In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 249 I can't cure Jinmeng, and I can't cure you

Lin Jie, Nie Zishu and others kept bewitching the young students present.

It is a century-old tradition of my Song Dynasty not to kill civil servants and protect the grain fields. I have never done this before the Song Dynasty. Why do I do it now?
Wang Xianggong (Wang Anshi) has nothing to do, why should he do it now?
You are still young, this is not for us, it is for you, it is for you and your descendants.

At the end, Lin Jie raised his arms and shouted wildly: "Don't kill the civil servants, don't measure the grain fields."

"Don't kill the civil servants, don't measure the grain fields." The atmosphere at the scene was quickly ignited, and many young people's blood was boiling with enthusiasm. Everyone raised their arms and roared loudly.

"Please behead Qian Hongzu to rectify the law of the country." Lin Price called again.

"Please behead Qian Hongzu to rectify the law of the country." Everyone frantically catered.

Many people think that if they can become high-ranking officials and have a lot of land in the future, the emperor really can't let the emperor do this.

Lin Jie's words resonated with them.

In particular, some students from poor backgrounds have to take part in the palace examination after being on the list. Regardless of whether they are in the Jinshi or not, they can be officials. Seeing that my provincial exam was in vain?Many poor people suddenly got the opportunity to sit in these positions, and they became even crazier, and they didn't want the emperor to do it.

Yuan Shao in the crowd gloated a little, but Shi Songzhi was dumbfounded.

Shi Songzhi was the only person on the scene who had seen the emperor alone.

At that time, he thought that Zhao Yurui was very tactful, but afterwards it proved that Zhao Yurui was not only slick, but also very insidious and ruthless.

He Shi Songzhi thought that his mental ability was superhuman, but he didn't see Zhao Yurui. At this moment, he knew that Zhao Yurui was very scary, even more terrifying than his uncle Shi Miyuan.

When this man was in King Yi, he was so tolerant, and when he saw himself, he was also respectful and humble, which was unbelievable.

And once he took power, what he did after he took power, forcibly enforcing the land, killing people, and replacing officials in large numbers, made Shi Songzhi realize how terrible Zhao Yurui was.

He came here this time to persuade Xue Ji and others not to participate in this kind of thing, but the crowd was so excited that even the Xinke Scholars were moved, calling for the emperor's blood.

But it's easy to say, who is willing to stand up?

In the end, it was Lin Jie who suggested that the Tai students who did not make the list draw lots, and whoever wins the lottery will come to remonstrate

Whether it is the other participants in the palace examination or the officials, they will take care of the lottery winner and his family together in the future.

Liang Bing even yelled, I donate five acres of grain fields.

Then Zheng Sun, including Yuan Shao, spoke up one after another, and the officials at the scene finally donated a total of 68 mu of land.

Xu Shilong, the winner of the lottery, readily agreed and was extremely excited.

No matter the success or failure of this move, it will surely be famous for generations to come, just like Jingke's assassination of Qin Dynasty.
-
When these people colluded to make trouble in Dongxiao Palace.

Emperor Zhao and Rui were checking the list of participating provincial examinations, the list of provincial officials, and the Jinshi data of Xiaozong, Guangzong, and Ningzong submitted by the Ministry of Rites in the palace.

Since he came to the throne, he has never been in charge of the imperial examination. When the number of people who participated in the provincial examination and the provincial yuan came out this year, and compared the Jinshi data of Xiaozong, Guangzong, and Ningzong, he discovered that there were so many Jinshi in the Song Dynasty.

In the 27th year of Emperor Xiaozong's reign, 9 examinations were held, which were held every three years. A total of 3864 literary examinations were admitted, and 348 Jinshi examinations, 9 civil and military champions each; 3044 people.

During the 5 years of Guangzong's reign, there were 2 examinations, 954 Wen Jinshi and 99 Wuju Jinshi;

During the 30 years of Ningzong's reign, 10 examinations were held. There were 4732 Wen Jinshi and 471 martial arts Jinshi, 4763 special performances, and the fifth special award.

Judging from the data of the first three emperors.

Basically, it is held every three years. There are about 400 Wen Jinshi and more than 40 Wu Jinshi in each term.

There are more officials in special performances than Zhengxu. Guangzong made one thousand and two special performances in two years, with an average of more than 600 a year.

The special performance and special gift are Enke, which can be regarded as the emperor's great convenience. It is mainly for some related households and those who have failed in the provincial examination for many times, as well as the noble royal family and other officials.

After Zhao Yurui took the stage, she played a lot of confidantes.

Now for his first imperial examination this year, more than 9000 people participated in the provincial examination, about 17 out of 1, and about 500 people can enter the palace examination.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, as long as you passed the provincial examination, you could become an official. Even if you failed the palace examination and failed to become a Jinshi, you could still become an official official of the court.

Zhao Yurui had relatively few imperial examinations this time. During Taizu’s provincial examination, there were 2000 candidates, during Taizong’s period it reached more than 5000, and during Zhenzong’s period it reached a maximum of 2, so that at that time the ratio was 100 out of 20.

The Gongyuan in the Southern Song Dynasty was also very large, which could accommodate more than 2 candidates for the exam at the same time.

Now that Song Shi is going south, there are fewer sites and people, and the number of people in the provincial examination is also smaller. This year, there are only more than 9000 people. The previous ranking rate was about 17:1.

When Zhao and Rui read the booklet, Deng Ruoshui, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Changru, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, were there.

He looked it up carefully, and said slowly: "The imperial court specializes more officials every year than Zhengxu officials."

Deng Ruoshui and Yang Changru looked at each other, thinking, it's not all approved by His Majesty the Emperor.

"How many special performances have I played in the past few years?"

Deng Ruoshui immediately stood up and said, "Return to Your Majesty, as of yesterday, Your Majesty has specially played 640 civil and military officials."

Zhao Yurui was stunned for a moment, so I also played so much?
Moreover, the other emperors were all special civil servants, and Zhao and Rui were all concentrated on the military officers, basically replacing them with his cronies as military generals in various places.

As the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, the emperor can of course open the door to convenience and possess supreme power, but he also needs to have a degree.

When Zhao Yurui himself first ascended the throne, he kept playing in order to promote his own people and control power as soon as possible. Now that he has been on the throne for more than three years, the throne is as stable as Mount Tai, so he can't continue doing this.

"In the future, we should draw up the law." Zhao Yurui said righteously at this time: "In the future, in the Song Dynasty, the number of officials who perform special performances every year should not exceed one-tenth of the imperial examination."

After Zhao Yurui said it, he didn't say when. Maybe he would promote a group of new people in the past two years, but it was a reminder to the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials.

Deng Ruoshui and Yang Changru looked at each other with strange expressions, the official, you have promoted your own people, so you won't let others promote your own people in the future, right?
Not to mention, restricting special performances is also beneficial. If the emperor, like Ning Zong, encounters powerful ministers like Shi Miyuan, then the officials in special performances will basically be Shi Miyuan's people, and the emperor's power will be further weakened .

And if you look at the number of officials, Ningzong admitted 4732 Jinshi and 4763 officials during his reign, and there are more related households than Zhengzheng.

There are so many more related households, and the court will also spend a lot of money.

Deng Ruoshui hesitated for a while, and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, when we established our dynasty, it originated from Tezuo, and it was for—"

Deng Ruoshui kindly reminded the emperor that it should be because he was afraid that the emperor would be ignorant.

Why did the two Songs play specially?

Because when Wang Xianzhi rebelled at the end of the Tang Dynasty, some Jinshi "unwilling" such as Jingxiang and Li Zhen joined the rebel army.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, in order to prevent scholars from having different aspirations, they first opened the door to the imperial examination and gave scholars a way to become an official.

Then it was discovered that someone was always failing the exam.

So Taizu opened the treasure three years and stipulated that anyone who has taken more than [-] exams but has not been admitted will be given a bachelor's degree.

This is tantamount to guaranteeing the bottom line. If you fail the exam, it’s okay. You continue to take the exam for me. If you fail the exam after fifteen times, the court will directly play a special performance, and you can still be an official.

This is the origin of the solo.

It was also one of the measures taken by the rulers of the Song Dynasty to join the rebels for fear that scholars would harbor different aspirations.

What Deng Ruoshui meant was that if the number of places is limited every year, many people who have passed the exam [-] times will not get official positions, and then they will have different ideas.

"Bang" Zhao and Rui heard the words and clapped the case heavily.

Deng Ruoshui and Yang Changru were taken aback.

"Haven't the two lovers heard a word?" Zhao Yurui said coldly, "Scholars rebelled, and they can't succeed in three years."

"I am afraid of the rebellion of the commanding generals. I am afraid of the alliance between the Mongols and the Jin people, but I am not afraid of the rebellion of the scholars and landlords. If I can't rule the Mongols and the Jin people now, can't I rule them?"

Deng Ruoshui and Yang Changru were dumbfounded by the emperor's straightforward words.

Zhao Yurui asked again, how old are these people who failed the exam fifteen times?

Deng Ruoshui and Yang Changru looked at each other.

In the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination was held every three years, and those who failed fifteen times failed the exam, that is, they took the exam for 45 years.

You started taking the test at the age of 15, and you will be 60 years old by then.

The imperial court will also give you a special official, so many people may be scattered officials at that time, with nothing to do at all, but the imperial court will spend money to support them.

Of course, later in the Song Dynasty, it was not necessarily said that it was necessary to fail [-] times before giving to the official. Some related households, such as those with rich families, those who knew high-ranking officials, looked for connections and so on.

If you fail the exam three times or four times, you can play special.

Anyway, the law of "Special Performance Name" does not say that it must be repeated several times, it just explains that some people who fail repeatedly are eligible for additional examinations.

When the Song Dynasty was founded, the default was fifteen (times), and it was ten by Taizong. Later, it became more and more outrageous. When it came to Renzong, there were five and three. .

Afterwards, the special performance will be rotten.

Zhao and Rui are now setting the tone. In the future, the special officials will not exceed one-tenth of the official officials.

Put an end to a large number of relationship accounts.

Zhao Yurui then asked how many of the Jinshi in the imperial examination were from official background and how many were from ordinary people.

Deng Ruoshuidao, 152 sons of officials and eunuchs, 386 common people, a total of 538 Jinshi.

He added: "Except for the clan's children, most of them come from rural households, among them there are 32 clan's children."

Zhao Yurui was shocked, there are still so many clans in the old Zhao family?

When Shi Miyuan first chose King Yi, Ningzong wanted a 15-year-old clan, including him, Zhao and Ju.

In the last imperial examination, there were 32 Jinshi descendants.

But these people are not necessarily all teenagers. Some people may take the exam several times, fail more than a dozen times, and continue to take the exam.

But this is not the one with the most clans. The most was in the fourth year of Song Lizong Baoyou (1256). This year, 601 Jinshi entered the list, and there were 73 clans, accounting for more than one tenth.

Deng Ruoshui continued: "In addition to the clan, there are 26 people from the county family."

That is to say, most of them are rural households, not city dwellers.

But rural households do not mean ordinary people.

(End of this chapter)