Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 1062

At the beginning of the new year, Zhu Youxiao got a little dizzy, because the first imperial examination of the Yongsheng Dynasty was about to begin.

How did this imperial examination question come out?
The chief minister of the cabinet, Zou Weilian, asked him the last question as usual, but he couldn't think of anything.

There's no way, this question was given by Taichang in the past, and he didn't care about it.

After thinking hard to no avail, he could only order Wang Cheng'en, his companion, to invite the late emperor.

Right now Taichang is taking his prince Zhu Cihong to wander around the capital.

But they are not playing, they are on site inspection, ready to make a plan to expand the capital.

This was originally the test that Taichang had set for grandson Zhu Cihong. However, considering that the expansion of the capital was related to the development plan of the entire Ming Dynasty, he was still a little worried.

There's no way, he can't really ignore the future development of Daming.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, he has to give others a head start.

Unexpectedly, the expansion plan of the capital city has not yet been finalized, yet Wang Chengen found him.

He was asked to write this imperial examination question!

In the imperial study room, Zhu Youxiao still stood aside respectfully, without considering himself the new emperor.

Taichang frowned and said: "Since you have succeeded to the throne, you should shoulder the heavy burden. Don't expect me to help you with everything."

When Zhu Youxiao heard the words, he couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "Father, my son really can't think of this, please teach me."

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help being speechless.

No wonder there is a saying that the king does not see the king. The two emperors are together, and the titles are messed up.

He corrected helplessly: "You are no longer a minister, you are the emperor, you should call yourself Zhen."

Zhu Youxiao nodded quickly and said: "I understand, father, you can teach me.

How did this imperial examination question come out?

My mind is like a ball of paste, I really can't figure it out. "

Oh, all right.

Taichang thought for a while, and then explained in detail: "The key to the imperial examination questions depends on what kind of talents you want.

The exam questions you ask are the directions, and candidates will naturally understand them in detail.

This also has a lot to do with the subsequent selection of scholars and rankings. Only when candidates understand your intentions can they be named on the gold list. "

In fact, Zhu Youxiao also knew the problem. He just couldn't figure out how to connect the exam questions with the actual needs.

He thought about it carefully, and then said cautiously: "Father, what do you mean, this time there is an exam question similar to the governance of the prosperous age?"

Yup!

Taichang was quite puzzled and said: "Since you know, why do you still ask me?"

Zhu Youxiao said in embarrassment again: "I really don't know where to get the exam questions."

Isn't this simple?

Taichang said helplessly: "There are no restrictions on the exam questions, you can take whatever you want."

It is precisely because there is no limit that my mind is a mess!

It was better before, just find a way to dig out an exam question from the "Four Books and Five Classics", but now he doesn't know where to dig.

Zhu Youxiao frowned and pondered for a while, and said cautiously: "Father, why don't you come up with this question this time, I will understand it carefully, and it should be fine next time."

Oh, all right.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then asked: "A well-organized government and a harmonious people, all wastes will be prosperous, you know that?"

Zhu Youxiao nodded again and again and said: "I know, this is from the "Yueyang Tower" written by Fan Wenzheng, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty."

Taichang couldn't help but spread his hands and said: "Isn't this enough? You know it all. Can candidates not know?"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but suddenly said: "Father, what do you mean to use this sentence as the title?"

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, for the last question of liberal arts, let's talk about politics and harmony, and for the last question of science, let's talk about everything.

Candidates should know what you mean when they know the source. Now that the war has just ended, people like Teng Zijing are needed.

How can the government be well-organized and the people be harmonious, how can a thousand wastes be prosperous, and those who can tell why they come can be selected as scholars. "

This question doesn't seem too difficult.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but nodded again and again: "I understand."

Hearing this, Taichang got up straight away and said, "Okay, you should take a seat here. After I decide on the expansion plan of the capital, I should go to enjoy my life."

After all, he was about to go out.

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Father, there is one more important matter, please help me decide."

Is there anything else?

Taichang couldn't help asking curiously: "What's the matter?"

Zhu Youxiao quickly explained: "That's right, father, what do you think of Dehui's proposal to expand the imperial army?"

Expand the forbidden army?

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help showing a solemn look on his face.

He understood what Zou Weilian meant.

At the moment, the four battalions in the southeast, northwest, and north all have 50 elites, and the Nanyang Camp and the Southeast Camp also have 50 elites.

In other words, there are a full 300 million troops in the four realms of the Ming Dynasty, but at this moment the Forbidden Army is only around a hundred thousand.

This is indeed not possible, the number of emperors cannot be less than the number of soldiers who are governors.

Thinking of this, he nodded slowly: "Well, this question is indeed very important.

How about this, the Nanyang Camp and the Southeast Camp are both disarmed and returned to the fields, stationed on the spot, and the forbidden army has expanded to 100 million.

In this way, the total military strength of Ming Dynasty is still about 300 million, which will not increase the burden on the imperial court and the internal treasury at all.

Moreover, the capital is just about to be expanded, so we can build the camps of the four soldiers and horses outside the city wall, leaving only 20 elite imperial troops in the city. "

The forbidden army expanded to 100 million?

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while, and said awkwardly: "Father, it is no problem to expand the imperial army to one million. The question is, where can we recruit millions of troops?"

this!

The elites of the four battalions are still unable to move, and it is not enough to directly transfer the troops of the Nanyang Camp and the Southeast Camp. Where can they recruit so many forbidden troops?
Taichang thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "Let's form the Forbidden Army with the loyal and martyrs as the main body. For those whose bones are buried in the places where the Ming Dynasty is loyal, their family members will move to the surrounding area of ​​the capital, and their descendants will be incorporated into the Forbidden Army.

This will not only facilitate their worship, but also ensure the loyalty of the imperial army. "

After Ming Zhonglie?

Zhu Youxiao thought about something new, and said awkwardly: "Father, it seems that there are only more than 50 soldiers buried in the land of the Ming Dynasty, and the follow-up plan reported by the Ministry of War is less than 100. This [-] million I'm afraid I can't make it out."

You can't just do everything I tell you!

You are the emperor now, can you be a little assertive?

Taichang explained helplessly: "The main body is the loyal and loyal Ming Dynasty. As for the rest, they can be selected among all the guards, and the younger ones, about fifteen or sixteen years old, will be no problem if they gather together and practice hard for a few years. gone."

Well, there is really no problem now.

After the New Year's Eve, the imperial examination was about to begin. Tens of thousands of candidates gathered in the capital, and the whole capital suddenly became extremely lively.

Unexpectedly, there are still people here to join in the fun at this time.

The kings, chiefs, and great elders of various dependent countries rushed over one after another as if they were getting better.

They were nominally here to congratulate the new emperor on his enthronement, and at the same time to see the grand imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty, but Taichang felt that these guys were here to rob people.

Because after Zuma, Atlanta, and even Asuzu rushed over, they all ran to find the important person of the new emperor Yongsheng.

These guys are always asking for thousands of thousands, where did Daming get so many Jinshi?

Over the past few years, the Ming Dynasty has continuously increased the number of scholars and candidates, but this time there are only more than 4 candidates who signed up for the imperial examination!

The total number of Jinshi needed by each dependent country exceeds [-], and Ming Dynasty itself urgently needs a large number of Jinshi to fill the newly opened territory to govern the region. They just want to add tens of thousands of Jinshi at once.

Could it be that this year it's a two-for-one?

This is definitely not possible. The previous selection ratio was one out of twenty, that is, one Jinshi was selected among the twenty candidates. Although it has gradually increased in the future, the last session with the highest selection ratio was only one out of ten, and two out of two. - That's just shaming!

The problem is that the king of his country personally came to ask for someone, and it seems that it is not enough not to give.

This is a good opportunity to strengthen the relationship between the two sides, and it is also a good opportunity to promote Ming culture. It would be a pity to miss it in vain.

Zhu Youxiao had a big head again, but Taichang soon had a new idea.

On this day, he returned to the palace again.

However, this time it was he who took the initiative to find the new emperor Yongsheng, and he took the prince Zhu Cihong, the king of Xin Zhu Youjian, the king of Liang Zhu Youfeng, the father-in-law Wu Yangchun, Cheng Jiashuo, Xu Erjue, Zheng Zhilong, Sheng Huaixuan, etc. All shareholders and directors have been recruited.

There are also Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng, Song Yingxing, Sun Yuanhua, etc. who have shares in Daming Bank and Daming Western Firm, all recruited here.

There are also representatives of Daming Medicine Li Shuchu, Zhao Baiyun and so on.

This time, even the conference room of Wenhua Hall couldn't sit down. He still used the old method to ask people to add two rows of chairs at the back, so that everyone could sit down.

He also thought of an ingenious way to sit opposite the new emperor Zhu Youxiao, so that it seemed that there were two main seats, which saved the embarrassment of the old and new emperors ranking.

Question, why did he recruit so many people?

Everyone was a little dazed after sitting down.

Taichang said calmly, "Have you ever thought about how Daming will develop in the future?"

Naturally, everyone has considered this more or less.

However, people on both sides did not speak, and they all looked at Yongsheng opposite.

After all, this is the current emperor, if he didn't speak, everyone can't speak.

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao had no choice but to say: "This time the imperial examination selects talents in this field. I believe that Ming Dynasty should be able to develop after this batch of Jinshi enters the official career."

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Well, you are at the imperial court level, we have to consider the development of the people or the entire Ming Dynasty as a whole.

At the moment, Daming Qianzhuang and Daming Western Firms are developing well. However, Daming Qianzhuang still has the nature of a government office, and Daming Western Firms are mainly engaged in business and do not produce any substantial things.

Therefore, we have to form a few professional big firms or companies similar to Daming Pharmaceutical.

Only in this way can the development of Daming as a whole be promoted. "

A professional big firm or a big company?

When everyone heard this, they were still a little confused.

Who would have thought of any professional big firms or companies all of a sudden?
Seeing this, Taichang could only give an example: "For example, in shipbuilding, we used to mainly build warships and warships. Now that the world is peaceful, we don't need to work hard to build warships and warships anymore.

We only need to keep the Armament City Shipyard to develop and build new warships.

Others such as Jinling Shipyard, Dongfan Shipyard, and Xinmacheng Shipyard can be combined to form Daming Shipping Company, which is specially used to build civilian ships.

For example, merchant ships specializing in cargo, large fishing boats specialized in fishing, large passenger ships specialized in carrying people, and so on.

In this way, there will be more private boats, and water transportation will be more convenient. Will the entire Ming Dynasty develop faster? "

Oh, that's what it means.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but nodded thoughtfully.

Zhu Youxiao said with great interest: "Father, how many such professional firms or companies do you think we should form?"

This is more.

Taichang stroked it carefully, and then explained in detail: "We need to form such a large company according to the needs of development.

For example, steam machinery, if the entire Ming Dynasty is to develop rapidly, it must develop and promote civil steam machinery as much as possible.

You should also know the difference between the original hand loom and the current steam loom. It can be said that a steam loom is more efficient than a dozen people working day and night.

After we popularized the steam loom, has the cloth market of the whole world been almost occupied by us?
After the occupation of the cloth market, did many merchants and weaving-related industries slowly develop and stand up?
Therefore, this steam machine is very important to the development of Daming.

In the expansion plan of the capital this time, many steam machinery factories will be built in Fangshan and Daxing in the south.

We can mass-produce the existing steam looms, steam excavators, steam plows, and even steam trains and steam cars, etc. Later, we can also set up new machinery research and development projects in various research institutes according to development needs, research and development Once completed, the factory will be built and put into production.

We can combine these factories together to form a Daming Machinery Company for unified management.

In addition, freight and passenger transportation are also very important, and there are no private merchants who can organize freight and passenger transportation companies all over the world.

Therefore, we have to form large companies such as Daming Ocean Shipping and Daming Railway Transportation to meet the needs of freight and passenger transportation.

In addition, we cannot waste mineral and fishery resources.

We also want to establish Daming Mining and Daming Fishing, which are dedicated to mining, smelting, and fishing.

That's about it for the current plan, do you have anything to add? "

That's enough, do you have anything to add.

Zhu Youxiao thought for a while, and then asked: "Father, who will be in charge of managing these companies, and how will the income be calculated?"

Good question.

Taichang immediately explained: "The income distribution is calculated according to the investment ratio. What we want to set up are super-large companies, and private merchants must not be able to afford the money.

Now those who are able to invest so much money are the Daming Bank, the Daming Western Firm, and the internal treasury.

Let’s ignore the large companies that will be formed later. The companies established in this batch will be funded by Daming Qianzhuang, Daming Western Firms and Neiku.

Each of you three brothers will contribute more than [-]% of the dividends, and each of you will share [-]% of the dividends, and the remaining [-]% will be distributed to the R&D personnel and management personnel.

For example, Daming Ocean Shipping, this is handed over to Feihong, and he will take [-]% of the bonus. "

Hearing this, Zheng Zhilong couldn't help saying excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

How did you speak?
I am no longer the emperor!

However, everyone present didn't feel that there was anything wrong, even the real emperor Zhu Youxiao didn't take it seriously.

Taichang simply acted as if nothing had happened, and said with a slight smile, "Feihong, Chenggong and Yan'er seem to get along quite well, let's pick up an in-law."

Oops, that's great.

Zheng Zhilong nodded again and again: "Okay, thank you for your kindness."

Then everyone understood that everyone who was in charge of establishing and managing the new company took the initiative to marry Taichang and asked his heir to marry a princess.

In this way, everyone is like a family, and it is convenient to cooperate.

Taichang has almost arranged the establishment of the new company, and solemnly introduced: "The next step is the expansion of the capital.

I discussed it with Lang'er, and the plan has been finalized.

Fangshan and Daxing in the south of the capital specially built large-scale machinery factories.

The Xishan area to the west of the capital is dedicated to building weapons and equipment processing factories.

We will not move the original private factories from the east of the capital to Wubei City. In addition, we will build some commercial streets and residential areas, and recruit more merchants to build factories and produce daily necessities.

In the north of the capital, a scenic area was built to receive the gatherings of diplomatic missions and literati.

This time, the kings of all the vassal states came, and almost all the Juren from the entire Ming Dynasty came, so we first concentrated our manpower and material resources to build the scenic spot in the north.

Then hold some competitions or something to attract people and let more people know about this good place to visit.

Don't underestimate this game, if there are more people playing it, it will also be a big source of income.

After all, tourists also have to eat, stay in a hotel, and even buy some specialties. "

Uh, gaming is also a big source of income?
This horoscope has not been written yet, let alone.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking again: "Father, the kings and chiefs of these vassal states are all asking my dignitaries, what should I do?"

Taichang has already considered this.

He said without hesitation: "You can open Enke, there are many precedents for the new emperor to open Enke.

However, this time the Enke Scholars are not the same as before.

After the examination is over, you ask the Ministry of Rites to post a notice that anyone who is willing to become an official in the country can be listed on the Enke List and be granted a Jinshi background.

If these Jinshi have made achievements in the subordinate countries, they can also be transferred back to Daming to take up positions.

As for the normal two-ranked jinshi palace examination, the official position will still be arranged according to the normal process. "

This is opened by Enke, which is unprecedented!

After the general exam, most of the candidates who failed the rankings were crazy with joy.

They all thought that after failing this time, they would have to wait another three years. Who knew, the new emperor also had an Enke list, and, as long as they were willing to serve in a subordinate country, they would be granted a Jinshi background!
Most of the candidates who failed the rankings chose to work in the subordinate countries. After all, they were also Jinshi if they came from the same background as Jinshi!
During the general examination and palace examination, the northern part of the capital was also building a large-scale construction project to quickly build a scenic spot.

After more than a month, the north of the capital changed its appearance. Not to mention towers and pavilions everywhere, there are restaurants and teahouses, and there are even more buildings for receiving missions from various countries. Taichang even ordered people to build a huge calligraphy Gallery and Painting Gallery.

After the palace examination was over, notices were posted everywhere in the capital. Daming Bank, Daming Western Firms, Daming Pharmaceuticals, Daming Ships, Daming Ocean Shipping, Daming Fisheries, Daming Mining, Daming Machinery, etc. jointly invested, and the Daming Ministry of Rites presided over the launch of the first Daming Calligraphy contest and painting contest.

The prize money of the two competitions is scary to death.

No. 1 in the calligraphy competition and painting competition is 10 taels!
No.2到No.10依次递减到1万两，No.10到No.20名那都是5000两，No.20名到第一百名还有1000两！

The scholars gathered in the capital were all overjoyed, and even many serving and serving officials signed up.

The common people in the capital were overjoyed when they heard the news.

After all, this is still an era when "everything is inferior, only reading is high", and ordinary people can't see scholars writing and painting, let alone this kind of competition with amazing rewards, so I don't know how many masterpieces can be seen.

After a few days of registration, the first Daming Calligraphy and Painting Competition began.

The competition system of these two competitions is similar to that of later generations, with preliminary rounds, semi-finals and finals.

In the preliminary competition of the calligraphy competition, each person wrote a Tang poem, in the semi-finals, each person wrote a Song poem, and in the final round, each person wrote a famous article from the previous dynasty.

The preliminary round of the painting competition is to draw flowers and trees, the semi-finals is to draw characters and animals, and the final is to draw landscapes and city outlines, which can include flowers, plants, trees, characters and animals, etc.

The judges of the competition are officials in Beijing organized by the Ministry of Rites.

The schedule is also similar to that of the later generations, with games taking turns.

However, the scene of the game is different from that of later generations.

The number of applicants for this calligraphy competition and painting competition exceeded [-]. There are no such large-scale calligraphy and painting competitions in later generations.

Moreover, spectators of later generations cannot enter the arena.

The spectators of the competitions organized by Taichang and the two competitions can also enter the competition venue and watch the participating literati splashing ink from a close distance through the exquisite fence.

Even the surrounding viewing areas are decorated like teahouses. If you are tired from watching, you can come back and sit down for a cup of tea and eat some exquisite pastries.

If you feel tired from walking, you can also use a telescope to scan the entire stadium.

In the huge arena, thousands of people splashed ink at the same time, and the number of spectators reached tens of thousands. The spectacle of the scene directly stunned the king of the vassal state.

To be honest, calligraphy and painting have reached a certain level, and it seems that it is also a kind of enjoyment.

This kind of competition is quite attractive when there are not many leisure and entertainment activities, whether it is the king of the country or ordinary people, they are fascinated by it.

This year there happened to be many calligraphers and painters, such as Bi Maokang, Wang Duo, Fu Shan, Wen Zhenmeng, etc., all to add to the fun, they left the stage in person, splashed ink, and left behind many excellent works.

Later, the Ming Dynasty Calligraphy Competition and Painting Competition also became bigger and bigger and more prosperous. I don't know how many companies and companies sponsored them, and I don't know how many literati and inkmen were attracted by the amazing bonuses.

The reason why Taichang organizes such a competition is to let the common people have something to do after dinner, enliven the atmosphere, and show the splendor of the prosperous age.

After all his efforts, there will be more and more competitions in the future, such as running, horse riding, archery, Cuju, etc., which will become more and more prosperous, and the lives of ordinary people will become more and more colorful.

This was the beginning of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, and he put down everything, and started to play around with his wife and children, enjoying the prosperity of the prosperity.

(End of this chapter)