Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 837, New Imperial Examination
Daming capital.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers~"

"King Ning and King Shu established Ning Kingdom and Shu Kingdom overseas in Tianzhu. The Son of Heaven has officially conferred Ning Kingdom and Shu Kingdom, and recognized the status of the two countries as vassal states."

"Ningguo first recruits talents from the Ming Dynasty. As long as they are willing to immigrate to Ningguo, each person will get two days and a hundred acres, and five slaves. As long as they can read and write, they can be officials in Ningguo."

Accompanied by the newsboy's yelling, the entire capital city began to become lively and lively.

The kings of Ning and Shu established their kingdoms overseas, and the establishment of Ning and Shu marks the arrival of a new era.

All of a sudden, all the young and old in the capital began to discuss this matter.

"Chen Xiucai, have you read the newspaper?"

"Prince Ning is recruiting talented people. As long as you can read and write, you can go to Ningguo to be an official. You are a scholar after all. If you go to Ningguo, you have to be a magistrate anyway. Maybe you can be a magistrate or something."

Someone looked at the newspaper and said to a scholar beside him.

"Ningguo is located in an overseas barbarian land, and they are all uncivilized barbarians. Even if I am asked to be the chief assistant of the cabinet of Ningguo, I will not go."

The old Chen Xiucai shook his head slightly and said, what are the officials of Ningguo to do?

He is not going.

"Chen Xiucai, you've been studying for the rest of your life. Why don't you go to Ningguo now? You're more or less an official. It is said that Li Shishi, the chief assistant of the cabinet of Ningguo, was originally a down-and-out scholar, but now he is the chief assistant of Ningguo's cabinet. .”

Someone looked at the grey-haired Chen Xiucai and said.

"Can Ningguo's chief minister compare with our Ming's?"

"Didn't you see that it was written in the newspaper that King Ning conferred meritorious officials, several princes in this country, and a lot of marquises. From now on, the titles will be ruined."

"The king of Ning established a group of Ning countries, the king of Shu established a group of Shu countries, and the king of Chu established a group of Chu countries, and at that time he will also confer a group of titles. Individuals can get a title even when they go overseas."

Chen Xiucai said dismissively, Daming's titles are still valuable, and Daming's officials are the most attractive. As for overseas officials, titles, etc., how can they compare with Daming's.

"Chen Xiucai, if you don't go, someone else will go. I heard that your good friend Wang Xiucai has already gone to Tianjin. He is going to take a boat to Tianzhu to become an official in Ningguo."

"If I go now, I can get an official job. I just can't read, otherwise I will go. I'll be an official anyway. It's better than being a commoner all my life."

"Yes, yes."

"..."

In the Qianqing Palace of the Imperial Palace in the capital, in the study of Emperor Hongzhi, all the ministers were rushed by Emperor Hongzhi to discuss state affairs.

"Your Majesty, King Ning and King Shu may not be able to see any harm in establishing their vassal states overseas, but after a long time, when the vassal states become stronger, they will inevitably form competition with my Ming Dynasty. After a hundred years, they may be against me. Daming poses a threat."

"I think that the vassal king must not be allowed to establish a vassal state overseas, otherwise all the heroes will rise together in the future, and there will be many vassal states, posing a huge threat to our Ming Dynasty."

Wang Jia, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was very old, his beard and hair were already white, but his voice was very loud, and he was full of air when he spoke.

He can be regarded as one of the ministers who firmly opposed the vassal king to establish a vassal state overseas, because he absolutely believed that the vassal state of the vassal king would definitely threaten the interests of Daming in the future.

"Master Wang's words are wrong~"

"The establishment of overseas vassal states will not only not harm the interests of our Ming Dynasty, but can instead consolidate our rule and interests overseas, and at the same time allow our Chinese descendants to spread overseas."

Xie Qian stood up to express his opposition. Emperor Hongzhi has already officially recognized and canonized the matter. You are still here to bully, are you tired?

"That's right, it's only good for me, Daming, and not bad for the vassal king to go to sea to establish a vassal state."

"This year alone, there are twelve vassal kings such as King Ning, King Shu, King Chu, and King Zheng going to sea. The next expenditure of these twelve vassal kings alone is a huge figure."

"And the vassal kings go to sea to establish a vassal state. They need to buy ships and weapons and equipment, and at the same time they need to carry a large number of people overseas."

"These have greatly relieved the pressure on me, Ming Dynasty, and the expenditure of the imperial household department has been able to save a large amount of expenses, which is enough to be used to build another north-south road."

"At the same time, all the wealth accumulated by the feudal lords for several generations has been fully used, which has greatly stimulated the production and demand of my Ming Dynasty, and promoted the development of my Ming Dynasty."

"The land occupied by the vassals in the past has now been taken over by the imperial court. The imperial court distributed these lands to the landless people for farming, which also eased the land tension."

"As for the vassal state's threat to our Ming Dynasty, it is probably very difficult. The military strength, population, land, etc. of the vassal state are far from my Ming Dynasty. Even if it is a hundred or a thousand years, it will be difficult. On a par with me, Ming."

Hubu Shangshu Zhong Zhong also stood up and expressed his opinion.

He firmly supports the vassal king to go to sea, without it, the vassal king goes to sea, the court can save a lot of expenses, the expenditure of the vassal king is not a small amount, almost one third of the annual treasury income of the Ming court Used to support these vassal kings.

Now that the feudal lord has gone to sea, not only has the expense been saved, but also the vassal king needs a lot of supplies to go to sea, which has greatly promoted production. This year's tax revenue is much higher than last year, and all aspects are prosperous. It is expected that the Ming treasury will see a big saving this year.

"There is no need to argue about the vassal king going to sea."

"The main reason for bringing everyone here in a hurry today is to discuss the matter of selecting scholars through the imperial examination."

"This is my Great Ming's expansion of territory. The four provinces of Nanyang, the northern Liaodong, and the grassland provinces. If you count the newly established Western Region Province, this is the most extensive territory in the history of my Ming Dynasty. The number of people participating in the imperial examination is the largest. At the same time There are also a large number of imperial examinations taken by people from overseas provinces."

"It's also my first time in Ming Dynasty to select three candidates, so any mistakes are not allowed."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the crowd and said, the voice was not loud, but it was overbearing that no one could comment on.

Now Emperor Hongzhi is no longer the former Emperor Hongzhi. The successive victories, coupled with the growing prosperity of Ming Dynasty, also made Emperor Hongzhi's prestige reach the extreme.

"Yes~"

When everyone heard this, they immediately nodded their heads in agreement.

The imperial examination in the fifteenth year of Hongzhi was indeed the most important imperial examination in the history of Ming Dynasty.

In the past, the imperial examinations were usually scheduled in January, but this time, it was scheduled in March, mainly because the territory of Ming Dynasty was too large, and the journey for many scholars to take the exam was too far away. So the delay is also to allow them enough time to come over.

At the same time, the imperial court also had enough time to prepare, because this time it was no longer the very north and south rankings in the past, but an east ranking was added.

The traditional north and south lists include scholars from the two capitals and thirteen provinces, while the newly established east list includes Nanyang Province, Jiaozhi Province, Xianglin Province, Zhenghe Province in the Nanyang region, Liaodong Province and Grassland Province in the northern region. Province, Western Regions Province in Northwest China.

At the same time, there is a special situation this time, that is, the vassal states of Daming, the three vassal states of Korea, Wa, and Luzon. In order to show that they respect Confucianism and Taoism, they even sent scholars to Daming to take the imperial examination. .

According to the words of Lord Yanshan, the king of Korea, these vassal scholars came to Daming to take the imperial examination, not for the purpose of coming to Daming to be an official, nor for the fame of Daming.

The main purpose is to test their achievements in learning Chinese civilization by taking the Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations, to show their heart to Ming Dynasty, and to show their respect for teachers.

For North Korea, Japan, and Luzon to be so upright, the Ming court also appreciated it, so Emperor Hongzhi also waved his hand, and included scholars from Korea, Japan, and Luzon in the Eastern List.

In such a vast area, there are not only scholars from new provinces, but also scholars from vassal states, not only scholars from the traditional Ming Dynasty, but also many scholars from other ethnic groups.

It is conceivable how lively the imperial examination is this time, which is why Emperor Hongzhi attaches so much importance to it.

In itself, the three-yearly Luncai Ceremony is the most important event of the Ming court. It is an important event for the emperor to gather talents from all directions and gather people's hearts from all directions.

What's more, Nanyang Province, Xianglin Province, Jiaozhi Province, Liaodong Province, Prairie Province, Western Region Province and other new places like Daming, the imperial court needs to win the hearts of the people in these places through the means of imperial examinations, and at the same time, it needs to stabilize the imperial court in these places. local domination.

In addition, it also involves the scholars of the vassal state, which is related to the major event of the spread of Chinese civilization and the spread of the way of Confucius and Mencius in the vassal state.

This requires more attention.

There are too many things to consider in this imperial examination, and all aspects must be considered carefully. Emperor Hongzhi was also troubled by this.

"Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, this time the imperial examination, you are the main examiners~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the ministers present, and directly named Liu Jian and Li Dongyang as the examiners, which showed how much he attached importance to this imperial examination.

You must know that in the past three-year imperial examinations, it is usually enough to select a few six ministers or six ministers to be the chief examiner. This time, Emperor Hongzhi has two cabinet ministers as the chief examiner, and the standards are extremely high.

"The minister obeys the order!"

When the two heard this, they quickly stood up and replied respectfully.

"This time the imperial examination, the number of people admitted should increase. The territory of our Ming Dynasty is getting wider and wider, and the number of officials and talents required is also increasing. This time, the number of people admitted in the imperial examination has increased to [-]."

　It is said that the Chinese poems written by some poets in Japan are very good~~
　　
　
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