When the Ming Dynasty fleet set sail from Ceylon, the second imperial examination after Ju Ming ascended the throne ended.
The removal of the imperial examination papers directly left the southern officials speechless.
Among the top ten, seven are from Sichuan, Shaanxi, Henan, Luoyang Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture. The remaining three are from Zhejiang and one from Fujian.
This is completely different from the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, most of the top candidates in the imperial examination were from Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. Not to mention Henan and Shaanxi, even Huainan was a pot of porridge. How could northerners have anything to do with the imperial examination?
Now, Sichuan is the first to stabilize, followed by Shaanxi and Henan, and is the first to promote subjects such as mathematics.
In addition, the prosperity of the printing industry also plays a very important role.
There were three major printing centers in the Northern Song Dynasty: Meishan, Hangzhou and Jianyang.
The Ming Dynasty added two more: Hanzhong and Luoyang.
In these five places, the papermaking industry is all developed, and paper printing and books can be obtained nearby. Moreover, the literary style is extremely prosperous, and village studies and social studies are very popular. Even the children of farmers can read.
Huan Guo carefully counted the data and said: "Jiangxi first established landowners and then demolished clans. This lasted for nearly two years. The scholars may not be interested in learning. This time, there is no one in the top twenty Jinshi from Jiangxi. The total number of Jinshi is less than
There were twelve fewer people in the previous term.”
After Zhu Ming browsed the birthplaces of Xinke Jinshi, he said to Huan Guo: "In the next imperial examination, there will be a separate list for three Jinshi places in the hometown of Liao and Jin Dynasties and northern Goryeo. Otherwise, the scholars there will never be able to pass the exam. Wait two seconds
Thirty years later, these places will be re-integrated into Beibang."
"Yes!" Huan Guozuo bowed.
The imperial examination always puts politics first, and don't talk about whether it is fair or not.
Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been suppressing the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi because there are too many officials in these places. If allowed to develop freely, the court will be full of southerners at first glance!
However, now that Sichuan, Shaanxi and Henan are on the rise, the south can relax the rules appropriately.
Zhu Ming continued: "Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi provinces can each increase their quota by two people each time."
"Yes!" Huan Guo accepted the order.
Ju Ming said: "Let's do a roll call tomorrow."
The officials of the Cabinet and Ministry of Rites retired, and Ju Ming continued to review the memorial.
The memorial submitted by the Ministry of War is a headache. It is almost time to end the Southwest War.
Last autumn, troops from southern Sichuan, eastern Sichuan, western Hunan, and Guangxi were sent out to clear away the barbarian chieftains who violated the rule of law along the way, and then attacked the Luo Dian Kingdom, starting from Qi Kingdom and Te Mo Road.
Facing Yang Zaixing's army, the Temodaonong native chief was the first to surrender.
This kind of surrender is the same as not surrendering, because Te Mo Dao has long surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. But it is just a surrender. It does not pay tribute, does not listen to orders, and often plunders surrounding tribes.
Yang Zaixing asked Chief Nong to surrender in person, but he hid in the stronghold and refused to come out.
Then we can only attack the mountain and start fighting!
In just two days, Yang Zaixing broke through the barbarian stronghold, but the Nong chieftain ran away. Then he gathered the remaining troops to fight guerrillas in the vast mountains, and from time to time he coerced or robbed other small tribes.
It has been four months, and the Nong clan chieftain has not yet been wiped out. He is hiding in who knows which ravine.
Yang Zaixing was so angry that he burned the barbarian strongholds after breaking them. He burned twelve barbarian strongholds one after another, which in turn forced the barbarians in Temo Road to share the same hatred.
According to recent news, Chief Nong seems to have fled to the territory of Dali.
So Yang Zaixing sent a memorial to the court, saying that the weather there was about to get hotter, and asked to withdraw his troops first. Another native chief named Nong Dezhi, who had always been very obedient in this battle, hoped that the court could canonize this man as Temo Daoxuan.
Envoy.
Te Mo Road is already very difficult to fight, but Luo Dianguo and Zi Qiguo are even more difficult to fight.
The terrain of those two small countries is more complex, and they have the same origin as the Thirty-seven Barbarians of Dali.
The Ming army fought over and won several battles in succession.
Those barbarians immediately changed their tactics. Not only did they fight guerrillas in the mountains, but they also retreated to Dali Kingdom when they encountered danger. Then they led the thirty-seven barbarians from Dali Kingdom to fight back and set up an ambush in the mountains.
Dali promised to help, but was unable to do anything.
From the Nanzhao Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty to the current Dali Kingdom, they have been unable to conquer the thirty-seven barbarians. They could only force these barbarians to surrender, and then they rebelled from time to time, killing two of the prime ministers of Dali Kingdom.
The Ministry of War has summarized these situations and has given solutions:
First, withdraw troops before the weather gets hot.
Second, Ziqi and Luodian must abolish their national titles and submit to the imperial court.
Third, in Ziqi, Luodian and Temo, each of the three places canonize a native chief as the Xuanfu envoy.
Fourth, speed up immigration around these three places.
Ju Ming picked up his pen and said, "Yes."
This approach means strategic failure.
The four-pronged army attacked, and if the soldiers and civilians were included, the total number of troops mobilized was nearly 100,000.
They spent countless amounts of money and food, and although the population of the barbarians was greatly reduced and there were heavy casualties, not even a king or chief was captured. They could only do the same as Dali, forcing the barbarians to surrender, and who knows what day they will rebel again.
Juzhou has been changed to Guizhou, and Ju Ming added another sentence with a red pen: "Within five years, no more troops will be used against Temo, Ziqi, and Luodian. Sichuan's serious criminals will mainly be exiled to Guizhou. The southern Sichuan army will encroach on
Mahu, Nanguang, and Luo's three barbarians recruited landless farmers to form villages and farm."
Damn it, I can’t conquer the Southwest!
After all, Ju Ming is not Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. He really can't bring himself to emigrate on a large scale.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and his son conquered the southwest and immigrated hundreds of thousands of people at every turn. During the forced migration, countless families were separated from their families, and countless people died in the Yunnan-Guizhou region.
After thinking about it, Ju Ming added another sentence: "For those who voluntarily immigrated to Mahu, Nanguang, Luoshi, and Guizhou, the guilty will be pardoned, and the debtors will be written off. The government shall not pursue their crimes, and the creditors shall not pursue their debts! This order
, announced to the world with an edict that voluntary immigrants can register at the local government."
The southwest region seems to be in business for a long time, and the Dali Kingdom can continue to exist for many years.
Ju Ming decided to shift the direction of expansion to the northwest and destroy Xixia first!
Although the northwest is barren, the immigration environment is better than the southwest, and it is more convenient for the court to send troops to suppress it.
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The Grand Ceremony of Chuan Lu.
"The first person in this imperial examination is Zizhou Zhao Kui."
A 19-year-old young man who is short, thin, ugly, and has a face full of acne, takes the lead with a confident step.
Since the establishment of the imperial examination from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, there has never been such an ugly number one scholar!
At this moment, everyone is paying attention.
This Zhao Kui was called "Little Dongpo" by Zhao Gou in history, and the people called him the "Pockmarked Number One Scholar".
Because he advocated resisting the Jin Dynasty and did not deal with Qin Hui, the top scholar actually used his body as a selector to work as a minor official.
The school secretary who could have been directly taught was delayed for three years in violation of regulations, and his luggage was searched on the way back to Beijing. As a result, except for travel expenses, all he brought with him was books.
Qin Hui was unable to punish him for his corruption and bending the law, so he took his family to the capital, claiming to be taking care of him, but in fact it was a threat. This still didn't work, so Qin Hui's party members impeached him for writing poems to complain about the emperor.
Unfortunately, this man died young.
The new scholars went to change into their official uniforms and lined up to enter the main hall to pay homage to the emperor.
Zhu Ming waved his hand and said, "The Number One Scholar is coming close."
Zhao Kui moved forward step by step.
Ju Ming carefully observed the pimples and said, "After the Qionglin Banquet, you can ask the imperial doctor to take care of it."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty!" Zhao Kui said with a bow.
Zhu Ming smiled and said: "Tan Hua Lang, you go and choose the flowers."
"yes!"
Sun Yaochen happily accepted the order.
Sun Yaochen is thirty-one years old this year. He is from Shaanxi. He is unknown in history. He probably died in the Jingkang disaster.
He took several palace guards and happily walked out of Donghua Gate and became the first flower-hunting man to resume the flower-hunting activity.
The group of people rode horses and wandered around the city of Luoyang. First they went straight to Tianwang Temple, which has more than 100,000 peonies.
Since the capital was Luoyang, and the imperial examination coincided with the flower blooming season, it was natural for the Jinshi to use peonies for hairpins and parades.
When Sun Yaochen was selecting flowers at Tianwang Temple, many Luoyang citizens heard about it. Especially the florists came to recommend themselves with samples and asked the flower scout to choose their own peonies.
The new Jinshi was already waiting outside Donghua Gate, and Sun Yaochen returned with three hundred peonies.
After everyone finished tying their hairpins, they began to ride horses through the streets.
The Xixia envoy Cao Tuan stood on the roadside, looking at the Jinshi who were proud of the spring breeze, and hearing the cheers of Luoyang citizens in his ears. He couldn't help but sigh: "This is what scholars should do!"
Taira Kiyomori held a Japanese sword and asked, "Cousin, can we reform the imperial examination?"
"It's difficult." Hanoi Jingguo shook his head.
Japan also had an imperial examination system at this time, but it had been abandoned for more than a hundred years.
All Japanese candidates must be recommended by powerful people. As long as they take the exam, they will definitely pass. If the essay is too bad to pass, then the recommender will help change the judgment and pass.
This is similar to the imperial examinations in Goryeo and North Korea.
Especially for North Korea's Enko, the exams have already been completed and the results have been released. Only the poor scholars know that there is an exam this year.
Taira Kiyomori said: "I know why the Ming Dynasty became strong and powerful, and talented people could become officials instead of being promoted based on noble blood. There are also many heroes in Japan, but without a prominent background, they can only be buried among the people."
Hanoi Ching-kuo said: "Whoever dares to reform the imperial examination will surely die a good death. Don't mention this again after you return to China."
"I know." Ping Qingmori was quite helpless.
Hanoi Jingguo asked again: "How are you doing at Taixue?"
Taira Kiyomori said: "I have already completed my elementary school studies, and I learned many of them in Japan. If I take the exam again, I will be able to advance to the inner school to study scriptures."
"The Confucian classics contain the road to governing the country. You should study hard." Hanoi Ching-Kuo instructed.
Taira Kiyomori was too lazy to argue. He still wanted to learn the art of war, but it was a pity that the military academy did not admit foreign students.
After the hairpin parade, they paid homage to the Confucian Temple the next day.
Next is the Qionglin Banquet.
At the banquet, Zhao Kui showed up again.
When responding to a poem in front of the emperor, Zhao Kui, the ugly number one scholar with a face full of acne, wrote two sentences that moved Luoyang: "The number one scholar has thousands of flowers, but I bloomed the first branch first."
Zhu Guoxiang also came to participate in the Qionglin Banquet. After eating and drinking, he returned to the palace. He said to his son: "I will move out in a few days."
"So soon? You can stay for another two years," Zhu Ming persuaded.
Zhu Guoxiang laughed and said: "Luoyang is boring. I feel at ease when I go to a villa. I farm, grow flowers, fish every day, go hunting when I have free time, and make inventions with the craftsmen. Haha, how many more days will you live this kind of retirement life?"
It takes ten years to enjoy it. No, you may not be able to enjoy it in your lifetime. It is very difficult to retire as an emperor!"