Yunxi returned to the Qianqing Palace. Although the debate was over, he was still thinking about this matter. Yunxi was not just idle and bored to debate with the civil servants, but had a deeper purpose. Pave the way for future plans.
The first reason why Yunxi elevated Zhu Yuanzhang so high was to show the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty. Modern people don’t care about orthodoxy, but the ancients still cared about it. Proposing orthodoxy was conducive to uniting the literati class, at least in the Ming Dynasty. Before there are obvious signs of the end, or when the Ming Dynasty is in decline, the literati of a certain vassal state who are unable to reach it will not say that the Ming Dynasty is not worthy of being orthodox.
As for more people, there is no need to count on literati. It is a dream to expect them to live and die with the Ming Dynasty.
The second is to prepare for literary works. Civil servants are not fools. As literary works praising the Ming Dynasty or accusing the Mongols of cruelty appear one after another, whether they are dramas or dramas, they will surely find out who is behind these things. Yunxi cannot be separated from it.
If we don't explain the matter clearly now, they will definitely remonstrate with us later, so it's better to solve it now without having to worry about it twice.
The third one is in line with the second one, which is to improve people's recognition of the Ming Dynasty. People who are righteous tend to kill dogs more often (the word is blocked, so I changed it to modern Chinese, everyone should understand which sentence it is) , Ordinary people don’t have so many ideas. If they identify with Ming Dynasty, as long as they don’t starve to death, they will always support Ming Dynasty’s rule.
Yunxi thought for a while, sat down and started to review the papers. Chen Xingshan and Fang Xiaoru on the side sighed in unison, and then sat down and started to work. They agreed with Yunxi's point of view, but they still felt that it was inappropriate for their grandson to praise his grandfather so much. Great.
And they had already talked to Yunxi in private. But Yunxi insisted on not changing. As Yunxi's trusted ministers and cabinet members, they could not publicly remonstrate.
The matter passed like this, and the civil servants had no choice but to admit it.
On the afternoon of the second day, Yunxi, who finally finished criticizing today's memorial, decided to go out for a walk. After thinking about it, he decided to go to the martial arts hall to have a look, so he took the guards out of the martial arts hall.
Yunxi arrived at the martial arts hall in a light carriage. He took two guards with him, put on ordinary clothes and went in.
The reason why Yunxi changed his clothes was not because he was afraid of being recognized. Although he didn't come often, the students could still remember his appearance carefully. He just didn't want to alarm too many people at the beginning.
The gatekeeper immediately recognized Yunxi and knelt down to salute. However, the gatekeeper was also an old acquaintance. One look at Yunxi's clothes and he knew that he wanted to take a sneak peek first, so he did not make any public announcement.
Yunxi first looked at the students in the classroom. At this time, glass was not yet commonplace, and the martial arts hall still used window paper. Yunxi gently used his existing eyes to take a look.
After that, Yunxi came to the school. As soon as Yunxi arrived at the school, he was recognized. Everyone, whether they were students, teachers, or assistants, saluted Yunxi.
As usual, Yunxi allowed them to continue the class without ceremony. Of course, the gentlemen spoke more seriously, and the students listened more carefully, and then practiced more seriously.
Yunxi looked at it for a while and stopped looking. He didn't think that the student's martial arts was very outstanding, so he went to the chief secretary's office.
Coincidentally, Jing Qing was here today. When the chief secretary and Jing Qing saw Yun Xi, they also hurriedly saluted, but Yun Xi was exempted from the ceremony.
The current chief of staff is named Jin Chun, a native of Sizhou. He used to be a doctor in the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. After Jingqing went to the Ministry of War, there was a shortage of people in the martial arts hall, so Lian Zining, who had been in the Ministry of Civil Affairs for a long time, recommended Jin Chun.
One of the important reasons why Yunxi used Jin Chun was that Jin Chun was a supervisor of the Imperial Academy. During the Hongwu period, Zhu Yuanzhang required the supervisors of the Imperial Academy to be both civil and military, so most of the supervisors of the Imperial Academy also knew some martial arts, and they were good at leading troops in battles, the art of war, etc.
I have also learned a little bit, and I am much better than those who came out of the imperial examination. Not every civil servant is like Jing Qing, but someone who came from the imperial examination has learned martial arts.
Yunxi and Jin Chun said a few words, and then Jin Chun asked: "Your Majesty, this year's student recruitment regulations have not been released yet, so the recruitment has not started yet."
"Your Majesty, if we don't start now, I'm afraid some students from remote areas will not be able to reach the capital in time in February next year."
Yunxi said: "Since you asked and Jingqing is here, I will tell you my thoughts. Even if you don't tell me, I will come to the palace to talk to you in a few days."
"I plan to change the regulations for recruiting students at the Martial Arts Hall."
Jin Chun asked: "How does Your Majesty want to change it?"
Yunxi stood up and walked around the room. Then he said: "When I first mentioned the martial arts hall, it was the Double Ninth Festival in the 25th year of Hongwu."
"The original intention of me proposing to set up the Lecture Hall was to allow the generals in remote guard posts to have the opportunity to meet the Holy Face. It was also because I felt at that time that the examination for the appointment of military generals who were above the command was too trivial. So I proposed it.
A martial arts hall was established."
"But it turned out not to be what I wanted. But at the time, no one knew whether this method would work, so I didn't fully follow my ideas."
"But after six years of experiments, it can be proved that the martial arts hall is still feasible. So now it is time to return to the original purpose of setting up the martial arts hall."
Jingqing and Jin Chun looked at each other, and Jin Chun said, "How does Your Majesty plan to change it?"
Yunxi said: "Starting from the next term, all fathers' hereditary official positions are commanders, commanders, and colleagues. Those who inherit the official positions can go to the capital's martial arts hall to enroll, and no recommendation quota is needed."
"The above-mentioned people will all cancel the previously established hereditary assessment. As long as they can graduate from the martial arts hall, they can have hereditary positions."
"In addition, the previous recommendation remains unchanged. Those with hereditary positions below Wei, Zhenfu and below can still enter the Jiangwu Hall through local recommendation, but the number of places has been reduced to 150. However, many places have been eliminated before.
These military officers with higher rank have received it, so their chances of being recommended are not much smaller."
"All students who enter the martial arts hall will generally take classes and take general assessments. After two years of study, they will take a graduation exam and calculate their scores."
"Anyone who passes the graduation exam can return to his or her family's family position."
"At the same time, I will set up a higher-level military school above Jiangwu Hall. I haven't decided on the name yet. The top 100 students in the graduation examination of Jiangwu Hall can enter this higher-level military school.
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"However, in order to prevent someone from doing poorly in the exam and regretting it for the rest of his life, qualified graduates are allowed to continue taking the exam the next year, but they are only allowed to take the exam for one more year."
"That's all I've thought of for now, what do you think?"
