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Chapter 558: Bad intentions

Chongzhen's sixteenth year of Nanzhili Township Test, which is said to be an improvement, is more a rough destruction. Zhu Yuanzhang has a strong desire for power, and he understands every detail of this country and refuses to let go. even stipulated how his people should eat and wear clothes, this kind of thing the emperor has to take care of, you can imagine how energetic Zhu Yuanzhang is.

The two edicts mentioned by Chen Xie were two edicts issued by Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty. Looking at Zhu Cihong's thirsty eyes, Chen Xie smiled and continued to flicker: "In the early Ming Dynasty, the system of the Yuan Dynasty was generally inherited, in which the relationship between tenant farmers and landlords was extremely strict in the "Yuan Dian Zhang", and tenants were basically accessories of the landlords, and it was okay to kill them casually. It was precisely when Taizu saw this that he issued the "Ming Emperor's Edict", which changed the relationship between the two, from the original disparity to brotherhood. In this way, the status of the tenant peasants improved, the landlords could not be oppressed at will, and the people's will was stabilized. The other is the artisan household, which is also derived from the system of the Yuan Dynasty, the artisan household in the Yuan Dynasty lived a very hard life, working for the government, not only did not have wages, but also had to bring their own rations. In the eleventh year of Hongwu, Taizu issued an edict to subsidize the artisan households in Beijing to improve their lives, which were great good governance. It greatly alleviated the dissatisfaction of the low-level people and stimulated the people's enthusiasm for work. At that time, the Ming Dynasty experienced a long-term war, the people's livelihood was extremely hard, and they had to fight against the Mongols who retreated to the grassland. These two edicts have brought great impetus to the livelihood of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Xie stopped, and looked at Zhu Cihong sitting there with a smile, thinking about the truth in it. It took a long time before he suddenly said, "What does Mr. mean." Taizu saw the unreasonableness of the Yuan Dynasty system, and then changed it. As future generations, we should learn from Taizu's practice of making appropriate improvements to the systems and laws and regulations of the time according to the actual situation at that time. No matter what the system, it must be based on the present. Instead of sticking to the old rules. ”

Chen Xie gave a thumbs up, this is a sincere praise for this kid, he is really smart, draw inferences from one another.

This is the truth, in the past 200 years since the Ming Dynasty, in fact, many systems have been changing. The bachelor's degree system formulated by Taizu was actually just a simple way to sort out some paperwork for Taizu, and there was not much actual right. Now you look at the rights of university scholars? Why this evolution? When Taizu was in time. There was no inner court, now there is. Why is that? In the future, when the crown prince inherits the throne, he must remember that everything in time is always changing, and as the king of a country, he must be good at discovering these changes and making corresponding adjustments in the system. And in a word, any adjustments. It should be carried out within a controllable range. Okay, that's all for today. Let's go and read the volume, and tell me what you think after reading it. Say anything, don't have any scruples, you're here to learn. ”

Zhu Cihong said goodbye, thought about it and decided what he was going to do, and then walked to the bamboo baskets that were filled with rolls. More than a dozen examiners are revising papers. Seeing his actions, they all looked at him curiously, but no one said anything. Zhu Cihong was watched, and immediately smiled and waved his hand: "Leave me alone, you continue." ”

Deputy Chief Examiner Zhu Dadian smiled and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is at his own convenience." "Speak from the heart. Zhu Cihong was scurrying around in this place, which really affected his work efficiency, and Zhu Dadian guessed in his heart that Chen Xie had told him something inside. This is the prince, who doesn't want to pat his ass well? It's a pity that smart people won't come over at this time, and it's not the time for them to make a fool of themselves.

Picking up a few eliminated volumes, Zhu Cihong sat on the side and looked at them by himself, and soon found that the eliminated volumes were basically two types, one was when he was in Baguwen, and he said the words of repaying grievances with virtue. On the other hand, the results of agriculture and arithmetic are not satisfactory. The kind that has not passed the average score line will be eliminated directly. Everyone's rolls are packed in an envelope, and even if they are revised, they will be put back in. Therefore, it is very convenient for Zhu Cihong to check.

After reading more than a dozen volumes in a row, this is the case, Zhu Cihong has a score in his heart, walked to Zhu Dadian's side and said, "Zhu Zhongcheng, can I take a look at these selected volumes?" Zhu Dadian pushed over with a smile and said, "Your Highness can look at it casually, Weichen still has something to do here, so I won't talk to His Highness." After speaking, he looked back at Chen Xie, and didn't open the door before turning back and continuing.

It is said that Zhu Dadian is so careful, which shows Chen Xie's obscenity in Jiangnan. The official gentry loved and hated Chen Xie, what he loved was that this guy took everyone to get rich, and what he hated was that he let those businessmen supervise the officials. How could there be such things before, the officials did whatever they wanted, and the imperial history couldn't see it a few times a year. Now it's good that when the Council is formed, the members will be able to impeach the officials. It's really reactionary, this Chen Xie is the opponent of the official.

Zhu Dadian is a shrewd and capable official, and his attitude towards Chen Xie is very complicated, on the one hand, he is in awe, and on the other hand, he is dissatisfied. An official like him is now the mainstream. Only an undisciplined person like Ruan Dacheng will follow Chen Xie unprincipledly.

After reading the paper for a while, Zhu Cihong roughly understood the process of revising the volume. There was also a group of scribes outside, who first changed the papers of agriculture and arithmetic, and those with insufficient scores were directly eliminated, and the rolls were brought in in bamboo baskets. Then there were the dozen or so examiners inside, who changed the eight-strand text and found that the "revenge with virtue" was directly eliminated. Then according to the papers that have not been eliminated, they will divide a sequence, select the top ten papers, and hand them over to Chen Xie to decide the ten rankings, and the rest will be drawn up by them.

That Qin Sect has already been angry, which is equivalent to giving up the right to revise the volume this time. Interestingly, even if he was angry, Qin Jiao Zhao would not be able to get out of the Tribute Courtyard. This is not something that Chen Xie stipulated, but the old rules of the past.

This change from the past practice of judging grades based on the quality of articles has not changed much in essence now. What has changed is only the content of the exam and the way in which the papers are revised. After Zhu Cihong figured out this truth, he naturally contacted Chen Xie and the things he fooled, and compared it in his mind, is this the so-called improvement? Within a framework of stability, make some changes without changing the current situation. In essence, it was still through the guò imperial examination for the election of officials in the Ming Dynasty, but the actual effect has changed radically. In the past, the two programs of arithmetic and agriculture must have been treated as miscellaneous studies, except for the scriptures, everything else was miscellaneous studies. Well, the mainstream is still intentional, and miscellaneous studies are just designed to allow officials to better integrate into their positions.

The truth is this, but Zhu Cihong doesn't understand why his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang only wants to take the eight-strand essay, and the content of the exam is also stipulated, that is, within the scope of the Four Books and Five Classics. If you don't understand this, how can you understand Chen Xie's bad intentions when he was reforming. It is even more impossible to understand that Chen Xie's purpose in doing this is to shake the system left by Zhu Yuanzhang. In a nutshell, this is a red flag against a red flag. Holding high a noble banner is actually undermining the existing system.

With such intentions, a person still has the strength to shake the emperor's country, and what is even more outrageous is that he still stretches out the emperor's trust. What is so bad about such a person? It is estimated that there will be no one who can understand Chen Xie, and the Ming Dynasty will definitely not have it. Even those cabinet ministers couldn't understand Chen Xie's sinister intentions. According to their thinking, Chen Xie is like this, if you don't rebel and become the emperor, what are you tossing. You're still alive, and when you hang up, will the later emperor be able to eat your set?

Jiang Fengyuan and the others played this abacus, grabbed the prince, and left it for the future to settle the account. Zhu Youzhen knew what these people were thinking, so he wanted to follow his ideas to ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty, and simply sent Zhu Cihong to Jiangnan. He is very confident in Chen Xie, and he, the emperor, has been moved by what he said, let alone a young man?

Compared to those nerds, Chen Xie's demagogic ability is too powerful, and it is more than enough to throw them for dozens of miles. Why is this happening? In fact, it's very simple, nerds talking about books must throw Chen Xie off hundreds of streets, teaching and educating people or something, and the cliff kills Chen Xie in seconds. But educate the prince, it's different. These rivers and mountains are all of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor knows who they are mouths and who are the people who work.

And Chen Xie has a characteristic, to tell you a truth, it is definitely not empty talk, there are many examples as a basis, and he speaks with facts. These things are really happening around you or in the recent past, you can see it. Let's take Zhu Youzhen as an example, the treasury has no money, the treasury has no money, and the solutions given by the ministers are thousands of miles, just one move to "add endowment". That is, if you don't tell you why, and if you don't tell you why, there are other ways to receive money. Chen Xie is different, he clearly told Zhu Youzhen that the Ming Dynasty is rich, and it is not ordinary rich. Where is the money, how should the money be collected, implement it one by one, and the things will be done for him. In this way, no reason can do anything to him.

Zhu Cihong is in this state now, and what Chen Xie told him was something he hadn't heard of before. It is unbelievable that a dignified county order will be set aside by the people below. But such a thing, knowing that the truth is clear, he will understand. Not only does this happen, but it probably happens often.

When you meet a person who is a little better, you can save the situation during your term of office, and when you meet a nerd, you know how to enjoy it all the time, and the kind of officials who don't care about government affairs are not written in history. In today's Ming Dynasty, there are many such officials, right? Zhu Cihong often reads Di Bao and knows how some officials treat their work. (My novel "Rise of Empires" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lucky draw gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)