"How dare you stop taking the exam?!"
Zhu Youxiao asked first.
Then, Zhu Youxiao said disdainfully: "Abstracting the exam means that he has no intention to serve the imperial court. His family and parents have not raised him properly. He himself has the intention of supporting the imperial court. It is okay to abstain from the exam, but he does not expect to receive preferential treatment from the imperial court. His family Nor is he worthy of being classified as a member of the Ming dynasty;
It is proposed that anyone who withdraws from the examination will be registered according to the registration list and the examination list of the Ministry of Rites. Unless the person dies suddenly or the Ministry of Rites can prove that he has other special circumstances before the examination, all those who do not take the examination will be revoked and will never be used again. , his clan will not be allowed to participate in the scientific examination for three generations, and all tax exemptions and exemptions granted by the court to him and his clan will be recovered! "
Zhu Youxiao acted very calmly.
There is a reason why Zhu Youxiao is so calm.
Because he is not as simple as an emperor who really only grew up in the palace.
He knew very well how many scholars there were in the Ming Dynasty after more than two hundred years of peace.
As far as Zhu Youxiao knows, in some counties there are thousands of people preparing to take the child test.
In his previous life, Zhu Youxiao had read research on the Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations, and he also knew that the Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations had a low admission rate for students, examiners, and Jinshi.
Jinshi basically takes three to five out of 10,000 people.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao knew that there were many scholars in Ming Dynasty who wanted to gain fame.
Otherwise, no one in their eighties would still insist on taking the imperial examination.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, the imperial examination system was a magic weapon for the imperial court to control the scholars in the world, rather than a tool used by the scholars all over the world to blackmail the emperor.
Because the Ming Dynasty was not an era of aristocratic families.
The number of official positions and scholars that can provide scholars with power is in short supply, and it is a situation where there are too many monks and too few people.
What's more, in this era, the only position with social status is to be an official.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao was not worried at all about hundreds of scholars boycotting the exams.
Han Xu, Sun Ruyou, and Qian Qianyi were naturally surprised and angry when Zhu Youxiao said this. They did not expect that this did not scare the emperor.
The emperor even wanted to expunge the names of those who stopped taking the exams and never use them again. He even refused to allow three generations of them to take part in the imperial exams.
Han Xu couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty is completely confident! There are so many people in the world who want to be officials, so you don't take scholars seriously."
"Your Majesty, most of these scholars who have stopped taking the exams are well-read poets and have outstanding talents. When selecting talents, the imperial court should prioritize those who are truly talented and learned. Therefore, this time, nearly a thousand scholars have stopped taking the exams. It should not be underestimated, they are not taking the exams not because they do not want to serve the imperial court, but because they are dissatisfied with the harsh treatment of scholars by the imperial court."
Sun Ruyou couldn't help but get excited at this time. He really wanted his majesty to respect the scholar a little bit.
Zhu Youxiao glanced sideways at Sun Ruyou: "Dissatisfied? How dare they be dissatisfied? They are exempted from taxes and servitude, are not allowed to travel, and do not kneel when they see officials. The court treats them so favorably that they are far more kind than the common people. If any of them is dissatisfied, it is really ungrateful. I don't know. Loyalty and filial piety!
I can’t see that not only the third generation of his family cannot take the imperial examination to become an official, but also the third generation of the three tribes cannot take the imperial examination! Because there must be something wrong with his family customs and the upbringing of his relatives! He himself should be exiled! This is how we drafted the decree, declaring that if anyone who strikes out from the exam dares to be dissatisfied, he will be dealt with severely once verified! "
"yes!"
Fang Congzhe replied.
But Sun Ruyou couldn't help but said in horror: "Your Majesty, you can't think like this. Governing a country requires talented people, and most of these people who quit the exam are loyal men and pillars of the future!"
Zhu Youxiao didn't think there was any difference between the hundreds of scholars who had boycotted the exams and those who had not.
After all, they all received the same education and were trained with the same abilities.
The only difference may be that they are at different levels, and they may have different political concepts. Some people read the scriptures incorrectly and only care about the face of their own scholar-bureaucrats, while others pay more attention to the entire country and the people of the world due to various reasons. Interests.
In Zhu Youxiao's view, talents can only be seen after admission through participation in court disputes and military and political affairs.
Some can quickly become qualified politicians through practice.
Some people only know how to follow the crowd, amass money and harm others.
Some even have neither the ability to govern the country nor the ability to harm others. They usually sit back and talk about their feelings, but when in danger, they die to repay the king.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao felt that if he wanted to select real talents, he might as well expand the number of admissions, thus increasing the number of candidates for selection, and then conduct training and further screening after admission.
Just like after the expansion of college enrollment in later generations, many units or companies will first recruit a large number of fresh graduates to serve as reserve cadres. Anyway, it is not clear who is better than whom for a while, so they will simply recruit them all first and then train them.
Zhu Youxiao also plans to recruit more Jinshi into the court in the future, and then train some administrative officials and technical officials through the later construction of some administrative colleges and technical colleges.
After all, those in charge definitely need officials with strong comprehensive administrative abilities; while some officials may not have strong comprehensive administrative abilities, but their abilities are different from ordinary people in terms of engineering or economics or judging cases.
Therefore, in Zhu Youxiao's view, it is necessary for the imperial examination system to recruit officials after the Ming Dynasty to expand the number of admissions and then conduct retraining.
After all, some officials who have expertise in certain aspects may not necessarily be very good at eight-part essays.
Even officials who are particularly strong in comprehensive ability may not necessarily be particularly good at writing eight-legged essays.
Moreover, the expansion of enrollment will also help give more children from poorer families who are not very strong in studies due to insufficient educational resources but actually have good abilities to have a chance to enter the court and compete with children from high-ranking families.
However, after the expansion, the number of gentry will increase, the number of people with tax-free privileges in the world will also increase, the social burden will also increase, and the state treasury revenue will further decrease.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao felt that while expanding the number of candidates and Jinshi, the tax-free privileges of the gentry must be abolished as soon as possible. The officials and gentry must pay the same salary as errands, and taxes targeting the privileged class such as mansion tax, inheritance tax, and mining tax must be established as soon as possible.
But now, Zhu Youxiao must first expand the number of candidates and Jinshi.
Because Zhu Youxiao had to first devalue scholars such as Juren and Jinshi, so as to force the entire scholar-bureaucrat group to make concessions in many aspects in order to compete for the number of official positions limited within the Ming Dynasty.
For example, in order to allow the northern gentry to occupy more important official positions, they had to agree to the emperor's increase in commercial taxes.
For example, in order to occupy more important official positions and attack the scholar-bureaucrats who had different political views and advocated pro-business, the literati-officials whose political views favored agriculture and suppressed commerce had to agree with the emperor to implement the unified payment of grain by officials and gentry.
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao said next: "A truly loyal, loyal and filial man will not be dissatisfied with the court, nor will he willfully abandon his father because of something wrong with the court. A truly loyal, loyal and filial man will not be dissatisfied with the court because he feels there is something wrong with the court." Well, I will actively reform the imperial court. I have always been eager for these real talents. I would like to inform the world that this time the number of candidates for the Beizhili Township Examination will be increased by fifty and the number of candidates for the General Examination will be increased by one hundred. In addition, I have heard that After all, most of the people taking the exam are scholars from the south, so this time, if there are not enough people who can be admitted in the south exam, people from the north and those who passed the exam will be used to fill the exam. I believe that the scholars who are determined to serve the imperial court can see my results. If you are thirsty for talents, you will be grateful to me. Suddenly there are fifty more places for candidates and one hundred more places for Jinshi. I am good enough."
Zhu Youxiao started talking.
Han Xu, Sun Ruyou, and Qian Qianyi were shocked after hearing this.
Only Fang Congzhe's half-white thick eyebrows slightly raised and he smiled. This is really a good thing for the northern scholars.
