"Mr. Richelieu, you have lived in Beijing for almost a year. Are you still used to it?"

"Dear Your Majesty, except that the summer is too hot and the winter is too cold, everything else is fine here."

Your answer really leaves me speechless.

"Ahem, sir, what do you think of our big organizational changes in Ming Dynasty?"

"Oh, Your Majesty, this is a great move by your country to constantly pursue perfection and constantly surpass itself. In my opinion, the previous official system of the Ming Dynasty was already very perfect, but after your Majesty's improvements, I saw something beyond perfection.

world."

It seems that we can’t communicate with you, a bad old man. No, according to the news passed by Fang Zhenghua, Tian Ergen and others, this guy has put forward many effective suggestions to Sun Chengzong and others during this major organizational reform.

My opinion, why did you turn into a licking dog when you saw me?

That's all, you'd better not be by my side, otherwise we will both be ruined sooner or later.

"Uh, well, I'm inviting you here today. I need your help with something."

"Please give me your instructions, Your Majesty, I am willing to do it for you..."

"Okay, okay, let me get straight to the point. About eleven or two years ago, I established a special school for Spain in Yangon, mainly using white children to train killers, spies, prostitutes...

..Now, among the first batch of students in this school, the older ones are in their twenties and the younger ones are sixteen or seventeen years old. In other words, it is time for them to play their role.

However, the teachers who trained them are still officials from the Ming Dynasty. Although they have tried their best, they don’t know much about the various court etiquette in Europe and the customs of various ethnic groups in Europe, so..."

"Is there such a school in Yangon? Oh, I hadn't met His Majesty at that time. It's understandable that they didn't tell me." After enlightening himself immediately, Richelieu immediately corrected his position: "

I understand, Your Majesty, with your permission, I will leave for Yangon as soon as possible."

"Thank you very much for your help, Mr. Richelieu. Let's do this. In order to facilitate your work in the Ming Dynasty, I will make you the Viscount of the Ming Dynasty."

The flattering face before disappeared, replaced by a very aggrieved voice: "Is it just the Viscount?"

"Hi, Richelieu, you have been in our Ming Dynasty for a long time. You should have heard the saying 'no reward for no merit', right? Now I brought out a viscount, my ministers knew it, and it was very easy for me to explain it.

It’s embarrassing. Just go to Yangon and work hard. As long as you do well, why would I be stingy about the title?”

"Okay, as you wish, Your Majesty. I will silence those who are jealous of me through my work."

Seeing the chubby Richelieu walking out with difficulty, who had been silent just now, Fang Zhenghua, who was standing behind Zhu Youdong, snorted softly: "This Hong Yi is so ungrateful."

"Hahaha, Fang Zhenghua, don't underestimate him, this guy is still very capable. Well, first let him help me improve the spy school specifically for the Middle East and Europe. Then I have a new job for you.

Him." After saying this, Zhu Youdong glanced at the figure of Richelieu who was almost disappearing from his sight: "Later, you will send someone to the navy to say hello. This voyage will go to Yangon.

, it must be a direct voyage, no stops along the way, let this guy starve for a while on the ship. Damn it, if you let him eat like this in Beijing, sooner or later he will get sick."

"Yes, I obey your order."

"Hmm." He raised his head and glanced at the clock in the room: "What else is going on this afternoon?"

"Long live Lord, there are two more things to do this afternoon. First, Otsuka Zai will report to you on next year's civil service examination. Second, the new Royal Bank President Li Guojun has economic issues to ask you for advice alone. They are all outside now.

Waiting."

"Huh? It seems that there are not many things to do today. I can make some arrangements in the evening. Well, the queen and the noble concubine are not back yet, right?"

"The queen went to Hunan to visit the local schistosomiasis patients in accordance with Long Live Lord's orders. The imperial concubine went to the newly built Jilin Chief Secretary to express her condolences to the Fuguo, Guiguo and Japanese workers in the local farms. They have not returned yet."

"Tsk, tsk, this is rare. Ahem, please call Mr. Sun here first. Then arrange Richelieu's affairs. What's the rest?"

"Pfft~" I really couldn't help it: This emperor of my own has already fulfilled his promise in the court. In addition to not being too fond of killing people so that the officials are not very afraid, his prestige has surpassed that of this dynasty.

Taizu and Chengzu. But in the back house, this one seems a bit afraid of his wife? He even comes secretly to have a taste?

"Yes, I know this. I will arrange it to your satisfaction."

Seeing Fang Zhenghua walking out with an ambiguous look on his face, Zhu Youdong tugged at the corner of his mouth: You eunuch knows nothing, am I afraid of my wife? In this world, except for soft-boiled men, there are no men who are afraid of their wives. The so-called fear, but

It’s just another expression of love. This is a taste of life, you don’t understand!

"Your Majesty, Sun Chengzong, pays homage to the Emperor."

"Mr. Sun, there is no need to be polite."

"Etiquette cannot be discarded." After completing the process strictly and accurately, Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, in accordance with the requirements of this major institutional reform, starting next year, all responsibilities for national and local civil service examinations will be transferred from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry of Personnel.

After I received this task, since the Personnel Department, which was born out of the Ministry of Personnel, had never organized a large-scale examination before, I communicated with Da Zongbo many times. Fortunately, Jun Yi was a humble gentleman and taught me everything he could.

Then, after repeated discussions with my colleagues in the Personnel Department, the examination plan was prepared and submitted to the Emperor for approval."

In this plan, there is nothing to say about the exam content: 10% poetry, 40% practical test, and 50% essay. Finally, they are sorted according to the test scores and enter the interview according to a certain proportion... It can be said that in addition to taking care of this era

Most scholars in China have the habit of excerpting chapters and sentences. Except for a little bit of poetry content in the exam, the rest is no different from that of later generations.

However, the civil service examinations of later generations are in the information age: registration, identity verification, prevention of substitute examinations, prevention of cheating, prevention of examiner favoritism, etc., many of which are supported by information technology. And the Ming Dynasty in this dimension has just entered the steam age. Therefore,

There was nothing much to talk about in the exam itself. Instead, it was about matters other than the exam, which the monarch and his ministers discussed for a long time.

"Mr. Sun, the examiners for this exam are mainly from the Ministry of Personnel, with assistance from the Ministry of Education, the General Administration of Etiquette and other relevant departments. Because local civil servants in each province and region recruit separately, the time for the local exams does not need to be unified.

I understand that the local civil service examination is divided into two rounds. The first round is organized by each government. The main task is preliminary screening to prevent those guys who don’t know Chinese characters from making trouble. The second round is organized by provinces and regions. The same is true for the national civil service examination.

Those who fail to pass the prefectural examination should not come to Beijing."

"Yes, I accept the order."

"As for the prevention of fraud, I have just said so much, and Mr. Sun has also proposed many methods, so we will do it according to Mr. Sun's wishes. In short, this year, we will recruit 5,000 national civil servants and 100,000 local civil servants.

In short, we need to put up a framework first. Then, try to use three to five years to gradually enrich the personnel of the yamen at all levels."

"Yes, I will obey the emperor's will. It's just that the emperor, the armed police forces in various places have not yet been established. The local officials and servants originally thought that the emperor would directly let them work full-time as local civil servants. If this is the entire examination plan,

If we announce it, I'm afraid there will be chaos in the local area."

"Humph, how chaotic can it be? Rebellion? I just want to see what those local snakes can do. Many of my mines are still short of hard labor right now!"

This... Looking at the emperor in his prime in front of him, the sixty-eight-year-old Sun Chengzong smiled bitterly and shook his head: The absolute loyalty of the army is where this emperor's confidence lies.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to do."

"Mr. Sun, please speak."

"Is the National Civil Service Examination still divided into northern and southern rankings?"

"Well..." After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Youdong shook his head helplessly: "Let's just follow the old rules."

There is no other way. The economy in the south of the Yangtze River is already more developed than in the north. At the beginning of the industrial revolution, except for Shanxi merchants who had the capital to enter industry, the gentry in other provinces in the north were far behind the gentry in the south.

, the key is that the consciousness has not caught up yet - as a result, it is slowing down step by step. Although the economy in the north is also developing, it is further behind than in the south.

If the economy is poor, there will naturally be less money for children to study. And the country's promotion of compulsory education has just started, and it has not yet achieved full coverage. Therefore, at this time, we have to make a North-South ranking list.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty. But Your Majesty, I think this ratio needs to be adjusted."

"What's wrong?"

"I have received personal letters from King Fu, King Gui, and Guan Bai of Japan. Their scholars also want to take this exam."

"Ah? Ouch, this is a good thing. Let's do this. Mr. Sun will give 5%, no, 3%, no, no, no, 1% of the admission quota to scholars outside the Ming Dynasty. As for this 1%, it will be from

Cut off 55% of the southern area."

"Yes, I understand. In this case, I will retire."

"Mr. Sun, walk slowly."

After Sun Chengzong resigned, the new Royal Bank President Li Guojun was introduced.

"President Li, how do you feel about taking office as a new official? I heard from the Director of Ceremonies that you have important economic matters that you want to meet with me for an interview?"

"Your Majesty, sitting in this position, I feel that collecting taxes is much more troublesome than before. As for asking the Emperor to see you today, it is because I discovered a huge hidden danger three months after I went to the bank."

"Um?"
Chapter completed!