Since electric lights were introduced in the palace, the closing time of the palace gate has been half an hour later than before.
The guards at the palace gate were a little surprised when they saw a group of officials in scarlet robes walking out of the palace gate.
Because they found that these senior officials of the Ming Dynasty had left the office so late, but they all looked very excited, and they were talking to each other in low voices as they walked away, as if they had something very exciting to do.
He eavesdropped on a few words with his ears raised, leaving these guards all confused.
"I knew it would be like this today, I should have taken care of these sideburns, they are so gray!"
"What does it matter? I have worked hard for my country and will be respected by future generations!"
"That's right, it's nothing. I'm the only one who regrets it. It seems like I blinked my eyes. Now that I think about it, I should have tried my best to play and try again!"
"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, maybe one card a year from now on, just don't blink next time!"
"..."
What is this? All the guards have question marks on their foreheads.
Early the next morning, Duke Zhongzhen Qin Liangyu was ordered to pay an audience. Emperor Chongzhen told Qin Liangyu the necessity and importance of returning to his native land.
As Liu Weichao expected, Qin Liangyu had no objection at all to Emperor Chongzhen's policy of returning the country to exile and directly expressed his support.
This kind of chieftain system is actually the product of compromise between the imperial court and the local government. If the imperial court is strong enough, it is inevitable to change this system. The reform of the chieftain system that started before is actually a precursor.
Now Emperor Chongzhen has perfected the strategy of reforming the native land and returning it to the locals, which does not leave the chieftains with no choice. From a certain perspective, it is a new negotiation strategy.
It's just that the imperial court is powerful, so this kind of negotiation is one-sided and there is no need for discussion.
Of course, if Qin Liangyu had any objections to the subtle details, Emperor Chongzhen would probably listen. At least Qin Liangyu had this qualification.
However, Qin Liangyu did not express any opinions on this strategy proposed by Liu Weichao and discussed by Emperor Chongzhen and his ministers. He directly supported it.
This made Emperor Chongzhen very happy and in a very good mood.
He secretly guessed that this might be because Qin Liangyu was Han after all.
In return, Emperor Chongzhen had other arrangements for Shizhu Chieftain.
Ma Xianglin will most likely choose a military general, so Emperor Chongzhen is planning to confer Ma Xianglin the title of Shizhubo and lead the Sichuan Army General.
Of course, this is not just for Qin Liangyu's face, but Ma Xianglin has indeed made many military exploits for the Ming Dynasty in the southern and northern wars. Compared with other chieftains, his contribution to the Ming Dynasty is the greatest. His title and actual position are both
It is higher than other toasts, I believe others have nothing to say!
After Qin Liangyu completed the communication, the official decree of the imperial court was issued in the afternoon.
Naturally, this new policy of reforming the country and returning it to the people did not have much repercussions in the capital. After all, this national policy had little impact on the people of the capital.
Of course, it still has a great influence on the Metropolitan Procuratorate and some civil servants, who want to go to the southwest to serve as officials.
Another action accompanying this policy of reforming the land and returning it to the countryside was to transfer Ma Shiying's troops from Jiangnan to Shu.
The several armies under Ma Shiying's command are all elites after reorganization. Now that Jiangnan has been reorganized, there is no need for elite divisions to be stationed here. It would be a waste to stay here.
There are a lot of chieftains in Shu. Whether it is to prevent them from happening, to scare them, or to suppress the rebellion after the chieftains are dissatisfied and rebel, an elite army like Ma Shiying's army is needed.
The governor of Xichuan was raised to a higher standard and changed to the governor of Sichuan. Ma Shiying took charge of the military and political power in Sichuan and completed the return of native land. Emperor Chongzhen also told Ma Shiying that if he did this well, he would be transferred to Beijing.
The original governor of Sichuan, Lu Daqi, was instead ordered to inspect the tax fields and grain crops in the Jiangnan provinces, that is, he was the imperial envoy who succeeded Ma Shiying to rectify the place.
Regarding the factory guards, Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyiwei, was transferred back to the capital, while Wang Dehua, the admiral of the East Factory, continued to stay in the south and continued to supervise the important tasks of rectifying the place.
Before Lu Daqi took office, Lu Jiude, the Nanjing garrison eunuch, was responsible for continuing to implement local rectification.
If the people in the capital were not very concerned about this series of changes in the imperial court, then the second imperial edict announced by the imperial court later caused a stir among them.
"Special scientific examination on geophysics? What does this mean?"
"What? As long as people from each province pass the preliminary examination, regardless of whether they have merit or not, they can take part in this scientific examination. If they pass, they can be used by the emperor?"
"Isn't it possible? Doesn't this mean that Tong Sheng can directly take the imperial examination?"
"Is this going to reach the sky in one fell swoop? Come on, come on, where can I buy books on studying physics?"
"..."
According to the suggestions of He Fengsheng and others, the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ming Dynasty finally issued a test paper and sent it to each province to organize an examination. Those who passed the examination could go to the capital to participate in this special scientific examination of geophysics.
Valley stasis
The reason why there is such a preliminary test first is because I am afraid that there will be too many people by then. No matter how many there are, some people will be screened out.
Because of Emperor Chongzhen's request, the time was too tight and there was no way to take care of many details, so we had to do this for now.
If there is fraud in the local area, it will naturally be investigated.
However, there must be some who cheated and passed, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't mind much about this. Because he actually only valued the scientific examination in the capital. As for the local area, there was no benefit in passing by cheating, and he had to come to the capital for a trip.
Just make some contribution to the Railways.
What is surprising is that this time the special examination on geophysics is divided into male and female subjects and is held at the same time. Regardless of whether you have a meritorious title or not, you can do it. As long as you pass the examination, you will be reused by Emperor Chongzhen, that is to say, you can be an official.
In this way, it can be said that the issue of women serving as officials has finally officially begun.
Chen Yuanyuan's case was just a special case, but now there are likely to be many female officials.
Suddenly, many people from the east, west, north, south, and all over the Ming Dynasty were attracted by beauties.
Needless to say, those who have the support of their parents and elders. Those whose parents and elders have older ideas and stubbornly do not want women to show up in public, their daughters secretly want to take the exam.
Of course, because there is no clear explanation in the imperial decree, of course, it may also be because this is the first time and I cannot take it into consideration. There are even situations where mothers, daughters, and even three generations of grandparents have to take the exam.
Also, most of the prostitutes here in the south of the Yangtze River are those who can recite poetry and paint, and have writing skills. After hearing about it, they stopped accepting customers and just closed their doors to study the science of physics, and also thought about taking this exam.
In short, this imperial decree shocked all the men and women, old and young, all over the Ming Dynasty.
Books on the study of physics were sold out in seconds. The government-controlled bookstores were working day and night to print books, but there were still long queues to buy books.
Naturally, pirated books also appeared. This was naturally not allowed, but at this time it was too late to take care of it.
Do you want to say it's a mess? It's absolutely a mess!
Emperor Chongzhen came up with this special imperial examination on geophysics, which was not only tight on time, but also unprecedented. Even after he discussed it with his senior officials of the Ming Dynasty, there were still many details that were not taken into consideration.
The Ming Dynasty was such a big country, and there were all kinds of situations. It was natural. It would be weird if it wasn’t chaotic!
For example, at this time, the most convenient way to travel is the steam train.
Therefore, wherever steam trains are operating, the steam trains will be full at once.
Taking a train is not only smooth, but also avoids the bumps and bumps compared to a horse-drawn carriage. You can also read a book on the way without wasting time on the road.
Suddenly, almost every passenger in the carriage had a book on the study of objects. They all happened to be fellow students, so they could discuss things with each other.
Therefore, tickets for this steam train are hard to come by.
In this case, a natural situation arises, that is, standing votes or adding stools.
As a result, the aisles of the train carriages were also crowded with people.
Not to mention, these passengers usually have bookboys and the like. They don’t have seats to sit on, so what should they do? Just sit on the roof of the train.
As a result, what was considered a spectacular scene in later generations also appeared in the Ming Dynasty!
Fortunately, the steam trains of the Ming Dynasty are not very fast, and you can still sit on the carriages.
Emperor Chongzhen came up with this special scientific research on geophysics. It was the most spectacular year in the history of scientific research. Countless stories were born and will be remembered by history.
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While various places in the Central Plains were busy with scientific research, in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting received the imperial decree regarding the change of land and return to flow.
He was very moved by this.
Sun Chuanting did not expect that as the coach, he would take responsibility for this defeat. Emperor Chongzhen not only did not pursue the case, but instead set the tone. This was because the court failed to do a good job and subsequently formulated a series of policies to assist him in handling southwestern affairs.
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It can be said that at this time, he really has no worries at all!
Sun Chuanting was very shocked by all the aspects of the imperial court's new move to reform the country. He also felt the emperor's determination, and he made up his mind to get this matter done!
The imperial envoy sent to him also handed over two things to Sun Chuanting.
One is a sample of Artemisia annua, which is used to treat malaria in the military; and it is also specifically stated that only this type of Artemisia annua has medical effects. The other type mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine, although similar, does not have the effect of treating malaria.
With this sample, Sun Chuanting can collect this drug locally and nearby to reduce the attrition caused by malaria in the military;
There is another thing, which is a sample of an iron kettle, which is the style of military kettle of later generations. Emperor Chongzhen asked the Bureau of War to build it, and asked Sun Chuanting to find a steel workshop in Huguang, purchase it for the military, and use it to cast this new kettle.
Distributed to the army.
All these show that the emperor attaches great importance to this southwest war.