Chapter 166 A truth that I didn’t understand before!
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Then what do you think? Let me tell Grandpa Huang."
He picked up the tea on the table and took a sip. He still looked at Zhu Yunzhen very lovingly and was not angry at his rebuttal.
"If the emperor only wants the descendants of everyone in the Ming Dynasty, and it will never change, the descendants of farmers will always be farmers, the descendants of military households will always be military households, and the descendants of merchants will always be merchants, then why does the emperor want to take the imperial examination again?
Where is the official?"
Zhu Yunxuan asked rhetorically: "They passed the imperial examination and farmers' sons became officials. Didn't it also change their destiny and give many people undesirable ambitions?"
"Good question!" Lao Zhu clapped his hands and said, "Then Grandpa Huang will tell you."
"Governing the people of the world is like herding cattle and sheep. To make the cattle and sheep obey, you must drive them away and give them a direction to move forward."
"When Yu the Great controlled floods, it was better to block them than to remove them."
"Among the cattle and sheep, some animals are very obedient, while others are very stubborn and refuse to go away, leading them to retreat."
"If you herd a large herd of cattle and sheep, one or two stubborn animals can spoil the entire herd. You need to find them, kill them, or train them."
"The same is true for governing the people of the world."
Solidification of classes is indeed not conducive to rule.
Under Lao Zhu's face, a hint of contempt and ridicule appeared.
The poor will always be poor and the rich will always be rich. In reality, this is what the rulers most want to see.
"Seventh, let us all study and train our thoughts. If they are not a thorn in the heart of the minister, we cannot single them out and kill them."
Just as the establishment of a direct descendant is the establishment of a concubine, and the establishment of an elder is the establishment of a child, it is also a kind of order.
Although what he said on the surface were all beautiful words.
The country's development has stagnated as a result.
When Zhu Yunxuan heard that, a chill suddenly rose up in his body, and I asked: "Grandpa Huang, in that case, although the imperial examination is called the Small Code for Selecting Talents, it actually has little to do with selecting talents for the imperial court.
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Once you fall behind, you will be beaten.
Zhai Yaowen was stunned after hearing this, with a myriad of thoughts.
"But when he looked through the history books, he saw no one who relied on imperial examinations to select talents when they were fighting in the sky? Or did they use filial piety and integrity to select people?"
Of course I know that what Lao Zhu said is the truth.
This has been the case in the selection of officials in all dynasties.
I hope that the Ming Dynasty under my rule will be the same.
"However, the recruitment of talents should be done in moderation. If too little is used, it should be based on seniority as much as possible."
Lao Zhu paused and said: "This is for the people here to select talents. He was a king before. If he needed to recruit any talents, he must stick to the imperial examination."
Because that also means that the status of the ruler and the ruled will always be reversed.
Zhuge Liang, who worked in Nanyang, had any experience. Liu Bei visited the thatched cottage and asked me to be his military advisor.
"Yes, for the imperial court, being stupid is enough."
"Let's just say that the people we use, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Tang He, Liu Ji, Li Shanchang, etc., were all selected by us after a quick inspection?"
There is no wider ocean, land, or numerous countries in it.
But in reality, we do not try to solidify the class by every possible means, so that the chances of the bottom class standing up are getting bigger and bigger, until the limit is close to zero.
Zhu Yunxuan was stunned again.
In feudal society for thousands of years, the level of science and technology and the system have almost not deteriorated at all. It has nothing to do with the fact that rulers of all dynasties have used the art of controlling the people, only to stabilize the country, but to develop and regress.
The Age of Small Navigation is about to begin. If we remain stubborn at this time, we will inevitably lag behind the world.
"It's not wrong for you to think so, but it's not right either."
This is also true for Liu Bowen and others of this dynasty.
"Yes, it was what the emperor told him later. It has been decided in heaven that officials with both hands also need some skills. He used people who came from the imperial examination to give thousands of scholars the hope of assisting the king.
It has no benefit but only one harm, so why bother using it?”
"He sticks to a certain pattern and uses Dao Yan and Zheng He. Of course he has both skills. We also doubt his vision. The two of us must not have extraordinary talents."
Apparently yes!
When talent is really needed, people are hired in a specific way.
"That's how it is to get an official position through the imperial examination."
"If you really need talents, this is the time to fight against the sky. At this time, everyone hopes that they can grab capable talents and defeat their opponents."
Those are all complementary to each other.
"On the surface, it seems that no one can take the imperial examination as long as they have a lowly status. If they pass the examination, they can rise to the top in one step."
"We told him in the future that we should use middle-aged people, not capable people."
As long as the poor are forced into desperation, they can just go up.
But Zhu Yunzhen knew that although Xiao Ming's territory was vast, it was only a large part of the entire Blue Star.
Therefore, throughout the past dynasties, and even in the technologically advanced societies of previous generations, the rulers of many countries have secretly promoted the solidification of classes.
Lao Zhu asked with a smile.
"Eighth, if you are selected through the imperial examination, you cannot set an example for heaven. If you learn martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family, we will all rush to work for our family."
But once the dynasty is established, all the talents who are hired out of the ordinary will disappear.
"It's because people without qualifications are weaker, but it's about maintaining order in employment."
"Because it is necessary. Compared with selecting elite talents, maintaining order is ten thousand times less important."
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"He thought carefully, when is the time when talents are most needed?"
"If you want to tell me, if you learn the classics badly and write the four parts badly, you will be stupid if you have stupid hands, and a stupid person may also learn badly."
For example, Jiang Taigong, who was fishing, directly worshiped him as prime minister.
"The imperial examination allows us to see a little hope of changing our own destiny, but it is very slim. Only an extremely small number of people can achieve it, and the impact on the stability of heaven is minimal."
Han Xin was originally just a soldier, but was appointed as a junior general by Liu Bang.
It’s still time to fight against heaven!
"But to say that he has some little ability and can be called a pillar of the country is not necessarily true."
"The most important thing is to choose the assistants who will help the emperor govern the sky. There are not many ways to choose."
"Do you really think that if you don't learn these things badly, you won't be a pillar of talent?"
"That is the way to achieve long-term peace and stability."
Because Xiao Ming wants to compete with other countries in the world.
"With the support of those people, the imperial court will gain a firm foothold in various places, and the sky will naturally be peaceful."
"In addition, for the small number of scholars who participated in the imperial examination, if we can see the hope of becoming officials, we will support the imperial court."
"It is crucial to win over those people through the imperial examination."
Is not it?
"But in reality, the first person in the lower middle school, Xiao Shao, is still a local squire."
But the price paid for this is that the entire society will lose its vitality and the momentum for development.
"Hahaha!" Old Zhu Xiaoxiao said, "This is true only for the imperial examination. From now on, when there is no imperial examination, how can the promotion of filial piety and honesty and the promotion of talents be the same?"
Moreover, in the eyes of Lao Zhu and a small number of civil and military officials, the sky belongs to Xiao Ming, and the rest are barbarians, who can compete with the orthodox Central Plains.
"When we are fighting in the sky, we employ people according to a certain pattern, and the real meritocracy is the only way to do it."
This shows that order still needs to be broken when necessary.
"Why did you do that when it was time to take charge?"
"Grandpa Huang, my grandson has nothing to say, and I would like to express my regrets to you."
Is it true?
Lao Zhu smiled and said: "Do you think that the imperial examination is to select talents for the country?"
Also waiting for my answer, I continued:
Those at the bottom can stand up, but those at the bottom will fall.
"Those who study are often wealthy households in the local area, and our power is relatively small."
The country is forever solid!
But on the other hand, Lao Zhu still stood up against all opinions and made me the king.
This is because for rulers, order is more important than talent.
Therefore, Lao Zhu made me the emperor's grandson, which caused such a small disturbance.
Chapter completed!