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

Chapter 251 How Stupid This Emperor Is

Zhao Yurui asked again: "When is the palace examination?"

Yang Changru said that it usually takes about a month for the provincial examination and about ten days after the list is released.

And the list has already been released.

That is to know who Shengyuan is.

Zhao Yurui asked, "Who is Shengyuan this year?"

"Huang Ziran from Xinzhou."

Deng Ruoshui said again: "Your Majesty's case, the topmost paper is Huang Ziran's."

Zhao Yurui picked it up again and flipped through it, and found that Huang was naturally studying poetry and fu.

Since Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, it has been divided into two subjects, the poetry and fu of poetry and fu, and the meaning of scriptures and scriptures.

Zhao Yurui was not interested in these poems, thinking that what Wang Anshi said was right, the poems were useless, and Lao Wang did a lot of reforms well, including measuring Qingtian, but it was a pity that he offended the landlord class.

He took a few glances, and immediately turned to another paper below.

This is Provincial Exam No.2, from Jingyi Division.

"Whose paper is this?" Zhao Yurui asked.

"This is Jingyi No.1, Huang Pu from Fujian."

According to Deng Ruoshui, Huang Pu was born in a family of officials and eunuchs. His ancestor was Huang Jie. At the end of Tang Dynasty, he was the magistrate of Guangzhou.

In the year of Jiading (1217), he made up for the Taixue and was promoted to a student in the inner house.

This ensures that he will have the opportunity to become an official without taking part in the imperial examination in the future.

Because in the Song Dynasty, Taixue was divided into three classes, there were students from the lower dormitory (the number is variable), students from the inner dormitory (200 people), and students from the upper dormitory (100 people).

Every two years, there is a "Shanghai Examination", and the outstanding students from the inner dormitory are selected to enter the upper dormitory.

And among the students in Shangshe, they are divided into three classes.

The upper-class upper-class students do not need to take the exam, they can be directly awarded officials. Of course, many upper-class students and inner-class students, including those who are in Yinbu, also voluntarily take the exam to gain their reputation.

Middle school students can be exempted from the previous exams and only take the palace exam. (Of course, most people will also pretend to be aggressive and pass the exam all the way to prove their ability)
Lower-class upper-class students, including outstanding inner-dormitory students, can obtain the qualification of "rescue solution" (selected and sent scholars should be Jinshi ranks), and can stay in school to teach.

Therefore, even if the students of Shangshe and Neishe in Taixue fail the imperial examination, they can basically become officials.

Huang Pu is a student in the inner school. This time he took the second place in the provincial examination and the first place in Jingyi.

In the original history, Huang Pu was the number one scholar in the second year of Song Lizong Shaoding (1229).

This time, because Zhao Yurui changed the time of the imperial examination, Huang Pu was temporarily number one in Jingyi.

When Yang Changru and Deng Ruoshui explained to Zhao Yurui just now, Zhao Yurui actually didn't know what the scriptures were, but they couldn't pretend they didn't understand, so they nodded to show that they understood.

Now that I see Huang Pu's papers, I know what the classics are.

The classics and meanings were conceived by Wang Anshi. He called "Yi Guan Yi", "Book of Songs", "Book of Books", "Zhou Yi" and "Book of Rites" the Great Classics, and "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" as the Concurrent Classics. Those who participated in the classics and meanings, There are four exams, the first is the Great Classics, the second is the Concurrent Classics, the third is the Theory, and the fourth is the Strategy. Therefore, judging from the difficulty of the exam, it seems that those who participate in the classics have to read more books.

Those who participate in poetry and prose may read more one-sided books in comparison.

"Why do I feel that the difficulty of Jing Yi is more difficult than that of Poetry and Fu?" Zhao Yurui couldn't help but ask.

The two ministers on the opposite side were stunned.

Then Deng Ruoshui showed joy on his face, and immediately said: "Return to Your Majesty, yes."

This guy was a student of the classics and justice department. He criticized Shi Miyuan so much in the fourth test of 'policy' that year, and was even rated as the last one.

Yang Changru looked indifferent, because he was an official secretly and did not take part in the imperial examination.

At this time, Zhao Yurui wanted to put Huang Ziran's paper down and put Huang Pu up.

But after a second thought, the provincial examination has already been announced, and the provincial yuan has also been set, which cannot be changed.

Fortunately, there is a palace test.

He calmly took Huang Pu's roll up, and then gently put it aside.

"I have never participated in the imperial examination before. This time, after discussing with the two love ministers, I found that my imperial examination has advantages and disadvantages. There are many places that need to be reformed."

Come on, the emperor is going to change the system again.

The two ministers hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Deng Ruoshui really felt that there was something to be changed in the imperial examination, and the emperors of the two Song dynasties had changed it back and forth. As the most wise emperors, Zhao Yurui, how could they not change it?
Yang Changru knew that the emperor was very powerful, and if he said something to be reformed, he would definitely change it, and it was useless for him to object.

But the emperor's reforms have always been very bold, and the steps are relatively large. The two are still very panic, not knowing how the emperor will change.

Zhao Yurui didn't speak. He has reformed every year for the past two years, and this year's focus is still on measuring farmland.

Measuring farmland is something that offends landlords and officials, and the matter of the imperial examination has to be put aside. If the imperial examination is revised this year, it will offend all scholars. Although he is not afraid, there is no need to take such a big step.

He already has a plan in mind on how to reform the imperial examination, but he doesn't plan to say it now.

As far as this matter is concerned, even if it is over, the two ministers of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites know that the emperor has such thoughts.

At this time, Zhao Yurui took out a book from the table case, and after opening the book, there was a note in the interlayer, which was written by Zhao Yurui himself.

This year, he will measure the fields, clean up the salt and tea, next year, and the year after that, he will write on it what he will focus on. Sometimes he will add or delete something that comes to his mind.

Lines of small characters were printed in front of my eyes.

At the top of his work goals for this year, everything is still to increase the court's food tax and income.

Because whether it is training elite soldiers or maintaining the rule, money and food are essential things.

He thought about it carefully, and there didn't seem to be any important food shortage incidents at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the common people rebelled everywhere because they couldn't survive, and finally overthrew the Ming Dynasty, but the Song Dynasty ended at the hands of the incompetent emperor and Yuan Meng. In fact, at least food is not the main reason.

Of course, ordinary people will not live very well at this time. After Zhao and Rui completed the re-measurement of the national grain fields this year, they plan to carry out tax reforms to reduce taxes and taxes for the common people.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Yurui noticed that something was wrong as soon as he went to court.

The military officials under the hall had weird expressions, and many people were secretly looking at the emperor.

In the past, officials usually did not look up at the emperor easily, because it was impolite, and most officials did not dare.

Many people are peeking at the emperor today.

Zhao Yurui sat quietly.

Huang Chang on the side called out first, starting to play if there was something to do, and retreating to court if there was nothing to do.

As soon as his voice fell, the minister had his own performance, and a person stood out from the crowd.

Everyone looked closely, and it was Wang Mai, the former Tanzhou observation and promotion officer, and the current household department member Wailang Wang Mai.

After Wang Mai came out, he knelt heavily on the ground without saying a word, and then kowtowed several times in front of all civil and military officials. When he raised his head, his forehead was flushed with blood stains .

Hiss, there was amazement all around, and many people's faces changed drastically.

Wang Mai can be regarded as a well-known upright official with integrity and selflessness. Since Zhao and Rui ascended the throne, no similar officials have ever done such a thing.

Because generally speaking, if an official with a good reputation and official name becomes the emperor, it proves that the emperor is probably a faint emperor.

"Your Majesty, please behead Qian Hongzu immediately, and stop measuring grain fields across the country." Wang Mai directly wanted to behead Qian Hongzu, but there was an uproar all around, which was tantamount to pointing at the emperor.

Qian Hongzu was not a pawn of the emperor, but he first worked in Fujian.

Qiao Xingjian and Qin Zhuo in the crowd raised their brows at the same time, wanting to stand up and refute him.

But Zhao and Rui glanced at the two of them respectively, and shook their heads. The two understood each other, and there was no exception.

"Oh, Wang Aiqing, what is the reason for wanting to kill Qian Hongzu and stop measuring the fields?" Zhao Yurui said nicely.

He knew that Wang Mai was a good official, so he tried to talk to him patiently.

Wang Maidao, Jiading 17th year, the imperial court had just measured the land, wasting money and wasting money, and His Majesty started measuring again only three years after he ascended the throne. It was superfluous. According to the imperial court's previous practice, it was usually once every five to ten years.

Moreover, Qian Hongzu acted rudely in the field survey, massacred officials and landlords, and sentenced the relevant personnel to death without going through the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, Yushitai and other departments, which is inconsistent with the law and reason. Please His Majesty beheaded Qian Hongzu to rectify the law of the country.

After Wang Mai finished speaking, about 30 people, Chen Wei, the doctor of the Ministry of Industry, and the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, doctor, Dali Temple and other relevant officials came out and knelt under the hall. Everyone shouted: "Please kill Qian Hongzu, To rectify the law of the country."

This is similar to how the Tai students asked Qiao Xingjian to be cut.

It's just that the Tai students were not qualified to enter the hall back then, but now the officials in the hall are forcing the emperor in front of civil and military officials.

These people suddenly knelt out together, the temperature around them rose sharply, and other civil and military men were peeping at Zhao and Rui.

Since Xiaozong, Guangzong, and Ningzong, there have not been so many officials kneeling at the same time in the court, because according to the Confucian tradition, so many officials kneeling and admonishing are mostly caused by the emperor's stupidity.

The once-in-a-century events like blood remonstrance and group remonstrance all happened to the new emperor Zhao Yurui. How stupid is this emperor?

What will be left in the history books in the future?
Many officials thought that Zhao and Rui must be extremely ugly.

But Zhao Yurui was not angry, and looked at the officials below meaningfully. He found that most of the officials were very low-level, the highest was a servant of the Ministry of Punishment, and the rest were below the sixth rank. These officials were not high. That must be unsuccessful in the court.

And the scene was full of civil servants and no military officers.

Zhao Yurui thought about it quietly, and reached out to beckon Hu Song.

Hu Song immediately handed over a thin booklet not far away.

As Zhao Yurui opened it, he said slowly: "Wang Aiqing just arrived at the Ministry of Households not long ago, do you know that the national grain tax was 760 million shi last year?"

Wang Mai was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "I know."

"Wang Aiqing knows that last year's national grain tax was barely equal to that of Xining's ten years (1085)."

"Compared with the 997 million stones in the end of the Tao (2271), there are still a few million stones less."

Wang Mai immediately said: "Return to Your Majesty, when I was in court, there were still large grain fields in the north."

What Wang Mai means is that now we have lost a lot of grain fields.

Zhao Yurui shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with Nandu, the most important thing is that my Song Dynasty has seriously concealed the grain fields."

"After the nationwide measurement this year, the exact area of ​​grain fields will appear, and the grain tax will definitely increase by then."

When Zhao Yurui said this, he handed the opened booklet to Hu Song and motioned Hu Song to Wang Mai.

Hu Song stepped down and sent it to Wang Mai, and Wang Mai brought it over. There was a form on it, which showed the number of grain fields in each dynasty. All the officials kneeling beside Wang Mai came to see it.

"When I had the most grain fields in the dynasty, it was the 5th year of Zhenzong Tianxi (1021), and the national measurement was 525 million hectares. (5.25 million mu)"

"After that, it decreased year by year, and every time it was remeasured, the area was decreasing."

"In the third year of Hidemune Zhiping (3), the area dropped to 1066 million mu."

"..." Wang Mai's face was flushed, of course he knew why, all places were concealing reports, land annexation was serious, and the area was decreasing every time the court measured it.

"In the early years of Yuanfeng (1080), the national grain field statistics were 4.6 million."

A few years later, that is, the tenth year of Xining (1085), the national tax revenue was 700 million shi.

"Sometimes I really want to drag my ancestors out from below one by one to ask, how did you receive 4.6 million shi for 700 million mu of grain fields?"

Zhao Yurui's words shocked all the civil and military people present.

(End of this chapter)