After listening to Song Yingxing’s introduction, Zhu Hengjia basically had a basic understanding of the agriculture and handicraft industry in the Ming Dynasty.
At this time, the Ming Dynasty was not lagging behind Western countries. Whether it was heavy industries such as mining, smelting, shipbuilding, and construction, or light industries such as silk, cotton, and porcelain, they all had their own merits at the time. Some scholars in later generations have calculated that during the Wanli period,
, Ming’s industrial output accounts for more than two-thirds of the world’s total.
Seeing that Zhu Hengjia was not asking about himself, his second assistant, Sun Jinding, the Minister of Rites, was anxious. He stepped forward and said: "In the supervision of the country, the ministers and ministers are offering wine. Zhang Xueshi discussed it and wanted to ask the supervision of the country for approval to compile a "Biography of the Erchen".
", including those ministers who were willing to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, in order to purify people's hearts."
Zhu Hengjia glanced at Sun Jinding, Xu Fuyuan from the Imperial Academy, and Zhang Zuochen, a bachelor from the Hanlin Academy, and smiled, "You hate evil as much as hatred, and feel the same loneliness. But if you compile "The Biography of Er Chen" now, I'm afraid those traitors will not be able to do it."
With no way out, they became more and more determined to serve the Tartars, which was not conducive to the Northern Expedition. Looking at it, this "The Biography of Erchen" should wait until the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of the two capitals. The crimes committed by the traitors are revealed one by one.
Keep this in mind and wait until after Beijing is captured before we can deal with them."
When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but tremble in their hearts. These people were either important ministers or Zhu Hengjia's confidants. They were naturally aware of King Jing's habit of settling accounts after the fall. I heard that there was also a pamphlet in the prison country.
Signatures and those with red circles were dealt with miserably.
Others are afraid that Zhu Hengjia will settle small accounts, but Grand Tutor Ding Kuichu is not afraid. As long as he can cheat, he can go anywhere smoothly. I heard that I was the first in line for the booklet that kept small accounts, so why not live a good life?
The great traitor seems to be loyal, and Grand Tutor Ding Kuichu went out to report with righteousness and dignity: "In supervising the country, I thought that the "Biography of Er Chen" need not be revised, but the "History of the Ming Dynasty" must be revised. Since Jiashen, the mountains and rivers have been broken, and the two capitals have been destroyed.
How did our great Ming Dynasty end up in such a state of ruin? There is a real need to revise history as a guide for future generations."
Compiling "History of Ming Dynasty"?
The history of China is mainly the history of the emperors, usually compiled through the emperor's daily notes. The tradition of the Twenty-Four Histories is that the following dynasties will revise the history of the previous dynasty, and they will revise the history of their own dynasty. Even if they revise it, they will not be able to
Recognized by subsequent dynasties.
Ding Kuichu doesn’t know such simple common sense? What the hell is this dynasty doing when it comes to revising its history?
Zhu Hengjia thought about it carefully and understood. This old guy is a treacherous person. He proposed to compile the "History of the Ming Dynasty" for at least two purposes: First, he took the opportunity to flatter himself. Needless to say, he would compile the history of this dynasty.
The writing is extremely wise and powerful; secondly, he is old, has an official position and money, but lacks a good reputation and wants to leave a name in history.
Zhu Xiangjia was very conflicted about Ding Kuichu. On the one hand, he was still brooding over the old accusation of double-dealing with the old master, taking money and then stabbing him. On the other hand, after the old master surrendered, he recruited western Guangdong for him and deceived Long.
Emperor Wu made a great contribution to recruiting Guizhou to surrender.
Alas! Old man Ding is getting old too. If he wants to study history, let him study it.
Zhu Hengjia thought for a while and said: "Taifu Ding, Xu Qing, Zhang Qing, and Gu then handed over the compilation of "History of the Ming Dynasty" to the ministers. The ministers are waiting in the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College to select capable personnel to compile the history. Remember, don't just
Those who picked it up said that if the previous emperors, including Gu himself, did not do well, they could also write it down for future generations to learn from."
"I will obey the Holy Orders carefully."
When he heard that they were following the imperial edict, Zhu Hengjia felt worried. Wouldn't these people really write down their shortcomings in the history books? This is not possible. Whether emperors of all dynasties will be famous for generations or remain infamy for thousands of years depends entirely on historians.
Writing.
Zhu Hengjia stared at Zhang Zuochen, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and took a few hard glances. The Hanlin bachelor was responsible for drafting edicts. After the late Tang Dynasty, the Hanlin bachelor was responsible for drafting confidential edicts, and was known as the "emperor's private person." No one who held this position could
One is not an emperor's confidant, and Zhang Zuochen is no exception.
"Zhang Qing, what is Wang Fuzhi, editor of the Hanlin Academy, mainly responsible for now?"
"As a supervisor of the country, Editor Wang is mainly responsible for drafting imperial edicts, compiling historical books, and attending banquets."
"Well, Bachelor Zhang, go tell Wang Fuzhi and ask him to participate in the revision of history. He must revise it well!"
Zhu Hengjia emphasized the word "well" very seriously.
Zhang Zuochen has followed Zhu Hengjia for several years and immediately understood, "I will definitely let Wang Euzhi compile history 'well'!"
Sun Jinding couldn't help but look a little gloomy when he saw that his proposal to compile "The Biography of Erchen" was rejected by the prison government.
Zhu Xiangjia felt that he could not neglect this confidant who had been with him for many years, so he asked him warmly: "Sun Qing, how is the reform of the imperial examination going?"
Each dynasty had different subjects for the imperial examination: Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty opened ten subjects; the Tang Dynasty had five permanent subjects, and sometimes there were more than a dozen subjects; the Song Dynasty also took several subjects; the Ming Dynasty had the least, and only took the Jinshi subject.
.Because only Jinshi was admitted, many scholars in the Ming Dynasty only knew the Four Books and Five Classics, and lacked other knowledge.
What would happen if all these lonely officials became nerds? Zhu Hengjia felt that the number of subjects in the imperial examination must be increased! The Ming Dynasty not only needed Confucian scholars who understood the classics and meanings, but also practical talents!
Sun Jinding perked up and said, "I have informed you that this time there are ten subjects in the imperial examination. In addition to the Jinshi subjects, there are also Ming Jing (the meaning of classics), Ming Fa (the law), Ming Zi (writing), and Ming Shu (the arithmetic).
), Translation (Foreign Language), Economics, Erudite Ci (Application Document), Policy Questioning (Thesis Defense), Nine Subjects of Poetry.
"Okay! This way we can select a wide range of talents!"
Zhu Hengjia thought for a while and then said: "Sun Qing, the scholars of our Ming Dynasty have been accustomed to taking only one subject for Jinshi for many years. Therefore, at the beginning, the number of successful candidates in the other nine subjects should not be too many. I mean, this time
In the scientific examination, Jinshi subjects are still the main ones, accounting for 60% of the total number of candidates, and the other nine subjects account for 40%. In this way, there is no need to worry about the quarrels among those candidates."
When Sun Jinding heard this, he was very impressed. He was worthy of being a supervisor of the country. He considered all aspects of the problem. He sincerely shouted: "The sage of the supervisor of the country!"
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The first assistant of the cabinet, the Minister of Household Affairs, Guan Shouzhen, saw that the second assistant, Sun Jinding, was upset just now. His suggestion to compile "The Biography of Er Chen" was rejected, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy.
Although Guan Shouzhen, like Sun Jinding, both have ministers who have made great achievements, he is not as good at flattering as Sun Jinding, and his holy family members are not as strong as Sun Jinding. The reason why he can be the first assistant is mainly because he has better ability to handle political affairs.
Stronger.
Although they are both old friends who have known each other for many years, they disagree with each other and have different opinions on each other. They have also formed two small factions in the court: Guanxi and Sun.
Zhu Hengjia had always maintained a high degree of vigilance against signs of party strife. The reason why the Ming Dynasty was like this was that party strife was an important reason. During the Wanli period, the Donglin Party fought with the Zhejiang Party, Qi Party, and Chu Party.
The number of interviews, invitations, memorials, and newspapers that were attacked actually reached more than 300. "Fuming's death was due to his family; his family began with cliques; cliques began with lectures."
During this inspection in Beijing, Zhu Hengjia secretly observed the officials related to him and the officials from the Sun family. He did not find any situation where the party was united against dissidents and only talked about factions, not right and wrong. This was still within his tolerance limit. There were some minor conflicts among the ministers.
This is what Zhu Hengjia likes to see, as this will be more conducive to his control of the court situation.
In fact, it was Zhu Hengjia who was overly worried. Any emerging force was very united in the stage of conquering the world. Facing the threat of the Qing army, Guan Shouzhen and Sun Jinding did not dare to fight in each other no matter how conflicted they were. If they ruined a major event, they would at most
They're just giving each other eye drops and bickering.
"Supervise the country," Guan Shouzhen secretly glanced at Sun Jinding with pride, "I still have three things to ask the supervisor to decide: one is to open the sea; the other is to cancel the introduction of tea; the third is to improve the tax system, cancel the landing tax and simplify the industrial tax collection