In official circles, cliques in academies were not a big deal, as this was an unspoken rule known to everyone. Which official did not understand what was going on?
On the surface, everyone said that the purpose of opening academies was to spread culture and education and to train officials for the court.
But what is the reality?
The relationship between teacher and student in official circles is the closest of all. Which official lectures for the purpose of cultivating his own followers?
Is it really for the purpose of teaching that one has many students all over the world?
Not to mention others, what was the purpose of our ancestor Confucius teaching?
Isn't it to allow more people to practice his ideas - the so-called like-minded people?
What does it mean to have similar interests?
Isn't it true that people who come together to do something are like-minded? Otherwise, people with different ideals cannot work together.
Since we have the same ideals, we are naturally doing the same thing. Isn't this forming a clique?
In this notebook, Yu Maoheng also mentioned the theory on factions written by Ouyang Xiu, and he directly tore this theory apart.
You should know that although Ouyang Xiu's theory of factions was not liked by the emperor and many people attacked him, there were still many people who agreed with his theory of factions in private.
In particular, many people label themselves as "gentlemen's party". The meaning is simple: I am a gentleman, and we are gentlemen together, harmonious but different. How can it be considered a party?
Can it be called forming a clique when gentlemen work together?
When villains work together, it is called forming a clique.
As for who is the villain, isn’t that a simple matter?
If he is not a gentleman, then he is naturally a villain; if we are gentlemen and he does not stay with us, then he is not a gentleman, so he is naturally a villain, so when villains get together they form a clique.
There is nothing wrong with this logically.
So Yu Maoheng's question book is meant to tear everyone apart.
When this petition reached the cabinet, it naturally caused an uproar.
After reading it, the other Grand Secretaries did not dare to make a judgment and directly handed the memorial to Liu Yijing, the chief Grand Secretary of the Cabinet.
Liu Yijing was stunned at first. In recent years, the number of memorials that other cabinet ministers did not dare to judge was actually small.
He took the test paper and felt a headache after reading it.
In this memorial, Yu Maoheng quoted many of Li Zhi's words.
For example, he said that many officials in the imperial court were "hermits in name only, but their hearts were like merchants; they talked about morality, but their ambitions were to steal and rob"; morality and righteousness were merely masks to cover up their baseness and filthiness, "they were originally seeking wealth and honor, but they pretended not to want it, but in fact they wanted to use it as a ladder to glory, and they also used morality and righteousness to cover themselves up."
Yu Maoheng also said in his inscription that these people "study to get high marks, and hold office to seek honor and prominence", all for their own benefit; "none of them plan for others". Such hypocrites who are two-faced and inconsistent in their words and deeds are not as down-to-earth as "common people" and "farmers".
And they say that these people are so selfish, how can they possibly give lectures to promote academic knowledge? Of course, they are doing it to form a clique and pursue personal interests.
In this matter, Yu Maoheng first recommended the Donglin Party, saying that they had been lecturing in Jiangnan for so long, advocating their own doctrines, making friends with their own followers, and colluding with each other to form cliques when serving as officials in the court.
From this case, it can be seen that the Donglin Party looked down on Xiong Tingbi and naturally wanted to impeach him. They colluded with each other internally and externally, framed him, and used every possible means.
In the memorial, Yu Maoheng cursed the Donglin Party harshly.
Yu Maoheng also summarized the behavior of these people, comparing them to locusts flying across the sky, saying that they flew across the sky in swarms, leaving nothing behind but a mess.
This question book is really too harsh and the criticism is really too severe.
The entire cabinet was on edge. It could be said that this petition made countless people realize that the fire had finally been ignited.
Once this question book is sent up, the situation will be unpredictable.
In this petition, Yu Maoheng also mentioned one thing, that is, private academies were set up in various places, and the doctrines taught were different, and the teachers were also different. There must be people who spread heretical doctrines, made irresponsible comments on state affairs, and slandered the king.
This petition criticized the Donglin Party and Donglin Academy at the beginning, and then talked about the academy at the end. It is obvious who Yu Maoheng was talking about.
Therefore, Yu Maoheng suggested abolishing academies across the country and strictly prohibiting officials at all levels from giving lectures; even if scholars were to give lectures, no more than ten people would be allowed to gather; anyone who organized a group of more than ten people to give lectures would be directly arrested.
If someone wants to teach in this way, or if someone wants to establish a college, they must obtain permission from government offices at all levels.
In a word, if you want to open a college or give lectures, you must get permission from the court. It is absolutely not allowed to speak privately.
Yu Maoheng also stated that all academic disciplines taught in academies must be compiled and annotated by the imperial court. Anyone who promoted their own annotations would be considered a heretic.
Anyone who wanted to give lectures had to obtain permission from the court and be issued a qualification. Otherwise, no one was allowed to give lectures. This was to prevent lecturers from spreading heresy, forming cliques for personal gain, or slandering the emperor.
This question book shocked everyone at once. No one expected that Yu Maoheng would come up with such a question book.
After seeing this question book, everyone had only one reaction: Is Yu Maoheng crazy?
Although everyone does this, you can't say it out loud. This will cut off everyone's livelihood. Don't you want to live anymore?
Yu Maoheng's actions instantly silenced the officials.
Liu Yijing put down the test paper in his hand, frowned, and swept his cold eyes across everyone's faces.
With so many people in the cabinet, this petition cannot be kept confidential, so it must be submitted as soon as possible.
Otherwise, if I don't deliver it, and His Majesty gets the news from somewhere else, my group will be charged with a serious crime.
The one with the ugliest expression among the people below was Han Yu. Although he stepped on the Donglin Party this time, it did not mean that he hated the Donglin Party or even the Donglin Academy.
Yu Maoheng's was a question book, which directly crushed Donglin Academy.
However, Han Yu had no way to stop the question from being sent up.
In this inscription, Han Yu saw something different. Yu Maoheng cursed the Donglin Party, criticized Donglin Academy, and even all academies in the world, and suggested that the court bring academies under its jurisdiction.
All of this points to one direction, that is, Yu Maoheng changed his allegiance.
This gate is naturally not the gate in the officialdom, but the gate in the academic world.
Yu Maoheng's questions quoted Li Zhi's theories extensively, and his meaning was very clear, which made Han Yu even more worried.
I heard that the Jinyiwei arrested a lot of people because they caused trouble at Chen Kedao's lecture.
Now Yu Maoheng has done this again. Something is happening here, and it’s a big deal!
Someone is digging graves for people like us, trying to cut off our roots!
Looking up at Liu Yijing, Han Yu didn't know whether he could see it or not.
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