Huang Daozhou's "Biography of Yuan Gong (Yuan Keli)": "However, the Son of Heaven is heroic, practicing in love affairs, and the people are like a knot. ”

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"Westernization?" Li Hongzhang shook his head, this is impossible.

"I heard from the scriptures that you love to read "The Rise of Great Powers", and you should study this book carefully!"

Yang Du will understand.

Nie Shicheng hadn't gone to bed for three days and three nights, and when he was tired, he lay on the table and squinted for a while, his eyes were red and red, and Gangyi was drinking tea opposite him, and there were more tea leaves than water. As soon as he spoke, the taste in his mouth was extremely strange.

"Haven't found a clue yet?"

I found two old men, and the old man said that Hu Shanshi was picked up by a Taoist priest. At that time, Hu Shanshi was already dead enough. General Yu replied tremblingly.

"Dead or not!" Resolute asked listlessly.

"I don't know!"

"Did the Taoist priest find it?" Nie Shicheng asked hoarsely.

"I don't know."

"Why don't you know anything?"

"Look for it again!"

Gangyi and Nie Shicheng were no longer able to get angry.

"Lord Nie, I think it's mysterious." Although Gangyi was very dissatisfied with Hu Xiaoyan, he didn't want him to die at this time and place.

"No, I don't believe it." Nie Shicheng shook his head.

"According to Master Sun, Hu Shanshi's martial arts are almost superb, how can he die at the hands of a group of bandits?"

Gangyi didn't speak, but he hesitated a little in his heart. He can also do martial arts, but he doesn't believe that a person's martial arts can not be afraid of muskets.

Emperor Xuanwu Zaifeng certainly didn't believe it. But there are more important things waiting for him to do. That's Enko!

Examiner:

The day talks about living and co-organizing the university, the military department of the university, the head of the Hanlin Academy, the bachelor Yude.

After the feast, Zhang Baixi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Shangshu, and Minister of the Administrative Office.

Associate Examiner:

After the feast, the official Shangshu title was rewarded, wearing a yellow coat, the Zuodu Imperial Shinan, and walking in the study of Lu Runzhen.

The official department is in charge of the affairs of Qian Fatang, and Dai Hongci.

(There is no need to change, as Zaifeng has not made major changes to the court.) The position has mostly remained the same. This issue of Enke is also determined according to the original history of 1904 Jiachen Enke. ）

"Your Majesty, how does this work?" Yude was very worried when he saw Enko's edict.

And Zhang Baixi was expressionless. The two deputy examiners even stuffed it so low that they couldn't wait to stuff it into their crotch, not because they didn't have ideas, but because they didn't dare to have ideas.

"What? Do you have any objections? Zaifeng's face was expressionless.

He had long been fed up with Cixi's set in the court, and he had seen enough of Emperor Guangxu's set. Now that there is no one above him, and no one below dares to object, he naturally does whatever he thinks!

In this issue of Enko, he didn't want to continue the past at all. Because the new emperor will inevitably be different from the past. The situation is so dire that change is necessary.

The most important change was to change the long-standing Bagu Wen model to the imperial examination form of the Tang Dynasty.

The Ming Jingke is still the original model, specializing in eight shares. In this scientific examination, it cannot be called Jinshi, but the same Jinshi.

Jinshike is different. All the people who make it to the list are Jinshi. But it is also more difficult, in addition to the eight strands, you also have to test current affairs and policy theories. "The Rise of Great Powers", "Theory of Heavenly Evolution" and "Spring and Autumn" are the contents of the Jinshi examination. In addition, some content of the subject of Gewu is also added as multiple-choice questions.

I don't have to say anything about the Ming Jing Branch, because there is no change, but the Jinshi Branch has changed too much. No one objects to using "Spring and Autumn" to do current affairs and make decisions, after all, "Spring and Autumn" is the sage's subtle words. But how can "The Rise of a Great Power" and "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution" be as famous as "Spring and Autumn"?

Yude wanted to defend himself, but he couldn't talk about it. He can't afford to offend Hu Shanshi. Who in the current court does not regard Hu Shanshi as Li Hongzhang's second? Li Hongzhang at least has a heart to serve the country, and he is an orthodox scholar, full of people, although he is afraid of Li Hongzhang, he does not think that Li Hongzhang will do evil. But Hu Shanshi is different! This guy has never read the Spring and Autumn Righteousness, the key is British nationality!!

"Your Majesty, the lower officials also think that this move is inappropriate. Enko doesn't have much time left. Many students have never read "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution" and "The Rise of Great Powers", and many more poor students have no money to buy them. Isn't the imperial court turning away these poor students by doing this? Once the incident starts, I am afraid that it will cause a lot of public opinion. Zhang Baixi said lightly.

Tall! Yude secretly raised his thumbs!

It's a pity that Emperor Xuanwu Zaifeng had expected it.

"You don't have to worry about this, Yan Youling is now in Tianjin, and I have already sent someone to invite him. This person is the author of "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution" and has written a commentary on "The Rise of Great Powers". He was born as a scholar. I will arrange for him to give lectures for free in the Tongwen Pavilion until Enke starts the exam. Yan Youling did not participate in the questioning, nor did he participate in the revision of the paper, so there was no omission of the question. ”

What the?

"No!" Yude and Zhang Baixi shouted at the same time.

"Never, Your Majesty!"

Of course not, no matter who is the examiner, this kind of behavior is not acceptable, right? It is important to know that in ancient times, there was generally a mentor-apprentice relationship between the examiner and the admitted student. You're going to be a teacher out of thin air. Whose students are these students then? Isn't that adding to the chaos? There is also Yan Fu, who openly demanded the ancient literature movement in the newspapers of Times China, and also wanted the unity of all families. Isn't this the enemy of Confucianism as a whole? How could he be given the opportunity to openly explain his doctrine?

"What? Do you have any experience in negotiating with foreigners? What else will you do besides the land reparations? Emperor Xuanwu looked at the two ministers gloomily.

"A capital offense." The Minister of Thinking hurriedly kowtowed.

"Capital offense? Are you not even afraid of death, are you still afraid of the reform of the imperial examination? ”

"The ministers are incompetent, please choose another meritocracy!" The four ministers spoke in unison.

"That's it. No, it's okay. Step aside. Emperor Xuanwu waved his sleeves and walked towards the harem.

"Your Majesty!" The four ministers did not dare to stop it at all.

The emperors of the Qing Dynasty had one better condition than all the emperors of the past dynasties, and that was Chrysostom Yuyan. As long as the emperor has made up his mind to do something, almost no courtiers dare to stop it, even if he is unwilling in his heart, he can only do it, otherwise it is really unfavorable to be the emperor's sword? This is something that even Qin Shi Huang could not do.

Yude and Zhang Baixi didn't expect this kind of ending, and they could only look at each other when they saw the back of Emperor Xuanwu leaving.

Returning to Yamen, the four of them reluctantly gathered their subordinates to discuss the new imperial examination system and examination methods, and the number of people was easy to do, and soon the document was completed, and Yude and Zhang Baixi presented it to Emperor Xuanwu the next day. The matter has not been determined, so it has not yet been discussed in the court. But the courtiers from the outside world knew about this situation for a long time.

The most dissatisfied with the new science and technology method was not the Han ministers headed by Li Hongzhang and Sheng Xuanhuai, but the Manchu courtiers led by Yixuan. This is not surprising, no matter how the imperial examination changes, the Four Books and Five Classics are mandatory. Nor can Confucianism be completely discarded from the imperial examination. The ability of Han Confucian students to learn this area can be said to be unparalleled in the world.

The Manchus are different, and the courtiers who have been powerful in the imperial examination in history have not been more than a slap in the face for almost two hundred years. Among them, the most famous is Nalan Xingde (Nalan Rongruo), but even Nalan Xingde (Manchu) is just stained with the light of Manchurian, otherwise it is normal to fail the exam for decades. Knowledgeable people do not necessarily have to be good at the imperial examination, otherwise the poet immortal Li Bai would not be unable to be an official, and the four great talents of the Ming Dynasty would not be famous all over the world, but lingered in Qinglou.

It's hard enough to be a Manchu with just four books and five classics, and now with the addition of "The Rise of a Great Power" and "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution", isn't this tantamount to being difficult for the descendants of the Manchus? Even Yixuan himself can't read up or down, let alone those descendants who can only walk birds?

Emperor Xuanwu Zaifeng didn't know about this situation? No! He knew but was helpless, Zeng Guofan had the strength to overthrow the Manchu court a few decades ago, Li Hongzhang more than 20 years ago also had it, and Zhang Zhidong, Yuan Shikai and others ten years later could also do it. The power of the Manchus had declined to the extreme since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The world-famous Mongolian iron cavalry ran to fight the British sailors, but killed more than 400 enemies, and almost all of its own tens of thousands of iron cavalry were wiped out. The army that exterminated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was not the regular army of the Manchu court, the Green Battalion, but the Hunan and Huai armies of the local troops.

If Emperor Xuanwu wanted to revitalize the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he had to rely on the Han armed forces and Han courtiers. Otherwise, no one would admit his holy decree when it left the city of Beijing. Previously, he sincerely hoped that Zhang Zhidong could come to Beijing City and serve as the secretary of the military department to fight against the increasingly powerful Li Hongzhang and Hu Shanshi, but unfortunately Zhang Zhidong did not dare to come.

Since the Han ministers were taboo against the imperial court, Emperor Xuanwu had no means at his disposal. The only way he could think of that was to continue the reforms. And what the reform and reform lacked the most was the capable ministers, where did the capable officials come from? Isn't it a imperial examination?

Can the old-style imperial examination select the capable officials he wants? No!

After Emperor Xuanwu thought about it, he waited until he saw Yan Fu's article on Times China to finally understand why Hu Xiaoyan participated in running a school when he had no money at the beginning! Because the students of the school were exposed to his thoughts from the beginning, these students were loyal fans of his Hu Shanshi in the future! Those students today are useless, but what about ten years from now? Twenty years from now? At that time, almost all the powerful ministers died, and it was impossible for Li Hongzhang and his ilk to live to twenty years later.

After Emperor Xuanwu Zaifeng understood this, he made up his mind to reform the imperial examination. What is more advantageous to him than Hu Shanshi is that he is the emperor! After the reform, the Jinshi who were admitted were all protégés of the Son of Heaven, and they could be of great use immediately.

Yixuan and his ilk didn't understand Emperor Xuanwu's intentions at all, and when their recitals entered the upper study, they sank into the sea and never moved again.

The new Enke regulations have become a foregone conclusion and published all over the world. The provincial examination is held in early August, the general examination is held in mid-December, and the palace examination is held in the spring of the following year. Scholars from farther provinces can reach Beijing in almost a month, and in the next three months or so, Yan Fu will hold a thesis lecture at the Jingshi Tongwen Hall to help scholars who have not read "The Theory of Heavenly Evolution" and "The Rise of Great Powers" to master the content of the newly added exams. Emperor Xuanwu tried his best to talk about this regulation, just to realize his reform measures in the second year.

On the seventh day after the regulations were issued, Yan Fu was edicted to come to Beijing.