Chapter 55: The Disadvantage of Daming
This feels a bit strange!
It seems that there are not six or ten dishes, but it seems that I can’t eat enough all day long and beggars.
Zhu Youxiao pressed down the strange feeling in his heart, encouraged him a few words, and sent Mr. Wei away.
I am the Supreme Lord of the Nine Five. I have to worry about fighting with you, a group of civil servants who are not clean, and why are you trying to play intrigue?
Zhu Youxiao sneered, got up and stretched his arms, and decided to end today's work.
"Prince, where can I rest tonight?" Wang Tigan asked diligently, "I can send someone to inform the nobles and let them prepare for the welcome."
Zhu Youxiao then remembered that he had three wives! In addition to Queen Zhang Yan, there was also Concubine Wang Liang who came to the palace together and Concubine Duan Chun!
After touching his chin and thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao felt that Concubine Duan seemed to be more beautiful, so he ordered Wang Tigan to send someone to inform him and go to bed at Concubine Duan in Yonghe Palace tonight.
Although I can beat ten, I have to keep flowing. Come one by one!
Zhu Youxiao yawned and drove away. It was another "breedy night" and it was so beautiful!
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The capital in February has shown a little spring.
Today is another sunny day, giving people a comfortable and inspiring feeling. Especially the tribute students from the Gongyuan School ushered in the last exam.
According to usual practice, the third "question" of the third game is much simpler than the first two games. Because the examiners value the eight-legged essays in the first game, the proportion of good and bad questions is not large, and the meaning of the article is smooth, so it is enough not to go off topic.
But this year is very different. The emperor not only put forward the title of "What can you do and what official do you want to be?", but this "question" was also published by the emperor, which is of extraordinary significance.
Since the emperor personally gave the questions, the examiner naturally could not take it lightly, and even had excellent test papers to be presented to the emperor.
It is not easy to write to make the emperor happy, and it is appreciated and used; if the emperor is not satisfied, no matter how well the eight-part essay is done, it may be dangerous to lose.
Therefore, the students all cultivated their spirits, waiting for the "question" test papers with anticipation and anxiety.
In the court, the chief examiner Yuan Keli and the deputy chief examiner Xu Guangqi looked at each other with a complicated expression, and there was a roll of yellow silk on the table.
After a while, Yuan Keli smiled bitterly and said, "The emperor has decided. I will read it, so let's continue the question!"
Xu Guangqi made this judgment. He came to give the questions last night, but today the exam was inappropriate and there was no time to change it.
What's more, the tribute court is locked up, and they cannot enter and exit, and they cannot even submit memorials and advice.
The unfolding Huang Ling clearly wrote a paragraph of text, which was exactly the information given by "Stand Questions". According to later generations, it is to give you a piece of material, write your own title, and make an argumentative essay.
"In the Ming Dynasty, there are many problems. First, the party struggles are incompetent, the government orders are not fulfilled, and the efficiency is inefficient; second, the army is abolished and the military is not prepared; third, the finances are reduced day by day, and the national treasury is not enough; fourth, the powerful and noble officials are shameless, and embezzlement and corruption are prevalent..."
He pulled off the fig leaf of the Ming Dynasty, which was merciless. However, the person who did this was the emperor, the supreme ruler of the Ming Dynasty.
Although officials, including the Donglin Party and opposition parties, often satirize the government affairs, comment on officials, demand integrity and commitment, revitalize the administration, eliminate the accumulated corruption of the government and the opposition, and oppose the corruption of the powerful and indulge in the law and abuse of the law...
But it is rare to see the scars as unceremoniously as the young emperor, and to expose the bloody ones.
Moreover, as the emperor, the first one of the accumulated problems in the Ming Dynasty was personally designated as "party disputes and the country are ruined", which is equivalent to sending an extremely unsettling signal.
The party struggle began in the Wanli Dynasty, with Donglin, Zhejiang, Qi, Chu, Xuan, Kun and other parties standing together, fighting each other, which is a fact that everyone knows.
But linking it with the misunderstanding of the country and ranking first among the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty, this hat is quite a bit of a hat.
Judging from the attitude of the emperor in the party struggle, he usually watches coldly and grasps the balance, and does not directly intervene.
Yuan Keli didn't know how the young emperor would intervene, whether to support one faction and suppress one faction, or hold the imperial power and cause storm.
He hesitated for a while, sighed helplessly, and said, "After the examination, I will meet the emperor. The court is in turmoil, which is not a blessing for the country."
Xu Guangqi blinked his eyes and said, "The emperor is young, and he is a little worried, but he is eager to seek treatment and wants to boost his national power."
Compared with Yuan Keli's concerns, Xu Guangqi is much worse.
As a "pagan" in the Ming Dynasty officialdom, these "righteous gentlemen" who formed cliques and attacked dissidents gave him a lot of trouble.
The emperor wants to cheer up the government and eliminate party disputes. This is great! I am a little anxious, but it is understandable for young people.
Yuan Keli glanced at "Xu Paul", smiled bitterly, shook his head, not arguing with this guy who believed in God, and ordered someone to send a test question.
Xu Guangqi didn't care, so he sat upright and began to review the test papers. He mainly read the ancient version of the "job resume", eight-legged articles, etc., and asked others to appraise it.
The emperor's trick is very clever. It seems that there is no major change in the imperial examination, but the talent selection criteria have undergone unknown changes.
Judging from this example, he is actually engaged in water conservancy. Even if he has a bad reputation, the sutras and theories are not bad, the emperor will also be very useful to admit it, right?
Well, well, this candidate is even more talented. He has read the "Artifact Score", likes equipment manufacturing, and even complains about the three-eyed gun.
This guy is a bullshit, and his specialty is that you say you hate evil and have a very upright body. You must be a rumor, correct the current problems, and corrupt officials with a slut.
If you are a professional troll, you can do nothing except open your mouth.
Xu Guangqi curled his lips and threw the paper aside.
The test questions were announced in the examination room, which caused surprise and commotion among the candidates. Fortunately, they were all small rooms, and their expressions and shocks were also their own business, and no one looked at you.
Party disputes ruin the country?!
This conclusion is actually not new. The lesson is not far away. The demise of the Song Dynasty can be used as a lesson.
Therefore, in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, he was highly vigilant about the issue of cliques and was punished with great pressure.
Zhu Baba clearly stipulated in the "Da Ming Law": "Those who are in court have friends and disorderly affairs will be beheaded, and their wives and sons will be slaves, and their property will be held; all officials in the yamen, who are in contact with the inner palace and the nearby attendants, who leak things, cheat and report the same thing, will be beheaded, and their wives and sons will be traveled three thousand miles."
In order to avoid cliques, the court also strictly managed officials. In addition to supervising the law, eunuchs also strengthened the interference of politics, making the bureaucratic system and the internal officials system mutually restrict each other.
In addition, no prime minister is set up to avoid autocracy; censors can hear the news and strengthen supervision; supervisors are of low rank, but they are given heavy power, provoking conflicts between officials...
Chapter completed!