People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 527: The Imperial Examination System is about to be implemented, and they cried

After hearing what Xia Yuanji had just said, Lan Yu and the others who were leaving the meeting place felt like laughing.

Lan Yu could even imagine the joy and encouragement of the great scholars in the Ming Dynasty. After all, they were almost reduced to third-rate figures in the Ming Dynasty.

They were once considered high and mighty. Relying on the advantage that everyone in the world was a Confucian disciple, they could act tyrannically and even distort the classics at will in order to build a monument for themselves. However, they did not expect that after Chen Han came, they were immediately beaten back to their original form.

Nowadays, the most popular people in Ming Dynasty are not scholars, but craftsmen who have skills and good character.

As long as these craftsmen have a decent skill, they can go to Daming Engineering College to take the assessment. Once they are admitted, it will be a great thing for their ancestors.

After all, once you enter Daming Engineering College, many benefits will come naturally.

Take the most ordinary students for example. Although they don’t have any special talents, as long as they build houses well and if they can pass on their skills, it is equivalent to having their own patent.

This patent may not make you rich overnight, but it will definitely allow you to see the sustained income it brings in the next period of time. Because now Chen Han wants to vigorously develop the economy and foundation of the Ming Dynasty, he must continue to carry out the construction of infrastructure projects.

Especially in Japan, now that we have obtained so much gold and silver, if we don’t spend it, what’s the difference between them and stones.

And where are the best ways to spend money?

It's infrastructure.

For example, building railways.

Although there were many slaves captured from Japan that could be used, in order to promote emergency development in the local area and to truly fulfill his promise to make the people rich, he offered very high wages to invite local people to join.

As long as the common people join in, the salary will be very considerable. Not only will the outstanding workers receive training, but their families will also enjoy special subsidies from the court.

In fact, this is just a way of giving money to the people in order to stimulate the entire consumer market.

Chen Han's actions were very useful, which resulted in the fact that scholars were not very popular in the Ming Dynasty. Only those who were truly capable and did not just study hard all their lives had the opportunity to become real officials and receive a fairly high salary.

But even if you become an official, you can no longer just live your life in vain as before. You will have very strict performance appraisals, which was the reform of Zhang Juzheng in later generations.

As a result, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty can be said to love and hate Chen Han.

The reason for love is that Chen Han has actually put out real money, which has increased the salaries of many officials, and even the bonuses have been so generous that some officials who truly care about the people have received a lot of money.

But this is also the reason why I hate it. I can no longer take advantage of the situation from now on. It will even be much more difficult. If you want to be an official, you can no longer get many recommendations from colleagues, teachers and friends like before. Now it all depends on personal ability. If you don't have the ability, you really can't do this job.

Therefore, there is already an oversupply of scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Xia Yuanji believes that as long as he sends a letter, many scholars will think about coming to Southeast Asia to develop.

After all, although it is a little far away from home, this is still the land of the Ming Dynasty. Being able to make a name for yourself on an undeveloped land may be a successful way.

……

Returned to the rear yamen.

The thief was also there at this time. He had just been listening to Xia Yuanji's lecture to the clan leaders behind the screen.

That really made him feel relieved.

There was no other reason but that he was born into a poor family, and from the moment he was born, his family had been exploited by these high and mighty families.

This place is like a natural cage. Unless one is born into a noble upper-class family, all the people are slaves in the eyes of these people. Moreover, they are slaves who will never be able to turn over a new leaf in their lifetime or even for generations.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has arrived, they finally see a glimmer of hope.

At least the imperial examination system introduced by the Ming Dynasty allowed many children from poor families to see a path to upward mobility, instead of being oppressed by the children of these families as before.

So when he saw Xia Yuanji and the others walking down the corridor talking and laughing, he went to meet them and then fell to his knees with a thud.

This surprised Lan Yu and the others.

Although this thief was born in the underworld, he has been working hard to promote the new policies of the Ming Dynasty in recent days, both in the Governor's Mansion and in the Mandala City outside. Now he has been appointed by Xia Yuanji as the captain of the outer hall, and has become a superior person.

But what is this for now?
Xia Yuanji reached out to help him up, but heard the thief say, "General, I'm kneeling not for myself but for the people of Sanfuqi."

Everyone present was moved when they heard his words.

Although thieves are gangsters, they care about the country just as much as officials.

He was even willing to risk his life for the sense of justice in his heart. Now, after hearing his words, Xia Yuanji and others realized that this person could be used.

At least his sense of justice and brotherhood are very moving.

"Okay, it's good that you have this intention. Get up, I want you to do something big." Xia Yuanji said.

The thief knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Xia Yuanji, then stood up and said, "Grand Commander, please give me your orders. From now on, I will go through fire and water for your orders."

Lan Yu patted his shoulder.

It's really not easy. To have such a loyal subordinate in Sanfuqi is enough to show Xia Yuanji's personal charm.

Xia Yuanji took the lead and went to the study.

Lan Yu and others followed closely.

After arriving at the study, Xia Yuanji said, "We have now suppressed all the opposing families in the capital of Sanfuqi. Those who refuse to admit defeat dare not show their faces openly. Although there must be other forces behind the scenes, we will definitely catch them if we are given time.

What we need to do now is to spread the third reform, which is to set up private schools in various places to train local Confucian scholars in Sanfuqi. "

As he spoke, Xia Yuanji handed the thief a reform plan.

“I believe that this new policy will have a greater impact on Sanfuqi than the previous ones. You should first familiarize yourself with the contents and then promote it as before. This time, I will not let you work alone.

Mandala City is the largest city besides the capital, and this city must be taken down without any mistakes. So this time, I will assign you 100 Jinyiwei and 300 navy soldiers, and they will cooperate with you to kill all the families in Mandala City who are not obedient.

Reforms always start with bloodshed, and since the capital has started bleeding, other cities cannot be spared."

Xia Yuanji spoke very fiercely and did not sound like a scholar at all.

This is the experience we have gained from the reforms with Chen Han over the years. Those vested interests will not give up their interests easily. There is no point in negotiating with these people. Since you don't cooperate, don't blame us for killing you.

If it were before, the thieves would definitely think how could the people of the Ming Dynasty deal with us, Sanfuqi, and even use deadly means. But now seeing that these families in the capital are willing to turn against the Ming Dynasty in order to resist it, they know that some people will not listen to you unless you treat them harshly.

Therefore, necessary violent means are needed to make these people understand that failure to cooperate will result in death.

The thief nodded very seriously this time: "Don't worry, Grand Commander. We have already figured out the details of those guys in Mandala City. Since you want to deal with them, you don't need to worry about it. I will definitely do it beautifully."

Lan Yu also praised: "Good, it's good to have this determination. Remember, in order to let more people in Sanfuqi live a good life, these obstructionists must pay the price with blood."

The thief had seen too many of these families being arrogant and domineering in the capital, and after seeing how Xia Yuanji dealt with them, he realized that there was no need to be polite to them, so he nodded and said, "General, don't worry, I will definitely stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty this time. In order to let the people of Sanfuqi live a decent life, even if someone says I am a traitor in the future, I don't care."

With his determination, Xia Yuanji felt at ease letting him take his men there.

……

It’s still the same dilapidated temple, and it’s still the same people.

Everyone was still shocked when the thieves appeared in the ruined temple with the Jinyiwei and naval soldiers.

After all, what they have heard the most these days is that the naval soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were all gods from heaven, extremely powerful, especially the weapons in their hands, which looked like fire sticks, but could kill a living person from hundreds of meters away.

So the people in the martial arts world were a little scared when they saw these naval soldiers present.

The thief comforted everyone: "Don't worry, they are not here to attack us, but to help us."

"Help us? How?" someone asked.

The thief explained to everyone: "Last time we encountered resistance from those families in Mandala City, and even many brothers were seriously injured in the conflict with them.

Why did our brothers get hurt? It's nothing more than that those families have many capable lackeys, but this time the Governor's Office directly sent us 400 naval soldiers and Jinyiwei. How powerful are they? I think you have heard about what happened in the capital in recent days, right?"

When these words were spoken, everyone present was a little surprised.

After all, the Jinyiwei have been enjoying great power in the capital these days. They can kill the children of high-ranking families like chickens without anyone noticing, and hang their heads on the city gate towers. This is not something that ordinary people can do.

Some gangsters are good at assassinations, but they are only dealing with small characters, not big families.

Even a thief with great skills almost got caught.

The Jinyiwei were able to kill people as soon as they were told to. Their ability was unmatched by ordinary people. They were also impressed after hearing this.

Now that I have seen him in person, especially when I see his serious look, I suddenly feel a little scared.

This is really a bit like Ye Gong’s love of dragons.

Before I met them, I thought how nice it would be if I could meet them in person. But once I actually met them in person, I felt scared when I thought about what they had done.

The thief continued, "To be honest, the Ming Dynasty has added another reform to its new policy, which is to build private schools in various places. This is to give poor people like us a way out. In the future, becoming an official and making a name for ourselves will no longer be the sole responsibility of the big families.

In the future, you can study in a private school, and then pass the exam to get the opportunity to become an official, just like in the Ming Dynasty."

As the thief spoke, he passed around a piece of propaganda paper about the new policy.

If you want them to promote the new policy, you must first make them believe in the benefits of the new policy, otherwise these people will not believe it at all.

After these people passed it around one by one, they all found it a little unbelievable.

A few days ago, the real intention of the Ming Dynasty was to let the poor people pay less taxes and the rich pay more taxes. This reform measure has been praised by many people. Although in the process of publicity, it was also found that many people were indeed a little greedy and actually wanted to reduce all taxes.

But these people were still a minority after all. Most of the people were very grateful and understood that if the Ming Dynasty had not come, they would not even be able to get this little benefit.

When national consciousness is not so strong, it is normal for these people to have no sense of national identity, because there is only one thing in the hearts of all the people: we will follow whoever can make us live a good life.

When the people in the underworld read the content of the reform, they immediately exclaimed.

"No way! Is there really such a good thing?"

"Yes, as long as you are educated, everyone has the opportunity to become an official?"

"Before, being an official was the privilege of the big families. When will we peasants have such an opportunity?"

"Oh my god, ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty actually had this opportunity, and they have been practicing it for nearly 700 to 800 years. How can this be justified?"

Everyone was delighted. There were some truly knowledgeable people here. They had wanted to gain recognition from the upper classes with their knowledge, but unfortunately, in the end they could only become tools in the hands of others and had to leave with hatred.

If such reforms had taken place ten years ago, they believe they would have had the opportunity to become officials, and might have even reached a very high level today.

It’s just a pity that the Ming people arrived too late, which deprived them of such an opportunity.

There was a scholar who burst into tears: "Why couldn't the Ming Dynasty come earlier? Why? If it had come earlier, we would have had a chance. If it had come earlier, I wouldn't have been wandering around for so many years."

Everyone understands this man's crying, they don't want to be part of the underworld, and only they themselves know the suffering of being a part of the underworld.

The Jinyiwei didn't understand why the scholar was crying like that while holding the piece of paper.

Good thing, in our Ming Dynasty, this thing was almost criticized by the Duke, but I didn’t expect that it would smell good in Sanfuqi...

(End of this chapter)