Not all the vassal kings left at the same time, such as An Wang Zhu Ying, the second Qin Wang Zhu Shangbing, the second Jin Wang Zhu Jixi, etc., all stayed in Jinling. One of the missions undertaken by these vassal kings was to visit Zhu Yuanzhang's tomb.
Of course, Zhu Yunwen had no intention of imprisoning them in Jinling. He allowed them to go out to Jinling to visit the great mountains and rivers after reporting to the local security bureau, and allowed them to develop their personal hobbies, as long as they did not violate laws and disciplines, and did not harm the people.
Ying Tianfu Yamen received the edict and were not allowed to have any form of contact with the vassal king. When the vassal king has something to do, he directly goes to the officials of the Ministry of Rites who are staying in Jinling. There is no need to communicate with the local government.
Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Mei Yin entered Wuying Hall.
After the salute, Xie Jin handed over a document: "Your Majesty, regarding the candidates to stay in Jinling, after discussions between the cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army, three people were finally selected for the Emperor to select."
Zhu Yunwen took the document, opened it, and saw three names written on it:
Mei Yin.
Sheng Yong.
Safety.
Next to each name, the content to be considered is marked.
Although the Ming Dynasty is about to move its capital, Jinling is the place where the dragon rises after all. It is the capital chosen by Emperor Taizu. After many years of construction, let alone the entire Ming Dynasty, there is no city larger than Jinling City in the entire world.
What's more, Jinling's geographical location is very important. It is also the smelting, shipbuilding, and granary center of the Ming Dynasty. It has the largest granary that supports Beiping's water transportation, a steel shipyard that must be protected, a steam engine manufacturing center, and the first operational railway……
Jinling needs to keep a part of the army, and the number of this army is not small. It needs at least 50,000, and at least 5,000 naval troops are needed.
For the Ming Dynasty, which had defeated many powerful enemies and completely turned to internal governance for revitalization, the 50,000 troops left in the local areas were a huge army. Even in major military towns such as Datong, Xuanfu, Gansu, and Urumqi, their daily garrison strength However, there are three to four guards, about 20,000 or so. Only when a war breaks out, troops will be drawn from the surrounding guards and then more combat power will be gathered.
Now that there are so many troops stationed in Jinling, in order to avoid trouble, suitable candidates must be selected to stay here. Otherwise, the vassal king will reunite with the people who stayed behind, stand up and shout: This is the place where Taizu ascended the throne, and I will ascend the throne here and stand in the heaven...
There will always be trouble.
Mei Yin, Sheng Yong, and Ping An are all good candidates to stay behind.
Mei Yin is Zhu Yunwen's uncle and Taizu's son-in-law. He has no problem with loyalty and no ambition.
Over the years, Sheng Yong conquered the north and south and made many military exploits. He was loyal to the court and had outstanding abilities.
Ping'an was Taizu's adopted son. He stayed in Peiping for many years and trained the new Peking army. He participated in King Ning's war against the Tatars and King Yan's war against the Tatars. He had rich combat experience and had many years of experience in managing the army. trouble.
Zhu Yunwen thought for a while, then picked up his pen and added another name:
What a blessing.
He Fu has been suffering from illness in recent years. He stayed in Daning and asked to recuperate several times but was not accepted. Now that Wu Liangha is gone, Daning's strategic significance is no longer so important, and He Fu can come back to recuperate.
Zhu Yunwen looked at Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and others and said, "We ordered Mei Yin, Sheng Yong, Ping An, and He Fu to stay in Jinling together. Mei Yin is responsible for clerical matters, Sheng Yong supervises the army, Prime Minister Ping An manages the army and trains, and He Fu handles logistics. The local branch is responsible for logistics and supply matters. What do you think?"
Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi had no objections.
Yang Rong looked at Zhu Yunwen, originally hoping that he would choose one out of three, but he ended up choosing four out of four.
But this is fine. Mei Yin has a lazy temperament, so he can just deal with paperwork and let him handle military affairs and train troops. It is estimated that he will spend three days fishing and two days drying nets. It is indeed a good choice to transfer Sheng Yong, Pingan, He Fu and others to Jinling, at least they can restrain each other.
Mei Yin was very satisfied with the result. From an emotional point of view, Mei Yin did not want to leave Jinling. There was her past with Emperor Taizu here, not to mention that after living here for decades, Jiangnan with small bridges and flowing water was suddenly replaced by snow. I really can’t adapt to the frozen Peiping. Stay and stay in the familiar place.
The place is also good.
Zhu Yunwen left Mei Yin behind, and after Xie Jin and others exited the hall, he smiled and said: "Although the imperial court has moved its capital to the north, Jinling is still an important city and there is no room for failure. My uncle will have to worry more about this."
Mei Yin felt warm in her heart and said quickly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as I am still in Jinling, I will not let any trouble happen here."
Zhu Yunwen believed in Mei Yin. Historically, Mei Yin led a large army to guard the Huaihe River. Zhu Di passed by from the side, but he did not cause any trouble and did not even move...
He was loyal, but somewhat lacking in ability, so Zhu Yunwen had to send Sheng Yong, Ping An, and He Fu together. It's just that Sheng Yong is making toast and hasn't come back yet. Ping An is in Peiping. At least he needs to wait until Zhu Yunwen has passed before he can go south. He Fu is still watching the sunset over the long river in Daning grassland.
For now, Mei Yin is still the one staying in Jinling. After finalizing the left-behind general, it will be easier to choose other left-behind generals.
Entering June, the Imperial College, government schools, state schools, county schools, social schools, private schools, etc. in the Ming Dynasty began to become tense. The Imperial College and the Fuzhou County Government assigned teachers to work on the topic.
In order to prevent the leakage of the questions, each student can only write a part of the question types. These question types will be combined into a complete test paper during engraving and printing. The craftsmen who engrave and print will enter the yard one day in advance and wait until the end of the exam. It can be released after twelve hours. The reason why it was postponed for twelve hours was to check whether there were any leaked questions. Once found, the entire exam would be canceled and retaken at a later date.
Whenever there are questions or exams, the Supervisory Yuan will send supervisory censors to local areas for random inspections, and the local security bureau will dispatch to supervise the entire process.
There was no process difference between the exams in the summer of Jianwen 12 and previous years. The only difference was the "expansion of enrollment."
The Imperial College in Nanjing is expanding its enrollment, and the Imperial College in Peking is also expanding its enrollment. In previous years, the number of places for private students to enter the Imperial College was usually only 600 to 800, but this year it suddenly doubled. This means that students from the prefecture have more opportunities to go to the Imperial College. Correspondingly, the opportunities for county students to enter the imperial college have also increased a lot.
But those competing for places to enter the Imperial College were not only students from the government schools, but also students from local private schools and academies.
Zhengxue Academy, Ninghai, Zhejiang.
Fang Xiaoru looked at the sixty disciples in front of him. They were young, elegant, and high-spirited. They had the ambition to cultivate their moral integrity, regulate their families, govern their country, and bring peace to the world.
They will take part in this year's imperial examination and enter the Imperial College!
Fang Xiaoru firmly believed that his teaching was correct and that his thoughts were correct, because he practiced the thoughts of the saints and spread the knowledge of the saints.
There is nothing wrong with following the path of a saint.
