Just when the European battlefield was in full swing, the Ming Dynasty was also in chaos.

Xiangzhou Mansion, Wu Palace.

The former Siam Palace has become the current Wu Palace, but this is just what people say, because the Siam Palace now hangs the sign of the Wu Palace.

Zhu Zhanyan has never left a handle on people in this kind of place, and the palace has been changed to a palace, which may make people think of it, but he can't say anything.

After all...... Waste utilization.

However, in the current Xiangzhou Mansion, this matter is not what people talk about the most, after all, how many years have it been, and no matter how unruly it is, it is all in the past, and there is nothing new.

There are two things that are most interesting at the moment.

First, it is said that the thing led by the prince of Wu Wangshu and executed by the eldest son of Wu Wangshu, people don't know what it is, but it can be seen that Zhu Zhanqi attaches great importance to it.

Second, it is this year's imperial examination.

There are rules for the imperial examination, and the time is also fixed, that is, the township examination is held every year, and the township examination is held in the next year, that is, the Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei years.

Among them, the township test is in August, so it is also called Qiuqiu, and the meeting test is generally in March, so it is also called Chunqiu.

In the first year of Xuande, the autumn festival was held, and it stands to reason that the spring festival should be held in the second year of Xuande, that is, last year, but due to the Xuande Emperor's personal expedition, this matter was temporarily postponed.

As for the later ones...... Emperor Xuande died on the battlefield, the emperor died, and this spring was naturally over.

It's been more than a year, and it's obviously impossible to take the spring test again at this time, but this Changke can't do it, but it can take advantage of the new emperor's ascension to the throne to hold an Enke.

There is nothing to say about this Enke, after all, it is not the first time that Daming has done Enke, but the problem is that this year's imperial examination is a little different from previous years.

As we all know, there are only two kinds of imperial examinations, one is to screen the literati, that is, the regular imperial examination, and the other is the martial examination that originated in the Wu and Zhou dynasties of the Tang Dynasty.

But this year, in addition to the imperial examination and martial arts, the Ming Dynasty has another imperial examination project: Gongju.

Gongju, as the name suggests, is the imperial examination of craftsmen, and the establishment of a separate imperial examination program for craftsmen may sound somewhat incredible, but in fact it does not cause much repercussions.

After all, in the edict issued by the imperial court, it was stated early on that the elite of the craftsmen should be selected, not that you can be promoted if you have outstanding ability, but that you should have the kind of whimsy like thunder in dry land.

In other words, the Gongju and the Imperial Examination are not the same, and the Gongju is selected by invention.

Moreover, the imperial court specially noted one point, that is, Gongju does not take any champions, only the identity of the lifter, but as long as you become a worker, you will have at least a knighthood.

Of course, the high reward means that the threshold is also quite high, and the imperial court specially noted that the only inventions that can be selected are similar to cocoons, water wheels, and gunpowder.

What really excites people is that in addition to the fact that they will have a knighthood after becoming a Gongju person, there is also the special mode of Gongju.

The work examination is also once every three years, with the imperial examination, but there is no township examination, in the link of the township examination, the craftsmen have to go to Xiangzhou Mansion, Yingtianfu and Shuntianfu by themselves, and can not carry anything except for the coiled dry food.

After arriving at these three places, you can go to the Ministry of Industry to register, and the Ministry of Industry will arrange for your accommodation and other issues, and the examination of the Gongju is also different from the imperial examination.

The examination of the Ministry of Industry provides the tools, and you make the things you participate in the Ministry of Industry and explain the use, and you have to test them on the spot, and finally decide according to the selection of the Ministry of Industry.

It can be said that the work is groundbreaking, but not everyone can participate.

As soon as the imperial edict was issued, the vast majority of people saw the idea of the imperial court, in addition to recruiting good talents, the real idea of the imperial court was to collect the whimsical ideas of the people, especially those ideas that could create important weapons for the benefit of the country and the people.

Wu Palace.

"Your Royal Highness, the Ministry of Industry of Xiangzhou Prefecture has received more than 1,300 craftsmen to sign up, and many of the reports from all over the country are on the way, and it is expected that by July, the number of applicants will reach more than 3,000 people."

"I see." Zhu Zhanqi nodded, took a pen and wrote an order, and stamped it with the seal of Xiangzhou Mansion.

"Give this to the Ministry of Households, let them properly arrange the accommodation of the registered craftsmen, in addition to explaining the Ministry of Industry, all the ideas submitted by the craftsmen must be seen one by one, in addition to what they say, the people of the Ministry of Industry should also think about whether these things are of other uses."

"These must be implemented, tell them that once there is a problem, His Highness will trace it back to the source of the problem, ask them one by one, and never tolerate them!"

"Yes!"

……

As the sound atmosphere quieted down, Zhu Zhanqi sighed deeply.

In the matter of Gongju, his eldest brother Zhu Zhanyan said an idea, and after giving a little simple advice, he threw it to him, but he demanded that it be fair, at least not to let the problem of impersonation at the beginning of the establishment of Gongju.

But how hard is it?

Not to mention anything else, after participating in the imperial examination and becoming a lifter, you still have to go to others as a substitute, and only when someone retires or something goes wrong and is brought to justice, you will have the opportunity to be an official.

And this is just a chance, because you are not the only substitute for each position, but at least two or three, and at most five or six, and you have to fight your way out of it before you can become an official.

And being an official is just an official position, but what about the work? Then it's a knighthood!

Under such temptation, you can think about it with your heels, and there will definitely be a lot of impostors, after all, this is actually equivalent to one step to the sky, even if it is just an empty title, it is worth it.

Therefore, Zhu Zhanqi intends to create an unprecedented, at least unprecedented precedent for the Ming Dynasty.

Artisan naturalization.

The so-called naturalization of craftsmen is not the same as lowly nationality.

In the Ming Dynasty, although there is no slavery, but there is a lowly status, into the lowly status, although it is not said that the generations are lowly, but at least after changing careers and then three generations can get out of the lowly.

If you are a lowly member, you can't participate in things like the imperial examination.

Zhu Zhanqi's idea of naturalization of craftsmen is different, he wants to only target those craftsmen who sign up for the Gongju, and at the same time as they sign up for the Gongju, they will become craftsmen, as long as they become craftsmen, then you can't apply for the imperial examination and martial arts, and you can't engage in other occupations.

However, this is limited to the person who has signed up for the work lift, and his children and descendants are not subject to this restriction, unless his children and descendants are also enrolled in the work lift.

However, Zhu Zhanqi still felt that something was not appropriate.

After all, once you are naturalized, you can only engage in the craftsman industry in this life, and the imperial court is extremely strict in the selection of work, and the selection is the kind of great invention that benefits the country and the people.

This can be said to be a real army crossing a single-plank bridge, after all, for thousands of years, how many inventions have been able to reach the level of benefiting the country and the people?

Once naturalized, there is no other way out for you, but the craftsmen themselves don't care, because they live on this in the first place.

But the problem is that if there is a natural disaster, man-made disaster, mutiny, etc., which leads to the displacement of the people, it will be very difficult for the artisan people to make a living in this situation.

In this case, the more people who have no way out, the more likely they are to become a factor of instability.

In the Ming Dynasty, the situation of rebellion and rebellion is actually quite a place, even if it is called the Yongle Dynasty as a prosperous era by later generations, it is actually chaotic.

Yongle Dynasty has a total of 22 years, and there are no less than a dozen rebellions alone, although there are reasons for too many natural disasters in Yongle Dynasty, but it is not the main reason.

Zhu Zhanqi felt that the history of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, gave people too much encouragement that they should not have.

After all, having a broken bowl at the beginning, letting go of a cow, being a beggar, and being a monk, it can be said that he has climbed from the bottom of society to the top in a real sense.

If such a person can become an emperor, it will make many people think, why can't I?

(End of chapter)