Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 374 North Korea Tribute

Since ancient times, no matter which dynasty or generation you belong to, great importance has been attached to the selection of talents, because power needs to be passed down. Whether it is the center or the local government, wherever there is a lack of talents, the power will be incomplete, which will lead to rule Big trouble, this is a problem that must never arise.

As the size of the Shaofu continues to expand, Zhu Youxiao increasingly feels the urgency of selecting talents. Education and imperial examinations dominated by Confucianism seem to be extremely stable. Unfortunately, there are too many practical talents and professional talents. If there is less, no matter how much you read the Four Books and Five Classics, it will never be transformed into political ability.

It is not that Zhu Youxiao has not made comparisons between a group of low-level officials who have not participated in the imperial examination and a group of scholars who have stopped at the college examination and rural examination level. After passing the selection examination held by the Shaofu and being assigned to a group of positions, It is often the officials who have stronger and faster adaptability, which seems to explain some problems.

They were both literate, but because of the threshold of the imperial examination, they had completely different life situations. This made Zhu Youxiao determined on one thing.

We must find every possible means to shake up the old imperial examination system, gradually promote compulsory official education in the Ming Dynasty, build a new education system, break through the obstacles of educational privileges at the bottom to change the fate of the people, strip away the close connection between the selection of talents in the court and the imperial examination, and abolish the relationship between the imperial examination and the imperial examination. Political coaxing to confer privileges, promoting the inevitable link between imperial examinations and diplomas, and rebuilding the examination system for selecting talents for the country and dynasty. Only by implementing the above one by one can the privileged groups dominated by the so-called scholar-bureaucrat ideas be effectively controlled. Thus maintaining relative fairness and justice.

It's just that the above-mentioned things are too difficult to do, and a little carelessness may cause the Ming Dynasty to fall apart. After all, if we really do this, a large number of people will inevitably alienate the Ming Dynasty.

This is digging their roots!

The emergence and development of the imperial examination system caused the gradual disappearance of aristocratic groups and aristocratic families. However, privileges would not disappear. As long as a dynasty existed, privileges could not disappear. The dynasties from Zhao and Song Dynasties formed a system of scholar-bureaucrats and scholars. If you dare to touch their vested interests, you will have to bear their anger and dissatisfaction.

Therefore, this is destined to be a long-term struggle and game. Only through multi-faceted planning and continuous support of a group of emerging groups to increase the pillars of the Ming Dynasty can it be possible to open up the currently monopolized promotion channels. Let more underprivileged groups see hope.

Qianqing Palace.

"Time flies so fast, the autumn season in Beizhili is over."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and walked on the royal road with his hands behind his hands. "The number of students taking the provincial examination in Beizhili this time far exceeds the previous provincial examinations. The pressure on the Qing family is not as high as usual, isn't it?"

According to the etiquette system, when the provincial examination in Beizhili was held, Zhu Youxiao, the Ming emperor, was bound to intervene and pay attention to it, so as to reflect his attitude towards the imperial examination.

But in the past few days, too many things have happened, and there are endless problems to be solved. Therefore, Sun Chengzong was appointed as the chief examiner of the Beizhili Township Examination, and Sun Chuanting and Shi Yongan were deputy examiners of the Township Examination. During this period, in addition to increasing the number of candidates for the exam, In addition to the central purpose, although corresponding memorials were regularly submitted to the emperor, Zhu Youxiao did not ask too much.

Because before that, Zhu Youxiao had told Sun Chengzong and others what he thought about the policy for the rural examination in Beizhili. As for how to set the examination questions, it was up to them to discuss and clarify.

"Although there were some disturbances and situations before and after the rural examination was held, the overall situation was satisfactory."

Sun Chengzong, who was in a complicated mood, lowered his head slightly and said: "The level of the selected candidates is all very outstanding, especially in the policy theory category, there are quite a few..."

Even though Sun Chengzong said this, he was filled with emotion and sigh in his heart. The pressure of hosting the Beizhili Township Examination this time was not as high as usual.

Just the fact that the examination-taking supervisors under the jurisdiction of the Imperial College do not have to travel all the way back to their hometown to take the provincial examination. They can directly participate in the provincial examination in Beizhili. This has caused a lot of public opinion ripples, not to mention that among them, there are some with small intentions. , a group that secretly incites public opinion.

In short, in one sentence, the first rural examination of Beizhili in the Tianqi Dynasty was very complicated. Fortunately, the deputy examiners of this rural examination were one was the Yin of Shuntian Prefecture and the other was the assistant in charge of the military affairs of the Beijing camp, so some matters were handled in a timely manner, so that public opinion was not affected. Continuous fermentation.

"The rural examinations in Beizhili have concluded successfully, and most of the rural examinations in various places have also ended."

Zhu Youxiao smiled, looked at Sun Chengzong and said: "The capital will usher in a large number of candidates for the National Examination and the Palace Examination next year. It won't be long before we are fully qualified. I have to think carefully about the chief and deputy examiners for the examination. Make sure that the country can select more talents."

Don’t be me.

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he said something secretly in his heart.

However, Zhu Youxiao, who was in a good mood, did not notice Sun Chengzong's expression. The reason why Zhu Youxiao was happy was because Lu Xiangsheng, Shen Tingyang, Ni Yuanlu, and Su Guansheng all passed the provincial examination in Beizhili and got the chance to participate in the joint examination. Qualifications. The situation of a group of outstanding people has changed because of Zhu Youxiao's intervention.

It is foreseeable that when the examination is held in the second year of Tianqi, it will be a wonderful showdown between heroes!

Zhu Youxiao wants to make the joint examination and palace examination in the second year of Tianqi the most valuable one, and even the number of Jinshi students finally admitted will be the largest!

no way.

At present, there is still a shortage of many parents and officials in Fuzhou County under the jurisdiction of Beizhili. Zhu Youxiao needs to select a group of outstanding people from among the new scholars and ask them to go to the bottom to train.

In Zhu Youxiao's overall vision, if you want to be elected to the cabinet as an official in the future, you must have the qualifications of an official at the grassroots level. If you imagine that you have to go to the Hanlin Academy or the Zhanshi Mansion to earn qualifications, you will not have a clear understanding of the grassroots level of the Ming Dynasty. , and thus being elected into the cabinet to assist in government affairs is already impossible!

It is precisely because of this consideration that Zhu Youxiao established the responsible cabinet in advance, and even directly stated that he could not withdraw from the cabinet position if he had not committed any major mistakes in office five years before the Apocalypse, which in turn caused losses to the court. Yes, this is all part of Zhu Youxiao's reform of the official system.

When dealing with things that are too difficult to handle and have far-reaching implications, Zhu Youxiao will choose to dismantle them and implement them step by step. The effect of boiling a frog in warm water is often greater than vigorous action.

Ming Dynasty needs to take strong medicine, but we must also distinguish the right time, and we cannot do such a thing as one size fits all.

"Your Majesty, urgent delivery from Shandong!"

At this moment, the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, hurriedly held a memorial and hurried towards the imperial court.

Ok?

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he couldn't help but murmur in his heart. In the recent period, Shandong Governor Yuan Keli rarely submitted secret memorials to Beijing. Even if he did submit them, they were mostly related to matters related to Denglai Town, such as Yuan Keli basically didn't mention the preparations for the establishment of the Denglai Navy, such as the shipbuilding industry along the Denglai coast, and other matters.

But Zhu Youxiao was very familiar with Yuan Keli's temperament. It was precisely this that made Zhu Youxiao feel that he must be doing something in Shandong. The reason why he did not submit a secret memorial was probably because the time was not mature enough.

"What's the matter?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Tigandao who was running towards him.

"Your Majesty."

Wang Tiqian suppressed his breath, raised his hands and bowed: "Yuan Keli, the governor of Shandong, hastened to submit a secret report. The Korean vassal sent envoys to the coast of Denglai, and begged your majesty to allow him to come to Beijing to worship..."

what? !

North Korea condemned envoys to pay tribute?

Sun Chengzong, who was standing nearby, couldn't help being surprised when he heard what Wang Tiqian said. It was really strange for the North Korean royal family to condemn an ​​envoy without any warning.

It looks like Liu Hongxun has done it.

However, compared to Sun Chengzong's surprise, Zhu Youxiao behaved very normally, because he was the one who promoted this matter. After all, the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank wanted to expand overseas trade and needed the North Korean market. After all, compared with the Southeast Asian countries, , North Korea is closer to Ming Dynasty.

When we asked the nobles in Beijing to hold silver and buy shares to build the Thirteenth Bank in Tianjin, we had to ensure their interests. Now the trade to and from Liaodong is gradually increasing, but Liaodong alone is not enough. It is important to open up North Korea’s maritime trade channel as soon as possible.

According to Zhu Youxiao's overall idea, when the maritime trade between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea is facilitated, the maritime powers of various European and American countries active in the Southeast Asian countries during this period should also be fully aware of the opening of the sea in Tianjin, and there will even be a group of people who want to eat crabs. Come here, so that the situation of opening the sea in the Ming Dynasty can change.

(End of this chapter)