much time?"

In fact, the evaluation and promotion period in the officialdom is one to three years, which is standard, but the emperor obviously can't wait that long.

"This is easy."

Jiao Shun said with a smile: "We only need to set the rules and let the scholars who participate in the evaluation act quickly. This also adds some difficulty to the evaluation - despite the waves, the new Confucians who can still enter the Academy of Engineering must be urgently needed for the implementation of the New Deal. Talents!"

The emperor laughed heartily after hearing this, feeling quite proud that "the world's most talented people have fallen into my lap." He was about to say something, but he yawned several times uncontrollably.

Looking at the emperor's appearance, and considering that he seemed to have coughed less recently, Jiao Shun guessed that the emperor had probably increased the dosage of analgesics and cough suppressants, and these two were always the hardest hit areas for addiction. Imperial doctors would certainly not prescribe such medicine if it was not necessary.

Could it be that...

Jiao Shun felt a little heavy in his heart. Although the emperor's recent eagerness for quick success made him very dissatisfied, Emperor Longyuan was kind to him after all. If possible, he still hoped that Emperor Longyuan could live for two more years.

Alas~

It seems that we must intensify our efforts to deceive the little prince.

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The words are divided into two parts.

On the other side, the three pavilion elders walked out of Qianqing Palace together, and the road naturally divided into two groups.

In front were Mr. He Ge and Mr. Xu Ge who were chatting in low voices, while Wang Zhe was alone in the back and was silent. Now that the assessment matter was settled, all he could do was to minimize the impact of this matter on the New Confucian school. The influence of engineering.

The simplest and most direct way to do this is to spread the word that as long as you enter the Academy of Engineering, you can get high-ranking officials and generous salaries at your fingertips.

In fact, he has been promoting it privately for a long time, but the intensity of the promotion is not that strong, and it is not so straightforward. Now as long as the intensity and scope of the promotion are expanded, he should be able to win over as many people as possible.

Although the people recruited in this way will inevitably be mixed, and even if they do enter the Engineering Academy, they may not behave as they imagined, but now we can only solve the problem of whether or not.

With this in mind, Wang Zhe returned to Wenyuan Pavilion and planned to take a temporary leave to go home so that he could settle the matter as soon as possible.

But before he could speak, a cabinet official came to report, saying that Shuntian Mansion had captured a group of people who were making lies and deceived the public. Because the matter involved Wangge Lao, Shuntian Mansion came here to write a letter to ask for instructions. How to deal with it.

Hearing that there were rumors involving himself, Wang Zhe ordered the written documents to be reviewed.

As soon as he saw it, his face suddenly changed. He slapped the text on the table angrily, gritted his teeth and said: "What a Shuntian Mansion, what a Jia Yu Village!"

He didn't hear about this until now, so it was naturally impossible for Shuntian Mansion to arrest the person in advance, but if Shuntian Mansion arrested the person in such a big way, the outside world would definitely blame him for the matter!

If it was said that this was an unintentional mistake by Jia Yucun, Wang Zhe would not believe it.

Now I am busy asking people to inquire about the specific matters of this matter and the current impact.

As a result, the news that came later made Wang Zhe even more angry.

Especially the rhetoric of "only recruiting Jiangxi Township Party members" is clearly intended to put him on the fire!

It is true that the majority of New Confucians are from Jiangxi, but the reason is not that he only recruits Jiangxi township parties, but that the appeal of the previous New Confucian school was not strong enough, and only his township parties were willing to rally to respond.

This statement of ‘only recruiting rural party members’ is clearly the opposite of cause and effect!

But the problem is that most people only look at the results, and who goes back to analyze the causes behind them?

In anger, Wang Zhe hurriedly ordered people to inform his close associates and prepare to hold a meeting to try to make up for the impact of this incident - as for Jia Yucun, let him settle the accounts with him in the future!

When Wang Zhe returned home, the confidants he had summoned came to his door one after another, but there were fewer of them than expected, and when they saw him, they all looked worried and hesitant to speak.

An ominous premonition arose in Wang Zhe's heart, and he immediately called his closest confidants to inquire about the situation.

"So that Mr. Ge will know."

The man said with a sad face: "Li Shilang of the Ministry of Rites has just gone to the guild hall and called on Jiangxi students and scholars to stay upright and devote themselves to study, and must not be contaminated by unhealthy tendencies."

When Wang Zhe heard this, he felt his chest surge and he almost vomited blood on the spot.

Just now, he was thinking of expanding publicity to make up for the vacancies of those who retreated from the battle, but now, he was directly kicked out of the cauldron!

Once internal strife broke out in the Jiangxi Township Party, he had too much time to take care of himself, so how could he have the energy to recruit more talented people to compete with Jiao Shun?

If only a few people enter the Engineering Academy by then, let alone seizing control of the Engineering School, it would be better if they don’t give Jiao Shun a wedding dress as a companion!
Chapter completed!