Chapter 1155 Postscript What happened on November 1st
Chapter 1155 Postscript 11 What happened that year
A strong wind blew, and it seemed like it was going to rain.
Xie Yiqin used a paperweight to hold down the letter he was writing, and asked his son to close the window.
"Do you still remember that the country now has six imperial schools in Luoyang, Kaifeng, Beijing, Nanjing, Chengdu and Lanzhou?" Xie Yiqin suddenly asked.
Xie Yan replied: "I can't remember, but I heard Wang Sheng mention it a few days ago."
Xie Yiqin said: "The purpose of opening Taixue in this way is to allow students from all provinces to study at Taixue nearby, without having to all go to Luoyang or Kaifeng."
Today's Ming Dynasty academic system has four years of primary school, three years of middle school, and three years of university. If you master all the knowledge, you can take the imperial examination.
Taixue is equivalent to a university graduate school, with a certain quota of directly awarded Jinshi. Those who have not been awarded Jinshi can be promoted as long as they graduate, and then go directly to take the examination.
Xie Yiqin asked: "According to the geographical division, should there also be an Imperial College in Lingnan?"
Xie Yan nodded: "Indeed."
Xie Yiqin said: "There are actually Taixue students in Guangdong. Taixue students from Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiaozhi, and Nanyang all used to study in Guangzhou."
"Guangdong Imperial College was canceled by the late emperor?" Xie Yan guessed.
Xie Yiqin said: "At that time, the late emperor was so angry that he ordered the cancellation of the quota for imperial students to be directly awarded Jinshi, and ordered the deprivation of the qualifications of Taixue graduates to directly take the national examination. All ministers went to the bookstore to advise, and the late emperor made a compromise and banned Guangdong instead. Tai Xue."
Xie Yan asked: "Is Guangdong Taixue involved in the case?"
Xie Yiqin explained: "In the cabinet at that time, the prime minister was a Fujianese who graduated from Guangdong Taixue. He passed the joint examination and came second in the imperial examination. The fifth-ranked cabinet minister was a Guangdong graduate who was directly awarded the Jinshi by Guangdong Taixue. People. There are also the yamen of the government agencies and monasteries, and there are also a large number of people from Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Jiaozhi and Nanyang. They all belong to the provinces and regions under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Taixue."
"These people control the court?" Xie Yan asked.
"They are not that capable yet," Xie Yiqin said, "but they colluded with officials in Nanjing, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huainan. Seven provinces and one capital, plus the governor-general offices of Nanyang, these people colluded to become a giant. Those groups in the south The navy is also their accomplice."
Xie Yan found it incredible: "With such a large territory and so many officials, how can it be possible for everyone to work together and be obedient?"
Xie Yiqin smiled and said: "Of course it is impossible for everyone to work together, and not all officials are in cahoots. But they are rich in collusion between officials and businessmen, marry each other, and are intertwined. They then train disciples and former officials, and then bribe and win over concubines, eunuchs, nobles and nobles. The clan also allowed businessmen to corrupt local officials transferred from other provinces. It was a huge quagmire. Once they stepped into it, they could not escape, and even they themselves could not help themselves."
"What exactly is going on in the Guangdong case?" Xie Yan asked.
Xie Yiqin said: "I can't figure it out either. Anyway, it involves officials from several provinces, including three consecutive prime ministers. It involves the three departments of Guangdong, the local officials of various prefectures and counties in Guangdong, the Guangdong Baoquan Bureau, the Guangdong Municipal Shipping Department, and the Guangdong Salt Administration Department. , Guangdong Taixue and Fuxue, and the three major navies in the south. They hollowed out the Guangdong Baoquan Bureau. Every time they dealt with court supervision, they borrowed money from everywhere to fool them. There are also huge problems with customs and salt administration. Guangdong’s official education system is completely Rotten.”
"Not only is this the case in Guangdong, but the seven provinces, one capital, and all the governor-general offices are also more or less thoroughly corrupt."
"They also went to other provinces to invest in building railways. With the imperial decree and waving Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, their tentacles would extend wherever the railways were built. Officials and gentry in other provinces, and even wealthy businessmen in each province, were interested in
They hate it deeply.”
"Seeing that the paper could not contain the fire, these people took the risk and even provoked a civil uprising in Java and Jambi. It was an important food production area and there was no room for chaos. Their idea was to force the late emperor to put down the major case in Guangdong and quell the rebellion.
Because the overseas military is also colluding with them!"
Xie Yan asked: "What did the late emperor do?"
Xie Yiqin said: "Replace the local officials who are officials in all seven provinces and one Beijing governor-general in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Sichuan, Hunan, and Hubei. These six major grain-producing provinces are ordered to stockpile grain to prepare for possible emergencies at any time.
Food shortage."
"Then, let Jambi be left alone, and the civil unrest in Java be left alone. The horse infantry troops were dispatched from Hebei and Liaoning, and the navy was dispatched from Shandong. They marched by sea and land southward to Guangdong to assist the third batch of imperial envoys to investigate the case."
"At that time, many officials were frightened and fled in fear of crime, and even businessmen fled overseas with their families."
"The three major navies of the South were patrolling in the Jiaozhi area. They tried to rebel but did not dare. They accepted the crime obediently but were afraid of death."
"The late emperor issued a decree to pardon three admirals of the navy, as well as certain generals under the admirals, but he deliberately did not pardon them all, causing the three major navies to fight among themselves."
"Then the King of Nanyu was ordered to dispatch the navy, and the Ming Dynasty also dispatched all the navies that could be commanded to fight towards Nanyang."
"The rebel navy was quickly defeated. One of the navy killed the admiral and fled from Malacca to India. The imperial navy pursued them all the way, and they fled westward, and finally fled to the far west without a trace."
Xie Yan took a deep breath after hearing this, Emperor Dingtai is really awesome.
Xie Yiqin said: "The major corruption case and the subsequent rebellion greatly damaged the vitality of the imperial court. At exactly this time, chaos broke out again in the Qihe Protectorate, and then there was another fight in Mobei. After suppressing the rebellion, he ordered
Build the railway. Continuous labor and mobilization of people have exhausted the national treasury."
"The newly elected ministers and many local officials came from provinces with underdeveloped industry and commerce. They were originally extremely dissatisfied with the seven provinces and one capital that had the most developed industry and commerce, and even blamed the industry and commerce in the south for this disaster.
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"So the monarchs and ministers united to reform the law, prohibiting businessmen from investing in the construction of railways, tightening the issuance of mining licenses, and strengthening supervision of all types of industry and commerce."
"Since then, the late emperor has been busy reorganizing the army, and even forced some generals to rebel. When the late emperor came to his senses, he discovered that the reform officials he promoted had all become the new masters of wealthy merchants along the coast."
"At this time, the late emperor was already very old, and most of the government affairs were left to the prince. Although the prince was extremely filial and listened to the late emperor in everything, his qualifications were mediocre after all. The late emperor asked the prince to investigate and deal with major cases, but the prince tried his best to do it, but it ended hastily." "The late emperor was furious and dismissed the prime minister and two cabinet ministers, and also dismissed four ministers. But it still didn't help. The government and the public remained the same."
"In the end, the late emperor became mediocre, appointing treacherous villains and belittling upright officials at will. All ministers who dared to speak out and advise were demoted overseas or to poor provinces."
"With traitorous ministers in power, the people will not be able to survive!"
Xie Yan also inquired a lot about the Luoyang Incident: "Could the coup three years ago be a plan set up by the late emperor? Were the prince and the four deceased grandsons murdered?"
"Boom!"
There was lightning and thunder, and there was heavy wind and rain.
Xie Yiqin glanced at the closed doors and windows, and whispered: "It's probably the late emperor who is planning this. Don't go out and talk nonsense about this matter. But the death of the prince and the deaths of the first two emperors and grandsons probably have nothing to do with those traitorous officials.
They were not so bold at that time."
At this point, Xie Yiqin looked angry: "As for the death of the last two emperors and grandsons, I can't tell. It is said that the late emperor was too ill to get out of bed. Moreover, the late emperor lived too long, and the two late empresses and princes were both dead.
Before he left, the third empress could not support the overall situation, and the court was completely controlled by the cabinet at that time."
"The late emperor also tried to take power through eunuchs, but the leaders of those eunuchs later supported King Yong in the coup."
Xie Yan didn't know what to say.
In his later years, Emperor Dingtai was in such a bleak and dangerous situation.
His two wives were tortured to death by him, and the prince was tortured to death by him. A group of civil and military treacherous ministers he promoted controlled the court. The third wife could not control the affairs. The eunuchs he promoted also colluded with the treacherous ministers, and even his son King Yong betrayed him.
Got him.
Xie Yan thought to himself, if I were the Dingtai Emperor, I would drag those guys along and be buried with him!
Kill all the first three rows?
Nothing more than normal!
The new leadership team in the court today may not all be true reformists.
They are the losers who were squeezed out by the traitorous ministers back then. Now that they have finally gained power, they naturally want to hold high the banner of continuing the late emperor's reform wishes and severely retaliate against the traitorous ministers and internal and external party members!
Who knows how many people are dedicated to reform.
Alas, I am a science student, an unemployed civil engineering engineer, and an errand boy who delivers food. I don’t understand those political struggles, so I’ll just stay on my feet and be a young master in this life.
By the way, be an ancient chemist.
If possible, you can also be a mathematician or physicist, depending on how much knowledge you have mastered that has not yet been published.
I'm going to bed!
When I woke up, it was already early morning.
Last night's heavy rain swept away the sweltering heat for many days, and the weather was quite pleasant.
The sky is clear and the air is fresh. It's a good day to go out.
Xie Yan ran to Wang Sheng and asked, "Are there any newspapers that publish mathematics, physics, and chemistry?"
"Lang Jun is talking about the journals of the Royal Society?" Wang Sheng confirmed.
Xie Yan nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it's the academic journal. Where can I find it?"
Wang Sheng said: "Journals need to be ordered. In addition, they are also available in the library."
Xie Yan asked: "Are there libraries across the country?"
Wang Sheng explained: "Every city in the country has a public library. The construction was ordered by Emperor Taizong in his later years. The library was built next to the Fuxue and was managed by the Fuxue."
"Anyone can go in and read books on the first floor, but they are not allowed to borrow them. If they get dirty or damaged, they will have to pay for it."
"On the second and third floors, only official students, or scholars with academic titles or above, can go in and read. If you pay a deposit, you can borrow it home to read, but it must be returned within a time limit."
Xie Yan understood that he was a government student and could go to the library to read academic journals at will.
Wang Sheng reminded: "Lang Jun, my husband told you not to go out during the summer vacation. It was really chaotic outside during the reform period. Especially some people are deliberately trying to curry favor with you."
Xie Yan said: "I'm going to change my clothes and put on my hat. Get a stool and sneak out over the wall."
Xie Yan has to write papers and read chemical journals. No one can stop him from becoming a chemist!
Ah, my scalp feels so itchy, I'm about to grow a brain, why do I suddenly become smarter?