“…… Boys of the imperial clan can be ordained at the age of seven, and some even have official ranks in their infancy, and receive a salary; Outside the clan, other side branches, different surnames, and doormen can all be shaded and supplemented. And now I'm Ming, I'm afraid it's even better than the previous Song. Wang Zhi's last sentence was not high, but the implication revealed in it made the other two court officials feel like thunder sounded in their ears.

"Hehe, our Ming Dynasty, in the early Hongwu Dynasty, the clan added a piece, but there were only fifty or sixty people, but so far, there are more than 1,400 people. There are thirty-four princes alone, and thirty-three princesses who are the same lord as the princes, and the food of these princes and princesses alone is a total of 134,000 quintals. If you count those clan county kings, generals, lieutenants, county lords, county lords, and county monarchs, there are about more than 1,300 ......" As soon as he said this, Hu Hu, who was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp.

"At this age, the amount of food supplied to the clan has reached 600,000 quintals, and this burden is not small...... Wang Zhi took a sip of fragrant tea, and sighed leisurely.

"Your Majesty has always had great ambitions, and I want to make me Ming, far from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and I, as Your Majesty's courtiers, should be the society of the world, and take precautions." Yang Hong nodded. "The old man's old sick body can no longer fight for His Majesty on the battlefield, but in the end, he should still advise His Majesty, so that His Majesty knows the hidden dangers of my Ming Dynasty."

"It's okay, the old man has this intention, two, why don't we go together?" Hu Hu took a deep breath and stood up. "We are all old ministers of several dynasties, and we are all dying people buried in the loess to the neck, and now, Your Majesty has a heart, even if we sell this old bone to the Son of Heaven, it is worth it."

Hearing this, Wang Zhi and Yang Hong, who had already been moved, couldn't help but smile at each other, and said in unison, "Yes, when today's son is not the king of the shoucheng, but the hero of the world who is determined to open up, although we are old, we should also help Your Majesty, with the kindness of the whole monarch and the ministers, and then do some good things for the world." ”

After the third day, Zhu Qizhen Ming edict the world, this year's examination, that is, the national examination, in addition to the usual admission of tribute students, will be added: Ming Law, Ming History, Ming Calculation, Gewu these four subjects.

There is no limit to the admission limit for each subject, but it is equivalent to giving more choices to the world's reading seeds. Of course, there are still many scholars who are sneering at these newly opened subjects, believing that these subjects should not be valued by the world's scholars.

After all, everyone is more willing to talk about Kong Meng, and show off his literary brilliance at the little girl all day long, where he rushes people to [***] the law with one mouth, talk about the law, and it is impossible to open his mouth to bargain with the little girl in the Qinglou, right?

-------------------- as for the subject of Gewu, there are many readers who don't even understand what Gewu is, let alone take this subject. But in the end, no matter what, there are still many readers, or their interests are more inclined to these miscellaneous subjects that are despised and incomprehensible in the eyes of orthodox readers.

After all, the same rice raises a hundred kinds of people, if the scholars in the world only love Confucius and Mencius, not a hundred schools. The Chinese culture has been passed down to future generations, where can we still hear the names of the hundred schools of thought and know the words of the hundred schools of thought?

Therefore, the opening of these four subjects is, after all, a part of the source of students for the scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

And in addition, Zhu Qizhen ordered to set up full-time doctors in these four departments in Beijing Guozijian and Nanjing Guozijian, and also specially explained that all those who apply for these four subjects will be given certain subsidies and preferential treatment by the state, that is, as long as they are willing to study these four subjects, then the subsidies given by the state will exceed those guys who play Baguwen.

In addition, among these four subjects, those who can graduate with full credits in the three subjects of Ming Law and Ming Arithmetic and Gewu can accumulate full credits in Guozijian, even if they fail to pass the examination, it doesn't matter, the state will arrange a job for you, you can go to various counties and prefectures to become a clerk, and according to whether you are studying law or arithmetic, you will be assigned a suitable position.

After all, they can learn what they like, and they can be supported by the country, and they don't need to worry about their own food, clothing, housing and transportation, where to find such a good thing?

What's more, there is another rule in the will of the Son of Heaven, those who are willing to study these four subjects, as long as you are a child, you are eligible to apply for the examination. In addition, as long as you can accumulate full credits and graduate from the national prison, even if you can't pass the exam, it doesn't matter, the state will arrange a job.

Damn, such a good thing, don't say that those partial students who originally liked these partial students who were despised by traditional readers as "miscellaneous science" lit up, burst into tears, hugged their red faces, and roared the wine to the sky, and it was time for my brother to get ahead.

Even those orthodox scholars who originally disdained this couldn't help but have their eyes red and their heads full of envy and jealousy. Grandma, you, the emperor, are too disagreeable, they are all scholars, why do they treat them so well?

It also made some people who were not strong-willed, especially those who were born in poor families, secretly made up their minds that no matter what their own life, it was better to squeeze the door of Jinshi who couldn't see much hope, and it was better to get these four subjects.

No matter what, you don't need to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, as long as you can study hard, and when you graduate, the state will arrange a job, and the income will be guaranteed by drought and flood, and the future of the family will be able to worry about food and clothing, so what are the requirements for yourself in this life?

No, or in other words, for those scholars at this stage, except for a part, their vision is very high, their nostrils are facing the sky, they only read Confucius and Mencius, they open their mouths to say Confucius, and they close their mouths Mencius Yun, even if they are single-handed, they have to shout that they can kill and insult literary and artistic youths. Or maybe they have a solid family, and they just want to make a splash, except for those hard-working elements, most of the reading seeds in the Ming Dynasty have made Zhu Qizhen throw down a few pieces of bait to tickle his heart.

This made those who were in Beijing or Nanjing, or those civil and military officials in the local area, couldn't help but be surprised, and secretly gave a thumbs up to Zhu Qizhen, although Zhu Qizhen's move was simply naked to make a profit, but I have to say that the effect of this move is wonderful, although it is now only half a year away from that meeting, but those students in the states and counties of the provinces, at least nearly one-third of the people, began to pay attention to the past, and those who had never paid attention to it were reprimanded by the masters as " Miscellaneous".

It can be seen that not everyone is determined not to read the Four Books and the Five Classics, but to see what this society needs, the Ming Dynasty, what kind of talents are needed, then, these people will naturally take the initiative to adapt to the needs of society.

“…… I did this, which was only the first step in trying to reform the imperial examination, and it was only the first step in the reform and opening up of the Ming Empire. Standing on the boulder standing on the shore of the middle sea, waving his big hand, with a great man's expression and momentum like inspecting thousands of troops, Zhu Qizhen felt that after returning to Beijing, he had finally found an excellent breakthrough after careful testing and deep thinking in the past six months.

-------------------- now, it seems that the effect is not only good, but the effect is wonderful, at least those who read for Zhu Qizhen, the great tomorrow, are endless, and the civil and military officials in the court are also singing praises to Zhu Qizhen.

"Your Majesty." Yuan Bin looked at Zhu Qizhen standing on top of the boulder and sighed, and couldn't help but smile.

"Hehe, where am I a saint, it's just that I have experienced more than ordinary people, seen more, and thought more, otherwise, I'm afraid I won't even be able to compare with a trader." Zhu Qizhen habitually laughed at himself.

"Your Majesty is too humble, don't say it's a peddler pawn, it's those wealthy businessmen and giants in the Xuan Mansion, whoever mentions Your Majesty's name, you are not impressed, and admire Your Majesty's mind and means," Wei Mingtong said with a smile, which made the dozen or so guards and henchmen and officials present secretly bowed their heads.

Hearing this, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but smile and shook his head. "Okay, you Wei Mingtong, if those people hear this, maybe they disdain in their hearts and say that I am boasting about myself here, hehe, if I don't suppress people with power, how can these gentry and gentry obediently unite with my trading company?"

Wei Mingtong smiled and said disapprovingly: "That's because at the beginning, those gentry didn't trust the government, nor did they trust Xuanfu Town to be able to maintain peace and stability for a long time, if it weren't for Your Majesty's personal commitment...... Can the gentry get from it? However, later, the Xuanfu Trading Company grew stronger and stronger, and their attitude towards His Majesty naturally changed greatly. ”

"Yes, speaking of which, the development of our Xuanfu Trading Company can be described as advancing by leaps and bounds, which can be regarded as rare in the Ming Dynasty." Yuan Bin saw that Zhu Qizhen jumped down from the boulder, took a big stride, and walked slowly along the shore of the Zhonghai Lake, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the current affairs were changing rapidly, which was really jaw-dropping.

Not to mention Zhu Qizhen's suffering experience in Nava, just talking about the Xuanfu Trading Company, originally, it just made everyone look out of sight, and even felt that Zhu Qizhen was a bit of a nonsense to take money inappropriately.

But the result? Today's Xuanfu Trading Company, even if it is not the largest trading company in the world, can be called a leader in the entire Ming business community, originally only limited to the Xuanfu place, but now, the merchants in Zhubian Town are almost all into the social business, and the Xuanfu Trading Company has almost monopolized the trade between the Ming Dynasty and the grassland, and even includes part of the trade in the Western Regions and Tibetan Province.

And now, listening to Na Ha Ming's tone, it seems that as Zhu Qizhen has set his sights on the south, the Xuanfu Trading Company has begun to quietly stretch out its hand to the south.

(To be continued)