Just as the two of them were whispering, there was a sudden noise from the Hanlin Academy.
Zheng Sen listened, smiled and shook his head: "When Jiangsu Province was newly established, fighting started in the capital."
"South Zhili should indeed be divided."
Huang Zongxi took a look and murmured: "Although the Jinshi are divided into three parts from the north and the south, most of the Shujishi are from the southern Zhili."
Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it has been an iron rule that non-Jinshi can not enter the Hanlin, and non-Hanlin can not join the cabinet. It has even evolved into the fact that non-Hanlin cannot serve as the Minister of Rites, non-Hanlin cannot serve as examiner, non-Hanlin cannot serve as censor, etc. Basically,
Monopolized the top power of the imperial court.
Including Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Yan Song, Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng, etc., the chief assistants of the cabinet of the Hongzhi Dynasty, were all born in the Hanlin Academy.
Starting from the Hongzhi period, the Hanlin Academy's Shujishi were selected from one subject, and twenty people were selected for each class.
Except for the number one, second and third overall picks in the first-class rankings, the remaining seventeen people were selected from the second-class and third-class rankings.
In the Enke in the first year of Shaowu, there were twenty common people, and South Zhili accounted for 50%, that is, ten people.
In other words, although the distribution of Jinshi was fair, most of the ministers who held power in the cabinet were from Southern Zhili.
Under such circumstances, how could the emperor not be afraid?
"But having said that, in my opinion, Suzhou is the richest in the world and can serve as the capital. It is easy to manage under your nose."
Zheng Sen whispered in a low voice.
"You can't say that!"
Huang Zongxi shook his head: "The salt merchants in Yangzhou earn millions of taels of Huai salt every year, and it is transported directly to Beijing as a water transport. This is far more important than a mere amount of money and grain in Suzhou."
At this moment, Xu Wen, Zhan Shi of Zhan Shifu and a bachelor's student at the Hanlin Academy, came step by step, and the Hanlin Academy was instantly quiet.
"Ahem, the work of compiling Chongzhen Records and Hongguang Records will be temporarily stopped."
Xu Wen raised his head, glanced at these young people, nodded with satisfaction and said: "Today's lecturer is Wang Butang, the Minister of Civil Affairs. You must not be absent and be prepared to avoid losing the face of the Hanlin Academy.
"
After saying that, he strode away again.
Not only could the Hanlin Academy draft imperial edicts for the emperor and accompany them around, but they also had officials, ministers and ministers come to attend classes and establish relationships.
It can be said that after three years, the future is bright.
There are still a lot of discussions in the Hanlin Academy. Generally speaking, ministers rarely come to class, let alone ministers.
However, everyone cherishes this opportunity. The Minister of Civil Affairs calls him the Heavenly Official, who can rival the chief minister of the cabinet. After all, the imperial court is nothing more than personnel and financial power.
In the afternoon, Wang Yingxiong came in a hurry, his official uniform was meticulous, and he walked with a powerful look, not like a civil servant, but like a military general.
All the Hanlin officials seemed to have returned to their elementary school days, bowing respectfully and listening to the lectures.
Wang Yingxiong was giving lectures to the Hanlin students, and he was also in high spirits. When talking about the lectures, there was an endless stream of students, and he looked around, as if he wanted to find a talent that could be created.
After talking about martial arts for an hour, that is, Wang Yingxiong's experience in suppressing local rebellions, he moistened his throat and said:
"Starting from today, in addition to the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites, the six ministers and ministers will go out for an hour every day to teach everyone. You must not let down your majesty's good intentions."
After saying that, he was about to leave, but suddenly stopped and showed a smile: "According to the custom, those who are not admitted to the Imperial Academy must observe politics for half a year before they can be appointed. However, Your Majesty is quite unhappy that the Hanlin does not need to observe politics.
, you should be prepared!"
As soon as this sentence came out, the Hanlin Academy set off a huge wave.
The government system began in the Hongwu period. In February of the sixth year of Hongwu (1373), after the first batch of Jinshi had been in politics for two years, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered the shortcomings of the imperial examination:
The admitted Jinshi are flashy, extremely poor, ignorant of government affairs, and fail KPI assessments every year.
I thought I would recruit a few hard-working model workers, but in the end I got a group of gentlemen drinking tea and reading newspapers. Who can bear this?
In a fit of anger, he directly abolished the imperial examination.
Therefore, in the future, the Ming Dynasty placed the selection of officials on "recommendation", "school training" and "official promotion", that is, all three methods were used simultaneously.
Ten years later, at the constant request of civil servants, Zhu Yuanzhang expressed his trust in you again. In August of the fifteenth year of Hongwu (1382), he issued an edict to re-open the imperial examination two years later, but asked Jinshi to go to the six departments to observe politics and learn some things.
political ability.
But the Shujishi watched the government in the Hanlin Academy, relaxed and comfortable, and took care of themselves.
"I'm waiting in the Hanlin Academy to observe politics, right?"
Huang Zongxi was quite brave and asked.
"Hahaha!" Wang Yingxiong shook his head and said with a smile: "You will know after a while, this is a good thing."
Everyone was helpless, their hearts were in disarray, something was really wrong.
Once the rules are broken, it's like changing the key to the door. No one knows whether it's good or bad.
After suffering for several days, the Hanlin Academy finally received the news.
It turns out that the place where they watch the government is at the cabinet secretary and the living minister.
The secretary of the cabinet, that is, the secretary of the cabinet, is responsible for writing, drafting, and copying. To put it bluntly, it is the document.
Generally speaking, such positions are held by candidates who are from the same background as Jinshi, seventh-rank officials, and have a slim future.
But for them, who are new scholars, it is a great honor to be able to work as clerks in the cabinet for internship.
Not to mention the minister, he is an official who follows the emperor every day and is in front of the emperor every day. How can he be promoted without being familiar with it?
For a time, the crowd in the Hanlin Academy was enthusiastic.
The Hanlin Academy was just a small test for the emperor, and his real target was the six central government offices.
Three members of the cabinet, together with Jiang Yueguang, Minister of Industry, met with the emperor.
The autumn tiger was about to pass, and the emperor casually wore a coat hanging down, his hair disheveled, and his chest exposed, admiring the flowers he had transplanted from the imperial garden.
If this was seen by the imperial censors, they might be impeached, but they were very sensible and pretended not to see it.
The four civil servants looked sideways, unable to understand what the emperor really meant.
"Jiang Yueguang——"
"Here is my old minister." Jiang Yueguang hurriedly took a step forward, only three steps away from the emperor.
"When you go to Beijing on this trip, besides the palace and the city walls, you have to deal with one thing."
"do you understand?"
As soon as these words came out, the four people sighed in their hearts. Jiang Yueguang could only bite the bullet and said: "Old minister, I understand."
"No, you don't understand!"
The emperor suddenly turned around, patted the soil on his body, and showed a smile:
"As for that blessed king, I thought before that if he died, I would give him a beautiful mausoleum, but in the end, he came back to life."
"God's will plays a trick on people. Those who deserve to die will not die, those who deserve to live will not live..."
This made it impossible for the four of them to connect.
"Just restore his title as King Fu and go to Fengyang!"
As expected, it will be banned.
This place name made the old Zhu family vassal king tremble with fear.