Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

Just when Zhu Youjian was giving specific guidance on Ming Dynasty's scientific research work, officials and scholars outside were already in trouble because of the National People's Congress. Even though the story hadn't officially appeared in the newspapers, the news was already spreading.

Some people even imitated newspaper reports and wrote articles about what happened at the court meeting. Let the scholars in the capital copy it and spread the story widely.

"His Majesty will ask the people to hold a meeting and decide on the policy of the deputy list."

"Mr. Liu also discussed this matter together with the National People's Congress in "Zhou Li"."

After hearing the news, everyone in the capital suddenly became excited.

What this means is that they can decide their own destiny.

This is something that is impossible to happen in their imagination——

No one would have thought that the emperor would hand over their future to them for discussion.

"Your Majesty is truly a holy king!"

"Did all the emperors of the Ming Dynasty ever pay so much attention to scholars?"

Looking back on the policies of the current emperor, they all attach great importance to scholars, which makes some scholars feel extremely emotional.

At this time, everyone could imagine that the prosperous age of a scholar was about to begin in the hands of the emperor——

The so-called gathering of all the people for deliberation is not just the deliberation of scholars!
Even officials, although they were somewhat worried that their previously strong positions would be challenged by scholars without official positions, because they were scholars, it was impossible for them to object to the emperor's transfer of power to the scholars.

Some people even vaguely realized that the reconstruction of ritual music that the emperor asked Liu Zongzhou to preside over was far from being as simple as it seemed:
The so-called National People's Congress was the first policy proposed by Liu Zongzhou since he re-established rituals and music.

The impact of this incident on the Ming Dynasty must be extremely profound!

Therefore, many people began to collect Liu Zongzhou's articles and remarks, and even visited his home, wanting to know where this respected Confucian master wanted to take the Ming Dynasty.

Amidst all these disturbances, on March 4th, Emperor Xizong's Zigong caused trouble. Zhu was escorted by officials such as Li Guopu, Zhang Ruitu and Prince Consort Hou Bo, who were sent by the prosecutor to escort him. He was buried in Deling four days later.

The imperial court was busy with this important event, and the newspapers were full of memories of Emperor Tianqi. Matters concerning the National People's Congress were gradually suppressed.

However, the meeting of the people was officially held in Gongyuan on March 10 when the results of the Jinshi examination were released.

It's the first time to participate in this kind of thing, and use the votes in your hands to decide your own destiny. All the people who participated were very careful.

Zhu Youjian was also worried that something would go wrong, so he decided to hold this meeting to formulate several options for the court to vote on.

For example, for the treatment of the deputy list of Jinshi subjects, he gave the two options of teaching as a juren as usual, or being allowed to participate in Enke.

All candidates can only choose from two options. Those who do not choose according to the rules will have their votes invalidated.

At this time, none of these candidates knew that after the implementation of the Mokan method, the Mokan period between Jinshi and non-Jinshi students was very different. So although some people want to directly obtain teaching positions and become officials, more people choose to participate in the opportunity of Enke.

It can be said that there is no change from Zhu Youjian's previous policy.

Then there is the matter of Mingfa and Mingshuang, and whether to grant birth.

This is quite controversial among the juren. Most of those who have not participated in the two subjects expressed their opposition.

Even those who took the Mingfa and Mingshu subjects have disputes over whether the secondary rankings of the two subjects should be used to confer family background:
This is because the imperial court's previous regulations on the deputy list of Mingjingke and Mingshuke were that after birth, officials must be selected and appointed, otherwise they should not participate in Enke and compete for official opportunities.

Therefore, some candidates who took the Mingfa and Mingshu exams were worried that they would have to hold office after being granted birth status. They did not want this opportunity——

After all, there is a huge gap in the grinding period between Jinshi and non-Jinshi. They don't want to have to serve as officials if they get admitted to the deputy list. Zhu Youjian learned about this situation during his early investigation. In order to encourage the candidates to learn law and arithmetic, and to increase the number of officials with backgrounds in the two subjects, he was very lenient with these two subjects. In the name of not being an enke, he did not force the two subjects to serve as deputy candidates. Those who are ranked in the deputy list of the two subjects are allowed to take office without being selected as officials. They can still take the exam in the future and continue to take the Jinshi exam.

The purpose is nothing more than to dispel the concerns of some people, get them to support the Mingfa and Mingshu departments, and grant them deputy rankings.

Under his operation, candidates who participated in the Mingfa and Mingshu subjects, as well as those who planned to participate in these two subjects in the future, all agreed to be given deputy rankings in the two subjects, and could serve as the same as the deputy rankings in the Mingjing and Mingshu subjects. Official of the ninth rank.

In the future, Mingfa and Mingshu will definitely receive more attention, and officials who are proficient in legal calculations will also increase in the officialdom.

Then there is the last issue: the quota for those born on the deputy list.

This is a question raised by many officials who are worried about official expansion.

Zhu Youjian proposed three plans on this issue. One is the recruitment ratio of Jinshi subjects: Mingfa subjects and Mingshu subjects: Mingjing subjects and Mingshu subjects, which is 1:1:1.

Among them, the Jinshi subjects are all Jinshi, and the other four subjects include Jinshi and deputy list origins.

Taking this year's imperial examination as an example, 400 people were admitted to the Jinshi section. The Mingfa and Mingshu departments also employ 400 people, and the Mingjing and Mingshu departments also employ 400 people. However, in the four departments, half of them have formal Jinshi and deputy rankings.

This option was put at the forefront by him. The remaining two options are fine-tuning this. One is to increase the number of people recruited into the Mingfa and Mingshu departments, and the other is to increase the number of people recruited into the Mingjing and Mingshu departments.

When many people voted, most of them were undecided. Those who are good at legal calculations will naturally tend to the second option. Those who can join Enke tend to be third.

In the end, after a round of voting, the first option was chosen by the most people. Most people think that the number of people is quite fair.

After counting the votes, Honglu Temple officials announced that the recruitment ratio for the following subjects would be 1:1:1.

At this point, the matter that everyone gathered to discuss finally came to an end.

All the officials and people who participated in the meeting, officials and people who witnessed the incident felt that a new era seemed to be coming.

"Eye-opener!"

“What an eye-opener!”

"This is the emperor discussing the country with all the people, right?"

"Your Majesty is truly a holy king!"

At this moment, even the officials and people who were dissatisfied with the emperor's actions felt that the current emperor's actions could be called a holy king:

How many people can you count who have paid so much attention to public opinion throughout the ages?
So they couldn't wait to sing praises for the current emperor and praise this wise king.

Even in the past, these people didn’t care about the results of the exams, which had attracted much attention in the past——

After all, the list will be released once every three years. It is nothing compared to a public meeting. It is setting a precedent!
However, the officials and the people didn't care much about it, but the juren who participated in the examination were very concerned about it.

Regardless of whether they were satisfied or dissatisfied with the results of the previous meeting, after the examination list came out, they put their minds down and went to see the admission list.

However, this year's ranking is a little different from previous years. That is, all the candidates who participated in the examination are now in Gongyuan. In addition, the officials of Honglu Temple were also present. Those Honglu Temple chanters who were proficient in singing praises began to read the list loudly after releasing the list.

There are also some servants who distribute the printed lists to all the candidates.

All candidates present were immediately informed of the admission list.

For a time, the candidates who had passed the examination were shouting loudly, and congratulations were heard in the Gongyuan. (End of chapter)