The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 832 Dissatisfaction of Scholars
"Written test and practical operation are also divided into?"

"A person who is admitted to the Animal Husbandry Bureau must raise a pig for the imperial court?"

"Hahaha." There was an uproar of laughter at the scene.

"It's a big joke in the world. It's unheard of in ancient times. It's a shame for scholars."

"It's an insult to the gentleman, it's an insult to the gentleman."

"Let me be dignified to work with a farmer? Huangtang, don't take the exam."

"A businessman can become an official, and a sow can climb a tree."

The onlookers became more and more annoyed. Ying Tianfu added 200, nearly [-] official positions, and few could be admitted. A large number of businessmen, farmers, and craftsmen could apply, and they were all mad.

The key point is that the imperial examinations this time are different from those in the Ming Dynasty. If you pass the fourth rank in the exam, you will be the fourth rank, and if you pass the third rank, you will be the third rank.

But the imperial court also made it public, because it was the first time to recruit scholars after the founding of the country. In the future, most of them will only recruit low-level officials, and most middle- and high-level officials can only rely on promotion.

So this opportunity is the best, who doesn't want to go to the sky in one step and get a third-rank and fourth-rank officer?
Among the onlookers at this time, there was a special group of people. Some of these people were older and some were younger.

The youngest of them, Hou Fangyu, was born in 1618. His father was Hou Xun, Minister of the Ministry of Households of the Ming Dynasty. There is no lack of transshipment." At that time, he did a good job, but later Wen Tiren instigated Song Zhipu and others to impeach Hou Xunmi and pay for the country.Hou Xun was dismissed and imprisoned for seven years.

After Ding Yi went to Beijing to reorganize the cabinet, Hou Xun was transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture as Zuo Shilang. He was a little junior, but he performed well and was very experienced in hoarding land.

Hou Fangyu was selected as a scholar when he was sixteen and married.

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, on behalf of his father, he drafted a proposal for garrisoning land, scoring ten items such as Guantun, Juntun, Bingtun, Mintun, Shangtun, Futun, Biantun, Reclamation, Examination, and Trust. The article is smooth and sophisticated, and it is expected to be feasible.

But at this time, the overall situation has become a situation of turmoil. There are poems with the word "Tian" among the people, the so-called "the foundation of wealth in the past, but now the beginning of tiredness". Farming, in order to escape the "addition".Talking about reclamation under such circumstances is tantamount to talking about military affairs on paper.It is impossible to know whether this performance is good, or it cannot be done even if it is good, it can be asserted.

When Li Zicheng besieged Kaifeng, he took refuge with his father in Yingtian.

He had close contacts with Maoxiang, Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi and others here, known as the Fourth Young Master, and joined Fushe, a political and literary group centered on Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats in the late Ming Dynasty, known as "Little Donglin" Known as "Sidonglin", there were more than 3000 members at its peak, including Zhou Zhong from the capital, who was a member of Fushe.

The main task of Fushe is to try to figure out stereotyped writing, study knowledge, and improve moral character, but it also has a strong political color. Donglin took the post as his own successor, advocating "bull rent, abolition of registration, withdrawal of envoys, and internal manipulation", It reflects the interests of landlords and businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, such as the "Wujiang surname", and echoes the struggle of the citizen class in this area, so it has a fairly broad foundation.

To put it simply, the Fushe people focus on reflecting the social reality, exposing power and eunuchs, and sympathizing with the suffering of the people, but they also protect the interests of landlords and businessmen, because most of them are the second generation of landlords and officials, or have failed to succeed after repeated trials. , people who think they are underappreciated and want to be an official.

Their works reflect the social reality, expose power and treacherous eunuchs, and sympathize with the suffering of people's livelihood, because they feel that they have not become officials, and once they become officials, they will definitely be able to do better than those officials.

And many people who have been restored to the society may not really do much for the people after they become brothers and become officials.

For example, Ding Yi's current imperial examination reform was something they dreamed of before.

Maoxiang came to Tianxiang Township Examination six times, lost his younger brother six times, and didn't even get a Juren.

According to the thinking of Fushe members, this kind of reform is a good thing they have dreamed of. However, many farmers and craftsmen can also examine officials, which makes them unacceptable.

Farmers and craftsmen are suffering, their income is not high, and their status is even lower, but they can't be promoted to the point where they can be officials, right?
Fushe members sympathized with farmers and artisans, but they were unwilling to make them equal to themselves.

At this time, Hou Fangyu, Maoxiang, Chen Zhenhui, Fang Yizhi and others were all watching, bowing their heads and talking about something from time to time.

There was a lot of crowd around, and many people were cursing angrily. The scholars were very dissatisfied, and most of them were Fushe people.

"Chaozong, are you going to take the exam?" At this moment, someone from the side came over and said, "This kind of imperial examination is simply insulting to the sages, and I will not take it."

Hou Fanghou looked back and saw that it was Qian Qianyi.

Lao Qian worked as a servant of the Ministry of Rites when he was in Chongzhen, but was later dismissed from office, and has been waiting for an opportunity in Yingtian. Unfortunately, Ding Yi knew that he was a famous surrender faction, so naturally he didn't give him the opportunity, and he still has no official position.

He was one of the opponents who were quite dissatisfied with the court.

Before Hou Fangyu could speak, Mao Xiang frowned and said, "Even if you want to take the exam, there are few official positions available, so the competition must be great."

Thousands of students in Yingtian City, as well as those who were dismissed from the former Nanzhili small court, all want to be officials, how can there be so many officials.

Fang Yizhi said at this time: "I want to be an education officer."

This Fang Yizhi was one of the few scientists at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and he was still good friends with Tang Ruowang. His family had a long history of learning, learned from others, and advocated the combination of Chinese and Western, and the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.He has written more than 400 million words in his life, covering literature, history, philosophy, geography, medicine, and physics.

He is erudite and talented, proficient in various sciences, so he can take the exam for many officials in the Education Department of Yingtianfu.

Qian Qianyi was furious: "Mizhi, this matter is beyond your control, we have to advance and retreat together."

"This time the imperial examination is about to be completed, and the scholars in the world will raise their heads again?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Qian Qianyi suddenly lowered his voice: "Come on, let's talk about it in another place."

At the same time, many scholars in Yingtiancheng were instigated, and some people asked them not to participate in the imperial examination to fight against the injustice of the court.

Because there are not many official positions that Ying Tian can let scholars take the exam, a large number of scholars decided to support this activity.

There were several important meetings in the history of Fushe, namely Wujiang Yinshan Meeting (1629), Yingtian Jinling Meeting (1630) and Suzhou Huqiu Meeting (1633).

This time they decided to hold another meeting in Yingtian. The meeting will be held on the day of the exam, that is, the 25th.

Yingtian Education and Propaganda Office is a manor of former Wei Guogong Xu Wenjue. After Wei Guogong's house was ransacked, many family properties were changed into new government offices.

The first imperial examination in the first year of Rende was held in Yingtian Education and Publicity Department.

Candidates here include Ying Tianfu (Ying Tian) and its eight counties. (Jiangning, Shangyuan, Jurong, Lishui, Liyang, Gaochun, Jiangpu, Liuhe), the corresponding positions are also the official positions of Yingtian and eight counties.

The entire Jiangnan Province is divided into four examination rooms, which are held at the same time.

In addition, there are five examination rooms in Changzhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, and Suzhou Prefecture, which are uniformly set in Suzhou, and the exam is also held on June 25.

The examination venues for Taiping Mansion, Ningguo Mansion, Weizhou Mansion, Chizhou Mansion, and Anqing Mansion plus Guang Dezhou, Hezhou, and Chuzhou were all set in Ningguo, and the test was also held on June 25.

The examination rooms of Luzhou Prefecture, Fengyang Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture, and Xuzhou are all located in Fengyang.

From the day of registration on June 25, the members of the Fushe began to rush to scholars all over the province, demanding to block the offices of various government offices on the day of the exam on June [-].

They called the one in Yingtian the "Mie Chu (Rat) Conference".

Because Jiannu was called Ding Yiding Mouse back then, I don’t know who passed it to Jiangnan.

They dare not call them mice, so they call them Chu.

It is clear that it is against the imperial court and against Ding Yi.

In mid-June, Wu Weiye, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, summoned Fushe members several times and persuaded them earnestly.

Wu Weiye is also a member of the Fushe. These days, he has clearly felt that Yingtiancheng is about to rain, but everyone is very dissatisfied with him.

Before Wu Weiye was dismissed by Chongzhen, after Ding Yi came to power, he immediately appointed him as the magistrate of Yingtian.

Wu Weiye originally supported letting the nobles pay to fight against the peasant army, so Ding Yi checked Ying Tian's nobles, and he also supported it with both hands.

Now everyone has kicked him out of Fushe in private, and they don't want to bully him at all.

Wu Weiye summoned him continuously, but there was no effect. He could only say clearly: "Scholars rebelled, and they will be useless for ten years. Why are you bothering?"

"What's more, today's sages are wise and the people live and work in peace and contentment. What are you guys doing?"

He has made it very clear that you people are useless, Ding Yi has a knife in his hand.

The common people are trying to live a stable life now, why do you still stand up and dance?

Qian Qianyi scolded him: "The king should share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats. What does Emperor Rende want to do? Does he want to share the world with peasants, artisans and merchants now? Does he dare to use a knife? How dare he call benevolence? Dare to call virtue?"

Many Fushe members broke with Wu Weiye one after another.

On June 500th, when the registration time came, Yingtian City was crowded with scholars from eight counties, but the number of registration forms received by the Yingtian Division of the Ministry of Officials was less than [-].

Most of them are people from before Ding Yi, and there are less than 100 real scholars and former officials of Yingtian.

Because the eight counties of Yingtianyi Prefecture recruited more than 200 people this time, it is said that this ratio is quite good, and the future generations will choose one of the two. If this is the case for future generations, everyone will grin.

On the afternoon of the [-]th.

Yingtian Jinyiwei a thousand households.

Lu Chao arrived in Yingtian at the end of May and has been secretly investigating the leader.

At the moment, someone below is reporting the latest results to him.

"In the past, Zhao Zhilong, Cheng Bo of Mingxin, Li Qiuhao, Tongzhi of Yingtianfu, and Qian Qianyi, the former servant of the Ministry of Rites, led the scholars everywhere to fight against the imperial court—from the information we have so far, their plan is——"

Zhao Zhilong's family originally had more than 7 mu of good paddy fields. After Ding Yi abolished slavery, he only had more than 2 mu of land because he distributed the land to slaves.

(End of this chapter)