In a year and a half, Nanjing City has not changed much, what was Ma Sanbao like when he left, and what was it like when he came back, he once thought that everything would be human and wrong, but he thought about how long he had been in this world, where did things come from and what people were wrong, and it was not hundreds of years later.

The palatial palace is not far away, the palace is heavily guarded, and the soldiers are patrolling outside the palace in heavy armor, for fear that someone will break into the palace to assassinate Zhu Yuanzhang, and the tree is very popular, Zhu Yuanzhang is the biggest tree in the Ming Dynasty, don't look at the civil and military officials who are loyal to him on the surface, and there are many traitors like Hu Weiyong.

In the center of the palace, is Zhu Yuanzhang used in the main hall of the dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang leaned on the dragon chair, at this time has already retired from the dynasty, the arrival of Ma Sanbao made Zhu Yuanzhang open his eyes that were recuperating, he looked at Ma Sanbao, restrained the usual majesty, looked amiable, smiling, this child who returned from the border area made Zhu Yuanzhang like it.

Ma Sanbao looked at the emperor, two years have passed, the emperor seems to be more energetic, not like a middle-aged man, I have to admit that Zhu Yuanzhang is an emperor who has lived for a long time, and his crown prince Zhu Biao can't wait for Zhu Yuanzhang to die and succeed to the throne, so Zhu Yuanzhang can experience a white-haired person to a black-haired person in advance, of course, this is all a future story.

"See Your Majesty! His Majesty the Great Ming Holy Bow Ann! Ma Sanbao bowed and said, facing Zhu Yuanzhang, there should still be etiquette, and the prince beside him hurriedly reminded, "Kneel down and see Your Majesty!" ”

"It's okay, this is not the last court, there is no need to pay attention to so many monarchs and ministers, I still have something to ask Wen He this time, I have to ask people, why do I need to pay attention to so many etiquette? I think that at the beginning, I also climbed all the way up from the commoners, and there are some etiquettes, that's it! Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, not that he didn't pay attention to it, but now he has something to ask for.

Ma Sanbao was a little surprised when he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang had a request for himself, he still didn't know about some of the recent events that happened in Beiping, Nanjing and the southern battlefield, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a confused face, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Zhu Yuanzhang's gourd.

"I don't know what Your Majesty ordered to transfer his ministers from the Northeast Theater back to Nanjing City this time? Is it because of some conditions in the Southern Theater of Operations? The minister was eager to know about his family's situation. Ma Sanbao asked, the battle in the southern theater has ended, but so far, he has not received a single clue about his family, and now, he is a little unsure whether his family is safe.

"There is no problem with your family, I will arrange them properly, you can rest assured, as for the reason why I came back to you, is that I feel that Daming lacks some literati and wants to hold the imperial examination again, Wenhe, what do you think?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, at first he didn't like the imperial examination, it was precisely because of the fraud in the imperial examination, but without the imperial examination, the fresh blood of his country would be reduced, and it would be impossible for this group of old officials to die without a new person to replace them, right?

The imperial examination was indeed abolished by Zhu Yuanzhang for a period of time in the normal history, and it was the year in which Ma Sanbao was in which the imperial examination system was restored, but when he thought of the imperial examination, Ma Sanbao frowned, the imperial examination is much more absurd than the education system of his society, although the imperial examination can select talents, but the imperial examination system still has many drawbacks.

"In Yichen's opinion, the imperial examination is really too backward." Before Ma Sanbao's words fell, what responded to him was Zhu Yuanzhang's stunned, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little angry, so frightened that Ma Sanbao suddenly didn't dare to speak.

"Wenhe, you think that I am a little backward in the imperial examination, then you must have a good idea, you might as well speak it out and listen to it." Although Zhu Yuanzhang was a little angry and frowned, he thought that Ma Sanbao had done too much incredible things in front of him before, and he felt that he had to let Ma Sanbao continue.

By Ma Sanbao's side, the prince was in a cold sweat, and it was estimated that there was only Ma Sanbao who dared to scare the current saint like this, even if it was a relative of the emperor or the former prime minister, no one dared to think that Zhu Yuanzhang's system was backward in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"The minister thinks, the Ming should strengthen the education system, now most of the people can not afford to go to private school, according to the minister's view, should open nine years of compulsory education, so that the children of the whole Ming can afford to go to school, at least be able to learn some knowledge, some people are relying on the imperial examination to turn over, and there are still too many people who have been doing nothing all their lives, in addition to farming and weaving is to live a life of no clothing and food, according to the minister's view, we should clear all the illiteracy, so that all the children, can enter the school, And with six and three years as a boundary. Ma Sanbao said slowly, he looked in the direction of Zhu Yuanzhang from time to time, only to see Zhu Yuanzhang's constricted brows slowly stretched, although he couldn't understand what Ma Sanbao was saying, but Zhu Yuanzhang was still very curious about what Ma Sanbao said, the nine-year compulsory education was really beyond the scope of his cognition.

"I'm curious, what is the nine-year compulsory education system?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"I opened a school in the Ming court, subsidized the admission fees of all students, and all the fees of Mr. private school were borne by my Ming court, after all, we collected so many taxes from the people, and it was considered that the wool was out of the sheep, and the people only needed a small amount of money to let the children go to school, and after nine years of compulsory education, they could take the high school entrance examination similar to the imperial examination, and divide the class according to their grades, and the upper part can also continue their studies. As the saying goes, there is no end to learning, live to be old, learn to be old! Ma Sanbao bowed and said, in his previous life, he served while studying when he joined the army, and obtained a master's degree.

Hearing that the imperial court was going to do it, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, this is a lot of expenses, it is not an easy thing to let all the children go to school, especially for nine consecutive years of training, which is equivalent to the study fee given by the imperial court to one person for nine years, Zhu Yuanzhang is reluctant to pay this large amount of money.

"Your Majesty, in fact, it doesn't cost much, according to the ministers, each private school gentleman only needs one or two silver taels a month, and nine years will not use too much, and we only need to pay 100,000 taels of silver dollars for education, plus a small amount of tuition fees from the people, the wool is from the sheep, and the taxes and fees collected by the imperial court every year are a lot, if you can cultivate talents, this is a good enough deal." Ma Sanbao said, today's private school Mr., even some of them can not earn one or two silver two a month, Ma Sanbao believes that this must be a very suitable business, 100,000 taels of silver per year for the cultivation of talents, Zhu Yuanzhang was moved, especially the cultivation of talents from all over the country, it only takes nine years of survival of the fittest to know, and according to Ma Sanbao, the examination is more fair and centralized, the country uses the same set of papers, and at least ten officials around the country carry out correction and supervision, to a large extent to eliminate the occurrence of fraud and briberyThe biggest examiner in every place is the prefect, if the bribe is paid to the prefect's head, then the prefect is basically a dead end.

"Wenhe is extremely much, Rong Zhen thinks about it, after all, the cost of 100,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, this has to be discussed with the household department, after all, the power of the treasury property is in the hands of the household department." Although Zhu Yuanzhang was moved, but if he wanted him to pay, he was still very picky, don't look at Daming, he not only earns one million taels of silver a year, but also many officials' salaries need silver taels.

"This is very simple, we mobilize rich businessmen and landlords to donate money, pretend to give them a little benefit, a little verbal praise and honor, they will definitely contribute to our education, of course, after creating nine years of compulsory education, we should pay attention to the equality of all beings, I think that if the rich businessmen and landlords feel that their children can go to a cheap school, it is estimated that they will also be happy, after all, there is competition, there is hard work." Ma Sanbao said with a smile, for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang's body was shocked, and he was a little happy when he heard that he wanted to let the rich merchant landlord pay money, most of the rich merchant landlords earned a lot of silver taels and sucked the blood of the people all day long, and as an emperor, he did not seek benefits from the people so often.

"The main source of wealth comes from wealthy merchants and landlords, if it can be successful, the minister is willing to work with His Royal Highness to support the education of the Ming Dynasty." Ma Sanbao said that he and Zhu Di's Tiandi people can earn a lot of silver taels a year, and now even their silver vault can't hold the silver taels they earn, even pawnshops and silver shops are unwilling to collect the money they earn, this is just the opportunity, so they donate for the sake of the court.

"Yes, yes, I promised, from the second half of this year, the examination will be implemented, and the nine-year compulsory education of Wenhe will be implemented, come to people, find the household department and the Ministry of Rites, I ask the country to set up private schools, just like Wenhe, public private schools, all expenses and Mr. salary, borne by the imperial court, but the imperial court will levy more taxes on the landlords' mansions to make up for the economic pressure of the imperial court, if they take the initiative to donate, they can reduce the tax expenses, and the imperial court will give a return!" Zhu Yuanzhang said that he followed the same example, and learned from Ma Sanbao's words how to make money from rich businessmen and landlords.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang agreed with his statement, Ma Sanbao couldn't help but be complacent in his heart, the first step to change Daming is education, his so-called nine-year compulsory education is just the beginning, and then he plans to promote the university in Daming, of course, everything depends on whether the nine-year compulsory education can be successfully implemented in Daming.