Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 343 The existing drawbacks of the Ming Dynasty public examination
Chapter 343: The existing drawbacks of the Ming Dynasty public examination
Master Hu's attitude towards Zhu Yuanzhang is actually very complicated.

On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang's murderousness and ruthlessness made Mr. Hu's scalp numb.

Mr. Hu had already made up his mind to avoid Zhu Yuanzhang, and it would not be too late for him to come out and play zither when Zhu Yuanzhang got his hair down.

But on the other hand, as the time spent with him increased, Mr. Hu really admired this person.

It is truly a legend that an illiterate farmer who was born as a shepherd boy, by chance and hard work, reached the position where he is now the founding emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang has all the character, means, ability, wisdom and the drive to refuse to admit defeat.

In addition, if Zhu Yuanzhang puts aside his fear of Mr. Hu secretly poking at him, he will actually be quite "indulgent" towards Mr. Hu!

Mr. Hu can move in and out of the forbidden palace freely;

With Zhu Yuanzhang, you can talk like an old friend, no big or small;
Be able to act as an elder in a serious manner in front of Zhu Biao;

It’s a joy to be able to hold my sister at home with my salary;

I can still continue to be cool even after causing all kinds of criticism...

These are all super-standard treatments given by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Human hearts are made of flesh!
If Zhu Yuanzhang died, Mr. Hu would naturally be happy that he had escaped the disaster, and by the way, he would be happy that his good days had come.

But now that he saw Zhu Yuanzhang exhausting himself to this point, Mr. Hu instinctively felt unhappy.

Zhu Yuanzhang finally came to his senses at this time.

He waved his hand and first drove out all the other chambermaids and maids who were as frightened as quails.

Only Song Li, who patted himself and looked at Mr. Hu with resentment on his face, was left to wait on him.

Zhu Yuanzhang simply walked out from behind the imperial court, pulled Mr. Hu directly to sit on the imperial palace in the palace, and said with a wry smile.

"Alas, the only one who can talk to us like this now is you, Wei Yong!"

"Biao'er has advised us, Song Li has also advised us, and even the queen has advised us, but..."

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he stopped talking.

He just looked at the door of the palace in a daze.

Mr. Hu didn't know what to say at this time.

This old boy is obviously in a daze.

Oh, by the way, he deposed the position of prime minister!
Without the Prime Minister, everything will only come to him.

Tired?

Of course I’m tired!
He already had enough government affairs, but now that he has taken over the things that the Prime Minister originally had to do, it would be strange that he is not tired.

But he can't say!
Can't even complain!
In Zhu Yuanzhang's simple values, since he has deposed the prime minister system, he must not give anyone any reason to question this.

Because in that case, wouldn't my previous actions look stupid?

Therefore, even though Zhu Yuanzhang was actually exhausted before, he still gritted his teeth and persisted.

Not only did he persevere, but he also took his fat son to work hard together.

Then...I was so tired that I became like this!

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally listened to Mr. Hu's words just now and his fat son's complaints.

In fact, he has persisted until now, and he really can't bear it anymore.

It's really tiring to have two less prime ministers to help.

But Zhu Yuanzhang has always had a good face in his life, and his main character is toughness.

Can he give in easily?

Therefore, after a moment of silence, Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and talked about "business"!
"Wei Yong, you did a really good job in recruiting officials!"

"Especially this time, there is no one among the six yamen and even the common people who do not praise the fairness of the exam!"

"The most rare thing is that we can choose a group of capable officials who can do the job right away, instead of the nerds like before!"

"That's good!" "Do you think this can happen again in the future?"

Mr. Hu sighed inwardly when he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say much about the fact that he almost died from overwork.

However, he has gone too far today, and if he continues, he will be at a loss.

Therefore, he simply followed Zhu Yuanzhang's words.

"If this matter is to become a regular occurrence, then there are several problems that need to be solved!"

"First of all, Your Majesty would like to confirm that everyone is eligible to register for this exam?"

"If only those with merit and reputation can apply, then what merit and reputation is the criterion?"

"If everyone can apply for the exam, will it conflict with the imperial examination?"

"After all, with such an examination where officials are awarded directly after the examination, many people may not take the imperial examination!"

"For the court, this is more than just one more exam!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded silently when he heard this.

Yes, exams are much more than just exams!

To put it bluntly, an "ascending channel" was suddenly created.

This is a bit bad for some officials and some people among scholars.

Because in the eyes of people like them, the original imperial examinations had all kinds of rules and inheritances that went back thousands of years.

To put it bluntly, their right to speak can be guaranteed.

Suddenly, a new promotion path appeared that could compete with the imperial examination. Can they tolerate it?
Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang asked about this matter, Mr. Hu first said not what should be done.

It is a problem that must be considered and solved here.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and his son both falling into deep thought, Mr. Hu continued slowly.

"Secondly, there is another problem with this matter."

"This time we are recruiting whatever we are short of, and the official rank and position are all corresponding."

"This recruitment did not take into account the balance between the six divisions, nor the differences between levels."

"No matter what yamen, whether it is the eighth or ninth grade, they all have the same level of examination and process."

"This is actually somewhat irregular!"

"So, we still need to think about it more or less."

"If the same exam is held again in the future, how many positions will be used to recruit people and how will the grades be arranged."

"Then, do all ministries take unified examinations, or do each ministries recruit exams individually?"

"These issues require His Majesty's consideration!"

"I can only raise these issues and hand them over to His Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly.

The questions Mr. Hu just raised are no joke.

The actual issues involved may not seem big, but upon closer inspection, they are quite sensitive.

Just like the issue of grades, the same exam, the same batch of registered students, and the same process went through the same process, but after being finally listed, there were some who were in the eighth grade and some who were in the ninth grade.

This is a big problem.

Because it stands to reason that under normal circumstances, promotion from ninth grade to eighth grade requires both merit and qualifications.

These issues all need to be considered by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say much, Mr. Hu simply said goodbye and left.

But as soon as he left Jinshen Palace, he was stopped by a small chamberlain, saying that it was Empress Ma who invited her!
(End of this chapter)