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Chapter 459 Imperial Examination Point System

The New Ming Dynasty unified the Han Dynasty and immediately began to build defense lines and began to govern Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and Gansu.

The Tatars were not idle after they fled to Kangzang, and they launched an attack on Mingzheng Chieftain (Kangding) first.

The chieftain of Mingzheng was caught off guard and collapsed at the first touch. The leader of the chieftain died in the battle, and all the slaves in his tribe were embezzled by the Tatars and died in the battle.

The Tatars set up a Dajian furnace hall here and began to race and enclose the land.

Such a big movement quickly attracted the attention of the Litang nobles, and a war broke out between the two sides.

Relying on the castrated version of sugar gunpowder learned from the Ming army, these Litang nobles who had been isolated for many years were no match for the Tatar army.

However, within ten months, these Litang nobles were completely defeated by the Tatars, and even Litang was captured.

The remaining members of the Litang nobles fled north along the Shaluli Mountains and the Yalong River, and did not stop until they reached Garze. They frantically sought help from Luobuzangdanjin in Qinghai, and expressed their willingness to honor Luobuzangdanjin as peace. Shuote sweated profusely.

It was only then that Luobuzang Danjin finally learned that the Tatars had abandoned Han territory and came to Kangzang to snatch his territory.

Luobuzangdanjin knew it, and Junggar naturally knew it too.

With the entry of this third party into the situation, the tense relationship between Junggar and Qinghai instantly eased.

The Ming army sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight throughout the whole process.

It is impossible for these three parties, Manchu and Qing Dynasty, Junggar and Qinghai, to be satisfied with the status quo. Take the Manchu and Qing Dynasties as an example. A mere Kham and Tibet cannot feed them.

The small amount of land and population available for cultivation in Kangzang alone cannot support the current large army of the Qing Dynasty, nor can it support the military settlements.

In the past, Tubo was able to become powerful at the same time as the Tang Dynasty, all because of the warming climate. Even the territory of Tubo was very warm, and it could support a large population with a little river valley and alluvial plain.

But it can't be done now. Disasters occur from time to time in Han Dynasty, and the climate is also ups and downs. The little land in the river valley in Kangzang can't be used to feed tens of thousands of troops. Feeding ten thousand is a burden.

And the [-]-strong army could not even stop the Sichuan garrison.

The Manchus, Junggars, and Qinghai were stirring things up in the west, and the remaining Mongolian tribes in Monan and Guihua City (Hohhot) finally sent envoys to Nanjing to pay homage to the Ming Emperor.

Regarding these Monan Mongolian tribes, Zhu Yijiong still maintained the original policy, asking them to hand over the Han slaves in their hands, and then make them the Great Khan.

They just gathered those Han people together and built cities and counties from the edge of the grassland to the Great Wall.

Guihua City is more complicated. There are many Mongolians and many Hans. The Manchus also built a new city of Suiyuan next to it. Moreover, even the Mongolians here have been Hanized for a long time and are in a half-farming and half-pastoral state, and are incompatible with the local area. The Han people also have friendly and cooperative relations.

After some thought, Zhu Yijiong abandoned the name Guihua City because the meaning was too straightforward, and changed it to Yunzhong Prefecture, which was under the jurisdiction of Shanxi Province.

The name Yunzhongfu was taken from the Yunzhong County established here by King Wuling of Zhao. The Suiyuan New City established by the Manchu Qing Dynasty was renamed Fengxian and affiliated with Yunzhongfu.

All the people in southern Monan surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, but the news about the Chechen Khan tribe and the Tushetu Khan tribe in Mobei was received later.

After receiving the official canonization edict from the Ming Dynasty, these two Mobei Khans immediately sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to come to Nanjing to pay homage to the new emperor.

Because the distance was too long, the two missions departed from the mainland last year and waited until the beginning of this spring before boarding the official canal ship and arriving in Nanjing.

Similarly, there was Zasak Tuhan who was conquered by Cewang Alabutan. Taking advantage of Galdan Cezering's attention on Luobuzangdanjin, although he did not accept the canonization edict of the new Ming Dynasty, he Still secretly sent an envoy to the DPRK.

As for North Korea, the mining engineering team dispatched by the Ming Dynasty set out for North Korea last year and was fully loaded with silver, copper coins and sweet potatoes to be exchanged with North Korea.The kings and ministers of North Korea were very happy that the Chinese father was so trustworthy and paid in advance, and they happily handed over all the domestic mines to the Ming father for mining.

Incidentally, he also officially issued an order announcing that the Pyongan Road and Hamgyong Road in northern North Korea are China's homeland, and North Korea is only keeping them for safekeeping. Now that China has come to ask for them, it should be returned.

Zhu Yijiong was also very happy that North Korea was so sensible and filial. He issued an edict to praise him and bestowed gold and silver on the king's clothes.

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The seventh year of Jianwu, 1728 AD.

The Kaichun Township Examination was successfully concluded.

The rural examinations and joint examinations in the Ming Dynasty and the New Dynasty were officially designated as spring and autumn first, and the original term "spring and autumn" also had to be changed.

But these are minor details. The important thing is that this year's provincial examination is a little different from previous years.

The first thing to bear the brunt is the formal institutionalization of the examination questions. Although the examination questions have included a lot of calendar astronomy and even some content about the Siyi and Haiguo countries, the overall framework of the old eight-legged policy theory has not been changed.

This year's scientific examination is the first time that the score system is used in the test paper, mainly to convert subjects such as calendar calculation into scores.

Of course, the Eight-legged Essay Theory still needs to be tested, but it is gradually evolving into the composition column in later Chinese language exams, and the score ratio is also stipulated.

This has the advantage that it is more friendly to calendar candidates, and it also encourages candidates in disguise to further study calendar calculations.

The original eight-legged theory still had too many loopholes and was not conducive to the promotion of calculus. The level of success in the exam depends entirely on the personal will of the examiner.

The application of the score system is the formal determination of the proportion of calendar calculations in the test paper. Unless you really beat the crowd in the policy essay, the score will be as many as the score, and it all depends on the score to determine whether you are successful or not.

This is also more conducive to reducing examinee fraud, because if you are able to do the calculation, you will be able to do it, and if you are not able to do it, you will not be able to do it. If the examiner really scores randomly, is it because everyone above him is blind, or is the emperor blind?
This year's rural examination is considered a trial by the imperial court to test the reaction of civil servants.

Facts have proved that these scholars are very receptive. Except for some who were confused about the test, most of them quickly accepted this new scientific examination model.

As for opposition, who dares to oppose it?
The emperor's image as a tyrant is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. At least when Zhu Yijiong was alive, as long as he didn't really want to force people to death, no one in the world would dare to speak against him.

This is the benefit of the founding emperor!
"25, 24, 23...Twelve, I passed the exam!" On the day when the results of the provincial examination were released, Wu Jingzi was overjoyed when he saw his name ranked among the twelfth.

As his words fell, many people around him looked over instantly, most of them with envy in their eyes.

Although Anhui was separated from Jiangnan Province, it still occupied [-] rural examination quotas, ranking [-]th, and it was definitely among the best.

As the author of "The Scholars", it is not surprising that Wu Jingzi passed the provincial examination.

After all, this guy was a child prodigy, talented and intelligent since he was young. The reason why he gave up the imperial examination was not because he was not talented enough, but because he had experienced too many human relationships, and then his wife was angered to death by relatives and friends. This is why the world looked down upon him.

Nowadays, there are not so many problems. Wu Jingzi is still a county scholar and has a happy family. He did not take part in the imperial examination last time just to keep filial piety.

However, this was a blessing in disguise. Three years as an instructor at the county school made him keenly aware that the imperial court was determined to promote calendar astronomy. Even the newly published Tianyuan Technique in the monthly report was quickly distributed, allowing him to Official schools in various places have included calendar calculation as a compulsory course.

Moreover, after the "Constitution" was released, it was also included in the compulsory courses for the first time, which shows the ambition of the imperial court.

Now, his guess was indeed correct, and he got the test question right.

(End of this chapter)