After hearing He Xianzu's explanation, Zhu Yicheng did not speak immediately, but thought quietly.

As the left governor of Fujian, Zhu Yicheng certainly knew about Cai Shiyuan, let alone the decision made by Zhu Yicheng when Cai Shiyuan was transferred to Fujian.

After the major corruption case in Fujian that year, the entire Fujian officialdom was almost beaten from top to bottom, and many officials of all sizes were beaten to the heads, and countless people were sentenced and exiled.

In order to stabilize the localities in Fujian and change the current situation in Fujian, Zhu Yicheng personally promoted many capable officials to work in Fujian. Although Cai Shiyuan was not the first group of officials to go to Fujian, he was the highest-level person in Fujian and the longest-time job in Fujian after the central government adjusted and appointed officials to Fujian.

Cai Shiyuan has a good official reputation and no problem with his ability. In addition, he spent time in Fujian during the Qing Dynasty and was very familiar with Fujian. More importantly, Cai Shiyuan is famous among literati. He is not only a master of Neo-Confucianism, but also extremely passionate about education.

Cai Shiyuan presided over Fuzhou Aofeng Academy and achieved remarkable results. From this point of view, he is not only qualified and capable of education, but also has enough prestige and high official position. Just as Xianzu said, he is indeed the right candidate to serve as the Minister of Education.

However, is Cai Shiyuan really the most suitable candidate?

Zhu Yicheng did not have any opinions on Cai Shiyuan's character and ability, but felt that Cai Shiyuan, as a master of Neo-Confucianism, was not the best candidate in this regard.

You should know what the establishment of the Ministry of Education means. Zhu Yicheng must use the establishment of the Ministry of Education to implement the future Ming education system, thereby fundamentally affecting China's imperial examination system and talent training system for thousands of years.

This is Zhu Yicheng's real intention, so the position of Minister of Education is very important. Not to mention the others, it is the most important to be able to understand Zhu Yicheng's ideas and put these ideas into implementation.

In fact, Zhu Yicheng joked before that He Xianzu was the Minister of Education, which was actually not all a joke. Although He Xianzu had problems of this and that, he never refuted Zhu Yicheng's ideas, and would do his best to implement them.

From this point of view, He Xianzu's execution ability is very good, so although he has not ranked high in the Military Affairs Office over the years, He Xianzu has been sitting steadily in this position and has to admit his ability in this area.

So, although Cai Shiyuan is suitable for the position of Minister of Education on the surface, can he really understand and execute Zhu Yicheng's wishes? Zhu Yicheng is somewhat suspicious about this.

"Cai Wenzhi is a personal choice. He has done a good job in Fujian over the years. Some time ago, someone recommended Cai Wenzhi to me, but I have not decided yet." Zhu Yicheng said lightly, and then asked: "Yeqing, who else is suitable besides Cai Wen?"

He Xianzu was slightly stunned, wondering if the emperor didn’t even look down on Cai Shiyuan? Or was it true that the emperor said because someone recommended Cai Shiyuan, would it be necessary to use it?

But no matter what, as a minister, since the emperor said so, He Xianzu must have relieved the emperor's worries. He immediately rolled his eyes and kept thinking in his heart.

In the next half hour, He Xianzu recommended several people to Zhu Yicheng. These people were basically the same as Cai Shiyuan, and they were all the best among the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty. Although some of them were not high in official positions, they had made great achievements in academic reputation and had no problem with personal morality. In He Xianzu's view, Zhu Yicheng should be satisfied.

But who would have thought that Zhu Yicheng frowned the more he heard it. If the person recommended by He Xianzu was placed in the former Ming Dynasty, let alone the newly established Minister of Education, he would probably be qualified even if he was a Minister of Rites. However, the current Ming Dynasty is completely different from the former Ming Dynasty. What Zhu Yicheng wants is not an official who is proficient in Neo-Confucianism, but what he wants is a pioneer who can stand on his own and implement the reform of the education system.

There are even a few people recommended by He Xianzu later that are not as good as Cai Shiyuan. Some people, although Zhu Yicheng has heard of the name, they have only heard of it. It is impossible to appoint an official who is not familiar with it for an important position such as the Minister of Education. Zhu Yicheng must be cautious. If that is the case, he might as well appoint Cai Shiyuan directly.

At least Zhu Yicheng knew something about Cai Shiyuan, and his character and ability were fine, it was just Cai Shiyuan's bias in Neo-Confucianism.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yicheng finally didn't make a decision. Anyway, the Ministry of Education will take time to split it from the Ministry of Rites. Zhu Yicheng doesn't need to be so anxious for the time being. He plans to think carefully before making a decision.

He Xianzu was not slow. The next day he wrote to Zhu Yicheng in the name of the Minister of Rites and Minister of Military Affairs, and took the initiative to propose the establishment of the Ministry of Education. After reading He Xianzu's memorial, Zhu Yicheng was quite satisfied with the reasons and provisions written in He Xianzu's memorial. From these, it is enough to show He Xianzu's understanding and execution of his ideas.

Zhu Yicheng directly transferred the memorial to the Military Affairs Office for discussion. Although Zhu Yicheng did not respond clearly on the surface, his attitude towards doing so had already expressed his support for this matter. Moreover, He Xianzu, as the Minister of Rites, had such a thing. Everyone naturally understood the truth in it. Without the emperor's tacit approval, He Xianzu would never dare to do this. Moreover, Zhu Yicheng transferred this thing to the Military Affairs Office for discussion and expressed his support for this matter in this way.

The establishment of the Ministry of Education is gradually being implemented according to Zhu Yicheng's wishes. It is estimated that the Ministry of Education will be able to be separated from the Ministry of Rites in two or three months and become a separate part.

Zhu Yicheng is still considering the candidate for the Minister of Education in the past few days. After careful consideration, he felt that Cai Shiyuan would still be appointed as the candidate for the Minister of Education. No matter what, Cai Shiyuan is the most suitable candidate in terms of grade, prestige, ability, and character.

However, considering that Cai Shiyuan is biased towards Neo-Confucianism, this conflicts with Zhu Yicheng's desire to implement a new education system, if Zhu Yicheng really appoints Cai Shiyuan, he must equip Cai Shiyuan with a deputy to use this method to avoid Cai Shiyuan's deviations in the implementation process.

Zhu Yicheng is also thinking about the candidate for this deputy, and this is also the best way Zhu Yicheng can imagine at the moment.

Today, after finishing the official business, Zhu Yicheng picked up the tea on the side and took a sip, and casually flipped through some documents placed on the other side.

Compared to the official duties that the emperor had to handle every day, these documents were generally not necessary. Many of them were just some processing feedback and ccs for Zhu Yicheng to read when he had time.

So Zhu Yicheng sometimes looks at these things, but more often they will put them aside and wait until the eunuch is sorted and archived the next day.

Just like now, Zhu Yicheng was flipping through these documents casually, basically just looking at the title or scanning the content.
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