On the eighth day of April, morning. Yunxi waited for the non-nutritive nonsense to be finished, stood up and said: "If I remember correctly, this is the year of the provincial examination, right? Now, all parts of the country should have begun to select first- and second-class talents.
Right." According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, scholars were divided into six grades, and only those ranked in the top two grades were eligible to participate in the provincial examination.
None of the civil servants answered, mainly because they didn't know what Yunxi wanted to say and did not dare to answer at will. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty still has the authority, so after Yunxi officially issued the decree, although many civil servants came to remonstrate with him.
, but no one dared to mention the "Regulations on Protection of Military Marriage" when going to court.
Yunxi continued to sing a one-man show and said: "A few days ago, I couldn't help but think of the examination two years ago. At that time, due to various reasons, and narrow-minded people also added regional differences, it was really a mess."
"Fortunately, in the end, Taizu made a decisive decision and resolved the matter quickly, and delineated the north and south rankings to ensure fairness."
"But after thinking about it these past few days, I feel that even if the north and south lists are drawn up, there are still many provinces in the north and south, and regional differences are difficult to eliminate."
"And even in the provincial examination, people from various prefectures and counties cannot live in complete harmony with each other."
"I also thought that the number of talents in each province is divided into counties, and how many talents are admitted in each county in each subject."
"So I thought about it, why should we admit candidates as candidates but not Gongshi?"
"The number of candidates admitted to the provincial examination for each subject is almost the same. I have decided to divide the number of candidates admitted to each subject into the prefectures and prefectures of the Zhili Chief Envoy.
Fixed, so as to avoid competition within a province."
"The same goes for the joint examination. The number of students admitted to each subject for the joint examination will be distributed to each province, and the number will be fixed to prevent fierce competition from hurting the harmony."
"In addition, I will also make adjustments to the content of the imperial examination. 'Number' is one of the six arts of a gentleman, but since the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination has never been tested on 'numeracy'. I have decided to add the subject of 'numerology' to the imperial examination in the future.
An investigation of numbers."
"However, considering that the provincial examination is approaching, this year's provincial examination and next year's general examination will not add the test and content of 'number', and will wait until the next provincial examination to add it."
"Do you think what I have said above is appropriate?"
‘Numerical’ refers to mathematical knowledge. In ancient times, China actually attached great importance to mathematics and listed it as one of the six arts of a gentleman. Therefore, Yunxi could directly propose to increase the assessment of mathematical knowledge in the imperial examination.
If Yunxi had just proposed adding mathematics to the imperial examination, he would have had to argue a lot when he went to court.
But just now Yunxi also talked about the admission of children by sections. Suddenly no one paid attention to whether to add mathematics content to the imperial examination. Everyone ignored etiquette and started talking in the court.
After the major scientific examination in the 30th year of Hongwu, the list has been divided into the north and the south, with the north accounting for 40% and the south accounting for 60%. Historically, during the Kangxi period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the province-by-province admission system was officially implemented, and the province-by-province admission system in China began.
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From the perspective of selecting talents alone, admission by province is not a good idea. In those provinces with major scientific examinations in Jiangnan, any candidate may be better than the average Jinshi in the northern provinces. And in history, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, except for a few
Except for the assistants who came from Shanse, the other assistants are all from the south, which is enough to show that the south is more powerful than the north.
But the imperial examination, or official selection system, has never been just about selecting suitable officials. Western countries have always had a feudal system, and a territory is a fief. Therefore, those who are granted a fief will inevitably protect the people in their fief, even if it is for their own better exploitation.
Fiefdoms will also try their best to fight for their interests in higher-level meetings, such as the Third Estate in France.
The East has been dominated by monarchical dictatorships since Qin Shihuang, and feudalism has been completely abolished since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The central government does not have the various meetings that were created to reconcile conflicts like in the West.
However, the methods are all people's imagination, and everyone soon discovered that officials can actually play the role of representatives of public opinion. If something happens in their hometown, local officials will come out to support the court and protect local interests.
If no one comes to serve as an official in a place for a long time, the county magistrates from other places will have less scruples when squeezing the place, and the local people and big families will be squeezed more. Therefore, it is very important whether there is anyone serving as an official in a place.
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It is also very important for the emperor to at least ensure that there are officials in each province. This is a good way to gather people's hearts. Historically, no one has passed the Jinshi examination for more than 70 years since the independent province of Sudan. Xuanye made the decision.
After being admitted by the province, the whole province of Suzhou shouted "Holy God's grace", and the Gansu and Shaanxi Green Camp became the most trusted non-banner army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Now Yunxi looked at the ministers standing in the audience. After a while, everyone calmed down. Qi Tai and other auxiliary officials were the ministers who were trusted by Yunxi, so it was not convenient for them to fire first. So they were the first to speak.
The person is Lian Zining, the official minister.
Lian Zining said: "Your Majesty, the purpose of the imperial examination is to select talented people. As we all know, these talented people are not evenly distributed in every province or state. If the places are limited, then talented people will not be able to stand out. Your Majesty
Think twice!" Lian Zining is from Changxi, which is also a major imperial examination province. Although there are separate lists for the north and south, it is still possible to squeeze out the places in Guangxi and other places, so he firmly opposes admissions by province.
Jing Qing immediately said: "Your Majesty's move is very good. Although the imperial examination is to select talents, it must also pay attention to fairness. I feel that the provincial admissions take into account both fairness and selection of talents, which is very good." He was from Zhenning, Sanqin.
(Today's Zhengning County, Suzhou), even if the Gansu and Shaanxi regions were divided into north and south lists, it would be difficult for them to compete with people from Beiping, Shandong and other places, so they almost welcomed him with both hands.
In this kind of matter where interests are concerned, character and morality are not important anymore. Everyone is desperately fighting for the interests of their hometown. Although it is impossible for civil servants to shout in public, every official is actively working for himself.
Strive for benefits wherever possible.
People like Fang Xiaoru and Bao Zhao, who came from major imperial examination provinces in the north and south, opposed admissions by province; while people like Ju Jing, who also came from Gansu and Shaanxi, supported admissions by province.
Qi Tai is from Yingtian Prefecture, so the two are not helping each other or talking to each other at this time. Although Chen Xingshan is also from Shanse, his hometown Shanyin County has very few candidates, and this time the candidates are selected from the prefecture.
Therefore, we support separate admissions.
Naturally, such a matter cannot be decided in a morning court. There are many people who are qualified to go to court. Everyone went back to talk to their fellow villagers, and everyone expressed their opinions in Zhezi.
Generally speaking, there are more people who support separate admissions than those who don't. Although it is not a good thing for people from several provinces with major imperial examinations to admit tribute scholars in different provinces, the imperial examinations are also admitted separately, so the imperial examinations are
People from large provinces and remote areas also turned to support separate admissions or neutrality. However, small provinces in the imperial examination overwhelmingly supported separate admissions, so those who supported separate admissions suddenly outnumbered those who did not support it.
Therefore, Yunxi successfully implemented this separate admission system.