Daming: Is There Imperial Examination Fraud At The Beginning? I Cry As A Candidate During The Test

Chapter 13: The imperial examination system and the formation of a literati group in the court! The art of imperial checks and balances, checks and balances parties!

"Party fighting."

These two words came out of Ye Xuan's mouth.

Zhu Biao's face showed confusion, and he chewed these two words over and over in his heart.

Party strife?

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, and he grabbed the pillar next to him. With a little strength in his hand, his eyes became deeper.

Party struggle.

Now he has a deep understanding of party struggle.

After all, there are currently two factions in the court.

One is Huaixi Xungui Group.

These people, headed by Li Shanchang, were the heroes who had worked with him to expand territory and establish the country.

The other faction is the Zhejiang East Group.

Led by Liu Ji, also known as Liu Bowen, they were a new star party that was quite powerful in the court and even dared to challenge the nobles of Huaixi.

"gentlemen."

"You said that the literati selected under the imperial examination system will form factions when they enter the court?"

Zhu Biao was confused.

"Prince, please think about it."

"What will happen to these literati after they pass the imperial examination and enter the court?"

Ye Xuan said seductively.

"After they enter the court and become officials, if they don't know anyone, they will definitely look for other officials to hug together."

"In this way, they, a group of literati, have formed a power in the court."

"Then it becomes a partisan!"

Ye Xuan placed several stick figures on the table and formed them into a circle.

Outside the circle is written the word "Party".

Very clear.

"This is just one of the ways that intellectuals form cliques."

"They formed different parties based on various factors such as region, the same generation, or preferences."

As Ye Xuan explained, he kept gesticulating with tea on the table.

Small circles symbolizing the party appeared one by one.

Regionally formed parties.

Same party.

Like parties, etc.

Then, countless factions appeared.

"In our Ming Dynasty, there are no aristocratic families to suppress this group of literati parties. These literati parties have gradually grown and formed a force that is difficult to ignore in the court."

"You can even control the court."

"The scholars in these formed parties were all selected through imperial examinations. They had no real talent. They couldn't resolve cases if they wanted to, and couldn't settle accounts if they wanted to. They didn't understand the laws of the Ming Dynasty very well, either. He doesn’t have the professional qualities to be an official.”

"What do you think will happen to this group of people?"

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly.

"Sir, please stop playing riddles with me."

"I really can't guess what they will do?"

"When they enter the court, shouldn't they be serving the country and the people?"

Ye Xuan waved his fingers.

"No no no."

"If you think so, you are wrong."

"These groups of literati are good at eight-legged essays. What they are best at is theory and words. They will criticize officials and ridicule government affairs. On the surface, they demand justice and integrity, oppose corruption and perversion of the law by government officials, open up the way of speech, and eliminate the evils of the government and the public. wait."

"Isn't this a good thing?"

Zhu Biao was puzzled.

"Good thing?"

"You are wrong to think so of the prince."

"This group of literati are just sanctimonious on the surface. Who knows what kind of sewage is coming out of their stomachs? They demand fairness and integrity and oppose corruption and perversion of the law. They are just showing off."

"If it really involves his own interests, he will fight you tooth and nail."

"They did this just to compete for power in front of His Majesty and hope to be put into more use by His Majesty."

"In fact, they have no theory."

"It's over when it comes to reality."

"Besides, do you think these intellectual groups are not greedy?"

"There are also people among these intellectual groups who have committed corruption and perverted the law. However, these people are still sanctimonious, clamoring for justice and integrity and opposing corruption and perverting the law."

"all in all."

"The parties formed by these intellectuals can do nothing but fight for power and gain, secretly take bribes and bend the law, and speak sharply."

Zhu Biao was shocked when he heard Ye Xuan's words.

Are these literati selected from the imperial examination really so miserable?

"Wei Chen dares to give you an example."

Ye Xuan continued:

"The Ming Dynasty now has an emperor as wise and powerful as your Majesty. Even if there are many literati factions selected under the imperial examination system in the court, your Majesty will definitely be able to handle it."

"But just in case."

"If a mediocre emperor appears in the Ming Dynasty in the future..."

"With the imperial examination system and the formation of countless literati groups, who do you think will have the final say in the court?"

Ye Xuan asked.

"this......"

Zhu Biao was speechless.

You don’t need to think about this to know.

It must be the largest literati group that is in power.

In history, after Emperor Chongzhen came to power, he killed Wei Zhongxian and eliminated the eunuchs. Then, the literati group and the Donglin Party came to power.

Emperor Chongzhen should not have suppressed the eunuchs.

The eunuch party is the sharp knife in the hands of the emperor. It is the emperor's means to suppress other parties and weigh other parties.

There is no eunuch party to suppress the Donglin Party and other parties.

The Donglin Party is becoming increasingly rampant.

Corruption.

Exploiting the people.

In the end, the government forced the people to rebel.

The Ming Dynasty perished.

...

In the inner hall, Zhu Yuanzhang completely understood after hearing these words.

The imperial examination system led to the continuous influx of literati into the court and the formation of political parties.

Then party strife emerged.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew the difficulty of weighing parties.

There are two factions in the court today.

Huaixi Group and Zhedong Group.

The two parties, even with him suppressing them, were still very violent.

He uses the art of checks and balances.

Weigh both sides.

But it was also weighed very reluctantly.

If other emperors of the Ming Dynasty would also face party struggles like this in the future.

Can their checks and balances suppress them?

Zhu Yuanzhang showed worry on his face.

As an emperor.

You should know the art of checks and balances.

Weigh the power in the court.

One cannot be allowed to dominate.

Otherwise, the power in the emperor's hands will be weakened.

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