Take off your pants and fart to fill in what your great-grandfather, grandfather, and father did. Liu Yu almost didn't recognize the four words of Raiding the Wing Guogong.

After filling in his name, place of origin, meritorious service, and background, he stretched out his hand and pressed the joint, and as soon as the rattling sound was broken, he lifted the pen and pulled sharply on the blank test paper.

This is not a live essay.

This is memorization dictation.

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On the evening of the second day, in the Heavenly Blessing Palace, the copied scrolls had already been delivered.

As a force that the emperor must master, the emperor always finds time to personally read all the papers in the autumn exam every three years.

Xunwei is hereditary of nobles, that is, he is familiar with some things about Jingying and Suwei, and when it is time to attack the lord, he will attack the lord. The previous generations can still be used, but by Liu Yu's generation, they are basically scrapped.

The top three assessed by the upper house of Wude Palace are more similar to the Lang officials of the Han Dynasty, as a talent reserve around the emperor, called the Dragon Guard.

It's not the same thing as the hereditary Xunwei, who is almost the eldest son, and it's not on the same line as the Jinshi who came out of the imperial examination.

The top three awarded the dragon guard, the first name is three, the second and third are selected from the third, and a few more are selected from the subsequent rankings.

In fact, it was the Lang officials of the Han Dynasty, but the number was rarer, and the selection method was not hereditary or recommended but an examination.

In the Han Dynasty, people such as Huo Quai, Zhang Qian and others also started from Lang Guan. After the imperial examination, this belonged to the "fortunate minister", the despised layer within the bureaucracy.

The difference is that the officials of the Han Dynasty were either filled by nobles or recommended, and there were a large number of them.

Whether the Han Shi Lang official can be used depends more on luck. If you are unlucky, you may be a Lang official for the rest of your life.

For example, Yan Si, the Lang official in the Han Dynasty, was still a Lang official in his seventies, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked him if he stumbled upon it one day. Yan Si said, I am good at martial arts, but Emperor Wen likes to be cultured; I look ugly, but when Emperor Jing was like to be handsome; When it was Your Majesty's turn to ascend the throne, Your Majesty liked young people like Champion Hou, and I was old......

These dragon guards in Dashun don't have to worry about this, they will be selected in three years, three, five, six or seven, and they can basically be used.

The government and politics, don't be clear, you have to do it right.

The Lang officials, hereditary princes, and imperial examination ministers from the Wude Palace formed a solid triangle.

The Langguan of Wude Palace is an extension of imperial power, and there are quite a few classifications of eunuchs in the previous dynasty, but they are not cut to eternity.

If the emperor trusts and thinks he has talent, he can be released and parachuted into the sand, or directly implement the emperor's will.

Most of the people who can get into the upper house are the descendants of the soldiers of the border army, the heirs of the veteran generals, and the children of the old fifth battalion.

To carry out nationwide education reform, Dashun can't afford it.

And it's easy to poke a hornet's nest.

But the education reform within the basic plate was decided as early as the time of Emperor Taizong.

Running a camp school, compulsory enrollment, layers of assessments, and repetition of the three rounding methods, and those noble heirs who don't understand bullshit but are destined to be officials go to Wude Palace to study, and most of the exams are also considered masterpieces.

The former dynasty's imperial village, the Tatar enclosure, the scuffle and massacre, the Liaodong plough court, and the cleaning of the old nobles of the previous dynasty provided enough land for Dashun to ensure the resettlement of these basic Panfu soldiers.

The complete misalignment of the content of the examination and the imperial examination, deliberately instigated by the imperial power, ensured the estrangement between them.

In the former dynasty, the land after the enclosure of the Huangzhuang and the Tartars was partially taken out to carry out the equalization of land and the 20-year Yitian system, which ensured that internal mergers were strictly prohibited, and the annual investment of one million taels ensured the number of basic scholars in the plate.

These people have the opportunity to be lang officials and take power, and the entire class will not be reduced to serfs in the military households of the previous dynasty.

suppressed the civil officials of the imperial examination together with the nobles, at least to ensure that the generals would not kowtow when they saw the civil officials like the third grandson.

And the reverse checks and balances of civil officials and nobles in the imperial examination ensured that these good sons and officials would not become Mamluks, Janissaries or Han generals.

Only three or five are elected every three years to serve as Lang Guanlong's guards, which can also be accepted by the civil servants, which is what Li Gan and Liu Yu called "justifiable".

He is the Son of Heaven, not the chief, once the imperial examination is opened, it is impossible to let whoever goes to the top, and the process that should be taken must be completed.

It can be regarded as an institutional guarantee, but in fact it is useless: Chongzhen, a son of heaven who ascended to the throne halfway, kills ministers like killing dogs. If the emperor really uses people casually, there is actually no power to stop it, it is just a kind of self-deception that both sides think is useful.

This is the pattern of political stability left by Emperor Taizong, and it is also the place where the civil officials of the imperial examination cannot reach out no matter what, so the emperor must pay attention to the selection of policies after the big examination.

The overall level of Confucian culture in Wude Palace is very sparse.

Most of the characters are written in general, and the words of righteousness and righteousness, and the morality of kings and politicians can also be ridiculed as bullshit by people and even talents.

In order to prevent the emperor from approving the handwriting when he saw that the handwriting was good, the scrolls were sent to the writing room, copied and then delivered.

This is not to prevent cheating, this kind of selection itself is cheating of the imperial power, but just to prevent the emperor from changing the selection of "Lang Guan" into the election of "Ci Chen" by looking at the beautiful handwriting.

In addition, the selection of the dragon ban is directly the third grade, from the third, the grade is too high, and the selection of the strategy should be selected by the old ministers in the Heavenly Blessing Palace, and the emphasis is on knowledge and talent.

As soon as the volume was delivered, it was only a few glances, and almost everyone guessed which one was Liu Yu's article.

Like a crow in a flock of pigeons, a lamb in a black pig, the whole style is completely different from what the rest of the people write.

The entire Tianyou Hall was silent, including Li Gan, all of them were carefully reading the historical strategy on the "Western Regions Issue" written by Liu Yu.

Nearly 6,000 words were sprinkled and several feet were written.

It's not that no one has written such a long story before, the bottom line of the strategy is 200 words, more than 200 words, if you want, no one cares if you write this golden bottle before it gets dark.

The reason why it can be seen at a glance that this is obviously Liu Yu's is because there are several appendices and charts behind it, and everyone present can't think of anyone other than Liu Yu who can make such a strange thing.

There is basically no controversy about the content of the previous historical theory.

First of all, let's talk about the Mongolian issue, because of the Mongolian legal code, the Yellow Sect has become the ethnic religion of Mongolia, so the snow-capped mountains must be controlled, otherwise Mongolia will not be stable.

And if the Snow Mountain wants to be controlled, the Hexi Corridor and Qinghai are in hand, and the Western Regions are also in hand, and only the Western Regions can threaten the religious holy land of Snow Mountain.

Later, he argued that the rise of the Xiongnu, Mongolia, and Later Jin could not rely on water and grass nomadism alone, and it was necessary to occupy agricultural land in order to be able to make enough armor, muskets, and cannons, so that it could really threaten the rule of the Central Plains.

The Dzungar Department occupies the Western Regions, where there are many cities and many handicrafts.

Since ancient times, the Western Regions have been the intersection of East and West, and the quasi-tribes can get muskets and cannons from Persia, Mughals, Rakshasas and other countries.

Therefore, the Dzungar tribe is stronger than the Khalkha tribe trapped in the Mongolian plateau.

Now that there is a Rakshasa rising in the north, if the Rakshasa is allowed to toss in the northwest, if the Rakshasa supports the Rakshasa in the future, then the risk of the dynasty is still very great.

In the south of India, there are also infiltrations from France, England and Rili. One day, if India is infiltrated, then the Western Regions will become a bridgehead against Westerners, and also a barrier to defend the snow-capped mountains and control Mongolia.

If the quasi-ministry could be split, three-quarters of the Mongol ministries would be in the hands of the national dynasty.

In this way, as the real suzerainty of the Mongol tribes, he can take the opportunity to lure the Kalmyks in the Rakshasa country, and in the future, he can disturb the Rakshasa people and become an important card in the future diplomacy with the Rakshasas.

Of course, it's just a hand, but it doesn't really support Kalmyk independence.

Because it was necessary for the two countries to divide up the Mongol heritage at the same time, the Mongol tribes could not be allowed to have an independent political entity and the submissive Mongol tribes could be separated.

But if you operate it well and master it well, it can be enough to disgust the Rakshasa people.

To sum up, no matter what, you must take back the Western Regions.

After arguing the necessity of taking back the Western Regions, he patted the emperor's ass again.

It is said that the emperor is wise and powerful, far-sighted, and powerful...... Anyway, all kinds of praise words were used, and the previous northern expedition to the Rakshasa made the Khalkha Department choose the right position at both ends of the first rat, opening up another route for the future recovery of the Western Regions.

On the one hand, the cannon fodder of the Mongolian tribes of the Khalkha Ministry can be used, and on the other hand, the threat of the quasi-Ministry makes the Khalkha Ministry pinch its nose and can only contribute to the construction of post stations.

Once the post station and military station are repaired, the army can choose to advance along the Hexi Corridor when marching into the Western Regions, and the elite will go straight to the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains from the Mongolian road, disrupting its essence, and turning defense into attack.

If that's all it takes, it's a good piece of policy.

The rhetoric is magnificent, reasonable, and rigorous.

With this, you can be the leader in the group of people in Wude Palace.

However......

That's only 1,200 words.

The real thing is still in the back.

The turning point behind was really a bit big, which made everyone present, including the emperor, all stunned.

I don't know if it's a dog's tail and a mink, and a snake is added?

Or is it a crested leopard tail and the finishing touch?

After these 1,200 words, the words changed, and with a twist in the story of carving a boat to seek a sword, it jumped directly to a deeper layer.

It is also this layer of jump that allows everyone present to be sure that this is Liu Yu's strategy.

Because he jumped out of the traditional concept of the world, but looked at it from a larger perspective, and expanded the concept of the world to 80,000 miles of Zhouhuan.

Looking at the issue of the Western Regions from the perspective of a larger world leads to a completely unexpected conclusion.

From the Mongol expedition to the rise of the Ottomans, to the discovery of the New World by Columbus, the Spaniards explored the silver mines in the Americas, and said that the Ming Dynasty led to a large inflow of silver, coupled with the indiscriminate issuance of paper money that led to the dishonesty of credit currency, which led to the official use of silver as currency during the Longqing period of the previous dynasty.

A whip law established silver as legal tender, but its popularization was followed by the Thirty Years' War in Europe and Japan's seclusion.

The Celestial Empire was already short of silver, and relied entirely on silver from Europe and Japan. The change of the tax law has led to a situation in many places where the price of grain is extremely low at the time of harvest, but the tax must be paid with silver, which has further burdened the bottom......

This is only a short period of less than 300 words, but the magnificence of the previous 300 years is encapsulated in the period.

Including Li Gan, all the people who read the paper read this, and they had a coherent mentality of being shocked, doubtful, and suddenly realized.

They never thought about why silver was a currency, they just took it for granted that silver was naturally money.

They were born as they were.

Their father and grandfather were still the same when they were born.

It's as natural as wearing yarn when it's hot and stuffing it when it's cold.

After reading these 300 words, they realized that even the things they took for granted were not so taken for granted, but because of various factors.

If the Ottomans had not risen, perhaps the Europeans would not have made great voyages.

If Spain had not discovered the Great Silver Mountain in South America, then the amount of silver would not be enough to complete the monetization of silver in Zhuxia, and if there was not enough silver, it would have to find a way to use Jiaozi banknotes.

These factors led to the fact that silver became the currency after the Longqing period.

The Thirty Years' War and Japan's lockdown were a point they didn't expect at all, and no one would have thought that a war 40,000 miles away would affect China.

Almost just this sentence deepened the impression that Liu Yu wanted to instill: the concept of the world has changed.

The real world is 80,000 miles around.

It is no longer the former Kyushu plus tributary vassal.

External changes can also greatly affect the stability of the Celestial Empire's rule.

Only when the concept of the world is different from before, can the follow-up statement of carving a boat and seeking a sword be tenable.

But no one of them continued to read, but only this, and they all stopped.

or frowning and pondering the logic, or taking a deep breath and secretly acknowledging the connection.

There is a shortage of silver mines in this dynasty, and they know it.

Before silver, copper coins and paper money were legal tender, and they knew it.

It seems that all of the above is really what it is.

The concept of the world is no longer the world it used to be.

The west wind can also rain from the east.

The shock brought by these 300 words is too great.

I don't want to believe it.

But I had to believe it.

Li Gan put down the scroll, told everyone to stop first, and couldn't help but ask, "What do you think, Liu ...... Uh, what this candidate said about silver, is there a point? ”

The emperor can be sure that this was written by Liu Yu, and everyone present can also be sure that it was written by Liu Yu, but it is always difficult to say it at this time.

A few Pingzhang things, you look at me, I look at you, and only after a while did he say, "Maybe it makes sense." The Celestial Empire has been short of silver since ancient times, and now there is also a shortage of copper coins, so Jiaozi was used more before the Ming Dynasty. Before the Song Dynasty, or as these people say, the population was not large, the trade was not extensive, and the corn was overcharged as a tax, and the coins were sufficient. After that, the population increased, and the goods were mixed, and silver was collected as a tax, and if there was not enough silver, it was certainly impossible to make money. ”

"Japan has a lot of silver, and the America of the West, according to his words, has a big silver mountain. The Celestial Empire is beautiful, and all of them can be exchanged for silver, which is an inflow of silver, and there is enough to make money. ”

"It's just that what he said about Japan's closure of the country, and the conflict between the old and new religions in the West, can affect the Celestial Empire? This...... No one had ever talked about it before. It sounds plausible, but is it really? ”

It is difficult to understand for a while, as if the saint never talked about it.

But these short 300 words are clearly organized, logical, and really difficult to refute.

While everyone was still thinking about this matter, Zuo Ping Zhangshi frowned and said, "Your Majesty, if this is true, then there is a big problem. ”

"With so much silver flowing into the Celestial Empire, it can make the Celestial Empire use silver as a tax currency, either from Japan or from the West.

"From the previous dynasty to the Longqing switch, to the year of Jiashen, it was only eighty years...... So much silver flowed in, and it came into the port to pay taxes. ”

"What about this tax? Why haven't you seen it? ”

In a word, it made everyone present stupid.

Li Gan also frowned, and said in his heart: Yes! What about taxes?

Since this silver has flowed in from outside, it is so large that the Celestial Empire can use silver as a tax currency, and what about the customs tariff for such a large amount?

The customs duties of the previous dynasty were confiscated so much.

Or, there is something wrong with Liu Yu's inference.

The silver of the Celestial Empire has existed since ancient times, but the predecessors were stupid and did not know how to use silver to add copper coins, so they had to use Jiaozi to make up for the lack of currency.

Either...... It's this tax that is very problematic.