Chapter 13 Taixue Palace, Martial Arts Hall

In today's world, the king of Ming, the king of Li and the king of Shang all value generals and down on literary ministers. There are six grades of generals, but civil ministers only have responsibilities.

Nevertheless, as the head of a civilian, the prime minister also has the power comparable to that of a general.

Hearing that the King of Ming was going to make Bai Wenxuan the prime minister, many civil servants and generals frowned.

Today's nine generals are all made great generals with great achievements. Even if Bai Wenxuan is really a virtuous minister who can assist the Ming King to become an emperor, in the eyes of most civil servants and generals, he is not yet qualified to become a prime minister.

However, when the literary ministers and generals saw that the generals Li Chong, Jing Minghou, Yan Wuya and others did not say anything against it, they did not dare to stop Bai Wenxuan when he was in full momentum.

Just when the literary ministers and generals thought that there would be one more prime minister beside the King of Ming, Bai Wenxuan refused the canonization of King Ming.

"Your Majesty's love has been accepted by the younger generation, but this position of prime minister is really not what the juniors can bear."

When the king of the Ming Dynasty wanted to make Bai Wenxuan the prime minister, many of the literary ministers and generals thought that Bai Wenxuan did not deserve to be the prime minister. Now when I heard that Bai Wenxuan refused to be the prime minister, those who thought that he was not worthy of generals before all felt that Bai Wenxuan was modest and rare talents.

"Mr. Bai doesn't want to enter the hall as a minister?"

Bai Wenxuan bowed to the King of Ming and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the younger generation came to the famous capital from Wangjiang City to contribute in the process of pacifying the world. Is there any reason why you don't want to enter the palace as a minister?"

After a slight pause, Bai Wenxuan then said loudly, "From the top to the sages to the common people, there is no difference between people and things. With both likes and dislikes, it is inevitable that there will be bias when choosing talents for your majesty. In the humble opinion of the younger generation, if your majesty wants to recruit talents from all over the world, he needs to get rid of this bias. The younger generation is willing to build a Taixue Palace to gather a wide range of talents for your majesty in case your majesty chooses talents.

During the Xia Dynasty and the Dayu Dynasty, the generals of Wenchen and generals came from all families. During the Zhou Dynasty, part of the generals came from the family, and some of them came from the guests recruited by various forces.

Whether it is the Xia Dynasty, the Dayu Dynasty, or the Great Zhou Dynasty, which has been destroyed for more than a hundred years, the way of selecting officials is conducive to the big forces to maintain their power. Therefore, no one has always said that they want to change this way of selecting officials.

Now Bai Wenxuan's idea of establishing a Taixue Palace has damaged the interests of most of the forces. Therefore, as soon as Bai Wenxuan's words fell, some people objected.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Bai's words seem to be reasonable, but in fact, they block your majesty's way to accept talents from all over the world."

What refutes Bai Wenxuan is Taichang, who is in charge of etiquette and music, named Liu An, who is the head of the Huaiyang Liu family in Pingyang County.

King Ming did not answer Liu An's words, but looked at Bai Wenxuan.

After Bai Wenxuan gave a salute to Liu Anxing, he asked with a faint smile, "I don't know what is this adult's opinion?"

Liu An snorted coldly and said in a low voice, "Although your majesty is kind to the world, you can't pay attention to the four directions from time to time. Of course, you can't bring all the talents under your command. However, the ministers of the four parties are all over the world, but they can gather the talents of the four parties to provide for your majesty's dispatch. Since ancient times, the selection of officials has been the same. Mr. Bai wants to build the Taixue Palace and destroy the ancient rules. Does he think that he has more knowledge than the ancient sages?

Bai Wenxuan smiled faintly and said, "Although the younger generation is respectful to the ancient sages, they will not underestimate themselves. If today's people can't surpass the ancients, then the world will not become more and more prosperous. Therefore, the younger generation thought that if there was anything to change in the ancient rules, today's people should boldly change them.

As soon as Liu An wanted to reply, he heard Bai Wenxuan continue to say, "What the adults worry about is that your majesty can't meet the talents of the four parties, which does not conflict with the idea of the younger generation. If you build a Taixue Palace in the famous capital and set up a branch palace in each county and city, won't it be possible to gather talents from all sides?

As soon as Bai Wenxuan's voice fell, Liu An's rebuttal came out.

"The ministers of the four directions have played a role in accepting talents, and Mr. Bai's move is really a waste."

Bai Wenxuan pondered for a while and said with a faint smile, "Please forgive the younger generation for saying boldly that the ministers of the four sides have their own preferences, and the talents recommended are not necessarily the talents who govern the country."

"The ministers of the four directions have their own preferences. Is Mr. Bai just selfless?"

Bai Wenxuan shook his head, stared into Liu An's eyes and asked, "Your Majesty thinks your majesty is selfless enough?"

Liu An was stunned, bowed to the King of Ming, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty is the holy king of the world. Of course, he is fair and selfless."

Bai Wenxuan nodded and said in a low voice, "The purpose of the younger generation to build the Taixue Palace is to gather talents for your majesty. Whether it is virtuous or not, everything is determined by your majesty, and the virtuous talents summoned by the local branch palaces must first go through your majesty's examination before they can enter the Taixue Palace. How can it be biased?"

Liu An looked at Jing Minghou, who was expressionless, and did not answer Bai Wenxuan's words.

Seeing that no one refuted it, the King of Ming said with a smile, "Mr. Bai has a very good idea. In the meaning of Mr. Bai, he built a Taixue Palace in the famous capital to absorb all kinds of talents."

"The younger generation obeys!"

After bowing to the King of Ming, Bai Wenxuan continued: "The younger generation built the Taixue Palace, one is to gather talents for your majesty, and the other is to cultivate talents for your majesty. The younger generation would like to implore Your Majesty to send some capable people to lecture in the Taixue Palace to attract aspiring people from all over the world.

"I will accept any opinions that are conducive to the collection of talents. I will send some capable ministers to the Taixue Palace with your will."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

As soon as Bai Wenxuan's thank you fell, Yan Wuya's voice sounded in everyone's ears.

"Since Your Majesty wants to build the Taixue Palace to recruit all kinds of talents, why don't you build another martial arts hall to gather the heroes of the four directions?"

"The martial arts hall? If Yan Qing's family has any ideas, please say it.

Yan Wuya nodded and said loudly, "Mr. Bai has two purposes for building the Taixue Palace, and I also have two purposes to build a martial arts hall. The first is the place for Your Majesty to gather heroes from all over the world, and the second is the place where Your Majesty trains warriors. There are many teenagers in the world who are suitable for practicing martial arts and have buried their talent because they don't have a famous teacher. If your majesty can gather one or two of them together, you won't have to worry about the fierce generals who lead the army in the future.

Just now, Liu An refuted Bai Wenxuan's words, but now no one opposes Yan Wuya's words.

All the literary ministers and generals are all shrewd people. When Yan Wuya was about to build a martial arts hall, most of them guessed that the Ming Dynasty should have already decided to build the Taixue Palace and a martial arts hall.

Knowing that the Taixue Palace and the Martial Arts Hall were wanted to be established by the King of the Ming Dynasty, the literary ministers and generals refused to oppose it and thought about how they should safeguard their interests after the establishment of the Taixue Palace and the Martial Arts Hall were established.

Xiao Yu herself has no power, so she naturally doesn't have to worry about protecting her own interests.

Staring at the King of Ming and Bai Wenxuan walking hand in hand into the palace, Xiao Yu secretly thought to herself, "Your Majesty used the power gathered when Bai Wenxuan came to Mingdu to establish the Taixue Palace and Yanwu Hall. What is the purpose of Bai Wenxuan to help His Majesty?"

There are too many masters here. Xiao Yu dares not use the secret art of voice transmission to Lin Beiwen, so she can only suppress the doubts in the bottom of her heart.

In front of the King of Ming, Bai Wenxuan, Yan Wuya and others. After the literary ministers and generals, more than 3,000 people walked into the palace.

After arriving at the door of the inner palace, the literary ministers and generals followed the King of Ming, Bai Wenxuan and others into the inner palace, but their followers stayed at the door of the inner palace.

The Mingde Hall is the place where the Ming King holds a court meeting. In addition to the birthday of the Ming King, this is the first time that the Ming King has held a banquet in the Mingde Hall.

Although Xiao Yu was canonized as the main general, he did not have a soldier himself. His power was not as good as some of the famous cities. He naturally sat closest to the door in this Mingde Hall.

Far away, it was difficult for Xiao Yu to hear the conversation of Ming Wang and others in the noise.

However, judging from their expressions, they chatted very happily.

When the banquet was lively, the King of Ming suddenly stood up.

The King of Ming got together, and all the people in the hall stopped talking and got up and stood up.

In an in anudual moment, the Mingde Hall, which was very noisy just now, became silent.

The King of Ming glanced at everyone, held the wine bottle high, and said with a smile, "The ministers raise their glasses and respect Mr. Bai, who brings auspicious signs to the capital."

Hearing this, the ministers raised their glasses to Bai Wenxuan.

Seeing this, Bai Wenxuan raised his glass and bowed to everyone.

After Bai Wenxuan saluted everyone, even those who had a problem with Bai Wenxuan returned a salute to Bai Wenxuan.

After everyone in the hall drank a cup, the King of Ming straightened his face and said in a low voice, "Mr. Bai's construction of the Taixue Palace is conducive to the pacifying of the world. It is a great achievement. I have made him a bachelor's degree and rank among you."

The prime minister is generally appointed as the prime minister of Shangqing, which means to be in the same order as the prime minister.

After the ministers were slightly stunned, they raised their glasses together and said, "Your Majesty, I have met the imperial bachelor!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Bai Wenxuan bowed to the king of Ming, he had a drink with everyone.

As soon as everyone put down their wine glasses, the King of Ming said, "The Yanqing family's construction of a martial arts hall is conducive to gathering heroes from all over the world, which is also a great achievement. I have now appointed him as a brave general and is in charge of the general's seal."

Yan Wuya was made a swordsman and has a great reputation. When Yan Wuya first arrived at the famous capital, someone proposed that the king of the Ming Dynasty should make Yan Wuya a general.

When Bai Wenxuan was awarded the title of imperial bachelor, no one objected; now Yan Wuya is awarded the title of general, and of course, no one will object.

"Your Majesty, I have met General Yongwu!"

Like Bai Wenxuan, Yan Wuya bowed to the King of Ming and drank a cup with everyone.

After the title of Bai Wenxuan and Yan Wuya, the King of Ming sat down, and the noise in the Mingde Hall resumed.

The banquet held to welcome Bai Wenxuan stopped from noon to the evening.

After the banquet, the king of the Ming Dynasty left Bai Wenxuan to sleep in the palace, and the ministers and generals left the palace together.

I don't know whether it was a little depressed or really drunk. Xiao Yu and Lin Beiwen felt very uncomfortable on the way back to Xiao's house.