I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 360 Cheng Shijie was grabbed the headlines
Chapter 360

"Meet the Master!"

Cheng Shijie thought a lot. Even if he did nothing, would fewer people die?
The answer is yes, absolutely no, definitely no.

In history, after the Jin Dynasty established the Qing Dynasty, it invaded several times, and blood flowed everywhere.Within the Ming Dynasty, drought, locusts, floods, hail and pestilence, as well as endless natural and man-made disasters, forced farmers to lose their families and their families. In the end, in order to survive, they revolted. In Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Shandong, Hubei, and Sichuan, warfires were everywhere, and blood flowed like rivers.

Human life is worth less than ants in such troubled times. After a brutal fight, Li Zicheng finally broke into Beijing and sent the Ming Empire, which had lasted for nearly 300 years, to its grave.Then, the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Li Zicheng was defeated, barbarism once again defeated civilization, Jiading Three Massacres, Yangzhou Ten Days, Huguang filled Sichuan... half of the flowers and trees in the country were stained with blood.

This is the late Ming Dynasty, an era of mountains of corpses and seas of blood and fire, an era where human lives are as cheap as ants.This is Cheng Shijie's responsibility and he cannot escape it.

Those rotten scholars represent the tradition of the small-scale peasant economy, hoping to turn the entire society into a static one, with men plowing the fields and women spinning at home, and this will continue for generations.

Cheng Shijie represents the era of industrial economy. At least in Liaodong, the industrial revolution has begun. It requires women to leave home and participate more in industrial production. To do this, women must first be liberated. .

What the corrupt Confucianists insist on is already outdated. Even without Cheng Shijie, Westerners will sooner or later tell them with strong ships and cannons that what they insist on is outdated.

It is a man who cannot give up and escape just because it is too difficult to make money, nor can he throw away his child because he is too ugly, nor can he practice trumpet again because his child is too stupid.

Cheng Shijie thought about escaping, but the problem was that there were some things he couldn't escape, like Jin Qiao'er and Yang Waner. Even if Cheng Shijie never thought about bringing them into his house, in the past four years, who in Liaodong would dare to treat Yang Waner and Jin Qiao'er Thinking?
In the hearts of almost everyone, Jin Qiaoer and Yang Waner, including Yang Yuniang, and Gu Ziyi, are Cheng Shijie's women. Regardless of whether Cheng Shijie truly possesses them or not, they can only belong to Cheng Shijie.

Regardless of whether Cheng Shijie was rebellious or not, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen and the court, Cheng Shijie was a rebel because Cheng Shijie had enough strength to rebel.

Cheng Shijie looked at Zhang Yu, Li Xin, Chen Guodong and others and said: "Actually, I also understand the soldiers. Ning Haijun's soldiers drank blood and chewed grass roots at the border. They used blood clothes as armor and flesh and blood as shields. They fought bloody and hard, and finally took the initiative to the Ming Dynasty. Here, as a result, their bunch of rotten scholars took the initiative to hand over the initiative. If I were a soldier of the Ning Navy, I would not be willing to work for this country anymore... Daming, the energy is really exhausted!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "Once, I thought that as long as I could defeat the Jiannu and Mongol Tatars and eliminate the refugees, I could save this country and pull it back from the edge of the cliff. You and I have been working hard for this. But it wasn’t until now that I discovered that the most terrifying enemy of this country is not the slaves, let alone the refugees, but the high-ranking civil and military ministers in the central government, as well as the corrupt gentry all over the country!"

Zhang Yu looked excited. It was great that Cheng Shijie could think through all this.Except for Cheng Shijie, no one can shoulder this important task.

Although the prince is still in Liaodong...

Cheng Shijie said: "No matter how hard we try, no matter how much advantage we gain on the battlefield, they can always easily erase all of this and push the entire country to the cliff! When countless people are looking forward to changing their masters to seize a larger When it comes to interests, this country’s strength will really be exhausted, and I can’t do anything, I really can’t do anything!”

At this point, Cheng Shijie shook his head feebly and whispered: "This country has really reached the point where it has to start all over again."

Li Xindao: "Then start from scratch, smash all the pots and jars, send all the indifferent rentier class to hell, smash the old order that has been passed down for more than 2000 years to pieces, and let's start from scratch!"

Cheng Shijie said extremely firmly: "I have never lacked the courage to start over. It's just that the life of becoming emperor will never be easy. The slaves, rebels, Tatars, alienated civil servants and gentry... they can all kill me." Burial place. However, in the face of absolute force, these are just paper tigers. Once the time comes, we can tear them into pieces immediately. But..."

"Big guy!"

Li Xin shook his head and said: "My disciples are not advising the Marshal to ascend the throne now, but are trying to make the Marshal reveal his ambitions!"

"Revealing ambition?"

Li Xindao: "Our Ning Navy now controls the entire Liaodong. I suggest that the commander-in-chief face Liaodong and open Enke to recruit soldiers!"

"Open Enke to get scholars?"

The imperial examination system in the Song Dynasty inherited the system of the Five Dynasties and the later Jin Dynasty. The imperial examination system held township and general examinations every three years, which was a formal examination.When the emperor personally takes the test, he can set up a separate list to present the test, and he can give special permission to take the test, which is called the special test title. Generally, he can win, so it is called "Enke".Enke began in the Song Dynasty and was also used in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Cheng Shijie suddenly realized: "Enke is the emperor's prerogative. If I open Enke, wouldn't it make me laughable?"

"That's not the case!"

Li Xin continued: "Now that our Ning Navy has recaptured Shenyang, Tieling, and Fushun, I suggest that the commander-in-chief restore the 25th Guards. Of course, we can follow the Liaonan four-state system and change the Liaodong 25th Guards to the Liaodong 25th Prefecture. Since our last Liaoyang In the battle, Liaoyang City and 25 Liaodong Acropolis were captured. In the hands of our Ning Navy, there were a total of 24 defenders. Now that there are 24 more defenders, the commander-in-chief why not set up 25 states. The land of these [-] states requires at least [-]. Two are the fifth-rank magistrates of the state, [-] are the fifth-rank magistrates, [-] are the sixth-rank general magistrates, [-] are the seventh-rank county magistrates, and there are also several official positions such as chief secretary, county lieutenant, and county magistrate. There are at least a hundred vacancies!"

Cheng Shijie understood what Li Xin meant. The so-called cisco refers to the bait used for fishing. If you want the country to have long-term peace and stability, force cannot solve the real problem. Cheng Shijie's real challenge is to maintain long-term peace and stability after defeating these enemies. .

In order to achieve long-term peace and stability, they must be liquidated, not just one or two groups of people, but an entire class. This class must be knocked off the altar and then added on, so that they cannot stand up!Many people will be killed, and countless people will be separated from their wives and families because of Cheng Shijie, and many of them may be innocent.

Countless people will curse him behind his back and even want to murder him, but Cheng Shijie must do this. This is the path he will take in the future!However, Li Xin suggested to him a way to destroy the interpreter, which was to recruit scholars from Enke.Although the Ming Dynasty has been raising scholars for more than 200 years, a total of 89 imperial examinations have been held. According to the Enke or Zhengke Jinshi of later generations, the total number is 4. The Ming Dynasty has gone through 410 generations, 490 emperors, and [-] dynasties. .On average, each dynasty is equivalent to [-] Jinshi. How many scholars were there in the Ming Dynasty?
Since the situation in each state capital is different, it is difficult to collect data, so I will give an example.

From Chenghua to Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, the number of students in the country was roughly between 25 and 35. During the same period, the actual average admission rate of the national rural examinations was approximately 4%. The total number of candidates admitted to the provincial examinations in various subjects across the country was between 1160 and 1190. The number of candidates for each rural examination should be more than 29000, and the average acceptance rate for the scientific examination should be between 11.6% and 8.3%;

After Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, the number of students was roughly between 35 and 50. During the same period, the actual average admission rate of the national rural examinations was 3.1%. The total number of candidates admitted to the rural examinations in various subjects across the country was between 1190 and 1415. Therefore, the number of candidates for each rural examination in the country should be Between 38000 and 45000 people, the average acceptance rate for the scientific examination should be between 11% and 9%.

The above are the scientific examinations in the two periods of the Ming Dynasty, and the acceptance rate is about 10%.

With an elimination rate as high as 90.00%, many people should come to Liaodong to try their luck. As long as someone gets an official position with Cheng Shijie, the scholar group will definitely have internal divisions.

Cheng Shijie shook his head and said: "Those scholars who can only read eight-part essay are stupid in reading. What use do I want them to do? It's not a big problem for them to be officials in the Central Plains, but in Liaodong, do they understand?"

"Commander, what I want you to do is that when you are studying enke, you can join in arithmetic and studying things. There are not a few people who read miscellaneous books in the Ming Dynasty!"

Li Xin mused: "Enkern is motivated by superiority. As for the content of the test, it doesn't actually matter. Back then, Emperor Taizu Hongwu used the Eight-legged essay to select scholars. Scholars in the Ming Dynasty could only spend their whole lives studying the Eight-part essay. If the general used arithmetic, , Investigate things and select scholars, there will definitely be many people who are proficient in general affairs in the future!"

Cheng Shijie accepted Li Xin's opinion and decided to open Enke to recruit scholars. The number was temporarily set at 300 to give them greater hope. In fact, it was not only Liaodong that needed officials, but also Dayuan, Luzon, and Sumatra. Officials are also needed!
Cheng Shijie acted very quickly. The preparatory group for Liaodong Enke was formally established. Cheng Shijie decided to ask Sun Chengzong to be the examiner of Liaodong Enke. Sun Chengzong had this qualification and reputation. Even Xu Guangqi, who was ill, had to take advantage of it. Li Xin and Sun Zhi拋 is responsible for assisting.

This incident was quickly published on the front page of "Liaodong Times", "Liaodong Weekly", and "Liaodong Business Daily". Cheng Shijie planned to hold an encore in Liaodong on the sixth day of September to recruit [-] scholars. Recently awarded an official position.Cheng Shijie thought that this matter would definitely cause an uproar and even lead to a nationwide crusade.

However, in fact, this incident did not cause any waves.

Because someone robbed Cheng Shijie of his popularity, Cheng Shijie was grabbed the headlines.

Just when the news that Cheng Shijie was preparing to recruit scholars from Enke in Liaodong reached the capital, the news that Huang Taiji proclaimed himself emperor also reached the capital.

After three concessions, Ning Wanwo, Fan Wencheng, Luo Xiujin and others all expressed their approval.Sahan Lian also summoned the Baylors to write oaths of loyalty to Huang Taiji.After hearing the news, the Mongolian Zhubeile of the outer vassal also requested to be given the honorary title, and Huang Taiji agreed.The preparatory activities for the title of Shangzun were generally completed by the end of March of the [-]th year of Tiancong.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen and the tenth year of Tiancong, on April [-]th, Huang Taiji set up a Temple of Heaven to worship heaven in Erendabusannaoer, and changed Erendabusannaoer into the Temple of Heaven in Shengjing, and then "practiced the throne of the emperor". He was honored as the "Kuanwenrenrensheng Emperor", the country was named "Qing", and the name was changed to Chongde.

Nurhaci was posthumously named Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, and he established himself as Taizong of the Qing Dynasty. This year was the first year of Chongde.Huang Taiji has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Of course, he must not forget the brothers who conquered the world together. Huang Taiji really gave his brothers a shower of rewards. One by one, they are all princes!

Among them, Daishan was named Prince Li, Mang Gurtai was named Prince Cheng even though he died, and his son Maiheli was the second generation Prince Cheng.Abatai was also posthumously named Prince Gong, Prince Dorgonrui, Prince Duduoyu, Prince Ajigeying, Prince Jierhalangzheng... The banner owners of the Eight Banners of Mongolia and the Eight Banners of Han were also granted the title of king, but Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these kings are more than a star behind those from the Eight Banners of Manchuria.

Fan Wencheng was named Prime Minister, which seemed a bit like deliberately going against the Ming Dynasty. You, Old Zhu, killed so many heroes, didn't you just want to sweep the Prime Minister, a behemoth who restricted imperial power, into the garbage heap?
Now I've brought it out again, and I'm going to piss you off!
The news that Huang Taiji ascended the throne in Erendabusannaoer was like a huge meteorite crashing into the sea, causing thousands of waves in the capital area.

The people in the Gyeonggi area all yelled: "Those Jiannu slaves really don't know how to die. They were beaten like this by Duke Hai, and they dare to defy heaven and proclaim themselves emperor? Just wait, Ning Haijun will teach them a lesson!"

Not to mention the lingering power of the Haizhou victory and the Baliwan victory, the key point is that Shenyang, which was captured by the slaves since the first year of Tianqi, was captured by Ning Haijun in just over three months. Not long ago, Ning Haijun sent Mongolia to the capital. The Tatar heads piled up into a hill are still in front of our eyes. The men in Beijing really can't think of any reason why they are afraid of slavery!

Their general view is: Jiannu has eaten the heart of a bear and the gall of a leopard, and his bones are itching. It will be impossible to stop and rob them!

The people of the capital were like this, and Emperor Chongzhen was furious.How can you insult the majesty of the emperor?
Damn Jiannu dared to defy heaven and proclaim himself emperor. What a deception!
In the original historical time and space, Emperor Chongzhen had no way to deal with Huang Taiji. He had no strength to fight and could only get angry.Things are different now. He has just defeated the 40 Mongolian Tatars in Mobei. The most annoying thing is that he founded the slaves and proclaimed himself emperor when the Ming Dynasty gradually recovered and took the initiative. Isn't this asking for a beating?

When he learned the news in the early morning, Emperor Chongzhen was so angry that he swept a bunch of memorials flying all over the sky. He was trembling slightly and shouted angrily: "Damn it! Damn it! Jiannu bullies people too much! I will definitely use all my elites." The master will raze the bullshit Shengjing to the ground, destroy its nine tribes, and make them pay the price!"

Wen Tiren knelt on the ground and burst into tears: "Your Majesty, Jiannu is going against heaven! If we can't kill him as soon as possible, and the Tatars follow suit, the Ming Dynasty's face will be gone. We and other ministers will return How dare you go to meet your ancestors!"

Wang Yingxiong burst into tears and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty, there are no two days in the sky and no two kings in the country. This has always been the case. Huang Taiji defied heaven and proclaimed himself emperor and changed the country's name to Qing. It was clear that he wanted to replace the Ming Dynasty! The founding of the Ming Dynasty In 300 years, how could anyone dare to be so presumptuous! It is all my fault that I have established a slave and humiliated the Ming Dynasty, and I deserve death!"

The anger in Emperor Chongzhen's chest became more intense, and he looked at the newly appointed Minister of War, Yang Sichang: "Yang Aiqing, what do you think?"

Yang Sichang replaced Zhang Fengyi. Not long after he became Minister of the Ministry of War, his buttocks were not even hot yet, but he had already shown his good strategic skills, so much so that Emperor Chongzhen sometimes thought that this guy was good, and it would be a good idea to let him replace Zhang Fengyi. choose.

When the emperor inquired about it, Yang Sichang did not dare to neglect it and went out to announce: "Wang Cifu's words are right. There are no two days in the sky and no two kings in the country. There are so many ambitious people in the world. Huang Taiji became emperor just once. Excellent opportunity! In my opinion, we should mobilize all the elites of Tianxiong Army, Ning Haijun, Jingying Army and Guan Ning Army to destroy Jiannu with lightning speed, in order to scare the monkeys and defend the dignity of the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, I also put an end to the illegal thoughts of those rebellious ministers and traitors... It is a matter of life and death for the country, and there is no time to do it. It should be sooner rather than later, otherwise a large number of ambitious people will go to Shengjing to seek refuge with Huang Taiji, and the power of establishing slaves will greatly increase, and they will want to kill him again. It’s going to be difficult for them, please think again, Your Majesty!”

(End of this chapter)