Kunning Palace.
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen, who was lying in a wicker chair with a frown on his face, and advised: "Troubles and worries will eventually pass. The emperor should not be depressed and confused. Just look at it, civil servants will always compromise."
Zhu Yunwen put his arms on his pillow and said, "Come on, rub your temples for me."
The maid moved a low stool, and Ma Enhui sat next to Zhu Yunwen, stretched out her bare hands and rubbed them gently, listening to Zhu Yunwen's nagging: "Although it seems unfair to the world to set up two volumes of main and minor subjects, at this time, we are promoting talent This is the fairest time for the whole world."
"The reform of the Imperial College has just begun. At this time, other states and counties are following up. Even if there is no effect, everyone is standing on the same starting line. If this method is delayed for one or two years, wouldn't the Imperial College students have an advantage? , then all Jinshi will be supervisors, which will be unfair to all candidates."
Ma Enhui's expression changed and she quickly advised: "It is absolutely forbidden for all Jinshi to leave the Imperial College. The Emperor must take the North and South List case as a lesson."
Zhu Yunwen raised his eyes, glanced at Ma Enhui, and said calmly: "Don't worry."
The North-South Ranking Case, also known as the Liu Sanwu Fraud Case, and the dispute between the Northern and Southern Rankings, was a huge event in the imperial examinations in the early Ming Dynasty, and it can also be said to be the last major case in the Hongwu Dynasty.
It happened in the 30th year of Hongwu. Zhu Yuanzhang presided over the Ding Chou Examination with Liu Sanwu, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and Bai Xintiao, the prince's Ji Shan.
There is no problem in answering the test questions, and there is no problem in the process. The problem lies in the results.
After the results were released, 51 people including Chen Yu and Song Cong were admitted. There are not many people, but these fifty-one people have one thing in common, that is, they are all from the south, and there is not a single northerner.
Although it is said that in the early Ming Dynasty, the economic and cultural center of gravity was in the south, the northerners did not take the title. In fact, they never did. After all, no matter how many educated people there are in the south, it seems that none of the northerners should be successful.
At that time, southerners were proud, singing and dancing, and it was great.
At that time, the people in the north were dissatisfied and cried as if they were mourning their heirs.
But, when has crying ever solved a problem?
Everyone wiped their tears, used their brains, signed a petition, and ran outside the etiquette department to file a complaint. The targets of the complaint were the examiners Liu Sanwu, Bai Xintiao, and others. The reason was that they favored southerners.
There were always dozens of adjudicators hanging around outside the imperial city, crying out for grievances and spreading various versions of speculative news, just to tell the people. These adjudicators thought that officials should also listen, so they stopped many officials' carriages and donkeys.
As the official listened, he wiped cold sweat and kept begging, brother, you are going to be late for the morning meeting. Please give in. Now you have a grievance. If you continue to delay, my whole family will have a grievance...
There was no way, the officer was driving a Decepticon other than Megatron, so he couldn't hit the flying people, so he had to throw away the carriage and donkey and ran all the way to the palace.
Things are getting serious.
Questions about the examiner being paid, "regional discrimination", and "North-South antagonism" emerged one after another. Zhu Yuanzhang became angry and issued an edict to set up a twelve-member investigation team, and asked people to add ten more people from the papers of the failed northerners.
I don’t know if the twelve members of the investigation team are too honest or a little unscrupulous. After investigating for more than half a month, they said that the fifty-one people on the "Southern List" were fine. As for the northerners who were left behind, it was because they were uneducated. No wonder other people...
Now the problem is out of control.
Originally it was the northern officials who failed to make a fuss, but now it was the northern officials' turn to make a fuss and shouted: "Are you looking down on us northerners?"
The energy of an official is naturally greater than that of an official. Not only did he ask for a thorough investigation of the examiner, but he also asked for an order to find out the background of the twelve members of the investigation team. Later, the investigation team Zhang Xin sued the chief examiner Liu Sanwu and the deputy chief examiner Bai Duixin for submitting "shameful papers", so that the investigation team failed to find out the problem.
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, and without evidence, Liu Sanwu, Bai Duoxin and others were dealt with. The reason was not that there was a problem with the scientific examination, but that they were all "blue jade remnants", and said that Liu Sanwu had spoken for Hu Weiyong more than ten years ago. After all, this is a rebel who sympathizes with rebels, so Liu Sanwu and other examiners were assigned.
As for Zhang Xin, who made the report, he was also punished because of "unfavorable performance". Among the twelve people in the investigation team, only two people survived. The reason was that after review, these two people believed that northern scholars could be added...
After the people were dealt with, Zhu Yuanzhang asked for advice in person. This time he was very straightforward and selected sixty-one people, all from the north and not a single person from the south.
The dispute between the North and the South is an extremely complicated issue. One of the reasons why Yang Shiqi persuaded Zhu Yunqi to implement the "two volumes of main and secondary coursework" policy as soon as possible was to avoid a new dispute between the North and the South.
Yang Shiqi is a smart man. He knows that once the reform of the Imperial College is effective, the competition between the North and the South will evolve into a dispute between the Imperial College and the prefectural and county schools. If the Imperial College is the only one, the trouble it will cause may not be less than the competition between the North and the South.
Zhu Yunwen investigated the dispute between the North and the South and concluded that this was an unjust case, a complete unjust case.
There are many reasons. For example, Liu Sanwu could not have cheated in the examination because he was already eighty-five years old when he presided over the examination. Yes, he was an immortal person in his prime.
History books say that "it's amazing to see it standing on the occasion of a major festival".
For an old man who has only a few years to live, what is the point of cheating? There's no benefit at all. You don't want to make a few more friends so you can go to the funeral, right?
Another example is that Liu Sanwu and others were involved in the case of Lan Yu and Hu Weiyong. This was obviously because Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't find the scapegoat, so he just took one of them. After all, these two scapegoats are powerful and cover a wide range of people. They can use them to detain people whenever they want.
What convinced Zhu Yunwen that this was an accidental event the most was the data. According to the statistics of the origin of all the Jinshi in the Hongwu Dynasty, 71% were from the south, and the closer to the later Hongwu period, the higher the proportion.
It is not surprising in terms of probability that 100% of southerners come out first.
However, although the dispute between the North and the South was an unjust incident caused by chance, Zhu Yuanzhang could never allow such an incident to occur. Just like Zhu Yunwen now, he could not allow the Imperial College to be in opposition to the prefectural and county schools.
Zhu Yuanzhang had to deal with it because he had to consider the issues of opposition and regional conflicts between the north and the south. Even if there was no reason, he had to give an explanation to the northerners and take the opportunity to suppress the rising landlord forces in the south of the Yangtze River.
Otherwise, the division of people's hearts is far more terrifying than the division of regions.
But it needs to be explained that although Zhu Yuanzhang solved the dispute over the North and South Lists, he did not solve the fundamental problem. He did not consider and had no energy to consider what to do if this situation happened again in the future.
Historically, it was Yang Shiqi who resolved the conflict between the North and the South. When Zhu Di's son Zhu Gaochi became emperor, he proposed the "North and South Division".
Zhu Yunwen does not plan to divide the north and the south. Although this policy seems good, it will bring about stronger "fellow relations", and the sequelae of cliques among courtiers are too serious.
For Zhu Yunwen, there is no
Regarding the issue of the North-South conflict, the reason is also very simple, just two words:
Enrollment expansion.
In the Hongwu Dynasty, only a few dozen people were recruited for one imperial examination, so it would not be surprising if there were extreme circumstances. However, Zhu Yunwen recruited more than 300 people in one examination. No matter how bad the examination in the north was, there would be no one left.
Zhu Yunwen was not worried about the confrontation between the North and the South and the dispute between the North and the South, but he was worried about whether the educational reform could be linked. Although there were many opponents in the imperial court, they had their reasons, but based on the long-term, educational reform was imperative.
"Your Majesty, there is news from Qin Tian Jian that a cold wind is coming to the north. In less than two days, the temperature in the capital will drop sharply."
Write a book
Shuangxi reported.
Ma Enhui frowned slightly and complained: "When has this happened, and you still want to report about the weather?"
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand and said: "Queen, I asked him to pay attention. The weather is getting cold. This is a good thing for the Queen."
"Good thing?"
Ma Enhui looked at Zhu Yunwen with some confusion.
Although mid-September has not yet passed, it is already very cold, especially at night, where the temperature is even lower. Once October arrives, the north will be frozen, and the capital will not be able to live well, it will be so cold and humid that it will make your bones ache.
Not to mention personal well-being, even the expenses of this harem will increase greatly. The purchase of coal alone is enough to make people feel distressed.
coal?
Ma Enhui suddenly realized something and asked quickly: "Your Majesty, when will the new stoves be sold?"
Zhu Yunwen sat up, moved his neck, and said, "Yes, the new stove will become the most popular thing in the capital in winter. The queen will wait and count the money."
"But Your Majesty, how can people buy and sell new stoves if they don't know about them?"
Ma Enhui was a little worried.
Although after more than half a year of preparation, Zhao Gui, the imperial eunuch, spent a lot of money to acquire eight shops scattered throughout the capital. However, these shops had never opened for business, but suddenly opened. No one cares about it, and there are only a few buyers.
Zhu Yunwen swept away his gloomy mood and said confidently: "If it is used by hundreds of officials, how can the wealthy gentry and merchants in the capital not use it? If the wealthy gentry and merchants use it, then the common people who have a little money will use it. When the time comes, why worry about not being able to sell it? ?”
Ma Enhui blinked and asked a key question: "How can we let hundreds of officials use it?"
Zhu Yunwen said mysteriously: "I have a clever plan of my own."
"Your Majesty, the Security Bureau has just sent word that Cao Guogong Li Jinglong and others have passed the quarrying and will arrive in the capital tomorrow or the day after."
Double Happiness Report.
Zhu Yunwen nodded slightly and said: "Tell Guanglu Temple that I will prepare a banquet to reward Duke Cao when he returns."
Shuangxi agreed with a smile and backed out.
Ma Enhui asked doubtfully: "Why did the emperor change his mind again?"
Li Jinglong and Li Zengzhi opened a back door for Guangzhou merchants without authorization, hoping to lure Guangzhou merchants to follow Zheng He's navy to Nanyang. Zheng He had sent a secret report about this before leaving Hong Kong.
At that time, Zhu Yunwen angrily accused Li Jinglong and others of being corrupt, like a stubborn stone that could not be shaken. Why did he suddenly change his mind and want to reward his people for their merits?
Zhu Yunwen put away his smile and said seriously: "Queen, although Li Jinglong has made mistakes, he can't hide his contribution. Jingping in the South China Sea, peace and tranquility for the people, Yangjiang Shipyard, giant ships going out to sea, assisting Zheng He, and destroying pirates, these are all If his achievements are not rewarded, praised, or honored, how can he be driven in the future? The human heart cannot be cold."
