Chapter 25 Preparing for the exam "It is absolutely impossible to govern the world together."
Zhu Chongjiu also put away the regret and tiredness on his face and shook his head very seriously, "The world is for the public and not for private interests.
The king is just the spokesperson of the people.
He must gather the power of the world and seek benefits for the people of the world.
It’s just a mutual blessing.
As for the scholar-bureaucrats, if they want to gain power, they must show some real skills, not just rely on monopoly knowledge.”
The world is for the common good, is a famous saying in the Book of Rites.
It is also a principle recognized by scholars in the world since the Zhou Dynasty.
So Liu Bowen has no objection to this.
However, the words "The king is the spokesperson of the people and must gather the power of the world to seek common welfare for the people of the world" were far beyond his understanding.
As for Zhu Chongjiu's words, "Scholar-bureaucrats gain power simply by relying on their monopoly of knowledge," he had never heard of it before, and it was like thunder in his ears when he suddenly heard it.
"You must seek monopoly to get it, and you can profit from the Internet market by looking left and right."
Zhu Chongjiu has been living with the female top student day and night in the past few years, and his classical writing skills have improved by leaps and bounds.
A casual quote from Mencius clarifies the original meaning of the word monopoly.
A monopolist controls trade from the top of the market.
The ancients have known for a long time that in order to obtain maximum profits, one must operate exclusively.
Since the beginning of the imperial examination, the means by which scholar-bureaucrats controlled the court was based on their monopoly on knowledge.
Whether you change the dynasty or the generation, as long as the country needs to be governed, scholars must be used.
And as long as scholars are used, nine out of ten of them come from prominent local families.
When scholars from prominent local families take control of government affairs, they will take the initiative to seek benefits for their own family or classmates.
Then he joined forces with other scholars to open the eyes of the gentry all over the world.
Children from poor families generally cannot afford to study.
Even if you can barely afford to study, in most cases, like Zhao Junyong, you will not be able to take the local exams because you can't find recommenders, let alone officialdom.
Therefore, China's scholar-bureaucrat class never cares about dynasty changes or foreign invasions.
Anyway, no matter who is in power, the rights and interests of their class will be protected.
On the contrary, they care very much about the concept of "created equality" promoted by Huaiyang.
Because this concept seriously violated their most fundamental interests, they criticized it with words and writings.
Even if Zhu Chongjiu died one day, they would still like to dig up his grave and whip his body.
"But in the northern country, there are also people with far-reaching knowledge."
After thinking about it for a while, Liu Ji murmured a reminder.
"After returning to Yangzhou, I will immediately announce it to the world.
No later than next summer at the latest, the General Manager's Office will hold another imperial examination in Yangzhou.
Anyone who is willing to serve for the General Manager's Office, regardless of their origin, can come and take the exam.
Even Those who can pass two of the three exams can be sent to the university for training six months later.
Go to local officials.
Those who have passed three consecutive years will enter the university for one year of training, and then, depending on their performance, they will serve in the Government Affairs, Supervision and Privy Council and subordinate bureaus.
"I knew that Liu Bowen could not fully agree with him due to his background and vision. , Zhu Chongjiu smiled and added very carefully.
This is the biggest concession he can make at present.
If the scholar-bureaucrats want to gain power, they have to participate in Huaiyang's new imperial examination and compete with the scholars trained by Huaiyang himself.
Then he will be completely branded as the Huaiyang General Manager's Office and govern the place according to the rules of the General Manager's Office.
Instead of relying on things like reputation among peers, family background, and mentorship, it is not allowed to be an official in Huaiyang while thinking about the Meng Yuan Dynasty that once enslaved the entire China but only gave them benefits.
"This" Liu Bowen muttered again in a low voice after hearing Zhu Chongjiu's serious words.
After a while, he raised his head and asked with a somewhat tentative tone, "My lord is willing to open the imperial examination and let them take the test, regardless of their origin.
I think many people will respond happily.
But the gentry pays taxes like the common people."
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Pay food" "This will never change."
Zhu Chongjiu shook his head decisively without even thinking about it.
"Unless he is too poor to pay taxes, otherwise, even if the emperor comes to earth, he must be the same as the common people."
"Including the Kong family" "Even the emperor himself, Mr.
Zhu, will do it," Zhu Chongjiu responded resolutely.
"But, but" Liu Bowen hesitated, frowning, not knowing what to say.
According to his idea, the Huai'an army could at least make some more concessions and give some preferential treatment to the descendants of saints in the eyes of scholars such as the Kong family, Meng family, and Yan family, and to Buddhist, Taoist, and even several prominent families in the north.
Or the Han military princes had some privileges beyond those of ordinary people in exchange for their limited cooperation and reduced their resistance to resistance.
After all, everything needs someone to take the lead.
The above-mentioned families and forces with great influence in the local area have all ceased to exist, and other gentry and celebrities with lower status cannot afford to cause too much trouble.
In the future, when the Huai'an army has established a firm foothold in the north, and the Grand Controller's Office has leveled the other princes, they will slowly take back the privileges originally granted to them.
"It's nothing but a no-no."
Contrary to his expectation, Zhu Chongjiu changed from his usual courage to accept advice on the issue of paying taxes.
He didn't want to make any discounts at all.
"Why do those who don't pay taxes have the rights and receive the people's support?"
In Zhu's view, rights and obligations must be equal.
Unless you are born with a disability or are in your twilight years, no one can enjoy as many rights as you fulfill your obligations.
It cannot be excluded” The battleship under "this" jumped a little, and Liu Bowen's body also rose and fell.
"I'm afraid the resistance will be very great.
Those aristocratic families will lose too much at once.
After all, it has been hundreds of years."
"Things that have been agreed upon for hundreds of years may not be correct."
Zhu Chongjiu shook his head and interrupted loudly.
"Otherwise, the Song Dynasty would not have been forced to Yashan."
The Song Dynasty maintained scholars for three hundred years and gave full preferential treatment to monks and Taoist priests.
But when the Mongolian army arrived, the monks and Taoist priests rushed to serve as a spy for the Mongols and got to know the military situation of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The scholar-bureaucrats, led by the Confucius family, surrendered one after another, and less than one ten thousandth of them could really stay and live and die with the Song Dynasty.
This is not the cruelest example.
Anyway, despite the disaster on Yashan Mountain, hundreds of scholar-bureaucrats jumped into the sea with the little emperor.
In the Ming Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats still did not pay grain and taxes.
Even the eunuchs could not take away a penny from the mines controlled by the scholar-bureaucrats.
Even if the national treasury is at its bottom, the tax increase must be borne by the farmers, and the scholar-bureaucrats will still be left with nothing.
In addition, they vigorously supported maritime smuggling while preventing the imperial court from developing financial resources from the sea.
As a result, as soon as the Manchurian soldiers arrived, the scholar-bureaucrats "had itchy scalps and the water was too cold" and immediately knelt down to greet the king.
On the other hand, the intruders and thieves who were forced to rebel by them shed every last drop of blood in their bodies for this country.
There are so many absurd examples in his memory, so Zhu Chongjiu has no intention of compromising with anyone on the issue of raising scholars.
Looking into Liu Bowen's eyes, he gritted his teeth and added, "Zhu can ask the General Manager to use the proceeds from the confiscation of Quanzhou and the dividends from future sea trade to redeem part of the land from the aristocratic family instead of directly depriving it.
As if they are willing to devote themselves.
In the case of industry and commerce, Zhu can ask Huaiyang Company to offer part of its equity for public sale, or The latter asked Yousi to directly find some of the already built workshops and resell them to them.
If they are enthusiastic about politics, Zhu said just now that we in Huaiyang can also liberalize the imperial examination and attract more scholars to build a new country together.
Some adjustments should be made to the examination questions so that these gentry who only study Confucius and Mencius all their lives will not lose their reputation. " Shaking his head, he said almost word for word, "Scholars, wealthy families and officials at all levels, don't expect to enjoy any privileges.
As long as Zhu lives for a day, they can't expect it.
At least, in terms of paying food and taxes, They don't even have to think about it Zhu is not the one who doesn't give them a way to survive, but if they still refuse to take it when they have so many ways to survive, they still want to go against Zhu.
Hehe, they can go ahead and do it, but Zhu will take a look at Huaiyang.
Are 150,000 soldiers just a decoration?"
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The deck under the "Lord" shook violently again, and Liu Bowen's body also leaned forward and back.
What he has learned is the art of emperors, and he does not care whether the means are bloody in order to achieve his goals.
He had just used Chen Youding to kill all the Pu family in Quanzhou and their lackeys.
He even prepared a lot of words before, trying to persuade Zhu Chongjiu to kill as much as he should during the Northern Expedition.
However, Liu Bowen's sword never intended to attack the entire class of scholar-bureaucrats.
In his original vision, killing and recruiting were both necessary means.
He used his privileges and high-ranking officials and generous salaries to win over the scholars' leaders, the leading gentry leaders, the shrewd ones among the Han army princes, and some of the upper echelons of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.
At the same time, those stubborn guys who followed the Meng Yuan court to the dark side were killed without hesitation.
One hand is hard and the other is soft.
As long as it is done well, the Huaian Army may not be unable to gain a foothold in the capital city.
But now, Zhu Chongjiu's target for the Northern Expedition is not only the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty, not only those stubborn people, but the entire north, and even the whole world's gentry and noble families, officials and petty officials, and even monks and Taoist priests.
There is no doubt that this immediately increased the difficulty of the Northern Expedition tenfold.
"What Zhu wants to build is a completely different country.
Instead of simply changing dynasties, and falling into another cycle of chaos and chaos decades or hundreds of years later."
Zhu Chongjiu quickly walked to the window and pulled it open. , letting the sea breeze roar in from the outside.
It was already early winter, the sea breeze was very cold, and his voice also lacked any warmth.
"Zhu doesn't like killing people.
Although they call Zhu a butcher, if China can be completely out of the cycle of chaos and chaos, Zhu will not be afraid to raise the butcher knife again.
Even if the gods and Buddhas in the sky are blocking his way, Zhu will take it.
Fight a way out, otherwise, Zhu’s life and what Zhu has done in the world will have no meaning.”
Note 1: In the previous section, "What will happen to the flood after my death?"
comes from Louis XV's mistress, Madame de Pompadour.
The original text is that after we die, there will be floods.
Her extravagant spending on Louis XV caused social conflicts in France to rapidly intensify.
Shortly after their deaths, the French Revolution broke out
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