Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1: Warning to the Youth! (Please bookmark)
February 15th, the eighteenth year of Hongwu.

The third round of the imperial examination.

Wenchi Palace.

Team after team of imperial guards, clad in iron armor and holding swords, majestically guarded the Wenchi Palace.

This year is the imperial examination year of the Ming Dynasty.

After the imperial examination in the fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that there were few talented candidates among the selected candidates, so he announced the suspension of the imperial examination. The imperial examination had been suspended for ten years.

The imperial examination was restored in the 15th year of Hongwu. After two and a half years of the Tongshi, Yuanshi and Xiangshi, the imperial examination finally entered the grand examination stage.

The number of candidates who took part in this examination reached 10,000.

As a deafening gong sounded, the candidates outside the palace filed in one after another and entered the relatively narrow examination room. After a thorough search, Xia Zhibai went to his seat.

Sit in your seat.

Xia Zhibai's eyes were clear at this moment.

There was a lot of noise in Wenchi Palace at this moment, but Xia Zhibai seemed to be unable to hear it.

He whispered softly into his mouth, steeling his resolve.

"A word of warning to the youth."

"Free, not slave!"

“Progressive, not conservative!”

"Be aggressive rather than retiring!"

"It's global, not closed!"

"It's practical, not just empty words!"

"Scientific, not imaginative!"

"..."

With each whisper, Xia Zhibai's eyes became more determined, and the fighting spirit and fighting spirit in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

He wants to be an official.

This is beyond doubt.

In his previous life, he had been actively preparing for the civil service examination since he started college. After traveling to the Ming Dynasty, he was also actively preparing for the imperial examination.

Otherwise, he would not have passed the Tongshi, Yuanshi, and Xiangshi examinations successively in two and a half years at the young age, and sat in the examination hall today.

Although it was due to the fact that he was living in the north where literature was in decline, it was also the result of his own efforts.

After traveling back to the Ming Dynasty for so long and actively preparing for the examination for so many years, he has never aimed at becoming a Jinshi, but has greater ambitions.

He will establish His destiny for all peoples.

Strive for eternal peace and prosperity for China.

It's hard.

But I will go even if there are tens of millions of people!
This is also the great cause that they, as time travelers, should do and achieve.

In the past, he was blessed by the kindness of his ancestors, but he was able to stand up straight and live an upright life. This was achieved through the sacrifices of countless people of noble character and lofty ideals and the bloody battles of countless revolutionary martyrs.

It's not easy.

He would not degenerate into depravity just because of his time travel, nor would he become a pawn of the old era and an accomplice of the evils of the old society.

He couldn't do such a thing.

He knew it just as well.

As long as he can answer the last round of "strategy questions" smoothly, he will be able to pass the imperial examination and become an official of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the promulgation of the "Imperial Examination Criteria" in the 17th year of Hongwu, China's imperial examination system has officially entered the era of eight-legged essays.

In the first two examinations of the imperial examination, he had completed three chapters of the Four Books, four chapters of the Five Classics, and an essay in the form of an imperial edict.

According to his memory, starting from this year, the last round of the imperial examination, "Case Questions", was no longer taken seriously.

What matters most is the eight-legged essay in the first round.

Whether he answers the "cemen" well or not only serves as icing on the cake. As long as he can make the text fluent and avoid mistakes, his success in the imperial examination can basically be regarded as a foregone conclusion.

He really wanted to be an official, but the official position in the Ming Dynasty was not what he wanted to be. Moreover, this was not even being an official, but becoming a servant of the Zhu family.

His backbone was supported by countless revolutionary predecessors who fought and fought with endless blood and flesh, and he could not bend it for mere power. He gained fame and fortune, but lost his body and mind.

Even if one has the intention to benefit the world, one is destined to be invaded by the muddy current of the old era and become a part of the pollution caused by this muddy current.

Although a broken spine can achieve rapid success, high position, wealth and fame, it has already made one a feudal dog, and it will be difficult for him to raise his head for the rest of his life.

He is different from Song Lian.

In history, Song Lian surrendered. When Song Lian wrote the preface to Farewell to Chen Tingxue, his fate was already sealed.

Now that we have praised the saint, 'Now that the holy ruler has risen and the world is at peace, all within the vast seas have become one family', how can we still stick to our original intentions?

What Zhu Yuanzhang wanted was for Song Lian, the head of the civil officials, to become his household slave and to become a weapon in his hands.

And he had faith.

He would not kneel, nor would he be a slave.

He stands tall as the backbone of the world, carrying too many hopes, which contain the blood and fire of revolutionary martyrs and the earnest expectations of future generations.

He stopped writing, raised his head and looked at the high wall.

Red sunlight shines through the high windows on the solemn high walls. This touch of red appears particularly bright in this dull examination room.

He never denied it.

The Ming Dynasty was a great dynasty.

Reshape the mountains and rivers, rebuild China.

The governance was better than that of Tang and Song dynasties, far surpassing that of Han and Tang dynasties.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established the Ming Dynasty on the top of the Forbidden City and named the Hongwu era, which is worthy of special mention in history.

A commoner from Huaiyou, holding a three-foot sword, achieved unprecedented feats and bridged the gap between the north and the south. Such achievements deserve to be remembered forever by the world.

However, it is also undeniable that the Ming Dynasty had a deformed system, suppressed economy and culture, and emphasized agriculture over commerce, which caused great harm to the future of China.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty gained power was that Zhu Yuanzhang was born into a commoner family, and the reason why the Ming Dynasty fell into disgrace was precisely because of this commoner background.

After Zhu Yuanzhang unified the country, he still had the mindset of a commoner. He only wanted all officials to be his family's servants and all the people to be his family's slaves.

Xia Zhibai also came from a commoner family.

He is just a commoner from later times.

As a commoner, he did not want to live in the present and become a slave under the imperial system, nor did he want to kneel down and beg for mercy and become an accomplice of evil in the old era.

He must stand up straight, live up to the sacrifices and high hopes of the revolutionary martyrs, become a ray of light in the old era, and a leader in the new era.

He wants the present generation to stand up as well.

When traveling through time, one should have the pride that a time traveler should have, and more importantly, the character that future generations should have. How can one curry favor with the powerful and degenerate for the sake of temporary benefits?

The beginning of the journey.

He told himself clearly.

In this life, I would rather be a beggar than a slave!
He took part in the imperial examination for only one reason, which was to reform the Ming Dynasty. If he failed, he would become a beacon of light in this turbid era and fulfill his ambition as a time traveler.

The great China is a river that lasts forever.

Like the rising of the sun, like the constant of the moon.

He came back to his senses and looked at the rice paper in front of him, with a flash of pride and ambition in his eyes.

Xia Zhibai picked up the pen and began to write. What he answered was not the question on the rice paper, but a new topic of his own.

"Learning from the past can help us to govern."

“Since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the winners and losers of the country have become more and more consistent.”

"Song gained the kingdom by a child, and lost the kingdom by a child; Yuan conquered the world in a short time, and lost it in a short time."

"The Ming Dynasty originated from peasant uprisings, and will also end with peasant uprisings."

"Because Ming doesn't love the people!"

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(End of this chapter)