Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 479

"How can He De in Yangzhou be the capital?"

"Yangzhou can't, can you Suzhou?"

Just as the two were whispering, there was a sudden noise from the Hanlin Academy.

Zheng Senshu listened, and shook his head with a smile: "Jiangsu Province is newly established, and the capital is fighting."

"Nanzhili should indeed be divided."

Huang Zongxi glanced at it, and muttered, "Although Jinshi is divided into three parts in the north and south, but Shujishi are mostly from the southern Zhili."

Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, no Jinshi can enter the Hanlin, no Hanlin can enter the cabinet, and an iron law has been formed. It even evolved into a non-Hanlin who can't be a minister of rites, a non-Hanlin who can't be an examiner, and a non-Hanlin who can't be a censor. Monopolized the top power of the imperial court.

Including Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Yan Song, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the cabinet of the Hongzhi Dynasty, all of whom were born in the Hanlin Academy.

Beginning in the reign of Hongzhi, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy were selected for each subject, and 20 people each selected formed a custom.

Except for the No. 17 Scholar, No. [-], and No. [-] flower, the remaining [-] people were selected from the second and third places.

In Enke in the first year of Shaowu, Nanzhili accounted for [-]% of the [-] Shujishi, that is, as many as ten people.

In other words, although the distribution of Jinshi was fair, most of the ministers who held power in the cabinet were from Southern Zhili.

In this case, how can the emperor not be afraid?
"But having said that, in my opinion, Suzhou is the most prosperous city in the world. It can be the capital and it can be managed under the nose."

Zheng Sen said in a low voice.

"That can't be the case!"

Huang Zongxi shook his head: "Salt merchants in Yangzhou earn millions of taels of Huaiyan salt every year, and as water transport, it goes directly to Beijing. This is far more important than some money and food in Suzhou."

At this moment, suddenly Xu Wen, Zhan Shifu of Zhan Shifu and a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, walked step by step, and the Hanlin Academy was instantly quiet.

"Ahem, the work of compiling the Chongzhen Veritable Records and Hongguang Veritable Records is temporarily suspended."

Xu Wen raised his head, glanced at these young people, nodded with satisfaction and said: "Today's lecturer is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Butang, so don't be absent, and you must be prepared, so as not to lose the face of the Imperial Academy. "

After speaking, he strode away again.

The Imperial Academy can not only draft the imperial decree for the emperor, but also accompany the emperor, and even have the Ministry of Officials, Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Shangshu to give classes and make connections.

It can be said that after three years, the future is bright.

There was still a lot of discussion in the Hanlin Academy. Generally speaking, the servants rarely came to class, let alone the Shangshu.

But everyone cherishes this opportunity. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials calls a heavenly official who can compete with the chief minister of the cabinet. After all, the imperial court is nothing more than personnel and financial power.

In the afternoon, Wang Yingxiong came in a hurry, his official uniform was meticulous, and he walked vigorously, not like a civil servant, but like a general.

The Hanlins, however, seemed to have returned to their elementary school days, saluting respectfully and listening to the lectures.

Wang Yingxiong was in high spirits when he taught the Hanlin students. When it came to the lectures, there was an endless stream of people, with tiger eyes looking around, as if he wanted to find a worthy talent.

After talking about martial arts for an hour, that is, Wang Yingxiong's experience in suppressing the rebellion in the local area, he moistened his throat and said:

"From now on, apart from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, the six ministers and ministers will go out for an hour every day to teach everyone. Don't let your Majesty's hard work live up to you."

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, but he stopped suddenly, showing a hint of a smile: "According to the usual practice, Jinshi who are not admitted to the Imperial Academy must observe politics for half a year before they can be appointed, but Your Majesty is quite unhappy that the Imperial Academy does not need to observe politics. , get ready!"

As soon as this sentence came out, the Imperial Academy set off a huge wave.

The Guanzheng system began in the Hongwu period. In February of the sixth year of Hongwu (1373), after the first batch of scholars entered politics for two years, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered the disadvantages of the imperial examination:
The Jinshi admitted are flashy, extremely poor, have no understanding of government affairs, and fail KPI assessments every year.

I thought I recruited a few hardworking model workers, but in exchange for a group of gentlemen who drink tea and read newspapers, who can bear it?
In a fit of anger, the imperial examination was abolished directly.

Therefore, in the future, the Ming Dynasty put the selection of officials on the top of "recommendation", "school training" and "official promotion", that is, the three methods were used together.

After an interval of ten years, Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his trust in you again under the constant request of civil servants. In August of the 15th year of Hongwu (1382), he issued an edict to reopen the imperial examination two years later, but asked the Jinshi to go to the six departments to observe politics and learn some politics. ability.

But Shu Jishi, watching politics in the Imperial Academy, is relaxed and caressing by the way.

"I'm waiting in the Imperial Academy, isn't it also watching politics?"

Huang Zongxi was very courageous and asked.

"Hahaha!" Wang Yingxiong shook his head and said with a smile: "After a while, you will know, this is a good thing."

Everyone was helpless, their hearts were in a mess, something was really wrong.

Once the rules are broken, it is like changing the key to the door, and no one knows the good or bad.

After several days of suffering, the Imperial Academy finally received the news.

It turns out that their places of political observation are in the cabinet and living room.

Cabinet Zhongshu, that is, Zhongshu Sheren, is responsible for drafting and copying. To put it bluntly, it is a document.

Generally speaking, such positions are all from Juren and Jinshi background, seventh-rank officials, and the future is bleak.

But for these new scholars, it is a great honor to be able to enter the cabinet as a clerical internship.

Not to mention the living man, he is an official who follows the emperor every day, and turns around in front of the emperor every day. Can he not be familiar with being promoted?
For a while, the crowd in the Hanlin Academy was enthusiastic.

The Hanlin Academy is just a small test of the emperor's sword, and his real target is the six central yamen.

The three members of the cabinet, together with Jiang Yueguang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, had an audience with the emperor.

The autumn tiger was about to pass by, and the emperor casually drooped a coat, with loose hair and bare chest, admiring the flowers he had transplanted from the imperial garden.

If this was seen by the censors, it might be impeachment, but they were very sensible and pretended not to see it.

The four civil servants looked sideways, unable to understand the real meaning of the emperor.

"Jiang Yueguang—"

"The old minister is here." Jiang Yueguang hurriedly stepped forward, only three steps away from the emperor.

"You are going to Beijing on this trip. Apart from the palace and the city walls, there is one more thing to deal with."

"do you understand?"

As soon as this sentence came out, the four people sighed in their hearts, Jiang Riguang could only bite the bullet and say: "The old minister understands."

"No, you don't understand!"

The emperor turned around suddenly, patted the dirt on his body, and showed a smile:
"As for that King Fu, I thought that if he died, I would give him a beautiful mausoleum, but in the end, he came back to life."

"God's will tricks people, those who deserve to die are not dead, those who deserve to live are not alive..."

This made it impossible for the four of them to connect.

"Let's restore his title of King of Fortune and go to Fengyang!"

Not surprisingly, circle ban.

This place name made the old Zhu family vassal king tremble.

(End of this chapter)