In Jiangnan, winter is not too cold, so that spring comes quietly and imperceptibly.

In the restaurant, Lu Qinghou was pulling out the plate at the counter. The boss pushed the door in, looked around, and didn't see the guy, so he ordered: "Qinghou, go to the door and move the goods to the warehouse." ”

Lu Qinghou agreed, walked out of the counter quickly, came to the door and moved a batch of restaurant applications to the warehouse.

As a reader, you may not be able to be considered a reader. Lu Qinghou was enlightened at the age of seven or eight, and he was cold for ten years, but he failed many times, and he didn't even get into the show.

According to the standards at that time, Xiucai in the examination can already be called a "student", and he can enjoy the preferential government of the country, which can be regarded as a glory to the ancestors.

If you can be admitted to the lifter, or even a jinshi, it will be on the pinnacle of life, and the ancestral grave will be smoking.

When you become a student, you can be exempt from tolerance and field food, as well as exemption from punishment, and the privilege of dressing. Although it is not a big rich and expensive, it can also be a little rich and peaceful.

Lu Qinghou is twenty-four years old, has an old mother and daughter-in-law, and some of his ancestral property has also been spent on study exams.

You can't tie up your neck and drink the northwest wind, in order to make a living, Lu Qinghou can only pull down his face and become an accountant in a restaurant opened by a relative.

He wanted to find a more elegant job, such as opening a private school or going to a large household to become a tutor. But it's not even a showman, and he feels cold when he reports his family.

Time passed quickly, and seeing that it was almost time to eat, the diners entered the restaurant in twos and threes. The sound of talking, talking and laughing, coupled with the fragrance of green onions, ginger and garlic wafting from the back kitchen, makes the restaurant lively.

As three students wearing square scarves and long boots entered the restaurant, everyone unanimously lowered their voices, as if they were in awe.

The green shirt was elegant, and everyone admired it, Lu Qinghou couldn't help but feel envious, and he was a little ashamed of himself, so he couldn't help but bow his head.

The three students found Yajing's window position, ordered wine and food, drank tea, and talked about it as if no one was around.

Looking at the faces of these three students, they were not too happy. Lu Qinghou pricked up his ears and listened to a few words, and he also understood what was going on.

The imperial court announced last year that it would abolish the preferential treatment policy for students, and also gave a one-year deadline. If you want to continue to enjoy it, you can either open a school for free teaching, or go to Beijing to enter a new school.

The benefits of Baide are gone, so naturally they will not be well received. Even if it is an opportunity to enter a new school and become an official, many students are full of complaints.

Lu Qinghou's opinion on this is a bit complicated, first, he is not eligible for preferential treatment, he feels that it is none of his business, and even feels a little gloating about those students who can no longer get something for nothing.

On the other hand, Lu Qinghou was also a little dissatisfied. He still has to take the exam, but even if he is admitted to Xiucai, there is no preferential treatment for students, which is naturally a blow to his enthusiasm.

"Brother Chen, I don't know how you are preparing for the opening of the school?" The thin-faced student put down the teacup and asked the student surnamed Chen, "There is still more than half a year before the end of this year." ”

Chen Shengyuan snorted and said, "It is rare for the imperial court to treat scholars so harshly. If you want to open a school and teach it for free, do you expect to teach any talents? At most, it's just a few words, what's the use of the country? ”

The fat-faced student nodded again and again, and said, "What Brother Chen saw is the same as so-and-so. The Song Dynasty treated scholars well with the support of literati, loyalty to the monarch, and service to the court. Even when the mountains and rivers were broken, there were loyal people such as Wen Gong Tianxiang, Lu Gong Hideo, and Zhang Gong Shijie. ”

The thin man smiled bitterly and said, "The imperial court only sees small profits, and does not think about long-term plans. Suppressing students and treating students harshly, what can I do? ”

Chen Shengyuan listened to the echo and agreed, and became even more indignant, slapped the newspaper on the table heavily, and said: "In order to advocate new learning, the imperial court has relaxed the enrollment standards. Imagine that you can't even pass the Xiucai exam, and you can still become a pillar of the country after entering a new school? ”

Lu Qinghou frowned, this was about his sore spot. Although the speaker had no intention, it seemed to mock him.

On the hard work of hard study and the level of learning, Lu Qinghou thinks that he is no worse than others. Repeated failures or bad luck, or the examiner's blindness, it is not that he is not knowledgeable.

This kind of belittlement, as if aimed at him, suddenly made Lu Qinghou very unhappy, and he was very annoyed to see these students.

What kind of play, it seems that he has taken the test to be a showman, and he can be called a student, what is there to be proud of?

also moved out celebrities such as Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu, and Zhang Shijie, how can you serve the country, you are still shy and shameless for nothing, and you deserve to cancel the preferential treatment.

However, another piece of information caught Lu Qinghou's attention.

Xinxue used to recruit inmates and show talents, and there was no such thing as relaxing the standards. Is there any new policy? Even ordinary people without merit can be enrolled?

When the wine and food came up, the three students talked while eating, and talked about their respective plans, among which Chen Shengyuan planned to enter the country as a student.

After becoming a student, if you don't pass the exam for a long time and can't be lifted, there is another way to rise. That is, gradually from epiphytic to proliferated, from proliferative to proliferated, and from epiphytic to proliferated, from disheng to tribute.

After becoming a tribute student, he obtained the qualification of a taitu, but he was not allowed to study in prison. In this way, one can directly participate in the township examination, and secondly, he can also take up official positions through "interpretation", mainly as a local school official.

Although the local scholars did not have much power, they belonged to the Qingliu officials and were very respected.

Lu Qinghou was no longer interested in this, but glanced at the newspaper on the table of the three students from time to time. He also often watches "Daming Forum", who made this a reference that can reflect the emperor's thinking and will, and reflect the principles and policies of the imperial court!

But Lu Qinghou didn't rush forward, he was a little ashamed of himself. He is just a bookkeeper now, and if he is ridiculed in public, this face will be embarrassed.

Anyway, the newspaper can be read sooner or later, and there is no hurry.

Lu Qinghou made up his mind and had his own guesses and ideas. If the new students lower their standards, should they try it and get a half-official position?

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Zhu Youxiao really didn't expect the opening of the school to cultivate any high-end talents, but at that time, people did not know the relationship between the education popularization rate and the country's strength and prosperity.

There is no need for junior high school or high school, if half of the people of the Ming Dynasty can read a newspaper and read a notice, they will be invincible in the world.

And lowering the standard for entering a new school, not everyone can enter, and there must be an exam. But this exam is not difficult, and all talents can pass it, and there is no quota limit.

In this way, a culture like Lu Qinghou, who has reached the level of talent show, can only lose in the competition for numbers, will have a chance.

Zhu You's requirements for officials are not very strict. As long as you can abide by the law and act in accordance with the law.

When the new issue of the newspaper was continuously reprinted in various places, the measures and methods promulgated also spread throughout the country.

No matter how you talk about it, whether it is praise or disapproval, whether it is joy or hate, Zhu Youxiao's goal of increasing new students has been achieved.

As for the long-term prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty because of its kindness to the literati, or the loyalty of the literati because of gratitude, Zhu Youxiao believes that it is not comprehensive.

There are also many people who believe that the Song Dynasty's respect for the literati made it impossible to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, and when the iron hooves of the Mongolian foreign tribes were raging, many literati showed an indomitable spirit.

The Ming Dynasty treated the literati harshly and swept the literati away, so when they were about to perish, a large number of shameless literati appeared.

Zhu Youxiao felt that it was not all like that, at least not the main reason.

If you talk about the gratitude of the people, shouldn't the magnates, officials and businessmen of the Ming Dynasty, as well as the gentry who enjoyed various preferential policies, be grateful and repay?

Speaking of Wen Tianxiang, Lu Xiufu, and Zhang Shijie in the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty also had national heroes such as Zhang Huangyan, Wen Anzhi, and Shen Tingyang.

In other words, the temperament is the temperament, and it has nothing to do with the gratitude of the people. If you have to get in touch, it's just to make excuses for yourself to be a traitor.

Moreover, Zhu Youxiao does not feel that he treats scholars harshly, nor does he regard some scholars as pillars of the country, let alone expect them to become the backbone of the nation.

The scope of scholars is too broad, and Zhu Youxiao has to define and classify them again and treat them differently.

The country is in turmoil, and in the face of foreign enemies raging, you should put pen to paper, even if you use the pen as a weapon to boost the morale of the people, then you are also a good reader.

I haven't asked you to go into battle to kill the enemy yet, but you just want to become a talent that the country needs, so you complain that you are a scholar with a stomach, and Zhu Youxiao doesn't need it. He doesn't care about the so-called bad reputation of mistreating readers.

Enjoy preferential treatment with peace of mind, but shrink back or turn a blind eye when the country needs it. Such scholars are bad and unusable, and there is no need to be polite to them.

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When the outside world thought that the imperial court's crackdown on officials and merchants would slow down or delay, the emperor began to attack, and the target was directly aimed at the ministers of Jingshi.

The Ming Dynasty systematically restricted the participation of the lords in court politics, but they favored the nobles. This is almost a routine like raising the clan as a pig.

However, although the nobles of the Ming Dynasty in history were regarded by the emperor as "my family's ministers", there were very few who could be with them in the end.

Zhu Youxiao had been staring at the big fat sheep at the feet of the Son of Heaven for a long time, but the preparations were not completed, and he could only wait quietly.

Now, the Jingying, the Admiral Nine Gates, and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses are all under his control, and there are detectives and spies from the factory guards. In the name of cracking down on officials and businessmen, he began to act.

The first target has long been set as the last Duke of Chengguo, Zhu Chunchen, saying that he is the last, because this guy will be the last to hold the title of Duke of Chengguo whether it is in Zhu Youxiao's Tianqi Dynasty or the Chongzhen Dynasty in history.

Zhu Youxiao doesn't have to kill him, but the title stripping is certain. What is polite to a bastard who does not accept Emperor Chongzhen behind closed doors, and also sacrifices Qihuamen to surrender and persuade to enter.

It is clear every day, Zhu Chunchen doesn't have to wait for Li Zicheng to kill him and raid his house, Zhu Youxiao wants to do this.

It is not necessary to cut off Zhu Chunchen's head, but it is certain that he will be removed from the family. There must be a reasonable charge for this, and collusion between officials and businessmen is obviously not enough.

Black materials, there is no shortage, and no one is clean.

Uncle Wei bowed respectfully and stood solemnly, listening to the sound of the emperor gently turning the paper.

It was the illegal evidence of the Jingshi Xungui that Dongchang was ordered to collect, and he didn't know who the emperor was going to do it to, but he felt that it was a little inappropriate for the emperor to do this.

Xungui is not as good as officials, and if you go back up, they have all shed blood and made meritorious contributions to the old Zhu family. The country where the emperor is sitting now has the credit of others.

Therefore, all dynasties have a tradition of giving preferential treatment to meritorious heroes and treating meritorious heroes well. is afraid of being scolded for being cruel and ungrateful.

Zhu Youxiao put down the materials, his fingers were gently tapping on the table, it is okay to punish the lawless, but this is obviously not enough to remove the lord and copy the family.

Of course, he also knows that it is not so easy to attack Xungui, and it is not the end of the dynasty, so it seems that he is not so impatient and ruins his reputation?

The officials do not have a deep background, and there are no big sequelae of the blows; However, the nobles have been standing for hundreds of years, and they are intertwined, and the impact of the blow is very great.

Seeing that the emperor had read the materials and didn't speak for a long time, Uncle Wei was a little apprehensive. I don't know if it's because of the lack of collection, or if the amount is insufficient.

"The Emperor." Uncle Wei bowed even lower, and said cautiously: "The noble family is mostly a gentleman, and they don't have any talents. Lawlessness is also a minor sin, and it is widespread. ”

Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows, knowing that Lao Wei was right. Well, there are no big sins, and there are constant small mistakes. It is easy to find a reason to punish the first, but it is still not enough to punish severely.

It's easy to beat and beat, just like to Zhang Zongbao, Zhao Fatzi and others, sent to Liaodong to suffer some crimes. But this is not the ultimate goal that Zhu Youxiao wants to achieve.

Besides, some nobles have already felt that the style is wrong, and there are a few who send their sons and nephews to Xinxue and martial arts.

is self-motivated, wants to study, and wants to serve the imperial court, Zhu Youxiao can't stop him and prevent his family from progressing. Just like the children of the sect, Zhu Youxiao also hopes that they will learn their skills and support themselves!

After thinking about it repeatedly, Zhu Youxiao still decided to start with the collusion between officials and businessmen, which was both a beating and a weakening, and gave the nobles a wake-up call.

As for Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Youxiao raised his head and instructed: "Chengguo Duke Zhu Chunchen, Wei Ban should pay more attention. ”

Uncle Wei hurriedly agreed, as long as the emperor had a focus. Isn't it just Zhu Chunchen, the emperor wants to punish you, and you can still run away? As for the crimes, the small ones can become bigger, and the non-ones can be fabricated, as long as the emperor is satisfied.

"Jiangning Weaving, what information has come from recently?" Zhu Youxiao asked seemingly casually.

On the bright side, the intelligence of Jiangnan Weaving should be reported to the East Factory, after all, it is the dispatch agency of the East Factory. But Zhu Youxiao's side can also get secret music, and almost all of them can understand it.

Uncle Wei thought for a moment and replied: "The students in Jiangnan are dissatisfied with the new policy, but they can only talk about it, and they don't have the courage to go against it openly. Most of the officials and businessmen are busy clearing up, but there are also some guys who are obsessed. ”

Zhu Youxiao bowed his head slightly, and sneered: "When the deadline comes, don't blame me for being polite." Tell Jiangning Weaving to find out clearly, don't wait for the time to start and not have an accurate number. ”

"Don't worry, the emperor." Uncle Wei bowed down and saluted, and also said ruthlessly: "If you dare not take the emperor's decree in your eyes, it is too late for the slaves and maids to regret it." ”

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