Kangxi Harem Ⅰ: Green Years

Chapter 152 (38) Rong Er is Pregnant Again and the National Treasury is in Emergency (Part [-])
Xuan Ye was thinking about today's affairs, nearly a year of war has left the national treasury empty, and without money in the treasury, it is like having no rice to cook. A minister proposed that the donation system should be revived. The so-called donation system is straightforward The point is to allow rich people to buy officials with money. Although he knows that employing people should be good, but facing the emptiness of the national treasury, he can't find a reason to refuse. Xuan Ye shook his head helplessly. How far do you want to push me? No, it is not so much that the court is openly selling officials, it is better to say that I am selling officials. The ministers are waiting for my decision. If the donation is not paid and the treasury is empty, what will I use to send the army? Sound, what to reward the heroic enemy killers?He is so powerless as an emperor, thinking of this, Xuan Ye sighed heavily.

Rong'er's sleep has always been very light, she felt someone beside her, slowly opened her eyes, the person on the bed who frowned slightly and lowered her head was the emperor, Rong'er thought of her own child, and called out happily: "The emperor..."

Xuan Ye listened to Rong'er's call, looked at Rong'er quickly, and asked with a smile: "Did I wake you up?"

Rong'er smiled and shook his head, "No, Rong'er and the emperor had a good understanding, and they woke up when they knew the emperor was coming." Rong'er was about to get up after talking.

Xuan Ye smiled and gently pressed Rong'er, "Don't get up, lie down and have a good rest."

Rong'er lay obediently on the bed and looked at Xuan Ye, her face was blushing, and she whispered shyly, "Rong'er has the emperor's child again."

Xuan Ye looked at the blush on Rong'er's face and said with a smile: "Yes, I came to visit you as soon as I knew about it. I heard that you caught the cold, so take good care of yourself." Thinking about it, Rong'er has been with him for eight years , but whenever the two of them were alone, a shy blush would still appear on their face, this blush would make Xuan Ye believe that Rong'er hadn't changed in the past eight years, and was still the same as before.

"The emperor's brows are frowning again, and the emperor has something to worry about again, is it because of Zhang Chang... Zhang Leqi?" Rong Er remembered that Zhang Leqi's title had been revoked, so she hurriedly changed her words.

"No, she was punished, and I don't need to worry about it, I'm worried about the court affairs." Xuan Ye said softly, and touched Rong'er's forehead with his hand, but fortunately, he didn't have a high fever.

Rong'er nodded and said, "It's the south that has troubled the emperor again." Rong'er held Xuan Ye's hand lightly with both hands in distress.

Xuan Ye held Rong'er with his backhand, feeling the warmth from the pair of tender panties in his hands, and said softly: "Yes, I have nothing to hide from you, I just think that I am not qualified to be an emperor, and I was step by step by the enemy. Pressing hard but can't find an effective way to defeat the enemy, I am really afraid that one day I will be forced to have no way out, and what will I do at that time."

"Your Majesty said it yourself, you just haven't thought of a way to defeat the enemy for the time being, but Rong'er has confidence in you, you will definitely think of it." Rong'er doesn't understand war, she only knows that she wants to give the emperor confidence.

"Well, maybe." Xuan Ye got up and stood up, walking back and forth in the room.

Rong'er also sat up, didn't speak, just looked at Xuan Xuan silently, she knew he was thinking about something again.

After a long time, Xuan Ye said softly: "The national treasury is in danger, and some ministers suggested to donate money, but I think that the appointment and removal of this official should be based on talent, and the imperial examination can only get the talents that the court can use. My heart is very contradictory." Xuan Ye After a little thought, he continued, "I'm thinking about the country's policy, and there are nothing more than two points to consider. One is a long-term policy. It may not be effective at the beginning, but if you stick to it, it will be effective over time; and the other is an immediate policy. , This strategy may have disadvantages in the long run, but it can solve the immediate difficulties. I think that maybe it is really impossible to say arbitrarily that we should consider the long-term consideration or the immediate consideration, but it should depend on the time. For example, this donation strategy, so In the long run, there is no benefit in harming the country and the people, but it can solve the immediate crisis of empty treasury."

Rong Er interjected with a smile: "Yu Daqing, the country's survival is at stake right now, so we should consider immediate strategies, right?"

Xuan Ye nodded lightly, "But I'm thinking that if this donating official fails to serve the people after taking office, and arouses public anger instead, will it be like throwing a stone at his own feet?"

"This...then strictly examine those who donate money? Don't allow those who donate money?" Rong'er also frowned and asked.

Xuan Ye sighed helplessly, "Maybe I really can't think about it that much, the country is in danger and there are so many military supplies."

Rong'er knew that the emperor already had an idea.

In September of the 13th year of Kangxi, at the meeting of the Ministry of War, all the serving officials of the Manchu and Han Dynasties donated muskets to increase their official rank. In addition, students donated [-] muskets, idle disciples donated [-] muskets, and were allowed to study in the Imperial College, while Fu Jia donated [-] muskets. , giving the top load of the ninth rank.

In October of the 13th year of Kangxi, due to the large number of rebellious areas, a large amount of money and food were urgently needed to counter the rebellion, and the Qing government officially resumed the donation system.The donation regulations for different identities are as follows:

Current civil and military officials and squires who donate 200 taels of silver or 300 shi of rice shall be recorded once; those who donate 400 taels of silver and 500 taels of rice or [-] shi and [-] shi of rice shall be recorded twice and three times respectively; Those who donate [-] taels or [-] shi of rice will be given a higher grade.

Jinshi, Juren, and Gongsheng who donated 80 taels of silver and 150 taels of silver or 160 taels of rice and 300 shi of rice will be recorded once and twice on the date of appointment; those who donate a total of [-] taels of silver or [-] shi of rice will be recognized on the date of appointment. Add one level.

Zengsheng, epiphysis, Qingyi and other students, depending on the amount of silver or rice they donate, can be transferred to the Ministry of Rites and sent to the Imperial College to study.

Those who donate 100 taels, 150 taels and 250 taels of silver or donate [-] shi, [-] shi and [-] shi of rice for rich people will be given hanging plaques, ninth-rank top belt honor body and eighth-rank top belt honor body respectively.

At the same time, there are also some restrictions on the eligibility of donations:
Donations are not allowed for grand schemes of corruption, loss of cities and land, theft of money and food, fraud in the examination hall, evildoing and harming the people, and dismissed officials above the third rank.However, if a person is dismissed due to fugitive robbery, arrears of money and grain, and delay in official duties, from the fourth-rank official to the ninth-rank official, depending on the amount of donations, the original product will be given the honor of the original title.Those who have been dismissed as Jinshi and Juren will donate 150 taels or 250 taels of silver, and they will be awarded the ninth-rank top belt and the eighth-rank top belt respectively.

In the following three years, due to repeated shortages of military supplies, the regulations on donations were also added and changed many times, such as nanobeans, horse grass, shotguns, bows and arrows, etc., were included in it, and a total of more than 10 silver was donated to the Qing court in three years Ten thousand taels, and more than [-] people have donated to Nazhi County, and the number of Taixue students has increased to several [-].At the same time, the Qing court also formulated a discretionary employment system for recruiting people to reclaim land, stipulating that all those who belong to tribute students, supervisors, students, and common people who have cultivated more than [-] hectares of land, who have played in the two departments of officials and soldiers, and tested their literary and artistic level, will be awarded to magistrates, county magistrates, etc. County magistrate, garrison, Baizong and other officials.However, if the local officials presumptuously ask questions about the insufficient amount of the recruited land for reclamation or the money and grain for reclamation, they will be discussed and punished as usual.

The donation system lasted until the 20th year of Kangxi, when the chaos was settled.

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The historical data of the donation system in the back, because there are many nouns mentioned in it, such as "shengyuan", "gongsheng" and "jiansheng", so by the way, I attach a piece of information to let everyone understand the imperial examination system in the Qing Dynasty:( After citing information from other places, Yuetong will make a simple and clear overview after sorting it out. Friends who are interested can take a look.)
Scholars in the Qing Dynasty had to go through three steps: the examination of students, the examination of juren, and the examination of Jinshi on the way to obtain fame and fame through the imperial examination. Therefore, the considerations in the Qing Dynasty were: the examination for students, the examination for juren, and the examination for Jinshi.

★The general educational institutions in the Qing Dynasty were divided into: private schools, social studies, free schools; prefectural schools, state schools, county schools; Guozijian

[-]. Private schools, social studies, free districts: places where children receive enlightenment education, private schools: similar to today's private schools, social studies: similar to today's public schools, free schools: similar to today's private schools.Students from these three places are called "tongsheng" and can take part in the imperial examination.

[-]. Prefectural schools, prefectural schools, and county schools: Government schools funded by the state. Children enter through examinations and are called "students", commonly known as "scholars". The entrance examination is the primary examination in the imperial examination system. Second-rate.The students are further divided into lin students, augmented students and epiphytes. Among them, lin students: those who are subsidized (scholarships), augmented students: students who have increased compared with the original quota, and the popular point is to expand enrollment; epiphytes: those who are outside of it, similar Second enrollment expansion.

[-]. Guozijian: The highest school is in the capital, and the students are divided into three groups: tribute students and supervising students

Gongsheng: Students who are selected, recommended, and tested, which means: contribute talents to the country.Divided into: Sui Gong, En Gong, Ba Gong, You Gong, Fu Gong, Li Gong

※Sui Gong: Year-old students will learn food from each prefecture, state, and county. After ten years, the students will be promoted in order of seniority (according to reward recommendation)

※Engong: In the event of a national celebration or enthronement promulgating the year of envoy, the year-old tribute will be used as the year-old tribute, and the tribute will be called Engong; the next year, the top students of each school will be the year-old tribute

※Bagong: Examinations conducted by provincial education administrations for students. Students apply to their own prefecture, state, and county schools. Entered the Imperial Academy. (It feels a bit like going to college)

※Yougong: It is also an examination for the education and administration of each province, once every three years, and the number of places is limited.

※Vice tribute: additionally included in the list of candidates in the provincial examination
※Example tribute: donated income

Supervisor:

※Enjian: Those who are admitted by various officials and students and who enter the prison as descendants of Confucius and sages are called Enjian.

※Shadow monitoring.Yinjian is divided into Enyin and Difficult Yin: in the Qing Dynasty, civil servants with Beijing officials of the fourth rank or above, foreign officials with the third rank or above, and military officials with the second rank or above were all allowed to send their sons to study in the Imperial Academy. These people and those who were specially admitted to the Imperial Academy were called Grace oversees students.In addition, Beijing officials and foreign officials of the third grade or above, regardless of Manchu and Han, who have served in logistics for three years and died in the king's affairs, will allow one of their sons to study in the Imperial Academy; Officials who died in the affairs of the king were also allowed to have one of their heirs study in the Guozijian, and they were all called Nanyin Jiansheng.

※Excellent supervisor.An excellent supervisor refers to a student who enters the Imperial Academy as an epiphyte.

※Regular supervision.Regular supervisors refer to those who have obtained the qualifications of supervisors with donations from Junxiu (that is, civilians without any fame).

[-]. Other official studies:
※Jueluo School: The place where the children of Aixinjueluo were educated

※Zongxue: the place where the sons and daughters of the clan were educated
※Jingsanguan School: select children under the three banners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Jianghuang Banner, Zhenghuang Banner, and Zhengbai Banner) to enter the school
※Xian'an Palace Official School: Young children from Sanqi Zuoling and Guanling of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, outstanding students of Jing Sanguan School and Baqi Junxiu are selected for admission.

★Examinations in the Qing Dynasty:

[-]. Year-old examination: To assess the students' learning status, the students should wear blue shirts. Those who fail the exam will be punished: "Qingyi": After being punished, they will change their body into green shirts. Learning, the most serious thing is deposed for the people.

[-]. Scientific examination: the pre-selection examination of the township examination. Those who fail to pass the examination are not allowed to participate in the township examination.

[-]. Township examination: Juren examination, one subject every three years, after passing the provincial examination, one will be awarded the title of "Juren". Obtaining "Juren" means obtaining merit, and then one can take unlimited times to participate in the general examination held by the Ministry of Rites of the imperial court.

1. Examination: The Ministry of Rites of the imperial court is held in the Gongyuan of the capital. There is one subject every three years. The number of those who win the list is called "Gongshi", at least nearly a hundred. No.[-] is called "Huiyuan".

51. Re-examination: Those who have won the "Gong Shi" in the general examination need to re-examination. In the early Qing Dynasty, there was no re-examination. In the [-]st year of Kangxi, there was a scientific examination fraud case, so re-examination was added.Candidates who excel in the examination will be given the chance to take the "Palace Examination".

Sixth, Palace Examination: Examination in the palace, presided over by the emperor, the ranks of the palace examination are divided into top three, a total of three, No.1 is called the number one scholar, No.2 is called the second place, No.3 is called Tanhua, and it is awarded Jinshi and the second place; Several names will be given Jinshi background; several top three names will be given Jinshi background.

(End of this chapter)