Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 567 Isn't there someone in the Imperial College?

Wen Tiren, who had been prepared for Zhu Youjian's inquiry, replied calmly with a salute.

After receiving reports successively delivered by the relevant governments in various places, Wen Tiren began to consider how to solve the matter, and after coming up with a more feasible plan, he deliberately proposed it in the first meeting of the new cabinet, so that The emperor was able to give an answer immediately when he asked for advice, thus showing his ability.

"Oh? What's the best strategy for the chief assistant? Let's hear it!"

Zhu Youjian still appreciates Wen Tiren's ability in dealing with internal affairs. In addition, the chief assistant basically never contradicts himself, so Zhu Youjian's attitude towards Wen Tiren has always been gentle and amiable.

Like others to obey oneself, this is a natural attribute possessed by almost everyone from emperors and generals to ordinary people.Especially for people with strong personalities, they think that their own ideas are the most correct no matter the big or small things, and all contrary opinions are shallow knowledge, inadequacy and conspiracy.

"The old minister thought for a long time after receiving the report, and finally thought of a place: Guozijian.

Since the end of the spring last year, the Holy Spirit ordered all the failed candidates to enter the Imperial College for further study, and it has been one and a half years old. During this period, there are 220 seven members who have passed through the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the Inspectorate, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Sinong Temple, etc. After being selected by the department department, he went to various places to take up relevant posts. Currently, there are 830 students still in prison, of which 620 are crowned, and the rest are young people who have not yet performed the crowning ceremony. "

Since the implementation of the new policy that the students who failed the rankings to study in the Imperial College last year, the effect has been quite remarkable. Although most of the candidates expressed dissatisfaction and resistance to this, they still chose to obey in the face of reality.

Through this approach, Zhu Youjian tried to reverse the concept and ethos of scholars in Ming Dynasty who only valued classics and not practical results, and strived to turn Guozijian into the highest institution and cradle for cultivating various talents in Ming Dynasty.

All ideas must be put into practice. Since you want to change the world, you have to make your own efforts. Although this kind of effort may have little effect at the beginning, it is still a thousand times better than just talking about utopia.

More than 200 candidates who are proficient or proficient in law, construction, and agriculture have been assessed and selected to take up real positions. Although this ratio is not high compared to as many as 3000 candidates, it at least makes them claim to be experienced Talented scholars realized that the direction of the court's selection of talents has changed in the future, and that there is no future for studying poetry and books.

In the data reported by Wen Tiren just now, adults accounted for the vast majority. These people have the ability and physique to go out and do hard work, and the rest who are under 20 years old are not considered.

These young people included Zhu Cihong and the young children of the important ministers' families. They all entered the Guozijian as ordinary supervisors. They usually went home after five days of rest and bathing, and lived in the Guozijian for the rest of the time.

For the convenience of dealing with others and for his own safety, Zhu Cihong has changed his name to Zhu Junsheng. Only a few people know his true identity, and these people are strictly ordered not to disclose the identity of the prince to the outside world, otherwise they will be banned by the family for life.

"The meaning of the first assistant is to release the students of the Imperial College to sharpen their talents? This strategy is very good! The students have already acquired knowledge, and they just need to put it into practice. First, there is just a place for them to display their skills. In this way, If you are talented, you will stand out, otherwise, you will disappear from the crowd! It’s wonderful!"

Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he couldn't help praising Wen Tiren's magical writing.

"As the Holy One said, all those born in prison have been in prison for a long time. Except for those who have been promoted and released, most of the remaining two thousand people have nothing to do in it. Most of their thoughts are on the next spring, and many of them even Cutting school and going whoring, not seeking to improve their studies. Rather than allowing such people to waste state money, it is better to take the opportunity to install them so that they can experience the way of being an official and then decide their future according to the actual situation, so as to avoid more mediocre officials misleading the people!"

Lao Wen made it clear: most of the 2000 people did not take the emperor's request for truth and pragmatism to heart, and they still wanted to focus on winning the next imperial examination, so that they could become officials in a grandiose manner.

If such people don't arrange to go down and polish their experience, and then select them according to the actual situation, even if they become officials in the mid-term examination in the future, it will be nothing more than a few more bureaucrats.

"As the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, my second son has to go to the fields to deal with farmers every day. Why do you stupid scholars have to suffer so much? Are you more noble than Lao Tzu? This time you must You must all be sent away!"

Old Wen cursed inwardly.

There is a food subsidy of one tael or two per month for these children, which is used for daily food. Although this amount of money is not much, it is more than enough for food.

In fact, all the scholars who have won the examination have a relatively good family background, and most of them are not short of this money at all.

The so-called poor family students do not refer to scholars from poor families. The poor family in the ancient population refers to the class of small landlords.

In this era when industry and commerce are underdeveloped and ways to earn money are extremely rare, a lot of money is spent during the period from studying to passing the exam.

Whether it is the pen, ink, paper and inkstone needed for daily use, or the expenses for going to school, it costs at least a few taels of silver every month. The family conditions of ordinary people do not have enough energy to support a few years or even ten years without working. Labor study?

Because of the lack of worry about food and clothing, and even the wealth of their families, many candidates in the Imperial College took advantage of the opportunity of being away from home for a long time to skip classes for no reason on weekdays, or invite friends and foxes to have dinners, or linger around the courtiers, or Rent a house, buy a house, and take care of other housewives, regardless of their own reputation and future. The behavior of these people has caused many dissatisfaction among upright civil servants.

The current Guozijian sacrificial wine is the gentle Han and Japanese Chan.Since he was nearly 11 years old, and his physical condition began to be poor this year, he did not have enough energy to pay attention to the things in the prison. This led to the above-mentioned situation becoming more and more serious in the [-]th year of Chongzhen. This situation has aroused the concern of many civil servants. Dissatisfied, the voices of Guozijian's sacrificial wine and replacement are getting louder and louder.

"The chief assistant's discussion is very in line with my wishes! After the meeting is over, the cabinet, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Rites will formulate relevant regulations on this, and then go to the Imperial College to declare to all students. After the selection is completed, we will strive to make it as soon as possible. As for the number of people to be dispatched, When there are 1000 people, it’s enough!”

The relevant ministers headed by Wen Tiren stood up to greet and receive the order. Old Wen also made up his mind. For this selection, first arrange those candidates with a bad reputation. Take care of you for your family members, and I, the first assistant, just don't do it.

Since the emperor decreed, the cabinet, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Rites personally handle it, it doesn't matter whether you want to go or not, as long as you dare to disobey, you will definitely be blacklisted, and your future in this life will be declared over. To clarify the stakes, these usually proud disciples still have to obediently obey orders?

"That's the end of today's meeting. You should start to handle the matter I entrusted to you just now, and don't procrastinate!"

Seeing that it was noon, Zhu Youjian, who was already hungry, ordered him to go down and got up and left his seat to return to the harem. All the courtiers chatted in low voices and left Zhaoren Hall.

In the evening of the same day, three hundred Tiqi, who are good at close combat, dressed up as merchants and passers-by in various identities, carrying a large number of long and short firearms, went straight to Tongzhou Wharf, took several official ships overnight along the canal to Hangzhou, and then Then hire a ship from Hangzhou to Fujian.

This is Zhu Youjian's second-hand preparation.

If things go wrong, these Tiqi who sneaked in ahead of time will, with the cooperation of the local Jinyiwei Qianhu Office, wait for an opportunity to kill all the pirate leaders including Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao.

On the fourth day after Tiqi set off, Zou Weilian went to Tianjin Wharf with a full imperial guard of honor, and went south to Quanzhou on Zheng's merchant ship.

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