Chapter 308: The beginning of the Ming Dynastys reform
Chapter 308 The Beginning of the Ming Dynasty’s Reform
Liu Sanwu never dreamed that a long-planned plan would suddenly disappear.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, he doesn't act according to common sense. He uses his righteousness to suppress me.
This great righteousness is really not something that ordinary people can bear.
Everyone knows that what your Majesty cares about the most is the dominance of the Han people. Since the Yuan Dynasty has just passed, the current situation can be said to be very tense.
After nearly a hundred years of rule by the Yuan Dynasty, officials, common people, gentry, and even Mongolian speakers in most places are now much more proficient in Chinese than in Chinese.
Especially the older generation, almost all of whom were born under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, were exposed to a completely different environment. This influence cannot be eliminated at once.
Fortunately, twenty-five years have passed since the Ming Dynasty, and almost all the younger generation have grown up. Those born at the end of the Yuan Dynasty have no memory of the Yuan Dynasty.
The only people who remember this are the gentry and landlords who benefited greatly from the Yuan Dynasty.
Under the peasant uprising, these people were no longer able to influence the overall situation.
The scenes in the court just now appeared in Liu Sanwu's mind. At this time, the situation was irreversible. He glanced at Zhang Xin, Bai Xintai, even colleagues from the Hanlin Academy, and civil servants.
There is no initial confidence left, only the joy of surviving the disaster.
This is Your Highness Taisun. If Your Majesty were to come and take action, I am afraid that every family in the inner city of the capital would be in ruins today.
"I have been old for a long time, and I have been favored by His Highness. I am very happy to be able to help His Highness compile books related to the imperial examination. I will work hard in the future and dare not slack off in the slightest."
Liu Sanwu sighed slightly in his heart, then suppressed his emotions and replied in a loud voice.
"With Liu Hanlin taking the lead in this matter, I believe it can be completed in sequence."
"The imperial examination should be done sooner rather than later. Grandpa and grandson think that this matter should be started immediately. If it is completed one day earlier, it will give the students one more day of learning opportunity."
"For Ming officials, it can also fill in the gaps that may be missing."
After Zhu Ying finished speaking to Liu Sanwu, he suggested to the old man.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly and replied: "What the great grandson said is reasonable. Even so, the matter was decided at court this morning. The compilation of the imperial examination books will be started immediately. This matter will be left to the great grandson."
Zhu Ying bowed and said: "Thank you, grandpa. However, my grandson still has some different ideas about the compilation of imperial examination books. For this compilation work, my grandson would like to ask grandpa to issue a notice to the world and call on the learned people in the world to work together."
participate."
Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused and said: "Isn't it enough to have dozens of bachelor's degrees from the Hanlin Academy?"
Zhu Ying shook his head slightly and said: "In Sun'er's view, the work related to compiling the imperial examination requires not to mention dozens, but hundreds or thousands of people to participate together."
"Besides, grandson is thinking about compiling not only more profound classics this time, but also some books about children."
"From the beginning of enlightenment to the imperial examination, this entire set of books should be compiled and completed. The knowledge involved is not only Confucianism."
"Arithmetic, history, politics, law, construction, archery, etc., will all be among the branches of the imperial examination. Officials who have long-term contact with the people must also be strictly controlled."
"Only in this way can the literati from the Ming Dynasty onwards be able to have a long history and prosper forever."
As soon as this statement came out, Zhu Yuanzhang had not expressed his position, but the court officials below had already exploded.
His Highness Taisun's move can be said to be a thorough reform of the ancient and modern imperial examinations.
For example, Shang Yang's reform and Wang Anshi's reform were long-planned, earth-shattering, and involved the interests of countless people.
But now, His Highness Taisun raised it so openly and easily in an ordinary court meeting.
Anyone who hears this will feel like a wave in their heart.
For literati, this can be said to be a major event involving the world.
Originally, in the eyes of everyone, His Highness Taisun's intention was to ask Liu Sanwu to help with some books related to the imperial examination.
This kind of thing is rare, but it is also common. Kings in the past dynasties will have more or less emphasis on imperial examination books.
But now it sounds completely different.
What kind of arithmetic? Isn’t that a job that a merchant’s accountant needs to learn?
History is a book that only censors can access.
Politics, what is that?
Is it to teach the students how to be officials?
Law, this is a knowledge that can only be practiced by those who have reached the Ministry of Punishment.
Construction is just a craftsman's job. If you study this in the imperial examination, do you want to become a craftsman?
There is also Yushe.
The so-called six arts of a gentleman are etiquette, music, imperialism, mathematics, calligraphy, and archery.
It has long been out of date now. As the saying goes, all things are of inferior quality, only reading is of high quality.
Where is the need for those things?
All of a sudden, the ministers in the court started talking one after another without even caring about the etiquette of the court meeting.
Zhu Yuanzhang's look suppressed Liu He who was about to shout "Quiet".
He just wanted the ministers below to have a good discussion and see what kind of result the discussion would produce.
Regarding this matter, Dasun had told him a long time ago about the reform of the imperial examination.
This time Da Sun proposed it, just in time to see what the officials thought of the matter.
It can be clearly seen that Da Sun's previous invitation to Liu Sanwu to compile a book was just a pretense. The real focus was on the imperial examination examination.
It is not difficult to see that most of the ministers currently have strong objections to this matter.
There is no need for the ministers to stand up and speak specifically. Their demeanor, tone, and reaction to the matter can clearly express all this.
Because currently, it can be said that more than 70% of the officials standing in the court are, from another perspective, the most senior officials in the capital who have come into contact with the entire Ming Dynasty.
None of them wanted to become officials by passing the imperial examination. Most of them achieved this by relying on their ancestors to cast doubt on their ancestors, or through local promotion of filial piety and integrity.
The current imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty, except for the Enke examination, were held every three years. Only about a hundred people could obtain the rank of Jinshi every year.
Most of these officials have gone to the local level.
Then slowly come to the capital.
In other words, the candidates for the imperial examination only accounted for 30% of the entire officialdom.
And now, according to the wishes of His Highness Taisun, the imperial examination will be opened wide. With so many categories, it is obvious that the number of talents recruited will be greatly improved.
This is not the result that current officials want to see.
It was only when the eyes of the officials gathered on Liu Sanwu or several ministers.