When he sent the prison students to Tianjin to set up the Customs Department, looking at this group of people, Zhu Youjian suddenly thought of another group.
This year is the year of spring, and the three-year imperial examination will be held in March. Those with good family conditions or those far away from home have rushed to the capital, and a large number of examinations have been delayed due to wars and other messy things.
did not come!
Under such circumstances, it seems inappropriate to hold the imperial examination? We need to find a way to stop this year's imperial examination!
It was impossible not to discuss such a major matter with Zhou Yanru. After having an idea, Zhu Youjian had no choice but to ask Wang Chengen to go to the cabinet again to invite Comrade Zhou over.
After Zhou Yanru saw the ceremony, Zhu Youjian said straight to the point: "Master, this is the year of the scientific examination. However, the situation this year is not suitable for the scientific examination. There are rebels in the Central Plains, southern Zhili, and Shandong."
, it is estimated that a large number of candidates will not be able to travel to the capital for reference, what should we do?"
"The saint's concern is also the concern of the old minister. If the situation does not improve before March, we will have to take as many exams as we can."
"I'm afraid this will go against the intention of the imperial court to select officials and reserve talents. Too few people will come and the selected people will be unsatisfactory. It will also be unfair to the officials who can't come. I don't think it's appropriate."
"There is indeed something wrong, but for the present solution, we can only use expedient methods. There is no other way."
"Can this year's scientific examination be postponed for one year? Wait until next year to hold the talent promotion ceremony?"
"Delay one year? Your Majesty's move is undesirable! Spring is an important matter for the country, how can we change the time at will? Scholars all over the world prepare for the exam every three years. Postponing one year involves a lot and will mess up the rules. Besides,
Now that many officials have arrived in the capital, delaying the Spring Festival by one year cannot allow them to stay in the capital for one more year. Many of them are from poor families. It will be difficult for them to make up for the expenses to come to the capital. It will be really difficult to wait another year.
inappropriate!"
"In urgent matters, follow the authority, Grand Master, you can't just talk about the difficulties, you have to find ways to solve the problems. I don't believe that the trouble that will happen after one year will not be solved? Let the local science and technology be handled at the normal pace, no
Can the impact be reduced to a smaller extent? The extension of Chunwei is only a matter of this term, and it will return to normal in the next term. For those who have gone to Beijing to prepare for the scientific examination and have difficulties in life, they will be temporarily sent to the Imperial Academy of Long Live Mountain to let them
There, I will study hard and prepare for the scientific examination next year. The food and accommodation of the Juzi who live in Long Live Mountain will be in charge of the palace, and they can also receive one tael of silver per month as a subsidy for school supplies. At the same time, I will issue an edict to the world that there will be fifty more Jinshi places in the spring of next year.
This is to make up for the regret that we are unable to participate in the Spring Festival as scheduled!"
What the emperor said seemed to make sense. Zhou Yanru felt very dizzy when he heard that the imperial examination would be postponed for one year. But after the young man in front of him explained it in detail, he felt that it was not too troublesome. Yan Yi
No matter how old the year is, if more people can come, it will also make the big shots in the court less busy. Now everyone's main energy is affected by Donglu's entry into the pass, and they have to spend time on scientific examinations. It is indeed a bit too busy.
"Your Majesty, do you have any specific requirements for the candidates who want to be the superintendents of Long Live Mountain? Also, since they all have the status of being candidates, it might be inappropriate to start teaching classes again?"
"Anyone who is willing to come will be accepted. After entering the prison, the prisoners will live in the Gongsheng branch. There will be no regular classes in the prison, and there will be no performance evaluation. There will only be some elective courses for the prisoners to gain their knowledge. Whether you attend classes or not is entirely up to your own volition.
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Where is this recruiting students? This is recruiting masters! From a certain perspective, this is true. In later generations, these candidates are at least equivalent to department-level cadres, and the more powerful ones are almost equivalent to deputy department-level cadres, so they are all
Master. In the later generations before time travel, Zhu Youjian's soul had to be careful when meeting a section chief. The director had to be careful. Which of the county-level cadres he met who was not awesome would go to heaven? This is still the later generations and the current Ming Dynasty official-oriented thinking.
more serious.
Don’t think that you are awesome if you win the Jinshi in the imperial examination! In fact, if you win the imperial examination, you can become famous. If you win the Jinshi, it will be even more amazing. Isn’t the average Jinshi just a seventh-grade official? What the heck! People start from the seventh-grade official!
When Jinshi went to serve in local areas, it was not a serious job. In later generations, there was a saying about this, which was called temporary employment at the grassroots level for training. The organizational relationship was in the official department of the imperial court and was not under the control of the local authorities.
Some people may ask what the candidates and Jinshi in the imperial examination era are equivalent to in later generations. The candidates and candidates are not academic qualifications, but birth status. In fact, this thing also has a reference in later generations. The candidates are equivalent to the selection of students and Jinshi conducted by the provincial department.
It is the large-scale selection of reserve young cadres conducted by the top departments. Those who are civil servants do not have very special opportunities and connections, and the end of their lives will not reach the starting point of their official career when they were born as Jinshi.
After Zhou Yanru returned, he informed the Ministry of Rites of this decision. After careful discussion, the officials of the Ministry of Rites unanimously agreed that this was a very wise decision. This did not harm everyone's interests, but instead created fifty more places. The most important thing is that
, this year's situation, people in the Ministry of Rites also understand that the conditions for taking the imperial examination are too difficult. If the examination is forced, it will be a question whether there will be a thousand people to take the examination, and it is very likely to make a joke like one out of three.
Zhili and Zhejiang are the base camps of civil servant interest groups. The Qing soldiers are currently blocking the way for these officials to go north to participate in the scientific examination. The postponement will allow more officials from the south to participate.
On the surface, the only loss suffered by this matter is the emperor. He has to take care of the food and lodging of the princes who have come this year for a year, and also has to give them one tael of silver as a monthly subsidy. However, this loss is still acceptable.
According to the current situation, there are only a thousand people in prison at most, and all the expenses will only amount to an extra two to thirty thousand taels of silver a year.
The school building is ready-made, and we plan to move the school building to Xiyuan in the spring. The Meishan side is too small, so there is no problem in carrying out normal infantry drills, but it is a bit too small to carry out cavalry subjects and spearmen subjects. From now on,
From the perspective of the military academy, Xiyuan is still a bit small, with many barracks and not much space that can actually be used for training. The ideal location of the military academy should be in Xishan. There is no condition at this stage. We will wait until the conditions improve.
Zhu Youjian was unwilling to engage in loss-making business, and his purpose in bringing in such people was not pure. He mainly wanted to adopt some measures in the later stage to absorb some unsteady-minded guys into the group of Jian Gongsheng and let them
Become a serious university graduate.
Everyone thinks that the situation next year will be better than this year, but Zhu Youjian, who really knows the direction of history, knows that there is a high probability that the situation next year will be worse than this year. If the imperial examination cannot be held this year, it will be even harder to say next year. I don’t believe it.
, those candidates who were imprisoned could survive two consecutive years without wavering. In terms of personal quality, it is more reliable to rely on candidates to run a serious university than the current group of three-year-old students. No matter how much you criticize the imperial examination system, you cannot
Negating the overall quality of officials who came from the imperial examination, in terms of learning ability, they are definitely a well-deserved elite.