Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1452, Liu Jin's troubles
Inside Liu Jin's mansion in the capital.

With the arrival of the scorching summer, the whole capital is like a stove, making people uncomfortable.

Liu Jin was lying on his old man's chair, shaking the chair, feeling a little listless.

Recently, Liu Jin has been very busy.

On the one hand, he was busy preparing for the imperial examinations, and at the court’s triennial Ceremony of Ethics and Talents, Li Dongyang was unwell, Liu Jian was getting old, and Xie Qian was from the south of the Yangtze River. In the end, the matter of the chief examiner fell to Liu Jin. Fully responsible for the imperial examinations in the [-]st year of Hongzhi.

This is not a one-time or two-time exam. It stands to reason that if you continue to explain it, you can follow the previous rules.

But now the imperial examinations in Ming Dynasty are very different from the past. First of all, in the [-]th year of Hongzhi, the east list was added, and with the original north and south lists, now it has become the three exams together.

Dongbang includes the provinces of Liaodong, Northern Grassland, Western Regions, Hezhong, Nanyun, Central Asia, Northwest, Nanyang, Huangjinzhou and Australia. The hell is very wide, and there are a large number of non-Han people in the imperial examinations. Candidates.

One can imagine how difficult it is to organize such an imperial examination.

In the absence of advanced transportation and communication technology, it is very difficult to communicate with other places, let alone organize these candidates from all over the world to take the exam.

You must know that coming to Daming from the Golden Continent for the Ming exam, it takes several months just by boat, not to mention the exhaustion during the journey, the key is that the sea is full of storms, which is quite dangerous.

Secondly, with so many candidates coming to take the exam, many of whom have traveled across the oceans, and there are also a large number of minority tribes, there are too many things to consider about how to formulate the questions and what to pay attention to when they are admitted.

It is far more than just a simple imperial examination.

Since ancient times, the holding of imperial examinations has not only selected talents and officials for the imperial court, but more often, it has the function of spreading the emperor's grace, consolidating national rule and unification.

Take the imperial examination in the [-]th year of Hongzhi as an example. The Dongbang examination was first created in that year, and a large number of candidates from Nanyang, grasslands, and Western Regions were admitted as Jinshi, and official positions were arranged for these minority scholars.

Although it has only been three years, the effect has already been well reflected.

In Jiaozhi, Nanyang, Xianglin and other places, candidates from these minority tribes were admitted to the Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty and became officials of the Ming Dynasty, and the family enjoyed honor and benefits.

Naturally, the local rule of the Ming Dynasty has been consolidated, and at the same time, people in these places have more recognition of the Ming Dynasty, which consolidates the rule of the Ming Dynasty, promotes the integration and exchanges between ethnic groups, and also promotes the spread of the Ming culture in the local area .

This is the second time that the three exams were held at the same time, and the first time it was held in a hurry. This time, Emperor Hongzhi's intention was very clear, that is, to do it beautifully, and to allow as many scholars from the minority tribes to take the exam as possible. And also get good grades.

The area ruled by Ming Dynasty is really too big, and there are many tribes living in it.

The Son of Heaven is not only the Son of Heaven of the Han people, but also the Son of Heaven of every tribe living in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. All the people in the territory of the Ming Dynasty are subjects of the Son of Heaven.

Naturally, these words cannot be just spoken, but must be proved by many policies and practical actions. Only in this way can more tribes aspire to Ming Dynasty and establish a unified thought and concept in it.

In addition to being busy with the imperial examination, I also need to help Zhang Mao with the conscription. Just like the imperial examination, this time the conscription has opened up quotas to various tribes in the Ming Dynasty. The purpose is similar to the imperial examination. The rule of the region promotes the identification of various tribes with Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhang Mao was in charge of this matter, he ran to Liu Jin's place when he had nothing to do, and asked Liu Jin to come up with ideas, which also hurt a lot of brain cells.

"What kind of topic should I ask?"

With his eyes closed, Liu Jin was having a headache thinking about what kind of questions should be more suitable for the imperial examination.

As far as the level is concerned, it is natural that the talented scholars in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are more talented, and the splendid articles they write are more beautiful.

No matter how tricky the exam questions you ask, they can write them beautifully, so that during the imperial examination, the questions will become more and more sharp and biased.

It is a routine operation to cut off the beginning and end of a sentence and ask you to take the exam. If you don't make a tricky question, everyone will think that you, the examiner, are not good enough.

But Liu Jin obviously didn't want to operate in this way. He wanted to take care of the candidates on the East List, and felt that it was important to select truly talented and knowledgeable talents.

After thinking about it, Liu Jin hadn't thought of a topic for several months.

Shaking his head slightly, Liu Jin was about to close his eyes and take a nice nap when someone hurriedly came to Liu Jin with a letter.

"The chaos in West Africa?"

Liu Jin took the letter and looked very quickly.

"The Japanese robbed the Portuguese island of Sao Tome, and then was robbed by the Spaniards?"

"The Japanese robbed the Portuguese of Luanda and Lagos?"

"Spain robbed the Portuguese colony, and also robbed the Persian island of Darius and Cambyses?"

"The Sunset City of the Japanese and the Yanshan City of the Koreans were attacked by pirates?"

"Many Spanish colonies were looted by powerful pirates?"

When Liu Jin came to the African region, he looked at the points on the map and compared them carefully.

"It's quite messy."

After reading it, Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh.

Even though he was on Daming's side, Liu Jin seemed to have seen many things that happened in West Africa a few months ago, it was too chaotic.

The Japanese, Spaniards, Koreans, Portuguese, pirates, and Persians surrounded the colonial strongholds and colonies one by one, and it was estimated that they were already on fire with each other.

"Where did such a powerful pirate come from?"

"A pirate who owns a dozen large ships at the same time?"

"Dare to loot a colonial stronghold directly, such a pirate group is really rare."

Soon, Liu Jin frowned.

Pirates are very old, especially in the Mediterranean, Western Europe, and West Africa, where there are so many pirates.

Those businessmen in Europe habitually act as pirates at sea, and they don't mind being pirates at all as long as they can rob them.

Even though Spain and Ming Dynasty have been suppressing pirates all the time, there are still so many pirates emerging in endlessly that they cannot be suppressed no matter what.

There are also a lot of ship accidents every year, not only the ships of European countries, but even the ships of Ming Dynasty, have accidents every year, and are attacked and looted by pirates who don't have eyes.

However, under the joint attack of Ming Dynasty and Spain, it is still difficult for pirates to become popular. The scale has always been small and scattered. Only the pirates of the Ottoman Empire are strong.

However, when the pirates of the Ottoman Empire attacked the Ottoman Empire a few years ago, when the Ming and Spanish coalition forces attacked the Ottoman Empire, they also suffered heavy losses along with the Ottoman Sea Fleet.

At present, the main active locations are in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea, and North and West Africa will not be involved.

It is unusual for such a powerful pirate to appear all at once.

"It must be English pirates and Vikings. It is estimated that Portugal, France, and the Netherlands are also involved, especially this Portugal. Their colonies in West Africa were robbed by the Spaniards and Japanese. How can they just let it go? "

Soon, Liu Jin made a judgment.

Liu Jin, who came from a later age, is very clear about the urine nature of European countries.

Portugal is not a good thing either.

Theirs was a mix of merchants, pirates, bandits, explorers, navigators from the moment they set foot in the sea and colonized them.

Da Gama, who is famous in the history books of later generations, almost burned, killed and looted all the way to Tianzhu in the Indian Ocean, provoked wars everywhere, caused trouble, was extremely corrupt, arrogant, and blocked Persia with a dozen ships. Gulf and Arabian Sea, monopolizing the spice trade, and more.

What good can they be?

As for England and France, they are synonymous with robbers. English pirates are the most hated objects in Spain in this era. As for these countries in Northern Europe, they are the descendants of Viking pirates.

They have always been the only ones who robbed others. How have they ever suffered such a loss, and how can they just say nothing?
"Hum~"

"It doesn't matter if you call back and forth, but don't mess with our Daming, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."

After thinking about this clearly, Liu Jin quickly laughed again.

Calling back and forth is a good thing for Daming.

When they are fighting, Da Ming can concentrate on development and expansion, and can also sell arms and weapons on both sides, and the white money will flow into Da Ming continuously.

"Well, I still want to suggest to His Majesty that a West African fleet be stationed permanently in West Africa to maintain our Ming's deterrence in West Africa, deter all parties, and protect Ming's interests."

After thinking about it, Liu Jin felt that it was necessary to increase Ming's presence in West Africa, and a fleet strong enough to protect Ming's interests was necessary.

"Master~"

"The envoys of Korea, Japan, and Persia seek to see you~"

When Liu Jin was thinking about advocating the imperial court to form a West African fleet, the servants in the family also came to Liu Jin's side and said.

"The envoys of Korea, Japan, and Persia?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately regained his energy.

They came really fast enough. When they received the news from their own side, they immediately came to ask for an interview. It seemed that most of them were related to the West African side.

Either he came to him to buy arms or weapons, or he came to him hoping to get support from Daming.

(End of this chapter)