According to Liu Weichao's ideas or suggestions for Emperor Chongzhen, when the craze for scientific knowledge brews again and becomes more intense, he will prepare to launch a new set of craftsman titles, and what kind of treatment for imperial examination officials each title corresponds to.
There are regulations, and then he will entrust a group of craftsmen who so far he thinks are worthy of the title.
These craftsmen's titles are also paid out by the emperor's inner treasury, just like the royal family and nobles. The outer court cannot dictate and bypass the outer court.
As a result, the Ming Dynasty had several promotion systems.
The first set, and currently the most respected system, is the imperial examination system, which includes Tongsheng, Xiucai, Juren, Jinshi, and officials of all grades. The first assistant is the first person in the civil service.
The second set is the mature inner court system. When you first enter the palace, you can only serve as a pawnbroker, a long-term follower, and an imperial servant. If you perform well, you can be promoted to a prisoner. After the prisoner rises, you will become a young prisoner and a young prisoner.
His immediate superior is the famous eunuch. Among them, the eunuch in charge of rites is the first person in the inner court.
The third set is the military system. Among them, the guard system is composed of small banners, general banners, hundred households, thousand households, and Dusi; while the camp sentry system is Wu Zhang, Shi Zhang, captain, sentry commander, general commander, and battalion officer.
.When there is a war, the commanders are the garrison, guerrillas, generals, deputy generals and general soldiers.
Originally, the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armed Forces was the highest officer of the army, but the Ming Dynasty was special. Instead, it was the Minister of War, a civilian official, who was the military boss. In layman's terms, it is to control military affairs with civil servants.
On top of the above three systems, there are also the titles of dukes, marquises and uncles. Generally speaking, it is easier for the lowest-status warriors to be granted titles based on military merit. In the two systems of civil servants and eunuchs, there are very few titles, among which eunuchs are
If you are ennobled, you will be more likely to be liquidated.
Nowadays, Emperor Chongzhen is preparing to add another craftsman system to correspond to the above systems. On top of the craftsman system, there are also Dukes and Princes. The most representative one is that Song Yingxing has been named the Science and Technology Uncle.
Of course, at this time, no one thought that Song Yingxing was a representative of the craftsman system. After all, he still had the status of a civil servant.
Emperor Chongzhen felt that he had too few scientific and technological talents at his disposal. He listened to Liu Weichao's advice and did not dare to forcibly include scientific examinations in the imperial examinations in this war-torn era. Otherwise, some scholars might be dissatisfied and oppose the imperial court.
If you join the bandits or other forces that oppose the Ming Dynasty, you will be in big trouble.
At least because thieves have always been popular in pursuing stolen goods for payment and robbing large households for military purposes, it is basically difficult for scholars to recognize them.
After so many years, the bandits became popular and the imperial court was unable to eradicate them. Only then did some scholars finally join the bandits.
But, to be honest, the quality of these scholars, or the level of these scholars is not high, but for the thieves, having scholars join them is even more powerful.
For example, Niu Jinxing was a Juren, and Li Yan was also a Juren. They proposed to Li Zicheng the political slogan of equalizing land and freeing grain, thus changing the transformation of Li Zicheng's bandits to the road of conquering the world; and Song Xiance was Li Zicheng's military advisor.
, but my profession is fortune telling. I should have read some books, but I definitely don’t have any good reputation, otherwise I wouldn’t make a living by telling fortunes.
On the other hand, Fan Wencheng was a scholar who took the initiative to join Jianlu and played a very important role in the growth of Jianlu and his entry into the customs to become the world leader.
All this shows how much trouble it will cause for scholars to join the opposition forces of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, even Emperor Chongzhen did not dare to change the imperial examination system, which most affected the interests of scholars. He could forcefully implement new policies, but he could not prevent some newly resentful scholars from defecting to the rebels.
In the end, it was under Liu Weichao's suggestion that he planned to use the craftsman title. At least on the surface, it had little to do with the conflict of interests of scholars.
Emperor Chongzhen then devoted all his attention to this aspect. As for the military aspect, it was naturally left to Sun Chuanting, Du Yinxi, Xie Xuelong and others.
After summarizing the current world situation with Liu Weichao, Emperor Chongzhen devised a countermeasure that Sun Chuanting would lead the armies in the Central Plains to encircle and suppress the scum Zuo Liangyu, and take advantage of Li Zicheng's opportunity to annex Luo Rucai to exert pressure and attack Li Zicheng's troops without giving him any chance.
He was at ease with the opportunity to integrate the army.
As for Qin, it has been integrated for half a year. As long as Tongguan is guarded, Qin will not be attacked by bandits. On the other hand, Emperor Chongzhen is a little worried about Shu.
Because according to the history provided by Liu Weichao, Zhang Xianzhong would jump into Shu again after losing his foothold in Jiangnan.
For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen has spent 800 miles hastening to send an edict to Du Yinxi: He will command the war in Qin and Shu, and stop the bandits. At present, it is most likely that Li Zicheng's troops will jump in from the west.
The possibility of Shu.
As for the talents Du Yinxi used, in addition to those in Qin, Emperor Chongzhen also found that according to the information provided by Liu Weichao, Du Yinxi had a secret decree given to him as early as when Du Yinxi left the capital for Qin.
It can be said that with the help of Liu Weichao, Emperor Chongzhen can be regarded as a wise and wise emperor who can make calculations.
With this arrangement, he no longer had to worry about military matters.
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No, outside the gate of the Governor's Mansion on the Three Sides of Guyuan, a group of dusty people have just arrived.
The man at the head was very young, probably in his early twenties, and had a good-looking appearance. What was even more surprising was that the person closest to him turned out to be a beautiful woman.
This beauty, like him, is wearing armor and has a heroic appearance. She looks like a heroine at first glance.
"Sir, this is the Governor's Mansion!"
Listening to these words, this hero among women is actually the wife of the young man in charge. She is both talented and beautiful, what a beautiful couple!
The young man listened, nodded, immediately got off his horse, and said to a group of people behind him: "Everyone, we are here!"
A group of people behind him heard this and dismounted one after another.
These people all have one characteristic: they are strong and powerful, but some are even older than him.
As they dismounted, they talked to the young man in various directions.
"Mr. Zeng, I followed you because of your reputation. I won't go all the way in vain, right?"
"Old Li, you shouldn't have said this. Mr. Zeng is so eager for public justice, how could he lie to us!"
"That's right, Brother Yu is right. I, Hu Mingfeng, will obey Mr. Zeng alone. If he calls me, I will come. Even if it is a lie, I will do it willingly!"
The tallest man in the crowd heard their conversation and said loudly: "I am a powerful Jinshi, and I am willing to give up my official position and come with Mr. Zeng. What are you talking about!"
Upon hearing what he said, that old Li smiled and said: "What's wrong with you, Jinshi Wu? Aren't you just a petty official, depressed and frustrated? If you were a garrison or a guerrilla, would you still come?"
They were laughing and talking, and a person at the front of the crowd saluted the young man, Master Zeng, and said, "Master Zeng, please wait a moment. I will go and report it to the Governor!"
Then, under the watchful eyes of the crowd behind him, he went to the door of the Governor's Palace and actually entered without even showing his badge.
Seeing this scene, the crowd behind them became silent.
They have always been doubtful, thinking that this person's identity may not be true. Now it seems that there is no problem.
And if the identity of the person who just entered is really correct, doesn't it mean that what Young Master Zeng said is true?
The dignified governor, who should be the new governor who just came to Guyuan from the capital and took office not long ago, could actually know about them and ask Mr. Zeng to come forward to recruit them to report to Guyuan?
To be honest, this conclusion surprised them very much, and they also felt that it was very impossible, which made them feel a little doubtful about Mr. Zeng’s invitation!
Apart from anything else, most of them are actually just ordinary people. They are just a tall man and ranked third among Wu Jinshi. However, they have been unsuccessful and suppressed by others, and finally returned to their hometown in Shu.
They couldn't imagine that they, not to mention the governor of Shu, even their magistrate, might not know about them. It was really strange that a governor from another province knew about them and asked Mr. Zeng to recruit them.
That’s weird!
In fact, let alone them, even the leader, Mr. Zeng, was equally strange.
Although his father was an official, he was just a minor official in the governor's office. Although he was eager for justice, his reputation was mostly among the people. Heroes and righteous men from all over the country all obeyed him, and that was all.
That’s it!
He still remembered very clearly at this time that when the governor's messenger came to the door, he thought he was a charlatan who came to fight against the autumn wind. Even if he took out the token and military order, he thought it was a forgery.
There is no other reason, it is just that this thing is so surprising.
Not only was he named to go to Guyuan to obey the order, but many names were also named for him to recruit to go to Guyuan together. The most surprising thing was that his wife's name was also named and she wanted to go with him.
This kind of thing, no matter how you look at it, is unreliable!
However, he could not prove that the messenger was fake. He was doubtful, and when he heard that the governor was actually Du Yinxidu, who suddenly became famous last year, his mind became active.
To be honest, a person with a certain ability would not be willing to lie dormant for the rest of his life.
However, he has no way to serve the country. Although he knows Chen Shiqi, the governor of Sichuan, because of his father's relationship, to be honest, he despises Chen Shiqi and thinks that Chen Shiqi is just a talker, good at literary matters, and his military equipment is simply inferior to him.
The kind that wants to yell.
Of course, Chen Shiqi also looked down on him as a warrior, even though he was versatile in both civil and military affairs and had a dignified appearance, so in the end he believed that the identity of the messenger was true, and recruited the people on the list to come to Guyuan Governor-General