The Liaodong War was in good shape. The court opened the treasury in time for disaster relief, and with the means of pacification, the crisis in Shaanxi has been resolved. The people of Shaanxi who were about to move have given up being robbers, and there will be no more uprisings for the time being.

It is precisely because of these good things that the capital can hold a blind date.

There was less partisanship in the imperial court. On behalf of the emperor, Ao Bai made it clear that whoever engaged in meaningless party fighting would have two ways, get out of the way or die, and the Donglin Party immediately stopped.

Ao Bai also wanted to clean up the Zong Dao who once said that he was a eunuch, and he didn't see him and thought it was very strange, and then he asked to know that when he went to the border to inspect the border pass, Cheng Zongdao had been driven out of the court by the Donglin Party, because he was not firm in his position when he abolished the "Three Dynasties Essentials".

The supervising eunuchs in various places have been put in place, and the imperial court has re-collected the mining tax, tea tax, etc., and at the same time increased the tax of the merchants in the Ming Dynasty...... But the Donglin Party did not do it, and the businessmen were not happy. These guys have been spoiled by the imperial court.

One of the things that the Donglin Party insisted on was that merchants had a low social status, so they should pay less taxes. As a result, the trick didn't work here, and Gong Chongzhen immediately announced that he would improve the status of businessmen, and announced that the Ming Dynasty had become a country dominated by commerce, and all strata of the rankings had become "scholars, merchants, workers and peasants". Shang and agriculture were transferred. The peasants are poor to death, where is the status high? This ranking was meaningless, but now it makes sense, and businessmen have a reason to raise taxes.

A group of Donglin partymen who were doing business in the south wanted to break the corpse of Ao Bai into ten thousand pieces, and they had to pretend to be happy for the improvement of the status of the businessman with a hippie smile on the surface. If a man is hypocritical, he will do anything.

At the same time, one of Zhang Juzheng's tax reforms was changed back, that is, peasants could pay taxes on grain because their status was low. The same reforms also lowered the status of the peasants, but these measures were strongly supported by the people. In this world, there are still more farmers, and businessmen are rich, accounting for only a small part. The merchant capitalists have complaints, will the exploited people support it? Such a plan is to rob the rich and help the poor. Ao Bai will not rush to unrealistic capitalism, the background of the times is such that if you can't even eat, you will develop industry, and a fool will do this.

Ao Bai became a powerful minister and controlled the government. He and "Chongzhen" cooperated tacitly to sing and harmonize, and no one dared to refute it. The leaders of the Donglin Party were demoted one by one, and at most they wrote a few articles to complain. It's a pity that complaining can't ruin the positive image of "Huang Peng", because the peasants have benefited, and whoever dares to say that they are their saviors will only be spurned.

On this day, Ao Bai entered the palace with Li Biao, He Ruzhong, and Xu Guangqi to discuss political affairs.

"Chongzhen" took a copy of the notebook and said with a smile: "Huang Qing, someone asked for a new word for you, have you now reached Wei Zhongxian's treatment or not?" ”

The three old ministers laughed.

Ao Bai smiled bitterly: "You can't approve it, it will be misunderstood." How much money do you have in the treasury now? ”

"Chongzhen" said: "It's not much, only 400,000 taels of silver left." It was spent too much on disaster relief, and part of the military salary was given to the border town. ”

Ao Bai sighed: "It's too little, the situation in Shaanxi is stable, and the border towns are still undersounding." I proposed to meet the emperor because I wanted to propose disarmament, and then implement the strategy of training elite soldiers proposed by Lord Xu: only the elite troops and other military households would take turns to recover. No matter how good the soldiers are, there are no longer many soldiers, and in the border towns, there is a common situation of falsely reporting the number of people and eating empty salaries, otherwise it would be impossible for the nine sides to spend so much military salaries. Saving money to build water power in Shaanxi is key to alleviating the annual drought. ”

The three ministers immediately agreed, and Xu Guangqi especially smiled, his proposal was finally about to be implemented, and his talents were finally recognized.

"Chongzhen" has lived in the palace for a period of time, enjoyed the glory and wealth, and his self-confidence has become more and more full, and said with a smile: "Huang Yi said very well, this matter is accurate, is there anything else?" ”

Ao Bai said: "There is also the matter of building a school, I have discussed this matter with my grandfather at home, and I already have a detailed plan." ”

He Rupet smiled: "It's obviously all up to you yourself, don't put gold on my face, you can talk about it."

Li Biao said: "Isn't there a lot of schools in Daming? What else do you want to do? That would cost him money, and it didn't make much sense," Ao Bai said with a smile: "What I want is not to run a school, to be precise, it should be to change the school." In the school, only the Four Books and Five Classics are taught, but other things must be taught, except for the basic knowledge, everything else must be taught in detail. The Four Books and the Five Classics are only used as basic knowledge and become secondary. ”

Li Biao asked: "The Four Cars and Five Classics are secondary, so how can you do well in the imperial examination?" ”

Ao Bai said: "This is the key, I want to change the imperial examination system." ”

Li Biao was shocked: "Change the imperial examination? How's that going to work? If it is not corrected, how can the imperial court obtain talents? ”

Ao Bai smiled and said: "Master Li, do you think the current imperial examination system can really obtain talents?" Most of them are wasted talents. If I am asked to take the imperial examination, I will not be able to pass the examination until I die, do you think I am a talent? This system simply rejected some truly talented people, and only summoned some conservative and inflexible people for the imperial court. Whether these people are sent to the local area or stay in the DPRK, in fact, they are not talents, and many people don't know anything at all, the most obvious is the Ministry of Industry, you say that let a group of literati do casting, civil construction, can they do it well? People who have a little bit of technology are also the people at the bottom, and the literati say that these techniques are strange and obscene skills, and look down on them, these things are actually very important. I'm sorry that all three of them are top in the examination, I spoke Meng Lang, but it is true. It took more than 20 years for Lord Xu to take the imperial examination, how much time was delayed? I think that based on Master Xu's research on mathematics and astronomy, he should have entered the imperial court as a scholar in his twenties, instead of waiting until now. We must avoid this and tragedy. ”

Xu Guangqi was so moved that he almost cried, he felt that Ao Bai was really his confidant.

Li Biao said with a smile: "The old man really admires you, you implemented the eight-share selection of scholars at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and until now you dare to propose to change the imperial examination system, you are the first person." ”

Ao Bai Zhengse said: "It should have been changed a long time ago." Think about it, if we open a senior school in the capital, called a university. It includes various subjects, manufacturing machinery, firearms, and mathematics; the Four Books and Five Classics, the liberal arts of etiquette and morality; Teach people the knowledge of agriculture and planting, how to reconcile the land with good agricultural science; Learn the laws of the Ming Dynasty, be proficient in the knowledge of the law, and teach the soldiers and the martial arts of fighting when fighting...... This can be broken down a lot. Directly abolish the imperial examinations, open schools in various places, and find teachers to teach the basics. It is divided into several grades, each ding, grade teaches different knowledge, lays a good foundation, designs the exam, and passes the exam can be promoted by one level. When they reach the highest level in each region, they are eligible to take the national unified examination, so that they can choose their subjects according to their interests, and those who pass the examination can go to a university in the capital. Only if you are interested in a subject can you learn it well and do it well. In the university, there will be special people to teach, we can even spend a lot of money to invite foreign teachers to teach casting, the university also has exams, the best grades, the students who are recognized by the teacher can graduate, directly into the imperial court for reuse! These people all have their own specialties, and they are the talents of the country. ”

What he said was easy to understand, and the two old ministers and "Chongzhen" both understood very clearly, and this was indeed much stronger than the Eight Shares of Scholars, and it was not comparable to those who only studied the Four Books and the Five Classics.

Li Biao was stunned for a while, and then sighed: "Lord Huang, did you come up with such a great idea yourself?" Xu Guangqi bowed to Ao Bai and said, "The old man wants to thank you for the people of the world." This proposal of yours can allow many talented people to work for Daming. ”

Some things that the ancients couldn't think of, but they came out of their mouths.

Aobai's words opened a door to their minds and cultivated professional talents. A person cannot be proficient in everything, as long as he can be better than others in a certain field, then he is a talent.

Ao Bai smiled: "Don't thank me, I don't know if there is any difficulty in implementing this Mu." We also need the help of two people:"

Li Biao said excitedly: "This is certain. Your thinking is much more reasonable than that of Bagu Takeshi, so that people who have learned it are very handy in doing things, and they are also interested in doing "professional", this word is used too well. ”

Ao Bai said again: "There is one more thing to discuss. It's also important, and I hope to implement it soon. ”

"Chongzhen" Zhengse said: "Huang Qing said it." ”

Ao Bai said: "Comprehensively open the sea and ban the long skills of the engineer to control it." ”

This proposal is also Xu Guangqi's favorite. He was quick to show his support.

Li Biaodao: "Back then, the sea was forbidden because of the harassment of the coast by the Kou and foreigners. If the sea ban is completely opened, will there be any adverse effects? ”

Ao Bai smiled: "Anna, the daughter of the Duke of Portugal, has talked to me a lot, and the Portuguese people are willing to become eternal allies with our Ming Dynasty, and I have also convinced the Portuguese people that they are willing to teach us the square of cannon casting and shipbuilding, and are willing to provide us with nautical charts to take us back to Europe to do business." ”…”

Xu Guangqi was stunned. "When I talked to them, it took a high price to buy Hongyi cannons, their muskets were very good, but the price was too expensive, and they didn't buy them in large quantities, how did you talk to them? Are they willing to help us build ships, build guns, and provide charts? How much will it cost us? ”

Ao Bai smiled: "It doesn't cost money to improve our casting technology, it's free." They will send senior craftsmen to guide the Ministry of Labor and help us develop, which is called an ally. Of course, this is not gratuitous. Once our military power has developed, the Portuguese will need us to help them break free from Spanish control and retake some of their colonies! ”

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