I saw a young man in his twenties wearing a yellow robe appearing in front of Lord Dan. Everyone bowed in obeisance. Even before the palace examination, officials from the Ministry of Etiquette had taught the candidates how to salute, so the scene was quite unusual.
No one made a mistake.
After getting up, he only heard a sharp voice coming from his ear: "Linxuan makes a plan!" The voice didn't sound loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly. Li Jie secretly said that he had such profound internal power.
When Lin Xuan issued a policy question, the emperor must personally take charge of it. If the emperor was busy, the palace examination would have to be postponed. For example, after the Zhengde examination in the fifteenth year, the Ministry of Rites invited the palace examination, but Emperor Zhengde did not return from a tour at that time, and the palace examination was postponed until Emperor Jiajing came to the throne the following year.
Just held.
According to the routine, the imperial examination questions were given by the emperor, and the chief minister of the cabinet opened them in person. Liu Ji climbed up the steps and came to Emperor Hongzhi to get the examination papers in person, and then opened them and distributed them to all the tributes by a dedicated person.
After everyone got the test papers, they were guided by officials from the Ministry of Rites and entered the Fengtian Hall in order.
Fengtian Hall is the first of the three main halls of the outer dynasty. The "Fengtian Fazu" represents the power of the emperor. It is the place where major ceremonies are held and where officials receive congratulations. It is rarely used on weekdays and is not used to go to court.
In this place, the regular court meetings of the Ming Dynasty were generally held at Fengtianmen, which was called "Yumen Listening to Government".
Li Jie sat at the top according to his ranking. After everyone was seated, there was a sound of order.
"The exam starts!"
Li Jie opened the test bag and took out the test questions. There was only one subject in the Ming Dynasty imperial examination, which was policy questions. The requirement was more than 1,000 words, so there was plenty of time for the test.
The test paper said: I only think about the three generations, and the emperor who defends the success must be Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. History says that at that time, the Yin Dynasty in the country was rich and prosperous in etiquette and righteousness... I inherited the great legacy of my ancestors and tried to govern the country. Every time I have the ambition to
The prosperity of the ancient emperors,...the achievements of the ancients, and the urgent tasks of today are carefully presented, and I will see them personally.
Most of the questions in the imperial examination are about classics, history and current affairs. The general theme of the imperial examination this time is how to govern a country, and discuss the strategies for governing the country based on the current affairs of the dynasty. It seems that this examination question is a test of the scholars' daily knowledge and overall view. It's too
It was too macroscopic, and a bad answer would be to talk in general terms. Li Jie began to close his eyes and think deeply.
The candidates around them couldn't help but feel strange when they saw Li Jie's appearance. In their opinion, the questions in this palace examination were very simple. Just start with the discussion of etiquette. Emperor Taizu once said, "If the etiquette and law are clear, people will be determined, and they will be at peace."
Just write down one line of etiquette and it will be fine.
Li Jie pondered for a long time, and with the draft in his mind, he opened his eyes and wrote, I am right: When the emperor comes to control the jade, he must have practical governance...
What is real government? To straighten out the principles of the government, clarify laws and regulations, so that the world is settled and at ease, and powerful and determined. Emperor Hongzhi has already begun to do this. Wan'an and Yin Zhi have successively dismissed the cabinet, leaving only Liu Ji.
, but this is not enough. During the Xianzong period, the government was abandoned because of its belief in Buddhism. Nowadays, there are a large number of monks and Taoism left in the capital, which also need to be solved urgently.
Li Jie felt Liu Ji's malice in front of the Fengtian Palace. Since he had already offended him, he was no longer afraid. He directly wrote in the article that he would scold all the treacherous and sycophantic ministers in the court first.
Jie doesn't write too much in the article, as he shouldn't make too many enemies. He is still too weak at the moment, so he writes about Liu Ji because he releases his malice first.
Li Jie also wrote several suggestions for the administration of officials. First, officials at all levels should be strictly selected and evaluated. It is necessary to clearly divide the work, perform their duties and assume their responsibilities, and appoint talents so that upright officials can fully display their ambitions.
In terms of economy, the most important thing is to vigorously build water conservancy and develop agriculture to prosper the economy. The management of the Yellow River cannot be underestimated. Water transportation in the Ming Dynasty has always been to transport grain from the south to the north. Floods in the Yellow River seriously threaten the lifeline of north-south transportation. Li Jie will
The treatment of Huang Ce in the trial was briefly processed and written in the article.
The problem of disaster victims has always been a headache for the current government. In the process of regulating the Yellow River, although a large amount of civilian power is required, it can also play the role of "relief through work".
In addition, it is necessary to reduce and reduce taxes, reduce the burden on the people, and adopt policies to recuperate and recuperate with the people. We should vigorously promote the Equal Yao Law and strive to reduce and reduce the taxes on handymen.
During the Ming Dynasty, the government collected taxes and corvees were all handled by Lijia. Lijia was the main bearer of land tax and all corvee services. Land tax and all corvee services were collected through Lijia. Ten households constituted one Jia.
The other nine households will make up for the uncollected income, and the outstanding income of one household will be made up by the other nine households.
The disadvantage of the Lijia Law is that the Lijia Chief has too much power. Except for the regular servants who are arranged according to the yellow list, most of the other miscellaneous servants are temporarily selected by the Lijia Chief in the upper, middle and lower third-class households every year.
The number of households is determined based on the amount of property.
The Junyao Law appeared in the Zhengtong period and has been implemented in many places. However, it has not been widely promoted. The biggest change of the Junyao Law is to determine some fixed quotas for handymen and return the personnel power of the district chief to the government. Only
A small number of temporary handymen are still assigned by the district chief.
In the process of vigorously promoting the Junyao method, a new Junyao book was created. Because of the shortcomings of the Lijia method, many of the previous yellow books were inaccurate, and hidden households and runaway households were not included.
Militaryly, in view of the growing strength of the little Mongolian Tatar prince, in addition to opening up mutual markets and using economic means to check and balance, it is still necessary to vigorously rectify border defenses and nip problems in the bud.
Today's guard system is increasingly weakened, and many military households have fled. Although there are no large-scale wars, there are still many small-scale invasions and disturbances. If the guard personnel are not enough, the army will be empty when the border enemies invade, and the border will be empty.
Residents suffer from intrusion.
In the second year of Hongzhi, Emperor Xiaozong ordered the implementation of the Qian Min Zhuang Law, which ordered the electors of prefectures and counties to be strong. They selected strong people over twenty years old and under fifty years old, and selected people to strengthen the people according to the region. They practiced twice a month in spring, summer, and autumn, and three times in winter.
, but this can only meet temporary needs, and it is completely insufficient if a large-scale battle occurs.
Li Jie wrote in the article that the recruitment method should be implemented on a small scale as a pilot, and the benefits of the recruitment method should be written in the policy questions for later generations. If there is a shortage of soldiers in the event of a large-scale war, it can be followed.
At the end of the article, Li Jie said that if you want to achieve great governance, you must make the people rich, and the people's wealth is nothing more than increasing income and reducing expenditure. He put forward some suggestions in a timely manner based on some views of later generations. In fact, what Li Jie really wanted to write was to establish a sea ban, but this topic can be
It is not something he can discuss now. He needs to wait quietly and wait until he has a certain right to speak before doing it. Looking at the development of future generations, the ocean is really too important.
Li Jie had already prepared the manuscript for this palace examination, so he wrote it directly on the main paper. There was no need to copy it again. After finishing writing, Li Jie looked at the sky outside the palace. It was not yet noon. It was not necessary to submit the paper for the palace examination.