Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 320: What we want is the right to define the first year!
After asking some questions, Xia Zhibai asked the two to bring the edited content over so that he could review it carefully.

have to say.

Scholars such as Fang Xiaoru and Liu Sanwu, apart from being a little selfish, were very capable in doing things. They put some contents from books, which they saw from somewhere, into their books, and they were quite appropriate.

Of course, this mainly applies to mathematics and miscellaneous subjects.

Language, books and history.

It was still the same as before, with a lot of traps planted in secret, all designed to test Xia Zhibai's skills.

Xia Zhibai saw it but did not point it out to their faces. He just asked the two to leave first. He sat alone at the table and examined it carefully.

Fang Xiaoru and Liu Sanwu exchanged a glance and were about to leave when he seemed to have thought of something. Fang Xiaoru said, "Grand Secretary, the emperor came here yesterday and asked me about the rectification of military discipline. Grand Secretary, was it you who brought this up?"

It was quiet all around.

Fang Xiaoru's question was like a bolt of thunder out of the blue, making people a little dazed.

Liu Sanwu said seriously, "Grand Secretary, we are actually very optimistic about your suggestion. After all, military discipline also represents the face of the court. Only when the military spirit is correct can the wind direction of the lower levels of the court be correct. However, it is a bit inappropriate to arrange literati into the army."

"If this news of yours gets out, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of jealousy among the scholars."

Liu Sanwu showed a hint of sneer on his face.

It seemed as if he was intentionally making fun of Xia Zhibai. From the moment he opened his mouth, he had been staring at Xia Zhibai's face.

Xia Zhibai's eyelids twitched.

He looked Fang Xiaoru and Liu Sanwu up and down, as if he was a little unsure about what they said, but there was a hint of joy in his eyes.

If Zhu Biao really had this awareness, it would be a good thing. Of course, what he meant was to allow civil servants to enter the military system. It would be very beneficial to use civil servants as advisers or to educate soldiers. In addition, civil servants do not hold actual military power, which is also a great benefit to those in power.

It is equivalent to the eyes and ears of those in power in the military.

The separation between civil and military officials has become increasingly serious since the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, more and more people have become accustomed to it, and even take it for granted. However, they do not realize that in this situation, the combat effectiveness of the army depends entirely on the personal charm of the generals leading the troops. If they encounter some incompetent generals, a crushing defeat will be common.

A raging soldier, and a raging nest.

If you want to maintain the army's regular combat effectiveness, you must constantly "brainwash" the soldiers.

Let them know why and who they are fighting for.

What an honorable thing they did.

The army should have a military soul, and more importantly, it should have a momentum.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has just been founded, there are still many veteran generals in the army, as well as many emerging young and middle-aged generals. However, when the war stops in the future, the quality of the Ming Dynasty's soldiers will continue to decline. Therefore, it is necessary to place some civil servants in the army to unify thoughts and maintain fighting spirit.

Xia Zhibai regained his composure and said calmly, "Since it is your highness's decision, why would I say anything more?"

"As for the jealousy of the literati, I don't think so."

"Becoming a general or a prime minister is what scholars aspire to be. When did it become just 'becoming a prime minister'? Even if someone is focused on a career in the court, there are scholars who still have their hearts in the military. As long as people can be put to good use, that is the best arrangement."

"If anyone is dissatisfied with me, feel free to scold me."

"I've long been used to it."

Xia Zhibai smiled and didn't take it to heart at all.

Liu Sanwu grinned, revealing his few remaining teeth, and nodded, "I underestimated the Grand Secretary for being so calm. But if the task of enforcing military discipline falls on the Grand Secretary, I hope he can still smile when the time comes."

"Haha."

After a few simple teasings, Liu Sanwu bowed and left. Fang Xiaoru did not say much and left with a strange look on his face.

Looking at the backs of the two people leaving, Xia Zhibai shook his head helplessly. He really didn't take these things seriously. Some of the soldiers under him had bad intentions, but most of them were coerced or led astray. No one is born a bad person, and no one is born to oppress and bully others.

It's all just what I heard and saw.

As long as we really go to the grassroots and listen to the voices of the soldiers at the grassroots, it will not be difficult to open this shackles.

What is difficult is to maintain it for a long time.

When people's passion fades, it is easy to fall into laziness and retreat, especially under the corruption of various "small rights and privileges". Whether they can take root in the grassroots for a long time and become one with the grassroots soldiers is also worth testing.

But at least we are on the right track.

He shook his head, regained his focus, and focused on the textbook.

The textbooks in front of him were very thick.

There are several large piles, and this is still incomplete.

What he needs to do next is to do subtraction from these piles.

After just a while of reading, I felt a little amused and helpless. There were too many "lamenting one's lack of opportunities for talent" and too many contemporary articles, such as Song Lian's "Preface to Farewell to Ma Sheng of Dongyang". This article is naturally excellent, but the addition of another article that flatters Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed a bit too flattering.

Xia Zhibai waved his hand and invalidated the subsequent articles.

And there is history.

The time information is vague.

This was obviously not thought through, with only the words "Zhenguan" and "Tianbao" written in a sloppy manner, but no timeline running through ancient and modern times. He had previously suggested that the year Jiazi, the year when Emperor Xuanyuan created the calendar after he ascended the throne, be used as the first year of the calendar.

Unfortunately, Fang Xiaoru and others did not comply at all.

Still mechanically applying the historical times in various history books.

It looks torn apart.

And in the final analysis, they are still not serious and are unwilling to work on time conversion. They just want to finish it early. But with such a mentality, how can they compile teaching materials that convince all parties, and how can such teaching materials be delivered?

Xia Zhibai shook his head.

He took out a piece of paper and did the math himself.

Although using the Xuanyuan calendar as the first year would cause dissatisfaction among many people.

But Xia Zhibai still had to do it, because it involved the right to define the 'first year'. In the future, the world would take the 'Chinese Era' as the first year, or would it be for other outsiders first? Moreover, the emperor's reign titles that had been used from ancient times to the present were too obscure and difficult to understand for the common people.

Not everyone has that much knowledge.

Many times, simply giving an example of an era name will leave people completely confused.

If the timeline was not pulled out, who would know that there were only ninety years between the end of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty?

But in the minds of the world, there is a feeling that a lot has changed, as if the two were separated by centuries.

What history needs is tracing back to its original source!
The conversion work was somewhat tedious, but not boring at all, especially as it allowed Xia Zhibai to become familiar with history again. It also allowed him to immerse himself in it. This immersion took him a whole day.

even.

He also listed a separate timeline.

Supplied to the Hanlin Academy.

(End of this chapter)