Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 193
"It is really a blessing for Ming Dynasty to have His Majesty, but His Majesty's strength is also the sorrow of scholars all over the world."

Liang Chu smiled wryly. With such a strong and domineering emperor like Zhu Houzhao on the booth, the scholars of this generation can no longer be rampant.

He didn't doubt at all whether Zhu Houzhao could do what he said, and he threw a large number of civil servants to Liaodong to farm land and open up wasteland. There was nothing Zhu Houzhao didn't dare to do.

"It's the path of scholars all over the world who have gone astray. They always think that after being admitted to the gold list, they can do whatever they want without any restraint."

"I don't know that being admitted to the gold list only gives them the qualification to enter the officialdom. Being an official and being the parents of the people does not make them obsessed with enjoyment and do not want to serve the country."

"The imperial court supports them, but they don't want to pay anything. What is the use of them, and the imperial court's money is not blown by the wind."

Zhu Houzhao said indifferently, extremely displeased with the old customs left over from the past.

Scholars can be superior, and officials can do whatever they want. Who sets the rules?Who gave them the power?Who gave them the courage?

This is the Zhengde dynasty, the world under Zhu Houzhao, and those he doesn't like cannot exist.

Two words: no!

How can people in the world tolerate him!

"Your Majesty said so"

Liang Chu had no choice but to agree, and then resigned and left to select [-] Jinshi. The huge workload was enough for him to be busy.

The examiners headed by Liang Chu continued to screen, and Jin Yiwei was responsible for investigating the background of many candidates, and finally selected [-] qualified candidates.

These [-] candidates were not only outstanding in their knowledge, but also their character could stand the test. Jin Yiwei took action and directly checked their details.

Zhu Houzhao was also very satisfied with this, and no longer made a fuss, and immediately decided to select [-] candidates as the final candidates for the imperial examination.

After the admission candidates are selected, the palace examination will be followed to determine the top three in the palace examination.

The palace examination was divided into two parts: re-examination and test-taking, but Zhu Houzhao thought it was too troublesome, so he simply skipped the re-examination, took the test, and directly summoned the [-] selected candidates.

It is planned to use the "interview" method to determine the top three in the imperial examination.

After all, what he wanted was talents who could be used. No matter how many exams he took, it was more effective to test candidates' ability than to interview them in person.

Although this move was abrupt, Liang Chu, Fei Hong, Wang Jia and others strongly opposed it, but Zhu Houzhao insisted on it, and the officials could only bite the bullet and agree.

On the main hall, Zhu Houzhao sat on the dragon chair, and the officials stood quietly, and a unique palace examination began.

"Xuan, all the candidates are going to the hall."

Following Liu Jin's yell, the [-] examinees who had been waiting for a long time poured into the hall like a tide. The crowd was so crowded that it seemed extremely crowded, and the neatly arranged officials could not help but disperse to both sides.

Stepping into the highest power center of Ming Dynasty, all the candidates were either nervous, serious, or extremely novel.
Zhu Houzhao did not follow the routine, skipped the re-examination and test-taking, and had an unprecedented big interview. Such a novel and weird approach made the candidates who were accustomed to the normal imperial examination routine somewhat uncomfortable.

"Students see His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

A group of candidates saluted, their demeanor and expressions were not much flawed compared with those of the officials, they were all practiced in advance.

"Flat body."

Zhu Houzhao glanced at the candidates and said, "Before the palace exam starts, I have a question for you?"

"What are you officials for?"

Such a straight-to-the-point question immediately caught the candidates.

Why are you an official?
To be tall and tall, of course, it is to serve the country with allegiance, do more for the people, and contribute to the prosperity of the country.

In essence, being an official is to be superior to the people in the world, to enjoy the glory and wealth, to search for inexhaustible gold and silver treasures, and to achieve a big change in status and a big leap from then on.

All the examinees looked at each other, not knowing how to answer Zhu Houzhao's question. After all, this question was too difficult, no matter how they answered it, it was impossible to satisfy the emperor.

If the answer is wrong, they may even be deprived of their qualifications to be admitted to the Jinbang. You must know that they are still taking the palace examination. Only after passing the palace examination can they be regarded as real Jinshi and step into the threshold of officialdom.

"Students think that an official should be honest and upright, honest and honest, love the people, be loyal to the country, and never change his mind."

Liu Jingyu, who had a close personal relationship with Yang Shen, was the first to speak.

The answer is very formulaic. Before entering the officialdom, which official did not take integrity and devotion to the country as his code of conduct, but how many people can really stick to it?
To Liu Jingyu's scripted answer, Zhu Houzhao only had two words: "Hehe."

Having said something, it was equivalent to not saying anything. Anyone would shout slogans, but what he wanted was obviously not such an uninspiring answer.

Zhu Houzhao was not very satisfied with Liu Jingyu's answer, but the officials felt that Liu Jingyu's answer was very good. After all, the basic moral cultivation of an official is not to be honest, to love the people, and to serve the country with loyalty.

In his heart, he eliminated Liu Jingyu from the list of key training. This kind of pedantic person who can only follow the scriptures and doesn't know how to adapt, has not high training value, and he can barely use it.

Zhu Houzhao asked again: "All living beings have different opinions."

With Liu Jingyu Zhuyu in front, the candidates were no longer so nervous, and they rushed to express their views on being an official.

Of course, most of them are the same as Liu Jingyu, who only follow the scriptures and talk about the basic moral sentiments of being an official, without having any ideas of their own.

Only Yang Shen, Lan Tian, ​​Feng Xun, Shi Tianzhu, Xia Bangmo, Cheng Qichong, Lan Tian, ​​Zhu Yunming, Shi Ru, Wen Weiming, Sun Yuanying, Zhao Dezhu, Qian Buzheng, Che Zilong and others' answers satisfied Zhu Houzhao.

In particular, Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu, who believed that being an official should strive to strengthen the country and expand the territory, were deeply influenced by Wang Yangming's reforms, and they were considered to be real hawks.

The latter believed that as the official of the people, the first thing to do was to feed the common people. Although the Ming Dynasty was known as having a vast land and rich resources, there were always beggars and refugees.

The idea is very simple, and even caused many students to laugh out loud. Isn't it funny that the high-ranking scholars care about whether the common people can eat enough?
However, Zhu Houzhao admired this candidate named Zhao Dezhu very much. What Ming needs is such a person who really cares about the country and the people.

Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu, these two people's knowledge is not very outstanding among the candidates, and they can barely rank in the middle, but Zhu Houzhao has already determined that there must be a place for the two of them among the top three.

He needs to shape the ideology held by these two people into a typical one, so as to change the various unhealthy atmospheres among the officials and scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

　The fifth one is here!

　　Note: Sun Yuanying and Zhao Dezhu are self-created characters, not historical figures. A book does not even have a few self-created characters, so it has no soul. Please do not combine it with history.

　　
　
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