Since the construction of the university town began, Zhu Youxiao has been preparing to recruit students. This matter was the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites, so he found the cabinet members and Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and Sun Shenxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

After the ceremony, everyone was seated, and Zhu Youxiao said: "I have an idea, I want to discuss it with you Aiqing, that is, the issue of the reform of the imperial examination, I feel that our current imperial examination method has obtained too few jinshi, which is not conducive to the imperial court's management of all parts of the country. “

As soon as he said this, Sun Shenxing was not happy, he got up and said: "Your Majesty, once every three years, you can get nearly three hundred jinshi each time, which is already a lot. Scarcity is expensive, and if you get too much, it will make people feel that Jinshi is nothing more than that. “

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Does Sun Qing think that more than 100 people a year can govern all over the world?" “

Sun Shenxing said: "The minister thinks that a hundred people a year is enough to govern all parts of the country. “

Zhu Youxiao ignored him anymore, and asked Xu Guangqi instead: "Xu Shangshu, how many counties are there in my country today." “

Xu Guangqi stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, now our dynasty has two capitals and thirteen political departments, a total of one hundred and forty prefectures, one hundred and ninety-three prefectures, and one thousand one hundred and eighty-three counties. “

"What is the approximate position of an official that is usually held by a jinshi?"

Xu Guangqi said: "In the household statistics book, there are about 5,860 such positions. “

Zhu Youxiao said to Sun Shenxing again: "Sun Qing, according to the fact that a jinshi can serve for thirty years, there can only be three thousand jinshi in thirty years, do you think it is enough?" “

Sun Shenxing said: "What Your Majesty asked Xu Shangshu is the official position held by ordinary Jinshi, in fact, many of these official positions are also held by people, and Juzi can be alternated as an official, so there is no need to increase the number of Jinshi." “

Zhu Youxiao said: "The appointment of the son is voluntarily registered with the Ministry of Officials to fill the vacancy, and the appointment of the son is not necessarily inferior to the Jinshi, right?" I remember that the Haitaibao was born as a man. “

Fang Congzhe said: "What Your Majesty said is very true, Haigang Peak is from a person's background, and finally achieved the imperial history of the right place, and the people have the reputation of Haiqingtian, which can be a model for us." “

Hai Gangfeng is Hai Rui, he is indeed a Qing official, so when the others heard it, they also echoed Fang Congzhe's statement.

Sun Shenxing was silent, and Zhu Youxiao said: "Since the son can also be an official, what about the lower-level officials?" Can I choose from among the students? “

Sun Shenxing retorted loudly: "Your Majesty, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I have respected the Jinshi, the son is the official, and the son is the minority, and the student is the official, so what is his face, please let the students still go up to the imperial examination step by step." “

In this era, Jinshi is of course the highest existence, but the Juzi is much stronger than the Song Dynasty, because after the middle lift, he has the qualification to be an official, although the career is much worse than that of Jinshi. So Fan Jinzhong will be excited like that after lifting, but Juzi faces Jinshi, there is a natural inferiority complex, and there has been a situation in the Ming Dynasty where the official from the person from the person can not control the subordinates from the Jinshi, of course, most of the time the Jinshi is the official, and the son is the subordinate.

Zhu Youxiao asked Xu Guangqi again: "How many people are there in three years?" How many people are directly in office? “

Xu Guangqi replied: "Back to Your Majesty, there are 1,000 people, and most of them want to be admitted to the Jinshi again, and there is no one in ten who is an official." “

Zhu Youxiao said: "Sun Qing, you see, there are only 400 officials every three years, obviously the number is not enough, and the most important thing is that I received a report from Dongchang, everywhere, those who harm the people are often small officials, and there is a saying among the people: Let your officials be as clear as water, it is difficult to escape the officials are as smooth as oil, I don't know if Zhu Qing has heard of it?" “

The ministers bowed their heads and remained silent. Zhu Youxiao said: "I decided to let the students become officials, after all, I read the books of the sages, at least there will be fewer cases of cruelty to the people." “

Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, I was born and studied at home, and I have never been in contact with various affairs in the county, how can I be the opponent of those old officials. “

Ye Xianggao and Xu Guangqi also felt that this was a problem, and Zhu Youxiao said: "Of course, you can't directly let the students go to be officials, you have to study first." I built the Jingshi University Hall in Wang Gongchang to teach practical skills, which was specially used to cultivate talents. “

Sun Shenxing said: "Your Majesty is going to let the students learn practical skills, what about the book of sages?" “

Zhu Youxiao was a little annoyed by him, everyone in the palace was from the Jinshi to enter the official career, in fact, he understood that the so-called imperial examination was just a stepping stone, since he wanted to be a junior official, of course he had to learn useful things, was he ready to use the words of sages to deal with the slippery old officials and difficult Diao Min? Isn't this knowingly asked?

Zhu Youxiao said with a straight face: "I think that the world will be used, is it used to fight for some illusory things?" Learning and using it to promote the well-being of the people of the world is the right way. “

Sun Shenxing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is not in line with the Great Dao of the Sage!" The other ministers had complicated faces and carefully understood what the emperor said.

Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "What is the Sage Avenue? Confucianism was originally the study of entering the WTO, and the sage created Confucianism on that day, that is, to change the situation of the collapse of etiquette in the Spring and Autumn Period. “

Sun Shenxing hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister lost his words for a while, please punish Your Majesty." “

Zhu Youxiao said: "Get up, it's okay to have different opinions and debate with each other, but to argue in real things and do practical things, don't just put on a big hat." “

At this time, Ye Xianggao stood up and said: "Your Majesty's words that have been applied by the world, such as Huang Zhong Dalu, will surely prosper my Ming Dynasty, please Rong Chen congratulate the world, congratulate the ancestors, congratulate the people, and congratulate Your Majesty!" "Say goodbye and bow deeply.

The rest of the important ministers also bowed together: "Rong Chen congratulates the world, congratulates the ancestors, congratulates the people, and congratulates Your Majesty!" “

Zhu Youxiao didn't know that the application of the world was first proposed by Gu Yanwu, and now Gu Yanwu is just a teenager, this point of view opposes the unrealistic and empty learning of physicists, and has a great impact on future generations. Now it is proposed by him, an older teenager, which of course shocks these ministers.

Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Let's all get up, let's discuss how to make students become small officials." My opinion is that a special school should be set up, so that students can voluntarily sign up, participate in learning, and after studying for a certain period of time, they will take an exam, and if they pass the test, they can be appointed as a local official. “

Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, are all the places where the students study in Beijing?" Is the cost borne by oneself or is it subsidized by the imperial court? “

Zhu Youxiao said: "Jingshi Wang Gongchang has specially established a school, which I call a university town, and today's students are studying in the university town. In terms of expenses, the imperial court is responsible for one year, and the travel expenses, books, and room and board expenses are all responsible, but if you can't pass after one year, then all the expenses after that will be paid by yourself. “

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