Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 194 The first imperial examination, the warlord of Kuizhou Prefecture
Daming was a feudal dynasty with a fairly complete system, and there were rules to follow in many things.

For example, regarding the scientific examination, in Liu Zhibo's opinion, there is nothing much to think about. Since the Supervisory Government now only controls Sichuan and Shu, even in two months, there will only be a few Guizhous, and Zhu Yuxi has not officially proclaimed emperor. It is most appropriate to select a group of candidates.

As for the more advanced examinations for the selection of Jinshi, it can wait until Zhu Yuxi officially becomes emperor in the future.

It doesn't delay things.

He thought that after he finished speaking, the matter would be over, but Zhu Wei said: "It is no problem to control the scale of the scientific examination to the level of the provincial examination, but the rules and content of the scientific examination, I am planning to refer to the advanced experience of later generations to change it. .”

Hearing this, everyone below was stunned.

The imperial examination is a big deal, and they never thought that Auntie Zhu would propose to change the rules and content of the imperial examination.

When he came back to his senses, Liu Zhibo immediately said: "The imperial examination has a lot to do with it, and it must not be changed lightly. The supervisor of the country should think twice!"

Immediately, Long Wenguang, Zhang Jimeng, and Liu Linchang also came out together and bowed their hands, saying: "Please think twice!"

Seeing that Li Yan and Liu Xiaolian were also moved, Auntie Zhu couldn't help frowning slightly.

She raised her voice: "The imperial examination system is the country's major plan for selecting talents, and it cannot be changed lightly, but it should not be stuck in the old ways and remain unchanged.

Bengong said long ago that the world is undergoing major changes unseen in 3000 years. The country must seek changes in order to seize the opportunity to grow stronger, otherwise it will fall behind and be beaten.

What's more, this time, the palace is only planning to experiment in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, and making a few changes to the imperial examinations will not have much impact.Why not? "

Hearing this, Long Wenguang and the others frowned and were speechless for a moment.

As those who were born in the imperial examination, they instinctively did not want any changes in the rules of the imperial examination.

But because Auntie Zhu used the "big change" to talk about things, and she was the one who "got God's heart", they couldn't think of a rebuttal for a while.

Li Yan, who knew the most about the later generations among the civil servants, heard Zhu Wei's words, but he no longer hesitated, and immediately came out and said: "Although the imperial examination system in this dynasty is inherited from Song and Yuan, it is quite different.

Therefore, the imperial examination system could have been changed, and Jian Guo, with reference to the experience of later generations, gradually changed the rules and content of the imperial examination, which was just a natural move. "

After Li Yan finished speaking, Li Yutian and Liu Xiaolian immediately came out to express their agreement.

The older officials like Long Wenguang frowned and thought about it, and finally agreed.

Seeing this, Auntie Zhu smiled and said: "I have already discussed this matter with my son-in-law, and this scientific examination will still focus on policy theory, and then add some additional questions.

In addition, policy essays will no longer be limited to stereotyped essays, but candidates are limited to those who were born as children and have a reputation as a scholar.

After a few days, I will take out the learning materials for the additional questions and spread them out for the candidates to learn. "

After hearing what Aimee Zhu said, Long Wenguang and the others breathed a sigh of relief, although they were still frowning.

In fact, the composition form of the eight-part essay had been loosened in the late Ming Dynasty.

During this period, the Ming Dynasty had Tartars outside and bandits inside, and the south was stimulated by foreign culture and materials, so the ideological changes were quite active, and there was even a hidden tendency of a hundred flowers blooming.

Unfortunately, historically, this major ideological shift was interrupted by the establishment of the Qing Dynasty.

In this time and space, under the cultural and ideological background of the late Ming Dynasty, Aimee Zhu's first move on the imperial examination was actually very light.

No longer restricting the form of stereotyped composition, it is tantamount to giving more competitors to the existing candidates who study stereotyped composition.

But Auntie Zhu stated that this time the scientific expedition personnel were limited to the former children and scholars, which means that the emergence of new competitors was avoided in this scientific expedition.

In this way, there will not be too much opposition.

As for saying that this knife laid the groundwork for the reform of the scientific examination system in the future, or that the competition in the next scientific examination will become much fiercer than this time, it is not for Long Wenguang and others to consider.

They previously opposed the change of the imperial examination system. Apart from their instinctive dislike, they mainly wanted to fight for the interests of the younger generation and the disciples.

According to Aimee Zhu's scientific examination reform steps, future examinees will have at least a few years to adapt.

If you can't adapt to the new scientific examination rules and content for several years, you deserve to be eliminated.

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When Zhu Yuxi and others were discussing major national affairs and some reforms to be carried out in the "chaotang", small changes had actually appeared in all aspects under the supervision of the Jian Guofu.

Among them, the changes in the military are the most obvious and dramatic.

Because the military cannot tolerate compromise.

Kuizhou Mansion.

Dazhou.

In the big camp outside the city, in Li Dingguo's big tent.

Ma Gan frowned and said, "Mr. Li, is it not good to do this? These people are rebellious and unruly people. If they are forced too much, they will probably jump back."

Li Dingguo looked indifferent, and said: "There is nothing wrong with it, if they dare to rebel, just suppress them directly.

Besides, this was an order from the Military Affairs Office of the Supervisory Government, and all ministries in Chengdu have been trained in this way. If people like Kuizhou want to continue serving as officers and soldiers, there is no reason to make an exception. "

Ma Gan stopped talking.

He did know about the major reorganization of the army in Chengdu, he had also read the order documents of the Military Affairs Office of the Supervisory Government, and he also learned about it from the letter of the procurator Zhang Jimeng.

Therefore, this is indeed not Li Dingguo's reckless act.

Although he was still wary of Li Dingguo, Zhang Xianzhong's adopted son, he couldn't say anything more at this time, nodded and said: "Forget it, then I will cooperate with Li Zongbing to do our best to handle this matter well."

Li Dingguo smiled upon hearing this, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you."

Ma Gan waved his hand, "You and I both worked for the prison, why bother to thank you."

The next day, Ma Gan issued a letter to the officers and soldiers from all over Kuizhou in the name of acting as the procurator and secretary and acting as an agent to guard and participate in politics in eastern Sichuan, asking them to come to Dazhou to join forces.

Earlier, when Zhang Xianzhong was powerful, he had forced the Shaking Thirteen Family to surrender in name. At that time, the officers and soldiers had almost no shelter.

In the entire Kuizhou Mansion, there is only an isolated city of Dazhou left on the surface.

But it doesn't mean that all the officials and troops of the Ming Dynasty were wiped out.

In fact, when Zhang Xianzhong's army invaded Kuizhou, most of the officers and soldiers surrendered in anticipation, and then hid in the mountains.

These officers and soldiers were all from the local area, and they had fought against bandits from the Yaohuang Shisan family in Kuizhou and the eastern part of Baoning Prefecture for several years. They were already very familiar with the geography of the various places. Couldn't find it at all.

What's more, Zhang Xianzhong was on his way to Chongqing and Chengdu at that time, so he didn't care about these officers and soldiers who had fled.

When Zhang Xianzhong was defeated outside the city of Chengdu and Sun Kewang returned to Chongqing to shrink his troops, these officers and troops reappeared and took back many empty cities as a military exploit.

Therefore, when Li Dingguo came, the Kuizhou Mansion had already belonged to Daming again on the surface.

Because the cities and counties of all states and counties were recovered and garrisoned by the army.

But the Yellow Thirteen Family is still active, fighting back and forth with these local officials and soldiers as before.

Li Dingguo could see clearly that in this case, if he wanted to wipe out the Huang Shisan family, he could only rely on the local officers and soldiers.

Otherwise, it would take a long time just to figure out the situation of the Yaohuang Shisan family, relying entirely on the soldiers and horses he brought.

However, most of the local officers and soldiers have a corrupt military discipline, no different from bandits, and they have colluded with the Shisan family of Yao Huang, so they are no longer usable.

So if he wants to use these people, he must rectify them severely.

He even took the opportunity to get rid of those generals who had already become warlords.

However, as a former general of the Great Western Army and a general who led the troops from Chengdu, it was difficult for him to gain the trust of these local officials and troops, so he asked Ma Gan to call these local officials and troops.

Ma Gan has been an official in Kuizhou and Shunqing for many years, and he has considerable ability. He even defended Dazhou under the siege of Zhang Xianzhong's army, so he still has a lot of prestige among the local officials and troops.

Of course, the main reason why these local officials and soldiers listen to Ma Gan's words is that they want to ask for military pay from above through Ma Gan.

No, within a few days after the Ma Gan document was issued, a branch of official troops arrived outside the city of Dazhou.

Seeing the continuous barracks of the border guards and garrison troops led by Li Dingguo outside the city, these Kuizhou local officials subconsciously placed the camps farther away, and they all made defensive preparations in the camps.

However, these people did not notice when they camped, there was a "strange bird" hovering over 500 meters in the sky...

In Li Dingguo's tent.

Ma Gan, Yang Zhan, Zhang Hualong, and Wang Fuchen gathered around the Flying Eagles to watch.

But apart from Ma Gan and Yang Zhan, Zhang Hualong and Wang Fuchen didn't dare to get too close, but stood four or five steps away.

Among them, Zhang Hualong is the deputy commander-in-chief of the Kuizhou Garrison Town, and Wang Fuchen is the general of the First Battalion of the Baoning Garrison Town.

Because Li Ren, the deputy commander, was stationed in Baoning to prevent the Shun army from getting away, Wang Fuchen led the army to the town as a general, listened to Li Dingguo's dispatch, and reported to Li Ren after annihilating Huang Shisan's family.

Knowing that Kuizhou's battalions in charge of suppressing thieves and the local inspectorate officers had come today, Li Dingguo asked the accompanying Flying Eagle team to use micro-drones to inspect their camp layout and record it.

Among these people, only Ma Gan saw drones for the first time.

At this time, seeing the pictures of the local government and army camps on the tablet computer in the hands of the observers, I couldn't help being amazed.

"Treasure, this is really the treasure of the fairy family! Jian Guo is indeed what the heavens want, the true son of heaven!"

Although it was the first time that Li Dingguo used the drones of the Flying Eagles in military operations, he had actually seen them many times before, so his performance was quite calm.

After the Flying Eagle team had inspected the entire camp and recorded a video, he brought it over for a closer look.

Seeing the largest camp in the video, the banner with the word "Tan" erected, Li Dingguo said: "It seems that what Ma Qian said is true. Among these people, the Tan family has the most troops and the strongest strength."

At this time, Ma Gan didn't care about his civil and military status, so he posted it next to Li Dingguo and continued to watch the video on the tablet.

He heard the words and said: "The three brothers of the Tan family, Tan Wen is now a general, Tan Hong and Tan Yi are guerrillas, and there are three generals in one family. The family used to be a local tyrant in Wan County, so their department is naturally the strongest.

Then came the deputy general Wang Xueshi, the general Hu Yunfeng, and the one with the smallest camp was the guerrilla Yao Yulin. "

Li Dingguo couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this, "Kuizhou's mansion is only one state and thirteen counties, yet it has raised so many battalions."

Ma Gan said: "Isn't it because of the bandits who shook yellow and the former thief Zhang..."

Said Ma Gan shut up.

Because he just remembered that Li Dingguo was born as a "Zhang thief".

Li Dingguo was not angry, but Ma Gan felt embarrassed, so he said: "In fact, apart from these four battalions responsible for suppressing thieves, there are also some soldiers in the history books and patrol inspections in various places.

Most of these historical records and patrol inspections are carried out by the children of local wealthy families. In recent years, the imperial court has declined, and they have followed orders from above.

Usually collude with bandits and bandits, not to mention secret information, and occasionally pretend to be bandits, and go elsewhere to rob people's wealth. "

What Ma Gan didn't notice was that after he finished speaking, Li Dingguo didn't feel anything, but Yang Zhan's face changed slightly.

Because he took this route in Jiading before, and controlled the military power of the entire Qianwei County in one fell swoop.

At that time, he saw that the troubled times had come and the court could not do anything, so he had some ambitions.

But now that he has become the commander-in-chief of the frontier army under Aimee Zhu's command, his mind has naturally changed.

"It seems that I have to write a letter back when I have time, so that the stinky boy will give up his official position in the inspection department and work in the border guards."

Otherwise, if that brat did something against the law in Qianwei, he might have cheated me. '

(End of this chapter)