Jinyi Night Walk

Similarly, Zhu Yuanzhang did not tell this little palace guard for some reasons.

If the imperial court insisted on this seemingly equal inequality and seemingly just injustice, even if the northerners were willing to endure it and would not rebel, it would inevitably lead to a political situation in which southern scholars dominated.

The southerners not only developed economically and culturally, but also trained more students, and the actual framers of the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty were Liu Ji and Song Lian among the "Four Sons of Eastern Zhejiang". Their examination standards, examination scope, and examination requirements were more suitable Jiangnan students.Every time a subject is opened, students from the south will naturally become officials if they win the imperial examinations, and a pattern of imperial power in the south is strong and the north is weak. In addition to competing for very few places in the imperial examination, they can only become officials through non-imperial examination methods such as supervisory students and recommendation. Once they become officials, they are also oppressed and discriminated against in official circles because of the small number of people and their irregular background.

It is said that they are loyal to the emperor, but no matter how loyal they are, they are not morally flawless saints. How can they not take care of their fellow villagers and those who are related to them?The relationship between officials, teachers and students in the south, and the relationship between villagers are intricate, and cliques are inevitable, and they will eventually become cliques.This is extremely detrimental to the country. In order to insist on the equality and fairness of the examination, it undermines the stability of the country, which Zhu Yuanzhang cannot tolerate.

What is the real purpose of the imperial examination?It is to attract scholars from all over the world to serve the imperial court. How can we put the cart before the horse for the sake of so-called justice, and make the imperial examination the root cause of the confrontation between the north and the south and the chaos of the world?

As a far-sighted politician, Zhu Yuanzhang's consideration is clear, correct, and wise. Unfortunately, those nerds cannot see this layer, or even if they see it, they will not be moved, and will not be affected by any external reasons. To deny the "Tao" in their hearts, nothing in the world is immortal, and a dynasty will also be destroyed, but the "Tao" in their hearts is eternal and immortal.

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Xia Xun couldn't help being moved by his good intentions, and couldn't help saying: "What the emperor said is that those who don't plan for the overall situation are not enough to plan for a region, and those who don't plan for the eternity are not enough to plan for a moment. What kind of avenue, if it is not enough to benefit the people, is nothing but a stupid and useless way."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and he sighed: "Those who don't plan for the overall situation can't plan for a region, and those who don't plan for the whole world can't plan for a moment. Good! Well said! The civil servants and elites of the Manchu Dynasty are not as good as your mere imperial guards." experience!"

"The grandson of the emperor has arrived~~~"

"Deng Wenkeng, the Imperial Envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, has arrived~~~"

"The Minister of Rites, Zheng Yi, has arrived~~"

"The servant of the Ministry of Justice has arrived~~"

After several roll calls, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was still not interested, suppressed his smile, nodded to Xia Xun, and said kindly: "You step back."

Then he said to the servant: "Xuan!"

"Emperor Xuan's grandson, Deng Wenkeng, Zheng Yi, Baozhao, see you~~" Xia Xun hurriedly stepped back, and Cheng Jinyu, who was standing on the right side of the door, looked at him enviously, wanting to ask him what the emperor told him What, it's a pity that they didn't dare to whisper to each other standing here, so they had to stand upright.

The emperor's grandson and others entered in turn. It was the first time Xia Xun saw the appearance of the future Emperor Jianwen. Seeing that he had delicate features and gentle manners, his every move was full of elegance, but he also had a kind of grace and elegance.

"Here you are, grandson, sit down beside grandfather."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Xia Xun had just complained, but their spirits were not so strong. They were secretly relieved when they saw the emperor's amiable face, and Zhu Yunwen sat down on the brocade pier beside Zhu Yuanzhang as he said.

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Yunwen: "You must have known what happened in the court today. What do you think should be done now?"

Zhu Yunwen thought about it for a while, and summoned up his courage, and said: "Son'er thinks that the adults Liu Sanwu and Zhang Xin are right! The imperial court only relies on an article to recruit scholars, which is the most fair. If you violate the law privately, then you should tell the world that the list is unmistakable."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank when he heard this: "Open a course to recruit scholars? Why did the court open a course to recruit scholars? Isn't it ridiculous to recruit scholars just for the sake of obtaining scholars, but forget the purpose of obtaining scholars? Yun Wen, with such eyes, you can only To be a qualified Confucian scholar, how to be a qualified emperor?"

This is a very serious criticism, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly left his seat, bowed down in the tunnel and said: "Grandson is stupid, please give advice to grandpa."

"Sit down!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to his seat in displeasure, and then turned to Deng Wenkeng, the Imperial Envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate: "Deng Qing, what do you think?"

Deng Wenkeng has always been upright, jealous of evil, and does not follow personal interests.Just in March of this year, Ouyang Lun, the son-in-law of Zhu Yuanzhang's beloved daughter, Princess Anqing, took advantage of the opportunity to send over [-] catties of tea leaves to Shaanxi on behalf of the emperor to patrol the country.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, those who leave the country privately and pass through the pass without detection will be executed.There is a folk song spread all over the city of Xi'an, which says: "The convoy of the son-in-law is in the private tea storage; the yamen is sheltered, and the officials and officials guard each other; the prince breaks the law, and the common people are guilty of the same crime; once the case is brought up, the stolen goods are used to catch ghosts." However, because he is the emperor's Uncle, all civil and military officials in the court pretended to be deaf and dumb, only Deng Wenkeng stepped forward to impeach Ouyang Lun.

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard the news, and ordered Ouyang Lun to be killed, and other related people should be punished as they should.

But although Deng Wenkeng is not afraid of power in impeachment, he is scratching his head in this case.It is now clear that Liu Sanwu and other examiners did not follow the law privately and should not be punished.

However, if Ding Chou's scientific research case fails to satisfy the Northern Juzi and Northern officials, it will inevitably cause even greater troubles.

Being an official in the imperial examination has almost become the only way out for scholars. Thousands of troops cross the single-plank bridge. If this bad case is not handled to the satisfaction of all parties, the scholars in the north and the gentry landlords and local celebrities behind these scholars , everything will be offended over and over again, it is a matter of whether the world will be safe or not, and this is not Deng Wenkeng's strong point.

He hesitated for a moment, and replied: "Your Majesty, I think that you may send another official to re-examine."

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "Retrial? When will the trial last? Zheng Yi, tell me!"

Zheng Yi's career as an official is a bit of a legend. He was promoted to the capital by exception because of his reputation, which reached the ears of the emperor.

He is from Pujiang, and his family has not been separated for more than 300 years since the Song Dynasty.Known as "Yimen", there are more than a thousand members of the family. The elders and children are orderly, love each other, live in harmony, and rarely have disputes. Zhu Yuanzhang personally bestowed a plaque "Xiaoyi Family" Zheng Yi because of this.

This minister of the Ministry of Rites didn't like being an official at all, and he didn't get involved in the affairs of the court. When the emperor asked him, he bowed and replied: "Your Majesty, it is an indisputable fact that students from the north are inferior to students from the south. The northern students are less knowledgeable, so the imperial court should encourage and promote them. If they are ignored, the culture and education in the north will inevitably go from bad to worse. Governing a country is like governing a family. We should support and help the weak and poor people so that they can catch up with other people as much as possible. Brother Fang, how can you despise suppression and ignore it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help nodding when he heard this, and said happily: "What Aiqing said is reasonable. In the whole world, is it the king's land, the land on the shore, and the king's ministers. No matter who is from the south or the north, they are all my people. The father's family is like the elders of a family. The children and grandchildren in the house are poorer and weaker, and they all want to support and help them. How can they just let him go because he has no future? Does Zheng Qing have any good ideas?"

Zheng Yidao: "Speaking of the north, it's not all places with weak culture and education. Shandong and Shanxi have always been outstanding in culture and education, not inferior to the south. Shanxi has rarely experienced wars, but what about Shandong? Although wars are frequent, the hometown of saints and local governments I have always attached importance to culture and education, how dare I relax? Therefore, in the future, the imperial court can order the governments all over the north to strengthen cultural and educational affairs. The imperial court allocates funds to build more prefectural schools and county schools, and then invites more famous scholars from the south to teach in the north. The gap will inevitably narrow.”

It's easy to say, but it's so hard to do. Besides, this is a long-term solution. People often say that it takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to grow a person. When will the effect be seen?You have to be motivated to study. If there is no opportunity for northerners to become officials in the next 100 years, how many people will be willing to study hard if you build a school in each village?

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said, "Far waters can't help those who are near thirsty. How can we solve today's situation?"

Zheng Yi lowered his head and said, "I... feel ashamed."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and paced slowly in the hall. After a long time, Fang stopped and turned to look at Bao Zhao, the servant of the Ministry of punishment.At the beginning, Baozhao was directly awarded the position of Secretary of the Dali Temple by Guo Zisheng. Later, he successively served as the chief secretary of Beiping, participated in politics, and the Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Known for its frugality.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at him and said in a deep voice, "Bao Zhao!"

"Chen is here!"

"Liu Sanwu, Zhang Xin and others colluded to deceive the emperor and persisted in their obsession. This is a serious crime. You go back and interrogate them strictly. You must find out the evidence of their crimes of breaking the law. I must punish them severely!"

Bao Zhao was taken aback, he did not expect that the emperor would still severely punish Liu Sanwu and others, it seems that the emperor made up his mind to take the heads of Liu Sanwu and others to appease the anger of thousands of families in the north.Bao Zhao didn't dare to contradict Zhu Yuanzhang, so he had to bite the bullet and agree.

"Okay, all go down!"

Several officials didn't dare to say more, and bowed one after another and withdrew.Zhu Yunxuan, who had just been reprimanded, saw that his grandfather was unhappy, so he didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly withdrew quietly.

The rain outside the hall became heavier and heavier, and the rain was as dense as a bead curtain, forming a rain curtain along the eaves of the hall.

The sky became even more overcast, and occasionally a flash of lightning, accompanied by the sound of shaking the window lattice, reflected the faces of Xia Xun and Cheng Jinyu who were standing on the left and right sides of the gate turning green. The power of heaven was unpredictable.

Among them, the dark entrance of the hall looks like the entrance to the Hall of Hades.

"Karala!"

Following the sound of thunder, a deep and majestic voice came from the entrance of the Palace of the Underworld: "Yang Xu, come in."

Xia Xun almost thought he heard it wrong, until the second call sounded, and he hurriedly turned and entered the hall. ...! ~!