Chapter 1544, fortune and misfortune depend on each other
I didn’t dare to object, but no one stood up to express support.
Because there are so many officials from Jiangnan in both the government and the public, and most of them are related to them, we cannot stand up to support this objection, otherwise when the news is known to everyone, it will definitely offend Nanzhili.
Shilin.
Not everyone is as stubborn as Liu Jin and is not afraid of anything. He dares to raise it, but everyone dare not stand up and show support.
"Your Majesty, the land south of the Yangtze River has produced talented people in large numbers since ancient times. This reduction in their scientific examination quota will inevitably cause great dissatisfaction among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. It will also appear unfair and hard to convince."
Xie Qian looked at the other ministers, sighed silently and helplessly in his heart, and finally stood up to speak for the Jiangnan people.
He is from Zhejiang, which can also be regarded as a Jiangnan person, and has a close relationship with Jiangnan Shilin. He used to oppose the levy of commercial taxes, and now he is actually opposed to the levy of commercial taxes, but he does not have much say in the court.
There were Liu Jian and Li Dongyang in front of him, and there were ministers like Liu Jin, Zhang Mao, and Zhong Zhong behind him. Even if he wanted to object, he was powerless. What's more, Emperor Hongzhi's intention could not be clearer.
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Commercial taxes must be levied. The court had no money and could not do anything. Commercial taxes had to be levied. In the end, they fully supported Liu Jin's tax reform.
The situation is the same now.
Reducing Jiangnan's scientific examination quota is just a means. The real purpose is to crack down on the Jiangnan Scholars, drain money from the bottom of the pot, and completely make Jiangnan Scholars gradually lose their right to speak in the court.
This is undoubtedly another heavy blow to Jiangnan Shilin.
Emperor Hongzhi has already attacked Jiangnan Shilin several times, and now he wants to pull the trigger again. I am afraid it will be difficult for Jiangnan Shilin in the future.
"If they are dissatisfied, let them be dissatisfied~"
"When I was dissatisfied, who would consider it for me?"
Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xie Qian and said directly without giving Xie Qian face.
In the past, Xie Qian was still highly regarded. Of course, at that time, Emperor Hongzhi trusted the civil servants. However, many things that happened later made Emperor Hongzhi see clearly the faces of these civil servants, and he no longer treated the civil servant group as before.
Trusted.
As for Xie Qian, he repeatedly opposed the levy of commercial taxes. His opposition to tax reform also made Emperor Hongzhi very dissatisfied. The situation in the court was very clear to everyone. Tax reform was obviously imperative, but he still opposed it.
There was also strong opposition from both the government and the public regarding the return of military power, including Xie Qian's, which made Emperor Hongzhi dissatisfied with him.
However, Emperor Hongzhi always treated people kindly, and Xie Qian was a cabinet minister, so Emperor Hongzhi always gave Xie Qian face and did not express it directly.
Now there is a big incident in Nanjing. It was found out that the reason behind it was to oppose the imperial tax policy and commercial tax, and they united to cause such a big incident.
This shows that these gentry, big families, and big businessmen in Jiangnan are completely unscrupulous for their own interests, and they do not care about the Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Hongzhi must deal with these people severely.
Liu Jin's strategy was to draw fire from the bottom of the cauldron, in order to attack the power of Jiangnan Shilin, and at the same time, combined with subsequent strategies, completely attack the conservative forces represented by Jiangnan Shilin.
Emperor Hongzhi became so suddenly angry that everyone couldn't help being surprised.
Emperor Hongzhi had always been very well-educated and rarely got angry, but he didn't expect that Xie Qian's words would make Emperor Hongzhi so dissatisfied.
However, everyone thought of the seriousness of this matter. If Wang Shouren was not the one in Jiangnan at that time, just another official would be replaced.
Faced with hundreds of thousands of rioting workers, they might just listen to those people and send a large army to suppress them.
Although the rebellion of hundreds of thousands of people can definitely be suppressed, once the hundreds of thousands of workers feel that they are rebelling and cannot escape death, the war will continue, which may be enough to burn the entire Jiangnan.
Once it reaches that point, the losses faced by the Ming Dynasty will be very heavy. It is unknown how many people will die, and the current prosperity and prosperity may be irreversible.
"Your Majesty, calm down~"
The ministers said quickly.
"Hmph~"
"I will never let go of those who disregard the overall interests of the country and only care about their own interests, and who want to ruin the great situation of our Ming Dynasty."
Emperor Hongzhi snorted extremely dissatisfied.
Xie Qian was stunned and didn't know what to say, so he could only sit down slowly in his seat.
"It seems that it's time for me to return to my hometown to retire."
Xie Qian couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
He is actually still young, only sixty years old. This age is really very young for the big shots in the court. As long as his health is good enough, it is not a problem that he can work for more than ten years.
He was born as a top scholar, and he was promoted very quickly. He had already joined the cabinet as a cabinet minister early, and it was only a matter of time before he became the chief minister in the future.
But now, Emperor Hongzhi has expressed his dissatisfaction with himself, and he feels that he has no shame to continue to stand in this court.
But he went home to take care of himself at the age of sixty, without even being a cabinet minister. How could he be so willing?
"This matter is settled~"
"Starting from the next provincial examination, the number of places for the Southern Zhili Science Examination will be reduced, first by one-third~"
Emperor Hongzhi ignored Xie Qian's inner thoughts and issued the decree directly.
"Your Majesty's Holy Might~"
When Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Liu Jin and others heard this, they also shouted in unison.
In fact, everyone still supports the crackdown on Jiangnan Shilin. Most of the officials in Jiangnan are conservatives who strongly oppose many policies and reforms of the imperial court. They also try to control power and wealth in their own hands, completely ignoring the country and the country of Ming Dynasty.
The overall situation.
During the famine that year, grain merchants hoarded grain to drive up grain prices, which greatly affected the country's fortunes. In the past, the salt merchants and the court could not collect much salt tax. The people ate high-priced salt, which benefited neither end, but only the salt merchants in the middle.
Until now, in order to oppose commercial taxation, the Nanjing incident has been launched regardless of the overall situation.
This shows that in their hearts, there is no country, only their interests. If anyone touches their interests, they will kill you to death, regardless of whether it will destabilize the situation in Ming Dynasty.
However, Jiangnan has been an affiliated place since ancient times. It is the hometown of talented scholars and scholars. It has produced too many capable people and officials. If they don't drain the firepower, maybe they will repeat the current scene in a few decades.
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"It has been reduced by one-third at once. I am afraid it will be more difficult for scholars in Jiangnan to get ahead in the future."
Xie Qian couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The most important thing in the scientific examination is the rural examination. After high school, people are promoted to candidates. The candidates have many privileges, and they can also directly become officials. Of course, the more important thing is to participate in the general examination. Once you can get the title on the gold list, then you will
It’s really like a carp leaping over the dragon’s gate.
The number of places in the provincial examination will be greatly reduced, which means that the number of candidates in Jiangnan will be greatly reduced in the future. If there are fewer candidates, there will be fewer people to take part in the joint examination in the future.
Not only will there be fewer people serving as officials, but the probability of becoming a high official will also be greatly reduced. I am afraid it will be difficult to turn around again in a very, very long time.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, candidates from Jiangnan have dominated the list. From now on, it may be difficult for candidates from Jiangnan to appear.
In itself, it is very difficult for the candidates in Jiangnan, and the exam is extremely in-paper.
Maybe the scholars from Jiangnan can easily pass the exam if they go to other provinces, but the scholars from other provinces may not even be able to pass the exam if they go to Jiangnan.
Now Emperor Hongzhi has suddenly reduced the quota by one-third, and I am afraid that he will be trapped in the future.
"In the future, we will open more colleges and universities here in Jiangnan~"
Liu Jin is also very clear about this, but this is also the situation Liu Jin wants.
The traditional imperial examination has no meaning at all. Young talents are tightly bound by the eight-part essay, and their great talents are wasted in vain.
There are many talented people and capable people in Jiangnan, and this is also true in later generations. It has produced the most scientists, academicians and the like. This shows how smart the people in Jiangnan are.
Their smart brains should be put on the right path, wouldn't it be great to engage in scientific research and the like?
Cut off their path to the imperial examination as much as possible, and open up a new path for them in a few other universities. There will definitely be many scientists from Jiangnan in the future.
Jiangnan people attach great importance to education!
Even if you have to eat rice bran, you still need to let your children study. This is also an important reason why Jiangnan has always been producing talents in large numbers. In the final analysis, it attaches great importance to education.
Now that the road to the imperial examination has become more difficult, you can still take a new path. New education is also education. Although you can't become an official, you can still do other things.
There is no need to stay stuck in the stagnant water of eight-part essays. For Jiangnan people, this may be a good thing to welcome the arrival of a new era.
In the future, when the imperial examination is completely eliminated and the imperial examination is cancelled, the advantages of Jiangnan will still be revealed.
In the final analysis, it is still the same sentence. Where education is valued, a large number of talents will continue to emerge, and they will definitely develop and live a good life.
