Alliance of the Heavens and Ming Dynasty

Chapter 192 Expanding the Enrollment Number
After returning to the palace, Zhu Houzhao immediately found Wang Yangming and told Wang Yangming about his ideas. Wang Yangming also felt that his ideas were feasible and improved a little for him.

There are too many candidates to take part in the exam. It is unrealistic to admit all of them, but it is still possible to expand the number of candidates.

An imperial examination came quickly and ended quickly. After the exam, many candidates did not leave the capital in a hurry. Even if they knew that they were not on the list, they had to wait for the results to come out, so as not to leave any regrets for this trip.

Chief examiner Liang Chu, deputy chief examiner Fei Hong, Wang Jia, and a group of Hanlin scholars, corrected the test papers day and night, and then made a list of the candidates with the best scores they believed to be the best, and brought the candidates' answers to the papers together. Present it to Zhu Houzhao.

"There are fewer people!"

Putting the admission list of candidates submitted by Liang Chu on the table, Zhu Houzhao said lightly.

"not enough?"

Liang Chu was a little surprised. In an imperial examination, three first-class candidates were admitted, that is, the number one scholar, the second place, and Tanhua.

There are several second-level candidates, seven of them, and more than 200 third-level candidates. In total, nearly [-] candidates have entered the list. Is this still a small number?
He really couldn't understand what Zhu Houzhao was going to do.

"I strongly support Wang Yangming's reform. All parts of the Ming Dynasty need people. Three hundred Jinshi are distributed to all parts of the country, which is not enough at all."

This is only one of the reasons, and more importantly, he plans to use troops against Annan, Jiaozhi and other places. It is time to take back the land that Daming had no choice but to give up during the Xuande period!
He didn't intend to adopt the external means of Lao Zhu and Zhu Di, but only carried out the canonization in name, and actually didn't have much practical ruling power at all.

What he wants is thorough control. In this way, the reserve of officials is extremely important. If a city is conquered, someone will be sent to take it over immediately. He doesn't believe that anyone will dare to overthrow the world.

Furthermore, Annan is located on an important road, and if he controls Annan, he can further attack Champa, Siam, Chenla and other countries, and threaten Sumatra, Java and other overseas barbarians.

Ten years, only ten years, Zhu Houzhao must do everything possible in this short ten years to enhance the underlying strength of his Zhengde Dynasty. Annan is an important stepping stone for him to plunder overseas resources and must be won.

As for whether those local residents would make trouble for him after defeating Annan, making the court's control even more powerless, he didn't care about it. There are some things that the first emperor did, so he did.

Ten years is too short, and his Zhengde Dynasty is a bit too busy to take care of himself. How can he have the time to care about the life and death of those barbarians. At worst, he will encourage the people of Ming Dynasty to have more children after the fact, and then immigrate the people of Ming Dynasty to enrich the land of Annan.

"It is against the rules to expand the number of admissions."

Liang Chu also knew that the imperial court was short of people, especially in Liaodong, Yunnan, Sichuan, Mobei and other places, but rashly expanding the number of recruits would inevitably cause some unnecessary controversy.

"Rules are dead, but people are alive. If the court is short of people, why not expand the number of people admitted."

Zhu Houzhao said indifferently that he likes others to follow the rules he made, but he doesn't like to follow the rules made by others.

In the entire Zhengde Dynasty, there was only one rule maker, and that was himself.

"How many people does His Majesty want to recruit?"

Liang Chu thinks about it too. Since Zhu Houzhao came to power, have there been few changes to the rules? Not a big deal at all.

If it is changed, it will be changed. Whoever dares to say a word, those candidates will even be happy and rejoicing. After all, the more people are admitted, the greater their chances of being named on the gold list.

"There are nearly 6000 people participating in the scientific examination this time. I want to take 500 people. Those with special abilities will be given priority."

Zhu Houzhao's understatement directly frightened Liang Chu to a standstill!

He thought that at most Zhu Houzhao wanted to recruit 200 more people, but he didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to have such a big appetite.

500 people accounted for one-third of the total number of candidates. Even if they were admitted, most of them would be sent to Liaodong, Yunnan, Sichuan, Mobei and other places, so they wouldn't need so many people!
Wiping the cold sweat off his forehead, Liang Chu asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, is this too many people?"

One hundred and five hundred Jinshi were admitted at one time. Since the establishment of the imperial examination system in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, such a shocking thing has never happened.

"A lot, I tell you, not a lot at all!"

Zhu Houzhao didn't take it seriously, and put the situation in front of Liang Chu clearly: "There are large tracts of land in Liaodong that have never been developed. Do you want someone to manage it?"

"The Mobei Grassland fell into my hands, should I let it go?"

"Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places have just suppressed the chieftain's influence, and if they don't send people to manage it, are they going to let the chieftain come back from the ashes?"

Liang Chu said subconsciously: "That's not much."

"I am not the Emperor Taizu, every inch of my country must be under the absolute control of Daming."

Zhu Houzhao poured out his ambitions: "Facts have proved that it is not feasible to govern by doing nothing, and to appease with gentleness. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, he had no choice but to give up a large area of ​​land. This is the source of this. I will not make a second mistake."

Liang Chu looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was domineering and arrogant, and felt deeply in his heart. With such ambition, it is no wonder that he dared to risk the disapproval of the world. He would rather offend many powerful groups in the world than implement reforms.

To be a husband, a son, and a king, Zhu Houzhao is seriously unqualified. No one would like an existence that is indifferent to the point of being ruthless, decisive, and self-respecting.

But as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao was right. Every step he took was for the prosperity of Ming Dynasty. The disadvantages of Ming Dynasty were deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and they were not enough to expand the country and strengthen the country.

"Your majesty's pride is astounding, and the old minister admires it. It's just that your majesty, have you ever thought about how many candidates and students are willing to work in Liaodong, Mobei and other places even if the number of admissions is expanded!"

Liang Chu poured cold water on Zhu Houzhao.

To study is to become an official, and to be an official is to make a fortune.

Therefore, all Jinshi who have just entered the officialdom hope that they can be assigned to work in Jiangnan, Shandong, Hunan and other rich places, even if it is a small county.

But if they were allowed to go to Liaodong, Mobei, a place that has nothing to do with prosperity, they might be in trouble.

In the eyes of those new scholars, if they get the gold list titles, they will be rich and rich in the future, and they will enjoy endlessly. It is simply impossible for them to continue to endure hardships and stand hard work.

After ten years of studying hard, except for a few from wealthy families, most of the students have lived a miserable life. They have become new subjects and have to live a hard life. Then their new subjects are not for nothing?

"Willing or not, is it up to them? The court chooses them, not they choose the court."

Zhu Houzhao's face was slightly cold, and he said angrily:

"Do what you can, if you can't, get out."

"There are so many people in the world who are willing to replace them. They don't want to go to Liaodong, Mobei and other places. It's ridiculous. Are Liaodong and Mobei not the land of Ming Dynasty?"

Others might get used to those new Jinshi, but he would definitely not. If he didn't obey, he would change them. Anyway, these people are not some earth-shattering, weeping ghosts and gods.

　There is another one behind!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)