Chapter 12 Epoch-making Changes (I)

After the Wanbao Festival, the third year of Chongzhen will soon be the end of the third year. This year is the most memorable year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. In this year, earth-shaking changes have taken place in both the officialdom, the army and the people. Although there is still a way to go to govern the government in Qingming Festival, there are fewer dirty officials who embezzle and defraud the people. There are more good officials who dare to declare grievances for the people and do practical things for the people, more young and energetic officials, and fewer old and confused officials.

In order to vigorously explore and find unconventional talents among the people, Zhu Yinglong issued a special edict to open the Enke exam. The Enke exam is held at the same time as the next year's examination, while the Martial Arts exam should be the admission exam for the Military Academy of Tongzhou Military Academy. After graduation, it will be appointed separately depending on personal abilities.

Zhu Yinglong now needs young talents who are enterprising, willing to do practical things, and capable. Those who write beautiful and well-known words, are morally essays, and are determined to be rich and prosperous. At his request, the Ministry of Rites will arrange at least three or more officials to have face-to-face conversations between the imperial examination and the palace examination. This is the interview. The content of the conversation is not certain. Although the interview fails, although the qualification of the interview will not affect the qualification of the Jinshi, it will have a significant impact on the ranking of the Jinshi and the career of the officialdom. In other words, those who win the first place in the imperial examination will not be named the top scorer, at least in the second grade. If such a person fails in the interview, his ranking may be among the third grade, and even the ranking may be very low. After studying in the Imperial College for a period of time, if he does not have any outstanding performance, when he is assigned to the official position, he may only be able to get a free position of eight or nine ranks and a mediocre life.

When this news was released, all the scholars in the world were shocked. They thought that if they wrote good articles and were as beautiful as the world, they could jump over the dragon gate. From then on, their careers were as bright as the sky, wealth and glory, returning home in glory, and devoted themselves to studying the scriptures. When they were studying hard, they were all as stupid as a chicken when they heard this news. They were all as stupid as a chicken. They studied poetry and books hard, and naturally ignored their experience in communicating with others. Some people were even more childish and ridiculous. Even if they were to be an official, they didn't know what they wanted to do. The examiners interviewed were immediately, and the problems vary from person to person. Even if they wanted to cheat, they had no way to start, and they did not dare to cheat, because even if they passed the Jinshi exam, they would need to study in the Imperial College for half a year before they were officially appointed. For such a long time, no secret could be saved. All officials involved in the scientific examination were cautious and did not dare to think about reaching out to the candidates like before.

If the fraud in the imperial examination is to eliminate the fraud, I am afraid that no one dares to say such big words. Even the examiner who is marking the paper will give different scores of the good or bad mood. There are no absolute standard answers here, so there are still errors. Some test papers contain some deviant words. Maybe the examiner will shoot him directly without even reading them. In the recent Vanke examination candidate, even if Zhu Yinglong does nothing, he will read at most 100 copies a day, and he will have to read more than three months. Even if he doesn't know how to do it, he may not be able to do it.

To be completely fair, there are also those who are not related to the relationship, or those who are old and old. When they encounter familiar words and familiar styles, they will go up to several places when they are relaxed. For truly fair exams, only the most standard answers can be given. The computer randomly selects test questions. Such exams may be minimized as long as the invigilator is strict and fair, fraud may be reduced to the minimum, but even so, fraud cannot be completely eliminated. It can only be relatively fair to the examiner.

A relatively tense atmosphere suddenly appeared between the students who went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, especially those who were relatively old who had participated in the imperial examinations many times, which had absolutely incalculable impact. Moreover, this time may be their last chance to take the imperial examination, because this additional interview in the Ministry of Rites will not have any impact on winning the imperial examination. However, from the next provincial examination, the imperial examination will be included in the interview. Anyone who passed the written examination but failed the interview will not have a Juren or a Jinshi. The exam can be repeated, but there is an age limit. Juren must not be over 30 years old, and Jinshi must not be over 45 years old. Even if you pass the exam, it is not considered as a candidate!

The court is not a nursing home. Why are some white-headed men summoned in? They can't do things and occupy a position. At the same time, they also force some scholars to choose to give up the path of imperial examinations, whether doing business, farming, or joining the army, so that scholars in the world understand that studying for imperial examinations is not the only way out. There are many better futures than being an official in imperial examinations, and it also allows fewer corrupt scholars to emerge in this time and space.

The imperial examination is to be reformed, and no one is allowed to break the ring. Zhu Yinglong believes that he should be a strong monarch. After the Shi Kefa incident, Han Yu, the chief assistant of the cabinet, resigned from his position as chief assistant. Yang He originally wanted to be the chief assistant, but how could Zhu Yinglong let him stand up? He was changed to the position of Minister of Rites Xu Guangqi as chief assistant. The Ministry of Rites was in charge of the imperial examination. Yang He and others were not good at acting beyond their authority. Even if he was still a member of the cabinet, he was the only one in the cabinet. After Han Yu left his post, the cabinet did not add one person. Therefore, although Yang He and others pulled Shi Kefa down from the position of the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture,

He did not get any practical benefits. He originally thought that after Xu Guangqi was promoted to the prime minister of the cabinet, the position of Minister of Rites would be vacant. Yang He was determined to let Zhou Tingru take over and enter the cabinet smoothly as Minister of Rites. However, Zhu Yinglong did not remove Xu Guangqi from the position of Minister of Rites, but instead let him share it. This made Yang He and others' plans fail. The current cabinet is more united than when Han Yu was there. There is only one voice in the cabinet, that is, the emperor's voice. Even if Yang He had objections, he would not dare to speak out. He could only swallow his anger, which was more isolated and helpless than when Han Yu was there.

Therefore, when the imperial examination reform and the interview was added, Yang He had no chance to speak at all, because if everyone agreed, he would be even more isolated if he opposed it. He would not do such stupid things. Although he had a lot of resentment, he could only fight with silence.

This is in the national talent selection system. Zhu Yinglong performed a small surgery on the imperial examination. In terms of education, Zhu Yinglong took out 30% of the profits of the harem to operate various industries. Two of them were used to establish a school museum to try an open education that he believed, a whimsical education model. As long as people with Ming citizenship, regardless of age, gender, as long as they are willing to enter the school museum to study, they are free. The school provides books, self-produced, teachers (voluntarily) or hire (the fee is from the court).

This is popular education, called "literacy". Another type is that children of appropriate age can go to school without making profits, and can go to school, from county to provincial to college, and finally to college, the Ministry of Rites compiles textbooks, teaches students according to their aptitude, and choose their future according to the different talents of the enrollees. There is no limit to establishing a complete talent education system. Of course, it is impossible to achieve without decades of achievements. Even if the results are seen, it will take a few years to come.

This method is a bit like the Hope Primary School and Hope Middle School in later generations. When he becomes a star, he will naturally follow him and follow him. Whether it is sincere or in exchange for a good reputation, the benefit of ordinary people will be the ones who benefit from it.

Another achievement is to enter the "Spark Fund" jointly managed by the Tian sisters. This was originally a part that Zhu Yinglong valued very much. Science and technology are the primary productive forces. This sentence will not reflect its value in later generations. Similarly, in any society, capitalism, socialism, or feudal dynasty. As long as he masters the top technology of the times and can realize it, this is wealth, that is, power. Therefore, the "Spark Fund" provides research funds for some people with fantasy ideas, and applies their research inventions to reality, transform them into real wealth, and promotes the development of society. Only then can the Ming Dynasty have new hope, surpass itself, and create a prosperous era of prosperity for all countries to come to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
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