dognovel Chapter 727 If we don't chop them into mincemeat, they're tough as nails!
Chapter 727 If we don't chop them into mincemeat, they're tough as nails!
Old Deng could stop the imperial examination system, but he couldn't stop the rotation of officials, since officials were also mortals who would also experience birth, aging, sickness, and death.
Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty itself was short of officials and bureaucrats. In addition, the officials of the Ming Dynasty had long been used to letting themselves go and would often cause trouble such as the Empty Seal Case and the Guo Huan Case, which led to a severe shortage of manpower in the Ming Dynasty from the court to the local government.
Faced with this situation, Lao Deng's choice was to let local officials recommend talented people. Whether they were famous, had a good reputation in their hometown, or were better at farming than others, they could all be recommended to the capital, where Lao Deng would personally meet them and appoint them to official positions.
To put it bluntly, Lao Deng's original intention was to get the officials to recommend more honest and simple people to serve as officials.
However, most of the so-called "talents" who were recommended were local gentry and elders, and there were hardly any ordinary people among them.
The reason why the situation of "recommending scholars who are illiterate and selecting filial and incorruptible officials who live separately from their fathers" did not occur was largely due to the fact that Lao Deng was still young at the time, and his butcher's knife was still sharp enough to frighten the officials.
Therefore, abolishing the imperial examination system and giving children from ordinary families ten years to study resulted in nothing but a wasted effort.
Ten years later, the children of local gentry and gentry, who had been holding back for a decade, rushed in to compete for the imperial examination slots.
What made Lao Deng even more desperate was that, ten years later, many children from poor families who had finally managed to study through the community school and become officials began to transform themselves and join the groups of local gentry and gentry.
Of course, it's one thing for them to join the gentry group, but it's quite another for the gentry group in Jiangnan to band together and exclude outsiders.
The gentry and bureaucratic class in Jiangnan were so audacious that they dared to create the North-South Examination Scandal.
"Many of these words contain forbidden language."
"Illicit in art and science."
Even when faced with Old Deng's wrath, the gentry and bureaucratic class in Jiangnan still dared to offer a whole bunch of nonsensical reasons.
In previous imperial examinations, there was no lack of understanding of both literature and science.
In the previous imperial examinations, no forbidden words were written.
So, as Emperor Zhu grew old and frail, the students from the north became bolder?
However, this time they won their gamble.
My great-grandson has passed away.
The girl also passed away.
My eldest son passed away several years ago.
Xu Da, Chang Heizi, Tang He, Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen, Hu Weiyong, these old brothers are all dead.
Faced with Zhu Yunwen, the crown prince who seemed impossible to help, the old emperor was like a tiger whose claws and teeth had been plucked. Apart from forcibly killing a few people, exiling a few people, and creating a list of candidates from the north and south, he seemed to be unable to do anything else.
Thinking of this, Yang Shaofeng suddenly smiled and softly hummed a line: "Flowers bloom and wither, filling the sky with blossoms~"
Emperor Zhu suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, glared at Yang Shaofeng and shouted, "What kind of nonsense are you singing? It sounds so awkward to us!"
Yang Shaofeng chuckled twice and said, "This is just a little tune that I overheard by chance, and I just hummed it off the cuff."
awkward?
It's okay if it feels awkward!
This is a legendary song that is famous throughout the martial arts world.
The fourth brother might be happy to hear this, but how could you, the old man, be happy to hear this?
Emperor Zhu glared at Yang Shaofeng with suspicion.
Is this bastard sent by God to cause us trouble?
It's one thing for his memorials to annoy us, but why does even his humming of a folk tune make us feel uncomfortable?
It must be that bastard's fault!
After glaring at Yang Shaofeng again, Emperor Zhu gave a slight hum and said, "We know what's going on with the imperial examinations."
"The current situation is quite obvious."
“In the past, only children from official, gentry or wealthy merchant families could study. The so-called imperial examination was to select people from their families to become officials.”
"But things are different now, very different."
Emperor Zhu grinned and laughed heartily, saying with a smug look on his face, "We abolished the imperial examination system, but we opened a special examination for ten years. This is to force them to come out and become officials as soon as possible."
"In the past ten years, whether it's Ningyang County, Dengzhou Prefecture, or more than twenty other counties such as Zunhua and Jinghai, community schools and county schools must have already been established."
"In the past ten years, how many scholars have Ningyang County, Dengzhou Prefecture, and those other twenty-odd counties produced for us?"
Pointing in the direction of Liu Miao Village, Emperor Zhu continued, "This time there are sixteen more. Twenty-six plus sixteen, that makes forty-two counties."
“We are short-handed, so we will transfer people from Ningyang County, Dengzhou Prefecture, and these forty-two other counties.”
"Are they trying to manipulate us?"
"Shit!"
"They're tough as nails if they don't chop them into minced meat!"
As Emperor Zhu finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng was completely stunned.
No.
Is Old Deng suffering from some serious illness?
He was not worried about the bureaucratic gentry group in Jiangnan, but instead kept a close eye on himself and his students.
Yang Shaofeng smacked his lips and asked, "Does Father-in-law mean to send students from the North to compete against them?"
Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Shaofeng and asked with a mocking expression, "What are they? Are they worth our time to fight them?"
“We’re promoting students from the Ningyang County faction, and it’s not about competing with them.”
"We value the students from Ningyang County. They are bold, decisive, and capable of getting things done. We trust them to be people-friendly officials, understand?"
Having finally found an opportunity to mock his son-in-law, Emperor Zhu pressed his advantage, saying, "This is a strategy; you wouldn't understand even if I told you."
Yang Shaofeng was still a little confused.
Can someone explain to me what it means that even if I explain it, I still won't understand?
Who gave Lao Deng the confidence to think that he was not as smart as the official?
Just as he was about to retort, Emperor Zhu pointed to a group of second-generation nobles in the courtyard of the Ningyang County Hundred-Household Office of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
"See these three hundred idiots?"
"These are three hundred sons of noble families, carefully selected by our Biao'er."
"Although it's a bit foolish, how many bannermen, centurions, chiliarchs, and even commanders from Ningyang County will they get to know in two years?"
"Do you think you can succeed in reforming the garrison system and the military system without these three hundred idiots?"
In the courtyard, the group of second-generation nobles, whom Emperor Zhu had called three hundred idiots, were already drenched in sweat from the sun.
As the head instructor of these three hundred idiots, Li Hai, the captain of the Ningyang County Hundred-Household Office of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, paced back and forth while smiling and saying, "Hot, isn't it?"
"Are you tired?"
"If anyone can't stand it, they can stand up now, and I will immediately send someone to take them to the Prince Consort's residence."
"I know that you are all related to the Prince Consort. Many of you will call him brother-in-law. When you arrive at the Prince Consort's residence, he will definitely treat you well."
As soon as Li Hai finished speaking, Chang Mao rolled his eyes.
It's correct to call him brother-in-law.
But are you sure your brother-in-law will treat us well?
Tsk tsk, his venomous mouth could definitely kill someone with his insults. Sister Yu'er would probably help him insult people. Sister Jin'er doesn't insult people, but she can write letters. If she writes a letter all the way to the capital, my sister would probably come all the way from the capital to Ningyang County to beat up your Master Mao.