Master Yuan, start!

Among them, the number of Jinshi admitted every year is as many as 40 to 50. In addition, when the emperor ascends the throne, goes on a visit, celebrates his birthday, celebrates the imperial concubine's visit to the Taimiao, canonizes the crown prince, and performs the crown ceremony of the crown prince, additional "special examinations" similar to the Enke will be held.

This led to the fact that the number of Jinshi in Korea far exceeded that of Jinshi in the Qing Dynasty. It should be noted that the population gap was dozens of times, and the number of Jinshi in China was actually fewer than that of the other side.

Without waiting for the ministers to ask, Yuan Xiangcheng loudly explained: "From now on, the Korean imperial examination will no longer be divided into major and miscellaneous subjects, but will be divided into Chinese examinations and Western examinations.

Among them, the Chinese examination was almost the same as the major examination, and it examined the Four Books and Five Classics. However, the Chinese examination in Korea would be aligned with that of China. After the eight provinces each held their own academy examinations, the provincial examinations would be held in Seoul. After the provincial examinations, qualified candidates would go to the capital of China to participate in the joint examinations the following year.

In other words, from now on, Korean scholars who want to become officials can pass the imperial examinations and serve as officials in China. I have reported this to the court and received a positive response.

This is what I, Yuan Xiangcheng, have explained to the eight scholars of Korea!"

Chapter 88: Eastern Jerusalem

The imperial examinations were unified, and Chinese officials could be appointed. This was the sweet treat that Yuan Shikai gave to the Korean gentry. He tempted the middle and upper levels with high-ranking officials in the new government, and promised the lower levels the imperial examinations.

Compared to being an official in North Korea, the prospects of being an official in China are undoubtedly broader, and anyone can figure it out.

In Korea, even if one achieved the highest position among the ministers, the Prime Minister, he would only be the governor or governor-general of a province in the Qing Dynasty.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be lost in thought, Yuan Xiangcheng continued to explain what Western style was:

Those who are interested in becoming officials in Korea and serving the Korean people can also participate in the Western-style exams to be held in Korea in the future. The Western-style exams will adopt the Trinity Examination System and will no longer focus on classics, history, and literature. Instead, they will include mathematics, physics, geology, engineering, business, medicine, and other subjects, in addition to foreign languages.

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All scholars who participate in the Western-style examinations must choose three of the above subjects, of which the classics must be taken, and one foreign language must be taken from English, French, German, Russian, or Japanese. They can also choose one of the remaining subjects for examination. This is the so-called three-in-one examination method.

To put it bluntly, the Western style is a ladder of advancement built by Yuan Shikai for the scholars in the new-style schools he trained for himself.

In the competition of classics, history, philosophy and literature, the scholars under Yuan Shikai who had only studied for a few years would definitely not be able to beat the old scholars who had been immersed in the imperial examinations for more than ten years. However, he wanted to use a reasonable way to let these people participate in the construction of the new Korea, so separating the imperial examinations was imperative.

However, Yuan Xiangcheng glanced at some officials who were unmoved behind the dining table and knew that these things would not appeal to them much.

For these middle-level officials who were neither high-ranking nor low-ranking, the three big promises drawn by Yuan Shikai did not seem attractive enough to them, whether it was the temptation of a ministerial position in the new Korean government, the promise of becoming an official in China, or the holding of Western-style imperial examinations.

The situation of these middle and low-level officials in North Korea is like the silver rank in a game, where they are stuck.

Going a little further up, if you are a deputy in one of the North Korean ministries or agencies, and have some ability and can work hard to become a minister or deputy minister of the new government.

Going down a bit further, the lowest-level scholars knew that their prospects for development in Korea were blocked, so they would gladly participate in Western-style or go to China to take the imperial examinations to become officials.

Only mid-level officials are stuck in this awkward position, and if they move up, these ministerial positions will likely have nothing to do with them. They certainly don't want to take the imperial examinations and start their official careers in China all over again.

Therefore, Yuan Xiangcheng's speech did not touch their hearts. Instead, they ate the food in front of them quietly without saying a word.

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Yuan Xiangcheng saw all this and knew that he had to come up with something real to impress them. Yuan Xiangcheng saw political issues very clearly. They were nothing more than the distribution of interests. As long as he could impress the other party with interests, all problems could be solved.

Yuan Xiangcheng, with the Qing court as his backing, could offer enough benefits to make the North Korean officials act according to his ideas.

Yuan Xiangcheng then changed the subject and said loudly: "Those who are already serving as officials in Korea and wish to retake the imperial examination can also go to Seoul to take the provincial examination without going through the Korean provincial examinations. If they pass, they can go directly to the capital to take the joint examination.

In addition, those who wish to transfer their official positions can also be transferred to the three northeastern regions of China without taking an exam. Future promotions can be made between the three northeastern regions and Korea, but transfers to the south of Shanhaiguan are not allowed.

This is the big gift package that Yuan Shikai prepared for the middle and low-level officials of Korea. You don't want to give up your official position, but you think you have no advantage in the competition for ministers in the new government, and you feel that you can't resign and go to China to take the imperial examination and try your luck.

Yes, either is fine. I, Yuan Xiangcheng, will provide you with a broader platform for promotion. Go to the Northeast. The Northeast is in a period of large-scale immigration and is extremely short of officials. Transferring the incumbent Korean officials to the Northeast will just fill the gap.

The Qing court would not be bothered by such a small issue. Compared with the huge political benefits of obtaining a country's land, they would make the right choice to trade an official position in a "cold and bitter land".

In the mid-18th century, at the beginning of the Qianlong reign, the population of Northeast China was only 22.

At the beginning of the 19th century, at the end of Emperor Qianlong's reign, the population of Northeast China had grown to 124 million.

After the signing of the Treaty of Hunchun in the 19s, under the oppression of the Russians moving south and the successive floods and droughts in the Zhilu and Yu regions, the Qing government gradually relaxed the restrictions on the so-called Dragon's Rise Land and dismantled the Willow Border, resulting in a rapid increase in the population of Northeast China.

In the original time and space, by the beginning of the Guangxu period, only sixty years later, the population of Northeast China had reached more than 500 million.

The Qing government only provided policy support for population growth. In the early years, it abolished the ban on "Han women not being allowed to move outside the Great Wall" and later announced that immigrants outside the Great Wall would receive "equal treatment for Manchus and Han people." These were just a few measures, and it did not vigorously develop the Northeast.

The weather outside the Great Wall is bitterly cold, and even the bannermen are unwilling to stay there any longer. How could the Qing officials be willing to serve in the Northeast?

Yuan Shikai allowed Korean officials to go north, which achieved three goals at once.

First, the Qing court would not refuse, because the cold and bitter land outside the Great Wall was already short of officials, and in the place where Manchuria was founded, some Manchu nobles were still wary of Han officials.

Yuan Shikai's Production and Construction Corps only dared to reclaim wasteland on the Sino-Korean border, and did not dare to go deep into the hinterland of Northeast China, for fear of causing dissatisfaction among local Manchu officials and arousing suspicion from the Qing court.

But it would be different if it came to the Koreans. Manchu officials have always been good at instigating ethnic conflicts, using Manchus and Mongols to rule the Han, and using Han to rule the Hui. They think that Koreans are not Han people, and then the voices of opposition in the court will be reduced.

Secondly, it can help Yuan Shikai make room in Korea. After the traditional Korean officials move north, their vacant positions will be filled by students from Yuan Shikai's new-style school. By then, everyone in Korea will be part of Yuan's faction, which is a win-win situation.

Third, it can reduce the Qing court's control over the Northeast. After the Korean officials take control of the Northeast, they will certainly not be as loyal as the Manchus, and they have no help in the Qing officialdom. Apart from Yuan Shikai, who made his fortune in Korea, who can provide them with help?

The Northeast is a fertile land with pristine space. Its population was close to 2000 million during the Xinhai Revolution, and exceeded 1930 million in 3000.

Without large-scale official assistance, the population was able to increase to such an extent spontaneously under such circumstances. After Yuan Shikai put down the Kaihua Rebellion three years ago, he spared no effort to promote the expedition to the Northeast. Now the population is estimated to have reached 3 million.

This is before the railway is opened. If the railway from the interior to the Northeast is opened, the speed of immigration will inevitably increase significantly.

What Yuan Shikai needs to do is to speed up this pace. Now the railway from Pyongyang to the Yalu River is about to be completed, and the railway from Pyongyang to Seoul is also about to be built.

As long as a railway from the Yalu River to Shenyang in Shengjing is built, then Yuan Shikai's plan for a "2" railway connecting North, South, Northeast and Korea will be complete.

By then, two major immigration arteries will be formed through Guandong.

First, refugees from Beijing, Tianjin and other areas around the Bohai Sea boarded ships in Tianjin, and after arriving in Lushun, they traveled by rail to central and western Liaoning.

Secondly, refugees from the Central Plains and Shandong, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu areas can board ships in Qingdao, Haizhou, Lianyungang and other places, and then be shipped to Seoul by sea and then go to Jilin and eastern Liaoning by rail.

With the two railways, immigration can be carried out quickly. Yuan Shikai is confident that the population of Northeast China can reach the level of the Xinhai Revolution ten or even fifteen years ahead of schedule, and the proportion of Korean population in Northeast China and other places can be greatly diluted.

In the original time and space, because the Qing government lifted the ban on land reclamation on the Sino-Korean border in Jilin, a large number of Koreans entered the Yanbian area. This area was later called "Gando" by North Korea, Japan and other countries. The ownership of the Jiandao area has always been a hidden contradiction between China and North Korea, and China and South Korea in later generations.

Although it is no longer mentioned at the official level, most people in North and South Korea believe that the Yanbian area of ​​Jiandao is mostly inhabited by Koreans and should belong to a Korean country.

The total population of North Korea is only over 10 million. After the opening of the railway artery, Yuan Shikai was confident that he could migrate 10 million people to the Northeast in more than ten years. In addition to the Han people from the East who were stranded in North Korea, the people of North Korea and mainland China would be so closely connected that it would be difficult to separate them. There would be no such thing as an island problem.

Promotion, transfer, and Western imperial examinations, with these three axes, even the most stupid Korean officials could see the concessions Yuan Shikai had made to them. If they remained silent, they would be refusing to accept the toast and having to drink the penalty wine.

The man in front of him had killed someone in front of the gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace. If he was provoked, he might do it again. Kim Seung-wang's blood was still on the stone slabs, and the guards of Gyeongbokgung Palace hadn't washed it clean at all!

When the ministers thought of this, they left the table one after another and began to flatter Yuan Xiangcheng:

"Lord Yuan's sincere love for the court is deeply appreciated. On behalf of the people of the eight provinces of Korea, I offer my sincere condolences and offer my sincere thanks to you."

"Lord Yuan suppressed the rebellion and drove out the Japanese, his generosity is comparable to that of the former Ming Emperor Shenzong; his reforms and elimination of the old are no less meritorious than those of King Sejong of Korea!"

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"Mr. Yuan is truly the Napoleon of the East. With the rise of Xiangcheng, Korea will prosper. Korea cannot lose Mr. Yuan, just as the West cannot lose Jerusalem!"

Words of praise one after another made Yuan Xiangcheng feel a little elated, until he heard the last sentence!

Originally, Yuan Xiangcheng thought that this was a "spontaneous" compliment from the Korean officials. Until he heard this, Yuan Xiangcheng glared at Ming Ye in the hall and found that he avoided his gaze. Then he realized that this might be a "shill" that Ming Ye had found in advance.

It is not clear whether all of them were proxies, but the one about Jerusalem was definitely a proxies, because few North Korean officials at that time knew about Jerusalem, and even if they did, they would not use such a sentence structure.

This is what Yuan Xiangcheng said when communicating with Mingye on a daily basis. Unexpectedly, Mingye remembered it in his heart and used it at this moment.

Putting aside the thought of settling the score with Ming Ye for the moment, Yuan Xiangcheng continued with the current banquet. After eating and drinking to his heart's content, he saw that most of the Korean ministers looked satisfied, so Yuan Xiangcheng announced the end of the banquet.

The meeting with outsiders was over, and next was going to be a small meeting with his own people. Yuan Xiangcheng thought silently in his heart as he looked at the people from the Red Confucian Society approaching.

Chapter 89: The First Plenary Session of the First Central Committee of the Red Cross

Seeing that all the North Korean officials had left, Ming Ye looked at the leftovers on the tables, licked his lips and said, "Chief Instructor, why are you making such a big concession to them? Even if these officials haven't exploited the North Korean people, most of them are just sitting there doing nothing. Why are you trying so hard to win them over, Chief Instructor?"

Han Bei, a member of the Red Confucian Society who was also attending the meeting, chimed in, "That's right, Chief Instructor. Our Jiashen Right Army has already conquered all of Korea, even driving the Japanese into the sea. Why should we continue to play coy with this group of traditional bureaucrats and give up so many official positions to them for nothing?"

Kuang Chunhua, who had just joined the Red Confucian Society and was in charge of the industrialization project, asked in confusion, "Yes, even if we don't give them anything, will they not cooperate under the soldiers' guns?"

Yuan Xiangcheng felt a little ashamed when he heard these people's questions. He thought that he had relaxed the ideological guidance of the members of the Red Confucian Society during this period of time, which led to serious problems in the Red Confucian Society. It was time to rectify the situation!

Yuan Xiangcheng turned around and said nothing to the few people. He walked up to them and said calmly, "Call all the members of the Red Confucian Association in Seoul. We need to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow!"

During the war with the Japanese army, the Gapsin Right Army wiped out almost the entire South Korea, and all the cities and mansions of rural landlords were cleansed by the Japanese and the Gapsin Right Army.

As more gold, silver and jewelry were moved into cities and mansions, some different voices began to emerge in the army, and the atmosphere of arrogance, extravagance and debauchery began to spread among the Jiashen Right Army, which had always attached great importance to style construction.

You should know that almost all members of the Jiashen Right Army had undergone ideological education. Although they did not have the three major disciplines and eight major attentions, they were at least able to work hard, defend the country and protect their families, sacrifice their lives for justice, and have insight into right and wrong and distinguish between righteousness and interests.

However, in the later stages of the house-raiding, some soldiers became evil-minded and began to extort Korean landlords who had not participated in the rebellion. At the same time, they no longer met the minimum standards for food, clothing, and daily necessities and began to seek enjoyment.

Yuan Shikai initially did not take it seriously, thinking that the army had never experienced such temptation and lacked training, so they just needed a beating. That was why nearly half of the officers and soldiers of the expanding Jiashen Right Army were sent to the Sino-Korean border to reclaim wasteland and cultivate the land.

Being a soldier meant getting paid, and farming also meant getting paid. The soldiers of the Jiashen Right Army who went to reclaim wasteland had no choice but to obey military orders.

To be fair, Yuan Shikai's treatment of the Right Army during the Jiashen Camp was not bad, and could even be considered "highly paid." The monthly salary for the Qing Green Camp infantry was 1 tael, and for the cavalry 2 taels. The Hunan and Huai armies received 3-6 taels, depending on their respective battalions.

Before the Jiashen Regiment, the minimum monthly salary for the 4-man Right Army was 15 taels. Together with the officers' salaries, Yuan Shikai had to pay at least taels of silver a month, not to mention the losses on swords, guns, and cannons.

In addition, the Jiashen Right Army also provided military uniforms for all seasons. The blue stand-up collar uniforms were designed to imitate the French and German military uniforms, with two pockets on the chest and abdomen, and a military coat of the same color was also provided in winter.

In addition, there are military caps, field canteens, leather military boots, cross-body bags, marching backpacks, leggings, Winchester rifles, matching bayonets, and each soldier has 2 leather ammunition boxes with a total of 50 rounds.

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The soldiers lived and ate in the army every day. If they were frugal enough, they could save at least 40 taels of silver a year. In the late Qing Dynasty, the family income of ordinary people was only 10-20 taels a year, and there was often no surplus at the end of the year.

The annual income of a Jiashen Right Army soldier was equivalent to several years' income for an ordinary family, which was considered a high salary in the Qing army.

Yuan Shikai was almost arming his Jiashen Right Army with the standards of European armies, because he knew that there were no conditions for establishing a red army in this era, and he did not have so many cadres who had experienced the difficult times with him.

It can even be said that the Red Confucian Society has never experienced any setbacks since its founding. Instead, it has been thriving under the protection of Mr. Yuan Xiangcheng.

The Red Confucian Society was neither expelled from the Social Democratic Labour Party like the Bolsheviks, which led to a difficult ten-year period of consolidation; nor was it chased all over China by the Kuomintang like the Red Party, which led to several counter-encirclement and suppression campaigns.

Having never suffered hardship and experienced the tempering of steel, this is the biggest problem facing the Red Confucian Society at this stage. After all, no matter how much proletarian theory you learn, it is not as good as experiencing a proletarian catastrophe.

"What you learn from books is always shallow; you must practice it yourself to truly understand it."

Yuan Xiangcheng felt that this problem had reached a point where it had to be faced squarely. If this problem was not solved, the Jiashen Right Army he founded would not be able to transform into a national army and would degenerate into a warlord's private army.

The next day, Yuan Xiangcheng quietly waited for the arrival of the members of the Red Confucian Society in Gyeongbokgung Palace.

It was still summer. Ming Ye, who was standing beside Yuan Xiangcheng, still thought that it was his flattering remarks yesterday that had angered Yuan Xiangcheng. He felt uneasy at the moment, with beads of sweat dripping from his forehead from time to time.

The Red Confucian Society now has a total of more than 600 members. Excluding some who are lurking in the Qing court, some who lead teams to settle on the Sino-Korean border, some who handle industrial affairs in various places, and some who are not of sufficient rank, there are nearly 50 senior cadres who come to Yuan Shikai at this time.

Yuan Xiangcheng sent people to guard the palace gate and after sending away the pedestrians outside the palace, he asked everyone to sit down. The table was the same one that was set up for the banquet for the Korean ministers yesterday, but the delicacies were removed and only a bowl of white rice was provided.

Under such circumstances, the first plenary session of the first Central Committee of the Chinese Red Confucian Association was held in Seoul.

Yuan Xiangcheng cleared his throat and said slowly, "Comrades, you may have learned some information from Ming Ye and Han Bei."

Everyone's faces turned serious when they heard this. They were indeed confused when they were called here. They had asked Ming Ye, Han Bei and others what was going on. Now that it was pointed out, they could only remain silent.