My Ming Dynasty, I have the final say

Chapter 64 Zhou Yingqiu’s "Instructions for Taking on the Appointment"

"My minister, Zhou Yingqiu, respectfully wishes the Holy Father to greet you."

"Flat body."

Putting down the ink pen in his hand, Zhu Youxiao raised his head and looked at Zhou Yingqiu who came in holding two books.

"Zhou Aiqing is here today, but what's the matter?"

"Go back to Your Majesty."

Handing the things in his hands to the eunuch, Zhou Yingqiu bowed.

"I have already prepared a file for all officials in Beijing. Your Majesty would like to preview it."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao picked up the first book that the eunuch brought over.

The first volume that catches your eye is Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

It states Fang Congzhe's information, where he is, what year he was born, what year he was elected, and what official position he held.

Other than that, there is nothing else.

There is no such thing as what this person has done, what he has said, what others have said about him, etc.

This is the 48th year of Wanli. Some people know better than me what they will do in the future.

As for what happened before the 48th year of Wanli and other people's comments, he was not interested in knowing. The party struggle at that time was no less than that of Tianqi's years.

As long as there are people participating in this thing like comments, there will definitely be moisture.

And if you select people based on reviews, there is no doubt that you will definitely select a bunch of fake and empty-minded people.

Compiling experience files can ensure that Zhu Youxiao will ignore the influence of cronies to the greatest extent when hiring people.

"What is this book?"

Putting down the official document, Zhu Youxiao curiously picked up the book placed underneath.

"Instructions for Arrival."

After looking at the title written on the cover, Zhu Youxiao opened the book.

It can be seen that the owner of the book often reads it, and the lines of the book are a little open.

Moreover, some of my own experiences and knowledge are written in small regular script between the lines.

"This book was compiled by Taizu, and its purpose is to teach Jinshi how to be a qualified official."

Seeing the emperor's curiosity, Zhou Yingqiu bent down and cupped his hands.

"Good, good, good."

After flipping through a few pages, Zhu Youxiao had to sigh.

"Getting this thing is worth a thousand pieces of gold."

Zhu Yuanzhang left too many good things to future generations.

A copy of "Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions", which teaches the emperor.

A "Instructions for Taking Up the Job", which is used to teach new scholars.

The imperial examination system for selecting officials started in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and matured in the Zhao and Song Dynasties. By the Ming Dynasty, it had become the mainstream method for selecting officials in the imperial court.

Moreover, most of the Jinshi scholars in the Ming Dynasty who passed the examination were assigned to the same place as their parents.

And if you think about it with your buttocks, you will know how complicated the government affairs in a county are.

There are countless subordinate officials in the county government and large gentry in the country. These people are connected into a dense chain of interests.

The intrigues and intrigues therein are so treacherous.

How could a newbie scholar be able to handle these things?

Zhu Yuanzhang did not regard these new scholars he selected as literary stars from the sky descending to earth, but regarded them as a group of fledgling rookies.

In essence, these new masters are all scholars.

I was a scholar the day before yesterday and now I am a parent. How can I be competent?

And Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor who was very considerate of the sufferings of the people. He was also afraid that the Jinshi he selected would be a nerd who was not diligent and indifferent to grains. Then the people of the county would be unlucky.

Therefore, he convened a group of old officials and capable ministers in the court, and began to revise such a "Instructions for Taking on the Appointment", which was specially issued to the new scholars. This was the normative decree for local officials in the Ming Dynasty.

The most fundamental purpose of the "Instructions for Taking on the Job" is to teach new men who have just taken the imperial examination how to be an official and a good official.In this book, there are 31 detailed items that local officials should handle, which are called "official secrets".

The main function is to prevent these disciples of the emperor from turning a blind eye when they get to the local level, failing to grasp the key points in handling the government affairs of a county, and letting local subordinates play with their hands.

This book, for the current Zhu Youxiao, is really a blessing after a long drought.

The Ming Dynasty is currently seriously short of officials. Let's open Enke. Only three or four hundred people can be selected from one subject, which will treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

During the more than two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 10.24 subjects, the total number of candidates was approximately 2.46, and the number of Jinshi was [-].

And how many civil servants will there be in future generations?Well, 710 million. According to the total population divided by ten, there are still 71.

The number of officials in the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years was less than one-seventh of that of later generations.

And with the "Instructions for Arrival", you can quickly train officials.

To be an official, you don't have to be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics.

If you can pass the imperial examination, you will be able to write eight-legged essays, and then you will be able to write official documents.

Then a copy of "Instructions for Taking on the Job", a copy of "Da Ming Law", a book of calculation, and combined with obedient government officials, a county can be managed in an orderly manner.

The Donglin Party is not bullshit. These business and academic circles rely on cultivating spokespersons to fight for their own interests.

You are very nurturing, right?

Let me expand the number of officials upwards so that I can see how many you can cultivate and how many you can win over.

Moreover, as the number of officials increases, it will be easier to kill them, right?

"I ask your Majesty to use this book as an examination guide to select a group of officials as soon as possible to fill local vacancies."

Seeing that the emperor understood what he meant, Zhou Yingqiu cupped his hands and said.

Following Zhou Yingqiu's words, Zhu Youxiao said.

"Then, officials can be transferred from the local area to the capital to fill the vacancies for the capital officials for the time being?"

"Back to the emperor, this is what I think."

As a smart man, after understanding the emperor's criteria for selecting officials, Zhou Yingqiu immediately thought of this book that was given to him after he was admitted to Jinshi.

"Using the "Instructions for Taking Appointment" compiled by Taizu as the syllabus for selecting officials can ensure to the greatest extent that the new officials will not cause local chaos after they take office."

"After foreign officials enter Beijing, they can guarantee to the greatest extent that these people are as clean as the ministers."

After experiencing so much these days, what are Zhou Yingqiu's strengths?
Able to do things and clean.

He doesn't have the ability to participate in the games played by the big guys in the capital.

"It makes sense, it makes sense."

After listening to Zhou Yingqiu's words, Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction.

These are the officials who serve the Ming Dynasty.

"Since you proposed this policy, it is up to you to come up with the topic."

"The minister leads the decree to thank you."

After hearing Zhu Youxiao's words, Zhou Yingqiu quickly bowed.

After Zhou Yingqiu left, Zhu Youxiao happily looked through the "Instructions for Arrival".

"Pass an edict that each of the imperial students in the Imperial College should be given a copy of "Instructions for Arrival."

"The slaves obey the order."

Liu Shimin was a little confused when he heard that the emperor asked people to issue letters.

Aren't you going to use this thing as an exam syllabus?How can I send the book in advance?
After Liu Shimin left, Zhu Youxiao looked at the book in his hand with gleaming eyes.

No one dares to object to using this thing as an exam syllabus.

Who is so crazy that they dare to object to the emperor using the books compiled by Taizu to test students?

This thing is not something like the "Taizu Dagao" that has been explicitly abolished long ago.

Moreover, this book is different from the Four Books and Five Classics. It is a pragmatic book and is very useful for people who want to be local officials.

"You can also use this thing to revise the national education textbooks in the future."

　Read on, read on, read on.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)