Since the construction of the university town began, Zhu Youxiao has been preparing to recruit students.
The Ministry of Rites was responsible for this matter, so he called in the cabinet ministers, Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Hubu, and Sun Shenxing, the Minister of Rites.
After everyone took their seats, Zhu Youxiao said: "I have an idea that I would like to discuss with you all, which is the issue of the reform of the imperial examination.
I feel that our current imperial examination method has produced too few Jinshi, which is not conducive to the court's control of the imperial examination."
Managed across the country."
As soon as he said this, Sun Shenxing was not happy.
He stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial examination is held every three years, and you can get nearly three hundred Jinshi each time, which is already a lot.
Rare things are valuable, and if you get too many Jinshi, you will lose People think that Jinshi is nothing more than this."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Does Sun Qing think that more than a hundred people a year can manage various places well?"
Sun Shenxing said: "I thought that one hundred people a year would be enough to govern all parts of the country."
Zhu Youxiao ignored him and asked Xu Guangqi: "Xu Shangshu, how many counties are there in our country now?"
Xu Guangqi stood up and said: "Your Majesty, now our dynasty has two capitals and thirteen chief secretaries, a total of 140 prefectures, 193 states, and 1,183 counties."
"How many official positions are generally held by Jinshi?"
Xu Guangqi said: "In the statistics book of the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are approximately 5,860 people holding such positions."
Zhu Youxiao said to Sun Shenxing again: "Sun Qing, considering that a Jinshi can serve for thirty years, there can only be three thousand Jinshi in thirty years.
Do you think it is enough?"
Sun Shenxing said: "Your Majesty asked Xu Shangshu about the official positions held by ordinary Jinshi.
In fact, many of these official positions are also held by Juren.
Juren can be candidates for officials, so there is no need to increase the number of Jinshi."
Zhu Youxiao said: "When a child is promoted to a position, he or she voluntarily registers with the Ministry of Civil Affairs to fill the vacancy.
If a child is promoted to a position, he is not necessarily inferior to a Jinshi.
I remember that Haitaibao was born in Juren."
Fang Congzhe came out and said: "What your Majesty said is true.
Haigangfeng was born in Juren, and finally became the censor of Youqiandu.
He is also known as Haiqingtian among the people.
He can be a role model for us."
Hai Gangfeng was Hai Rui, and he was indeed an upright official, so when others heard this, they all agreed with Fang Congzhe's statement.
Sun Shenxing remained silent, and Zhu Youxiao said again: "Since a son can also be an official, can the lower-level officials be selected from among the students?"
Sun Shenxing retorted loudly: "Your Majesty, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, we have always regarded Jinshi as the highest priority.
Those who are promoted to officials are only a minority, and those who are born are officials, so their face is useless.
Please let your majesty allow the students to take the imperial examination step by step.
Come on."
In this era, Jinshi is of course the highest existence, but the examination is much better than in the Song Dynasty, because after passing the examination, you are qualified to be an official, although the official career is much worse than that of Jinshi.
That’s why Fan Jin became so excited after winning the imperial examination.
However, when faced with the imperial examination, the emperor had a natural inferiority complex.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were cases where the official who was born in the imperial examination could not control his subordinates who were born in the imperial examination.
Of course, most of the time, it was the Jinshi.
He is a superior, and Juzi is a subordinate.
Zhu Youxiao asked Xu Guangqi again: "How many people have been promoted in three years and how many people have directly become officials?"
Xu Guangqi replied: "Your Majesty, there are a thousand candidates, most of them want to take the imperial examination again, and only one out of ten can become an official."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Look, Sun Qing, there are only 400 officials every three years, which is obviously not enough.
And most importantly, I received a report from Dongchang that everywhere, those who harm the people are often small people."
There are many officials, and there is a saying among the people: If your official is as clean as water, it is hard to escape the official who is as slippery as oil.
I wonder if you have heard of this " The ministers bowed their heads and remained silent.
Zhu Youxiao said: "I have decided to allow students to serve as officials.
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After all, they have read the books of sages.
At least there will be less harm to the people."
Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, the student is studying at home and has never been exposed to any affairs in the county.
How can he be the opponent of those old officials?"
Ye Xianggao and Xu Guangqi also felt that this was a problem.
Zhu Youxiao said: "Of course we cannot directly let students become officials.
They must first go through study.
I built the Capital University Hall in Wang Gongchang to teach practical skills. , dedicated to cultivating talents.
Sun Shenxing said: "Your Majesty is going to let the students learn practical skills, but what about the books of sages?"
Zhu Youxiao was a little annoyed with him.
Everyone in the palace entered the official career from Jinshi.
In fact, he understood that the so-called imperial examination was just a stepping stone.
Since students are required to be minor officials, of course they must learn useful things.
Are they planning to use sages?
Isn’t this asking questions knowingly to deal with slippery old officials and difficult people?
Zhu Youxiao said with a straight face: "I believe that one must put his knowledge to use in the world.
Should it be used to gain practical knowledge on some illusory things and to promote the well-being of the people in the world?
This is the right way."
Sun Shenxing said anxiously: "Your Majesty, this is not in line with the way of a saint."
The other ministers had complicated expressions and carefully understood what the emperor said.
Zhu Youxiao said angrily: "The reason for the Great Way of Saints is that Confucianism was originally a study of the world.
When Confucianism was founded by Saints, it was to change the situation of the collapse of rituals and music in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Can we change it by arguing here every day?
We have to do things, this Isn’t that what it means to be practical and practical?”
Sun Shenxing hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I made a mistake for a moment, please punish me."
Zhu Youxiao said: "Get up, it's okay to have different opinions and debate each other, but you have to argue about real things and do practical things.
Don't just put a big label on it."
At this time, Ye Xianggao stood up and said: "Your Majesty's words of wisdom are like Huang Zhong Da Lu, which will definitely bring about our great Ming Dynasty.
Please allow me to congratulate the world, congratulate the ancestors, congratulate the people, and also congratulate your Majesty."
"After that, I bow deeply.
The other important ministers also worshiped together: "Rong Chen congratulates the world, congratulates the ancestors, congratulates the people, and also congratulates your majesty."
Zhu Youxiao didn't know that Gu Yanwu was the first to propose the application of managing the world, and now Gu Yanwu was just a boy in his teens.
This view opposed the unrealistic and empty learning of Neo-Confucians and had a great influence on future generations.
Now that it was proposed by him, a teenager, he would certainly shock these ministers.
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Everyone, get up.
Let's discuss how to make students become petty officials.
My opinion is to set up a special school so that students can voluntarily sign up and participate in learning.
After studying for a certain period of time, If you pass the exam, you can be appointed as a local official.
If you have any other opinions, let's talk about it. " Fang Congzhe said: "Your Majesty, are all the students studying in the capital?
Do you have to bear the expenses yourself or do you have some subsidies from the court?"
Zhu Youxiao said: "Wang Gongchang of the capital built a school specifically.
I call it a university town.
Today's students are studying in the university town.
In terms of expenses, the imperial court is responsible for one year, and all travel, books, board and lodging expenses are covered." , but if you fail to pass the exam after one year, you will have to bear all subsequent expenses
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