Chapter 353 The Cotai Avenue that will be widened.
Chapter 353: The Golden Avenue will be widened.
"This is natural. I don't want to go back on my word again and again. What's more, I have been thinking about this idea in my mind for a long time. I brought it out today just because I want to show it in front of all the students.
I announced in front of you that if you students have any doubts, you can ask me here in person." Zhu Qizhen couldn't help laughing at himself, his face gradually condensed, and his deep and majestic eyes swept over the pictures in front of him one by one.
Zhang has a young face full of vigor and passion.
"Your Majesty, this dynasty has no precedent. The imperial examination system affects the people of the world. If you are not careful, it will definitely cause chaos in the world. Your Majesty, please think twice..." Ke Qian's face was extremely ugly when he offered wine at the Imperial Academy.
When he reached Zhu Qizhen's side, he spoke anxiously.
"Your Majesty has his own reasons. Mr. Ke, we can't let His Majesty be capricious all the time. If so, where does that leave His Majesty?" Yuan Bin, who finally showed a look of surprise on his face, smiled with a hint of groaning.
"Yes," Na Ke Qian whispered in his ear.
"This..." Ke Qian was about to retort, but when he saw Yuan Bin's face with a sly smile, he couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart. Yes, he wanted to jump out again and let Zhu Qizhen swallow his words.
If I go back, I will be a typical prostitute.
After bowing his hands gratefully towards Yuan Bin, Ke Qian decided that unless the emperor asked him, it would be better to keep his mouth shut. Moreover, he was also particularly curious about what Zhu Qizhen wanted to convince him.
Are these students with such high talents and high ambitions that they seem to despise everything in the world?
Zhu Qizhen did not wait for the questions from the students who were confused in their minds. Zhu Qizhen spoke first, and his rich voice made the noise inside and outside the classroom disappear without a trace. "I remember, the imperial examination
This system originated from the first year of Daye in the Sui Dynasty. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the nine-rank Zhongzheng system has been adopted. Officials are mostly selected from the children of high-ranking and powerful people in various places. Children of powerful people can be officials regardless of their merits.
Many people who came from humble backgrounds but had real talents and knowledge could not be reused by the imperial court. In order to change this shortcoming, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty decided to use subject-specific examinations to select officials. He ordered all states to recommend talents and take the exams, and those who passed the exam could become officials.
.In the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the Jinshi Department was officially established to assess candidates’ views on current affairs and select talents based on test scores...
By the time of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial examination system had appeared to be relatively complete. However, the content of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was basically Confucian classics, with sentences from the "Four Books" as the title, and the format of the article was stipulated in the eight-legged essay, and the explanations must be in the form of eight-part essays.
Zhu Xi's "Collected Commentary on the Four Books" shall prevail..."
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"Although the Ming Dynasty has provided us with countless national pillars and temple talents, there are many students with talents and expertise in the world, but they are still not used by the court. Why?" Zhu Qizhen said this
It resonated with many supervisors and students present.
Yes, there were tens of thousands of scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Those who could truly leap over the dragon gate were probably only one or two out of a hundred. It would be great luck to be able to pick out one or two. This indeed allowed many to have great talents.
Scholars can only stay far away in the rivers and lakes, focusing on the landscape paintings.
Seeing these people nodding frequently with expressions of eager anticipation for him to continue speaking, Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied with the situation. Yes, his previous intention was to cut off their golden avenue.
So what I am saying now is equivalent to giving these people help to turn the originally one-way Cotai Strip in front of them into a four-lane or even eight-lane Super Cotai Strip.
I have to say that just this piece of bone, well, I really want to say cake, but bones would be more appropriate. Just this piece of bone attracted the attention of all the supervising students.
Then Zhu Qizhen spoke earnestly and sincerely. In short, what he, the Emperor of Heaven, did was precisely to enable all talented scholars in the world to serve the court and become officials in the court.
Nowadays, only a few scholars can be promoted to serve in the court every year, but there are still more talented and knowledgeable intellectuals who can only stare. Now, Zhu Qizhen decided to open more subjects to allow more
In many cases, those professionals with special skills or knowledge can stand up and serve the court as technical officials.
"... When I, Emperor Taizu, and Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty were in power, I, the Ming Dynasty, had a pioneering and enterprising spirit, which enabled us to have today's vast territory, and even made large ships cruise in the thousands of miles of sea territory, making the world know that the power of the Ming Dynasty is Huanghuang Tianwei.
, but a hundred years have passed by, and now, our Ming Dynasty has already appeared to be in its twilight, which is not what I and many talented people in the world want. Therefore, I hope that you and other young and talented people will help me, and give me a helping hand to make the Ming Dynasty.
I will add youthful vigor to my Ming Dynasty..."
"...If you want to talk about the old and young of the country, please first talk about the old and young of the people. The elderly often think about the past, and the young often think about the future. Thinking only about the past creates nostalgia; thinking only about the future creates hope..."
Li Ji and others, who were originally sitting at the back of the classroom, but began to squeeze forward because of Zhu Qizhen's arrival, also looked eagerly at the legendary emperor who was talking here.
Listening to the fresh and novel remarks that came out of his mouth, using the country as a metaphor for people and the national conditions as a metaphor for young and old, it was shocking. The supervisors could not help but feel shaken after hearing this.
, quite surprised.
Yes, today's Ming Dynasty indeed lacks that cutting-edge spirit and enterprising spirit compared to the beginning of the founding of the country. Think about when Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong were in power, there was no one in the world who dared to attack without opening their eyes.
Our Ming Empire winked at us, let alone dared to use a knife to gesture at our Ming Empire. Well, Yuan Meng, who used a knife to gesture at our Ming Empire, was eventually beaten far away from Mobei and did not dare to peep south for decades.
Moreover, in the first few decades of the Ming Empire, both the construction of the country and the people's living standards have developed rapidly, and industry and commerce have also flourished, making the Ming Empire a prosperous situation.
But what about now? Compared with the first fifty years of the Ming Dynasty, the lives of people today seem to have not changed much. In fact, people in some places no longer have a sense of happiness and security.
As the system becomes obsolete, and as the supervisory agencies age or fail to act, the originally fast and flexible government agencies gradually become bloated. Similarly, without adequate supervision and management, those officials gradually become bloated.
Corrupted by the power they hold.
Zhu Qizhen borrowed some classic passages from later generations' "Young China Story". In the end, when Zhu Qizhen left, what he heard was no longer doubts, but what he heard were the emperor's wiseness, his majesty's sage, etc.
kind of flattery.
"Your Majesty, did you want to do this from the beginning?" On the way back, Yuan Bin recalled Zhu Qizhen's previous cheating in the Imperial College. Not only did he give those prison students a lot of high hats and praise,
After looking at these students for a while, a large piece of bones was thrown away.
Come to think of it, if Zhu Qizhen really made this decree known to the world, I don't know how many scholars in the world would look north with tears in their eyes and bow.
"Originally, our Ming Dynasty's imperial examination system should have changed long ago." Zhu Qizhen, who was still proud of his method of turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain, smiled, but his tone was not
easy.
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ps: I'm sorry, I'm not in good shape, I'm really not good, that's all for today, I will try my best. Please understand me, students.
