Qiming 1158

Chapter 652 Sorry, the emperor can do whatever he wants

Knowing that the Ming Dynasty was going to introduce the chapter "Xunzi" in the imperial examinations, Tang Situi's first reaction was very real.

"Is there no objection from the court of the Northern Dynasty?"

Tang Si Tui's eyes were full of great doubts, and the light of doubt in his eyes seemed to cover the entire past and present.

Xin Qiji had no such doubts.

"Yes, there were quite a few people who opposed it at the time, and there were quite a few opposing opinions, but more people supported it, so it was passed."

Xin Qiji pondered that the small political turmoil in the past probably subsided too quickly, so it was not known to the Song people, so that they did not know that someone was willing to be a martyr for this change, and did something stupid. .

Therefore, they naturally do not know how Su Yonglin has dealt with those opponents resolutely and implemented new reforms.

Tang Situi didn't know the inside story, and felt that Xin Qiji's light sentence [There are many people who oppose it, but there are more people who support it, so they passed it] is too shocking.

If such a thing happened in the Southern Song Dynasty, Tang Situi could even imagine what the internal quarrel would look like in the Southern Song Dynasty.

What a joke, Xunzi's deviant remarks can also be included in the scope of the imperial examination?
Tang Situi has never studied Xunzi in depth, but he has read a lot of books and has some understanding of Xunzi's remarks. He knows how controversial Xunzi's remarks can be.

But here in the Ming Empire, just a simple sentence, let this book enter the scope of the imperial examination?

What's wrong with this world?
What happened to the Ming Empire?
Their imperial examinations... are really imperial examinations, can they really select outstanding talents?

Tang Si backed down and swallowed his saliva.

"Xunzi's remarks, I have also dabbled a little, and they are somewhat different from the sage's classics. If the imperial examination is introduced for the assessment, I am afraid..."

"It's okay, no one cares about it, and I have completely passed it now, and compared to the liberal arts, in fact, all of us in Daming are more concerned about the examinations of science, law and engineering."

Xin Qiji smiled and said: "I told His Majesty the emperor that although the sage scriptures are good, the predecessors have studied the research for thousands of years, and they have already studied the research thoroughly, and they will not gain anything if they continue to study. The most important thing is the examination of science, law and engineering.”

Tang Si Tui was struck again.

Ming Dynasty Emperor Su Yonglin actually said that the sage classic exam is not important?
He actually said that the more important thing is the exams of other subjects?

"Did His Majesty the Emperor of the Northern Dynasty really say that?"

"Yeah, not only does His Majesty think so, but our court also thinks so. The classics have indeed been studied for too long, and the predecessors have long commented on more than the original works. Each family has their own opinions, and each individual has his own understanding. There is no point in continuing research, it is better to focus on the other three subjects."

Xin Qiji took another sip of wine, squinted his eyes and smiled and said: "The law department, as the name suggests, pays attention to the law, the establishment of the country, the law is the most important, and the law cannot be static, it needs to be changed over time, so His Majesty's law department Exams to train legal talents for the country.

Science is an examination that pays attention to the truths of the world, such as astronomy, geography, and arithmetic, so it is named science. His Majesty believes that national events such as military expeditions, agricultural production, etc. require the contribution of knowledge researched by science, so special science examinations are set up to cultivate talents.

The same is true of engineering. To march and fight requires ordnance and barracks. People need houses and cities to live in. Agricultural production requires water conservancy projects. "

Xin Qiji raised three fingers and gave Tang Situi a general explanation of the three subjects except liberal arts.

And Tang Situi was obviously speechless by the content of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Examination.

The imperial examination has always been a stage for scholars to compete for literary talents, and it is a stage for the selection of the best literati, but what was the situation of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty?How come even craftsmen have to take the exam?
"Can Baigong also take the imperial examination?"

"Why not? As long as it is beneficial to the country, it is a talent, and as long as it is a talent, it must be based on merit. This is what His Majesty believed in the imperial examinations. The imperial examinations should employ eclectic talents to serve the country."

Tang Situi didn't know how to evaluate such an imperial examination.

The imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty were just under the name of the imperial examinations, but inside, it was completely different.

Feeling a little bit Cao Mengde's meaning?
A banquet was originally intended to appease Xin Qiji, but Tang Situi couldn't understand it himself, so after the banquet, Tang Situi immediately went to the palace to meet Zhao Gou, and told Zhao Gou the news he found out.

Zhao Gou was also quite surprised by this.

"Arts, science, law and engineering are divided into four sub-divisions? Are workers also scholars?"

Zhao Gou said in surprise: "What on earth did Su Yonglin think? It's not like this is the way to select scholars by division. He obviously put the four disciplines side by side, and Xunzi's essays are actually included in the liberal arts. How... how did he pass The court reviewed it?"

Zhao Gou was a little hard to understand.

Tang Situi thought about this question seriously on the way here just now, and came up with an answer.

Because Su Yonglin is a powerful founding emperor, and he is also a horse-riding emperor who has made outstanding achievements and fought invincible all over the Central Plains. The army listens to him. His prestige is too high and his power is too heavy. Forcibly use his own authority to promote this matter, and his vassals dare not. resist.

All his courtiers have compromised, and they have all confessed, and let him mess around.

Who let him hold 40 elite troops?

As for Zhao Gou's inability to understand...

Well, it is clear that Zhao Gou was never a powerful emperor who relied on military merit.

The reason why he became the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty was that Song Huizong had only one of his sons who escaped the fate of being captured.

So everything he got was through the exchange of sinister power and interests. He couldn't understand Su Yonglin's realm purely relying on strength.

If I want him to understand that the emperor can do whatever he wants, I'm afraid he can't do it.

Tang Situi wanted to understand this kind of thing, but he didn't dare to say anything, he could only go along with what Zhao Gou said.

After complaining for a while, Zhao Gou also realized that he couldn't control anything Su Yonglin did.

With a little frustration for no reason, Zhao Gou asked: "What is Xin Qiji here for, do you understand?"

"It's not clear yet, his mouth is very strict, and he has to say it in a formal occasion."

Tang Situi shook his head and said, "There is no good time to ask him during this time, especially when something like that happened before."

Such a thing is naturally a matter of refugees surrounding the inn.

It’s okay not to say it, but Zhao Gou got angry again.

"Liu Wei is a waste! A waste! Such a waste is not worthy of being the magistrate of Yuhang! Stop the trial, just dismiss him! Dismissal! Go to Lingnan! Never come back!"

As soon as Zhao Gou opened his mouth, he basically confirmed Liu Wei's death in his career.

Although he has some high-ranking backers in the court, otherwise he would not be the magistrate of Yuhang.

However, this incident involved the Ming Kingdom of the Northern Dynasty, which made the [Allies Surprised]. It was an international dispute and was the last thing Zhao Gou wanted to happen. Therefore, Liu Wei's backer did not dare to do anything.

Tang Si had no choice but to retire. Of course, he would arrange Liu Wei's exile, and then let this unlucky bastard say goodbye to the land of fish and rice completely, and go to the uncivilized land to be in company with savages.

Zhao Gou officially decided to meet Xin Qiji in two days, so on the day before Zhao Gou's meeting, Xin Qiji formally handed over the credentials of the Ming Kingdom to Song Fang, so that Emperor Zhao Gou of the Song Dynasty understood the needs of the Ming Kingdom's southward travel.

After receiving the credentials, Zhao Goucai finally understood why the Ming Kingdom sent a senior military officer as an envoy to the south to discuss the matter.

He also finally understood why Xin Qiji had been hiding and tucked away before, that is, he did not reveal the specific goal of going south.

Is this something that can be negotiated?

This is simply compensation for defeat, right?

With an unprecedented feeling of being deceived and anger, Zhao Gou smashed the Ming Kingdom book on the ground with a wave of his hand. .

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(End of this chapter)