Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 463: Imperial Examination Technology and Assassins?
"Finally a breakthrough."

In the harem, Zhu Ming sat cross-legged, opened his eyes and looked down at his hands.

At this time, he was sitting cross-legged and meditating, with his hands clasped on his abdomen, where his Dantian was located.

Outsiders can't see it, only he can feel it internally. Now, in his Dantian, there is not only the essence of true energy, but also a brilliant golden elixir suspended above the sea of ​​energy.

He has broken through the foundation building stage and reached the golden elixir stage.

At the same time, with the breakthrough in cultivation, physical fitness has also been greatly enhanced.

Because he is following the path of physical sanctification, the higher Zhu Zhen's cultivation level, the stronger the body condensed by his true energy.

Now his attributes are as high as 385,000, and each attribute has so many.

Eighty-five thousand full attributes is the limit reached by the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage when the Foundation Establishment Stage is reached.

When the foundation building period reaches the Great Perfection, the limit of all attributes obtained is exactly 300,000.

The Three Jurchens are even simpler. Zhu Di brought Aha's daughter, the Third Empress, into his account, and completely controlled the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou. Then he directly controlled the entire Jianzhou tribe using the methods that Zhu Di had used on the Tatar tribe. The Jurchens tried to remove the fuel from the cauldron.

This is an absolute centralized system of imperial power, not the system of kings and lords in the Middle Ages, nor the Tang Dynasty's Jiedushi system, nor the former feudal system of princes.

As a result, Korea Island was quickly and completely conquered by the Ming Dynasty. From top to bottom, the people's support was the same.

After several months of rest, the entire Mongolian grassland has reunited.

Later, as the Haixi Jurchens were quickly defeated, Zhu Di now held the strength of two major Jurchen tribes and assembled hundreds of thousands of cavalry troops.

Facing the menacing Ming army, it was only a matter of time before the Savage Jurchen was destroyed.

So Zhu Zhen did not hesitate to buy the golden elixir stage cultivation method, which required 300,000 force points.

At the same time, coordination began to take place on the Mongolian grasslands.

But there is no need to worry about their rebellion, because the Mongols now only recognize one person, and that is their Holy Khan.

Now he is the Jurchen king, and whoever he wants to appoint will be the temporary leader of the army. Even Aha Chu has been left out.

Although the Holy Khan was also the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he sat in the Jinluan Palace in the capital.

Therefore, not only did the Ming army suffer no casualties, but they became more courageous as they fought, and Ming's territory became larger and larger.

In addition, although Zhu Zhen is now in charge of the court, he finalized many rules and policies during his previous campaigns in the north and south.

Like his wives, even if they reach the foundation building stage, the physical quality they improved during the Qi refining stage, if converted into attributes, may only reach a maximum limit of five thousand.

This is more than two million lives.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is at its peak, Zhu Zhen doesn't want his morale to be dampened. In that case, there will be many people in the country waiting for opportunities to hack him.

The limit of the foundation building period is even less than 30,000.

"It seems like we have to fight a world war," Zhu Zhen sighed secretly.

Zhu Ming also sent a letter to inform his two brothers, reminding them that Siberia is very cold, especially East Siberia, which is close to the Arctic Circle. Unlike the West Siberian Plain, the northernmost part of East Siberia is close to the Arctic Ocean.

When the Ming Dynasty came to rule them, they would not persecute them or oppress them. They would also give them land to grow, give them food and clothing, and appease them.

The ultimate attribute of Dzogchen in the foundation building stage can reach more than 30,000, and there are still so many realms that can continue to be improved even more.

Are the common people getting rich instead?

When the day ascends to heaven one day, it is not an exaggeration to say that the body will be sanctified.

It can be said that one general succeeds and thousands of bones wither, and one person achieves enlightenment, but millions of dead souls are needed as stepping stones.

Of course, this is quite a lot. It should be noted that the limit of ordinary people is only ten.

Even if he is not in charge personally now, the army generals and several princes and brothers are still implementing his policies.

As long as Zhu Zhu does not lose the support of the Mongolian people, he can replace any tribal leader at will as long as he issues an imperial edict.

What does it feel like?
Taking Korea Island as an example, the people suddenly discovered that they did not hate the Ming army. Instead, with the destruction of Li Chenggui, and the genocide of the Goryeo royal family by Li Chenggui, after the war, the Ming Dynasty liquidated the aristocratic class of the previous dynasty and returned the land. To the people.

Because of the Northeastern Campaign and the Southeast Asian Battlefield, a total of one million force points were harvested.

After all, Zhu Zhen did not want environmental factors to cause non-combat attrition.

It is equivalent to saying that the Ming Dynasty not only conquered those territories, but also reformed while conquering.

But everyone knows that the leaders of each tribe are appointed by the Holy Khan. They help the Holy Khan manage each tribe and no longer belong to the master of the tribe as they once did.

Recently, the actions in the Mongolian grassland originated from Zhu Chu's imperial edict.

Zhu Zhen frowned. According to the realm of cultivation, after the Golden Pill there is the Nascent Soul Stage, then the Zifu Stage, the Transformation Stage, and then the Mahayana Stage, the Tribulation Stage and the Ascension Stage.

Based on the current level of consumption of follow-up skills, I am afraid that the Nascent Soul stage will cost 400,000 force points, the Zifu stage will cost 500,000, the God Transformation stage will cost 600,000, and the Mahayana stage will cost 700,000. Even if the Tribulation Stage and Ascension Stage do not require additional To practice the mental technique, he will need at least more than two million force points later.

Zhu Gong ruled the grassland tribes, headed by the third prince Zhu Fan and the thirteenth prince Zhu Gui, who coordinated the forces of the Tatar and Oara tribes respectively, and prepared to go to war with the Siberian Khanate.

At this time, the pressure came to the head of the savage Jurchen.

The policy of reforming the land and returning it to local people was swept away, and the local people suddenly discovered that the Ming army had strict military discipline and had no offense with the people. They would even help rebuild their homes and redistribute land after the war.

But he is a special case. After all, he has the bloodline of the Holy Body of the Great Dao.

Therefore, he warned his two brothers that if the war went unfavorably and was delayed until autumn, they must be prepared to withdraw their troops.

But now the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty is booming. Although wars have continued to break out, because Zhu Zhen relied on cheating to equip the army with powerful firearms, artillery opened the way, muskets came behind, and fired a volley at them, everyone was confused.

Zhu Ming doesn’t want to be Yang Guang.

As time came to late June, after Zhu Zhen ascended the throne, the first imperial examination for the Yongchang reign was in full swing and began nationwide.

The imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty consisted of the courtyard examination, the provincial examination, the general examination, and the palace examination.

The academy examination is the most basic assessment. It is presided over by academic officials or academic administrators. It is mainly held in prefectures or prefectural offices of provinces directly under the jurisdiction of the province. The examination content includes annual examinations and scientific examinations. It mainly selects talents from among children. Only those who pass this test After that, you can proceed to the next level.

It is not easy to produce a scholar from eight villages in ten miles, and there will be a provincial examination next.

Although the name is called the rural examination, it does not mean that it is held in the countryside. It is called the rural examination because it was called "Xiang Gong" and "Jie Examination" in the Tang and Song Dynasties.

But in fact, the provincial examination is conducted by various states and governments to examine locals, and it belongs to the "provincial examination". After passing this test, it is called "juren".

Only by becoming a Juren can one be qualified to participate in the examination.

The examination is to bring people to the capital for examination. Because scholars gather in the capital to take the examination, it is called the examination.

Those who passed the examination were called Gongshi, and the first place was called Huiyuan.

Ancient scientific research was very troublesome and not easy.

No wonder something like Fan Jin was elected.

Scholars before taking the college examination can only be called Tongsheng. After passing the college examination, they are called scholars. After passing the provincial examination, they are called scholars, and then they are tribute scholars.

But even if we have reached this point, there is still another level, called the Palace Examination.

That is, the emperor himself sets the questions, and the top three are the familiar top pick, second pick, and top pick.

After these layers of screening, how many students in the world can reach the final step? It is not an exaggeration to say that the carp leaped over the dragon's gate.

And even if you become the number one scholar, you may not be able to soar into the sky. It is not surprising that many number one scholars will eventually be wiped out by everyone.

The original examination process was very long and cumbersome. Just to take the exam, students from all over the world had to come to the capital to take part.

Therefore, the provincial examination is generally held in August, because it is autumn, also called Qiuwei.

After the results came out, they rushed to the capital to take part in the scientific examination in the second year, so the examination was also called Chunwei.

But Zhu Zhen couldn't wait any longer, so he started to build momentum at the end of May and announced it to the world with the Ming Dynasty Official Report. So by the beginning of June, all localities had completed the college examinations.

By mid-June, various state capitals will begin conducting rural examinations. Zhu Ming was very anxious, and everyone in the world could feel it. The new emperor was very anxious.

But it is understandable. After all, Ming Dynasty has developed such a grand and hegemonic territory, and it needs people to manage it.

So students all over the world were eager to give it a try. Since the new emperor was eager for talents, it was the time for them to show off their ambitions.

By the end of June, the results of rural examinations from various places began to be sent to the capital.

Liu Sanwu, on his side, took the fourteen eunuchs, Zhu Zhen's eldest nephews, to start recording the roster.

Since the imperial examination came onto the stage of history, all dynasties have attached great importance to the imperial examination. Naturally, we need to be careful to prevent the occurrence of impostors.

What made Liu Sanwu a little strange was that one day, His Majesty summoned him alone and told him to pay attention to three students named Yang. He also named them by name, namely Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and Yang Pu.

Although I don’t know why His Majesty cares so much about these three people, since it is something His Majesty has ordered, Liu Sanwu naturally does not dare to neglect it.

Then he actually found the rosters and test papers of the three of them, and found that not only did the three of them write brilliantly, but they also obtained good rankings in Jiangxi, Huguang and Fujian.

Don't look at it, the three of them have the reputation of being the elders of Sanyang Pavilion, and they are all elders of the Four Dynasties.

But in fact, the three of them are not from the same race, and they are not even from the same place of origin.

In addition, he is not too old yet, but he is actually a bit immature in many places.

But Liu Sanwu didn't take it seriously. Instead, he appreciated it. From Sanyang's article, he could feel that the three of them not only had outstanding literary talent, but also had good character. He also began to secretly look forward to waiting until the three young students came to the capital to take the test. From now on, I want to see for myself who they are. Even Emperor Yongchang admires them.

Liu Sanwu and others were responsible for the scientific examination, which made Zhu Ming feel relieved. It was also a training project for the Fourteenth Taibao.

When the time comes for the palace examination, I am afraid that I will not only interview the top scholar in person, but also test them.

At the same time, during this period, Zhu Ming frequently went to the Ministry of Works.

Zhu Chu had asked Shen Wang to make bicycles and many accessories for the bicycles before.

Recently he tinkered with the steam engine again.

After all, there is a system. If you don't cheat, you will be sorry for the system.

It's just that Zhu Zhen doesn't rely on the system to cheat. Many times he prefers to be cyclical and gradual, as a promoter of the surrounding environment.

For example, bicycles were considered by many people as something for fun at first. Shen Wang also made a lot of money by relying on the popularity of bicycles.

But when Zhu Chu launched the steam engine, Shen Wang realized that His Majesty had already prepared for him to make bicycle parts.

In fact, the original steam engine was very crude and its principle was very simple. It could even be powered by bicycle accessories.

The key is how to improve the limited steam engine into a car engine or locomotive.

Once the technology matures, this will be the foundation of the industrial era. Let alone building airplanes, can we at least improve ships?
By then, the Ming Navy will also begin to compete for hegemony in the sea.

No, the Ming Dynasty had to dominate the sea long before the Age of Discovery began.

At the same time, as Shen Rong now becomes the minister of the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court, many of the factories he was asked to establish in Yunnan can also be opened to the capital.

Zhu Zhen hesitated again and again, and finally decided to classify some of the technologies as state-owned, which are so-called state-owned enterprises, and will be coordinated by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

When Zhuo Jing got a lot of information, he was immediately shocked.

For example, the so-called glass is actually made of sand.

There is also white sugar, which turns out to be just processed from brown sugar.

These are all profitable transactions, so don’t make too much money.

However, Zhu Zhen also had another purpose in classifying these factories as state-owned, which was to use the state machine to start mass production, and he wanted to popularize it.

At the same time, these technologies can also have an impact on technology development in other fields. Zhu Chu wants to have a comprehensive impact in one point. After all, one person's power is limited, and he wants to involve talents from across the country.

And as the country took control of many profitable businesses, Zhu Ming also took this opportunity to reform the salt that the court firmly controlled.

The first is to put forward the improvement requirements for refined salt and let Shen Rong lead the Ministry of Industry to develop it. Whether you use distillation for secondary purification or some other method, in short, today's coarse salt needs to be improved.

Secondly, salt is an indispensable necessity for the people, and the output is not low. However, since ancient times, the value of salt has been inexplicably expensive.

Zhu Zhen directly lowered the price of salt, ordered all salt-producing areas to no longer control production, and even lifted the salt restriction order. People all over the world can buy and sell salt at will without any salt.

At first, Zhu Yuanzhang thought he was fooling around, so wasn't he afraid of chaos in the world? What's more, if you hand over the salt, the country will lose a large amount of revenue.

But what Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect was that the private sale of salt was strictly prohibited in the past, but there were more than just salt merchants.

But when Zhu Li relaxed the ban on salt sales, there were no more salt smuggling merchants.

Nonsense, in less than a month, salt went from a luxury product to a mass commodity. Many smuggled salt merchants almost cried and lost their money.

Moreover, the people applauded and called the Ming Dynasty prosperous.

More importantly, the imperial treasury was not empty. Instead, as the two major battlefields in the northeast and southwest began to enter their final stages, huge amounts of wealth began to flow back to the capital from North Korea and Southeast Asian countries.

Why did many powerful countries in later generations emerge from World War I and World War II?

War not only kills people, but also makes money. There is no such thing as robbery in the world that is more profitable.

If the country wants to exploit the people, it has to come up with clever ideas and collude with aristocratic families, landlords, and gentry to increase taxes on the people.

But now, the Goryeo treasury has been looted, and the wealth that the Goryeo royal family and Li Chenggui exploited from the people has all gone into the hands of the Ming Dynasty.

The key is that not only do the Koreans not think there is anything wrong with this, but they are grateful to the Ming Dynasty for liberating them and giving them land. That is called a grateful and extremely loyal person.

There is also a lot of wealth in Southeast Asian countries. The key is that there is a lot of good land there. After Zhuo Jing, the minister of household affairs, led the officials of the Ministry of household affairs to clear it up, they were frightened.

That is an area of ​​several million square kilometers, which can increase the planting area of ​​at least a dozen provinces.

When taxes come up next year, how much wealth will this be?
Therefore, after Zhu Chu messed up like this, the Ming Dynasty not only did not collapse, but also had a bright future.

It's just a bit unorthodox, like a gangster neighbor, no, a thug.

It has nothing to do with the country of gentlemen that has existed for thousands of years. The Ming Dynasty led by Zhu Ming is the king of beasts. How can we allow others to snore next to the bed? There are no two masters in the country and there are no two days in the sky. Those who obey will prosper and those who rebel will perish.

Extremely domineering.

However, because Ming Dynasty was too domineering, it finally aroused dissatisfaction, or fear, in the surrounding countries.

For example, in the early days, the Japanese country had just breathed a sigh of relief from the era of the separation of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and immediately learned that Korean Island had been occupied by the Ming Dynasty.

The Korean Island and the Japanese Island are too close.

So the Japanese country immediately sent envoys to the capital to declare themselves vassals and pay tribute.

Regarding the Japanese professing vassalage, Zhu Zhen had only one sentence: "Go back, wash your neck and wait. Back then, your shogunate sent the samurai raised by your shogunate to disguise themselves as Japanese pirates, invade our borders and kill our people of the Ming Dynasty. I will not accept this blood feud." I want everyone in the world to know that those who harm our Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are. Those who harm our Ming Dynasty will pay with blood."

Later, Wang Fu also sent news back, saying that the Golden Horde and the Ottoman Empire were secretly colluding together and were about to make a move.

At the same time, there was also news from Zhu Bai, saying that he encountered a group of assassins, calling themselves Assassin.

"What the hell? I still have Saiva," Zhu Zhen didn't take it seriously.

In fact, it was because Zhu Chu had poor historical records, so he didn't know that there really was such a group of sects called the Assassin Sect, which was a branch of the Tianfang Sect.

For some historical reasons, 'Hassan bin Sabah' founded this branch of the sect and carried out activities with assassinations and violent attacks, as well as resisted the Crusaders.

Even the words assassin and assassin in French and English are 'Assassin'.

As for why this Assassin assassin wanted to assassinate Zhu Bai.

It's because Zhu Zhen not only defeated the so-called holy war launched by Hei Erhuo, but also didn't have the slightest favorable impression of Tianfang Sect when he went to fight here.

As the 'executioner' of the Tianfang Sect, naturally I cannot sit idly by.

It's a pity that this mysterious assassination organization was once decimated by the Mongolian army, and now it is about to be completely destroyed as the Ming army sweeps all the way.

(Because I wanted to write a plot before, I mentioned it specifically.)
(End of this chapter)