Qiming 1158

Chapter 618 Wang Anshi: I Changed the Imperial Examination
Although I don't know why the old Zhao family was pushed to the throne of the emperor by the times, Su Yonglin is basically sure that Zhao Gou now has a good mouth, a good appetite, and a good body. I don't have this idea yet.

Although he has established a prince, it seems that there is still a long way to go before he abdicates and does not become emperor.

In any case, this power is still in Zhao Gou's own hands.

It may be that Su Yonglin overthrew the Jin Dynasty and changed the historical trend forever, so that Zhao Gou would no longer abdicate because of the Jin army going south, and lost his interest in being an emperor.

But no matter what, Su Yonglin got the answer he wanted, and it seemed that Tang Situi also got the answer he wanted.

So Su Yonglin then chatted with Tang Situ about some trade affairs between the two sides, and expressed which trade points to open, how the two sides should trade, customs clearance and business taxes, etc.

During this process, Tang Situi vaguely talked about the private salt in Haizhou, Su Yonglin pretended not to know, and was very surprised.

"What? There is such a thing? Tang Xianggong can rest assured, I will send someone to investigate, and I will never tolerate raising a traitor."

Tang Situi felt that Su Yonglin's acting skills had plummeted, which was completely different from before.

This is perfunctory, right?

Totally perfunctory, right?
It is conceivable that Su Yonglin has no plans to deal with this matter seriously at all, and even the matter of Haizhou's smuggling salt is that Su Yonglin is behind the scenes.

However, Tang Situi adhered to Zhao Gou's wishes, and he couldn't say it clearly, and he couldn't turn against the Ming Empire for this, so he had to swallow his breath and plan to severely punish the private salt dealers in Chuzhou of the Southern Song Dynasty when he returned, and indirectly attack Haizhou. The flood of private salt.

If you can't deal with Ming, you can't deal with you?

Having said that, Zhao Gou had previously ordered the Chuzhou government to crack down on the illicit salt dealers, but the blows came and went, and the illicit salt in Chuzhou not only did not disappear, but also spread to more places.

According to his eyeliner report, the previous blows were more just pretending, the real big head was not touched at all, and only some small fish and shrimps were unlucky.

After those small fish and shrimp were unlucky, more private salt shares were transferred to the hands of domestic private salt dealers controlled by some high-ranking officials. Instead, they helped them complete the integration of industrial resources, allowing the private salt industry to circulate more smoothly. .

This can't be done, these guys are embarrassed, colluding from top to bottom, and resisting Lin'an's orders.

More importantly, Tang Si Tui can't get any benefit from it.

So this breath is really hard to swallow.

After the private meeting between Tang Situi and Su Yonglin, Su Yonglin publicly announced that he had met Tang Situi, and at the public meeting, as the emperor of the Ming Kingdom, he formally signed a friendly agreement with Zhao Gou, the emperor of the Song Kingdom, and formally formed an alliance to repair it, which will last for generations. for the Allies.

Some other leftover issues are not a problem.

After formally meeting with the three East Asian countries and signing various treaties, the existence of the Ming Empire can be regarded as [international certification], and it is a widely recognized responsible power.

And all this is just the beginning for the Ming Dynasty.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in addition to securing international certification and establishing the Ming Empire's hegemony in East Asia, the most important thing for Su Yonglin was to sort out the internal affairs so that the newly-born government institutions of the Ming Empire could operate normally without any trouble.

On this point, everyone agrees.

Therefore, at the court meeting on the third day after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Minister of Rites, Kong Zheng, proposed to Su Yonglin to officially open a division to recruit scholars.

For this suggestion, Su Yonglin has no reason or necessity to reject it, and it is indeed a symbolic act of the Ming Empire to officially establish its dominance in the Central Plains.

I don't know how many people are waiting for the Ming Empire's first open division to take scholars.

Therefore, Su Yonglin agreed to this request at the court meeting, and announced to the public that the first imperial examinations of the Ming Empire would officially start in March in the spring of the second year of Hongwu.

But in the imperial examination system, Su Yonglin started to do it.

He decreed to the Ministry of Rites.

[I asked the ministers many times and learned that the imperial examination of Jin followed the example of the Song Dynasty, and the imperial examination of the Song Dynasty changed since Wang Anshi. Before Anshi, the imperial examination emphasized poetry and poetry, and after Anshi, the imperial examination emphasized the classics and righteousness, but I thought that the classics and righteousness were the same. , not enough to govern the country.

I think that what An Shi has done is not conducive to the long-term stability of the country, so he should be dismissed. In the Ming Dynasty, the use of scriptures, policy theory, poetry and arithmetic, and arithmetic are indispensable. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty Imperial Examination should include all rivers and talents. Do not accept it? 】

Su Yonglin's decree made waves in the Ministry of Rites.

Kong Zheng rubbed his temples, his face was bitter and his head was as big as a bucket.

He had long expected that Su Yonglin would definitely do something about the imperial examination system, and even change the imperial examination beyond recognition, but in order to preserve his position and for the interests of Beikong, he chose to acquiesce to this outcome.

He originally thought that Su Yonglin would be a little gentler, not to make him unable to be a person as soon as he came up, but he never thought that Su Yonglin would be so direct, the first time he came up, it was Wang Zhai, and he was fried.

Looking at Su Yonglin's meaning, he wants to abolish the situation of Wang Anshi's imperial examinations that put more emphasis on scriptures than poetry and policy theory, abolish this reform measure, and bring back the previous imperial examination model.

He not only wants to increase the proportion of poetry and Fu policy theory, but also brings the rules of selecting scholars in the imperial examinations back to the model of the Tang Dynasty and the early Song Dynasty.

To be honest, every change must have supporters and opponents, and every change, whether it is a good or a bad direction, is blocked by someone.

When Wang Anshi reformed, the resistance was also very large, but the reform of the imperial examination was still passed.

At that time, no one knew whether this was good or bad, but the boat was done, and the scholars could only forcefully cooperate, abandoning poetry and writing, and instead pursuing the way of scriptures and righteousness, and began to shake their heads and read books.

It can be said that the gradual rigidification of the imperial examination system in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties was due to the great contribution of this great god.

But now, this is the rule that everyone abides by. You will change the rules as soon as you come up. Although it is a new era, it will not become so big that everyone will be unprepared, right?
Therefore, Kong Zheng represented the Ministry of Rites and asked Su Yonglin to postpone the implementation of this rule.

Because he knew that he couldn't stop Su Yonglin, he tried to play the emotional card, telling the story that the imperial examination scholars had been exhausted for the imperial examination, just to pass the imperial examination and serve the country.

The scholars will not be able to accept it and will go crazy.

So he asked Su Yonglin if he could postpone the implementation of this strategy for three years. This time the imperial examination will be based on the original rules, and the next imperial examination will be based on the new rules. In this way, everyone can accept it.

Su Yonglin looked at Kong Zheng's performance sheet, and still applauded him, because this strategy was to retreat, which not only took into account Su Yonglin's thoughts, but also the interests of his own people.

It's a win-win.

However, someone Su did not agree.

A win-win situation is not that he and Kong Zheng win together, but that he has to win twice.

The imperial examinations are of great importance, and his reform plan cannot have any twists and turns.

And as the saying goes, when a new official takes office, there are three fires, and when the new emperor ascends the throne, he has to burn thirty fires. How could the first fire be extinguished by Kong Zheng's urine?
This is not in line with his powerful character.

So Su Yonglin rejected Kong Zheng's suggestion——

The new dynasty and new policies cannot be delayed. If the scholars are unwilling to participate, they can postpone the examination for three years and prepare for the examination again. Daming will never close the imperial examination.

Man, beat magic with magic belongs.

Kong Zheng was dizzy and had no choice but to summon his subordinates to discuss countermeasures.

(End of this chapter)