Chapter 1145 Postscript 2: The senior time traveler is really awesome
Chapter 1145 Postscript 2·The senior time traveler is so awesome
This "Ming Territory Map" is in color and follows the four-color theorem.
Xie Yan just glanced at it casually, and in his mind, ten thousand alpacas were running past.
The northernmost territory on the map includes Lake Baikal and is labeled "Beihai Lake".
The main area of Outer Mongolia, as well as the Lake Baikal area, is called the "Yanran Protectorate".
The Hulunbuir Grassland and surrounding mountains, as well as the eastern areas of Outer Mongolia, and parts of northern Russia, are called "Dingbei Protectorate".
The central part of Inner Mongolia and a small amount of eastern areas are called "Monan Protectorate".
The Songliao Basin (former Linhuang Protectorate), which spans Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning, has been cut into several parts. One part belongs to Beijing, one part belongs to Hebei, one part belongs to Liaoning, and one part belongs to Andong.
Protectorate.
The territories of Liaoning Province and the Andong Protectorate are both very large. The former is "Liaoning + half Jilin + a small amount of Inner Mongolia", and the latter is "Heilongjiang + half Jilin + a large amount of Russian Far East territory".
Most of the western part of Inner Mongolia was assigned to Ningxia Province.
What is even more outrageous is that South Korea and North Korea have directly become North Korean provinces.
Kyushu, Hokkaido, Tsushima, Sado Island, Yakushima, Oki Islands, etc. in Japan have all become "Yingshu Governor's Palace".
The whole of Australia plus New Zealand is called the "Australian Governor's Palace".
To the west of Sichuan is the "Tubo Protectorate".
Xinjiang became the "Anxi Province" and owned the entire Ili River Valley and most of Kyrgyzstan.
Further west is the "Qihe Protectorate".
To the south of the Qihe Protectorate is the Dawan Kingdom, and the word "vassal" is added in brackets.
Most of Vietnam became the "Cochin Province".
The remaining half of Vietnam, plus the entire Cambodia, and part of Thailand, is called "Southern Yu Kingdom" and marked as a vassal.
The vast Southeast Asian regions such as the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines and Indonesia are home to a large number of governor-general offices and vassal states.
Xie Yan stared at the "Australian Governor's Mansion" and was basically sure that it was the work of a time traveler.
If the world line is just off-kilter, it’s unlikely that the place is called Australia. It’s too much of a coincidence, so it’s probably the name given by the person who traveled through it.
Xie Yan asked: "Will there be no rebellion in such a large country?"
Wang Sheng said with a smile: "Rebellions happen every now and then. Every two or three years, there will be news in the newspapers that the officers and soldiers successfully suppressed the rebels. Anyway, the newspapers are all about victory in the battle. If there is a real defeat, it will not be published."
Xie Yan looked at the map and said: "This vassal called Dawan Kingdom has a huge territory. Doesn't it often raise troops to rebel?"
The country of Dawan borders Congling in the east, the Caspian Sea in the west, and the mountains of Afghanistan in the south. It seems to have a vast territory, but in fact it is mostly desert areas.
Wang Sheng said: "Dawan is the most loyal country and has been fighting all the countries in the west and south. When they couldn't win, the Ming Dynasty would also support them with money and food, sell them ordnance, and even once sent troops in person. The Ming Dynasty even sent troops in person.
If the Qihe Protectorate is in danger, the army of Dawan Kingdom will also go north to help."
Xie Yan said: "You know quite a lot."
"Everyone knows," Wang Sheng said, "the Ming Dynasty, the Southern Yu Kingdom, and the Dawan Kingdom have always been a country of father and son, and its founding monarchs were the two princes of the Ming Dynasty."
Xie Yan murmured in a low voice: "That time travel senior is really awesome."
"What did Mr. Lang say?" Wang Sheng didn't hear clearly.
Xie Yan said casually: "I mean Taizu Taizu of the Ming Dynasty is really powerful."
Wang Sheng said: "Not only is Taizu powerful, but Emperor Taizong is even more powerful. Emperor Taizong has never suffered a defeat when he personally commanded the army since he started his army. He has conquered a huge territory in just a few decades. In this map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if the vassal states are not included, there are Ninety percent of the country was expanded by the Taizong Dynasty."
Xie Yan asked: "What is the reign name of Taizu?"
"Hongwu," Wang Sheng said excitedly, "the coins of the Hongwu Dynasty are very valuable. Whether they are gold coins, silver coins or copper coins, as long as the appearance is not too bad, they can be sold at high prices. I heard that the coinage technology was insufficient in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After ten years of continuous recycling and recasting, there are very few Hongwu coins in existence."
Xie Yan murmured to himself: "Hongwu, Hongwu, it really is Chuan..." Suddenly he asked again, "Isn't Emperor Taizong's reign name Yongle?"
"How could it be Yongle? Taizong was the famous Shenfu Emperor! By the way, in the early years, there was another era name, called Fuxing Zhonghua." What Wang Sheng said is common sense.
Xie Yan had a strange expression: "Reviving China...what the hell is this year name? How many years has it been since the founding of the Ming Dynasty?"
Wang Sheng scratched his head: "More than a hundred years ago. I have to read the book and do some math to find out exactly how many years it has been."
"Is there any history book of this dynasty?" Xie Yan asked.
Wang Sheng replied: "There is definitely no official revised history. But there is a brief history. Scholars will learn it after enlightenment. It mainly talks about events in the late Song Dynasty and the early years of the Kingdom."
"Can you find it at home?" Xie Yan asked.
Wang Sheng walked to a corner of the study room, pointed to the used textbooks and said, "There must be some here."
Xie Yan knelt down to search together. When he saw the words elementary school and middle school, he felt more and more outrageous and nonsense: "Can you tell me about the academic system of the imperial examination?"
As Wang Sheng talked, Xie Yan felt more and more that Emperor Taizong was awesome.
However, it was in the later years of Emperor Taizong that he reformed the imperial examination again.
There are four years of primary school, three years of middle school (junior high school), and three years of university (high school) with liberal arts and sciences.
Generally, students enter school at the age of seven and can take the imperial examination at the age of seventeen. But in fact, there is no strict distinction because there are not enough government-run schools and there are still a large number of village schools, social schools, and private schools.
Therefore, there is no unified examination for primary school or unified examination for middle school.
The three-level honors of Scholar, Juren, and Jinshi still exist. The first two are more like diplomas without any political or economic privileges. If you have the title of Scholar, you can easily find a job by applying for a job in a trading company.
As for Taixue, it is more like a modern university and research institute. There are currently one in Luoyang, Kaifeng, Beijing, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Lanzhou. Graduates will be awarded the title of Juren, and the graduation pass rate has been improved.
Jinshi is also divided into Wen Jinshi and Li Jinshi. The content they learn is roughly the same, but there are differences in depth. For example, in liberal arts, in addition to compulsory mathematics, you also need to master superficial natural science knowledge.
Medical, mechanical, military and other vocational schools have all been converted into so-and-so universities (actually similar to technical secondary schools and junior colleges). Such students can still take the system-related examinations and obtain the title of Jinshi in the system-related subjects, and they can become magic officers immediately. If they fail to take the examination
Jinshi in the upper-level engineering department, who will be transferred to take the examination for officials at all levels of yamen, will also be admitted first. If you go to a trading company to apply for a job, companies and factories are usually rushing to recruit people.
"Nima..."
After hearing this, Xie Yan couldn't help but swear, the senior time traveler is too awesome.
Xie Yan's current identity is a college student (actually a high school student, with different names). He can take the imperial examination in one more year. He can take the exam now or take the exam in two years. Anyway, there are no hard requirements.
However, official schools do not allow review, so you can review by yourself in ten or eight years, or you can find a private academy to study slowly.
This was another compromise made by Emperor Taizong on the traditional imperial examination. He tried his best to move closer to the modern education system, but had to give in due to various reasons.
Especially financial issues.
It is impossible to open public schools on a large scale and must be supplemented by private schools.
Where did the finances of the Ming Dynasty go?
Pay wages to civil servants!
The establishment of formal staff has been increased many times, which means that all cadres at the department level and unit level have been regularized, and some section staff have also been regularized, so as to minimize the number of temporary workers in yamen at all levels.
At the same time, the requirements for formal officials were raised: formal officials in yamen above the prefectural level must have the title of scholar before they can apply for the exam. Official officials in central agencies must have the title of scholar before they can apply.
If there is no scholar and no merit, one can only work his way up from lower-level departments. This is equivalent to increasing the staff’s room for advancement and mobility. A low-level staff member does not have to fixate on becoming a high-level official, but can also dream of becoming a high-level official.
To be promoted to a higher-level official in the yamen.
Xie Yan had several history textbooks in front of him.
It’s in traditional Chinese, but we’ll try to simplify it as much as possible.
For example, the word "无" is not written as "无". Not to mention the popular writing method for this thing, even Song Huizong's own copybooks are basically written as "无". At that time, only official documents, books or copies of Buddhist scriptures could be used to write this thing.
Write "none".
Folk culture has naturally been simplified to such an extent that Emperor Taizong simply simplified textbooks and official documents.
There is also "cloud", which is not written as "cloud".
In fact, oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions have always been "clouds", and it was not until the emergence of seal scripts that "clouds" appeared.
Volume One, Ancient Times.
When the heaven and earth first opened, they were like hairs and drinking blood, and then they were cultivating by slash and burn.
History textbooks also give examples of indigenous people from overseas islands and certain ethnic minorities in China.
Then came the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Leizu raising silkworms, Cangjie coining characters, Dayu controlling floods, etc. Most of them belong to ancient legends.
Volume 2, Xia and Shang.
Volume Three, Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period, and Warring States Period.
Volume 4, Qin and Han Dynasties.
This set of history textbooks refers to ancient times as the tribal era, the pre-Qin period as the feudal era, and the Qin and Han dynasties as the county era.
The history textbooks for the second grade of middle school (junior high school) end with the Qin and Han dynasties, and history is not taught in the first grade.
Xie Yan finished reading quickly, pointed to the author's name on the cover and asked: "Why is the editor's name not only wrapped in a separate line, but also printed one space higher? None of the other authors are like this."
Wang Sheng explained: "That is Taizu's name. This set of history textbooks was also edited by Taizu in his later years. At that time, dozens of great Confucians and even some foreign scholars were recruited to supplement it."
"We have been arguing for decades. I heard that there was no difference at first. Then there was a blank space, then a separate line break, and finally it became a line break and a new line. Now we are still arguing every now and then, and from time to time there are scholars in the newspaper We appeal and ask the Ministry of Rites not to directly print Taizu’s name.”
Xie Yan immediately thought of a joke, the empty space of Principal Chang.
A history textbook for the third grade of middle school (junior high school), covering the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Xie Yan found the first-grade university (high school) textbook.
It starts with the late Tang and Five Dynasties, and then goes on to talk about Song, Liao and Western Xia, and briefly describes how Gaochang, Annan, Dali, Bohai and other countries were separated. It also talks about how the Koryo Kingdom was formed and how it sent troops to occupy Pyongyang and other Han lands.
Xie Yan noticed that in the Ming Dynasty history textbook, the Song and Liao countries were classified as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, while Xixia, Gaochang, Annan, Dali, Bohai and other countries were classified as separatist Pian'an regimes.
The most outstanding achievement of Taizu Taizong of the Ming Dynasty was to combine the Song, Liao, Southern and Northern Dynasties into one, and to wipe out other countries and restore the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Although Xie Yan was not very familiar with history, he could understand at a glance the purpose of compiling history books like this.
Determine and enhance the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty, especially establishing legal authority over the northern grasslands and northeastern regions!
The second-year university (high school) textbook finally talks about the last years of the Song and Liao Dynasties and the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Compared with the brief description of the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, the story of the Song, Liao, Ding, and Ming dynasties is written in great detail.
In the Liao Kingdom, a foolish king was in power, traitorous ministers were in power, and the people were in dire straits.
In the Song Dynasty, a foolish king was in power, traitorous ministers were in power, and the people were in dire straits.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty replaced the Song Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty replaced the Liao Kingdom.
The Jin Kingdom also had a weak king in power, traitorous ministers were in power, and the people were in dire straits, so the Jin Kingdom was also destroyed.
These contents are not empty slogans, but detailed analysis.
For example, the foundation of the rule of the Song Dynasty lies in the vast number of small and medium-sized landowners, small and medium-sized businessmen, and self-cultivated farmers. They are the main source of finance and taxation for the Song State. When a large number of small and medium-sized landowners, small and medium-sized businessmen, and self-cultivated farmers went bankrupt, the Zhao and Song court's finances could not make ends meet.
The same is true for the Liao Kingdom. Its rule was based on small and medium-sized herdsmen, small and medium-sized landowners, self-cultivating farmers, and self-herdsmen...
Of course, the Song Dynasty's three-redundancy problem has also been described, but in the final analysis it is a financial problem. Including the fact that the Song Dynasty's army cannot fight, it is also a financial problem. Even the Forbidden Army has more than half of its soldiers doing business, otherwise it will not be able to survive with so little military pay.
Finally, the time traveler appeared.
The names of Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming were all replaced by new lines in the book. This was of course done by the later monarchs and ministers.
The book briefly describes the father and son who were originally from Guangxi. Their ancestors moved to Guangdong due to the war, and then went to sea to do business, but were shipwrecked and went bankrupt. They traveled to Daming Town, Xixiang County, Yangzhou, Shaanxi Province, and stayed there because of poverty and even poverty.
I don't have a penny on me.
The next narrative was also added by later emperors and ministers, and was claimed to be from the narration of Bai Sheng's eldest grandson.
But it was said that the father and son were on the bank of the Han River when they saw the treasure light shooting out into the sky. They walked towards the treasure light for three days and discovered the divine talisman treasure armor (Heavenly King Armor) and the divine talisman sword.
Then the neighing of war horses was heard.
A very splendid Pegasus, its rope was entangled in a tea tree by the river. The Pegasus actually said human words: "If you help me get out of trouble, I will help you calm the world and save all people."
What the hell?
Xie Yan couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it. A good history textbook actually included such unofficial history jokes.
Little did he know that this content was added by Ju Ming's grandson.
It caused great controversy at the time. Most scholars in both the government and the public opposed it, but the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty still forcibly revised the teaching materials.
The history book not only adds the story of the Tianma speaking to people, but also adds the Feng Shui pattern of the Ming Dynasty with a tiger sitting on a dragon's plate.
Even the two founding empresses mentioned that some fortune tellers had said that they were extremely valuable.
After reading each article, Xie Yan was amused.
Suddenly, the smile on Xie Yan's face disappeared, and he thought of a question: Is this a father-son double time travel? Or did the time traveler give birth to a son, and wait until the son grows up to start trouble together?
But obviously, even if Emperor Taizong was not a time traveler, he must have received modern education from his father.
Xie Yan read the content at the back carefully, and he felt that it should be worn alone.
Because all kinds of inventions and creations were made by Emperor Taizu (actually it was Ju Ming who was too lazy to name himself).
And that Emperor Taizong was revered as a Confucian master, and even passed the imperial examination when he was young. He was obviously an aboriginal son educated by time-travelers, and he was also good at both civil and military skills.
"Is there a telegram now?" Xie Yan asked suddenly.
Wang Sheng was reading other books by himself, and did not even raise his head when he heard this: "There was a telegraph in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the past, only high-ranking officials could use it, but later it became available to county officials. People who paid money to send telegrams were asked to do so.
More and more, the imperial court simply let the civilians use it completely."
Xie Yan asked again: "Is there a train too?"
Wang Sheng said: "Yes. There are even railways leading to the grasslands and the Western Regions. They were all built by the late emperor after he suppressed the rebellion."
"The former emperor is the previous emperor?" Xie Yan asked.
Wang Sheng nodded and said, "Yes, Emperor Dingtai."
Xie Yan asked: "How many emperors have there been since the founding of the Ming Dynasty?"
Wang Sheng whispered: "Seven. Your Majesty today was less than ten years old when he ascended the throne, but he was the grandson of the late emperor. At that time, there was also a prince's coup. I don't know how your Majesty escaped from Luoyang and went to Chang'an to get electricity. The soldiers and horses from all walks of life were diligent. Before the armies arrived, the Kaifeng Forbidden Army killed them. The Luoyang rebels turned against each other one after another, and the rebellion was put down in less than a month."
"King of Power and Diligence..." Xie Yan felt awkward hearing this.
It has only been more than a hundred years since the end of the Northern Song Dynasty. The normal development should be the end of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Trains and telegraphs in the late Southern Song Dynasty?
