Chapter Ninety-Four: Temptation

Fang Xiaoru nodded and said; "What Lord He said is extremely true. I wonder how Lord He is going to deal with this matter? ”

The former dynasty Yin Jian mentioned by He Xi is nothing else, that is, "Mo Dao Shiren has one eye, instigating the Yellow River to rebel in the world." "Gather hundreds of thousands of people to repair the Yellow River, and a shout can change the color of the country. Therefore, we must be vigilant against any gathering of people that are not under the control of the government.

This is also the reason why mining was repeatedly restricted in ancient times.

Tens of thousands of middle-aged men are in the deep mountains and old forests that the government can't reach. As soon as something happens, these people can be transformed into rebels. Not to mention, many mines can exceed 10,000 people. Even if there are 10,000 rebels, there are quite a few of them.

Although there are hundreds of thousands, millions of armies in history, it will only appear when the war of the country will appear. Generally speaking, it is good to have tens of thousands of troops in a province. 10,000 rebels, engulfing the people, can evolve into hundreds of thousands of troops in an instant.

This is a hidden danger for the imperial court.

He Xi said; "The imperial court always has to manage these mines, and the first thing is to restrict the license, so everyone who opens the mine must apply for a license, which is to be insured. There must be more than three mines in a mine, or a mining area, and second, the imperial court sends people to inspect the mines and set a mining tax, which does not need to be high. After all, the imperial court set up a team to deal with them, and it always had to collect the imperial court expenses of this line. ”

The so-called continuous insurance, in fact, is to apply for the mine license, must find several families to guarantee together, once something happens to the mine, these will be punished by the imperial court.

In fact, He Xi did not think about collecting enough mining taxes from the mining industry. This is not the mining tax of the Wanli Emperor, and the mining tax of the Wanli Emperor does not have a serious name at all. It is a rampant expropriation, and He Xi has seriously thought about taking a piece of the pie from the mining industry.

However, He Xi gave up.

The first reason is that the Ming Dynasty was built at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and the development of the mining industry is lagging behind. Historically, Daming Mining also flourished after orthodoxy. Nowadays, there is not much to collect. The second reason is that Confucian scholars and doctors are very, very sensitive to tax increases.

This time, he didn't fall out with Fang Xiaoru. Instead, find a way to get Fang Xiaoru to agree with him.

Naturally, it is impossible to pick a sensitive place for Fang Xiaoru and prick it.

Fang Xiaoru said: "Lord He's foresight is beyond my expectations. ”

In fact, Fang Xiaoru did not agree with He Xi's thoughts. Because in Fang Xiaoru's eyes, if something happens in the locality, although there is an advantage, there are ten times the disadvantages left in the locality. It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang has agreed to this matter, and Fang Xiaoru won't say anything.

Same issue.

Fang Xiaoru came over on behalf of the prince to understand and communicate. He was not against He Xi either.

Fang Xiaoru is principled, not brainless. When it is time to be flexible, it can also be flexible, otherwise when Song Ne is dead, Fang Xiaoru should be on it.

Fang Xiaoru didn't dwell on these either, it was just an appetizer.

Fang Xiaoru said: "What is the special examination of the Coal and Iron Division? ”

When the two were talking, Zhang Du was silent like a stone, just the fingers hidden under the sleeves kept quietly moving, which was a habitual action of Zhang Du, and there would be this action when he was memorizing some content at high speed.

He Xi said; "Nothing. The Coal and Iron Division has at least a dozen sections. Only a few dozen officials at all levels, plus hundreds of officials, can support this framework. In the interim, recruiting so many people, I also chose a temporary method. ”

Fang Xiaoru said: "Please also ask Master He to introduce me to a temporary method." ”

I don't know if it's He Xi's illusion, Fang Xiaoru added an accent to the word temporary.

He Xi didn't care about this, and said: "Officials with high grades, Master Zhang will discuss with the officials. Build a shelf first, lack of personnel, and then conduct an examination, and select the best. The best fills the vacancies. The second act is in the history of the Coal and Iron Division. for later use. ”

The most basic things, Fang Xiaoru also knows. Continue to ask, "How to take the test?" What to test? ”

For Fang Xiaoru, this time is the real key.

He Xi was confident and said: "Take three exams, Jingyi, mathematics, and major." Each course is set at a percentage. Among them are various topics, fill-in-the-blank, choice, judgment, simple, essay, essay, etc. According to the different emphasis of the question, the score is also different, and finally combined together to calculate the total score. ”

When Fang Xiaoru heard this, he said; "But, the method you used in the Mingjiantang exam?"

He Xi said: "Exactly. This is the best way to prevent the examiner from relying on his own selfish thoughts to influence the candidate's score. Master Fang, you know, in fact, there is time for the examiner to undoubtedly show favoritism, but their judgment is already favoritism. ”

Fang Xiaoru was stunned for a moment, and then nodded silently, admitting that He Xi had a point.

Before the imperial examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there was a phenomenon that once the examiner was determined, the candidates would immediately grab the examiner's Chen Mo, that is, the articles written by the examiner before. In order to be the preference of ordinary examiners, when taking the exam, they can do what they like. Or the examiner did not mean to be selfish when marking the papers, but his own attitudes and opinions formed partiality.

Fang Xiaoru had already seen the 100-point system used in the Mingjian Hall exam. Although I still don't feel very comfortable, I feel bells and whistles. But I can't fault it, but other things, it's not like that.

Fang Xiaoru said; "The scriptures are 100 percent, and some are less. Arithmetic is one of the six arts of a gentleman, and it is a bit too much, and that's it. What is the major? ”

He Xi said: "Professionalism is nothing else. The qualities necessary for the personnel required by each department. For example, if you want to work in the Coal and Iron Division, if you want to work in the Coal and Iron Division, you must not say anything else, at least have some understanding of coal and iron metallurgy. If you don't understand it at all, it will be too time-consuming to learn it from scratch when you get to the yamen. ”

Fang Xiaoru frowned and said; "This kind of learning is not suitable for Confucian ministers."

Fang Xiaoru's sentence represents the voice of a considerable number of scholars, and it is also the reason why He Xixue is not popular.

Meng Ziyun: "Those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people." There is nothing wrong with this sentence itself, but in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there was a clear stream and turbidity, and the clear stream naturally felt that they were laborers, and the specific affairs should be done by laborers.

Therefore, even if Zhu Wen threw all the clear streams into the turbid flow of the Yellow River, he could not change this bad habit.

The scholars and doctors of the Northern Song Dynasty talked very loudly, but once it came to a specific event, it was not the way to treat Confucianism. It's the same today. Fang Xiaoru didn't think that the Ming scholars needed to learn any professional knowledge, Fang Xiaoru felt that the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, a Analect may not be able to rule the world, but a Analect plus Mencius, the Mean, and the Thirteen Classics of Confucianism is enough to rule the world. I still need to learn these ninth-rate things.

When He Xi heard Fang Xiaoru's words, all the good feelings of the other party's filial piety before were gone.

No matter how good Fang Xiaoru's personal conduct is, it is also above the old morality. It is completely incompatible with He Xi. The two sides are really not all the way.

He Xi said: "Lord Fang, the world not only needs Confucian ministers, but also needs ministers to govern the world, such as the world, river engineering, water conservancy, shipbuilding, city building, construction of the Great Wall, and so on, there is always someone to do. Could it be that the imperial court will not do these things in the future? ”

Fang Xiaoru was silent for a while, he was actually not convinced at all. In his opinion, these things only need to be raised by one or two Confucian ministers, and the craftsmen below are ordered to do what they are told. Where you need to study specifically, even if you need to, a few books on the horizon are enough to cope.

Where is it so exaggerated.

It's just that Fang Xiaoru didn't come to quarrel with He Xi today. After all, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, the big Buddha behind He Xi is Zhu Yuanzhang.

However, Fang Xiaoru also drew a circle on the profession in his heart, and remembered it deeply in his heart. But he said; "Lord Ho, it makes sense. It's me who thinks it's bad. It's just this exam, can it be taken only by Guozi Jian students? ”