Chapter 94 Testing
Fang Xiaoru nodded and said, "What Mr. He said is absolutely true. I wonder how Mr. He plans to handle this matter?"
What He Xi said about the past dynasty was none other than "One eye of the stone man could instigate rebellion across the Yellow River." Hundreds of thousands of people who gathered to build the Yellow River could change the color of the country with a single shout. Therefore, we must be wary of any gatherings of people that are not under the control of the government.
This is also the reason why mining was repeatedly restricted in ancient times.
Tens of thousands of young men are living in the mountains and forests beyond the reach of the government. Once something happens, these people can be transformed into rebels. Not to mention, the scale of many mines can exceed 10,000 people. To put it simply, even if there are 10,000 rebels, the number is quite large.
Although there are hundreds of thousands or millions of troops in history, they only appear during wars that overwhelm the country. Generally speaking, it is good to have tens of thousands of troops in a province. Ten thousand rebels can coerce the people and turn into an army of hundreds of thousands in an instant.
This is a hidden danger for the court.
He Xi said; "In addition to the administration, the court always has to manage these mines. The first restriction is licenses, so everyone who mines must apply for a license and it must be guaranteed. A mine or a mining area must have There are more than three. The second is that the court sends people to inspect the mines and set mining taxes. It does not need to be high. After all, the court sets up a team to deal with them and always has to collect the court expenses on this line. "
The so-called continuous guarantee actually means that the person who wants to apply for a mining license must find several families to guarantee it. Once something happens to the mine, these families will be punished by the court.
In fact, it is not that He Xi has not thought about collecting sufficient mining taxes from the mining industry. This is not the mining tax of Emperor Wanli. Emperor Wanli's mining tax does not have a serious name at all. It was an extortionate expropriation, but He Xi had seriously considered taking a share of the mining industry.
However, He Xi gave up.
The first reason is that when the Ming Dynasty was founded in the early Ming Dynasty, there were many wastes waiting to be revitalized, and the development of mining industry lagged behind. Historically, Daming's mining industry flourished only after the orthodoxy. Now the collection is not much. The second reason is that Confucian scholar-bureaucrats are very, very sensitive to tax increases.
This time, he did not fall out with Fang Xiaoru. Instead, he tried to find a way to make Fang Xiaoru agree with him.
Naturally, it was impossible to pick out Fang Xiaoru's sensitive areas and prick her.
Fang Xiaoru said: "Master He's foresight is beyond my expectation."
In fact, Fang Xiaoru didn't agree very much with He Xi's idea. Because in Fang Xiaoru's eyes, if something happens in the local area, although it has some advantages, it will cause ten times the disadvantages in the local area. Zhu Yuanzhang had already agreed to this matter, and Fang Xiaoru would not say anything.
same question.
Fang Xiaoru came here on behalf of the prince to understand and communicate. He was not fighting against He Xi.
Fang Xiaoru is principled, not stubborn. When it's time to be flexible, you can also be flexible, otherwise when Song Ne was fighting He Xi, Fang Xiaoru would have been the one to do it.
Fang Xiaoru didn't bother with this, it was just an appetizer.
Fang Xiaoru said: "Then what is the special examination of the Coal and Iron Department?"
When the two of them were talking, Zhang Du was as silent as a stone. Only his fingers hidden under his sleeves were moving quietly. This was a habitual movement of Zhang Du's. When memorizing some content at high speed, he would There is this action.
He Xi said, "It's nothing. The Coal and Iron Department needs at least a dozen departments. Dozens of officials at all levels, plus hundreds of staff, can support this framework. To recruit so many people in a short period of time, I also chose a temporary solution."
Fang Xiaoru said: "Please Sir He, please introduce me to a temporary solution."
I don't know if it was He Xi's misunderstanding, but Fang Xiaoru added an accent to the word "temporary".
He Xi didn't care about this and said: "For high-level officials, Mr. Zhang will discuss with the Ministry of Civil Affairs. First, set up a shelf to identify the missing personnel, then conduct examinations and select the best ones. The best ones will fill the vacancies. The next step is to do the following. The history of the Coal and Iron Division. For future reference."
Fang Xiaoru also knew the most basic things. Continued to ask: "How to test? What to test?"
For Fang Xiaoru, this time is the real key.
He Xi was confident and said: "Take three subjects, classics and meaning, mathematics, and major. Each subject is set as a percentage. There are various questions, including fill-in-the-blank, choice, judgment, simple, discussion, composition, etc. According to the focus of the questions If they are different, the scores will be different, and finally they will be combined together to calculate the total score.”
Fang Xiaoru heard this and said, "But, the method you used in the Mingjiantang exam?"
He Xi said: "Exactly. This is the best way to prevent examiners from influencing candidates' scores based on their own selfish ideas. Mr. Fang, you know that sometimes examiners are undoubtedly biased, but their judgment is already biased. "
Fang Xiaoru was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently, admitting that what He Xi said made sense.
Before the imperial examinations in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there was a phenomenon. Once they determined who the examiner was, the candidates would immediately grab the examiner's Chen Mo, that is, the articles the examiner had written before. The purpose is to cater to the preferences of ordinary examiners during the exam. Or the examiner did not mean to be biased when grading papers, but his own attitude and opinions formed a bias.
Fang Xiaoru had already seen the hundred-point system used in Mingjiantang exams. Although I still feel uncomfortable and gaudy. But I can't fault it, but that's not the case with other things.
Fang Xiaoru said, "The scriptures are 100% meaningful, but a little bit less. Arithmetic is one of the six arts of a gentleman, so it's 100% a bit too much, that's fine. What's the major among them?"
He Xi said: "Professional is nothing else. It is the necessary quality for the personnel required by every department. For example, if you want to work in the Coal and Iron Department, if you want to work in the Coal and Iron Department, if nothing else, at least you will be interested in things such as coal, iron and metallurgy. You have to understand it. If you don’t understand it at all, wouldn’t it be too time-consuming to have to learn it from scratch when you get to the Yamen?”
Fang Xiaoru frowned and said, "Such knowledge is not suitable for Confucian ministers."
Fang Xiaoru's words represent the aspirations of a large number of scholar-bureaucrats, and are also the reasons why He Xi's studies are not popular.
Mencius said: "Those who work hard govern others, and those who work hard govern others." There is nothing wrong with this sentence in itself, but during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a distinction between clear and turbid flows. Those who were clear naturally felt that they were those who worked hard. It should be done by laborers.
Therefore, even if Zhu Wen threw all the clear water into the turbid current of the Yellow River, he could not change this bad habit.
The scholar-bureaucrats of the Northern Song Dynasty were very good at talking about grand ideas, but once it came to specific events, this was not the way to treat Confucian ministers. It's the same today. Fang Xiaoru didn't think that Ming literati needed to learn any professional knowledge. Fang Xiaoru felt that for Ming officials, one Analects might not be able to rule the world, but one Analects plus Mencius, Doctrine of the Mean, and the Thirteen Confucian Classics would be enough to rule the world. . It's still useful to learn these low-level things.
When He Xi heard Fang Xiaoru's words, all the good feelings he had towards Fang Xiaoru were gone.
No matter how good Fang Xiaoru's personal conduct is, it is still based on old morality. He Xi is completely incompatible with him. The two sides are really not on the same page.
He Xi said: "Master Fang, the world not only needs Confucian ministers, but also ministers who govern the world. There are always people to do the major projects such as river construction, water conservancy, shipbuilding, city building, the Great Wall, and so on. Is it possible that the imperial court will not do these things in the future?"
Fang Xiaoru was silent for a while, but he was not convinced at all. In his opinion, these matters only need to be promoted by one or two Confucian officials to order the craftsmen below to do what they are told. Wherever you need to study specifically, even if you need to, reading a few books temporarily is enough to cope with it.
How could it be so exaggerated?
But Fang Xiaoru didn't come to quarrel with He Xi today. After all, look at the Buddha's face without looking at the monk's face. The big Buddha behind He Xi is Zhu Yuanzhang.
However, Fang Xiaoru also drew a circle on the subject of professionalism deep in his heart and remembered it deeply in his heart. But he said: "Master He, what you said makes sense. I was wrong. It's just this exam. Can only the Imperial College students take the exam?"
