Chapter 106 It smells so good
Zhu Houzhao also guessed that once the regicide case began and the killings started, it would definitely lead to a large reduction in the number of officials in the DPRK and China.
Therefore, he has long thought about the method of starting the examination-based official selection system and opening Enke.
In the past, when the Ministry of Personnel selected officials, they wanted those who were qualified to be officials to apply for the position first, and then the Ministry of Personnel would fill any vacancies when there were vacancies.
Not only does this easily lead to corruption and the inability to appoint the right people to the right officials, it is also very inefficient. Many people have to wait for many years to get an official position, and it may not be an official position that they are satisfied with.
Zhu Houzhao has now passed the unified official selection examination and can announce all vacancies at once on a regular basis.
It is up to the candidates to choose the official department themselves, and at the same time, the method of selecting officials can be made up after registration and passing the exam.
In addition, it also allows each functional department to select suitable officials according to their own needs. It can be said to have the characteristics of two-way selection, which is no different from the civil service examination in later generations.
Coincidentally, the current large number of official vacancies is also the best opportunity for Zhu Houzhao to establish an examination and selection system.
However, this can ensure that a large number of officials who are more suitable for court administration will be recruited in a short period of time.
However, according to the current actual situation in the Ming Dynasty, most scholars, especially the more outstanding ones, would choose to be selected by the court after passing the Jinshi examination. Therefore, Zhu Houzhao had to open the Enke again.
As the emperor, Zhu Houzhao started the civil service examination system in the Ming Dynasty, especially at the central level. It was not difficult.
But the most difficult thing is that it is impossible to change the phenomenon that society attaches great importance to the imperial examination and despises other avenues of civil service in a short period of time.
And Kai Enke can naturally guarantee to recruit outstanding scholars at this time.
The intellectual class of the entire Ming Dynasty society only cares about the imperial examination. Whether you select officials in the imperial court to fill in the vacancies or take exams, it is just a game for those losers in the scholar forest. As a person who is confident that he will rise to the top officials For most students, entering the Imperial Academy as a Jinshi is the right path.
At present, the imperial examination in the 18th year of Hongzhi has just passed. For most of the candidates who failed, they are still more or less unwilling to accept it. Many have not even left the capital. Now, when they heard that the imperial court was going to open Enke again, they all responded. !
Zhang Cong, who was also living in the capital, had already failed the imperial examination for the third time. Naturally, he felt disappointed. He wrote several baskets of poems about his unappreciated talents, and decided to stay in Beijing to study in the Imperial College, vowing to take the imperial examination.
Even when the imperial court announced that it was about to hold an official selection examination, Zhang Cong, like most of the scholars who were stranded in the capital, did not take it seriously. He even committed a common problem among literati, criticizing current affairs whenever he did not get what he wanted: "Although the three cabinet ministers committed regicide, which is a heinous crime, it is too cruel to punish the ten clans who rebelled against the party. Now, although our majesty is sinister, he is too ruthless. I am afraid that he will not be a blessing to the scholars in the future!"
"Brother Bingyong, be careful! Now that the city is full of minions of the East and West Factory, you are not afraid of being implicated in the regicide case. Even if you have a thousand mouths, you won't be able to explain clearly." His friend's name was Tang Ren, who hurriedly covered his face. Stopped Zhang Cong's mouth.
Zhang Cong hurriedly slapped Tang Ren's hand away in disgust: "I, Zhang Cong, have done my best, so why should I be afraid of Dongchang's minions! If I, Zhang, had a relationship with a traitor who rebelled against the party, would I have failed the imperial examination three times! Your Majesty is acting now Cruel, why can’t I say it?”
"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! The latest news from Huang Ming Bao. The Ministry of Rites has issued an edict to the world. In the first year of Zhengde, there will be another meeting to test Enke. If you have a son in Beijing, you can report it as soon as possible!"
At this time, the newsboy from Huangming News happened to appear in front of Zhang Cong.
Although Huang Ming Bao had only appeared in the capital city for less than two months, people in the capital were already used to this new thing. Seeing this, Zhang Cong rushed to grab a copy. After reading it, he hurriedly said: "Look I will have to stay at your house for a longer time. The examination will be held in April, and the number of Jinshi will be increased by 100. This shows that our emperor is very considerate of our hard-working students."
"Brother Bingyong, didn't you just criticize His Majesty a lot?" Tang Ren asked in confusion. "When did Zhang slander the current sage? The current sage can be said to be an unprecedented wise king. He killed powerful ministers at the age of fifteen, and recruited talented people through liberal arts. I, Zhang Cong, have been lucky enough to meet him in my three lifetimes. How could I have any feelings for him? Farewell, I’m going to prepare for the exam!”
After Zhang Cong finished speaking, he took the newspaper and left.
Seeing this, Tang Ren only shook his head helplessly.
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At the same time, Xia Yanze, the imperial son who also failed the imperial examination in the 18th year of Hongzhi, was writing a letter to his father Xia Ding at this time: "My father personally wishes to leave Beijing and return to his hometown on the tenth day of the first lunar month. Now the imperial court is committing regicide." Major cases are happening one after another, and many people are implicated. It is feared that the government will undergo major changes. The current emperor has the legacy of Taizu, which may not be the blessing of Shilin! "
Xia Yan did not dare to say clearly in the letter that Zhu Houzhao was a cruel king. He only said that he had the legacy of Taizu and he believed that his father would understand what he meant.
But at this time, his servant came to report: "Sir, people from the Ministry of Rites are here. The court will hold a meeting in April of the first year of Zhengde to test Enke, and there will be an additional one hundred places."
When Xia Yan heard this, he immediately tore up the letter and wrote again: "My father, may you be safe and sound. Everything is fine with my son in the capital. Don't worry about it. Now the Holy Lord has the style of a benevolent king. Although he is young, he has a great intention to govern. Now I beg even more Xian Ru Ke has decided to hold a meeting in April to test Enke. It can be said that the emperor's grace is great and he is very wise. I want to stay in Beijing and take the exam again. I hope to win the gold and laurels. It will be difficult to live in Chang'an. I hope to send another hundred taels of silver!"
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This can be regarded as a normal phenomenon in this era. No matter what dynasty they are in, no matter how harsh the emperor was to the literati, as long as they are given the opportunity to advance and stand out, they will exploit the people and govern the world. , their scars will be healed and they will forget the pain, and they will still regain their desire to "learn martial arts and bring goods to the emperor's family".
Even Zhang Cong and Xia Yan, who shone brightly during the Jiajing period in the original history, are no exception.
What's more, they were able to rise up in the officialdom in history simply because they were not moral defenders.
However, at this time, Zhu Houzhao still didn't know how many talents that were beneficial to the country he would recruit for this Enke Conference. He was about to explain to Wang Yangming the purpose of establishing the Capital University.
Zhu Houzhao knows that even if he is in power now, it does not mean that he can implement land reform, economic system reform or even open sea. The civil service group is still a powerful force, even if he has eliminated many of them through the anti-party case. But the system that is conducive to the expansion of the civil service group has not fundamentally changed.
Therefore, Zhu Houzhao can only start from places that do not involve the fundamental interests of the civil servant group to change the unreasonable system that may lead to the demise of the Ming Dynasty in the future.
Running schools, that is, popularizing education and disseminating new knowledge, is undoubtedly the most difficult way for this society to adapt at first.
What's more, Zhu Houzhao couldn't carry out reforms by himself. He had to have his own supporters and comrades. Therefore, he had to build a university to sow the seeds of future changes in Ming Dynasty, and also sow the seeds of open-mindedness and knowledge development before Ming Dynasty. Rather than just being stuck in the world of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, if you want to make this society full of vitality, remember to first make the ideological and cultural circles of this society full of vitality.
According to the original historical development, the Ming Dynasty will break through the barriers of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the ideological world in the future, bloom with splendid brilliance, and reach its peak after Wanli, and even begin to collide with the West at the same time, but unfortunately in the 17th century The mid-century came to an abrupt end.
But now, Zhu Houzhao decided to make the storm in the ideological world more violent in the future. One Wang Yangming is definitely not enough, there must be countless Wang Yangming. One Li Zhi is not enough, there must be more alien existences that attack the scholar-bureaucrat group!
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