After Hong Chengchou found Wen Tiren, Guo Yunhou and other bigwigs to study together, he came to a conclusion - these people who are building railways cannot participate in slave hunting.

It's not that Hong Chengchou doesn't want people to catch more barbarians, but these people all run to catch barbarians, and there is still a problem that the manpower left behind to repair the railway is still insufficient.

The most deceptive is Emperor Chongzhen, no matter what it is for, anyway, his old man said a word, and directly abolished the forced labor.

The most immediate consequence of the abolition of conscription was that the people were conscripted to work and received silver, which could not be used to death.

If these people run away to catch the barbarians, not to mention the problem of dying on the road and in the process of catching the barbarians, the pile of work left behind is enough for a headache.

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't think about how much headache Hong Chengchou and the others had at all - he still had a headache!

It is said that it is a change in the imperial examination system or something, but it has been implemented, but it is difficult to say how effective it is.

This kind of change will not be effective until at least many years later, and what I am most anxious about is the matter of time.

In the past 14 years, the imperial examination has not been completely changed, but a hammer in the east and a stick in the west have opened a few gaps, which is far from achieving the goal he wants.

If you don't say it, you still have to dig a hole.

Emperor Chongzhen, who was finally idle and didn't have to worry about cutting people in the court and military, once again set his sights on the internal problems of the Ming Dynasty.

Judging from the entire process of Daming singing coolness, except for the most fatal Xiaoice River natural disaster, there are only a few major problems left.

One is the problem of the vassal king, and now this problem is basically not a problem.

With the progress of moving the vassal kings and people overseas little by little, the large tracts of vacated land and a large number of newly vacated posts were enough to make the life of the Ming Dynasty better than half.

Rebellions in various places and Jiannu outside the border are not a problem - the rebellions in various places are rebellions because there is no food, and this problem basically does not exist after Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne.

As for the Jiannu, there are a lot of remnants of the Jiannu now, but at the moment, they are all fighting with the Mao slaves on the side of the Nuergandusi, where do they still have the courage to look south to Daming?

In addition to these old and difficult problems, the rest is the problem of the imperial examination.

Even if Emperor Chongzhen had already passed the discussion in the court before, he reduced all the preferential treatment from Xiucai to Jinshi again and again, which is a symptom but not a cure.

The biggest problem is that the population base of the Ming Dynasty is too large!

Unlike the original history after the rebellion and the purge of Jiannu, there were only tens of millions of people left, and the current population base of the Ming Dynasty has rushed to the 200 million mark.

And the social studies that Emperor Chongzhen had rebuilt before also dealt a heavy blow to Emperor Chongzhen at this point.

The base of 200 million people, even if only a quarter of the school-age children are enough, is 80 million.

Among the 80 million, even if only one percent of the children can achieve fame, it is enough to be 8 million, and it is estimated that there will be about 1 million.

Based on the calculation of a person giving 50 acres of preferential land, 1 million times 50 acres, is it 50 million acres?

That's more than 30,000 square kilometers.

If the concept of more than 30,000 square kilometers is not clear, then it is much simpler to use the area of two Chengdu cities as a metaphor?

You must know that the ten small countries in the bottom ten in terms of land area in later generations did not add up to 30,000 square kilometers!

Daming is not such a small place, even if it is Nuergandusi and Xinming Bird, it is not a problem to come a few more 30,000 square kilometers.

The problem is that it's not just that there are no taxes in these places, but that the population of Daming has always been in a positive growth situation.

When Chongzhen was thirteen years old, it was 200 million, and when Chongzhen was thirty years old, how much should it be? What about Chongzhen's fifty years?

Positive population growth means that there will be more school-age children, and compulsory social studies ensure that the number of scholars in the Ming Dynasty is also increasing.

Now we only need to think about the question of a million people, and what about a few decades from now? What about another 100 or two hundred years?

If tens of millions of lifters really appear, the Ming Dynasty doesn't have to do anything else, just how to appease these lifters is enough to kill - do you expect future generations to be all the same flat-headed brothers as themselves?

Anyway, there has to be a solution to this matter, otherwise leaving such a big mess for future generations, it is estimated that future generations will scold themselves in the same way as they scolded Zhu Chongba.

In addition to this headache, there are also the current problems of social studies, county studies, and even Guozijian, which are also headaches.

Now Daming's social studies, at best, are similar to the primary schools of later generations, and at worst, they are not much better than kindergartens, and they are even inferior to kindergartens.

Even the county schools and even the Guozijian above are actually similar in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen - Zi said that Shiyun taught very well, as for arithmetic, law, and gewu, these studies are basically equal to zero.

What's more, I still rely on the students' leisure time to study by themselves in addition to studying poetry and books.

This is not good, those children in later generations have been learning Chinese and mathematics since elementary school, and physics and chemistry have been added since junior high school.

As for anything like English, Emperor Chongzhen said that it didn't matter - in these years, Daming is the father of the world, and the language of Daming is the universal language of the world.

If you don't believe me, you can ask the natives like Megawa to see if they have any opinions.

After thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen still ordered someone to pass Wen Tiren, Meng Shaoyu and others into the palace.

If you want to start with social studies and the preferential treatment of these scholars, you have to discuss it with these ministers.

After the audience was over, and after listening to what Emperor Chongzhen said, Wen Tiren and the others fell into a deep pain.

Years? It's only been a few years?

Since the last time the preferential fields of the talents were cancelled and the preferential fields of the people were reduced to 50 acres, now they are going to start doing things again?

After thinking about it for a long time, Wen Tiren bowed down and said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, does Your Majesty mean to start with preferential treatment fields or social studies first?" ”

Wen Tiren didn't dare to play any dumb riddles with Emperor Chongzhen anymore - this kind of turmoil that would be done if it was not good would be better to open it up.

Emperor Chongzhen kicked the ball back to Wen Tiren very happily: "What does Wen Aiqing mean?" ”

Wen Tiren pondered and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is very involved, and it is far from a day's work, so it is better to think about it in the long run?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "I also know that this matter is not a day's work, so it is inconvenient to find all Aiqing to come and discuss?" ”

After finishing speaking, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head slightly and ordered: "Order someone to tell the queen that I will not dine with them today."

Also, let the imperial dining room prepare some meals, and leave everyone Aiqing to have a light meal with me today. ”

Wang Chengen naturally bowed down, turned around and ordered people to prepare, and the rest of Wen Tiren and the others were even more painful.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't invite guests to dinner many times, but every time it was a headache.

Anyway, judging by Wen Tiren's experience, if you don't say one, two, three, four, or five about this matter today, it is estimated that the matter will not be over.

However, what can these people do except stay for this meal? Could it be that he has already prepared the meal at home and wants to go back to eat?

The emperor invited guests to dinner, not to mention that the meal had been prepared at home, even if the house was on fire, he had to know that he had to finish the meal!

What's even worse is that Emperor Chongzhen just ordered someone to notify the imperial dining room to prepare, and this meal can't come up for a while and a half - isn't this time period just for letting his people find a way to come up with ideas?

In short, it's a headache.

However, a headache is a headache, this thing still has to be done, otherwise, Emperor Chongzhen's board will fall, who can stand this old arm and legs?

After thanking him, Wen Tiren turned his gaze to Meng Shaoyu: "What does Master Meng think about social studies?" ”

Meng Shaoyu muttered: "If you add arithmetic and Da Ming law to social studies, it is not impossible.

But what happens when it increases? Do you want to take the imperial examination? How to distinguish between Jinshi and Minglu and Mingsuan?

Taking this as an example, if the content of Gewu is added to the county school, how should the Gewu Department be distinguished from the Jinshi Department in the future?

Manpower is sometimes poor, and the energy of the students is also limited, if the Ming Calculation, Ming Law, and Gewu are added to the Jinshi Course, the road to the imperial examination will be ten thousand times more difficult out of thin air. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, but did not speak, just waited for Meng Shaoyu to continue.

This is indeed the case in later generations - even if you go to college, you will always learn a lot of content regardless of the content you don't use, but there will be a lot less content in junior colleges.

For example, calculus is a thing, he usually buys a vegetable or a cigarette or something, and he doesn't need it.

There is also English, as long as you don't plan to study abroad, many people don't need it a few times in their lives.

However, it would be pure to say that these things are useless at all - the meaning of undergraduate is to cultivate general-purpose talents on a large scale, and then subdivide them according to the direction of talents from graduate school.

But it's like this, you know what you know, but it's useless.

I can solve these messy problems by myself, and I have already become a goddamn national and vice-national figure, and at the very least, I have to be a high-ranking official, and I still have to write code hard?

In this situation, it is better to listen to the opinions of Meng Shaoyu, an old fox who has been in the court for many years.

After pondering for a while, Meng Shaoyu continued: "It's better to add the content of clear calculations and clear laws from social science first, and only use them as exam questions for showing talents, not for lifting people."

As for Xiucai, it is a matter of the county school, and when the time comes, you can add Gewu in the county school and the government school, and the three subjects of Ming Calculation and Ming Law are chosen by the students themselves. ”

Wen Tiren stroked his beard and said: "What does Master Meng mean, but after raising people, you have to choose the subjects you should take the exam?" ”

Meng Shaoyu nodded and said, "That's right." It is a major event in life to raise people to take the Jinshi examination, just like the Ming Arithmetic and Gewu subjects in previous years, in fact, there are many questions in the examination that are simply released from the water. ”

Emperor Chongzhen also nodded and said: "The exam questions of Ming Arithmetic and Gewu are indeed simpler, and the selected Jinshi are not very suitable after entering the Royal Academy, and they have to study for a period of time."

Meng Aiqing's proposal is a good way, since he has set the direction he wants to participate in the imperial examination before the promotion, so as not to waste too much time, and he can go deeper in the direction of his imperial examination. ”

Meng Shaoyu bowed down and said: "Weichen is just a shallow opinion, and he deserves such praise from His Majesty." ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "Since Meng Aiqing has proposed a method, then you can use this as a basis to continue the discussion, it's better than trying to do it alone, isn't it?" ”

Wen Tiren nodded, indicating that he also agreed with Emperor Chongzhen's statement before speaking: "Lord Meng's proposal is not bad. It's just that these students have been subdivided from the time they were raised, isn't it too late? ”

Meng Shaoyu arched his hand and said: "There is indeed this problem. It's just that if it's early, it's from the time of talent or earlier, and the students are inevitably too little involved? ”

After Wen Tiren nodded, he turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said, "Your Majesty, if you follow Lord Meng's words, it is all right, but the number of people will become the next big problem." ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "I think the same way. I have a million people this year, and there will be two million next year, and what about ten years from now? Will there be 10 million?

When the time comes, how can I come to this so much land to distribute to these people? If it must be divided, it will inevitably encroach on the people's land, and then what will be good? ”

Guo Yunhou arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has some ideas. ”

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Guo Aiqing might as well say it directly." ”

Guo Yunhou said: "Your Majesty, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu set a preferential policy for scholars, such as this field is not taxed.

The minister thought that most of the Xiucai and the lifters were weak scholars who could not lift their hands and shoulders, and Taizu's intention was mostly to let these showmen and lifters be able to study with peace of mind without worries.

However, after the person was promoted to the Jinshi, he became an official and began to lead the country to the court, which is to lose the preferential treatment of not paying taxes on this land, and it will not affect his livelihood? ”

As soon as Guo Yunhou's words came out, Emperor Chongzhen was overjoyed in his heart, and Wen Tiren and Meng Shaoyu's faces were not very good-looking.

According to Guo Yunhou's meaning, that is, we must wait for the people to get the Zhongjin Shi to recover these preferential fields, and those who should pay taxes have to pay the same taxes, and what should be done.

If it is calculated in this way, then where does the preferential treatment of Xiucai come from? Isn't it taking off your pants and farting, and it's too much?