Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 501
In terms of talents, Daming is crushing the game.

But Jianu didn't do nothing.

While Chongzhen Jiaozi was talking at night, Hou Fangyu walked into Dongnuang Pavilion again.

"Master, this slave just received a letter from an old friend from Nanjing. He mentioned a matter in the letter, and this slave thinks that master should pay enough attention to it."

"Where is the letter?" Dorgon stretched out his hand and said, "Bring it to me and have a look."

Hou Fangyu handed the letter to Dorgon, and said: "This old friend of the servant said that in recent months, tens of thousands of students have gathered in Nanjing to participate in the Jinke Guozi Examination."

"National exam?" Dorgon asked, "What's the difference between the provincial exam and the general exam?"

Hou Fangyu said: "It's neither a township exam nor a general exam, but after the Guozijian Chinese style exam, you can enter the Guozijian to study, and after graduating from the Guozijian, you can enter the Nanming Ministry of Internal Affairs as an official."

Since the old slave era, Jiannu has attached great importance to the selection of talents.

When Huang Taiji was in power, he held the imperial examinations five times.
A total of more than 1000 candidates were selected in these five imperial examinations.

However, due to the small number of candidates and poor quality, Huang Taiji did not hold further examinations for the Ministry of Rites.

Since entering the customs, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo and even Gang Lin have mentioned to Dorgon more than once that the Ministry of Rites should prepare for the selection of senior talents as soon as possible.

That is, a Jinshi who can be directly awarded an official.

But because of too many things, it has been delayed.

Today, Hou Fangyu mentioned the imperial examination again.

After reading the letter, Dorgon felt that the situation was serious.

"The Guozi Examination in Nanming has to admit more than 1 students?"

"Yes, more than 1 students will be enrolled in one subject, and this year is already the third subject." Hou Fangyu said solemnly, "By this time next year, more than 1 students enrolled in the first subject will be able to graduate from the Imperial College." After graduating from high school, then the dog Emperor Chongzhen will have 1 Qin princes to drive."

Dorgon's expression suddenly became more and more embarrassing.

"No, our Qing Dynasty must also hold the Ritual Trial as soon as possible!"

"In addition to students from Beizhi, Shanxi and Shandong, we also need to attract students from Shaanxi, Henan and even Huguang to take the exam."

Dorgon said with a dark face: "Little Houzi, you immediately send someone to invite Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo, Feng Quan, and others to Dongnuang Pavilion. I want to discuss with them about the examination of the Ministry of Rites. Hurry up." go."

"Hey." Hou Fangyu immediately sent someone to invite Hong Chengchou and others to Prince Rui's mansion.

In less than half an hour, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wanwo and Feng Quan arrived one after another.

Walking into the East Nuan Pavilion again, Hong Chengchou, Fan Wencheng, Ning Wan and I felt a little sad because they hadn't stepped into Prince Rui's mansion for three whole months.

Obviously, the last time the three of them included private goods in the proposal, this action angered Dorgon.

This matter can also be regarded as Dorgon's warning to Hong Chengchou and the others. You can reserve your opinions, and you can even raise objections, but don't treat me as a fool and poke the rhythm secretly.

"Shu, shu, shu." Hong Chengchou and the four of them knelt and beat in unison.

"Slave Hong Chengchou/Fan Wencheng/Ning Wanwo/Feng Quan please master Jin An."

"Get up." Dorgon, who had his back to the door, turned to face Hong Chengchou and the others, "The three gentlemen really enjoy their leisure time. They only cared about growing flowers and plants for more than three months."

Hearing this, the three of Hong Chengchou could only smile wryly at each other.

Only Feng Quan had a look of color on his face. In the past three months, he has been proud of himself.

Fortunately, Dorgon just made a little sarcasm, and then went straight to the point: "Today I brought you gentlemen here just for one thing, the Ministry of Rites to try."

"The Ministry of Rites Examination?" The three of Hong Chengchou were overjoyed. Is the master finally going to have the Ministry of Rites examination?
Feng Quan was even more energetic. With the Ministry of Rites Examination, he, the Minister of Rites of the Qing Dynasty, was the real Minister of Rites, otherwise he would be just an empty minister.

Dorgon went on to say: "In the past few years, the world has been in turmoil and wars have been frequent, so my Qing Dynasty has neglected the selection of the world's talents, but Nanming has never delayed at all, except for the three-year ritual examination. , since the year before last, the National Examination has been additionally added, and tens of thousands of students are admitted once admitted."

"In the long run, all the talents in the world will be recruited by Nanming."

"So, my Qing Dynasty must change this unfavorable situation."

After a pause, Dorgon asked again: "I don't know what advice you gentlemen have?"

"Master Mingjian." Hearing this, Feng Quan was so excited that he almost shed tears, "The struggle between countries is, in the final analysis, the struggle between talents. If Nanming is allowed to continue to recruit talents from all over the world, our Qing Sooner or later, it will not work, so it is urgent to hold the Ministry of Rites Examination to compete with Nanming for talents, and there should be no further delay."

Having said so much, Feng Quan actually said all empty words, which means he didn't say anything.

This is a typical bureaucrat, who can do whatever he can, and fights for power and profit No. 1.

Hong Chengchou put forward a real suggestion: "Master, I am afraid it is unrealistic to compete for the students from Nanming, but you can try your best to win the students from Shaanxi and Sichuan."

"The minion suggested that the examinee should write off the travel expenses and provide free board and lodging."

Speaking of this meal, Hong Chengchou said: "In addition, the number of admissions in the township examination must be increased. Even if tens of thousands of candidates cannot be admitted for one subject, at least five thousand must be admitted."

"There is still an examination. It is best to admit more than a thousand people for one subject."

"Slave agrees." Fan Wencheng echoed, "If it is not so, it will not be enough to attract students from Shaanxi and Sichuan to take the exam. If it is not so, it will not be enough to attract talents from all over the world to be used by our Qing Dynasty."

"Slave also seconded." Ning Wan and I followed and knelt down.

Feng Quan originally wanted to object, but seeing this posture, he quickly seconded.

"Okay." Dorgon said on the spot, "That's it."

Speaking of this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "In the current examination of the Ministry of Rites, Ganglin, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, is the main examiner, and the four gentlemen are the deputy examiners. The four gentlemen will go to the military computer room to discuss the specific examination with Ganglin. The date and detailed rules, after agreeing on the detailed rules, we will inform the world as soon as possible to attract talents from all over the world to come to Beijing to participate in the provincial examination."

"Hey!" The four of Hong Chengchou agreed in unison.

……

Meanwhile, in Nanjing.

Chongzhen decided to send troops overnight.

"Gao Banban, put away this map."

Chongzhen signaled Gao Qiqian to put away the full picture on the wall, and said to Zhu Cihong, "Lang'er, I will leave the Guozi Examination and the Gewu Division to you, and the Secret Investigation Division will also keep an eye on it."

"Recently, Jiannu's spies are really a little arrogant."

"We must urge Zhang Huangyan to destroy Jiannu's spy organization as soon as possible."

"My son obeys the order." Zhu Cihong responded respectfully, and said again, "Father is leaving tonight?"

"Well, let's go tonight." Chongzhen nodded and said again, "calculating the time, your third younger brother should go to Gaizhouwei, and Xu Yingwei's side may attack at any time, so the father must rush to Dagukou as soon as possible , otherwise there will be a disconnect in time, and once disconnected, there will be no way to form a response, and it will not be able to cause too much pressure on Jiannu."

Zhu Cihong said with some reluctance: "That's it, Rong Erchen will see off the father."

"You don't have to give it away." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "This is not a farewell."

While speaking, Chongzhen was already dressed neatly under the service of Wang Chengen and Lu Jiude.

Finally, he took the phoenix-winged helmet from Wang Chengen's hand and put it on his head, and then pulled off the visor.

When Chongzhen walked out of the Yilun hall surrounded by Wang Chengen and other eunuchs who also wore mountain armor, Wu Batan and other ten barbarian generals were already waiting outside with [-] barbarians.

Soon, a group of more than [-] riders came straight to Shence Gate.

Outside Shence Gate, [-] new troops had already lined up and waited.

The 16000 new troops have received firearms from the arsenal, and they have been combined into four infantry brigades and four artillery battalions, equipped with more than 80 flintlock guns, 4 120-inch field guns and [-] tiger squatting guns.

After joining up with the new army, they went straight to Yanziji Wharf.

On the Yanziji Wharf, Zheng Zhilong's navy had already been waiting.

……

With the vigorous development of industry and commerce, Yanziji Wharf, which is the hub of water and land transportation, also prospered rapidly, and has now developed into a bustling market town.

Hundreds of naval warships entered Yanziji Wharf.

And clear the merchant ships that were moored at the dock earlier.

Then, tens of thousands of new troops arrived at the pier.

Although it was at night, such a big movement still attracted countless eyes.

On the second floor of an inn not far from Yanziji Wharf, behind the window of one of the guest rooms, two pairs of eyes were staring closely at the warships on the wharf.

These two people are none other than Luo Zuochang and Luo Zuojiu.

"Brother, it's basically confirmed now." Luo Zuojiu said in a deep voice, "The Ming army is going to increase its troops in the direction of Gaizhouwei or Dagukou, and there is a high probability that it will be Dagukou."

After a pause, he said again: "Maybe the Northern Expedition is going to be launched."

Luo Zuojiu hummed, and said with a sullen face, "We must report to Beijing as soon as possible."

While the two brothers were talking, a muffled cough suddenly sounded from outside.

This is Luo Hu who stayed outside to warn them, there are Ming court eagle dogs!
Brothers Luo Zuochang and Luo Zuojiu immediately fell silent, but it was too late, they had already been discovered.

The outer door was suddenly kicked open from the outside. Luo Hu, who was guarding the outer room, decisively raised the pistol and pulled the trigger. Hearing a bang, the eagle dog rushing to the front fell to the ground.

The next moment, there was a dense burst of gunfire.

Luo Hu had no time to dodge, and was instantly beaten into a sieve.

"Let's go!" Luo Zuochang shouted in a low voice, and pushed open the window to signal Luo Zuojiu to go first.

Luo Zuojiu didn't refuse, and immediately jumped down. The Yangtze River was outside the window. With a puff, Luo Zuojiu fell into the icy water of the river.

When I looked up again, I only heard the sound of gunfire in the guest room first, followed by the intensive sound of weapons clashing.

Obviously, Luo Zuochang, who was left behind, had already handed over the eagle dog of the Ming court. Luo Zuojiu sighed secretly, and plunged into the river and disappeared.

(End of this chapter)