Before Beijing could react in April, the heat had swept across the entire north, and yellow sand also played the leading role from time to time.
In this case, the Spring Festival will still be held without any delay.
Scholars from the eighteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty drank in the wind and rushed to the battlefield without hesitation.
However, Shaowu's four-year examination was different from the past.
In order to prevent the occurrence of cliques and cliques such as room masters and seat masters, the emperor did not appoint important cabinet ministers or court ministers as examiners as usual.
The person who holds this honor is Taipusiqing, one of the Xiaojiuqings, who is responsible for preparing the emperor's retinue, carriages, horses, and sundries, from the third rank.
It belongs to the kind of leisure job that is noble and provides for retirement.
The emperor even planned to make it a practice to let these high-ranking and low-ranking ministers, such as the Minister of Honglu Temple, the Minister of Taichang Temple and other Xiaojiuqing, serve as examiners.
"Don't those scholars like to be apprentices?"
Facing the confusion of the cabinet, the emperor said proudly: "I would like to see if the powerless masters are happy or not."
What a loss...
The three cabinet members were silent.
The emperor's operation was really amazing.
To worship a master in name only is useless to the Jinshi, and does not help their progress in the officialdom.
As for the young Jiuqings, the apprenticeship of Jinshi, daily respect, filial piety, etc., let them just enjoy without paying.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Zhao Shu sighed in his heart. He lost a good opportunity to cultivate underachievers, so he could only cheer up:
"The previous Ming Dynasty was destroyed by party strife. If this matter becomes a routine, it will definitely clear up the origins of the examination and truly become the talent promotion ceremony of the Ming Dynasty."
"The examiners in each room must not be negligent." Seeing that there was no benefit to be gained, Zhang Shenyan added:
"We usually remove Zhan Shifu and Hanlin Academy as room masters. Why not change the rules now and select doctors from various ministries to take on such important positions?"
"How about adding the doctors from the Imperial College?" Yan Chongxin was even more insulted and said directly: "In terms of knowledge, only the Imperial College is the best in the world. Doctors, teaching assistants, academics, etc., I guess they will not be given away to others."
The progress in the officialdom of the academic officers of the Imperial College is even more limited. Unless they are officials such as Jijiu, Jiancheng, etc., they can only wait for qualifications.
"Hahaha!" The emperor suddenly became happy. This was a collective failure.
"Okay, let's do it this way. Only in this way can we be fair and just and put an end to the so-called clique for personal gain."
This operation shocked the entire court, and no one could understand such behavior.
In fact, if you look into it deeply, this is normal.
In the emperor's daily chats with the cabinet, the topic of Qian Ming was always the most talked about, and several people summarized the reasons for his country's collapse.
The first thing to bear the brunt is corruption, which is rotten from the central to the local governments. Even benevolent and good governance will always turn into bad governance in the end.
Secondly, it is unanimously recognized as forming cliques for personal gain. Whether it was the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party, or the Chu Party, Zhejiang Party, etc. during the Wanli and Tianqi years, they all caused deep harm to this country.
Finally, the military affairs were corrupted, including the border troops, guard posts, etc. The military force that the country relied on to maintain became a complete burden.
Corruption and military violence can still be reformed, or are already changing, but it is difficult to form cliques for personal gain.
And today, it is finally on the agenda.
In fact, during the reform, the emperor also wanted to take action on the eight-part essay.
But when he thought about the public examination he took before traveling through time, he realized that it was worse than the eight-part essay!
After all, it is just a means of selecting officials.
In comparison, the Tang Dynasty's selection of officials by writing poems was even less reliable.
People have worked hard for decades, even if they are a so-called topic artist in a small town, the sweat they shed is immeasurable.
The form remains unchanged, but the content can be changed.
For example, emphasis is placed on policy theory and less on eight-legged writing.
"The disadvantages of the imperial examination are not in the general examination or the rural examination, but in the threshold of the county examination."
Regarding the imperial examination, Yan Chongxin saw it most clearly.
Among the three people in the cabinet, Zhao Shu was born as a scholar and Zhang Shenyan was a Jinshi. He was the only scholar and the youngest, so he always lacked the confidence to speak.
But at this time, his eyes were bright and his words were loud and clear:
"Your Majesty, according to the rules of the imperial court, if people want to participate in the county examination, which is the first level for scholars, they must have a local student as a guarantor before they can enter the examination."
"In some places, the locals and the gentry formed a personal relationship and guaranteed each other, but refused to provide guarantee to poor families, so that the number of scholars was restricted."
Poor scholar, poor scholar, is what they are called, but in the feudal era, there was an exam every two or three years, and the number of places in one county was only a few dozen.
Its scarcity is evident.
Scholars also influence the public, so the gentry colluded with the local gentry to act as guarantees for each other and artificially restricted the references, thus making the scholars their prize.
The key is that this bad habit is still in line with the rules.
"did you mean?"
"Abolish the guarantee system for rural students." Yan Chongxin said solemnly:
"Since at least the first year of Shaowu's reign, His Majesty has abolished humble status and made guarantees inappropriate. Why should he implement them again?"
"But those who committed crimes were not allowed to take part in the exam, so a guarantee is still required."
Zhang Shenyan suggested: "It would be better to have a scholar as a guarantee instead of a Linsheng."
"This is a change of soup but not medicine. If someone guarantees it, it will inevitably be taken advantage of."
Yan Chongxin deeply hated Taoism.
"If there is no one to guarantee it, I'm afraid it will be easy to break the rules."
"The testimony from the county and the county is enough to prove his identity. The scholar's guarantee is just superfluous."
The two had a rare quarrel and exchanged heated words.
"alright!"
The emperor stopped the two of them directly, thought about it again and again, and said:
"The guarantee of participating in the county examination will definitely give some people the opportunity to make money, especially rural students."
"In this case, let's change the guarantee from two junior students to one scholar. Whether it is an accretion or an appendage, it is enough to prove his identity."
Scholars are actually divided into three, six or nine grades. It does not mean that if you are admitted as a scholar, you will have enough food and clothing and enjoy life-long happiness.
The so-called Linsheng are students who are provided with meals by the public. Also known as Linshansheng.
Only those who are at the forefront of the county's academic system and first-class examinations in both subjects can obtain the title of Linsheng and receive four taels of silver, which can be said to be a nourishing life.
The increase is called "enlarging the number of students", and the province calls it "proliferation". In addition, additional additions are made and attached to the end of all lives, which is called "attached student members".
There may be only a few ordinary people in a county, but there are hundreds of scholars, which is enough to eliminate the so-called family scholars.
"Your Majesty is holy."
Several people bowed their hands respectfully.
"Nowadays, the country is full of waste and needs to be revitalized. Officials in Suiyuan and Gansu are scarce, so the talent promotion ceremony is at the right time."
Zhu Yixi's mind was spinning, and suddenly, he asked again: "By the way, what are the rules of the imperial court for gentry's preferential treatment of money and food?"
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