Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 536 The Wonderful Ming Dynasty

Since the palace had electric lights, the closing time of the palace gates was half an hour later than before.

The guards at the gate of the palace were a little surprised to see a group of officials in scarlet robes walking out of the palace gate.

Because they found that these high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty left the Yamen so late, but they all looked very excited, talking to each other in low voices as they walked, which seemed to be something to be very happy about.

Listening to a few words with their ears upright made the guards even more confused.

"If I had known it would be like this today, this old man should have dealt with the sideburns, it has turned gray a lot!"

"What does it matter, the boss has worked hard for the country, so that future generations will respect him even more!"

"That's right, it's nothing, I'm sorry, it seems like I blinked my eyes. Now that I think about it, I should try my best to play it and play a new one!"

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, maybe one card a year in the future, just don't blink next time!"

"..."

What is this and what?All the guards had question marks on their foreheads.

Early the next morning, Duke Zhongzheng Qin Liangyu was ordered to have an audience, and Emperor Chongzhen explained to Qin Liangyu the necessity and importance of reforming the land.

As Liu Weichao expected, Qin Liangyu had no objection at all to Emperor Chongzhen's policy of reforming the land and returning the natives, and directly expressed his support.

This chieftain system is actually the product of a compromise between the imperial court and the local government. If the imperial court is strong enough, it is inevitable to change this system.The land reform that started before is actually a precursor.

Now Emperor Chongzhen has perfected the policy of reforming the land and returning it to the local people, and it did not let the chieftain have no choice. From a certain point of view, it is a new negotiation policy.

It's just that the imperial court is powerful, so this kind of negotiation is unilateral and there is no need to discuss it.

Of course, if Qin Liangyu had opinions on the details, Emperor Chongzhen would probably listen, at least Qin Liangyu had the qualifications.

However, this strategy proposed by Liu Weichao and discussed by Emperor Chongzhen and his courtiers, Qin Liangyu did not raise any opinions, and directly supported it.

This made Emperor Chongzhen very happy, and his mood became very good.

He secretly guessed in his heart that this might be because Qin Liangyu was Han Chinese after all.

In return, Emperor Chongzhen had other arrangements for Shizhu Tusi.

There is a high probability that Ma Xianglin will choose a general. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen plans to make Ma Xianglin the uncle of Shi Zhu, and lead the real post of the Sichuan Army.

Of course, this is not just for Qin Liangyu's face, but Ma Xianglin did make a lot of military exploits for the Ming Dynasty.Compared with other chieftains, Daming's contribution is the greatest.The title and real position are higher than other chieftains, I believe other people have nothing to say!
After Qin Liangyu had communicated with each other, in the afternoon, the official order of the court was announced.

Naturally, this new policy of reforming the land and returning it to the natives did not have much repercussions in the capital.After all, this national policy has little influence on the people of the capital.

Of course, there are still some civil officials who still have a great influence on the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and that is to go to the southwest to become officials.

Other actions supporting this strategy of reforming the land and returning the natives were to transfer Ma Shiying's troops in the south of the Yangtze River to Shu.

The several armies under Ma Shiying's command are all reorganized elites.Now that the place in the south of the Yangtze River is being rectified, there is no need for elite troops to be stationed here. It is a waste to stay here.

And there are many chieftains in Shu, whether it is to prevent them before they happen, or to deter them, or to counter the rebellion after the chieftains are dissatisfied and rebel, they all need an elite army like Ma Shiying's.

The governor of Xichuan raised a standard and changed it to the governor of Sichuan, with Ma Shiying in charge of the military and political power in Sichuan, and completed the land reform.Emperor Chongzhen also told Ma Shiying that if he did this well, he would be transferred to Beijing.

The original governor of Sichuan, Lu Daqi, was instead ordered to inspect the taxation, land and grain of the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, that is, the imperial envoy who replaced Ma Shiying to rectify the area.

As for the factory guards, Li Ruolian, the commander of Jinyiwei, was transferred back to the capital, and Wang Dehua, the admiral of the East Factory, stayed in the south and continued to supervise the rectification of the local affairs.

Before Lu Daqi took office, Lu Jiude, the eunuch guarding Nanjing, was responsible for continuing the implementation of local rectification.

If it is said that the people in the capital did not care much about these series of court changes, then the second imperial decree announced by the court later caused a sensation among them.

"Special examination of Gephysics? What does this mean?"

"What? As long as people from all provinces pass the preliminary examination, no matter whether they are famous or not, they can participate in this scientific examination, and if they pass, they will be used by the emperor?"

"Impossible. Doesn't this mean that Tongsheng can directly pass the imperial examination?"

"Is this going to reach the sky in one step? Hurry up, where are the books on Gephysics?"

"..."

According to the suggestion of He Fengsheng and others, the Royal Academy of Sciences of Ming Dynasty finally produced a test paper and sent it to each province to organize an examination. Those who passed the examination could go to the capital to take the special science examination of Gephysics.

The reason why there is such a preliminary test is that there will be too many people, no matter how many, some people will be screened out.

Because of Emperor Chongzhen's request, time was too tight, and there was no way to take care of many details, so we had to do it first.

If there is fraud in the local government, it is natural to investigate.

But there must be those who passed the fraud, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't mind much about it.Because he actually only valued the capital's scientific examination. As for the locality, there is no benefit in cheating, and he has to come to the capital to make some contributions to the railway department.

Surprisingly, this special exam for Gephysics is divided into male and female subjects, and the exams are held at the same time.It doesn't matter whether you have fame or not, as long as you pass the assessment, you will be reused by Emperor Chongzhen, that is to say, you can be an official.

In this way, it can be said that the matter of women becoming officials has finally officially begun.

Chen Yuanyuan's case is just a special case, but now this case is likely to have many female officials.

All of a sudden, many people were moved by the beauties in the east, west, north and south of Daming.

It goes without saying that there is support from parents and elders.Those parents and elders who have older concepts and stubbornly don't want their women to show their faces, their daughters secretly want to take the exam.

Of course, because there is no clear statement in the imperial decree, of course, it may also be because this is the first time that I can't take care of it. There are even mothers and daughters, and even three generations of grandparents and grandchildren have to take the exam.

Also, most of the prostitutes here in the south of the Yangtze River are those who can recite poems and paint, and have a good command of writing. After hearing about it, they stopped accepting guests and closed their doors to study Gewuxue. They also wanted to take this exam.

In short, this imperial decree shocked all the people of Ming Dynasty, men and women, old and young.

Books on Gephysics are sold out in seconds.Bookstores under the jurisdiction of the government are rushing to print and print day and night, and there are still long lines queuing up to buy books.

Naturally, pirated books also appeared.This is naturally not allowed, but at this time, I can't take care of it.

Are you talking about chaos?Absolutely messy!
Emperor Chongzhen came up with this special imperial examination for Gephysics. Not only was the time tight, but it was also unprecedented.Even after he discussed with his senior Ming officials, there were still many details that he hadn't taken care of.

Daming is so big, there are various situations, it is natural, if it is not chaotic, it will be strange!

For example, at this time, the most convenient way to travel is the steam train.

Therefore, as long as there is a place where the steam train is open, the steam train will be full at once.

Taking a train is not only smooth, but compared with a horse-drawn carriage, it avoids the pain of bumps, and you can also read a book by the way, without wasting time on the road.

All of a sudden, almost all the passengers in the carriage had a book on things.They just happen to be schoolmates, so we can discuss with each other.

Therefore, tickets for this steam train are hard to come by.

In this case, a situation naturally arises, that is, standing tickets, or adding stools.

As a result, the aisles of the train carriages were also crowded with people.

That's not to mention, these passengers generally have book boys and the like.What should they do if they have no seats to sit on?Just sit on top of the train.

Ever since, it was a spectacular scene in later generations, and it actually happened in this Ming Dynasty!
Fortunately, this kind of steam train in the Ming Dynasty is not fast, but you can sit on the carriage.

The Gephysics special scientific research that Emperor Chongzhen came up with was the most spectacular year in the history of scientific research. Countless stories were born and are remembered by history.

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When all parts of the Central Plains were busy with scientific research, Sun Chuanting received the imperial court's decree to reform the land and return it to the local people in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.

He was very moved by this.

Sun Chuanting did not expect that, as the coach, he was responsible for this defeat. Emperor Chongzhen not only did not pursue it, but set the tone. .

It can be said that at this time, he really has no worries at all!
Sun Chuanting was very shocked by the imperial court's new announcement of all aspects of reforming the land and returning to the country, and also felt the emperor's determination, so he made up his mind to get this matter done!

The imperial envoy sent to his side also handed over two things to Sun Chuanting.

One is a sample of Artemisia annua, which is used to treat malaria in the army; and he also specifically explained that only this Artemisia annua has medical effects, and the other one mentioned in Chinese medicine, although similar, has no effect on treating malaria.

With this sample, Sun Chuanting was able to collect the drug locally and nearby to reduce the attrition caused by malaria in the military;
Another thing is a sample of an iron pot, which is the style of a military kettle in later generations.Emperor Chongzhen let the military battle bureau be built, and asked Sun Chuanting to find a steel workshop in Huguang, buy military use, use it to cast this new kettle, and distribute it to the army.

All these things show that the emperor attaches great importance to this Southwest War.

(End of this chapter)