Teng County County Government.
The county magistrate Li Yi changed into his official uniform, washed his hands, took out the decree document, opened it and looked at it carefully.
Master Yan Bin stood beside Li Yi, not squinting.
The county magistrate Jin Dache, the chief registrar Sun Ang, and the official Huang Lin lowered their hands in front of the hall, waiting for the news.
Li Yi saw it, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to everyone: "The emperor issued a decree and ordered all prefectures and counties to draw a "Dangerous Map of Mountains and Rivers" and submit it to the capital every leap year."
""A Map of Dangerous Mountains and Rivers"?"
Jin Dache, Sun Ang, and Huang Lin were a little confused as to what the emperor wanted to do at this time.
Yan Bin stepped forward, read the contents of the document, and said with a deep gaze: "It seems that the imperial court will not use military force in a few years."
Jin Dache and others took the document, and the content was very simple:
The superior said that the world is flat, with thin seas and outside, and an area of tens of thousands of miles. If you want to see its mountains and rivers, situation, customs, Esai, the distance and distance of prefectures and counties, and the products of the land, you have ordered all prefectures and counties to draw and contribute.
In one sentence: Lao Zhu wants to see the territory map of the Ming Dynasty...
In the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, the imperial court conquered the Yuan Dynasty, with both victories and defeats. Looking at it now, the victory has not made up for the loss of defeat, and the external situation has turned into a defensive stalemate.
It is estimated that the emperor planned to stop fighting in the past few years and take time to look at the current territory, so he had this document.
Li Yi picked up his pen and arranged: "Let the county school teach you to handle this matter."
Falling ink.
Penetrating the paper backing.
Pick up the pen, put the pen down.
A pair of strong hands unfolded the paper, and majestic majesty surged out. Wu Lin, Zhan Tong and Lu Xi, the ministers of the Ministry of Personnel, did not dare to look directly and lowered their heads to listen.
Behind the dragon case, there sat a middle-aged man wearing a yellow dragon robe. He had a strange appearance and was not angry or intimidating. His eyes were as sharp as thunder. He swept across the three people in front of him and his loud voice echoed in the hall: "Chongqing." Publish the laws and regulations and issue them to all departments. You must be vigilant every day and do not violate them! If there is any violation, I will not be lenient!"
"Accept the decree."
Wu Lin, Zhan Tong, and Lu Xi agreed in unison.
The suffocating pressure slowly receded, and beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of Wu Lin and others.
Zhu Yuanzhang put the paper aside, picked up a memorial, opened it, took a look at it, and said: "There are talented people in the world, who are also the treasures of the country. The ancient sage kings were always devoted to seeking talents. Although I have stopped the imperial examination, I will not stop. Dispose of talented people. The officials should visit all over the world for talented people, and order all prefectures and counties to prepare gifts for them and send them to the capital. I will put them to good use in order to achieve great governance."
Wu Lin took a step forward, knelt down and reported: "Your Majesty is very thirsty for talents, and I will do my best to supervise the local area and identify talents."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly, raised his hand and said: "You are old, so don't kneel down to play. Get up."
Wu Lin thanked her and said, "It's a matter of etiquette between the king and his ministers. I dare not violate it."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled calmly and picked up a memorial: "Li Tai, Deputy Envoy of Salt Transport in Zhejiang Province, was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Liu Zhaoxian, the magistrate of Taihe County, has good governance and is honest in government. He was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry."
"I will receive the order."
"Go down."
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand.
Not long after, a young man with a handsome face, tall figure and extraordinary bearing walked into the side hall of Fengtian Palace and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang: "My son, I see you, father."
"Biao'er, you came just in time. Please take a look at this memorial."
Zhu Yuanzhang took out a memorial table and handed it to Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao took it with both hands, unfolded it and looked at it. He saw that it was a document sent by King Wang Zhuan of Goryeo, thanking Ming Dynasty for giving Goryeo medicine and paying tribute to Ming Dynasty such as haicao, fine cloth and other items.
There is nothing left to pay tribute to, so I took out some of this and sent it over...
However, the core of the document is not these, but a request to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.
"Do you think Wang Zhuan has something to do with Naha in the Northeast?"
Zhu Yuanzhang asked solemnly.
Zhu Biao knew clearly that his father was remembering the murder of the Ming envoy in Goryeo in the fifth year of Hongwu.
After thinking about it, Zhu Biao said softly: "Father, I think that Goryeo has been under the control of the Yuan court for a long time, and Wang Zhuan intends to lean towards our dynasty. In fact, he wants to use his strength to get rid of the control of the Yuan court. However, the Goryeo dynasty declined, but the Yuan court remained the same. He has the power to influence Goryeo. Naha is entrenched in the northeast and is eyeing Goryeo. Unless he is eliminated, Wang Zhuan will not be able to completely rebel against the Yuan Dynasty and submit to our court."
"As for the murder of the envoy, it is difficult to conclude that Wang Zhuan and Naha Chu colluded. I think that Na Ha Chu must not have wanted to see Goryeo fall to our court, and there is also the possibility of murder and frame-up."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Let me tell you, Wang Zhuan is not sincere, has a small calculation, has both ends, and has an unstable mind. Stop the trade with Goryeo."
Zhu Biao lowered his hands in response. When he saw this, he asked the doubts in his heart: "Father, I think that the imperial examination is a great ceremony for recruiting talents. If you stop it in a hurry, will you hurt the world's academic seeds? It will be detrimental." Does the imperial court select talents?"
"Haha, are you questioning my decision?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said with overwhelming power.
Zhu Biao quickly explained: "Father, I am not questioning my son. It is just the imperial examination to select scholars. Since the Tang Dynasty..."
"Biao'er!"
Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Zhu Biao's words, stood up and walked out, and said seriously: "Father, don't you know the benefits of imperial examinations to obtain scholars? However, in this world, if it is not beneficial, you must do it. You also need to see the disadvantages."
Zhu Biao didn't understand what harm there could be in selecting scholars through the imperial examination.
Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "This is an imperial chess game, and victory or defeat is not determined by the gain or loss of one move. Have you ever thought about how many scholars from the north and how many from the south have been selected through the imperial examination in the past three years? No, I tell you. Nearly 80% of you are Southern scholars! If all the officials in the Manchu Dynasty are Southern scholars, who will speak out for the benefit of the people in the North?"
"It doesn't matter. Among the 80% of southern scholars, 80% come from large and wealthy households in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi. What they are best at is greed! I have stopped the imperial examination. First, I want to prevent southern scholars from monopolizing the imperial court. Second, I want to stop the southern scholars from monopolizing the imperial court. Buy time for the northern scholars, and the third is to give them an attitude."
Zhu Biao took a deep breath. The so-called them refer to the Huaixi nobles headed by Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and others. These people are different from the people in eastern Zhejiang. Eastern Zhejiang supports the imperial examination, while Huaixi opposes the imperial examination.
As for the reason, there are a lot of rough people in Huaixi, and there are not as many scholars as there are gay people, and they don’t want to be ridden by a group of scholars who come from behind...
Of course, Huaixi is not all rough people.
Li Shanchang is not.
Neither is Hu Weiyong.
Zhu Biao was horrified. One decision was related to the situation of the court, the court, and the general trend of the world. This was his father, an astonishing decision!
Teng County, Dayan Village.
A dozen middle-aged people were busy, some were smoothing wooden boards with planes, some were opening windows, and some teenage children brought thatch...
Xue Cheng was driving the carriage and saw Gu Zhengchen from a distance. He quickly got out of the carriage and led the carriage over. Just as he was about to kneel down, he was stopped by Gu Zhengchen: "Okay, the Gu family is different from others. There is a distinction between dignity and inferiority. , but there is no need for such a big gift. This is my mother Gu, and my sister Qingqing. You need to protect them when I am not around. "
"Master, please rest assured, I, Xue Cheng, will definitely protect the old lady and young lady with my life!"
Xue Cheng solemnly agreed.
Gu and Gu Qingqing helped Chen to rest in her room. Gu Zhengchen looked at Xue Cheng and twitched the corners of his mouth: "From now on, you will be called Gu Cheng. In addition, I will give you another word."
"Thank you for the name, sir. Please tell me."
Gu Cheng quickly agreed.
Gu Zhengchen put his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky: "The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to look for light..."
