I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 166 The truth I didn't understand before!

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Then what do you think? Let me tell Grandpa Huang."

He picked up the tea on the table and took a sip. He still looked at Zhu Yunzhen very lovingly and was not angry at his rebuttal.

"If Grandpa Huang only wanted the descendants of all people in Ming Dynasty, and it would never change. The descendants of peasants would always be farmers, the descendants of military households would always be military households, and the descendants of merchants would always be merchants. Then why did Grandpa Huang conduct imperial examinations?" Shi?"

Zhu Yunxuan asked rhetorically: "They passed the imperial examination and farmers' sons became officials. Didn't it also change their destiny and give many people undesirable ambitions?"

"Good question!" Lao Zhu clapped his hands and said, "Then Grandpa Huang will tell you."

"Governing the people of the world is like how to herd cattle and sheep. To make cattle and sheep obedient and obedient, you must drive them away and give them a direction to move forward."

"Dayu controlled the water, blocking it is worse than dredging it."

"Among the cattle and sheep, some animals are very obedient, while others are very stubborn.

"If you herd a large herd of cattle and sheep, one or two stubborn ones can ruin the entire herd of cattle and sheep. You need to find them out, kill them, or discipline them."

"The same goes for governing the people of the world."

Lao Zhu said with a smile: "Do you think that the imperial examination is to select talents for the country?"

Zhu Yunxi was stunned again.

Is not it?
"It's not wrong for you to think so, but it's not right either."

Old Zhu said: "If the imperial examination is purely for the selection of talents for the country, then why is the classics and righteousness stereotyped?"

"Do you really think that if you learn those things well, you are a pillar of talent?"

A look of disdain and ridicule appeared on Lao Zhu's face.

"If you want us to say, if you study classics and righteousness well, and write stereotyped essays well, you must not be stupid if you are stupid, and it is impossible for a stupid person to learn well."

"But if you want to say how capable you are, you can be called the pillar of the country, that may not necessarily be true."

"However, for the imperial court, not being stupid is enough."

"We have told you before that we should use middle-aged people, not capable people."

"That's how it is to get an official position through the imperial examination."

"The choice of assistants to help the emperor govern the world is not the most important. There are many ways to choose."

"Second, let them all go to school and train their thoughts. If there are any thorns in the side of disobedience, they can be singled out and killed."

"Third, through the imperial examination selection, you can set an example for the world. Learn martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family, so that they all rush to work for our family."

"The imperial examination gave them a little hope of changing their own destiny, but it was very slim. Only a very small number of people achieved it, and the impact on the stability of the world was minimal."

"In addition, a large number of scholars who participated in the imperial examination, if they can see the hope of becoming an official, they will support the court."

"The people who study are often wealthy households in the local area, and their influence is greater."

"With the support of these people, the imperial court will gain a firm foothold in various places, and the world will naturally be at peace."

"On the surface, it seems that anyone can take the imperial examination as long as they are not from a lowly family. If they pass the examination, they can rise to the top in one step."

"But in fact, most of the people who ended up in high school were still local gentry."

"It is crucial to win over these people through the imperial examination."

Lao Zhu paused and said: "Selecting talents is for outsiders to hear. As a king in the future, if you need to recruit talents, don't stick to the imperial examination."

"But it's what the emperor told you before. The world has been settled, and ordinary officials don't need much ability. You use people from the imperial examination to give thousands of scholars the hope of assisting the king. There is no harm at all, so why not use it?"

When Zhu Yunxuan heard this, a chill slowly rose up in his body, and he asked: "Grandpa Emperor, so, although the imperial examination is called a ceremony for recruiting talents, it actually has nothing to do with selecting talents for the imperial court?"

"Hahaha!" Lao Zhu laughed loudly: "It's not just the imperial examination. In the past, when there was no imperial examination, how could it be the same for filial piety and integrity?"

"Think about it carefully, when is the time when we need talents the most?"

Old Zhu asked with a smile.

Without waiting for an answer, he continued:
"If you really need talents, that's the time to conquer the world. At that time, everyone hopes that they can grab capable talents and defeat their opponents."

"But if you read the history books, have you ever seen anyone who relied on imperial examinations to select talents when they were conquering the world? Or used filial piety and integrity to select people?"

"Just say that the people we use, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Tang He, Liu Ji, Li Shanchang, etc., are not all selected by us after careful investigation?"

"When conquering the world, employing people is eclectic, and the real meritocracy is based on talent."

"Why don't you do this when it's time to sit in the mountains and rivers?"

"Because it is no longer needed. Compared with selecting elite talents, maintaining order is ten thousand times more important."

"You don't stick to one pattern, use Dao Yan, Zheng He, of course you can, we also believe in your vision, the two of them must have extraordinary talents."

"However, it is necessary to limit the selection of talents in moderation and not use too much. It is still necessary to try to use seniority as much as possible."

"It's not because people with qualifications are more capable, but to maintain order in employment."

"This is the way to achieve long-term peace and stability."

Zhu Yunzhen was stunned when he heard this, with a lot of thoughts.

Of course he knew that what Lao Zhu said was the truth.

This has been the case in all dynasties and dynasties in the selection of officials.

When talents are really needed, they are not sticking to one pattern.

For example, Jiang Taigong, who was fishing, directly worshiped him as his prime minister.

Han Xin was originally just a soldier, but was appointed as a general by Liu Bang.

Zhuge Liang, who had been farming in Nanyang, had no experience. Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage three times and asked him to be his military adviser.

The same is true for Liu Bowen and others of this dynasty.

……

But once the dynasty was established, all the talents hired outside the rules would disappear.

Is it true?

Obviously not!

It's because for rulers, order is more important than talent.

Just as establishing a descendant does not establish a concubine, establishing an elder does not establish a young, it is also a kind of order.

Therefore, Lao Zhu made him the emperor's grandson, which caused such a big disturbance.

But on the other hand, Lao Zhu still stood up against all opinions and made him the king.

It shows that order still needs to be broken when necessary.

Moreover, in the eyes of Lao Zhu and most civil and military officials, the world belongs to the Ming Dynasty, and the rest are barbarians who cannot compete with the orthodox Central Plains.

But Zhu Yunzhen knew that although the territory of the Ming Dynasty was vast, it was only a small part of the entire Blue Star.

There are wider oceans, land, and countless forested countries outside.

The Age of Discovery is about to begin. If we remain stubborn at this time, we will inevitably lag behind the world.

It’s still time to conquer the world!
Because Ming Dynasty wants to compete with other countries in the world.

Once you fall behind, you will be beaten.

Class solidification is indeed beneficial to governance.

Therefore, throughout the past dynasties, and even in the scientific and technological civilized societies of later generations, the rulers of many countries have secretly promoted the solidification of classes.

Even though they are all beautiful words on the surface.

But in fact, it is trying to solidify the class, so that the chances of the lower class turning around become smaller and smaller, until it is infinitely close to zero.

If the bottom layer cannot stand up, the upper layer will not fall.

It's all complementary.

The poor will always be poor, and the rich will always be rich. In fact, this is what the rulers most want to see.

As long as the poor are not cornered and unable to survive.

Because it also means that the status of the ruler and the ruled will never be reversed.

The country will last forever!

But the price paid for this is that the entire society will lose its vitality and development momentum.

The development of the country thus stagnated.

In feudal society for thousands of years, there has been almost no progress in science, technology and systems. This is closely related to the fact that rulers of all dynasties have used the art of controlling the people, only seeking stability rather than development and progress.

He didn't want the Ming Dynasty under his rule to be like this.

"Grandpa Huang, my grandson has something to say that he wants to express to you."

(End of this chapter)