The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 399 I wish that Ming Dynasty would be like a big man

Imperial examinations have been a very important thing throughout the ages.

It can affect the rise and fall of a country.

And Zhu Yuanzhang naturally attached great importance to this. In previous years, the imperial examinations were all in charge of Prince Zhu Biao.

This year Zhu Ying will be in charge.

The literati who can enter the palace examination are all the best in this era, which is equivalent to standing at the top of their talents.

These people can stand out from many talented people. EQ may not be so good, but IQ is designated as top-notch.

Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning is also simple, that is, to let Zhu Ying take this opportunity to get acquainted with the talents of this year's imperial examination in advance, and if there is someone who is pleasing to the eye, he can also be included in the team in advance.

Ye Yueqing didn't have much feeling about the imperial examination.

After all, she was mainly in charge of business and intelligence inquiries before.

But Zhu Ying knew that the imperial examination was the key to making a reformative change to the customs of Ming Dynasty.

Of course Zhu Ying knew about the incident on the North and South Lists.

In the current Ming Dynasty, due to the perennial wars in the north, the culture and economy have gradually shifted to the south, which has led to the fact that the cultural literacy of northern scholars is much lower than that of southern scholars.

In the 30th year of Hongwu, there was a fact that only southern scholars were on the list, and no northern scholars were on the list.

Since he is in charge of the imperial examination, Zhu Ying will naturally kill the matter of the north and south rankings in the cradle.

It is currently the best way to obtain scholars from the north and the south separately.

There are also many small imperial examinations proposed by Zhu Ying before, and now they can be announced to the world.

But in this one, Zhu Ying also plans to set up martial arts.

The method of selecting talents through the assessment of martial arts first appeared in the pre-Qin period.

The establishment of martial arts schools and the cultivation of military talents began in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty.

Tang inherited the Sui system, and it was time for Wu Zetian to add martial arts.

The Song Dynasty established a relatively complete martial arts system, and began to closely combine the martial arts system with school education, showing the characteristics of systematization and maturity.

The principle of the martial arts assessment is: decide who will stay with the strategy, and the bow and horse will be the winner.

During the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, they despised the Han people and did not want to see the Han people practice martial arts. In the Yuan Dynasty, there were no martial arts exams.

And in the year before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to select scholars in both civil and military subjects, seeking talents from all over the world.

In August of the third year of Hongwu, the Liberal Arts Township Examination came as scheduled.

In the second year of the test, after three tests, on the tenth day of the palace test, Zhu Yuanzhang watched riding and shooting in person.

Zhu Yuanzhang advocated the use of force in troubled times and the use of writing in order to govern the world.

When the Ming Dynasty was coming from chaos to rule, Zhu Yuanzhang's mind was: through the imperial examination to select scholars, select talents with both civil and military skills at one time.

However, from the third year of Hongwu to the fifth year of Hongwu, the Wenju had been tested for three years. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that these selected "young boys" could not be reused, so he directly dismissed the imperial examination. ,

It was not until the 17th year of Hongwu that the Ministry of Rites repeatedly requested the establishment of the imperial examination. In addition, officials from all over the country were severely killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and there was a large gap in officials, so the imperial examination was reopened.

It's just that from now on, only the liberal arts can be selected, and there will be no martial arts.

In the 20th year of Hongwu, the Ministry of Rites once again invited the martial arts, which was rejected by Zhu Yuanzhang.

After the Minister of Rites was demoted due to a crime, the Ministry of Rites has no candidate for a minister.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang does not practice martial arts is actually very simple: he doesn't like it.

Having been fighting all his life, he frowned when he saw the military talents of those younger generations. A hundred households randomly selected from the army would be ten times better than these scholars.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were more than a hundred households in the tens of thousands.

The system of guards and the inheritance of military households made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that Ming military talents were blooming everywhere, so there was no need to look for them through imperial examinations.

Wouldn't it make people laugh and cry that the martial arts champion recruited is so weak.

It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang never thought that the strategy of emphasizing civility over military affairs would affect the national fortune of the entire Ming Dynasty.

During Yingzong's period, Ming Dynasty no longer had Hongwu, and the mighty and domineering Yongle dynasties did not have the Taiping Yanle of the Renxuan dynasties. Thieves and bandits abounded everywhere, and border troubles were serious.

The young Yingzong has the ambition of whipping the Quartet, and yearns for the greatness of Taizu and Chengzu.

It also opened martial arts to train military talents.

Hearing that Wala had invaded the frontier, he lightly launched a personal conquest, but was captured in the Tumu Fort, and the establishment of the military exercise was also stranded because of this.

After the change of Tumu Fort, since then, the culture has prospered and the military has declined.

Following Xianzong, although martial arts exams were offered, no one took the exam.

In the Ming Dynasty, martial arts people are light on people, and there are martial arts practitioners in the village, who look at soldiers and despise their relatives.

Since the household registration of soldiers in the Ming Dynasty was military registration, which was different from ordinary civilian registration, and those who committed crimes were punished to serve as soldiers, this confused the concepts of soldiers and criminals.

The status of the sergeant is low, and most of the descendants of the clan are not proud of the martial arts of their descendants, but are ashamed of it, and even think it is a way of belittling and degrading their ancestors.

Even though the Ming Dynasty advocated martial arts, it achieved results, but the national bombing is over, and the country's fortune has come to an end.

Scenes of historical fragments, like words and images, jumped in Zhu Ying's mind.

When the country is in trouble, I think of a good general, and when my family is poor, I think of a good wife.

In the late Ming Dynasty, most of the famous anti-Japanese generals and anti-gold commanders were born in martial arts.

Fighting on the battlefield won a lot of luck for Da Ming, but it was unable to turn the tide.

The building will fall, composing a series of weeping movements.

"Things like this must be cut off at the source, and the martial style is brave, so as not to be bullied by foreigners."

"I wish that the great Ming would be like a great man, and would rather perish by being strong than by being weak."

The opening of Zhengyang Avenue is imminent, and the news that the grandson's wedding ceremony will be held on Zhengyang Avenue spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

You must know that before this, there has never been a royal wedding held before the common people.

Taisun's move should be a precedent.

This also made the people enthusiastic.

Because this matter can be used to illustrate that His Royal Highness is very close to the people.

The phoenix crown and the xiapei, the ten miles of red makeup, celebrate the celebration of the whole world, and the joy of all peoples.

What an enticing picture this is.

"I didn't expect to see the royal wedding ceremony in this life. It's really lucky. I might have to be a little bit happy when the time comes."

"I really want to be happy, but the grandson's wedding ceremony, do you think it's us common people? Besides, it must be guarded by martial law at that time, and it's enough to feast your eyes on it."

"Hey, don't say that. You all know that to celebrate His Royal Highness's wedding ceremony, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce has recently provided a subsidy of tens of millions, which is ten times more than the previous subsidy of one million, and it lasted for three days."

"In this way, we ordinary people have really been tainted by the blessing of His Royal Highness the Grandson."

"My good fellow, ten million coins, His Royal Highness is really generous, we have never seen so much money in our life."

"It seems like anyone has seen it before. Speaking of it, the capital is really busy recently. After His Royal Highness's wedding ceremony, Zhengyang Avenue was opened, and there were tens of millions of subsidies. After that, there was the Chunwei Imperial Examination. After that, it is said that our Ming Dynasty will conquer the Wa Kingdom. "

"There is also the matter of slaves in Liaodong doing fertile soil. Hearing that, I want to go there to open up wasteland."

"Don't forget, His Royal Highness the Grandson widely publishes the mansion newspaper, and the state affairs are published on it. From now on, there will be an extra program for the storyteller in this restaurant."

When there was a lot of discussion in the restaurant, suddenly an old man burst into tears.

Others were puzzled, so they asked: "How can you be like this, old man?"

The old man raised half of his arm: "I was born at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, I was bullied by the Yuan Dynasty, and I lived like a pig, dog and animal since I was a child.

"Fortunately, after many years in the battlefield, I left an old man dying, that is, he lost half of his arm."

"Now that I can see my prosperous Ming Dynasty, I can't help feeling deeply that I have no regrets in this life, so I can't help but make everyone laugh."

After the old man finished speaking, he bowed in all directions, the half of his arm was particularly eye-catching.

Listening to the old man's brief description of the past, he turned out to be a veteran of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone couldn't help admiring him.

Even the shopkeeper sent good wine.

The old man waved his hand and refused: "The old man is also blessed with grandson's blessing, he is guaranteed to be discharged from the army, and he can still afford a pot of good wine, so I thank the shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper put the wine on the table: "Veteran soldiers, you and your comrades threw their heads and sprinkled their blood on the battlefield, so that the Ming Dynasty has the grand scene today. I not only respect you for this pot of wine, but also respect the countless corpses shrouded in horse leather. Martyr, please do not decline."

"it is good!!!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the restaurant applauded, and the old man was even more excited, holding the wine pot with one hand, and stood up to express his thanks.

Such as the shadow of a restaurant, there are everywhere in the capital.

Since Zhu Ying secretly decided to popularize martial arts a few days ago, she began to secretly guide public opinion.

Storytelling is an indispensable pastime for the vast majority of people in Ming Dynasty today.

If you are interested, you will naturally find that the storytellers in restaurants of all sizes in the capital have recently added a lot of heroic deeds on the battlefield in ancient and modern history.

Now at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, after the chaos at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the status of warriors is still pretty good.

Many teenagers have a heart to do meritorious service on the battlefield.

The conquest of the Japanese is imminent, and it is the time for our youth to make contributions.

A private room on the second floor of a large restaurant.

"This king really has no idea. The unintentional actions at the beginning have created such a situation. The nearest capital is a little strange to this king."

Zhu Di held his wine glass and listened to the discussion in the lobby of the restaurant below, and said with some regret.

Li Jinglong laughed and said nothing when he heard this.

The word unintentional is a bit too much.

"Since the grandson entered the palace, the capital has really changed every day. Even my monthly salary has been increased several times. The most important thing is that the treasure notes are constantly rising. Even if the monthly salary has not changed, it is quite comparable A lot more than before."

"The grandson is well versed in business and has high-yield grains. In the future, Ming Dynasty will only prosper and become more prosperous."

"Nowadays all the people return to their hearts, the grandson also attaches great importance to the sergeants, and he has the heart to expand the territory, and has a scene comparable to His Majesty."

"Besides, Taisun is worthy of being nineteen this year."

When Li Jinglong said the last words, he looked at Zhu Di with deep meaning in his eyes.

How could Zhu Di not understand what Li Jinglong meant.

This is admonishing himself not to fight against Zhu Ying, there is no chance of winning.

The great-grandson of the nineteenth had already died once, and his life was so hard, not to mention living to the age of seventy or eighty, even if he was five or sixty years old, it was not something he could survive.

Zhu Di smiled wryly in his heart.

Zhu Ying's means, he actually knows better than Li Jinglong.

Just one move caught him off guard.

Dao Yan's transfer can be said to have greatly hurt Zhu Di's vitality. It was impossible for Zhu Di to arrange many things by himself, and many arrangements were smashed.

The strategy against Zhu Ying has become a complete joke.

A few days ago, Zhu Di witnessed the actions of Shanxi merchants and the occurrence of rumors with his own eyes, and how the capital army completely suppressed them.

Even in various places, Shanxi merchants are still being arrested and interrogated.

Regarding Zhu Yingtai's prestige, not only did not shake at all, but it became more stable.

"Let's not talk about that, half a month later, the Japanese conquest army will set off. My Daming navy has gathered at the entrance of the East China Sea. The court has already negotiated with the King of Koryo, and will swallow the troops first in Jeju Island."

"At present, I don't know anything about the topography of the Wa country, so I can only explore slowly. A simple map has been made."

Zhu Di's mind was a little messed up by the affairs of the capital, so he simply left it alone, anyway, he would go to fight the Japanese Kingdom soon.

Because the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties failed to conquer the Japanese twice, the Japanese country is now strategically despised and tactically valued.

Impossible to say all of a sudden and do it directly.

The first step is to station in Jeju Island.

Jeju Island used to be an independent small country named Tamna. As early as the early Han Dynasty, Tamna had trade relations with the surrounding Han Dynasty, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Silla joined forces with Silla to conquer Baekje, and Silla became the new generation ruler of the Korean peninsula. At this time, Tamna and Silla also became a tributary relationship, like a vassal state.

Goryeo unified the Korean peninsula, and Tamna was annexed by Goryeo and became part of the Goryeo Kingdom.

Today's Jeju Island is Koryo County.

At present, the relationship between Goryeo and Daming is not bad. Here, they use the way to attack the Japanese, but they still have to say hello to Goryeo officially.

On the Goryeo side, whether it is Li Chenggui or the nominal Goryeo royal family, there is naturally no possibility of rejection.

Furthermore, with hundreds of thousands of troops, there is no room for Goryeo to refuse.

"The map of the Wa country is not completely drawn at present. According to some remaining classics, I can only say that I have a general understanding of the Wa country."

"It's been so long now, and there have been great changes in Japan, so it can only be used as a reference."

Li Jinglong replied.

Zhu Di nodded.

The battle of the Japanese kingdom is especially important to him, and facing a completely unfamiliar country, it is not an exaggeration to take every step of the way.

"Let's watch while playing at that time. There will always be someone who can't help but go first."

Zhu Di said after finishing his glass of wine.

The area of ​​the Wa country is not small, and it is much wider than Goryeo.

It is not a problem for hundreds of thousands of troops to take down a corner of the Wa country, but it is extremely difficult to completely destroy the country.

Zhu Di didn't even think about succeeding in one fell swoop, what he was fighting was a long-term battle.

Especially on the side of the third brother Zhu Yan, when the time comes, a few words of encouragement will be able to follow behind to reap benefits.

"Wa's first battle, are you sure you don't want to come with me?"

Zhu Di asked.

Li Jinglong shook his head and said: "No, with my uncle's ability, naturally there is no need to worry too much. I will wave the flag for my uncle in the capital, stabilize the rear, and use it for the future overseas construction of the country."

Zhu Di was silent.

Now he hasn't told Li Jinglong that he has negotiated with his father and asked Liaodong himself.

(End of this chapter)