Zhu Yidou's group was completely destroyed, and Zhu Yuanzhang immediately punished the original Jiqing Road officials. Those who were corrupt, perverted the law, or even killed people, more than 80 people were sentenced to execution.
Then he identified more than 170 generals and officials among the prisoners who had committed evil acts such as killing good men and taking advantage of them, raping women of the people, etc., and he also executed them all.
There were more than 300 heads, dripping with blood, more than the total number of executions in the past three years. Everyone in Jinling was horrified.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied, "Mr. Zhang, at last we didn't go on a killing spree. This is your credit!"
Zhang Ximeng grinned. You are really good at talking. People outside call you a butcher. What does it mean to have a lot of heads?
Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang's understanding of "Killing the Ring" and Zhang Ximeng are not in the same dimension.
But there is one thing that neither of them can ignore, that is the urgent need for talents, especially those who manage local areas.
Zhu Yuanzhang has already ordered that Jiqing Road be renamed Yingtianfu, and Taiping Road be renamed Taipingfu. Adjustments are also being made in other places. This is not just as simple as changing a brand. The officials and personnel, organizational design, and division of powers must all be restructured.
I've been here. In one word, it's time to rebuild!
In the past, except for a few officials in the Yuan Dynasty who could continue to be retained, most of them had to be recruited from outside.
In a word, it is necessary to open a subject and obtain a bachelor's degree.
"Sir, what do you think we will do this time? Should we follow the example of the Yuan Dynasty and hold a lively imperial examination?" Lao Zhu asked seriously. Regarding the imperial examination, the Zhang family was considered authoritative in the Yuan Dynasty.
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "My lord, in fact, the imperial examination is just a formality. It is nothing more than gathering people together, passing a relatively fair assessment, identifying some talents from them, and filling them into corresponding positions. So the real key is who can participate
The exam, the master plans to pass the exam and how many talents will he absorb?"
As soon as Zhang Ximeng opened his mouth, his argument was different from others... Lao Zhu also asked Li Shanchang about this matter, and even asked Jia Lu and Zhu Sheng. These people generally recruit talents, are open-minded, pay attention to practical talents, and write articles
Shi and so on, they all said quite well, but they just didn't make sense.
Now when he talked with Zhang Ximeng, Lao Zhu suddenly understood. He seemed to understand that they were all opening up subjects to recruit scholars and recruit talents, but there was a basic question, what is talent?
Really, if you read ancient Chinese literature, in many poems and essays people often express their regrets about not being able to realize their talents, but if you study them carefully, you will find that apart from being able to write poems and essays, they really have no other talents.
It’s not that you don’t have talent, it’s that you don’t have talent!
Historically, Zhu Yuanzhang's talent issues in his early days were generally based on recruitment and active defection.
For example, Li Shanchang met Li Shanchang on the way to Chuzhou. After crossing the Yangtze River, he accepted the old scholars Tao An and Li Xi. Later, Wang Guangyang, Yang Xian and others joined him. With the help of these people, the overall situation in the early stage was supported.
It was not until the first year of Wu, when Lao Zhu had basically established his position as the king of the southern region and was preparing for the Northern Expedition to compete for the national championship, that he announced the establishment of a second civil and military subject to recruit talents through examinations.
After officially ascending the throne, it was not until the fourth year of Hongwu that the first formal examination was held, and only 120 people passed the examination.
With Zhang Ximeng's interference, Lao Zhu prepared to take the imperial examination more than ten years in advance.
Judging from the site, Lao Zhu is not much bigger than it was in history, but from the perspective of internal construction, it is completely different.
"My lord, there are two types of talents. One is the talent in people's eyes, and the other is the talent the country needs. It depends on your choice, lord."
"Are there no talents that people think the country needs?" Lao Zhu asked in a deep voice.
"Perhaps, but fame is one thing, and ability to do things is another. And since ancient times, there has been no first in literature and no second in martial arts. There may only be a few famous talents and scholars in the world. Ten or twenty
But governing a country is different. Thousands of people are needed. Among these people, there must be many unknown people. They are not famous people all over the world, but just officials who can do things honestly.
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Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "What you said makes sense. When choosing someone, you must have both ability and political integrity, right?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled again, "That's true, but people with both ability and political integrity are so rare! How many officials do you think we need now to manage Yingtian well?"
Lao Zhu paused and said, "There are hundreds of thousands of people in Yingtian Mansion, and there must be at least a thousand officials!"
"Then my lord is going to pass the test, how many people will he choose?"
"This..." Lao Zhu pondered.
Zhang Ximeng said with a smile: "My lord, the so-called ability and virtue are true, but the sage also said that in the beginning, human nature is good. Except for a very few people who are extremely evil and evil and cannot be used, there is no one with small virtues.
How many people are there? And the so-called selection of people with both ability and political integrity, if there is no supervision and no review, who can control their own hands and feet?"
"So it is said that a gentleman should be careful in his independence. There are not many true gentlemen in the world. Most people are just ordinary people. If you give them opportunities, strict management and clear supervision, they will make fewer mistakes. Otherwise, they will be more serious. That's all.
"
Zhang Ximeng lowered his voice, "My lord, let me say a few more outrageous words. The so-called selection of talented people who are famous all over the world, selecting talents with both ability and political integrity. According to this standard, the lord can only select a few dozen people at the moment... These dozens of people
What an individual can do is to fill up the prefectures and county magistrates in several prefectures, arrange some supervisors, and leave a few counselors with the army to help the lord plan military affairs and supply military supplies, that's all."
"How should we select and enrich the people who serve in government offices, county offices, and the military? Shouldn't we let these world-famous people with both political integrity and talent do the selection? Does my lord think so?"
After Zhang Ximeng said a few words, Lao Zhu suddenly changed his color!
He quickly realized the root of the matter... In fact, this was not a question of virtue or talent, but a question of how many talents his lord could directly use.
More fundamentally, it is the fundamental question of how much power he can have!
Lao Zhu became solemn, and after a long time, he sighed, stretched out his hand, put it on Zhang Ximeng's shoulder, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Sir, only you can tell us this kind of thing!"
Needless to say, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew what was going on.
In fact, if you think about the imperial examination a little bit, you will find a very interesting situation. Taking the Ming Dynasty as an example, the imperial examination was held every three years. Each time, three to four hundred people were admitted, and there were also one or two hundred people.
Looking at the official positions in the Ming Dynasty, there should be only a few thousand people in the seventh rank and above, from the county magistrates, prefects, inspectors, and administrative envoys outside, to the six ministries and nine ministers in the capital, the doctors, chiefs, and Yuanwailang in each ministry.
In other words, ten imperial examinations and thirty years are exactly the time to rotate these official positions.
If the average age of Jinshi is thirty years old, and the average life span of ancient people is sixty years old... what will happen?
The logic is closed!
In other words, once a person is admitted as a Jinshi, even if he is a third-level Jinshi, he can be sent to work as a county magistrate. If he has no pursuits and does not seek merit, but only merit, he can live peacefully and enjoy thirty years.
A perfect life of lying down and winning!
Before you pass the Jinshi exam, you may live in poverty for ten years, and you may be tempted to endure it, but as long as you pass the exam, you will only be happy.
No disease, no disaster, carefree and unrestrained, be a master for the rest of your life, and your descendants will still be able to enjoy the blessings.
Look, the imperial examination is a beautiful thing!
Of course, it is inevitable that the DPRK and China will fight with each other, openly and secretly. But I'm sorry, this is just the ups and downs of the scholar group. Even those who lose the struggle, whether they go to the Sixth Department of Nanjing or return to their hometowns to be homeboys, are still indispensable.
Ten thousand times higher than ordinary people.
They just dropped from thirty-three days to thirty days, and they are still not down to earth.
In a word, the imperial examination seems to be a grand ceremony for the imperial court to select talents for the country, and those who come out are all disciples of the emperor.
But after a little analysis, you will find that the imperial examination is just the metabolism and replacement of officials.
Moreover, through the number limit, the competition intensity is also greatly reduced.
It only protects the interests of elite scholars who can pass the Jinshi examination.
It means that except for Oxford and Cambridge, other universities are not considered universities. Scholars who fail to pass the Jinshi exam are not considered scholars. Once you pass the Jinshi exam, you can guarantee a lifetime of glory and wealth. As long as you don't commit suicide, you can
Living a good and comfortable life, Humphrey per capita belongs to.
Except for Zhang Ximeng, no one would tell Lao Zhu this kind of thing.
With the exception of Lao Zhu, the other emperors, faced with the already perfect closed-loop imperial examination system, the civil service group, had no other option but to cry out for help.
The emperor, who was slightly promising, could only release the factory guards and rely on his domestic slaves and vicious dogs to fight against the mature civil servant group. The result is self-evident.
"Sir, what you mean is that we need to recruit more talents and increase the number of hires... But wouldn't that increase expenses? In the end, doesn't the burden still fall on the people?"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "My lord, even if there are fewer admissions, local affairs cannot be done without people. We still need to recruit scribes, but they don't have to go through the imperial examination. Isn't Mr. Li just such a small official! Lord, if you admit more people, you can get more people."
Yan Sheng... There are more people coming in, and the standards are lower, so there is no need to spend huge sums of money to support scholars like in the Song Dynasty. When there are more people, competition will naturally become fierce. Originally, one could get a county magistrate position by passing the imperial examination
, Now those who have passed the exam are just scribes. If you want to be a county magistrate, you need to work hard to break out of the siege... Lord, please think about it, can you select a group of real officials in this way? "
Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and was completely convinced, without any doubts.
Lao Zhu finally finalized the plan to recruit talents. The first batch of recruits was planned to be as many as 500 people.
The news spread quickly, and even Dan disciples who were not far from Yingtian got the news.
One of Dantu's Confucian scholars named Ouyang Su was dumbfounded when faced with such a handiwork. What on earth was this man named Zhu planning?
He had no idea at the moment, so he had to write to an old friend about what had happened in Jinling these days and ask for his opinion.
And this old friend of Ouyang Su's name is Liu Ji!