Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 317
Taichang intends to reform the imperial examination system, select or cultivate more talents like Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing and others, so as to promote the development of Ming Dynasty.

It is only the first step to set up a college to gather famous scholars to teach.

Next is the point.

He glanced around slightly, and then solemnly said: "The colleges set up by the Ministry of Rites are divided into two types, one is for optics and literature, which is called the College of Arts and Sciences, and the other is for arts and sciences, which is called the College of Arts and Sciences. That is to say , Scholars have two choices after obtaining the fame of a scholar, either to study in a liberal arts college, or to study in a liberal arts college, if you don’t go to a college to study, you don’t have to take the imperial examination.”

Arts and sciences?

This is another new term that has never appeared before!
Zou Weilian couldn't help but asked: "Your Majesty, what does it mean to have both arts and sciences?"

Taichang said without hesitation: "The so-called concurrent study of arts and sciences means studying both literature and theory, and the so-called literature is the classics such as "Four Books and Five Classics" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War", and the so-called theory is the technology studied by Menghou and Liangfu. Business principles can also be counted.”

Ah!
All the ministers were dumbfounded again when they heard this.

Can readers accept this?
Arithmetic, agronomy, etc. are nothing more than that, and scholars may still accept it.

Bi Maokang and Wang Zheng's research is called technology at a good level, or "unpredictable skills" at a bad level!

What is the reason for doing business? Scholars have always scoffed at it!

The emperor even set up a special academy for people to learn this!

This is no longer a question of changing the rules, it is simply about subverting the cognition of scholars for more than a thousand years!

That's nothing!

Taichang immediately continued: "Also, the most important point is that in the future, the provincial examination, general examination and palace examination will also be divided into arts and sciences. We will directly divide arts and sciences into candidates, and the gold list will also be divided into arts and sciences."

This!
All the ministers were stunned when they heard the words.

Why is the emperor's thoughts always so crazy, so shocking?

What's your expression?
Taichang glanced around slightly, then asked: "What, is there a problem?"

This is no longer a problem.

This is simply unimaginable!
The imperial examination has lasted for more than a thousand years, and no dynasty or emperor has ever made such a big change to the imperial examination system!

Xu Guangqi was stunned for a while, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you really want to change like this?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, it must be changed in this way, otherwise who will study these advanced technologies and who will inherit these advanced technologies?
You should also know that during the Yongle Dynasty, Daming's shipbuilding technology and navigation technology were so developed. Who can beat the Daming Navy?

As a result, no one continues to study, no one inherits, the Daming Navy has regressed for more than two hundred years, and the Western barbarians have surpassed us!

Shall we repeat this absurd scene?

Do we still want to throw away the existing advanced technology, go back another 200 years, and wait for others to bully us? "

Uh, this.

Daming lost all shipbuilding technology and navigation technology, closed himself for more than [-] years, and went backwards for more than [-] years, which is really absurd!
If all the existing advanced technologies are lost, it is not absurd, but stupid!

These really cannot be lost.

Xu Guangqi nodded solemnly and said, "We really can't lose these."

That's right.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help saying with relief: "It's good that you can understand this truth. As for those scholars who can't accept it, then let them go. We don't open courses to accommodate them!"

Well, opening a course to obtain a scholar is indeed not to accommodate scholars, but to select talents needed by the court.

The imperial court is indeed in urgent need of talents who study technology, and the imperial examinations have to be changed like this.

The shock on everyone's faces slowly receded, replaced by a sudden or epiphany.

Obviously, they all already understood this truth.

Many things are going backwards if you don’t advance, just like the existing advanced technology, if no one continues to study and inherit it, it will continue to regress.

The problem, understanding this truth does not mean that nothing will happen.

This reform of the imperial examination is not a problem that can be solved in a few words.

Zou Weilian only thought about it for a while, and found a big problem.

How is this technique taught?
Zou Weilian couldn't help but asked: "Your Majesty, there seems to be no relevant books on the technology that Menghou and Liangfu are studying. How can we teach it?"

Don't have any books?

impossible!

Are Bi Maokang and Wang Zheng self-taught?
Taichang couldn't help asking: "Menghou, where did you learn this skill?"

After hearing the words, Bi Maokang thought about it, and then said carefully: "Actually, there are still some related books, but there are not many. Weichen is planning to compile one or two books, but I just haven't had time."

That's it!
Taichang said without hesitation: "The relevant books will be determined by Menghou and the others. In the future, the books compiled by Menghou and the others can also be used as science textbooks. This is a gradual process. We can slowly explore and improve."

There are really very few books on this subject at the moment.

Those famous masterpieces in history have not been seen yet.

For example, Bi Maokang's "Illustration of Military Weapons".

Another example is Song Yingxing's "Heavenly Creation".

Another example is Wang Zheng's "Illustrations of Newly Made Various Vessels".

And so on, these are still in the compilation stage, and there is no book at all.

They are all so busy at the moment, how can they have time to write books and talk.

Perhaps, after taking a few Jinshi with a combination of arts and sciences, someone will take over everything, and they will be able to spare time to write books.

In short, there is no rush for this tutorial, we can only explore slowly and keep improving.

Zou Weilian could only nod his head slowly to show he understood.

Wang Xiangchun, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, asked again: "Your Majesty, is this double list of literature and science the same as the previous gold list?"

Taichang thought for a while, then nodded slightly and said: "There is no need to change this. Both the Wenbang and Libang are divided into the top three, and there are both No. [-] and Tanhua. The number of candidates is also similar to the last gold list. We will treat it as an extra For one ranking, twice as many science talents will be selected.”

Wang Xiangchun continued to ask: "Is there any difference between the two lists of Jinshi? Weichen means that when selecting officials, should we consider which list they are from. For example, officials from the Ministry of Industry, we can choose Wenbang. Can we, officials of the Ministry of Rituals, choose someone with a background in Libang?"

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then solemnly said: "There is no need to distinguish between this. Those who come out of the literary list may not be able to control the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, and it is not that those who come out of the rationale list cannot control the affairs of the Ministry of Rites. We publish both literature and science. The purpose is to encourage more people to study technology. If the selection of officials is based on the list of papers, those scholars should use some brains that should not be used. Let's treat them equally and save time. The gangs are making a mess."

This is indeed.

Once the list of arts and sciences is divided when selecting officials, it is tantamount to forcibly separating the Jinshi of the Wenbang and the Jinshi of the Libang. In this way, two different forces will gradually form in the court, and the two lists of Jinshi will be inevitable at that time. Fight for power.

This kind of thing has to be guarded against, Da Ming was tossed miserably by the party struggle.

When Wang Xiangchun heard the words, he couldn't help but nodded and said: "I understand."

(End of this chapter)