Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1078 Fighting for merit ([-])

Although they are all regarded as a group of serious scholars, there is still a chain of contempt among them.

As a serious scholar and a senior official, Lin Min actually agrees with Gu Yanwu's opinion very much in his heart.

And he can also distinguish clearly what is a gentry and what is a jin.

Either for the sake of looking good and speaking well, or habitually using respectful titles, always saying gentleman, gentleman.

In fact, how can a group of students deserve to be called gentry?

It's clearly just a girdle.

In the native dialect of his staff, Shi Jiugong was simply pretending to be a grouper.

According to Lin Min's inner thoughts, in fact, if he failed the two provincial examinations, it proved that his level was not good at all, so he should stop worrying about it and learn how to make a living.

This problem is particularly serious in Jiangsu. There are not many places in Jiangsu Province, and the economic gap between the north and the south of the Yangtze River is large. Relying on its economic advantages, the south of the Yangtze River almost monopolizes the number of senior admissions in Jiangsu Province.

Many students in Yangzhou failed the entrance examination.

There are just a few roads, almost all of which revolve around Yangzhou's special economic status.According to Liu Yu's actions, Yangzhou's original economic foundation must be completely destroyed. These students will have problems eating in the future. How can this be fixed?

Gu Yanwu said that there are three kinds of sick people in the world when they talk about the dangers of students: eunuchs, officials, officials, and Xu...

Using the thinking of later generations to understand, it means that the representatives of the people's congresses of various counties, or called councilors, all have tax-free privileges, which makes many people transfer their industries to these councilors, so as to achieve the purpose of paying less tax.

And they can beat the county magistrate and secretary at will.Even Li Youzi, a deputy prime minister in charge of industry and commerce, was almost beaten to death by these county and township councilors when he was the deputy governor, and then these councilors had nothing to do.

And employment.

It is similar to the fact that only 3000 "college students" are admitted every three years in the country, and an average of 1000 are admitted each year, but there are 60 to 70 high school students in the country, who repeat their studies every year.

And as long as you are admitted to "high school", you will automatically get the status of county councilor and many privileges.

Lin Min's idea is to increase the difficulty of the qualifications for applying for the exam, and repeat students are not allowed to continue to take the exam.

At the same time, reduce the benefits and privileges for high school students, and force them to go to "technical secondary schools" to learn some skills and earn a living.

The "technical secondary school" here refers to studying astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, surveying and mapping, navigation, agronomy, geography, natural history, and biology.

The university here refers to the scriptures.

The great Confucians, including Huang Zongxi, who are known as the great Enlightenment thinkers, have almost the same attitude towards this kind of thing.

The good and bad luck among the people is based on Zhu Zi's "Family Rituals".The common people may not be familiar with the system of mourning clothes, the size of the wooden master, the style of clothing, the system of the palace, and those who work in the market will be paid by the officials;

This is governing the country by "religious law".

In the anthology of humanities of the time, the ancient prose does not have the teacher's method, the quotations do not have the experience, the memorials are not helpful and practical, and the prefaces are not helpful to the historians, so they are not allowed to be passed on and engraved.At that time, the essays, novels, lyrics and music, and entertainment ghostwriting were all engraved and burnt.

This is to carry out cultural control through burning books, and punish Shao Zhengmao.

Including the expropriation system and the investigation system proposed by Gu Yanwu, what will happen if this system is combined with the Confucian moral system?If you can be filial to your parents, I will lie on the ice and beg carp; if you can lie on the ice and beg carp, I will kill your son and adoptive mother.

So, it's not so much the Enlightenment thinkers as it is the Reformation.The newness of Protestantism stems from the oldness of retroism, which is more primitive, more retro, and more extreme.

Discussion of government in schools, restriction of monarchy, local self-government, promotion of gentry, rule of three generations, etc., are originally ancient in the scriptures.

And it is orthodox retro.

It's not that this thing is not good, Dashun can really evolve spontaneously by doing this.It’s just that this is a process of A, B, C, and D. This is obviously B, and it cannot be said to be C.

The first restoration movement broke the shackles of the distorted Confucianism, returned to the origin, searched for the essence of Confucianism before the Song Dynasty through textual research and the like, and then the Enlightenment movement emerged due to changes in the economic base.

Under such circumstances, serious scholars are very clear about concepts such as officials and officials, and gentry and gentry.

Now there are about 70 million students nationwide. If this trend continues, it is estimated that in a few decades, the number will exceed 100 million.

And now there are only 20000 people in the whole country who are really well-organized, not counting subordinates, only officials, and those who are in the army, who really eat the official central government's financial food.

And a lot of subordinate staff's work is something these scholars simply can't do, or they don't want to do at all.

On the one hand, the imperial court was unable to provide employment for serious scholars with a bonus of 100 million; on the other hand, with the development of industry and commerce, especially in southern Jiangsu and other places, there was an urgent need for some professional "technical secondary school" talents.

This problem seems to be easy to solve, just like Yan Yuan's idea, wouldn't it be enough for local government schools to provide divided education?
But the question is, if the country does not take the "miscellaneous" content at all when it finally selects bureaucrats, will anyone take the initiative to learn it?

With this time, why not read more sample essays?

In theory, it's not impossible.

That is to increase the difficulty of selection at the bottom. If there is no hope of following the "right path", they will be thrown into the "miscellaneous learning" division early.

Those who feel that there is hope to take the imperial examination and pass the imperial examination are thrown into the "top class" and only study classics.

And those who feel that there is no hope and can't win the exam, they are thrown into the "ordinary class" early to learn mathematics, physics, astronomy, accounting and other things.

Make the divided education envisaged by Yan Xizhai into "class-based" education, and force the "high school entrance examination" not to be allowed.

However, if we do this, I'm afraid there will be another big mess.

Moreover, to do this, education reform must be carried out nationwide from top to bottom.

Even if it is not done nationwide, it must be done in at least one province.

Otherwise, Northern Jiangsu carried out the education reform of Fenzhai, but Southern Jiangsu did not, and in the final provincial examination, they did not take the test of Fenzhai knowledge at all. This is a deep contradiction between Northern Jiangsu and Southern Jiangsu because of the fixed number of places in a province. , can't you make a big deal out of it?
If you really want to make a fuss, this is not such a trivial matter where six or seven hundred students are clamoring.

I'm afraid there will really be a riot of [-] to [-] students in the whole province, smashing the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy, besieging the Yamen of the Fu Yin, and beating the Jiedu Envoy.

Regarding the matter of the student reform, Lin Min was moved. He also thought that if it was done, although it would offend many people, it would indeed gain a great reputation. In the emperor's heart.

"What do you think, your Majesty's change of the original to the new, how new is this new? If the reform is carried out, even within a province, will your majesty like it?"

The staff had thought about this issue a long time ago, and said: "My lord, before this dynasty, there was a lot of turmoil, but also to stabilize the people's hearts, and to conquer the north and south, so they are unable to change. They are still recuperating and stabilizing the people's hearts."

"Since His Majesty personally conquered Rakshasa and Wala. Duke Xingguo conquered the Wa Kingdom and seized Nanyang. In fact, the imperial court will only have the power to change in these years."

"Besides, plan ahead. If it doesn't change at this time, I'm afraid it will be like Wang Jinggong and Zhang Taiyue. It will be changed when the court is weak. At that time, I may have the intention but will be powerless."

"Your Majesty not only changed the Yuan Dynasty, but also abolished the canals and colonized the South Seas. Presumably, he hopes to change. But the reform should be within a province."

"Thanks to Xinggong's power to collect money, Jiangsu Province is a major taxation center. It has been reformed many times, and taxes have not decreased but increased. The most difficult place in southern Jiangsu, Xingguogong has changed a little."

"This matter, the master should think so."

"If the master doesn't torment the disadvantages of the students, what can the master do for himself?"

"If it changes, it can only be changed in Jiangsu. The key is to learn from the experience of the change, not to change itself. After Xingguo Gong reformed in southern Jiangsu, the finances became richer, and even if it remains unchanged, it can support many students."

"The Duke of the state has not changed at all. Maybe he thinks that he was not born in the imperial examination. If he changes, it will easily cause opposition. It seems that honors are taking advantage of the imperial examination for literary students."

Lin Min also knew the sensitivity of this matter, and after thinking about Liu Yu's transformation in southern Jiangsu, it was indeed too much of a thief.

What if there is no preferential treatment for students and gentry?
In fact, after the reform in southern Jiangsu, the preferential treatment for these students and gentry still exists.

But this kind of existence is different from the previous existence.

In the past, the scope of preferential treatment and exemption was stipulated in advance, so that donations and tricks appeared one after another.

Now, it's all taxed.

After the tax is collected, the tax refund will be preferentially exempted according to the number of students and gentry.

Relying on the many secondary officials appointed by the emperor, Wude Palace and hundreds of officials allocated by the Xinxue system.

And, after the waste canals, the collection of waste rice, and the waste transportation of grain and cloth, the recruitment of labor was really implemented.

As well as the name and prestige he gained from years of fighting, he dared not move.

In addition, some sweet dates were also given, and the money and food owed before were not settled. Finally, the emperor changed the yuan and the arrears were exempted.

And this is to give the emperor eye drops again.

Because of the annual "tax rebate" to the gentry and students' expenses, Sunan added up to about 100 million taels.It is about the money to build four brand new battleships with full artillery every year.The reason why there is so much money is that in addition to tax rebates, there are also money for granary silver, tuition silver, schools, and Confucian temples every year.

The 100 million taels are specially transported to the household government first when they take off their pants and fart, and then apply through the normal process and then send it out.

It has always been a pleasure to receive money in, but a displeasure to take money out.

I don't know how long this tax refund can last.

It seems to be fine.

But in fact, are the gentry short of this "legal" exemption?
As long as a hole is opened, the grassroots can tear the hole into a dike.In a place where students frequently beat government and provincial officials, can the low-level gentry really be exempted "legally"?

Liu Yu is purely pursuing a one-size-fits-all policy, and the tax will be refunded after the cut is completed.

It not only guarantees the face and dignity of the scholars in name, but also completely raises the land tax.

As for dissatisfaction, Liu Yu could not only suppress it, but also gave them some sweet dates to invest in industry, commerce and overseas trade, and increased his efforts to buy low-level students.

And... the army loyal to the emperor in the hands of the emperor.

Therefore, on the issue of the political privileges and numbers of students, Liu Yu actually did not move at all in southern Jiangsu, but only moved the land tax.

Anyway, the economy in southern Jiangsu is developed, and there is a group of about 2 people who are basically useless. Who makes them have the value of united front.

And some accountants, tax collectors, customs, stamp duty employees, etc., students basically will not apply for the exam, because they can't afford to lose that person, and a gentleman is not a good man.

Besides, the thing that was tested basically didn't pass the test.These expenses are calculated separately.

Therefore, Lin Min thought, if he could "reduce expenditure", the emperor would be very happy.

In addition to saving money, it is also a good thing to find a way of life for these students north of the Yangtze River, especially those in Yangzhou Prefecture.After all, most of the students in Yangzhou Prefecture really rely on the salt merchants and the special status of the original canal to eat leftovers.After the reform, the imperial court can't spend another 10 taels every year to ensure the original living standards of the students in Yangzhou, right?
Can these students be allowed to do the work that receives local financial expenses?

(End of this chapter)