Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 305 Smart Hu Weiyong (4k)

Beijing.

Korean government.

"His Royal Highness, does he know how much trouble this will cause in our world?!" Li Shanchang's old hands holding the newspaper trembled involuntarily, and his eyes were full of anger.

While Li Shanchang was speaking, what he called "chaos" was already unfolding across the country.

Hangzhou Prefecture, Chun'an County.

County Magistrate Yu Jun's back felt numb after reading the Daming Daily.

He carefully recalled the looks in the eyes of those scribes and government officials he had seen this morning, and the more he thought about it, the more something was wrong.

Yu Jun didn't pay attention at that time.

But now, after reading the contents of the Daming Daily, he still doesn't know what those little eyes mean.

The young clerk Xiao Chen looked confused throughout the whole process. When did the county magistrate become so talkative? Didn't he urge him to drive out the document overnight?

One of them handed the newspaper in his hand to Xiao Chen and said at the same time: "You will know after reading it."

After the reform of the imperial examination and the anti-Confucian movement a few days ago, Wang Wei did not make trouble like those scholars.

A boss who usually treats you like a bully suddenly treats you like a grandfather one day. Anyone else would think twice about it.

Wang Wei knows people like them very well.

Hearing what clerk Xiao Chen said, his fellow subordinates all looked surprised.

Where does he have time to learn about astronomy, geography and water conservancy?

At this time, a scribe came in to report on his work. Yu Jun's originally gloomy face was immediately filled with a smile, and he said amiably: "Xiao Chen, you are here."

Don't ask me to behead someone.

Wenzhou Prefecture, Yongjia County.

Through the contributions of the two newspapers, Daming Daily and Jiangnan Daily, Yangzhou has now become the city that everyone in the Ming Dynasty longs for. It can be said to be the economic and cultural center of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Their brain power and reaction ability are no longer what they were when they were young. What's more, their thinking has already become rigid to a certain extent since they have read these Confucian books since childhood, especially those who have been influenced by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

Now I'm asked to pay attention to my health again. What's going on?

Could it be that the county grandpa has changed his gender?

The scribe, Xiao Chen, felt a little uneasy as he held the half-money in his hand.

Wang Wei looked at the Daming Daily in his hand.

Or maybe those who have no interest in traditional imperial examinations and hate stereotypes will devote themselves to studying this.

"Who the hell do you think you would do such a damaging move!"

What he was thinking about at the moment was, did he think he could defeat me by giving me half a coin?

"Political exam?"

Also, his children are already able to play soy sauce, and now they are giving money to the full moon's share.

The subordinate officials in the Hongwu period were not as good as those in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. They had just been relegated to a lowly position, and they would not do this if they had other good ways out. You should know that in Guangdong, people who become subordinate officials cannot even enter the ancestral hall.

Nor did he imitate those people who began to drink heavily when they realized that their career was hopeless.

Although the imperial examination was reformed in the past few years, there is no longer a distinction between scholars and candidates. Anyone with ability and excellent professional knowledge can participate.

Only those children of aristocratic families who are truly knowledgeable can spare the time to read these miscellaneous books and learn these miscellaneous subjects.

"By the way, I forgot to give you the money for your child's full month. Please take it."

There is a golden house in the book. For children like them from poor families, it must be a book related to the imperial examination.

Of course, it will be completely different in the future. Because students who receive new education are about to come out, and what they have learned is completely suitable for serving in the imperial court.

He is a scholar in Yongjia County. He is thirty-one years old this year and is still just a scholar.

"Xiao Chen, have you read the latest Daming Daily this morning?" Yamen servant Xiao Liu asked.

Yu Jun cursed secretly.

"No." The scribe Xiao Chen yawned and said a little tiredly. "I have been writing that official document for Mr. Yu last night. I just finished handing him the job and haven't had time to read it yet. Is there anything new in Yangzhou?"

"There is no need to be so anxious about this document. Young people should take care of themselves."

After Xiao Chen handed in the paperwork and walked out of the yamen, he heard his colleagues calling him, and all of them had mysterious expressions on their faces.

"These officials are not sons of men!" Xiao Chen gritted his teeth.

Xiao Chen took the newspaper and just glanced at it. He was still a little sleepy and immediately stopped feeling sleepy.

That half a coin was collected without any psychological burden.

Basically, at present, only these two types of talents have the hope of becoming officials in the new imperial high school entrance examination.

You can't pass the new imperial examination no matter what.

He is now in his thirties, and it is too late to start over.

When things go wrong, there must be monsters, there must be monsters.

"Didn't your wife just give birth to a baby? Family is important. You can spend more time with your family."

But he had spent half his life and exhausted all his energy in order to become a scholar. From the time he was four years old, he read, read, and learned all the Four Books, Five Classics, and Confucian classics.

He truly recognized the reality.

Wang Wei knew that he was just a poor guy with no talent and only knew how to study.

In order to support his family, he opened a private school in the village, mainly teaching people to read, and planned to spend the rest of his life in this way.

For example, at this moment, he is teaching children.

Under the wave of new learning, Wang Wei no longer sticks to Confucian classics.

What Wang Wei is teaching today is "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" by Tang Dynasty poet Wang Bo.

At this time, Wang Wei didn't know that the trend of universal education had begun to blow in the Ming Dynasty. He couldn't tell how long he could do this job.

The reform of scientific examinations is also forcing the reform of education.

Because what is taught in the old private school education has no effect on the new scientific examination.

As time goes by, it will definitely be abandoned by the people.

At that time, those private school teachers will only be able to teach the most basic reading skills. And when compulsory primary education began to be officially rolled out across the country and public primary schools were built everywhere, they no longer had any room for survival.

This is cruel.

Just like the development of the Ming Dynasty rail trains, it will inevitably affect the business of some horse-drawn carriage drivers.

And when trains start rolling out and rail tracks are laid across the country, more horse-drawn carriage drivers will be laid off.

This is the inevitable development of the times.

Originally, Wang Wei had already resigned himself to his fate, and he thought he had given up.

But when he saw the contents of the Daming Daily in his hand, his heart beat faster involuntarily.

It turns out that there will still be unwillingness.

Looking at the old self who was studying hard no matter the cold or summer.

At this moment, Wang Wei was extremely excited.

He read what the newspaper said about the reform of subordinate officials and the civil service examination, and he instantly realized that this was a path for him to have the opportunity to embark on an official career.

As long as you pass the government clerk exam, you can become a government clerk. You must know that this is completely different from the previous subordinate staff.

Government servants, like officials, eat royal meals.

Wang Wei took a look at his salary and saw that the treatment was not low.

The most important thing is that political officers have room for advancement. On the way to becoming an official, every time they are promoted, their salary can also be increased.

But when he saw the memorial jointly signed by hundreds of officials published on another page of the newspaper, his expression changed drastically.

He stood up and walked directly towards the county government office.

The sound of children reading loudly continued behind them.

". Being poor makes you strong, and your ambition will not fall into the clouds." The incident between the clerk Xiao Chen and the poor scholar Wang Wei happened every moment in various state capitals in the Ming Dynasty.

Public opinion raged.

Scholars are not vague when it comes to trouble.

If any place wants to suppress it, it must need people.

But those subordinate officials were also on the scholar's side.

Some officials can't even leave the gate of their government offices due to official orders.

This is equivalent to putting all these great men on the fire.

Chaos, indeed chaos.

But this is the only way to achieve governance.

Those scholar-bureaucrats and civil servants shouted loudly before, but now they are in such a mess.

Yang Xian still knew something about the scholar-bureaucrats.

In Yang Xian's opinion, it won't be long before they surrender.

Because the bones of most of them have never been that hard.

You must know that during the Hongwu period, with the "Great Edict" as a trump card, the people could kidnap officials and go to Beijing to complain.

If the common people can tie people up, then subordinate officials and scholars can naturally do it too.

No one knows what their seniors have done better than the subordinates.

Sure enough, it was pretty much what Yang Xian expected.

Not a few days passed.

Officials in many places were the first to surrender. They said that they were also on the side of the subordinate officials and scholars. It was the senior officials in the capital who disagreed.

In order to show their sincerity, they even wrote to the court in front of everyone.

At one time, countless official documents were delivered to their respective superiors.

From the county to the state capital, from the state capital to the province, memorials from each province poured into the capital like snowflakes.

All of a sudden, local officials passed the blame directly to Li Shanchang and others in the capital.

Zhongshu Province.

Li Shanchang's face turned green when he looked at the documents sent from various places.

He stared at Zhu Yuanzhang's pressure and risked being beheaded for thousands of officials throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately for these guys, they just stabbed them in the back.

Looking at the documents in front of him, Li Shanchang's face became worse and worse, and he felt his chest felt tight. The last one couldn't hold it back, his throat felt sweet, and a mouthful of old blood spurted out.

"Li Xiangguo!"

"Li Xiangguo!"

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Seeing Li Shanchang vomiting blood and fainting, Zhongshu Province immediately fell into chaos.

The officials were completely panicked.

Soon the imperial doctor came to diagnose and treat me. Fortunately, there was no serious problem. According to the imperial doctor, it was just an acute attack of the heart, and he would be fine if he rested for a while.

royal palace.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news, he laughed out loud without any hesitation.

"Boss, this is a good idea. In order to implement this reform of subordinate officials, we were originally prepared to use the knife, but now it's better. They begged themselves and agreed." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly. It can be seen that Emperor Zhu is in a good mood today. .

Zhu Biao replied truthfully: "This was all Duke Yang's idea."

"Yang Xian." Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly, and a bright smile immediately appeared on his face. "Okay, very good, you deserve a reward."

His ability to lead troops in battle is not inferior to that of Xu Da.

His ability to govern the country surpassed that of Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen.

All kinds of fantastic ideas and novel inventions are unprecedented.

The plan is a conspiracy, and this time such a wicked conspiracy was played out so smoothly.

And he has almost no shortcomings.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep look at Zhu Biao and hid some of his thoughts deep in his heart.

Li Shanchang is ill at home.

There was no more resistance from Zhongshu Province.

At this time, the smart man Hu Weiyong stood up directly. Instead of opposing the reform of subordinate officials like his teacher Li Shanchang, he took the initiative to take over the reform of subordinate officials. After discussing with Prince Zhu Biao, he drafted a plan within a few days. A concrete and feasible charter.

At the same time, the government affairs examination is also promoted simultaneously.

Hu Weiyong's ability to handle government affairs is really impeccable, clean and neat.

Zhu Yuanzhang liked it very much.

However, he chose to stand up at this time, but he was still criticized by some colleagues behind his back.

You must know that Hu Weiyong's teacher Li Shanchang is lying at home bedridden because of this incident, and he actually chose his teacher to betray him at this juncture.

They can choose to betray, but Hu Weiyong is Li Shanchang's student.

But these civil servants should not laugh at the elder brother.

Weren't it the local officials who first betrayed the scholar-bureaucrats as a collective?

Zhu Yuanzhang originally expected that some people would have to be killed to implement the policy, but now it was promoted throughout the country without any bloodshed.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, all subordinate officials and scholars throughout the country praised the imperial court and Zhu Yuanzhang.

Daming took a step further.

Capital City, Korean Government House.

Hu Weiyong came to visit his mentor, but what was different from the past was that he who used to have unimpeded access to the Korean government was now treated with cold eyes.

Li Shanchang's bedroom.

Hu Weiyong is helping Li Shanchang take medicine.

"Wei Yong, from now on the position of Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province will be in your hands." Li Shanchang looked at Hu Weiyong and suddenly said.

After hearing this, Hu Weiyong's expression suddenly changed.

He immediately put down the medicine bowl in his hand and knelt down in front of Li Shanchang's hospital bed.

"Enxiang, are you also blaming me for not persisting? Weiyong has no choice but to do so. If we are still going against His Majesty at this time, I'm afraid something bad will happen to you."

"Wei Yong, everything you have today is given by you. If I have any dissatisfaction with you, I will die badly." Hu Weiyong raised his hand and swore.

What Hu Weiyong said was basically the truth.

It was in the first year of Longfeng that he defected to Zhu Yuanzhang after being introduced by Li Shanchang.

After that, he started working as a clerk in the Marshal's Mansion and was eagerly sent to Jinling, which is now the capital city. He worked his way from chief clerk to general judge, and finally reached his current position.

During this period, Li Shanchang, Zhu Yuanzhang's number one hero, naturally helped.

But it is also inseparable from Hu Weiyong's own ability and efforts. The walls of Jinling City were built under the leadership of Hu Weiyong.

The method adopted by Hu Weiyong to create the name of Zhu Yuanzhang was greatly appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Hu Weiyong asked each craftsman and local prefecture, state, and county officials to engrave their names on the city bricks they provided. If there were quality problems with the city bricks in the future, they could be held accountable according to the names engraved on the city bricks.

It was this emanation that made the Nanjing City Wall the highest quality in later generations.

(End of this chapter)