The dog emperor flipped through his notebook,
Then Li Hongbi could only give in.
He thought the Dog Emperor knew nothing.
It turns out that people know everything, so they just wait to read it when nothing happens!
After pretending to be his grandson for a long time, Li Hongbi immediately found Hu Yan after the Dog Emperor left.
"Master Jijiu, what is going on?" Li Hongbi asked impatiently.
He couldn't understand why the Dog Emperor was so concerned about an ordinary trial?
Could it be because of Jiangxi Jinshen?
The Dog Emperor realized that the Jiangxi Group above the court was too powerful, so he planned to suppress it?
But this is unreasonable. Among the students of the Imperial College, there are also many Jiangxi people.
Hu Yan took a leisurely sip of tea and then spoke slowly.
"Tell me first, what do you think about this matter?"
"Jiangxi Jinshen?" Li Hongbi gave the answer.
Although Hu Yan is also from Jiangxi, he has an indifferent temperament and is unwilling to participate in party struggles in the court, so he cannot be regarded as a Jiangxi gentry.
"Yes, but not completely right!" Hu Yan sighed, "Actually, it's still because of the problems that have always existed in the Ming Dynasty, that is...the dispute between the north and the south!"
Li Hongbi was stunned when he heard this.
"War between North and South?"
"Well, that's right, there was also a North-South incident during the Hongwu period!"
Li Hongbi still knew about the Nanbei Bang case, but not much.
The North-South List Case is also known as the Spring and Summer List Case, Liu Sanwu Fraud Case, the North-South List Controversy, and the North-South List Incident.
In February of the 30th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, Hanlin scholar Liu Sanwu and Prince Ji Shanbai Xintai presided over the Ding Chou examination. After the examination, the results were released. Chen You ranked first, and 51 people including Song Cong were admitted. This was the spring list. Because all the fifty-one people recorded were from the south, it was also called the Nanbang list. Not one scholar from the north was included, which is not seen in the calendar.
The northern candidates who failed in the examination jointly filed a petition against the examiners Liu Sanwu, Bai Xintao and others for favoring southerners. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to review the failed examination papers and recruit northerners to the official ranks.
However, after review, the examination paper submitted was poor in grammar and contained taboo words. Someone complained that Liu Sanwu and Bai Xintao secretly instructed Zhang Xin and others to submit the examination papers deliberately. Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and dealt with the matter. Officials later personally consulted and recruited sixty-one northern scholars, so it was also called Beibang.
Looking at the North and South Ranking case, Liu Sanwu was sent to the northwest, and the other examiners were also sent into exile. Even the officials who went to investigate were not spared. All the students from Nanbang High School were imprisoned, which became a major unjust case during the Hongwu period. .
Li Hongbi frowned and asked in a low voice: "Master Jiejiu, is it possible that there is something hidden behind this case?"
Hu Yan's face was quite solemn and he nodded meaningfully.
"Why do you think I hid in the Imperial College before, doing nothing all day long and not participating in any government affairs?"
"Isn't that because Lord Jijiu is lazy and doesn't seek to make progress?" Li Hongbi muttered in a low voice.
When Hu Yan heard this, he was so angry that his beard stood up.
"You know what the heck, at such a young age, you don't know how high the world is!"
"In fact, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been deeply involved in party disputes. The two largest parties in the Ming Dynasty are the Southerners Group and the Northerners Group!"
"The biggest party struggle in the Hongwu court was the overt and covert struggle between the Huaixi Group headed by Li Shanchang and others, and the Zhedong Group headed by Liu Bowen. Among them, the Zhedong Group was mostly composed of literati and celebrities, and had always been at the forefront of the Huaixi Group. Under the pressure of the Communist Party of China, the tragic ends of Liu Bowen, Song Lian and others are clear evidence."
Li Hongbi also understood this, because Song Lian and Liu Bowen did not end well.
Song Lian was the one who wrote "Preface to Ma Sheng in Dongyang". He was exiled in the tenth year of Hongwu and died of illness in Kuizhou on the way.
Liu Bowen was even more famous and passed down to later generations. He was a prodigy comparable to Zhuge Wuhou. He was later dismissed from office by the powerful Prime Minister Hu Weiyong. He died of grief and anger in the eighth year of Hongwu. Unofficial histories say that he was poisoned to death by someone sent by Hu Weiyong.
It turns out that behind this, there are still two major civil servant groups fighting overtly and covertly.
"In addition to these two major parties, there is also a Shanxi Party, whose leader is none other than Yang Xian!"
"Yang Xian is a man of extraordinary ability and proficiency, and he is not from either party. Emperor Taizu Gao valued him very much and even considered using him as prime minister and promoting him to Zhongshu Zuocheng to rival Hu Weiyong."
"But Yang Xian was so conceited that he relied on Taizu's favor and claimed to be the prime minister. He was arrogant in Zhongshu Province, cultivated party members, and pulled up the Shanxi Gang. As a result, Yang Xian and the Shanxi Gang were grouped together by the Huaixi Group led by Li Shanchang. During the attack, "the Huaixi general impeached Yang Xian for falsely accusing ministers and committing adultery". The weak Shanxi gang was instantly destroyed, and Yang Xian and his younger brother were all killed. This was the earliest North-South dispute in the Ming Dynasty! "
Yang Xian!
The struggle between North and South!
Li Hongbi was stunned when he heard this.
He knew Yang Xian. Because of his ability in handling affairs, he became Comrade Chongba's confidant.
As a result, this big brother got a little carried away in the end. He forgot about himself as soon as he gained real power. He was originally a nail planted by Comrade Chongba in Zhongshu Province, but he failed to correct his identity, and was finally abandoned by the angry Zhu Chongba. No need, plus the Huaixi generals gathered to attack him, his tragic ending was doomed.
The history books are vague about Yang Xian's death, only saying that he was executed for committing a crime. No one knows what crime he committed. He quickly disappeared from the political stage and disappeared very mysteriously. The inside story is still unknown hundreds of years later.
Li Hongbi didn't understand until today that Yang Xian's death was actually due to party struggle, and it was also a struggle between the north and the south!
Hu Yan said with lingering fear: "The Shanxi Gang has been destroyed, the Zhedong Group has collapsed, and the Huaixi Group is the only one, and naturally it has become a serious problem for Emperor Taizu Gao, so the Hu Weiyong case and the Li Shanchang case broke out afterwards. In the Lan Jade case, a large number of Huaixi generals and ministers were bloodbathed by Taizu, and the entire court took on a new look."
"However, what followed was the dispute between the north and the south. The North-South Ranking Case was the first large-scale confrontation between the forces of the north and the south in the court. It ended in a disastrous defeat for the southern courtiers. Although the North-South Ranking Case was dealt with, the imperial examination of the Jianwen Dynasty continued. The focus was still on how to recruit scholars from the north and the south. The bureaucrats from the north and the south in the court were noisy about this, but in the end the southern gentry war took the initiative."
"Looking at the birthplaces of those important ministers, such as Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru and others, it is not difficult to find that they are all from the south. Therefore, after experiencing the suppression of the Hongwu Dynasty, the southern Jin gentry finally ushered in a unique Their golden age!”
After hearing this, Li Hongbi's expression changed.
"But our Emperor comes from the north!"
"Yeah, that's the problem."
Hu Yan sighed.
"After the Yan army captured Jinling, there were more than 600 old ministers of Jianwen. However, there were only 25 ministers who were willing to be loyal to the new dynasty. These more than 600 loyal ministers of Jianwen were all southerners. Your Majesty will remove those who did not surrender. All the people and their families were killed, which is known as the "Martyrdom of Renwu" in history, and this bloodbath also directly led to the complete destruction of the southern elite."
"But the cultural quality of the northerners is not as good as that of the southerners, and the Yongle Dynasty had to rely on the support of the southerners, so..."
"That's why His Majesty established a cabinet." Li Hongbi took over the words, "That's why Xie Jin, Hu Guang, Yang Rong and other Nanchen officials entered the cabinet to accompany the Holy Spirit and participate in the machine maintenance!"
Hu Yan smiled happily.
"So now you understand why His Majesty attaches so much importance to this trial?"
Li Hongbi smiled bitterly and nodded.
"Most of the thousands of students in the Imperial College are northern scholars, because those southern scholars have deep family backgrounds and look down upon the Imperial College."
"His Majesty the Emperor asked you to revitalize the Imperial College because he actually wants to give the northern scholars a place to stay and a way to be promoted!"
Hu Yan clapped his hands and laughed.
"Hongbi is truly a genius!"
