Section 130

Zhu Zhankan felt very satisfied when he returned to the Prince's Mansion.

Promoting some simple stories like this should be regarded as changing the Ming Dynasty, right?

Zhu Zhankan looked at the changed proficiency.

Soon, he was happily walking on the path in the mansion.

Not long after, he met Zhu Pangpang and Big Brother who looked anxious.

"Father, brother, what are you going to do?"

"Oh, Sixth." Zhu Pangpang wiped the sweat from his forehead.

He really hadn't sweated like this for a long time, but he was really busy these past few days, so he was sweating profusely.

"Isn't the imperial examination going to be held soon? I'm busy discussing the examination regulations with your grandpa."

Zhu Zhankan curiously asked casually: "Do we still need to discuss the regulations for the exam? Haven't we already passed the exam for several years?"

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Zhankan with a little resentful look: "It's true that I have been taking the exam for several years, but your words have changed your grandfather's mind. Now that the imperial examination will be held, your grandfather has some new ideas. "

"??? Are there any new ideas you can try?"

Although Zhu Zhankan didn't know much about the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty.

But I still know a lot of basic knowledge.

For example, the imperial examination is divided into rural examination, general examination and palace examination.

The rural examinations are held at the local Chief Secretary of each province.

The examination is conducted in the Gongyuan of the Ministry of Rites.

The palace examination is naturally conducted in the palace.

Zhu Gaochi showed a trace of sadness: "I don't know what your Majesty is planning. We have to enter the palace now."

"Brother Liu, please come with us!" Zhu Zhanji hurriedly took Liu's hand and stopped letting go.

...

Wuying Palace.

The six ministers, the minister of commerce, and the cabinet and other advisors gathered together to wait for the emperor's decree.

Under the control of the emperor and the pull of nobles and civil servants, the prototype of the Ministry of Commerce was barely put together.

Of course, Zhu Di would not personally confront the ministers.

Doesn’t he have three stupid sons?

It was enough to have the three of them charging forward.

Naturally, Jian Yi, the Minister of Personnel, and Lu Zhen, the Minister of Rites, were very dissatisfied with the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce.

Any scholar is dissatisfied with the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce. They have been in poverty for ten years, why should they let a group of merchants catch up?

However, Jian Yi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, knew very well that the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce had the support of the emperor, and they could not oppose it.

If he dares to object openly, I'm afraid he won't have to be the official minister.

Losing the status of Minister of Civil Affairs will cause even greater troubles for civil servants.

The establishment of the Ministry of Commerce is already a done deal.

But when dispatching officials, everyone still had some ideas.

No matter what happens, the Ministry of Commerce still needs officials to make arrangements, right?

Now the entire court of the Ming Dynasty is filled with my Confucian disciples.

If you continue to do this, you won’t be able to break away from Confucian management, right?

As long as Cheng and Zhu's children get involved, the Ministry of Commerce will just divide part of the power of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

However, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Zhu Di directly promoted the old shopkeeper who had been managing the palace for him for many years to the position of minister.

After many years of experience, the old man's difficulty in managing the Imperial Manor is not too low.

This promotion is naturally no problem.

As for the remaining officials from the Ministry of Commerce, they will be arranged after the business students begin to graduate!

Although Jian Yi's little idea didn't completely work, it still worked partially.

The Ministry of Commerce cannot lack officials to handle matters.

It makes sense for Zhu Di to promote the old guy for many years.

But you can't just promote other private shopkeepers to directly serve as officials, right?

First, they failed to study business, and second, they did not contribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Even if you say Po Tian, ​​you can’t be promoted casually!

It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to allow the emperor to have complete dictatorship!

We scholar-bureaucrats still want to drink spicy food!

The beginning of this Umrah meeting was quite harmonious.

As long as there are no big issues involving self-interest, it's easy for everyone to discuss things.

And there is an emperor sitting here, so nothing will go wrong.

After a friendly discussion, the exciting moment came next.

Lu Zhen, the Minister of Rites, slowly said: "Your Majesty, the questions for this year's general examination have been released."

Hearing this, Zhu Di turned his attention to Lu Zhen.

Will you know the test questions? I don’t know if these guys have any eyes or not. They should come up with the questions according to my wishes, right?

Zhu Di picked up the test questions, glanced at them, and put them down with a look of dismay on his face.

It is indeed the clichéd Four Books and Five Classics.

It seems that the comprehension ability of this generation of officials is indeed average.

However, the possibility that he is too good at pretending to be stupid has not been ruled out.

It's really the worst session I've ever seen!

Zhu Di signaled with his eyes that the King of Han came out to take the blame!

When Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han Dynasty, saw this scene of the old man, he reluctantly came out and shouted: "Why are there these questions again? They always come back and forth, are they annoying?"

In fact, by the Ming Dynasty, the imperial examinations had become somewhat rigid.

One of the important reasons for this is the problem of eight-legged essay.

The format of the eight-part essay examination is very fixed, but there is nothing wrong with this.

Fixed format, so that there is a relatively stable standard for review.

Otherwise, there will be a poem from the east, a Chinese poem from the north, and a Song poem from the south.

How do examiners score in this situation?

The biggest problem with the eight-part essay is that the content it selects is only from the Four Books and Five Classics! And it is the Four Books and Five Classics that are marked as needing Cheng-Zhu!

This is very uncomfortable.

The questions of the Four Books and Five Classics cannot be repeated, and these books have only the same content.

The examinations in the later stages of the imperial examinations have even begun to test some questions that are nitpicking, which is obviously not very appropriate.

Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is Zhu Di's old accountant.

He understands Zhu Di's thoughts somewhat.

Unlike Jian Yi, who is a pure defender of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism.

Xia Yuanji is more realistic.

As long as it can bring benefits and a future, he is willing to do it.

The situation in which Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism is the only one in the Ming Dynasty makes Xia Yuanji feel not very good.

Therefore, he actually agrees with Zhu Di's opening of more schools.

It's just that he can't accept the introduction of the Ministry of Commerce into the Ming Dynasty.

However, other schools of thought can still be brought out and talked about.

For example, Lu's School of Mind, Gongyang's Great Revenge, Dong Zhongshu's Heaven-Man Resonance, Yang Xiong's Legalism, etc.

So, Xia Yuanji handed his original topic to Zhu Di.

[Establishing many princes, but reducing their power]

Zhu Di took a look and thought that this was a topic that advocated great unification.

Weakening the power of the princes and strengthening the power of the central government, this topic is actually not bad...