At the end of November in the eighth year of Hongxing reign in the Ming Dynasty, Hanyang, North Korea.
The capital of the Kingdom of Korea, which has experienced a "change of surnames", has now restored its former vitality and prosperity. The streets were bustling with people, and Korean scholars wearing Taoist robes and Confucian scarves and their attendant servants were everywhere.
After the Joseon capital changed its owner, not only did it not feel the desolation of the country, it actually became a paradise for Korean scholars and talents.
It turns out that two groups of scholars from the Eighth Route Army in North Korea have been rushing to Hanyang, Wangjing, one after another since the beginning of winter. They came to Beijing to take the exam!
According to the second edict issued by King Jin Erbo of the Jin Dynasty of North Korea after he officially ascended the throne, starting from the eighth year of Hongxing, the sons of two groups of concubines will enjoy the same treatment as their legitimate sons on the road to imperial examination and officialdom!
In addition, King Jin also announced in this edict that the imperial examination competition would be held in February of the ninth year of Hongxing. All eight-level talents, as long as they are from the two classes, regardless of whether they are concubines or concubines, can participate, and they will be treated equally, and only those who are qualified will be promoted.
In order to ensure the fairness of this imperial examination competition, King Jin will also invite officials from the father's country of Ming Dynasty to come to Hanyang to review the papers - the officials of the father's country don't know the Andong Jin family or the Quanzhou Li family, they only know that the articles are good Bad, strong or weak in martial arts (the North Korean imperial examination is divided into two subjects: civil and military).
Therefore, the two groups of talented students, regardless of their disciples or delinquents, will have the opportunity to ascend the Injeongjeon of Changdeokgung Palace and become the pride of the Joseon Kingdom!
Moreover, King Jin also announced in the third imperial edict that, except for the local officials of Wangjing Hanyang, Zhongjing Kaesong, Xijing Pyongyang and other three capitals, all local officials in the other eight Korean provinces were taken from the imperial examination. Officials affiliated with the government, including the six-cao judgment and below, were all taken from the imperial examination.
In other words, the first imperial examination competition of the Joseon and Jin dynasties, held in the spring of the ninth year of Hongxing, will take out most of the officials from the Uijeongbu and the Eight Provinces - although Korea is only a vassal state of the Celestial Dynasty, although it is small, All five organs are complete, and there are tens of thousands of officials under the Six Cao and Eight Paths! So many officials have to be selected through an imperial examination.
How high is this “lottery winning rate”!
For those two groups of bastards from the Eight Paths of North Korea who could not hold their heads up before their direct descendants, the competition in the ninth year of Hongxing was the beginning of their counterattack journey in life!
Anyone who doesn't go to Hanyang to take the exam is really stupid. If you miss the opportunity, it will not be so easy to become an official in the future.
As for the dynasty change of replacing Li with Jin, well, this is the subjugation of the country, not the subjugation of the world! The last king of the Li Dynasty issued the "Edict of Relinquishing State Education", and the King of the Jin Dynasty was also officially canonized by the Celestial Kingdom. This was a complete dynasty change, and it was related to the two groups of bastards who were not welcomed by the Li Dynasty. what relationship? So you still have to take the imperial examination that you should rely on!
Moreover, King Jin said in his edict that it is against Confucian rules to discriminate against sinners, because the sage Confucius was also born a sinner... This is not nonsense, it is a consultation with the Duke Yansheng of the Celestial Dynasty. Passed.
Look, how wise the king of the Jin Dynasty is. He looks like a benevolent and righteous king who is familiar with Confucian classics!
So by the end of November in the eighth year of Hongxing's reign, the small city of Hanyang was already filled with Korean scholars waiting to become officials in high school.
On the streets of this "City of Scholars", warriors on horseback occasionally pass by. The warriors on horseback are all dressed up as cavalry from the Ming Dynasty. They usually don't wear hats, so that the Koreans on the streets of Hanyang can see clearly what's on their heads. bun.
But today, the costumes of these horse-riding warriors are a bit special. They are all wearing linen and wearing filial piety, and their horses are faster than before! The bells of the horse's hooves rang rapidly, and the Korean people and scholars on the street had to flee in panic. Fortunately, no one was injured by the galloping horses.
Seeing the knight wearing Xiao running towards Changdeokgung Palace, everyone had question marks on their heads.
Are you rushing to attend a funeral? Who is dead? Will it affect the imperial examination next spring?
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Changdeokgung Palace, Seonjeongjeon Palace.
As soon as you enter Xuanzheng Gate, you can hear thunderous cries while still in the courtyard.
This is Duduo and his good brother Azig, the great monk, hugging each other and crying!
It’s so sad to cry! I remember that when Nurhachi died, neither of the brothers cried like this!
Both brothers put on filial piety clothes, sat cross-legged in front of a memorial tablet and cried loudly. On the memorial tablet were the four characters "Emperor Daxing"... The so-called Emperor Daxing was the title given to the emperor after his death and before his posthumous title was established. . Theoretically, if this spiritual position appears in today's world, it can only mean that Zhu Cixang is dead!
However, this spiritual tablet was definitely not prepared for Zhu Cixi, because now Zhu Cixi was living well, in good health, and eating delicious food, so there was no need for the spiritual tablet at all.
Moreover, if Zhu Cixiang is really dead, Duduo and Azige will not be able to cry!
Therefore, the Daxing Emperor was not Zhu Cixiang, but Shunzhi who had "escaped from fire"... The news of Shunzhi's death and the complete end of the Qing Dynasty was brought by the great monk Azige three days ago.
Azig did not leave the customs with Duduo, but stayed in Jieshi Mountain to continue guarding Dorgon's mausoleum - Emperor Zhu's army did not march towards Shanhaiguan before taking Beijing, and Duduo's forces Completely quit, so Jieshi Mountain is a vacuum zone.
After the news of the fall of Beijing and the ashes of Shunzhi reached Jieshi Mountain, Azig knew that he could no longer stay in Jieshi Mountain to recite sutras for Dorgon, so he had to have Dorgon's coffin dug out and take it away. The waterway reached North Korea - Dorgon was a ruthless man who "died up Kong Lin" (Dorgon was unjustly accused!). How dare Azig leave his coffin in Jieshi Mountain?
In addition to Dorgon's coffin, what Azig brought to the King of Korea was the bad news that the Qing Dynasty was completely cooled and Shunzhi was reduced to ashes.
Of course Duduo would not shed tears for Shunzhi, but the complete disappearance of the Qing Dynasty made him really sad!
What a great Qing Dynasty! Why is it gone? Not even a bit of scum is left... No, there is still some scum! Duduo himself is a big scumbag of the Qing Dynasty!
The Qing Dynasty inside the Pass is gone, can Duduo's power outside the Pass last?
Thinking about this makes me cry!
The remnants of the Qing Dynasty inside and outside Hanyang City got the news, and they all came in sackcloth and filial piety. Among them, those with lower status knelt down and shed tears outside the Xuanzheng Hall, while those with higher status entered the "small hall" to accompany them. Weeping together with Duduo and Azig.
When Dodo saw that almost all the mourners were alive, he sighed and stopped crying.
As soon as he stopped, others also stopped one after another, and they all looked at him with concern - Prince Jin must not be too hot-headed, he wants to inherit the throne of the Qing Dynasty!
Duduo spoke at this time: "Everyone, the Qing Dynasty is gone... It's completely gone, and it probably won't be there again in the future! But the matter between us and the Ming Dynasty is not over yet!"
Not finished yet?
The remnants of the Qing Dynasty present were shocked in their hearts, but they had nothing to say, because everyone knew that the Ming Dynasty would not tolerate the fertile land outside the pass being controlled by the remnants of the Qing Dynasty for a long time.
So the fight between the two sides is not over yet!
But this is no longer a struggle between the Ming and Qing dynasties for the central power of the Celestial Dynasty, but a struggle between the Ming court and the Andong vassal town.
Duduo breathed out a breath and added: "There are still a few more years of peace and stability... After all, we have the banner of a vassal town, and there is also a Dashun Emperor in Sichuan! Zhu Ming will most likely start in Sichuan and then outside the customs. As for the Three Thousand Miles of North Korea, if we work hard, we can probably pass it on."
"Your Majesty, just relying on the two territories outside the Pass and North Korea cannot withstand the imperial army! And now that the Ming Dynasty is in full swing, we can't openly fight against the Celestial Empire! For the current plan, we can only use the Khalkha and Mongolia to attack Attract Ming’s attention and win a breathing space for ourselves.”
Duduo looked up and found that the person who made the suggestion was Prince Horqin Wu Keshan. Mongolia's Horqin tribe surrendered to Nurhachi very early and became the Qing leader on the grasslands. This not only cheated the Ming Dynasty, but also cheated the Mongolian orthodox Chahar. It also made the three Khalkha Mongolian tribes very unhappy, so in At this moment when the Qing Dynasty had officially come to an end, Wu Keshan still followed Duduo unwaveringly.
