Daming Crazy Emperor

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, before the flavor of the year was over, Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and Zou Weilian came to the palace together to discuss matters related to the imperial examination with Taichang.

In the past, the chief assistant of the cabinet and the minister of the Ministry of Rites would not be so diligent.

Because the general examination will not start until the ninth day of February, and the original candidates all find their own way to rush to the capital.

The original Ming court didn't care how the candidates arrived in the capital, even if they walked for several months or even half a year on the way to the exam, no one cared about it.

It's different now, Taichang has stipulated that it must send a boat to pick up the candidates, so as not to waste too much time and energy on the way to the test.

Therefore, every sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites will organize ships to pick up candidates.

After all, the most distant provinces are seven or eight thousand miles away by water. If the New Year's Day is over, it may be too late to send ships to pick them up on the 22nd or even 23rd of the first month.

Of course, that was when the dragon warship had not yet been developed, and the Spike warship, the Aegis ship, and even the dreadnought ship were used to pick it up.

It's different now with the Flying Dragon Battleship.

Taichang brought the three of them to the imperial study with a relaxed face, and ordered someone to move the chairs, let the three sit down, and then smiled and said: "This year, there is no need to be in such a hurry, I will send fifty dragon battleships I will lend them all to you, no matter how far away they are, it won’t take ten days to make a round trip.”

Well, the Flying Dragon Battleship is really fast, so there is no need to rush to pick up people.

However, the three of them came to Taichang not just for this.

Zou Weilian thought about it carefully, and then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, can we start the imperial examinations in various overseas provinces?"

Taichang really didn't think about this question.

Because the previous imperial examinations were all selected in the mainland of Ming Dynasty, that is, the original two capitals and thirteen provinces, it seems that the overseas provinces don't even have the boy's examination and the courtyard examination.

He pondered for a while, and then solemnly said: "Dongnan Cheng announced that the Political Envoy Division and Nanyang Cheng announced that the Political Envoy Division can establish an imperial examination system. If someone can pass the court examination and the township examination to obtain the title of Juren, they can also be admitted in the next session." Take it over and see the rural examination.

Because the Southeast Camp and the Nanyang Camp have proved their loyalty through the Mughal War, and those who are loyal to Ming Dynasty, we will give them a chance to become officials.

As for Nanfang Chengxuan and Dongyang Chengxuan's Political Envoy, we have to be cautious.

Because Nanfang Cheng announced that most of the political envoys were captive slaves and remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, if these people were allowed to enter the officialdom through the imperial examination, there might be hidden dangers.

Dongyang Cheng announced that we should be more cautious as the political envoy. The Japanese pirates need to be more careful than Jiannu and the remnants of the Mongol Yuan. "

Uh, this.

Zou Weilian carefully explained: "Your Majesty, my minister is actually mainly considering the Tunwei military households, because most of the Tunwei military households in Ming Dynasty have been transferred overseas.

If we don't hold imperial examinations in overseas provinces, they will have no chance to enter the official career. "

Tunwei military households!

Many people in later generations mistakenly believed that Tunwei military households could not participate in the imperial examination.

actually not.

Sun Chuanting was born in the Tunwei army, and Li Dongyang and Zhang Juzheng, the more famous chief ministers of the cabinet in the history of Ming Dynasty, were also born in the Tunwei army.

Tunwei military households, like farmers, craftsmen, and merchants, can participate in the imperial examination.

Moreover, the general military households of the guards will receive certain care after they obtain the honor of Jinshi.

After all, they defended the land and opened up the borders for the Ming Dynasty, and they worked hard and made great achievements. Of course, they should have certain preferential treatment.

This question is quite important.

Tunwei military households were the foundation of the rule of the Ming Dynasty. Without these Tunwei military households, how could the Ming Dynasty recruit so many elite soldiers and strong generals!
Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but patted his forehead and said: "Oh, I really ignored this question.

Dehui, your reminder is too timely.

We must allow all the children of Tunwei military households to have the opportunity to take the imperial examination!

How about this, after this imperial examination, the Ministry of Rites immediately organized people to build tribute courtyards in East Daying, West Daying, South Daying, and North Daying, as places for the rural examinations.

As for the institute examination place, you also need to organize people to go to the examination room carefully, but where there are more than [-] military households in the garrison guards, a college must be established.

In addition, schools must be set up in all guard stations to facilitate the children of the guards to study and participate in the boy's test. "

Zou Weilian nodded repeatedly to show his understanding, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what about the civilians in overseas provinces?"

Taichang pondered: "It's still the same sentence. Dongnan Cheng announced that the Political Envoy Division and Nanyang Cheng announced that the Political Envoy Division can establish an imperial examination system. Jianslaves, Mongolian remnants, Japanese pirates, civilians of the Mughal Empire, and European barbarians are not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations. !"

This rule did not exist before the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, the Ming court also stipulated that no one with a humble nationality could take part in the imperial examination.

And the base refers to those hostile forces that once opposed Daming.

Jiannu, Mongol remnants, Japanese pirates, civilians of the Mughal Empire, and European barbarians should indeed be included in the lowly status.

Zou Weilian cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "I understand."

After everyone made a proper plan, they sent Spike and Flying Dragon to pick up the candidates, and candidates from all over the country also rushed to the capital one after another.

This time, the number of candidates broke the record again, directly reaching more than 3!

Because the admission rate of the provincial examination had doubled a few years ago, the number of applicants naturally increased steadily.

What is the concept of so many candidates gathering in the capital?
Candidates from several distant provinces have not yet picked them up, all the guest rooms in the inns and temples in the capital are already full, and candidates who come late even have no place to stay.

After receiving the news, Zou Weilian rushed to the palace to ask for advice.

It's very cold in the capital right now, so I don't dare to let the candidates sleep on the streets, otherwise, I'm afraid they will send someone to collect the corpse early the next morning.

Taichang was a little dumbfounded when he heard Zou Weilian's report.

He didn't consider this issue either.

I didn't have to think about this problem before.

Because there were only a few thousand candidates who participated in the general examination in the past, the inns and temples in the capital could easily accommodate them.

This time there were more than 3 people. Where did so many inns and temples come from in the capital?

Could it be that a guest house is specially built for candidates?

This is obviously a bit unrealistic, because there are too many candidates, and there will be more and more.

If the imperial court builds a special guest house, it will at least have a scale of tens of thousands of people, and almost every subsequent session will have to build a new guest house for tens of thousands of people to stay.

This is serious waste!

The imperial examination is only held every three years, and candidates can stay in the capital for two or three months in total. At other times, it is impossible for the capital to suddenly flood with so many people, and the guest house for tens of thousands of people is so empty ?
That would be a bit absurd. After three years, it is estimated that the guest houses are either moldy or grassy.

Besides, it's too late to build the guest house now!

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked, "Dehui, what do you think, how about letting ordinary people in the capital open a homestay?"

Guest house?

Zou Weilian was stunned for a moment, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you want candidates to live in ordinary people's homes?"

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Yes, the homestay is actually very simple, but if you have extra rooms at home, just decorate it a little bit and add some household items.

Such a room will not be wasted if it is arranged, and it can also be used if there are guests at home.

More importantly, this is good for candidates and ordinary people.

Candidates can avoid the suffering of sleeping on the streets, and ordinary people can gain popularity because of it.

It will always be good for those candidates who live in homestays if they are named on the gold list. "

Hearing this, Zou Weilian quickly clasped his hands and said: "I understand, I will ask Shuntian Fu Yin to inform the neighbors, and let the people in the capital open more homestays as much as possible."

This time, household items and quilts in the capital were quickly sold out.

Fortunately, Wubei City is close, and there are so many private factories producing these daily necessities on the canal from Wubei City to the capital. Tens of thousands of sets of household items and quilts can be replenished in a few days.

There is a reason why the people in the capital are so active.

Because this is a great opportunity!

It is difficult for them to get to know a master, let alone a master who is expected to become a Jinshi.

Now that the common people in the capital have money, adding some household items and quilts is nothing to them at all.

They are so active, they went to the streets to attract people before the house was even set up.

All the scholars wandering on the street nodded and bowed their heads, and tried their best to invite them to live at home, and they didn't need to pay for the accommodation.

If Master Juren doesn't dislike it, they can even cook for others for free.

Later, this also became a spectacle in the capital.

Every year of the imperial examination, the common people would gather at various wharves in the capital, and when they saw the examinees taking the imperial examination, they would flock to them and invite these masters to their homes.

If it wasn't for their high status, they would even drag them to the house.

Some people not only got this rare popularity, but even got an even rarer marriage because of it.

These are all things for later, so I will skip them for the time being.

After half a month of excitement in the capital, the test finally started.

Taichang is full of expectations, but dare not expect too high.

He hopes that there will be one or two geniuses among the candidates in this year. The question is, it seems that he has found all the famous talents in history. Will there be any in this year?
At the beginning of the test, he ran to the Gongyuan whenever he had something to do. After the test, he stayed in the Gongyuan directly and accompanied Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing and others to review the test papers.

Will there be any wizards in this session?

Don't say it, there really is.

One day, he was sitting there looking forward to the re-examination papers, Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng and others, when Bi Maokang suddenly said excitedly: "Your Majesty, a genius, this person is really a genius."

really?
Hearing the words, Taichang couldn't help standing up, walked quickly to Bi Maokang, and asked impatiently, "What genius?"

Bi Maokang excitedly picked up the test paper and said, "Your Majesty, look, this son has actually developed a Lianju gun, which can fire more than 20 bullets in a row!"

Renju?
Taichang took the test paper and read it carefully, and immediately understood.

This is the prototype of the semi-automatic rifle!
That is, the kind of musket that can fire continuously with a magazine loaded.

Naturally, he has a little impression in his mind. The problem is that he was not a weapon expert in his previous life, so he doesn't know much about the structure and principle of semi-automatic rifles.

However, when he read the article, he understood that this was definitely the prototype of a semi-automatic rifle.

It turns out that a semi-automatic rifle feeds bullets into the chamber through a device attached to the trigger!
That is to say, every time the trigger is pulled to fire, not only the previous round of bullets can be fired, but also the next round of bullets can be pushed into the gun chamber.

This son is really a genius.

At this time, Daming needs such a genius.

He originally slipped his mouth and said something about the Maxim machine gun.

Unexpectedly, I really met a gun wizard.

This son can develop a semi-automatic rifle, is the Maxim machine gun still far away?

Taichang couldn't help being pleasantly surprised and said: "Quickly, take this candidate's original test paper."

After a while, an official from the Ministry of Rites came over with a sealed test paper.

Taichang couldn't wait to open the test paper and take a look, and he was stunned again.

Zhejiang Hangzhou Mansion, Dai Zi?

Who is Dai Zi, he has never heard of it.

In fact, Dai Zi is still somewhat famous in history.

However, Dai Zi became famous only in the Qing Dynasty.

He also developed the renju gun in history.

It's a pity that he was not born at the right time, and the Qing court didn't know the value of this thing.

In the end, he was exiled outside the customs because of the villain's slander, and died of poverty!