Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 258 Examination of True Confucianism?Faint Lord!
In a restaurant that just reopened today on the side of Guangzhou Mansion Street, two young men are drinking Daming Tibetan Immortal Wine, looking at the patrol soldiers of the Daming reserve who occasionally pass by on the street, chatting with each other. .

"Tsk tsk, do you know? All the heads cut off in the vegetable market were pulled by carts a few days ago! The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi was also beheaded." The man in Tsing Yi took a sip of his wine, shook his head and sighed softly.

The man in blue looked up at his friend, and said indifferently, "Why am I counting those heads? Anyway, they were all chopped off! Those dog officials deserve what they deserve! They bully us little people every day besides making money."

"By the way, have you signed up for the Daming Civil Service Examination in the past few days?" the man in Tsing Yi asked, changing the subject.

"No, I've done some research. They're just old-fashioned officials with no future. Why don't you just take the imperial examinations?" The man in blue nodded.

While the two were talking, there was a commotion in the pedestrians on the street, and people ran quickly in one direction.

This situation immediately attracted two people in the restaurant. The man in Tsing Yi walked out of the restaurant and asked a passerby.

"Brother, what happened? Why are you all running in that direction?"

The pedestrian who was held back was a little angry at first, but when he saw that the person holding him was dressed as a scholar, his frown softened again.

Scholars are respected no matter which dynasty they are in.

"The emperor's list is posted up ahead! I heard it's about the imperial examinations. You look like scholars, so go and have a look." The passers-by who spoke left.

"Emperor List!"

In other words, this is an order directly issued by the Son of Heaven.

The two people standing at the door of the restaurant looked at each other after hearing what the passer-by said, the excitement in their eyes was beyond words.

Daqing was supposed to start the rural examination in Guangzhou in August this year, but Daming called, which made it impossible for Daqing to hold the rural examination in Guangdong!

So these children in Guangdong are very depressed.

But now, it has returned to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and this time the emperor's list has mentioned the imperial examination, and it is hopeful to become an official!
Both of them are children, if they can't take this year's provincial examination, it means they have to wait for three more years!
Therefore, the reopening of the imperial examination in Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly excellent news for them.

"Go, go!"

……

When the two rushed to the place where the imperial list was posted, it was already full of crowds who came to watch.

Far away, the two of them could already hear the voices of officials reading the imperial list.

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: There are bandits inside and slaves trapped outside. This dynasty has been doomed for decades. I have inherited the will of the former emperor. I have hidden soldiers overseas and camped so far. Today, I will be brave and mighty. Finally, I will return to Guangzhou. Then build Slave and false officials, who do not speak the words of loyalty and trustworthiness, do not act morally and righteously, hide filth, take money and pervert the law, for this reason, everyone will be punished!"

"However, for ordering the world and benefiting the common people, officials are especially needed. Therefore, I decided to re-open the imperial examination and announce it to the world at... so that the emissaries can hear about it."

The civil servants in charge of the reading were very loud, and even the two people in the outermost circle could clearly hear the contents of the imperial list.

However, the expressions of the two of them, together with the other scholars present, changed after listening to the contents of the imperial list.

According to the emperor's list, because all officials were abolished, the Ming court was in urgent need of officials, so the general examination was cancelled, and the provincial examination was followed by the palace examination.

This move will undoubtedly reduce the entire examination process, but correspondingly, because the general examination is cancelled, it is naturally impossible for the number of candidates in the rural examination to be as large as before.

However, it is a special matter, and these scholars can still understand this move.

But what I said later is that they can't understand it anyway.

The Four Books and Five Classics are just extra points rather than the main examination content. The main examination content is "The Theory of True Confucianism" recently compiled by Zhu Kezang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and "Gongyang Biography" which is related to True Confucianism, and finally "Computing Science" , "Policy Theory".

This decision directly broke the defenses of many people.

Especially those old scholars who have gray temples and have not yet passed the entrance examination.

"Perverting the law! It's against the law of the ancestors! Faint king! Faint king!"

The old man with a gray beard immediately blushed and shouted loudly.

As soon as the old man said this, he immediately attracted the support of several people around him.

"The law of the ancestors cannot be abolished! It is simply reckless!"

"Don't test the Four Books and Five Classics, but test Mathematics and Confucianism! This is like a child's play!"

Naturally, there are guards at the imperial list to maintain order, and old scholars are causing trouble. The soldiers of the guards who regard Emperor Zhu as the sky will not be used to them.

A large group of soldiers like wolves and tigers rushed into the crowd immediately and arrested all the old scholars who made trouble.

"Let go of me! Let go of me quickly! I want to see the emperor, the emperor must have listened to the slander of treacherous ministers before making this decision."

Someone was struggling and yelling loudly.

But what they got in exchange was only being tied to their bodies.

Soon, this matter reached Zhu Kezang's ears.

"The old scholar made trouble?"

Listening to Chen Yonghua, Zhu Kezang was not surprised.

After all, not taking the Four Books and Five Classics exams is indeed too cruel for these old scholars who have spent their entire lives in the exams before they can get a reputation as a scholar.

After spending a lifetime studying without sleeping and eating, and being completely denied all at once, no one can bear it.

As for how to deal with it?

Cut off the heads of these people directly?

This is not necessary, he will not kill people just because of a few words, and even waste can be recycled and reused.

Zhu Kezang's idea was to send these sour scholars to various parts of Southeast Asia to educate the aborigines.

Then all parts of Nanyang can take advantage of this to set up private schools first.

It just so happens that the aborigines in these places don't need to learn any advanced knowledge now, but what they need to learn is the three cardinal principles and five constant principles of Confucianism.

While learning Chinese, what they need to learn more is etiquette and the thought of loyalty to the emperor.

And those old scholars who made troubles, haven't they just learned this all their lives?
So this job is very suitable for them.

These people have been taking the imperial examination for a lifetime, until they are all gray, but they still only have the fame of a scholar.

But Zhu Kezang doesn't care about his obsession or not, his idea is to send all these old scholars who can't lift their shoulders and hands to these places to be teachers.

These people have taken the imperial examination all their lives, isn't it just to become an official?

To give them an official name is, for him, it is a question of title.

It is called Guihua Confucian Education Superintendent, who is in charge of Confucianism education in Guihua area from the rank of nine officials.

You said that Cong Jiupin is too young?

What do you think, Guozijian Xuezheng is also a ninth-rank official.

You are a sour scholar who is not qualified to be an official, and you still slander the Emperor of Heaven in the street. Not only did the Emperor not hold you accountable, but instead rewarded you with an official position. Such a thing would never have happened in all dynasties.

This matter was decided by Zhu Kezang in this way!

(End of this chapter)