Zhu Youxiao nodded.
He knew that Yuan Keli made this suggestion to safeguard the imperial power.
It didn't take long.
The cabinet then issued a decree, ordering the Ministry of Personnel to recommend relatives outside the clan as officials in the Ministry of Rites, the Metropolitan Inspectorate, the Six Sections, the Academy, and the Imperial College.
Although this is a unanimous decision made by the emperor and cabinet ministers.
However, after the edict was issued, it still caused a great shock among civil servants.
In particular, the decree that allowed relatives outside the clan to serve as officials was extremely unacceptable to the civil servants.
Everyone knows that in the Ming Dynasty, officials had great power.
Although the emperor is now strong and quite shrewd, and cannot slander others at will, and must have evidence before reporting, the supervisory power of the officials is still very deterrent.
If relatives outside the clan were allowed to join the Yanguan camp, the civil servants all over the world would have to be more restrained than before.
"Can the relatives outside the clan be appointed as officials of the department? Who doesn't know that the relatives outside the clan have always been incorruptible, greedy for money and plundering excessively. If they become censors and ministers, wouldn't it mean that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Liu Kelang have become the Ministry of Household Affairs? , and it’s their own household department, why didn’t the cabinet ministers come forward to stop it?”
Cui Jingrong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was shocked after receiving this edict.
Therefore, Cui Jingrong hurriedly came to the cabinet. After seeing Yuan Keli and others, he said: "Yuan Fu, cabinet ministers, why did the court suddenly issue this decree? Our Ming Dynasty is not so short of scholars to serve as officials. Do we have to find people from among the clan’s relatives?”
"This is not a matter of lack of scholars to serve as officials! Didn't Otsuka Zai see it? This shows that His Majesty is very disappointed with many of our civil servants. Now he specially uses relatives from the clan to check and balance each other. His Majesty has a far-reaching plan, and we must carefully understand its deep meaning. .”
Yuan Keli replied.
"That's alright, I'll take my leave."
Cui Jingrong replied helplessly.
Through Yuan Keli's answer, he realized that the cabinet ministers had reached an agreement with His Majesty the Emperor, and it was useless for him to object as a minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
When Cui Jingrong returned to the Ministry of Personnel, the officials of the Ministry of Personnel had already exploded over this incident and were talking about it one after another.
Now when he saw Cui Jingrong coming back, Zhang Xin, a doctor in the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, immediately came forward and said, "Otsuka Zai! I would like to ask you, is there any way to stop this matter?"
Cui Jingrong said: "The imperial edict has been issued, how can we reject it? From now on, everyone should perform their duties more diligently! Don't make any mistakes to avoid more lawsuits."
Cui Jingrong gave a few reminders.
He actually doesn't care about the involvement of relatives from the clan in areas such as supervision and academic administration.
After all, he thought that being an official was considered to be incorruptible.
But Cui Jingrong knew that among the officials under him, there must be some who were still selling their positions and titles, and at least many of them were still collecting ice and charcoal.
There is no way, the dog can't change its habit of eating shit.
Many officials even take it as an honor to successfully commit corruption without being noticed, and feel a sense of accomplishment.
I feel that if I don’t make a fortune, I will be sorry for my ten years of hard study.
Human nature is like this, it is inevitable, and the world's customs cannot be changed overnight.
Most officials really do not do it for the sake of the country and the Zhu family.
Therefore, even when Emperor Taizu chopped down one nest after another, he could not completely stop it. Officials who were lucky enough to use various methods to satisfy their greed.
Therefore, Cui Jingrong knew that if there were serious clan nobles who became censors and did not protect the reputation of civil servants, but directly exposed it, more civil servants would definitely be killed.
He also had to admit that in order to maintain a high degree of purity in the administration of officials and to keep the court prosperous, the current emperor was really trying his best to tighten the curses on the heads of civil servants, and he added one curse after another.
Therefore, he now takes the initiative to give these civil servants a heads up.
"But such an order is indeed against the ancestral law. In my humble opinion, Chief Otsuka, the ministry should ban this order and reject it from the cabinet."
Zhang Xin said with a wry smile.
"Nonsense! Taizu still used his consort to supervise academic affairs and handle local affairs. Today, His Majesty is just doing it as usual. How can he violate the ancestral system? Besides, there are many useful talents among the relatives of the clan, and not all of them are uneducated and incompetent. If a magician can be used by the imperial court, it will be a blessing to the world. Why do the officials deny it? Why don't you go down?"
Cui Jingsheng reprimanded Zhang Xinlai loudly.
"yes!"
Zhang Xin agreed repeatedly.
But as soon as he returned to the Literary Selection Department, he said to several members and directors of his Literary Selection Department: "You must have understood what Otsuka Zai just said. There can be a few people with noble moral character and outstanding talents among the relatives of the clan. They are basically unlearned and unskilled people. How can their integrity be compared with those of us scholar-bureaucrats? Everyone has studied hard until now, and they are determined to serve the imperial court with passion. How can they be like the dandy Gao Liang and others who only know how to be greedy for money and profit? ! Therefore, even if there is a new policy for selecting officials, we still have to follow the usual rules. Just like Jinshi is appointed to officials before Juren, and Juren is appointed to officials before Xiongsheng. In the future, scholars will still be selected as officials first. If there are not enough scholars, miscellaneous Come along!"
"But what if there are relatives outside the clan who are willing to provide rice (referring to gold and silver)?"
asked one of the principals.
Zhang Xin said: "That's another matter!"
"clear!"
The boss replied.
…
"Cui Jingrong, an old fox, speaks with righteous words that make it difficult for people to grasp anything and speaks in an official tone. But some of the civil servants below must still be as smart as before, only recommending some scholar-bureaucrats as officials. Even though the New Deal has been promulgated Go on, but if we really want to select some talented people among the nobles of the clan to contribute to the court, I have to personally use them. Moreover, as I said to my eighth sister, the relatives of the clan want to fight for some rights and interests for themselves, so they can only rely on themselves. This emperor is not enough, they themselves have to fight for it."
After Zhu Youxiao heard the reaction of the officials here in Dongchang to the new policy of selecting officials, he made a few slanders like this.
Then, Zhu Youxiao continued to ask Wei Zhongxian: "Have Feng Quan and other criminals who were suspected of planting spies and making friends with eunuchs in the palace have all been arrested and imprisoned?"
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied: "I was about to report to the Emperor. Among these prisoners, only Feng Quan suddenly disappeared. The servants guessed that he must have bribed the city guarding flag school in advance and escaped. Dongchang has neglected his duty. Please punish him!" "
"That's it! It's inevitable that some fish will slip through the net. We will continue to intensify the search. If he can escape, the monk can't escape from the temple! It's not like that. He, Feng Quan, can still escape and become someone else's second minister!"
Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said.
When he first came to power, he reused Feng Quan in order to suppress the Donglin Party.
But Zhu Youxiao knew that Feng Quan was not a good person, and he was not a good person in terms of character, and he was indeed a man with a desire for power. Otherwise, he would not have become a Manchu scholar in history, but should have been martyred. The worst option is to go into seclusion.
He was not surprised that Feng Quan committed a crime.
"Your Majesty said so!"
Wei Zhongxian replied.
As the emperor, Zhu Youxiao had many things to worry about.
He first put aside the concerns that civil servants in the Ministry of Civil Affairs might be perfunctory about the New Deal and Feng Quan's escape.
Now there is another urgent matter that needs him to make arrangements.
This matter is the new type of education that was previously piloted in Huangzhuang.
Zhu Youxiao ordered Han Zanzhou, the eunuch in charge of this matter: "Five years ago, the first batch of students trained by the social schools in various villages in Huangzhuang have now reached the time of graduation, but most of them have not yet passed the age of fifteen. They are still too young to do things, so next, they should continue to learn, but what exactly they should continue to learn needs to be further broken down."
"First is the screening. An exam must be organized to test their learning status. It will be based on the scientific examination method, but the evaluation will be based on the existing hundred-point system of Huangzhuang Social Studies. The scores and physical and martial arts levels will be used to judge the level. I will appoint a few The examiners will examine them in the recent period, and then give outstanding levels. The outstanding ones will continue to be trained by the inner court, and a Royal Academy will be set up in the capital, allowing them to come to the Royal Academy to study and continue to learn more profound knowledge. ;
Those who are not excellent but qualified will be assigned to study in mining, shipbuilding, machinery, money law and even normal schools run by Tianjin and Huangzhuang. There are even schools in Dongchang and Jinyiwei that specialize in training factory guards. Those who are unqualified will stay. Go down one level to study social studies until you pass. But if repeating the grade three times doesn’t work, just register a household directly and make it a common people. Without that kind of luck, forced education is useless. You should hurry up and make preparations and arrange for people to put these things into practice. The students were all escorted to the capital for reference. "
"According to the order!"
Wang Chengen and Han Zan replied on Tuesday.
As early as a few years ago, Zhu Youxiao implemented a new type of civilian education in various imperial villages, as well as in the newly established Tianjin and Qufu, to cultivate new scholars.
The education these people received was different from traditional Confucian education. They received arithmetic, Confucianism in Chinese culture, and other knowledge besides Confucianism, as well as history and martial arts training.
Therefore, these people will naturally be more suitable to manage this empire in the future than the current scholars educated by Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.
This can be regarded as a plan that Zhu Youxiao has been laying out. He needs a new group of scholars to consolidate the results of his reforms and even allow Ming Dynasty to continue to progress.
…
Soon after Zhu Youxiao issued this edict, a group of students from Tianjin who received new education took a boat to Beijing under the leadership of the eunuchs for reference.
"Aiming, you have to take the exam well, and you can't let down the emperor's kindness!"
Tang Youshan waved to Tang Yunfan, a young man who had already boarded the ship, and shouted instructions.
"Don't worry, dad! Take care of yourself!"
Tang Aiming had tears in her eyes, pursed her lips tightly, and replied loudly.
Tang Youshan turned around and returned to Tianjin City, and began to wipe the corners of his eyes with his sleeves. This was the first time he and his son were separated, so naturally he was a little reluctant to say goodbye.
But at this moment, Tang Youshan also saw the place where he and his son had stayed in the past.
There is a familiar date tree in that place.
And he still remembers the scene when he and his son cut the bark of the jujube tree and ate it, and he couldn't help but laugh: "His mother was still there at that time!"
Therefore, Tang Youshan simply chose not to return to Tianjin City. Instead, he came to the jujube tree, touched the trunk, and said: "The bark of this tree is so thick, but no one comes to cut it and eat it! It seems that the big guy is No one is hungry anymore, so there is no need to eat tree bark. Gentlemen are right, if you meet a good emperor, everyone will not have to live a hard life!"
With that said, Tang Youshan simply lay down under the shade of the tree and rested.
Not long after, he fell asleep.
In the dream, he seemed to have escaped with his wife and children from the Baichi Cliff Guard Qianhu Home. It was when he was hungry and his eyes were blinded by hunger, but there was nothing to feed him around, and even the trees were bare. Yes, the soil is also saline-alkali soil, and the cracks are dry and stiff.
But just when he was desperate, he found a jujube tree with dense leaves and thick bark appearing in front of him.
In the dream, Tang Youshan felt as if he had discovered a sumptuous meal. He opened his mouth with joy and shouted to his wife: "Mom, there is food here, hurry up and bring the children over!"
His wife also laughed and ran over with the children.
In the dream, Tang Youshan shouted and started to climb up the tree to pick leaves. He picked them very quickly, as if he was afraid of being snatched away by others.
At some point, Tang Youshan, who was sitting in the shade of a tree, woke up and put away his smile. Then he found that there was no one around him. His wife's smile only lingered in his mind and did not appear in front of him. His children were not there.
Only then did Tang Youshan realize that he had just been dreaming, and then he got up and walked towards Tianjin City, and felt his hungry stomach. Although he was only a commoner in Tianjin City, he had rice and meat at home, so even though he was hungry now , and did not want to eat the indigestible bark again, and said: "It is thanks to the good fortune of the third son that he survived and no longer need to eat bark, grass roots. The other brothers can also study and eat the royal food as long as they do not starve to death. My dear, I miss you again."
…
"...When I was drunk, I lit up the lamp and read the sword, and I dreamed of the horn-blowing company. Eight hundred miles away, my subordinates were burning, the sound of fifty-stringed strings rolling outside the Great Wall, and the autumn of the battlefield..."
"...driving a long chariot and trampling through the Helan Mountains. Aspirational and hungry, eating Huns' meat, laughing and talking, thirsty and drinking Huns..."
"...The yellow sand will wear golden armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned until it is broken..."
…
Under the red sun, not long after the official ship transporting Tang Aiming and other Huangzhuang students left Tianjin City, Tang Aiming and other Huangzhuang students were bored on the ship, so they began to compare who could remember more ancient poems.
And because the poems that Zhu Youxiao required to be taught to these students were mainly patriotic and inspirational poems to inspire the youth of the Ming Dynasty, they rarely used the graceful works of Wen Tingyun, Li Yu, etc. Therefore, at this time, Tang Aiming Most of the works that come out are patriotic and heroic works.
Zhu Youxiao knows that scholars in this era do not yet have strong national consciousness and national consciousness.
Many people also follow the concept that "those who join China are the masters of China."
There is still relatively little awareness of nationalism and defense of the country.
Otherwise, it would not have been so easy for the Manchus to enter the customs in history.
Therefore, when Zhu Youxiao implemented new education in the imperial village that he could directly control, he paid great attention to cultivating the national and national consciousness of these students.
And because of this, civilian children who were originally named Goudan and Daniu by their parents began to change their names to names such as Aimin, Aiguo, and Aihua after receiving the new education in Huangzhuang. There are even dozens of people with the same name in Huangzhuangtun.
Tang Aiming happily chanted these heroic and high-level poems with his classmates. Like other teenagers, he had completely forgotten that many years ago, they were just little hungry people suffering from cold and hunger.
And the whole ship looked very lively.
…
However, at this time, a scholar on an official ship nearby who was wearing red makeup, rouge, a hairpin and a sachet felt disdainful after hearing their poems.
This scholar's name is Dai Yihui, and he is a civil servant who has just passed the imperial examination. Now, together with several classmates, he is preparing to go to Beijing to serve as a civil servant in the Imperial College.
Therefore, Dai Yihui waved his folding fan and said to his classmates: "I heard that these are all students trained by His Majesty in Huangzhuang. Why can they only recite a few lines of poems with no culture, no talent, just... I’m afraid even Shi Wen won’t be able to do it.”
Fei Zhao sneered and said, "What kind of literature can they understand? I'm afraid their knowledge is not as good as that of my book boy!"
"That's right. They are just a bunch of idiots with mud-legged backgrounds. They were just taught a few words, a few poems, and some miscellaneous knowledge that His Majesty liked by a few eunuchs. How could there be nobles like us? My descendants are worthy of being castrated and used as His Majesty's playthings in the future, and not as assistants to the government!"
Dai Yihui put away the folding fan as she spoke, and told her boy to hold the qin: "Take the qin and play a song for the future father-in-laws outside who can only recite poems. Let them feel what a poem and a hairpin are." The heritage of our clan!”
"yes!"
So the boy who studied there held the harp and started playing the harp.
However, at this time, the students on the civil officer ship did not notice the sound of the piano outside, because they were now starting to do arithmetic problems. After all, they would take a big exam next and they would need to practice more questions.
When they arrived at Xianghe County, Tang Aiming and other Huangzhuang students, as well as Dai Yihui and other road scholars, all anchored here and docked, and entered the city to rest for a while.
"Since the imperial court banned prostitution, we don't even have a place to have fun. We can only stay in this inn with no fun. It's really boring."
Not long after entering the city, Dai Yihui complained to Fei Zhao because she could not go to the brothel for entertainment.
Fei Zhao also said: "Not only is it boring, it is simply unbearable! This inn is said to be the best inn in Xianghe County. It is much better than the inn opposite, but it is far less luxurious than the previous brothel here."
"Yes! It's really unbearable. There are only a dozen kinds of food, how can I eat it!"
Dai Yihui just wanted to have fun now, so she told her book boy Baoqin: "Go and ask the shopkeeper here if you can find some prostitutes to make the old men feel comfortable. If the old men feel comfortable by then, naturally, His reward is indispensable."
Then he left with Qin in his arms.
Not long after, the shopkeeper actually found a few prostitutes, and they were all coquettish and charming.
Dai Yihui immediately became angry, and she and Fei Zhao each hugged one and entered the house.
Here, Tang Aiming and other Huangzhuang students honestly lived in the inn with the eunuchs who brought them to Beijing.
Except for the eunuch himself who lived in a separate courtyard, these students naturally slept in Datongbu and ate simply. Dinner was just steamed buns and pickles. After all, public funds could not give them good treatment.
But these students were still happy with it, and were even very excited about living in a brightly lit brick house with carved railings and windows.
Because most of their homes are thatched houses.
Early the next morning.
Tang Aiming and other Huangzhuang students were still supervising their eunuchs as usual and asked to get up and do exercises.
"Left, left, left!"
"Left, left, left!"
"Left, left, left!"
Dai Yihui and Fei Zhao, who had been struggling for a long time last night, were woken up by this.
Dai Yihui was very irritated and immediately scolded: "These bastards, why don't you let me have a good sleep! Are you going to take the martial arts exam?!"
After Dai Yihui scolded him, he had to get up and have someone undress him.
"Hulu is coming!"
"Hulu is coming!"
"Hulu is coming!"
At this time, there were very noisy shouts on the street.
Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of rapid horse hooves.
Dai Yihui didn't wait to finish undressing, so she hurriedly stuck her head out of the window and took a look. Sure enough, she saw a large number of Hulu riding horses into the city, killing the people along the street crazily, and running towards the inn.
Dai Yihui's legs went weak on the spot: "This, this, where did these Hulu come from?"
"Go back to the inn immediately!"
Here, the eunuch with Tang Aiming and other Huangzhuang students immediately shouted.
Then, Tang Aiming and others ran back to the inn in an orderly manner, and closed the door of the inn in advance before Hu Qi arrived.
Not long after, these Hulu came to the area of the post station.
Dai Yihui and Fei Zhao were also stopped by a group of Huqi before they escaped from the inn and returned to the ship.
Dai Yihui was afraid of death, so he immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Spare my life, spare my life! I am Dai Yihui, a native of Yixing, Nanzhili. He has been an official for generations and has a rich family. As long as you are willing to spare my life, I am willing to let my family serve." One hundred thousand silver coins to redeem!"
Fei Zhao also shouted: "Fei Zhao, it's the same, we are all scholars. As long as the heroes spare our lives, we are willing to work as cows and horses, and even help you and others win other cities. We have relatives and friends here There are officials in the major counties in the area, but there has been no war in the capital area for a long time, and the imperial government is well-governed. The prosperity of the cities has long been far better than before, and the population is much larger. It is just right for you to make a fortune and take captives. There are many people and animals walking around.”
It happened that at this time, Ying Yunqing, the magistrate of Xianghe County who had voluntarily surrendered to the city because he had colluded with the Hulu in advance, accompanied a Hulu leader. Lin Dan Khan came down from Taijikangkar to worship the tiger and came on horseback. When he saw Dai Yihui and Fei Zhao, Wearing a Confucian scarf and claiming to be a Juren, he suggested to Kaer Baihu: "Taiji (official name), these two are sons of the noble family and scholars. They can exchange a lot of money. In addition, if the Great Khan wants to If we want to restore the Yuan Dynasty, we will also need the support of Han people like them, so it is better not to kill them first but to arrest them."
Kangkar nodded his head and waved his riding crop.
Dai Yihui and Fei Zhao were captured by two barbarians.
boom!
But at this moment.
One of the Hulu fell off his horse.
Tang Aiming and other Huangzhuang students who were standing on the attic of the post house were holding bows and arrows that the post soldiers had discarded after hearing the Hu Lu invasion and fled early, shooting at the Hu Lu who tried to rush into the post house.
Among them, Tang Aiming fired an arrow first and actually hit a Huru.
The other Hulu who tried to rush into the post house were immediately frightened and took a few steps back.
The students of Huangzhuang have been practicing riding and shooting since they entered school more than five years ago. Therefore, not all of them have superb shooting skills, but most of them have good shooting skills. After all, they have been practicing almost every day for so many years. There is also a test, and if you fail, you will be punished by running or squatting in solitary confinement, just like the military academy.
Seeing this, Kangkar Baihu was furious and asked in Chinese: "Who are those young people?!"
"They are schoolchildren raised by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. They are going to be transferred to Beijing and used for examination after the examination. Taiji might as well capture them all as slaves. They are all very handsome!"
Dai Yihui smiled flatteringly.
Fei Zhao also said: "Yes, they are considered royal possessions, but they are treasures. It would be best to take them back and make them slaves."
At this time, the eunuch who brought Tang Aiming and other Huangzhuang students saw this and couldn't help but cursed: "You two are also scholars supported by the imperial court, why are you so shameless! Our family has remembered your names. If you can come back alive someday, In Beijing, you and other scholars will be prosecuted for their crimes!"
Kangkar Baihu nodded here and shouted in Mongolian: "Come in and capture those people. They are the treasures of the Ming Emperor. Take them back!"
boom!
boom!
boom!
Suddenly, there was a loud sound of gunfire outside.
Kangkar Baihu looked back in surprise, felt bad, and shouted: "Come back all!"
Da da!
Then, sure enough, a man riding a horse with a crooked helmet and loose armor came over: "Report! A large number of Ming troops have arrived, no less than ten thousand!"
Kangkar Baihu glanced at Ying Yunqing first.
Ying Yunqing said: "This, this, I didn't know that the Ming army would appear so soon."
Kangkar Baihu had no time to question Ying Yunqing now, so he only ordered loudly: "Remove! Release all the people captured, except these two scholars who can be exchanged for a big price!"
Dai Yihui regretted it very much after hearing this, and thought to herself: "If I had known, I wouldn't have admitted that I am a scholar."
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