Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 64
From the point of view of the matter itself, he doesn't care about a gentleman being magnanimous, even if he is magnanimous, he does it like this. You are not only a scholar, you are also an official.Do you know how much harm this has caused?You have caused the public opinion among officials to be raging, and made the court very passive. From this point of view, you are not suitable to be an official.

To put it bluntly, shouldn't you thank guests behind closed doors at this time?If you thank guests behind closed doors, there won't be so many things to do.

As for Xu Jing, let’s not talk about cheating or not. He is high-profile and unrestrained. After entering Beijing, he will make friends with the examiner. You can pass the exam honestly, what are you doing?Tang Yin, begging Cheng Minzhengwen to be your teacher, Zhu Houzhao really wanted to pry open the heads of these people and see what you really think.

Zhu Houzhao also probably understood why his father had dealt with him in such a way in his previous life. First of all, it was Cheng Minzheng, who was too useless.

From Cheng Minzheng's political resume, it can be seen that Cheng Minzheng's next step should be to join the cabinet, at most he will be a practical officer.From the imperial examination to the Hanlin Academy, and then to the six ministers, and finally how, this is the promotion path of the officials of the Imperial Academy.But Zhu Houzhao felt that there was a problem here, and he probably understood why Daming had a lot of head-slapping policies.

These imperial officials had been studying before, and after the imperial examination, they entered the Imperial Academy to study. It can be said that they have never been practical officials in their lives, and they don't know what is going on with the county government.

You must know that the officials of the later generations were promoted step by step, and those who lacked local experience would definitely not be able to reach high positions, but Daming did the opposite.First of all, these people have never been local officials. Their understanding of the local people and the people is very shallow, and they only have sage books in their heads.

Cheng Minzheng is such an official, and it is enough for such an official to simply dismiss and go home, and Zhu Youtang did the same.

Xu Jing and Tang Yin are even simpler, but they are just two officials. Which subject of the Ming Dynasty imperial examination does not have an official?There are too many to count.People like this kind of people who made friends with the examiners before the exam, their minds are not pure, and they flatter and flatter horses. What do you do with such an official?Pulling it out just shocked the world's scholars.

Cut off the official status directly, and assign him as a petty official, to scare those scholars, be more honest in the future, and don't make any small thoughts.

The other thing is to deter, not only officials, but also scholars. Don't follow the old path of Cheng Minzheng and Xu Jing and Tang Yin.

It's even easier to deal with Hu Ke's affairs, Hua Chang. This guy's performance is not true, he is greedy for merit, and thinks that he has caught a big deal, which is an opportunity.Now the public opinion is still angry and chaotic, so that the emperor can only dismiss Cheng Minzheng, and deal with Xu Jing and Tang Yin, which is of course to be dealt with.

It's just that among the three, unless Hua Chang's is the lightest, it's just a demotion. It can also be seen that Zhu Youtang only punished him with minor punishments.

It seems that each of the three parties hit a board, similar to the same approach as muddy mud, but there is a deep meaning behind every move.

Sighing, Zhu Houzhao said to Zhu Youtang: "Father, the imperial examination is a grand ceremony for talents. Since there is no fraud, there is no crime." That’s all for the commandment, if you deal with it seriously, it will make people feel that there is something hidden in it.”

In fact, Zhu Houzhao still wanted to do something, so that the three of them would not be as miserable as in the previous life. In addition, he also wanted to hear his father's thoughts and see why he did this.

"Ceremony of talents?"

After hearing what his son said, Zhu Youtang laughed himself, reached out and patted his son on the shoulder, and then said with a smile: "The most important thing in the imperial examination is never to recruit talents, nor is it to educate the world. How many talents are there in this world? Every time the imperial examination How much talent do you need if you have to use all your talents? If you use them all, Daming will have redundant officials, which shows that having too many talents is not a good thing."

Hearing what his father said, Zhu Houzhao was stunned immediately, and then he realized that in later generations, people always shout that talent is the primary productive force, and what is most important in the 21st century is talent!
But that is later generations, when various disciplines develop and grow, of course there must be enough talents to do these things, and everyone is not rushing to become an official.This era is different. The imperial examination is for becoming an official, and everyone reads for the purpose of becoming an official. In this era, scholars do nothing else. If they really use it, they will really be redundant officials.

Seeing his son's appearance, Zhu Youtang smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said: "The essence of the imperial examination is actually to imprison people with lofty ideals, so that all the smart people in the world can enter the cage of the imperial examination, and let them study the chapters and sentences, and the poor classics." In this way, these people will not be easy to be whimsical, and it will not be easy to be deceived by crooked ways."

"When the scholars are stable, the world will be stable. Even if there are other people who want to rebel, they are just grassroots and can't do anything big."

"But don't pamper these scholars too much, and finally make them self-righteous and difficult to control. This time, the matter must be severely punished. It can not only deter cheaters, but also tell scholars all over the world that the country is my country. Let the civil and military capital of the Manchu Dynasty You know, if you are an official of mine, then don’t act like a scholar.”

Zhu Hou took care of his father, and suddenly felt that he didn't know his father, and fell into deep thought.

In Zhu Houzhao's opinion, he, the famous benevolent monarch in history, is not like what is recorded in the history books.When he ascended the throne, his status was shallow, and he had received power and income over the years. He was ready to do something big at any time. According to the progress of history, he would sweep away the accumulated evils, adjust the officials, and then reform. Unfortunately, he died early.

Judging from Zhu Houzhao's practice in history, his reform should be inherited from his father Zhu Youtang.

Not to mention other things, in Zhu Houzhao's opinion, his father's imperial skills are really perfect.

Many people said that Emperor Jiajing's tactics were great, but in Zhu Houzhao's view, he could only eat ashes behind his father's buttocks, and his father did things quietly, and he could still leave a good reputation.You must know that when Dad ascended the throne, Wan An, the first assistant in the cabinet, and Liu Ji, the second assistant, were all treacherous and cunning people.

Although they are called the elders of the three pavilions, it just means that they don't do anything, but they are all experts in seizing power and forming cliques.

After ascending to the throne, Wan An was killed, and Liu Ji was the head assistant to stabilize the court. Five years later, when he was full-fledged, he killed Liu Ji, and personally promoted Xie Qian and Li Dongyang.Judging from this series of operations, Dad's tactics are very powerful, which explains the problem.Coupled with my father's teachings during this period of time, whether it is about the four officials and four politics, or the imperial examination this time, it is all the emperor's mind.

"Then what is the father planning to do?" Zhu Houzhao looked up at his father and asked him.

"Speak!" Zhu Youtang didn't answer Zhu Houzhao's question, but said with a smile, "What are you going to do?"

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