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Chapter 547 Imperial Examination Reform

Typical ceding territory and seeking peace!

Zhu Yijiong only inferred that the Indians' combat effectiveness should be very poor based on inertial thinking, but it was only an inference, so he asked exiles like Zhang Guangsi to test it first (send death).

Unexpectedly, in just a few months, people like Zhang Guangsi had conquered half of the county. This is not a remote mountainous area in the southwest. Half of the county is actually populated land, and it is a rich and fertile delta plain.

Moreover, these exiled prisoners have not yet used firecrackers and artillery. It seems that the combat effectiveness of the Indian region has to be reduced to at least one level. It is estimated that it is equivalent to the chieftains in southwest China, and may even be the chieftains in the southwest. Can't beat them.

Zhu Yijiong thought for a while and said: "Since Bangladesh and the British are trying their best to avoid disputes, we don't have to be too anxious to expand. We can let Bangladesh consolidate the newly acquired land first and compile the household registration of the population under its jurisdiction. The cabinet will then A decree was drawn up to establish the Governor-General's Palace of Bengal. Supervisor Geng Shouyi was officially appointed as the first Governor-General of Bengal. Zhang Guangsi waited for him to complete the household registration and gave him the official position of Bengal town mayor, subject to the control of the Governor. A higher official position was waiting for him. Seize more land and population, and then canonize."

"Also, the Privy Council will also start to allocate 500 regular soldiers and 500 reserves as the first batch of Bangladeshi immigrants. The local customs and religions can be ignored for the time being, but the Han immigrants there, including exiles like Zhang Guangsi, are not allowed to join Any local religion cannot be integrated into their customs and culture. All immigrants can only use Chinese and Chinese characters. In addition to regular soldiers and reserve troops, the immigrants going to Bangladesh also need to include scholars, doctors, Taoist priests, monks, etc. There are also Prepare to build temples, Taoist temples, and schools in areas under Han jurisdiction."

"If there are any other details, the cabinet can continue to check and fill in the gaps. Once the charter and decree are drawn up, they will go over with me."

"According to the order."

The ministers quickly responded with their hands in hand.

All the ministers in the cabinet had already anticipated the emperor's decision. From the time when these people were exiled to Bengal in Tianzhu, they understood what the emperor was thinking. I just didn't expect it to happen so soon, it's only been less than half a year.

Only Chen Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, looked tired. After all, whether it was immigration or fighting, it was all dependent on the Ministry of Household's funding. Although this year's fiscal revenue has increased a lot, and is even more abundant than during the Tatar period, the imperial court is facing increasing pressure from the war to expand its territory and the garrison of immigrants from various frontiers.

Liaodong, Monan, Guangnan, Kangzang, Snowy Region, and overseas all require money and people. The prisons in various prefectures and counties are almost empty. Now we have added Bangladesh. Although only a thousand people can immigrate now, which is much less stressful than other frontiers, this is only the first batch. In the future, immigration will obviously continue, and even major wars will have to be fought.

After talking about the affairs in Bangladesh, Lin Jingyu, the Minister of Rites, handed over his hand and reported: "His Majesty has previously decreed that the National Academy of History will collaborate with the Ministry of Rites to compile the "Chinese Dictionary" of all ethnic groups. Officials from the two ministries have started compilation a few months ago, and the progress is expected to be accelerated a lot. .”

Zhu Yijiong nodded: "That's very good. This "Chinese Dictionary" is not only related to the governance of the court, but also to the relationship between the Han people and the brothers and sisters of other ethnic groups. We must do our best and take it seriously."

"The minister obeys the order."

Lin Jingyu added: "Also, the Governor of Luzon submitted a petition a month ago, requesting that a rural examination center be set up in Minbu so that overseas scholars and citizens can take the scientific and rural examinations on the spot without having to travel across the ocean."

Wang Yuan questioned: "If we set up a provincial examination center in Luzon, will they have so many scholars taking the examination?"

Wu Sidao said: "There should be some. Luzon has had immigrants for so many years, and the governor established by the Ming Dynasty has been in office for two terms. There are still tens of thousands of Han people in Luzon and the Philippine Islands, and most of them are learning Chinese. Sinology can be regarded as a scholar. What's more, in addition to Luzon, there are also the old ports, Malacca, and Coconut City that were newly recovered last year. The number of overseas Han people in these places has been at least 100,000 in hundreds of years."

Wang Yuan shook his head and said: "If an examination room is set up in Minbu and candidates are allowed to refer to it on the spot, there will definitely be many mainland candidates who will travel to these overseas governor-general jurisdictions to take the examination. Only when I was in Taiwan and Zhejiang, I saw Many scholars from the southeastern coast like to go to Taiwan to take the exam...including during the pre-Qing Dynasty."

This worry is not unreasonable. Not to mention the present, even in later generations, it is very common for people like this to take the initiative to go to other provinces simply for exams. Especially the majority of people from the south, because the south is so complicated, Lao Zhu even specially created a north-south ranking list for this purpose, otherwise the northern scholars would not be able to win the southern scholars.

Moreover, taking the Manchu Qing Dynasty in history as an example, nine out of ten Jinshi in early Taiwan were either from Fujian, Guangdong, or from the coastal areas of Zhejiang. There were very few who were truly from Taiwan.

Zhu Yijiong thought for a moment and said: "These overseas governor's offices are also the territory of our Ming Dynasty. They don't care about Han people or Ban people. How can they not be given the right to participate in the scientific examination? However, what Wang Qing said makes sense. The cabinet has drafted a decree to ensure that future candidates Anyone who participates in the rural examination must determine the examination area based on their household registration to prevent some candidates from deliberately going overseas for the scientific examination, which will also squeeze the imperial examination quota for overseas scholars. Overseas rural examination examination centers will be set up in Luzon and Yecheng respectively. Each has fifteen quotas for candidates. When thirty people come to Nanjing, a separate examination area will be set up with two quotas for Jinshi."

In the areas under the jurisdiction of various overseas governor-general governments, including immigrants, local Han people, and those mixed Han people registered as Han people, there are at least hundreds of thousands of people in total. There are hundreds of thousands of people, and it is considered a favor to give thirty candidates the chance to be elected. Moreover, two more Jinshi will definitely be produced. This is giving hope to the overseas Han people, and it has great political significance.

Moreover, in the entire overseas governor's palace, there are only two Jinshi places in total, which can further reduce the motivation of mainland candidates to go overseas for the imperial examination.

Because there are too few places, if they want to take the exam overseas, they must first transfer their registered residence and become overseas Han citizens. Then there are only thirty places for candidates. After passing the exam, you will not be able to participate in the north and south rankings in the mainland. You can only list two Jinshi separately. This may seem like preferential treatment, but it is more difficult than in the mainland.

Chen Ji, the Minister of Household Affairs, took the opportunity to add: "It is still necessary to confirm the household registration of overseas immigrants. Since they are immigrants, they can no longer retain mainland household registration. The household registration must be settled overseas, otherwise taxes will be increased."

This is a loophole in immigration, which can also be understood as taking advantage of loopholes, especially among immigrants from Luzon.

Many landowners left their place of origin in the mainland and resettled in Luzon. Their land in the mainland was retained, while those in Luzon continued to annex land, and taxes were not high.

This dual household registration situation is not only due to the long distance and inconvenient communication, but also the court's deliberate accommodation in order to attract immigrants, but now it has to be controlled a little bit.

Immigration in Luzon is stabilizing, and those with dual household registrations are mainly landlords and gentry. Even those who are not are gradually evolving into landlords and gentry, and they need to be controlled.

Otherwise, I am afraid that there will still be many mainland candidates in overseas imperial examinations taking advantage of this convenience to take exams in Luzon and other places while participating in the Mainland North and South Rankings.

The ministers immediately discussed it and checked for any gaps.

This means that the palace examination has just been passed, and there is a gap of three years before the next scientific examination. There is still time to try it out.

By the way, not only the organizational plan for overseas scientific examinations, but also the admission ratio of the mainland's north and south rankings have also been discussed and revised this time.

In the former North and South lists, there are not only North and South lists, but also a middle list, but the sense of existence is very low. The proportion of admitted Jinshi is also 55% from the south list, 35% from the north list, and only 10% from the middle list.

The provinces in the middle list were originally the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangxi, and the northern Anhui region also belongs to the middle list. However, after the establishment of the new Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yijiong reclassified northern Anhui to the southern list and added Guangnan Province to the middle list.

The Beibang also added jurisdictions such as Monan Dusi, Yunzhong Dusi, Liaodong, Lelang, Heilongjiang Dusi, and Tamluo County.

Therefore, the original Jinshi admission ratio is definitely not appropriate. Although it may not have a big impact now, in another ten or twenty years, the scholars in the Northern and Central Rankings will definitely be dissatisfied.

In the end, after a fierce debate, Zhu Yijiong decided directly that from now on, the proportion of Jinshi admitted to the South List would be 5%, which would be divided equally between the North List and the Middle List.

The ministers whose hometown is in Lampang Province are generally unwilling to accept it, but there is nothing they can do. After all, the emperor has made a decision, and this is inevitable.

What's more, as the land area continues to increase, the number of Jinshi admitted each year can remain at hundreds. This is not too bad for the scholars in the South List, but the admission rate is only 5%.

In particular, Beibang has added so many jurisdictions. In the future, as the population of these jurisdictions grows, the half-and-half 5% may not be enough to fill the gap between the teeth.

(End of this chapter)