The six bureaus and nine bureaus of the Ming Dynasty have been established for a long time. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were six bureaus, namely Situ, Sima, Sikong, Sikou, Daxingren, and Zong Bo. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it evolved into the six bureaus of Li, Hu, Li, Bing, Xing, and Gong.
The development of Jiuqing is different. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it refers to the nine departments of Fengchang, Langzhongling, Weiwei, Taipu, Dali Temple Qing, Dianke, Zongzheng, Zhisu Neishi and Shaofu. Later, it was gradually reduced to
In the Ming Dynasty, only Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taipu Temple and Honglu Temple remained.
Together with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the General Affairs Department, they were basically all the power agencies of the Ming Dynasty.
As for the Hanlin Academy, it is the literary and historical research and talent reserve institution of the Ming Dynasty. There are about 300 new academic scholars produced in each imperial examination. Generally speaking, the top 100 will stay in the Hanlin Academy, copying and writing every day, and accumulating experience.
Wait for the opportunity.
With the rise of the Academy of Sciences, the status of the Hanlin Academy is gradually declining, because these Hanlin masters only study classics and history, and do not involve other subjects. Now that the New Deal has been fully rolled out, traditional scholars have become more and more struggling.
With one stroke of his pen, Zhu Qizhen directly changed the Hanlin Academy into the Institute of Literature and History.
Then write the two characters "Cabinet" and put a cross at the back.
When Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Ministry of Education, we, the descendants of the Zhu family, could not forget our roots and that was it!
Yu Qian continued to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War, and Cao Nai became Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. Kuang Ye had already submitted three resignations, and it seemed that he could no longer do the job, so Zhang Yilai took over as Minister of Rites.
Peng Qing needed to establish a new Maritime Governor's Office at the same level as the six ministries, and set up consulates in overseas countries to station officials on a long-term basis.
The Academy of Sciences has undergone the biggest change. It needs to separate disciplines related to the other six ministries and place them under the names of the six ministries, such as the Agricultural Research Institute and the Mathematical Research Institute of the Ministry of Housing; the Civil Engineering Research Institute and the Water Conservancy Research Institute of the Ministry of Industry; and the weapons and equipment research of the Ministry of War.
So wait.
In addition, the Academy of Sciences is also responsible for teaching and imperial examinations, and divides examination questions into different categories such as literature and history, science, engineering, and martial arts. Students can register and take the corresponding examinations according to their own strengths.
Three days later, Beilin entered the palace with a thick charter.
Zhu Qizhen looked through it carefully and felt very satisfied.
The Academy of Sciences is reliable in its work, taking almost every aspect into consideration, and all processes are very complete.
"That's right, let's do this!"
Beilin looked respectful and asked: "Your Majesty, is it really not necessary to send a cabinet draft?"
"No need, you can directly draft the imperial edict and take it to the Supervisor of Ceremonies for sealing."
"I dare to advise you, but this seems... not very good..."
Zhu Qizhen's eyes widened and he said dissatisfiedly: "I tell you to go, you go, no need to say anything!"
Beilin swallowed and then said: "The person who asked Enke's question this time..."
"Needless to say, of course they are from the Academy of Sciences! You can go back and select people now to form the Enke Proposal Team. No matter who is selected, they need to be temporarily isolated from the outside world and guarded by Jin Yiwei. I will send someone to eat three meals a day.
Go and deliver it until the exam starts!"
"Before this, if anyone leaves without authorization, he will be punished as if he leaked the exam questions!"
Beilin asked doubtfully: "Are they all chosen from the Academy of Sciences?"
"You are the examiner, you decide!"
"I suggest... that the examiners for literature and history should be selected from the Hanlin Academy?"
"I have said it, you decide, just submit it to me for approval!"
"Yes, I will make arrangements right now."
Beilin felt a lot of pressure, unprecedentedly high.
When the Academy of Sciences was first established, he defied public opinion, acted independently, and dared to confront everyone. At that time, there was no pressure.
It's different now. Through continuous changes, the emperor has brought the Academy of Sciences to an unprecedented height.
The imperial examination is the foundation of the imperial court. Whoever presides over the imperial examination will have the most power in the imperial court.
Beilin thought about it and said, "Your Majesty, do you really not need to discuss with the cabinet?"
Zhu Qizhen said calmly: "I have already withdrawn the cabinet, and I will tell the world tomorrow!"
"Ah? Really withdrawn?"
"If I said I would withdraw, I would withdraw. Can I still joke with you?"
"That mentor..."
"The Maritime Governor's Office was established, with Peng Qing's family as the Governor-General, in charge of maritime trade, shipping, diplomacy and consulates of overseas countries."
Beilin thought hard for a long time, and then said: "I understand!"
The emperor is determined to do something big, and no one can stop him this time.
From the current point of view, every reform is good. The only problem is that the pace is too big, and I don’t know whether it will be a waste.
If another case of regicide is forced out, the country will be in turmoil and blood will flow.
Early the next morning, the imperial court issued three edicts in succession.
The first step is to investigate the Sanyang rebellion case. More than 50,000 officials were involved. The main culprits were executed by the Jiu clan, followed by the three clans, and beheaded again. The least serious ones were exiled to guard the border.
According to statistics, there are more than 300,000 people involved in the case, a number that shocks everyone.
The second edict included the restructuring of the imperial court, the abolition of the cabinet, the addition of the Maritime Governor's Office, and other changes to the Hanlin Academy and the Academy of Sciences. Each item was written clearly and clearly.
This news is so shocking that for readers, it is almost a change of fortune.
However, the third edict shocked them even more.
Open Enke, and this time Enke's method is very different from before.
As the most important eight-part essay, it has become an ordinary category. Others include arithmetic, engineering, water control and road construction, and more importantly, there is also a martial arts subject, which examines military deductions and horseback archery.
When the edict was issued, scholars all over the world felt like they were mourning their heirs, and they wanted to cry but had no tears.
These three edicts undoubtedly killed the readers!
From then on, the order of the world will be re-established, and the connections, wealth, and relationships accumulated by the nobles for generations... will all be wiped out, and they will start over.
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Guishan Academy, Wuxi, Jiangsu.
The great Confucian Sun Changhe was giving a lecture when a man dressed as a servant came in a hurry, holding a large envelope.
"Sir, a letter from the capital!"
Sun Changhe suddenly looked unhappy. He didn't see me giving a lecture. Why should I read the letter now?
"let it go!"
"yes!"
The servant did not dare to say anything, put down the envelope, turned and left.
"...Educate yourself, inquire carefully, think carefully, discern clearly, and practice sincerely. This is the golden mean. Today's lesson will stop here. I heard that the emperor wants to open Enke. You need to study hard and strive to be on the list.
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The students stood up to leave one after another, and then Sun Changhe picked up the envelope and saw several thick piles of paper inside.
I took it out and took a look, and my face started to look weird.
After killing so many people, the Jiangnan gentry was almost uprooted. It was so cruel!
Fortunately, I have not been involved in these bad things in recent years, but have concentrated on teaching here, and I have escaped disaster.
Open the second letter...
"ah!"
Sun Changhe jumped up immediately, sweating profusely, and his face was very frightened.
Abolish the cabinet and castrate the Hanlin Academy, this...
This is digging the roots of the Ming Dynasty!
"Crazy, the emperor is crazy..."
Sun Changhe murmured in his mouth, and opened the third copy with trembling...
Plop!
This time, the tense nerves couldn't resist him, his eyes went dark, and he fell to the ground.
"Sir, sir!"
When Sun Changhe opened his eyes, he saw himself lying on the bed, with several familiar faces in front of him.
Xia Shaopeng, Cen Guangyao, Wei Hao, etc. are all his students, and they have already won the imperial examination, and are only one step away from becoming an official in the court.
"You... why are you back..."
"As soon as I walked out of the academy, I received news from home that something big had happened in the court. I wanted to ask my husband for advice, but I saw him fainted on the ground."
"It's over, the Ming Dynasty is over!"
Sun Changhe couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Look at it, the news is true. It is an edict issued by the emperor himself. Take a look..."
Everyone had just seen it, and everyone was silent.
"There are traitors and traitors in the court, there are traitors and traitors!"
Sun Changhe hugged his head and cried. These news were really sadder than the death of his father.
Xia Shaopeng said: "Sir, what do you think of this?"
Sun Changhe wiped his tears and said: "It must be a villain who persecuted Zhongliang. The emperor mistakenly believed the slander and abolished the cabinet."
"Who is the villain you are talking about?"
"Who else could it be? It must be those people from the Academy of Sciences. The edict clearly states that this year's Enke will be solely responsible for the Academy of Sciences. These people just know some strange and obscene techniques, how can they be put to good use?"
Xia Shaopeng nodded and said, "We think so too. If the emperor leaves the imperial examination in the hands of these people, how can we still get ahead?"
Cen Guangyao immediately said: "What Brother Xia said is true. Do you want us to put down the Four Books and Five Classics and go tinker with those messy things?"
"If you think too much, no matter how well you learn, others may not be able to use it!"
"What's the meaning?"
"As soon as the emperor and his courtiers came together, the Academy of Sciences must promote its own people. Traditional scholars like us have become the remnants of the previous dynasty. It was too late to suppress them, so how can they be reused?"
"Then just watch these people bring disaster to the country and the people?"
"Stop arguing..."
Sun Changhe waved his hand and said feebly: "Your Majesty believes in slander. I expect that the days ahead will be even more difficult for me. I'd better save my strength and think about the way out in the future."
Cen Guangyao said: "Why don't we and others jointly submit a letter asking the emperor to ban the New Deal?"
"Don't think about it. Now that the cabinet has been dismissed and there is no one in the government to support it, who should I submit a letter to?"
"Of course it's for the Emperor!"
"Don't be stupid. The emperor can't see it at all. Even if he sees it, it's useless. Those villains from the Academy of Sciences are near the water every day. How can we compare?"
Everyone was arguing endlessly and had to wait for Sun Changhe to speak.
"You guys are still too young..."
Sun Changhe shook his head and sighed, saying: "How can you become a great person if you get impatient when things happen?"
"What you're teaching me is, sir, please give me some advice."
"I have just thought about it carefully. The emperor has issued three edicts at once. At this time, trying to get the emperor's bad luck will definitely not bring good results. It is better to retreat instead of making progress."
“How to make progress by retreating?”
Sun Changhe slowly uttered two words: "No exam!"
"Sir, you mean... we refuse to take the exam?"
"Just a few of you is not enough. We need to unite students from all over the world to let the emperor know the consequences of doing this!"
After everyone thought carefully, it seemed that this was the only way to work.
You have killed so many people and there are vacancies everywhere in the court. If we don’t take the exam, what will you do?
When there is no one available in the court, the emperor will know that he made a mistake, and he will have no choice but to compromise!
"Sir Gaoming, I'll stop taking the exam later!"
"Students will write letters to their classmates to express their feelings. I believe they will also support it."
"I have a few classmates and friends in Shandong, and we originally arranged to go to Beijing together to take the exam. I don't know what they thought when they saw the exam papers. I also revised one!"
Everyone expressed their support for the boycott and contacted classmates and friends from all over the country to make the matter bigger.
Cen Guangyao seemed to have thought of something and said: "Sir, the student has something to say!"
Sun Changhe asked: "What's the matter?"
Cen Guangyao said: "The predecessor of Guishan Academy was Donglin Academy founded by Yang Shi in the first year of Zhenghe in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was very famous at that time. How about restoring the name of Donglin Academy and recruiting students from all over the world?"
Sun Changhe thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's very good. Donglin Academy advocates reading, lecturing, and patriotism, which are the noble conduct of us scholars. Nowadays, there are traitors in the court. We can only take care of ourselves, but we cannot help the world.
It’s a pity.”
After everyone discussed it, they renamed Donglin Academy and spread the news.
The Jiangnan gentry had already suffered a devastating blow, and those who had escaped by chance felt hopeless in this life. Now they heard that the great scholar Sun Changhe had rebuilt Donglin College and seemed to have found their destination in life. They all came here.
In just one month, the number of students in Donglin College has reached 500, and this number is still increasing day by day. The buildings in the college have long been insufficient.
Fortunately, everyone is not short of money. After all, they are scholars. Who can afford to study without money?
Therefore, the latecomers built cottages directly outside the academy, and slowly, a market town was formed here.
Even the tea stalls and watermelon vendors came to join in the fun.
After sunset, the two stall owners appeared in a secret house at the same time.
The two of them compiled what they saw and heard in the past few days into a secret message, and then sent it all the way to the capital through the special channels of Jin Yiwei.
When Zhu Qizhen saw this letter, the expression on his face was very complicated. He couldn't tell whether he was laughing or crying.
Donglin Academy actually showed up in advance!
These people directly resorted to cold violence to vent their dissatisfaction with the imperial court.
Do you want... to serve it in one pot?
It's easy to get rid of these people. Jin Yiwei goes over and arrests them directly, counting them one by one, so there are no innocent ones.
But the problem is, they haven't broken any laws or disciplines, how can they be caught?
He is a great Confucian, so it is not against the law to give lectures!
And for those students, whether they take the exam or not is their own business. Their legs depend on theirs, but if they don’t want to take the exam, so what?
It cannot be said that all those who do not participate in the imperial examination will be arrested...
This makes no sense!
In desperation, Zhu Qizhen had no choice but to let things go for the time being. I don't believe you whether you want to take the exam or not. Among the millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, how could you not pick out a few hundred capable people?
If you have the guts, you should never take the exam for the rest of your life. Whoever takes the exam will be the grandson!
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