Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 615 Imperial Examination Reform
Beijing in April has not yet reacted, and the scorching heat has swept across the entire north, and Huangsha also plays the leading role from time to time.

In this case, the Spring Festival will still be held without any delay.

Scholars from the eighteen provinces of Ming Dynasty, drinking the wind and sand, rushed to the battlefield without hesitation.

However, Shaowu's four-year examination was different from the past.

In order to prevent the formation of cliques and cliques between house teachers and seat teachers, the emperor did not appoint important cabinet ministers or court ministers as examiners as usual.

And the person who holds this honor is Taipu Siqing, one of the Xiaojiuqing, who is responsible for preparing the emperor's retinue, chariots and sundries, from the third rank.

It belongs to the kind of idle job that is expensive and old-age.

Even, the emperor planned to make it a practice, and let these ministers with high positions and low powers, such as Honglu Temple Minister, Taichang Temple Minister and other Xiaojiuqing, serve as the examiners.

"Don't those scholars like to learn from teachers?"

Facing the puzzlement of the cabinet, the emperor proudly said: "I would like to see whether they are happy with the powerless master."

What a loss...

The three members of the cabinet fell silent.

The emperor's operation is really amazing.

It is simply tasteless for Jinshi to worship a teacher in name only, and it is of no help to their progress in officialdom.

For the little Jiuqings, Jinshi's apprenticeship, daily respect, filial piety, etc., let them just enjoy without paying.

"Your Majesty is holy!" Zhao Shu sighed in his heart, having lost a good opportunity to train his juniors, he could only cheer himself up:
"The former Ming Dynasty died due to party disputes. If this matter becomes a common practice, it will inevitably make the Huiqian try its roots and become a grand ceremony for Ming Dynasty."

"The examiners in each room can't be negligent." Seeing that there is no benefit to be gained, Zhang Shenyan also said:
"Usually, Zhan Shifu and Hanlin Academy are removed as room teachers, why not change the rules now and choose doctors from various ministries to take on such important tasks?"

"Why don't we add the doctors of Guozijian?" Yan Chongxin was even more insulting, and said directly: "When it comes to knowledge, only Guozijian is the best in the world. Doctors, teaching assistants, Xuezheng, etc., I think they are not allowed to be given to others."

The academic officials of the Guozijian have even more limited progress in the officialdom. Unless they are officials such as Jijiu and Jiancheng, they can only have seniority.

"Hahaha!" The emperor suddenly became happy, it was a collective failure.

"Okay, let's do it this way, so that we can be fair and just, and put an end to the so-called party formation."

This operation shocked the entire court, and no one could understand such behavior.

In fact, if you study it deeply, this is also normal.

In the emperor's daily chats with the cabinet, the topic of the former Ming Dynasty was always the most, and the reasons for its subjugation were summed up by several people.

The first thing to bear the brunt is corruption, which is rotten from the central government to the local government. Even if it is a benevolent and good government, it will always turn into a bad government in the end.

Secondly, it is unanimously recognized as forming a party for personal gain.Whether it is the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party, or the Chu Party and Zhejiang Party during the Wanli and Tianqi years, they have all caused deep damage to this country.

In the end, there is the corruption of military affairs, including frontier troops, guards, etc. The military force that the country relies on to maintain has completely become a burden.

Corruption and martial arts can still be reorganized, or they are already changing now, but it is difficult to form a party for personal gain.

And today, it's finally on the agenda.

In fact, during the reform, the emperor also wanted to deal with stereotyped essays.

But he thought about the public exam he took before time travel, he was not as good as stereotyped essay!

After all, it is a means of selecting officials.

In contrast, the Tang Dynasty relied on poetry to select officials even more unreliable.

People have worked hard for decades, even if they are the so-called small towns who are the masters, the sweat they will shed is hard to measure.

The form remains the same, but the content can be changed a little.

For example, the first emphasis is on strategy theory and less on stereotyped writing.

"The disadvantage of the imperial examination is not in the general examination or the rural examination, but in the threshold of the county examination."

As for the imperial examination, Yan Chongxin saw it most clearly.

Among the three members of the cabinet, Zhao Shu was born in Juren, Zhang Shenyan was a Jinshi, only he was a scholar, and he was the youngest, so he always had no confidence in speaking.

But at this time, his eyes were bright, and his words were loud and clear:
"Your Majesty, according to the court rules, if the people want to participate in the county examination, the first pass of this scholar must be guaranteed by a nansheng before they can enter the examination."

"And in some places, the gentry formed an affair with the gentry and guaranteed each other, but refused the insurance for the poor and cold, so that the number of scholars was limited."

Poor scholar, poor scholar, that's what it's called, but in the feudal era, there was an exam every two or three years, and the number of places in a county was only a few dozen.

Its scarcity is evident.

Scholars also influence juren, so those gentry colluded with the grannies, guaranteed each other, and artificially restricted references, so that scholars became their pockets.

The point is that this bad habit is still in line with the rules.

"did you mean?"

"Abolish the production guarantee system." Yan Chongxin said in a deep voice:
"At least since the first year of Shaowu, His Majesty has abolished lowly status, and it is inappropriate to set up the protection system. Why do you implement it again?"

"But the ancestors who committed crimes are not allowed to take the exam, so a guarantee is still required."

Zhang Shenyan suggested: "It's better to use the guarantor as a guarantor instead of a scholar as a guarantor."

"This is a change of soup but not medicine. Once someone guarantees it, it will inevitably be used."

Yan Chongxin hated Dao deeply.

"If no one guarantees it, I'm afraid it's easy to break the rules."

"The testimonies from Li and County are enough to prove the person, and Xiucai's guarantee is just superfluous."

The two had a rare quarrel, and the exchange of words was intense.

"All right!"

The emperor directly stopped the two of them, thought over and over again, and said:

"The guarantee to participate in the county examination will definitely give some people the opportunity to make money, especially the lin students."

"Since that's the case, let's change the guarantee from two grannies to a scholar. Whether it's hypertrophy or epiphysis, it's enough to prove him."

Scholars are actually divided into three, six, and nine grades. It does not mean that if you are admitted to a scholar, you will be able to live comfortably and enjoy life for life.

The so-called gran students are the students who are given meals by the government.Also known as Lin Shan Sheng.

Only those who are in the forefront of the county school, the age, and the first class in the two examinations of the department can obtain the name of the granary student, and the granary will be paid four taels of silver, and the life can be described as nourishing.

Those who increase are called "Zengguang Shengyuan", and the province is called "Zengguang Sheng".In addition, it is added and attached to the end of the students, which is called "attached students".

There may be only a few students in a county, but there are hundreds of scholars, which is enough to put an end to the so-called family scholars.

"Your Majesty Shengming."

Several people bowed their hands respectfully.

"Nowadays, the country is waiting to be rejuvenated, and officials in Suiyuan and Gansu are scarce, so it is the right time for the talent ceremony."

Zhu Yixi was thinking a lot, and suddenly, he asked again: "By the way, what is the court's regulations on the preferential treatment of gentry?"

(End of this chapter)