"North and South List?" The old man thought for a while, sat down casually in the hall, and said seriously, "Since it is a national scientific examination, it is treated equally, fairly and fairly, why should we divide the north and south? If the southerners are strong and the northerners are set up separately, wouldn't it be partial? In this way, will it be a little unfair to the southerners?"

Zhu Yunxi sat down next to the old man and whispered, "The grandson thought that the more he pursued absolute fairness, the less he would be truly fair and just!"

"The country is to give hope to scholars from all over the country and to give people from all over the country a way to advance. The south has a large population and a prosperous literary style. Several provinces in the north have long since the wars of decades, and people's livelihood has long faded. How easy is it to be full of waste?"

"You always told your grandson that being the emperor is to make the decision for the people of the world and to be fair to the people of the world. But in this bowl of water for the imperial examination, how can you justify the absolute fairness?"

"Besides, in the thirty years since the founding of the country, there have been more and more officials from the southern court. The so-called people's hearts are not as good as ever. In this scientific examination, the examiners took the papers based on their own preferences. In a few years, when the southern officials are in great power, they will not be able to win the northern scholars!"

"The south is strong and the north is weak. In this way, wouldn't it be a division between the north and the south?"

Zhu Yunxi's words made the old man nodded repeatedly.

The old man was serious about education. Since the early days of Hongwu, he began to support education, cultivate children from poor families to study, and train students, the middle and upper-class ones were directly sent to the Imperial College in the capital, and the lower-class ones were sent to the Imperial College in Zhongdu.

The Ming Dynasty relied on the economic and northern expedition in the south, especially the financial resources of the cotton and grain-producing places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, to expel the Tartars and regain the north and unify the north and the south. However, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the old man never relaxed his suppression of the wealthy landlords in Jiangnan.

I have never felt at ease with the bureaucratic group behind these wealthy families. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Zhejiang East Civil Affairs Group dared to directly compete with the old bureaucrats in Huaixi, and wanted to speak and have official power.

"The so-called "study for the scholars should be equally affected by rain and dew!" Zhu Yunxi continued to smile, "Otherwise, both sides would complain!"

"From the perspective of the court, there are people from north to south, so they will not dominate the country!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunxiu sighed slightly, "Since his grandson ascended the throne, many things have really been pressed on his shoulders, so that his grandson can understand the difficulties of Grandpa the Emperor over the years!"

"The Ming Dynasty was unified in the north and south, but the north and south were far from being a family." Zhu Yunxi smiled bitterly, "The northern provinces have been ruled by Liao, Jin, and Yuan for nearly four hundred years. In fact, to be precise, since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the north was trapped in a bitter battle, struggle and integration with the nomadic tribes."

"Then the Jin and Yuan dynasties and the Southern Song Dynasty attacked for hundreds of years!" At this point, Zhu Yunxiu sighed again, "The country names are different, but the two sides fought and fought were all Han, each of whom was loyal to their own lords. The north was said to be barbarians, and the south was said to be fake Hu!"

"When the Yuan Dynasty unified the world, the Han people in the north and south divided it and ruled it. To put it badly, the people in the south and north had different hearts of belonging to each other after hundreds of years of division, wouldn't it be the same?"

"Grandpa Emperor, you finally recovered Yanyun and recreated China. No matter north or south, you are all Chinese people. In the eyes of my grandson, there is no more rift."

"For 30 years of the dynasty, Grandpa Huang, you are walking on thin ice and collecting the hearts of your hometown scholars. You will immigrate to the withered places in the north and promote the educational imperial examinations on the frontiers, in order to integrate north and south!"

"My Ming Dynasty held the imperial examination to select talents for the country, both north and south, and to unite the north and south."

"Take this scientific examination as an example, all the people who have passed the imperial examination are from the southern department. If they are appointed as the southern department, they will still be selected as the students in Jiangnan. Wouldn't the students in the northern world never make a name for themselves?"

"The grandson also knows that it is unfair to the scholars of Jiangnan who are outstanding in talent and knowledge. But for the sake of balance, the grandson can only make up his mind and be this evil person."

The old man listened silently until Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, and then he slowly patted his shoulder a few times, and said with a smile, "This is the case in governing the country!" He said, and said, "After the Han Dynasty, the north and south confronted each other for four hundred years, and after the Tang Dynasty, the north and south fighting for five hundred years. My Ming Dynasty unified the north and south. If we let both sides be separated from one's heart, then what's the point of this damn Ming Dynasty!"

"You are the emperor, just do what you said!"

Zhu Yunxi knew that his idea might not be perfect.

But it is applicable only for the present moment.

In fact, in history, the North and South issues have always been hidden diseases of the Ming Dynasty, and even one of the behind-the-scenes drivers of the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Why did the south not rebel in the late Ming Dynasty? Is it because there is enough food and enough money? But the north has no grains to buy, is it sold for children and women?

If this is the case, wouldn’t it be enough to transfer the food from the south to distribute it?

In fact, most of the courts were southern officials, and the Ming Dynasty was exhausted. How could these southern officials be willing to use the food from their hometowns to provide relief to the victims in the north? How could they throw money from Jiangnan into the bottomless pit in the north?

When the Ming Dynasty could not even pay out the military salary, it was necessary to train the military salary, destroy the suppression of Li Chuang and others, and the Liao salary in Liaodong, and the national controversy was to show off. But the southern land was just like that. The money fell on the heads of the northerners again and again. Therefore, in the late Ming Dynasty, beacons everywhere in the north rose up.

The things behind it are caused by the dominance of bureaucrats in the court.

What do ordinary people know? These officials who study are all for their own personal gain.

At this time, the old man looked at Zhu Yunxi again and smiled, "Now I know it's difficult to be the head of the country? I'll tell you that it's not easy to be the emperor, and you will feel more uncomfortable in the future!"

"What's the matter with my grandson being uncomfortable? Isn't you always staying in charge?" Zhu Yunsheng said with a smile.

"Hmph! We can still share your life with you. I can't tell you one day, and I'll let go of my mother!" The old man laughed.

As he said that, the old man suddenly changed his mind, "What should you do if you don't have any intentions in this scientific examination?"

Zhu Yunxiu thought, "Grandpa Huang, what do you mean?"

"The Northern scholars made a fuss because they distrust the court. The examiners felt that they were embarrassed, but in fact, I, Daming, had a shame!" The old man said seriously, "We can tolerate anything else, but we can't tolerate Daming and lose people's hearts!"

"That Zhang Xin was obviously not a good food. He always said that he was fair, but in fact he was full of bad water, and the bad things were ruined by him!"

"You can do whatever others are. This Zhang Xin is for us Lingchi!"

"Grandpa Emperor, is Lingchi too much?" Zhu Yunsheng smiled.

Zhang Xin is wrong, and he deserves to die, and he can also be used to take the blame for the imperial examination.

But in Zhu Yunxi's opinion, Lingchi was a bit too bloody.

"Why did we give birth to such a soft-hearted thing?" the old man shook his head, "He was full of calculating and turned the country's recruitment of scholars into selfish desires. He also tear apart the north and south, and connected with other colleagues to suppress the northern scholars. In our opinion, lighting the sky lantern is light!"

As he said that, the old man thought about it and curled his lips, "Look at you being the emperor, I will give you three points of face, and Lingchi will be cut in half!"

"As for Liu Sanwu and others...?"
Chapter completed!