Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 174 The End of the Universe Is Kao Gong (Happy National Day!)
"Your Majesty, the people who have been relocated to Yizhou Island have been settled properly, but there is a serious problem at present, that is, there is a serious shortage of grassroots officials!"

Chen Yonghua didn't just focus on singing praises, he pointed out the biggest problem of Ming Zheng now.

Zheng Kezang nodded. He had his own way of dealing with this problem, so he changed the subject and asked, "How is the literacy class in Yizhou Island doing?"

At present, Ming Zheng has completely solved the problem of eating.
Bah, as the saying goes, education rejuvenates the country.

If a country or a nation wants to rise, education is the foundation!

The fundamental reason why ancient times were able to be the kingdom of heaven and occupy the number one position in the world for a long time, and the opponent changed several rounds, was that education was done well!
The literacy rate of ancient China has been ranked first in the world all year round!

Even in troubled times like the late Ming Dynasty, the literacy rate could be maintained at around [-]%.

With more educated people, wouldn't the national strength just increase?
Moreover, the literacy rate of the Ming Dynasty must be higher than that of the Qing Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty really had a nationwide incentive policy!The Ming Dynasty stipulated the school age for sociology: "Folk children under fifteen."

That is, children under the age of 15 can participate, and there is no need to take an exam when entering school, and there is no limit to the number of students enrolled. Anyone who is willing to study can come to participate.

In other words, there was an atmosphere of reading in the Ming Dynasty, and the government also encouraged reading.

What needs to be explained is that the most important feature of sociology in the Ming Dynasty was the officialization of private schools, which were strictly included in the track of orthodox education!

Because of the promotion of sociology in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, many common people in the Ming Dynasty were able to read and write, and many people were proficient in writing and ink.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, story-based novels became even more popular. In addition to showing economic prosperity, it also showed that ordinary people had a high literacy rate!

However, what is regrettable is that after the Qing army entered the customs, the literary prison was implemented for 150 consecutive years, so the prosperity and prosperity of Ming Dynasty novels disappeared, and the literacy rate also declined rapidly.
Although there is no way to provide compulsory education at this stage, it is still easy to set up a literacy class with Ming Zheng's national strength.

Zheng Kezang believes that as long as there are enough literate people, there will always be talents who will stand out.

Who said that traveling to ancient times must collect famous officials, he believes that he can create famous officials.

"My lord, the effect of the literacy class is not bad. As long as those who have attended the literacy class have basically acquired the ability to read and write, the worst ones can know one or two hundred characters."

Chen Yonghua knew all about Ming Zheng's situation, and Zheng Kezang could quickly answer any question he asked.

Zheng Kezang nodded in satisfaction. The literacy class is effective, and the problem of lack of officials can be solved!

"It's so good, let's start the civil service exam!" Zheng Kezang decided to let the saying that the end of the universe is the public examination be realized in the seventeenth century in advance.

The household official Yang Ying heard Zheng Kezang's words and asked, "Your Majesty, what is the civil service examination?"

Zheng Kezang replied: "The civil service examination is a way of passing the examination and selecting officials from the private sector."

The selection of qualified civil servants is a demand in all countries in the world.The quality of civil servants directly determines the administrative efficiency of a country.

Therefore, in later generations, various countries generally implemented an official selection system centered on civil service examinations.

In 1870, the United Kingdom established the system of selecting national civil servants through public examinations, which has been in practice for more than 100 years.

The content of the British civil service examination includes "forensics", "document drafting", "group discussion" and "meeting practice".

The United States also implements civil service examinations. The United States passed the Civil Service Law in 1883 and established a civil service committee according to law to fully implement the system of selecting outstanding talents to serve as civil servants through examinations.

Zheng Kezang, as a traveler, naturally had to cross the river by feeling the British. Moreover, the popularization of literacy classes has laid a solid foundation for the civil service examination.

The household officer Yang Ying thought for a while, and asked, "My lord, is the civil service examination the same as the imperial examination?"

Zheng Kezang shook his head and said, "It's different, it's completely different."

"First of all, the civil service examination selects basic officials, and the imperial examination selects officials, while officials are considered lowly and are held by people with bad backgrounds. Moreover, officials are low-level officials, but officials cannot be shaken. As a result, the corruption of officials cannot be controlled at all.”

"In the future, officials, that is, civil servants, will be mobile."

In fact, Zheng Kezang has a deeper purpose for taking the civil service examination.

There is a saying in Ming Dynasty that imperial power does not go to the countryside.

Basically, in the countryside, the government has no control over most things, and the gentry, clan, and petty officials have the final say.

So is this still Zheng Kezang's world?

A county magistrate governs a county, with a population ranging from [-] to [-] to more than [-].

So in fact, the Ming government in the past only collected taxes.

For other rights, if the county magistrate wants to take care of them, he has no time to take care of them.

Basically, it is tantamount to letting the local gentry and village sages govern themselves!
Of course, it is not ruled out that some gentry of good character are giving relief, and their benevolent deeds are worthy of recognition.

But more gentry are bullies!

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, these gentry were spoiled, and they were against the Ming Dynasty.

This is also one of the reasons why Daming finished the calf!

It's just that they are weak after all. Under the butcher's knife of the Qing Dynasty, they still behave with their tails between their legs.

Speaking of which, in the Europa Universalis game, there is a version that Zheng Kezang hates the most.

This is the worst Ming Dynasty that Zheng Kezang has ever seen!
In that version, Ming had a national buff that weakened itself: integration of gentry.

Because of this buff, as long as it is not directly under the emperor's territory, the degree of autonomy is as high as 50%, or 70%, Zheng Kezang forgot.

In short, the buff of the integration of gentry and gentry is very disgusting, which makes the Ming Dynasty in the game less taxed and has fewer reserve soldiers.

As long as the Manchurians come over and give them a little kick, the paper giant Daming will collapse!

Pure paper tiger.

Therefore, the phenomenon of the dominance of the gentry must be curbed. In the future, Ming Zheng should increase the number of power organizations at the township level, and the civil service examination is just to prepare for this.

Regarding how to conduct the civil service examination, Zheng Kezang directly copied the civil service system of later generations, and discussed the implementation details with the officials at the court meeting.

For example, statistics on which positions are needed for officials in various places, publicize each position in Dongning Daily on a few months and days, and how civil servants are assessed at the end of each year.

You can even charge registration fees to reduce the cost of holding exams!

At the end of the court meeting, Chen Yonghua stroked his beard and said: "Your Majesty, in this way, the abuses of officials for thousands of years will be wiped out!"

(End of this chapter)