Kunning Palace.

Before the king of Chu left the Forbidden City, he came here to meet his mother again, and then went to prepare the magazine in high spirits.

Whether it's running a magazine or doing other business in the future, you have to learn and exercise slowly, and it doesn't happen overnight.

In the evening, Zhao Han came to Kunning Palace, sat down and chatted a few words, and asked casually, "How much did you give to you?"

"Five hundred taels of silver," Fei Rulan said angrily, "You are not happy to give too much, I have never seen an emperor treat his children so poorly." ”1

Zhao Han smiled and said: "If he gives too much silver, he only knows how to enjoy it, how can he be willing to go on his own?" 4

Zhao Han is actually experimenting with his own children to see how he can force them to develop. Everything can be adjusted, such as improving the clan salary, the bottom line is not ridiculously high, and three times the prince's income is the limit. 44

Alternatively, a franchise licence may be granted in the future, but the scope of the franchise is limited. 2

As for whether the prince should stay in the capital or go to the local domain, this is also under observation and experiment. Qi 2 Fei Rulan suddenly cared about the child of the seventh sister of Pan, and asked curiously: "King Jin will not be in danger in Tianzhu, right?" Probably not, he chose a small country. Zhao Han said. 1

At this time, Zhao Kuangdong, the king of Jin, was still harvesting winter rice in India, and several foreign wars did not start, and he did not know anything about his situation in China. 、1

Fei Rulan still has a son, who has not graduated from middle school. Among the three biological princes, the eldest is the crown prince, the second is doing business, and the third she wants to arrange it. But she wanted her child to stay by her side and wanted her child to make a career, Fei Rulan's mood was very entangled. 4

"What is the climate like in Tianzhu? I've heard it's hot there. Fei Rulan asked again.

Zhao Han nodded: "It's very hot, it's winter, and it's occasionally more than 30 degrees in southern India." { 3

Fei Rulan said: "All the princes are pampered, where can they withstand this kind of weather? Tianzhu doesn't have any good doctors, what if you have a headache and brain fever?" Zhao Han smiled and said, "I was accompanied by a doctor, and I also brought a lot of medicinal materials."

Fei Rulan said: "Your Majesty, don't coax me, famous doctors don't want to go to sea, and all the people who go to Tianzhu are quacks and apprentices." 4

"Among those apprentice doctors, there are also a few clever ones who have been consulting with the teacher for many years," Zhao Han explained, "The last time Huan'er was sick, it was still an incurable disease, didn't Dr. Hu just let the apprentice consult?" The prescription prescribed by the apprentice, Dr. Hu did not change a word, and Huan'er was cured of the disease within a few days. ”2

Fei Rulan nodded and said, "I remember that apprentice, it seems to be called Zhou Xin or something?"

Zhao Han said: "It's called Zhou Maoxing, and this time I also followed King Jin to India." "That's good, it's reassuring." Fei Rulan said with a smile.

The next day, the Imperial Council.

Not only the ministers of various ministries and courts participated, but the crown prince Zhao Kuanghuan and Qu Guan were also allowed to observe.

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wang adjusted the Ding, and first reported the work: "The Hanlin Academy, in cooperation with the Ministry of Rites, has compiled a comparison table of commonly used words of various ethnic groups, and will send it to the official histories of relevant regions across the country next month. However, the comparative list of words of the various ethnic groups in Qinghai and Tibet has not yet been completed. ”8

"It's already good." Zhao Han said approvingly.

Zuo Xiaoliang, the secretary of the ministry, said: "There are more and more historians of the prefectures and counties in Guangnan Province who come from the Miao nationality, which has caused dissatisfaction among the historians of the Yue nationality. The situation is a bit tricky, and the Vietnamese historians often disobey the government decrees. Quang Nam province has removed many Vietnamese historians, but the matter has still not been resolved. The Quang Nam Political Secretary requested additional funding for education and the opening of more primary and secondary schools. ”

Zhao Han said: "Let the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Rites discuss this matter and give a plan within two months."

Zhao Han had already put forward the idea of the Chinese nation, saying that the Han people were the elder brothers, and the various ethnic groups were the younger brothers. The only thing he can do is not to artificially create ethnic distinctions, but that the languages of various ethnic groups cannot communicate.

When officials are in administration, they also have a certain tendency.

For example, in the southwest region, when the prefecture and county select historians, they will be more inclined to Han Chinese. However, in Quang Nam Province, there were not many Han Chinese, so in addition to the selection of Han historians, priority was given to the Miao and the Yue who could speak Chinese.

The Miao and Han are obviously closer!14

From the vocabulary of the language, it can be concluded that although the Miao languages of various ethnic groups are different, they are generally the same. Sun, Moon, People, Hands, Mouth, Big, Small, Many, Less, Middle, Lower, Fish, Birds...... These basic Miao words can all find their etymology in Chinese. 1

For example, the "book" and "character" in Miao are pronounced as "牍". The pronunciation of the words "cow" and "horse" is very similar to that of Chinese. This shows that a long time ago, the Han and Miao ethnic groups came from the same origin. As for the Vietnamese language, although there is also a large number of words, which are very similar to the pronunciation of Chinese, most of them are succumbed to advanced vocabulary rather than basic vocabulary.

For example, princess, salary, etiquette, solar calendar, New Year's Day, transportation, there is no difference between the pronunciation of Vietnamese and Chinese. In this case, it is borrowing foreign words, not the same at the beginning. Of course, there are a few basic words that are similar, such as sitting, letting, cold, east, and so on.

In any case, there are many Hmong people in Quang Nam province, who were formerly second-class citizens in Vietnam, but are now massively selected by Han Chinese officials as historians.

Of course, the Yue people are not happy, although the number of Yue historians far exceeds that of the Miao people, but they are unbalanced in their hearts. Even the Yue people did not want to see the Miao historians, they only accepted to be ruled by the Han Chinese. i7

The ethnic contradictions became more and more intense, and there were no riots at this time, but various minor conflicts emerged one after another, and the violations of the Vietnamese historians were even more common.

— The taste is suppressed, it cannot be suppressed.

We can only increase investment in education and open more schools so that Yue and Miao children can learn to speak Chinese and write Chinese characters. It will take a generation or two for this to bear fruit. 8

Talking about education, Wang Tiaoding, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, said: "Several overseas governors have sent official letters requesting the establishment of examination rooms. Similar to the township test, the imperial court is asked to give the quota for lifting, and then send it to Nanjing together for the examination. ”

"Even Luzon, which was the first to occupy the university, is still discussing the establishment of the University of Manila. Overseas places, there is not even a university, so they are in a hurry to do some township examination, do they have so many scientific examination scholars?" 6

"Yes," Wang explained, "one is the children of the garrison, and the other is the original Han Chinese. Take Palembang and Semarang, for example, where the Han people have been multiplying for two or three hundred years, and although they have converted to the Green Religion, they are also using Chinese characters, and the children of rich families have to learn the Four Books and Five Classics. ”

After some discussion among the ministers, Zhao Han finally made a decision: "Give the overseas governors a total of ten places." Students from all over the world took the exam in Coconut City and passed the test of ten people. These ten people will come to Nanjing to take the exam again, set up a separate examination booth, and give a Jinshi quota. It's called ...... Attached. ”7

The so-called "lifting people" refers to college graduates, and there are no universities overseas, which is a temporary policy.

The total number of Han people in overseas places is 200,000 or 300,000. Although there are few high-level intellectuals, they must also be given a hope. Specifically for overseas Han Chinese, the political significance of setting ten lifters and one jinshi quota is far greater than the practical significance. 1

Fei Chun, who is now an ordinary minister, said: "To set up an overseas imperial examination supplementary list, you have to draw a clear line between household registration and student registration. Many overseas immigrants are still in their place of origin, but they are only registered overseas. does not draw a clear household registration and sets up a supplementary list, I am afraid that there are Fujian and Guangdong scholars, but they go to overseas for exams. ”2

College entrance examination immigration was already very common in the Ming Dynasty.

It was even more obvious in Taiwan during the Qing Dynasty, where the first few Jinshi were all Fujianese and Cantonese. "It's not easy." Guo Shunyu, the head of the household, said.

Zhao Han said: "It is not easy to do, let overseas immigrants determine household registration as soon as possible." It is also possible to continue to retain the place of origin, but the children are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination. Once it is found that he is registered for the imperial examination, he will be deprived of the qualifications of the three generations of imperial examinations. For those who settle overseas, their mainland land can be donated to their family members or relatives, and the government should not forcibly take it back, otherwise no one will want to settle overseas. ”

For those who immigrate alone, the acres of land will naturally be left to their relatives on the mainland.

Those who immigrate with their families say that they are gifts, but in fact they admit the sale of land in disguise.

Guo Shunyu said: "You have to cooperate with the tax policy, and if you are registered overseas, the amount of tax will remain the same." If you are overseas, you will be given an additional amount of land!"

At this time, there is no household registration network, and dual household registration will definitely be able to exploit loopholes.

But the immigrant has been overseas for a long time, and after a long time, his land on the mainland will naturally become owned by relatives. If the family is relocated, it will be even more difficult to keep, and most of them will be occupied by relatives, friends or neighbors. Therefore, double household registration cannot bring any benefits, and it is better to go to the overseas government to implement the household registration clearly. ，6

Moreover, there is only one overseas jinshi quota, and the income of imperial examination immigrants is not high.

It is basically possible to solve the problem of overseas household registration, and individual loopholes are ignored. 7

Today's pre-imperial meeting is basically related to education, after all, the palace exam has just been completed.

Zhao Han asked: "Officials from the Zhongbang and Beibang regions have written one after another, requesting that the number of Jinshi be adjusted. What do you guys think?" The proportion of the north and south in the current dynasty is used from the Ming Dynasty, and the minister feels that there is no need to change it. Shoufu Liu Ziren was the first to speak.

Most of the cabinet ministers are from Nanbang, and they have echoed Liu Ziren. Some people even say that the competition in the Nanbang imperial examination is fierce, and the proportion should be increased as appropriate.

However, the Ministry of Rites is from Shandong, and Wang Tiaoding said: "Although the proportion is the same, the region is different. What's more, Quang Nam Province has been added to the middle list, and Xuansu Province (Jilin) has been added to the North list. Even the Mongols on the steppe, in principle, can also participate in the imperial examination. The minister suggested that the proportion of the number of places in the examination should be adjusted. Especially in the middle list, there are more and more outstanding scholars. ”

In this imperial examination, scholars from Sichuan and Hunan had obvious test scores.

Sichuan, in particular, has not experienced much war, not only the population of the province is one of the best, but also has a deep foundation in the imperial examination. The scholars of Chengdu County and Fushun County took the 12 Jinshi exams this year, and the rest of the list was swept up in heavy casualties.

"I want to change." Zhao Han said.

The officials from the Nanbang region were unwilling to do this, but they couldn't oppose the emperor's opinion, so they could only blow their beards and stare at Wang Tiaoding.

Of course, Zhao Han also made a compromise to increase the number of Jinshi in the next class.

There is no quota for the number of jinshi, it is adjusted according to official vacancies, and the number of jinshi in each session in the Ming Dynasty is between 300 and 400.

The territory of the Datong Imperial Court was vast, and there were more officials needed. The number of Jinshi in the next imperial examination will be increased to 451, and a fraction of that will be given to overseas candidates.

That is: 225 Jinshi (50) in the South List, 171 Jinshi in the Middle List (38), and 54 candidates in the North List (12)

Although the proportion of Jinshi in the South List has decreased, the overall number of Jinshi has increased, and there are actually a few more exams than before.

Zhao Han held a meeting today, not only to talk about this, but also to do other things.

Zhao Han said: "In provinces like Gansu, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangnan, it is not easy for scholars to enter Beijing to take the exam. I plan to divide the examination into several places, and those who fail can go home nearby, and those who pass the examination will come to Nanjing Palace to take the test. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and even Wang Tiaoding was dumbfounded.

The ministers objected one after another, but the opposition was ineffective, Zhao Han said with a smile: "It's better to try it out for two sessions and see the effect."

Zhao Han's idea is because the land area is constantly expanding, and it is really not easy for candidates from marginal provinces. If you can take the exam nearby, then those who fail do not have to go far, and the related expenses will also be reduced, and both the scholars and the imperial court can benefit. 6

Of course, the provincial capital test will definitely not work.

Three examination areas have been set up across the country, the South List Examination will be held in Nanjing, the North List Examination will be held in Beijing, and the Middle List Examination will be held in Baling (Yueyang). 29 After the three list will be examined, the unsuccessful candidates will go home directly, and only more than 400 people will come to Nanjing to take the exam.

The time of the temple examination must be adjusted, which is a month and a half later than before.

In the three major examination areas, the chief examiner and marking officer are dispatched by the central government, and the local government is responsible for organizing the examination. 2

In the future, there will be more examination areas, such as overseas supplementary lists, and according to geographical conditions, the supplementary examinations will be held in Coconut City. The premise is that there are enough overseas candidates and the number of overseas universities is enough, otherwise you will always only get a pitiful place.

This is not only a matter of the imperial examination, but also the establishment of the center of the Beibang examination area in Beijing, which is also to enhance Beijing's political influence.

Next, it is necessary to divide the national theater in detail to enhance Beijing's military influence, so as to radiate the northeast and the grasslands and consolidate the dominance of the frontier.