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

Chapter 321: Palace Examination, the Minister Who Can Rule the World
This time the exam does not only include the previous subset of classics and history, but also adds some additional questions.

These questions were naturally added by Zhu Yunxuan himself.

The purpose is to find practical talents who fit your own ideas.

But in order to take care of most of the current scholars, Zhu Yunxuan put these questions into the bonus items, which means that the original questions are still the same as those in the past imperial examinations, without any change.

On this basis, some additional questions have been added.

If you can answer it correctly, your chances of being admitted to the imperial examination will be greatly increased. If you can't answer it, it will not hinder the normal imperial examination.

Zhu Yunxuan also knew very well that changing the test questions temporarily would probably cause dissatisfaction among the scholars.

I also understand the beauty of old people’s old methods and new people’s new methods.

Therefore, after this imperial examination, the imperial examination that originally followed the old rules will gradually become more like the examination changes in Zhu Yunxuan's mind.

You need to have Confucian thoughts, you also need to take policy exams, and you also need to know some arithmetic. After all, many ways of governing a country are actually hidden in arithmetic, waiting for people to discover it.

Of course, you also need to be able to write articles.

They are just some documents with practical applications, rather than empty talk and eight-legged essays.

This time the imperial examination was different from the previous one which took nine full days. Zhu Yunxuan did not give many imperial examination candidates that much time.

In fact, they don't need that much time at all.

Because Zhu Yunzhen made some reductions in the topic, and it didn't take that long to begin with.

The reason why the exam lasted so long and all the food and drink were done in the dormitory was because there was more or less the idea of ​​an obedience test.

The purpose is not entirely to select talents.

After Zhu Yunxuan ordered the reduction of the process, the imperial examination ended soon.

The palace examination has entered.

Although Zhu Yunxuan personally served as the examiner, his main focus was still on the questions he asked, and other questions were still handled by other examiners.

Zhu Yunzhen didn't know much about this part of the test paper.

Zhu Yunzhen only knew that among the tens of thousands of test papers, he saw not many candidates who met his wishes.

That is to include some candidates who are not perfect but have potential.

There were only about a hundred people.

Therefore, Zhu Yunxuan was actually a little disappointed. Ming Dynasty now needs far more talents than imagined. Ming Dynasty is currently in a state of redundant officials and personnel, and is in urgent need of talents.

The fundamental reason for this is still caused by insufficient talents and insufficient efficiency.

Fortunately, Zhu Yunxuan had a good mentality and viewed the talent issue as a long-term issue, and did not insist that it could be completely solved with just one imperial examination now.

So in this imperial examination, Zhu Yunxuan was only responsible for selecting a hundred people he was optimistic about as Jinshi.

The remaining Jinshi will be determined by other examiners. The usual imperial examination standards will be used as the standard. Those who meet the standards will be selected as Jinshi. Those who do not meet the standards can naturally only be screened out.

It wasn't until the day before the imperial examination that Zhu Yunxuan knew that a total of 530 Jinshi had been selected for this imperial examination.

That's more than half the usual three hundred Jinshi.

And about half of the ratio between the Jinshi chosen by Zhu Yunxu and the Jinshi chosen by the same examiner overlapped.

Therefore, the number of people who took the imperial examination this time, even the number decided by the same examiner, was half more than usual.

Whether there is something fishy in this, Zhu Yunzhen doesn't know.

In order to fill the emptiness of the imperial court, the process of selecting scholars through the imperial examination was a bit rough this time, and there were many links and methods that could be cheated.

But Zhu Yunzhen did not get to the bottom of it.

He sent Jin Yiwei to investigate carefully, because Zhu Yunzhen knew a truth: when the water is clear, there will be no fish.

Almost all the big fish in the court have been caught in the net.

It's also time to raise some fish inside so that there will be a good harvest next year.

There is always something in the water anyway.

It is better to feed some of the fish that you raise yourself, and the path will be clearer. When the time comes, it will be more convenient and easier to control the net.

Instead of letting some miscellaneous wild fish get in.

Even dragons and snakes are mixed together, and some things that shouldn't be inhabited will cause too much trouble to close the net.

So this time, Zhu Yunzhen turned a blind eye.

Not paying too much attention to it made many people sigh in relief.

The next day.Palace examination.

Zhu Yunxu asked in court.

Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected gain. In the court, Zhu Yunxuan first asked many newly admitted Jinshi questions about the national policy of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Let all the scholars answer.

Among these people, there are some who talk about education and want to educate all people in the world.

There are those who appease the people and consolidate the political power.

Most people can't escape the Confucian benevolence and rule the world with morality.

But among these boring answers, there were two answers that made Zhu Yunxuan's eyes light up.

The first answer was given by a young man named Yang Rong.

He believes that the first thing Ming Dynasty will do in the future is to fight!Taking advantage of the strong national power of the Ming Dynasty, we must fight!Show off the prestige of the Ming Dynasty, show off the style of the Ming Dynasty!

One battle will determine a hundred years!

Use a war of unprecedented scale to let all surrounding countries know the strength of the Ming Dynasty!

At the same time, it would also allow the surrounding areas of Ming Dynasty to completely settle down.

The purpose of the war was not to conquer and expand, but to frighten the surrounding countries and completely shift the focus to the Ming Dynasty.

Continue to develop.

Yang Rong's answer seemed to encourage Ming to fight, but in fact it was a good way for Ming to calm down and concentrate on internal affairs.

This also slightly coincides with Zhu Yunzhen's thoughts.

It's just that Yang Rong's eyes have not been set overseas, but Zhu Yunzhen's eyes have been set overseas.

At the same time, Zhu Yunxuan was eyeing the resources of neighboring countries.

What Zhu Yunxuan wanted to do was to establish Ming's hegemony in neighboring countries, and even in countries around the world.

As the saying goes, the inner sage and the outer king.

Zhu Yunxuan took this path!
The second answer came from a young man named Yang Pu.

Yang Pu's views are different from Yang Rong's. He believes that today's court must benefit the people so that the people can also feel the benefits of the development of the Ming Dynasty.

Instead of blindly developing the national power of Ming Dynasty.

Because the current national power of the Ming Dynasty is actually relatively weak, built on many bubbles.

Only by truly benefiting the people and making them rich.

That is what can truly become the foundation of Ming Dynasty.

It can fundamentally stabilize the Ming Dynasty's regime and make the Ming Dynasty's national foundation unshakable.

And this is also what Zhu Yunxian will do next.

Bring more wealth—not just money, but also many materials and public infrastructure—to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Let the people of Ming Dynasty enjoy more fruits of the development of Ming Dynasty.

This creates a virtuous cycle, letting the people of Ming Dynasty know that they and Ming Dynasty are in a relationship where both prosper and suffer.

Let more people support the development of Ming Dynasty.

This is reflected in daily life, that is, the motivation of the people of Ming Dynasty has increased.

In fact, Zhu Yunzhen does not completely agree with the theory of spiritual needs, because in many cases, the spirit can defeat the material!

At the same time, it can also feed back substances!
The national craze can indeed make up for many productivity deficiencies.

Today's Ming Dynasty is at a time when productivity is seriously insufficient!
However, although Zhu Yunxuan attached great importance to these two people, he did not give them the top three positions.

First, the tree attracts the wind.

Secondly, Zhu Yunxian must express his support for Confucianism.

You can't do it all in one step and directly promote the talents you like to the highest level. However, as the talents Zhu Yunzhen favors rise all the way, the top pick, second pick, and third overall pick will stay put.

I believe everyone can see that ranking is not the key.

The real key is to keep up with His Highness the Grand Sun!

(End of this chapter)