The Ming Dynasty started with saving the eldest grandson

Chapter 78 The chaotic accounting system

Chen Jingke didn't stay long. After finishing what he wanted to say, he said goodbye and left.

Next, it’s up to Fang Xiaoru to figure it out on his own.

It is estimated that when "A Brief History of China" is completed at the latest, he should gain something.

At that time, we will decide the next step based on his situation.

And this is just a casual chess move, and it will yield huge rewards. If it fails, it will be a waste of saliva.

He also has no psychological burden.

This is the benefit of the traveler’s foresight.

Leaving the restaurant, he found that it was almost noon, and when he arrived at the Imperial Academy, it was time for dinner.

It was a bit unreasonable to go to inspect the work during the meal, so he turned around and returned home.

Mrs. Feng had also prepared lunch. When Chen Jingke came back, she specially fried a plate of fatty meat.

There was a thick layer of fat, and there was almost no trace of leanness.

In previous lives this kind of meat was rarely touched, but in ancient times it was the most popular.

The reason is very simple. There is a lack of oil and water in the stomach, so the food will naturally taste delicious.

Chen Jingke is no exception. He lost his appetite after seeing it in his previous life, but it tastes delicious in this life.

The family of three had lunch happily, and Chen Jingke rested for a while before getting up and heading to the Imperial College.

Now he can find opportunities to come back from time to time. Both Chen Yuan and Feng are used to it, and they no longer part ways like they did at first.

There are obviously fewer scholars on the street. It is probably because the imperial examination is approaching and they are all making the final sprint.

Chen Jingke couldn't help but feel lucky that he had taken another path to become an official, otherwise the imperial examination alone would have driven him crazy.

Thinking of this and looking at the hurried scholars, he felt even happier.

When I came to the Imperial College, I found that the students here were similar to students outside. They were seizing every minute to study.

There were not many people in the huge courtyard, and when I met someone occasionally, they were walking in a hurry.

Although they can rely on Enyin to become an official, the imperial examination is the right way, and Enyin is discriminated against in promotion.

The higher you go, the more serious this discrimination becomes.

This kind of discrimination was not serious during the Hongwu period, but it still existed.

Many officials who hold the title of Jinshi in the former Yuan Dynasty speak a bit harshly.

Why do the Jiangsu and Zhejiang factions dare to fight with the Huaixi faction?

Not only because of their deeper cultural background, many of them were former Yuan officials and had Jinshi background.

They looked down on the Huaixi sect, who had made their fortune through meritorious service, and thought that these people were nothing but idiots who only knew how to fight.

Of course, there are also reasons why Zhu Yuanzhang plays with balance.

It's a pity that the premature deaths of Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiongying led Zhu Yuanzhang to kill all the Huaixi faction.

By the way, the northern officials headed by Huaixi also failed to recover.

The Jiangnan faction headed by the Jiangsu and Zhejiang factions dominated the court and finally brought about the North-South Ranking Case.

This is probably something Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not expect.

It was not until Zhu Di raised an army to quell Jingnan, overthrew Zhu Yunwen and rebuilt the court that the situation improved.

In short, the imperial examination is the right way to select officials. This kind of thinking has been formed in the Song Dynasty, and it has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for hundreds of years.

With the imperial examination restarting this year, the second-generation officials in the Imperial College are under greater pressure than the average person.

Before the abolition of the imperial examination, they could study in the Imperial College for a few years and then directly become officials through their kindness.

And no one will laugh at them.

Now that the imperial examination is resumed, if they continue to follow the path of grace, they will always be inferior to the Jinshi.

What's more, they received the best education in the Imperial College, and scholars from other places would not be able to pass the imperial examination.

Then this person would be in great disgrace.

Not only were the students themselves embarrassed, but the Imperial College was also embarrassed.

Therefore, the pressure came to the Imperial College.

The new Imperial College Prince Gong Jiu had food and accommodation at the school and urged teachers and students to study hard every day.

I wish there were 24 hours in a day.

In this case, Chen Jingke's expectation that the Confucian scholars in the Imperial College would find it difficult to compile scriptures did not happen.Even the Confucian scholars who had previously rejected arithmetic have calmed down a lot.

This made Chen Jingke feel relieved a lot.

All the way to the compilation office of "Hongwu Suanjing" located in the arithmetic class, hundreds of people gathered here, and everyone was busy.

Almost all the students in the arithmetic class participated.

The process of writing arithmetic books is also a learning process for them.

And you can directly learn first-hand knowledge, and you can learn more than usual in the classroom.

So there is no such thing as delaying your studies.

This is not the first time Chen Jingke has come to the arithmetic class. Everyone knows him.

Everyone also knows that his arithmetic skills are superb, and the Hongwu Arithmetic Classic was compiled based on his arithmetic book.

So I respect him very much.

Someone immediately took him to find Cheng Yimin.

Seeing him, Cheng Yimin came up to him with a big smile: "Haha, Chen Bandu, you are here."

Chen Jingke returned the courtesy and said, "Dr. Cheng, I didn't disturb you, did I?"

"No, no, if you don't come, I'll still be looking for you."

"Oh? But what problems did you encounter?"

"Let's talk inside."

The two came to the office inside and sat down separately.

Cheng Yimin said: "Your Majesty asked me to participate in the compilation of arithmetic examination papers. I was thinking..."

Chen Jingke said in surprise: "Wait a minute, His Majesty asked you to prepare the math test papers? You are a doctor of the Imperial College of Mathematical Sciences. This..."

Aren't you afraid of cheating?

Even if Cheng Yimin has high moral standards and would not leak test questions to students privately, he would always make people gossip.

When the test paper comes out, you have to find irrelevant people.

Cheng Yimin said proudly: "The person who writes the examination papers must not only be good at math, but also be reliable as a person."

"Most of the people who meet the status participated in the compilation of "Hongwu Suanjing"."

"In a short while, Your Majesty may not be able to find a more suitable candidate to testify."

Of course, another reason is that the arithmetic subject was added suddenly and there was insufficient preparation time.

"Shilang Qiu told me that the imperial court has a huge gap in planning officials."

"In order to recruit more people, His Majesty agreed to lower the recruitment standards."

"I estimate that anyone who takes reference this year will be selected as long as they are not too bad."

Chen Jingke frowned and said, "Can such a person be qualified for the job?"

Cheng Yimin said: "Those who can refer to it all have a certain foundation in arithmetic and can be competent with a little training."

"This will be the case for these two sessions, and it will return to normal in the future."

In fact, there was another reason that Qiu Guangan didn't tell him.

That is, Zhu Yuanzhang did this out of helplessness.

In recent years, he has gone on a killing spree and investigated tens of thousands of officials.

If an official is corrupt, most likely his subordinates will also be implicated.

In addition to the empty seal case a few years ago, a large number of those killed were also Jiguan.

Therefore, not even one out of ten planners who really understand arithmetic has been killed.

In addition, the imperial examination has been abolished for more than ten years, and there is a lack of formal supplementary channels.

The vacant positions are basically filled by ordinary scholars.

Zhu Yuanzhang had never paid attention to this area before, and he didn't know what the situation was.

Zhu Biao has been engaged in currency reform recently, dealing with money and food every day, and finally understood the true situation of the current accounting and official system.

Just two words, chaos.

(End of this chapter)