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In the early dynasty, the ministers all found that the emperor looked good today, and he always had a smile on his face.

The three-way army has won successive battles, and the domestic reform is also going smoothly, and the opposing vassal kings have been greatly exploited by him, and Zhu Youzhen is of course very happy.

Today, he received another piece of news that made him even happier, not only was the Eastern Capture Tartars of Korea completely annihilated, but the Joseon Dynasty also decided to revoke the name of the country and make Korea a province of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen sat on the dragon chair, and the eunuch immediately shouted:

"There is a morning music, and there is no retreat."

As soon as the eunuch's voice fell, Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out of the class with an ivory board in his hand:

"Your Majesty, the minister has a good song."

Zhu Youzhen nodded:

"Quasi-play."

"Your Majesty, the Daming scientific examination was supposed to be held this year, but because of the chaos in the Liukou, the examination has been delayed until now, and it has not been carried out, after the anti-corruption campaign, a group of officials were killed, and now it is the time for the Ming Dynasty to employ people, and the minister asks His Majesty to order the resumption of the examination."

The imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty

The most prominent expression of the institutional content of the imperial examination is expressed through the organizational form of the imperial examination, which is most prominently characterized by the three-level examination in the Ming Dynasty.

That is, the detailed measures of the township examination, the general examination, and the palace examination and the patterned requirements of the eight-share examination, the township examination time is basically opened every three years except for a few cases.

From the very beginning, the quota of the township test was clarified, so as to avoid the occurrence of regional disputes caused by the uncertainty of the quota distribution to a certain extent.

After the end of the township examination, it entered the second level of the imperial examination, that is, the stage of the examination, the location was set in Beijing, and because it was held in the spring, it was also called "Chunqiu".

The palace examination is the last level of the three-level imperial examination, also known as the court examination, that is, the emperor personally asks the candidates above the palace and decides the top three rankings of the first-class jinshi.

The content of the examination, compared with the first two examinations, is much simpler, only one test, the status of the Jinshi admitted to the palace examination is a prominent feature of the palace examination in the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, "Chinese and foreign scholars were all advanced by the imperial examination, and those who were not subject to the imperial examination did not have to be officials", a generation of famous ministers Zhang Juzheng, who was a well-known prodigy since he was a child, was admitted to the Xiucai at the age of 12 and was a jinshi at the age of 23.

The Ming Dynasty government used Bagu Wen as the standard style for the selection of scholars in the imperial examination, and from the perspective of subjective motivation, there was also an understanding of unifying the standard from the perspective of examination.

Nowadays, people call it a standardized test, which has a certain reason, because it is conducive to the marking and evaluation of large-scale public examinations, and at the same time, it also has the purpose of examining the writing ability and language proficiency of the test takers.

As a large-scale national unified examination, the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty created an excellent example.

That is to say, under the systematic project of school training, graded selection, imperial examination, and political election of officials, a kind of government initiative behavior will be transformed into a kind of behavior of people consciously participating and the government and society interacting.

Zhu Youzhen did not know much about the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, and since the Ministry of Rites Shangshu proposed to restart the scientific examination, he decided to reform the content of this year's scientific examination.

"I'm going to play it."

"But this year's system and the content of the scientific examination, I decided to change it, so that the candidates who passed the first stage of the examination will all gather in Beijing within 15 days, and I will personally come up with the questions."

Fan Jingwen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, bowed down:

"Weichen obeys the order, I don't know when the saint will come up with the question?."

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and said:

"This year, candidates only need to write an article, and as for the exam questions, after retreating, you can go to my imperial study to pick it up."

"Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order."

Fan Jingwen was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand what the emperor meant, and he walked normally and reliably in three steps, namely the township test, the meeting test and the palace test.

But the emperor's meaning seems to be in one step.

Seeing that Fan Jingwen didn't figure it out, Zhu Youzhen didn't explain to him in the court, and was ready to discuss with him after the tide receded.

Subsequently, the ministers of several departments such as the Cabinet Department played the book one after another, and played some matters under their jurisdiction to the emperor.

Generally speaking, all the work of the Ming Dynasty is proceeding step by step, and the living standards of the people are gradually improving, but at present, the northern region is still dominated by the imperial court.

The previous wasteland has been cultivated, and the crops planted in the fields are not yet ripe, and it is estimated that in two months, the relief of the imperial court can be stopped.

After everyone finished playing, Zhu Youzhen motioned to the eunuch to read out a recital, which was a good news sent by Sun Chuanting.

The eunuch opened the recital and began to read:

"North Korea Kaibao, the Ming Left Route Army Sun Chuanting played Your Majesty, thanks to the Son of Heaven Hongfu, the entire territory of North Korea has been recovered, and the Eastern Tartars have been annihilated.

The puppet Li dynasty took the initiative to abdicate and announced the cancellation of the Korean national name, and North Korea voluntarily became a province of the Ming Dynasty, and asked the saint to name it.

In addition, Lu Aiguo, the son of the former military department and the heroic martyr Lu Xiangsheng of the Ming Dynasty, led the rebel army and the Left Route Army to resist the enemy together, and countless soldiers were killed in battle.

They have made great sacrifices and contributions to the restoration of Korea by our Ming Dynasty, and I ask the Son of Heaven to give them a reward."

After the eunuch finished reading, the court hall suddenly boiled.

"It's amazing, this is a great thing, not only to recover North Korea, but also to have an extra piece of territory in my Ming Dynasty, and Sun Dudu has worked hard."

"What? North Korea's abolition of the national name and the return of the Ming Dynasty is a great thing, and the current Ming Dynasty is really upside down and unprecedentedly powerful."

"That's right, some time ago, the Liukou besieged the Jingshi, the Ming Dynasty was in danger, when today's son turned the tide, now not only annihilated all the Liukou, but also the powerful Eastern Bandit Kou was also beaten into a shrinking turtle, the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty is about to open, and the saint is wise."

The ministers smiled and discussed, and then they all bowed down in front of Zhu Youzhen and shouted in unison:

"Congratulations to the Holy Lord, my emperor is comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu"

Zhu Youzhen is also full of joy, now above the court, the power of the civil and military generals is balanced, and everyone is working hard for the revival of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, those clear gossip officials who didn't do anything and stared at the shortcomings of heroes all day long, at this time, they couldn't see any of them, and no different voices appeared.

"All Aiqing quickly get even, the opening of the prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty does not depend on me alone, but on the joint efforts of all the people and ministers of the Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live, Wei Chen will definitely die for Daming."

After Zhu Youzhen asked everyone to calm down, he immediately passed the order:

"I have decided to take Korea as a province of our Daming, and the name of Korea is given by Taejo, which will remain unchanged, and at the same time initiate land reform and exempt taxes for five years.

After five years, agricultural and commercial taxes were reinstated, but to a lesser extent, to half of those in the interior.

Only when their lives are prosperous can they appreciate the benefits of integrating into the Ming Dynasty, and the Korean military and people will be loyal to our Ming Dynasty.

The supreme governor of North Korea has the cost of garrisoning the army sent by the Ming Dynasty, and after five years, the Korean province will bear it itself, but the composition of the army members must be loyal to the Ming Dynasty before they can join the army.

At the same time, Lu Aiguo was crowned as the hereditary Marquis of Pingdong, and Lu Aiguo was officially appointed as the governor of the Ming garrison in Korea, responsible for the security of North Korea.

In addition, for the restoration of North Korea this time, the righteous army that killed the Tartars from the east was awarded the title of Daming National Guard, and continued to follow Lu Aiguo to garrison North Korea, which was tax-free for life.

In addition, he ordered Sun Chuanting and Li Dingguo's troops to immediately enter the Eastern Liao from Korea to fight after resting, and after entering the Eastern Liao, the troops were divided into two routes.

The first road entered the area of the Great Khing'an Mountains and the Lesser Khing'an Mountains, and if the eastern Tartars retreated, they would be blocked from retreating into the mountains. ”

The Second Route Army was stationed at the foot of Changbai Mountain, and once it found the Eastern Tartars, no one would be left, and no matter who they were, they would be killed. ”