Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 523 Zhang Huangyan went to Beijing to take the exam, read newspapers and magazines to discuss politics

Because she was recreating Xinming as a princess, Aimee Zhu didn't do anything right away when it came to some reforms, leaving opportunities for some people to change and adapt.

She wanted to take action on the imperial examination system, and she had previously notified scholars all over the world through the "Da Ming Pao" that the township examination in August this year would be reformed.

Among them, the rural examination is divided into liberal arts and sciences, and part of the examination content for the Four Books and Five Classics is reserved in the liberal arts, which is to leave a way out for the old scholars.

The exam in February basically remained unchanged in terms of system, and it was a path left by Aimee Zhu for the old jurors.

It's just that you can only go this way once.

Until the next examination, the examination system and content will be changed accordingly in accordance with the rural examination reform.

However, even if the examination system does not change, Zhu Wei can still select talents who are useful to the development of Ming Dynasty through the policy and question part of the examination and palace examination.

Therefore, not only the officials attached great importance to this examination, but Zhu Yuxi also attached great importance to it...

This test, as usual, will be held from the ninth day of February to the fifteenth day of February this year.

Because it is held in spring, it is also called Chunwei.

Although it was still in the first lunar month at this time, and there was still one month before Chunwei, many people from far away had already arrived in Nanjing City, either staying with relatives or friends, or staying in inns, and some of them had their own houses in Nanjing.

As for those who are poor and can only live in ruined Buddhist temples, there is no such thing.

After all, Juren was already a truly privileged class in Ming Dynasty, and there was no one who was short of money.

Even if you are alone with no land or house, as long as you open your mouth and say that you are willing to be a teacher for a certain child, there will be a lot of people rushing to hire and send money.

Fortune Inn.

A literati combination of old and young came in, followed by three bookboys.

The 50-year-old man and the young man behind him were all dressed as typical literati.

But the other young man and his book boy were slightly muscular, with rather sharp eyes, slightly dark complexion, with a knife instead of a sword at their waists, and if they were not wearing Confucian shirts, they would have looked more like warriors.

The most eye-catching thing is that the sturdy book boy is also carrying a big bow and a pot of arrows.

Although the waiter and shopkeeper of the inn were slightly surprised by this, they were not worried.

As far as they know, the Ming court cannot control swords now, but if anyone enters the city with spears, bows and arrows, they must report.As for artillery, muskets, crossbow bolts, and armor, they are all forbidden items, and ordinary people are not allowed to own them without the permission of the imperial court.

Today is the tenth day of the first lunar month. Although the Hongyun Inn is one of the favorite inns for scholars to stay in Nanjing to participate in the rural examination, but now it is a general examination after all, and the number of candidates for the examination is far less than that of scholars. few.

Xiaoer stepped forward and asked enthusiastically, "Will the guest officials stay at the hotel?"

The old man at the head said: "Naturally, I will live in a hotel. I need three Tianzi-sized rooms and three Herringbone-sized rooms."

After speaking, the old man will go to the counter to pay the deposit.

The strong young man said: "How can I let Mr. Lu An spend the money, the younger generation should do it himself."

The room at the Fortune Inn is expensive, and now it coincides with the Nanjing Examination, and the price has risen again, so the old man did not insist.

The two groups immediately paid a one-month deposit, and then followed Xiao Er to the backyard to choose a room—since it was the upper room, it would naturally not be a noisy place facing the street, but a relatively secluded place at the back.

Xiao Er led the way ahead, and suddenly changed to Ningbo dialect: "The three masters are all from Ningbo, right? The younger one is also from Ningbo."

The old man said with a smile: "So it's a little fellow, I'm impolite."

"Master, you're being polite." Although the three of them didn't reveal their identities, Xiao Er had already seen that the three of them must be candidates for the exam, so he asked one more question, "Where are the three masters from Ningbo?"

"Yin County."

"Yin County is a good place. The literary name ranks high in the whole of Ningbo. The three masters will definitely be able to go to high school this time..." Xiaoer talked endlessly, and arranged the room for the three of them.

When Xiao Er was about to leave, the burly young man stopped him and said, "Isn't the ten-day issue of "Da Ming Pao" coming out today? Go buy two copies and send them here."

The young book boy gave Xiao Er dozens of pennies.

Xiaoer took the money and said with a smile: "Tell this master, now the "Da Ming Pao" is not publishing a ten-day periodical, but a half-weekly periodical, every five days."

After Xiao Er left, the burly young man stood in the outer corridor on the second floor and looked at the surrounding environment.As for house inspection, salute and resettlement, I have my own book boy to do it.

At this time the old man also came out, he must have heard about the burly young man asking Xiao Er to buy a newspaper, he said with a smile: "Xuan Zhu seems to be very concerned about state affairs, he just needs to read the newspaper when he arrives in the capital."

The strong young man said: "Although the Qing captives have been driven out of the pass, the state affairs are still difficult. Naturally, I should pay more attention to them in my life."

This sturdy young man is 26 and seven years old, but he is Zhang Huangyan who came to Nanjing for the exam.

Zhang Huangyan was born in a bureaucratic family in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. His father was a member of the Criminal Ministry, Wailang. Unfortunately, Zhang Huangyan died of illness when he was 12 years old.

As a child, Zhang Huangyan traveled with his father to various places in Ming Dynasty, and saw the local turmoil and the people's suffering during the Tianqi and Chongzhen years, so he had great ambitions when he was young, and he was generous and liked to discuss the art of war.

Later, he was a scholar in the ninth year of Chongzhen, and a scholar in the 15th year of Chongzhen.

During the reign of Chongzhen, the imperial court was in urgent need of military personnel, so the imperial examinations for scholars could also include martial arts such as riding and archery. However, Zhang Huangyan's repeated additions to the test were all three arrows in riding and archery, which was amazing.

As for this old man, he is quite well-known in later generations. He is Wan Tai from the Wan family in Yinxian County, Ningbo.

This man gave birth to eight sons, each with their own achievements, and they were later called Wan's Eight Dragons.

The young man who came with him this time to take the exam is his eldest son Wan Sinian, who is one year older than Zhang Huangyan and also a 15-year candidate in Chongzhen.

Zhang Huangyan and Wantai hadn't had a long chat, and Xiao Er bought two copies of the "Da Ming Pao" half-weekly.

Zhang Huangyan gave a copy of Wantai, and took the other copy and looked through it in the corridor.

But I saw that the ten and a half magazine marked the second issue of January, indicating that the first issue was published on the fifth day of the first month.

Then he turned directly to the military section, frowned when he saw it, and sighed: "The Qing captives have not been completely pacified, and the chieftains in Yunnan have rebelled, and they have occupied Kunming and expelled Duke Mu... Can the sun be completely peaceful?"

Next to him, Wantai was watching with relish the "Three-year Compulsory Primary School System implemented in the three prefectures" on the political board, and said without raising his head, "Isn't the southwestern chieftain's rebellion a common thing? Once every ten years.

Nearly ten years have passed since the end of the She'an Rebellion in Guizhou, and it is not surprising that there is chaos in Yunnan. "

Zhang Huangyan continued to look at the relevant content on the military section, only to realize that there are still tens of thousands of thieves under Zhang Xianzhong's command in Guangxi who have not been wiped out. Now they may be mixed with the rebellious Shadingzhou in Yunnan and corrupt the Southwest.

He was anxious in his heart, wishing he could immediately abandon his pen and join the army, and go to the southwest to quell the chaos for the imperial court.

But he knew that the starting point was too low, and the role he could play in the southwest was limited.

If you want to serve the country better and realize your ambitions, you must pass the Jinke Jinshi exam.

"If I am a Jinshi, I will definitely try to enter the Military Affairs Academy, and in the future, it will be the Ming Dynasty to completely quell the troubles in the southwest!" Zhang Huangyan, who is still young and doesn't know the difficulties of the world, can't help but think so while reading the newspaper.

At this moment, Wantai suddenly hissed, and said, "It's a good thing for the imperial court to implement three-year compulsory education. Why does it insist on including girls? This is too shocking!"

Zhang Huangyan just finished reading the few military sections, and turned to the frontmost political section.

I saw that the political section talked about several major events.

First, the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, the first railway in the Ming Dynasty, officially started construction on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and is expected to be completed and put into operation within half a year.

Second, this year, the general examination will be held on the ninth day of February as scheduled, and the examination system and content will remain unchanged.

The third is to implement "three-year primary school compulsory education" in Yingtianfu, Shuntianfu and Chengdufu.

The article's report on "three-year primary school compulsory education" is the longest.

It not only talked about the specific content of the policy, but also explained why the court did this, and related prospects for the future.

After reading this passage, Zhang Huangyan also frowned slightly.

The idea of ​​girls going to school, and even the court's idea of ​​liberating women's power, was indeed beyond his expectations, and even challenged his previous three views.

But if this policy is really beneficial to the development and strength of Ming Dynasty, then it should support the policy of the imperial court.

Thinking of this, he said to Wan Tai: "Mr. Lu'an, this junior thinks what Liu Shuying said is not unreasonable. If you can liberate women's wisdom and strength, I will not say that the talent and manpower will be doubled, that is to say, it will be half. The country is greatly beneficial.

Besides, we all know that rich and noble families would teach their girls to read and understand, but now the imperial court just allows girls from ordinary families in the three prefectures to have the opportunity to study for three years.Why not? "

When Wantai heard the words, he fell into deep thought for a while.

　Second more.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)