Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 235 Emperor's mind

The test has become the focus of many people's attention now. This is the first spring of the new emperor after he ascended the throne.

Moreover, this is also the first time for Ming Dynasty's North and South Rankings, with Southern Scholars and Northern Scholars ranking in two separate rankings. This is also the occurrence of some previous imperial examinations.The Ming Dynasty's north and south list appeared, and it was the first time to officially select a scholar.

All the scholars take the exam in Yingtianfu, the papers are graded uniformly, the lines are marked uniformly, and the admission is unified. Try to be equal to the selection of scholars, but in fact the admission ratio is allocated according to the province.Of course, this is also a transition. In the future, the North and South Rankings are likely to be the two examination rooms of Beiping and Yingtianfu.

In history, the dispute between the North and the South did not only occur in the Ming Dynasty, but also in the Song Dynasty.

The northern and southern rankings in the Northern Song Dynasty were very powerful. The famous official Kou Zhun was an authentic northerner. He was a prime minister and an examiner. He was a very positive figure in history, but he was the examiner for the imperial examination. discriminate.

The north is the general, and the south is the prime minister.In fact, before the Song Dynasty, almost all the emperors and generals came from the north, and there was nothing wrong with the south.During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were indeed incidents of deliberately exalting northerners and suppressing southerners.

But in Daming, the situation is actually more complicated.The most obvious is the early Ming Dynasty, and the north has been under the rule of foreign races for too long.Not to mention that the people's hearts have not been completely recovered, including that Daming really needs to win people's hearts, the role of the group of scholars has also been reflected to some extent.

On the other hand, it is actually suppressing scholars in the south.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, most of the Huaixi Group were Wu Xun.Headed by Liu Bowen, that is the East Zhejiang Literati Group.But now, the southern civil servants in the court clearly have an absolute advantage.This is not a good thing in such an age that pays attention to the township party.

It is also because when the civil society groups in the south grow bigger, there is a tendency to exclude "dissidents", which cannot be tolerated.

In the Yuan Dynasty, a hierarchical system was adopted, and the people of the whole country were divided into four classes, with the southerners being the lowest.And many people think that the north is rich in kingship and the south is full of culture, so the southerners have gradually risen from the stage of Chinese history.The pattern of talent distribution is indeed more in the south than in the north, and more in the south than in the north.

This is not a good phenomenon, and this is why Zhu Yunying put all his heart into making the North and South List.

In this subject, there are 90 places for scholars from the south and 30 places for scholars from the north.It seems to be extremely unfair to the northern scholars, but if they rely on real materials, it is very likely that none of these northern scholars in Ming Dynasty have a Jinshi.

Old Zhu couldn't stay idle, and brought little Zhu to the Hall of Martial Ying, "Ying'er, you can't do it, your emperor!"

Zhu Yunying was stunned for a moment, very puzzled.

Seeing his grandson's stupid look, Lao Zhu said angrily, "Don't you just want to suppress Yan Shenggong?! This is easy to handle. If the scholars in the north don't make trouble, you can push it. If the scholars in the south follow suit , let’s let the whole world know what happened.”

"Can it be done like this?" Zhu Yunying smiled and stood up, helping Lao Zhu to sit down, "This is too shameful!"

Old Zhu didn't care, he really didn't care, "Let's say, just be careful and let Jin Yiwei fan the flames. Even if someone finds out, we just don't admit it, how can they do this?!"

"That's the reason, these scholars are too honest." Zhu Yunying hated iron for being weak, and said angrily, "I was busy visiting the township party, sending lists and articles, why didn't I see that we have announced this time Only 120 people will be selected for the test?! There are only 30 scholars in the north, and they should have started a fight long ago!"

In the first imperial examination after ascension to the throne, Zhu Yunying was quite cautious.Prepare to take 120 tribute students, which is Jinshi.As for the sub-list, you can go to the Imperial College, which is considered a background, but compared with the pursuit of many scholars, there is still a gap.

Jin Yiwei Commander Song Zhong came, this guy's name is a bit unlucky.It's just that Zhu Yunying also recognized the homophonic stalk.It is not easy for him to change the name given by his parents.As for Wang Chengen, that was a special situation, he was attached to Zhu Yunying after all.

Song Zhong was under a lot of pressure. Facing Zhu Yunying, who had been loyal before, Song Zhong didn't dare to be careless.The person he did dirty things actually knew his loyal master better than ordinary people.Song Zhong obviously also understood that although his master didn't have a reputation for great benevolence, filial piety and generosity, generally speaking, no one said his master was mean.

It's just that this is definitely a performance, Song Zhong knows that his master is actually a very ambitious person, and his master's methods are dirty, not inferior to the current emperor.You must know that Zhu Yunying was fifteen or sixteen years old when he first started to serve the emperor's grandson's master.

Even in this age, many men are precocious, but those ruthless and scheming, the kind of indifference and meanness that seems to be carved in the bones, are really not inferior to the current emperor.

Old Zhu sat on the dragon chair with a smile, while Zhu Yunying said, "Those scholars have all entered the capital, have they ever complained?"

Song Zhong immediately replied, "Your Majesty, the imperial examination is a major national event, and the ministers dare not be sloppy. There are currently six scholars in Zhejiang who talk about state affairs. Seven scholars in Nanzhili, their speeches are quite in memory of Bandit Zhang. Ma Zhong, a scholar of Shuntian Prefecture in Northern Zhili, and a scholar of Baoding Prefecture lived here, and they often called the puppet Yuan their hometown."

Zhu Yunying laughed, and then said, "That's okay, send the list to the Eldest Princess."

The old Zhu who was next to him laughed, and began to criticize, "You bastard, we said that the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Your eldest aunt is married, why do you want her to meddle in the government?"

"Pillow blowing!" Zhu Yunying said indifferently, "Little aunt is a bit hot-tempered. If she knows about this, Yunxi will definitely know about it. If Yunxi knows, she might call a few uncles and call her. Eldest aunt is quite gentle, but she is from our old Zhu's family after all."

"If we want to say it, we have to let Yunxi know." Old Zhu said half-truthfully, "Those people like zhang thieves and those tartars, so we have to punish them."

Zhu Yunying was anxious, and immediately said, "The grandson still needs to weigh it. Those who are talented will be abolished. Those who are not talented and mediocre will just be sent to the north. There will be a war soon, and we must find some good reasons for us. The officials who killed my Huang Ming have to show them some color."

Old Zhu was unhappy, and said, "If those second ministers die, they will die for our Daming, and we have to give them pensions!"

"If he dies, he will die. If he is not dead, we will dig mines." Zhu Yunying is also very black-hearted, and doesn't care too much. It would be a pity to kill him."

Song Zhong crawled on the ground and didn't dare to say anything, he also knew that he knew too many secrets.If you can't be faithful, if you can't keep it secret, then you won't get out of your body, etc., it will bring disaster to your family.

Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "It's okay, these people die as soon as they die, and we are not short of this little money."

"Really?!" Zhu Yunying laughed, and said, "People are always going to die. It's better for those people to die, so as not to be disgusted by seeing them. If he can't be an official of our Daming, let him die among their masters." The grandson thinks it is very good, and those wastes should be used."

Lao Zhu was quite relieved, his grandson basically had the same personality as him, and when he caught some officials, he would squeeze them to death.Anyone who takes the imperial salary should not expect to become a rice bug. If they are not squeezed to death, those people will definitely not be able to retreat unscathed.

Explained some ways to deal with those scholars who are not law-abiding, which is only a matter of course.No dynasty can tolerate second officials, not to mention those scholars who are likely to grow into officials of the Ming Dynasty, or become country gentry.

They can't be made to think about Daming's welfare when they miss their homeland. It's okay for the narrow-minded Zhu Yunying not to know, but he will definitely take some action when he knows.The 50 walking is not counted, and those people are not even traitors, after all, it seems that they have not done anything substantive.

Not to mention that Zhu Yunying is mean, he has this virtue, and he has the right to make such decisions.

Ignoring Song Zhong's trepidation, Zhu Yunying continued, "Do you know how many people the imperial court will recruit for this subject?"

"Only 120 people are taken, and there are only 30 scholars in the north. Shandong, I am afraid that even a single student will not be taken." Zhu Yunying opened his mouth and said to Song Zhong, "This is a place where Confucius was born. Why is the style of writing so bad? The five northern provinces of Zhili, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, and Henan have been the battlegrounds of all dynasties, and there have been many romantic celebrities and state officials."

Song Zhong raised his head quickly, because his master stopped talking after he finished speaking, and Song Zhong could only pretend to be begging.

Lao Zhu looked angry, and said angrily, "Stupid thing, Mao Xiang can use his brain better than you!"

The minister can also use his brain, but his brain dies quickly, especially in this line of work!Mao Xiang used to be majestic, but now he is only going around in Korea and Japan. If it is not worth living, he might have died a long time ago!

Even if Song Zhong was slandering, he didn't dare to say anything, he could only say things like 'I'm stupid' and 'I'm damned'.

Zhu Yunying didn't play tricks anymore, and said directly, "Let the people below be smarter, and let the students in the north know something before the exam. When the rankings are announced, I not only want to see some people are ecstatic, some people are sad, but I also want to see Scholars in the north shouted that the court was unfair!"

Zhu Yunying actually couldn't care less about delaying the future of some scholars.He can't do everything. What he can do is probably to make this Daming look prosperous.It is impossible to satisfy everyone, and Zhu Yunying does not force it.

Song Zhong got the hole card directly, and of course he knew what to do, and he would have confidence in his heart.

And Lao Zhu was also very relieved that his grandson was indeed black-hearted and ruthless.This made Lao Zhu very proud, let him go!

(End of this chapter)