"Is this the better way you said, Uncle Guo?"

Looking at Wang Bing who was still smiling, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but his eyes almost popped out!

It turned out that under Wang Bing's deliberate inducement, Zhang Juzheng finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked Wang Bing about the 'better' way.

"Does Mr. Zhang think this method is bad? Although it is a bit rough, as long as this method is implemented for decades, I can guarantee that from now on, no literati will dare to challenge the imperial court. And as long as the Ming Dynasty does not

Even if it is destroyed, it will not cause any damage to His Majesty’s reputation!”

Seeing Zhang Juzheng's slightly frightened and shocked expression, Wang Bing smiled with a relaxed expression.

It turned out that under Zhang Juzheng's questioning, Wang Bing directly released the 'literary prison', the ultimate move of the Pig-tail Dynasty against the literati and gentry in original history.

Unlike when facing the emperor, Little Fatty, when facing the courtier Zhang Juzheng, Wang Bing did not have to worry that this 'Pandora's' box would actually be opened.

"Uncle Guo, this method is more than a little rough. If this method is really implemented according to Uncle Guo, the backbone of the literati will be truly broken. In a few decades, our Ming Dynasty will no longer have real literati.

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"What's more, since ancient times, has any dynasty been able to survive forever? If so... then His Majesty's posthumous reputation will probably be even worse than the First Emperor's burning of books and humiliation of Confucians, right?"

Seeing the smiling young man in front of him, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but start to sweat.

"Haha, Mr. Zhang, do you think these so-called literati and gentry nowadays still have backbones? They were crushed by the iron hoofs of the Mongols long ago! If Taizu hadn't reshaped China, they would be licking those Tatars right now.

Where are your stinky feet!"

"As for His Majesty's posthumous name, hehe, as long as there are scholars writing books and biographies before him, who will know the truth of the matter hundreds of years later?"

Knowing that Zhang Juzheng would not adopt this method, Wang Bing naturally had no scruples and even used the method he used to trick the little fat man into becoming a 'saint king' again.

"Uncle Guo, you'd better help His Majesty train his troops for war!"

Looking at the young man talking eloquently in front of him, Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

"Hey, Master Zhang, don't take it too seriously. I know this method will cause endless harm, so I just took this opportunity to complain. Otherwise, I would have told Your Majesty this method in the first place."

Seeing Zhang Juzheng's helpless look, Wang Bing also smiled and gave up.

"Uncle Guo is kind!"

Wow, I didn’t expect that after comparing the real ‘literary prison’ of the Pig Tail Dynasty with the previous method, Wang Bing actually got Zhang Juzheng to praise him with the word ‘merciful’.

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"Your Majesty, the sages use the classics to teach, and the country uses the classics to guide people. If you can understand the classics, you will be able to explain your knowledge. Why do you need to be independent of the family and gather in the party to talk empty talk? Today, the imperial court appoints academic officials who do not practice

On the contrary, it will cost tens of thousands of money to establish official schools, and it will be a move that will harm the country and the people..."

On the first day of the sixth lunar month in the seventh year of Wanli, at the Shuowang Dynasty Meeting, which was originally just a ceremonial meeting, Zhang Juzheng presented a supplementary measure to the previous ban on the destruction of private academies in the world.

Needless to say, this memorial is naturally based on the ancestral system and is essentially a weakened version of the "literary prison" plan.

As soon as this memorial came out, Zhang Juzheng, who had been criticized for banning and destroying the academy, now completely directed the anger of the literati and gentry on himself.

"What you said is true! The academy gathers party members and calls on people from other places to wander around and talk about wasting their careers. This is actually a coward to the country and is of no benefit to the country. In order to prevent the "Niu-Li dispute" from recurring in our country, I will do my best

At the request of Mr. Yun, if there is any damage to your reputation, I will bear the responsibility and have nothing to do with you!"

After understanding the reason why Zhang Juzheng had to submit this memorial, the little fat man who was deeply moved also showed the responsibilities that an emperor should have and wanted to share some of the pressure for Zhang Juzheng.

"Old minister, I thank you for your kindness!"

Hearing the little fat man's words of taking responsibility, Zhang Juzheng, the first minister of the Ming Dynasty, was moved and couldn't help but feel relieved.

At this point, the ban and destruction of academies, which lasted from the seventh year of Wanli to the eighth year of Wanli, was vigorously publicized by the "Da Ming Royal Daily", under the strong supervision of factory guards, and the close cooperation of officials and schools, and soon became popular in the Ming Dynasty.

The Thirteen Provinces of Beijing were launched with great vigor.

Compared with the superficial measures to ban and destroy academies in the original history, this time, with the supervision and cooperation from all aspects, many academies that might have easily escaped by just changing their names in the original history have all fallen into the "French Net"

, all were changed to imperial palaces!

Including the Fuhu Academy, Xiangshan Academy, Xiyin Academy, Jinsheng Academy, etc. In the original history, these academies either got through by changing their names, or were not destroyed at all. This time, they were all on the list, and they were almost all included in the list.

Of course, banning and destroying academies is not the same as destroying books. All the rare and rare classics in these banned academies were escorted to Beijing and used as the Imperial College's collection of books! Suddenly, the Imperial College really had the highest academic institution in the world.

weather.

But rather than the ban and destruction of the academy, what made these literati and gentry feel even more disgusted was the "feelings and insights" written in accordance with Taizu's decree.

I can't help it. Although it sounds nice, this thing called "Inspiration" is actually a "letter of repentance" to confess one's guilt.

If you write it, it is tantamount to admitting defeat to the court and admitting that you have done something wrong; if you don't write it, you have to be prepared to accept punishment. So for a while, it is very difficult for these people!

Of course, there is actually another way for these people. That is to directly resist and openly confront the court.

It's just that these weaklings who usually talk loudly and point out the country, but in the original history even knelt down and licked the slaves, how can they have the courage and backbone?

Therefore, he only hesitated for a while. Except for a few stubborn people, all of them had to submit obediently in front of the imperial court's strong stick of both civil and military forces.

In order not to let these people's "experiences" be written in vain, the Royal Daily even thoughtfully increased its page for several months in a row, just to make these people's "masterpieces" public to the world.

Of course, not everyone has this 'honor'. Except for those well-known 'great scholars', if you want to be selected by the Royal Daily, it depends on whether your writing is sincere and profound enough!

Therefore, gradually, as time goes by, what was originally just a measure to make these 'great Confucians' look good has magically changed, and in the end it actually became a matter of making these people look good.

For this reason, in the end, many people even took the initiative to rewrite this "experience" again, just so that it could be selected and published by the Royal Daily News.
Chapter completed!