Chapter 1278: Imperial Examination (2)
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The purpose of the imperial examination is actually to find talents for the imperial court, which is also one of the best means to enrich the imperial court officials, but at the end of the Ming Dynasty, many people wanted to artificially control the imperial examination, which made the imperial examination used by people with ulterior motives.
For example, the imperial examination is to select talents for the imperial court, not to make the power of any official in the court more consolidated, nor to let the protégés of a certain examiner be all over the world, let alone let the admitted Juren Jinshi be grateful to the examiner.
This is something that Su Tiancheng is a little worried about, and it is also a matter of special attention, but there are not many preventive measures that can be taken, in fact, it is impossible to put an end to the contact between officials, or to make officials honest and honest, it is unlikely, there is always a big and small power, for example, Zhu Xianxuan's power is very large, you can't always limit it, people are still loyally doing things for the court, it can only be said that in the future understanding, try to guide it, thousands of years of official-based thinking, thinking that it will disappear overnight, that is a dream, I'm afraid it won't disappear completely in a few hundred years.
Another purpose of the imperial examination is to compete for talent.
Zhu Xianxuan and others did not pay attention to this, maybe they have a very good sense of superiority in their hearts, think about how powerful the Great Jin Dynasty is, unify the Central Plains, the national strength is thriving, and many vassal states have restarted to worship and worship, and look at this frame to surpass the heyday of the Ming Dynasty, just like that. It was a favor to the vassal states, as well as the Western Regions and the Japanese, to participate in the imperial examinations.
Su Tiancheng's idea is different, if he wants to build a strong Dajin Dynasty, he can't do without the support of talents, there are talents all over the world, if he can let these people come to Dajin. It is very important for the Great Jin Dynasty, with extraordinary significance, ideology, the meaning is very profound, but really in a high position, looking at this thing is actually very simple, in fact, it is to control others by outputting ideas, although after hundreds of years, many people complain about Confucianism. What is not suitable for that is not good, but the Chinese civilization of thousands of years, the most complete thing that has been preserved is Confucianism, although there is the promotion of the government, there are the consideration of the government for its own rule, but Confucianism is really so unbearable, it is impossible to pass it down, after all, the rulers of the past dynasties are not stupid.
So Su Tiancheng will not make major changes. It is still necessary to promote Confucianism, in the imperial examination. The content of Confucianism must not be missing.
If they can absorb talents from various countries, and these people enter the imperial court as officials, they will unconsciously influence their families, let their families accept Confucianism, and then through these people, Confucianism will be spread to all parts of the world. This kind of transmission, compared with the forced transmission of the government, has a much stronger effect.
In other words, as long as the imperial court boldly uses talents from the Western Regions, Japan, and vassal states, on the one hand, these people can be loyal to the imperial court. On the other hand, through the influence of these people, Confucianism can be transmitted, so that Confucianism can completely influence all countries.
It's really going to be like this, and I don't know how much bigger it is than the effect of gun attacks.
Su Tiancheng has long thought like this, he believes that the influence of cultural transmission, the influence of thought, far greater than the role of guns, only let Confucianism deeply affect the world, and even be enshrined by most countries, the Han nation will stand at the peak of the world for a long time.
Of course, if you want to do this, it is not a matter of one or two days, but also the strength of the Great Jin Dynasty itself, and the strong strength to prove the correctness of Confucianism.
The first imperial examination of the Great Jin Dynasty was scheduled to start on the fifth day of September in the second year of the Great Jin Dynasty, first of all, the township examination held in the provinces, followed by the general examination held in the capital on the fifth day of the first day of November, and the palace examination was held on December 15, so that within a year, the three key examinations were all over, which could also make the candidates easier.
In addition, the division of admission quotas has also been completed, although the imperial court needs a large number of officials, but Su Tiancheng does not agree to pass the imperial examination once, so he will supplement the vacancy of completed officials, and then do so, it will also destroy the rules of the imperial examination, which is unfavorable in the long run.
The biggest thing facing the imperial court was the large-scale renovation of the tribute courtyard.
Su Tiancheng participated in the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, the feeling of being searched was very unpleasant, it was an insult to the reader, and it was not very appropriate, so after the discussion of the imperial court, Su Tiancheng issued a holy decree, requiring all provinces to be transformed, and the imperial court was responsible for providing all the necessary degrees for the examination, including paper, ink, pen, inkstone, etc., that is to say, when the candidate entered the examination room, he did not need to bring anything, and all things were provided directly by the government. In this way, problems such as carrying entrapment can be avoided to the greatest extent.
In doing so, it will be necessary to take a large-scale break from examination venues such as the Gongyuan.
In this regard, Su Tiancheng is willing to spend money, and the money invested in education always has a huge return.
The imperial court is also fully supported, in fact, the officials who entered the imperial court through the imperial examination have all suffered that kind of insult, and that kind of body search will never be forgotten for a lifetime, but everyone is the same, and they are reluctant to mention it in public, and now that the emperor has proposed it, the search for the examination is not as strict as before, which is of course a good thing.
Many ministers of civil and military affairs know about it, and I am afraid that it is because the emperor has also encountered such a situation, so he specially proposed it.
The hero of the expansion and repair of the Gongyuan was personally responsible for Zhou Yanru, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.
To say that this Zhou Yanru is the cabinet chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, and turned into the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, no matter how you say it, it should be criticized by scholars, in fact, most of the officials in the Jin Dynasty are officials of the former Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it stand up and let everyone see the joke.
Zhou Yanru is worthy of being the first assistant of the cabinet of the previous dynasty, and he has a very good hand on how to implement the relevant specific tasks, and the atmosphere in the court has changed greatly, the previous kind of greedy behavior is almost non-existent, and the officials dare not be lazy. As an official, he still has a lot of privileges in many aspects, and he is particularly eye-catching when he walks on the street.
Therefore, Zhou Yanru was able to implement the task very quickly, and the seemingly vast project progressed very quickly.
The change of the government is reflected in these subtle places, in the past, such things are impossible to imagine, such a large project, once the task is clear, there are people who immediately think of their own interests, not to consider when the project can be completed, as for the specific time to do things, procrastination, even if the emperor personally supervises it is useless, the entire bureaucracy is like this, the emperor is in a hurry and useless, but now the situation is different.
There is no delay up and down, the first thing the officials consider is how to complete their job responsibilities, and what they think of is to complete the task, as for the process of project implementation, whether someone thinks of their own interests, it is impossible to completely prohibit the matter, but at least someone is supervising on the side, if you want to stretch out your hand, just think about the outcome after reaching out.
Through this incident, Zhou Yanru's feelings are very great, and his understanding of the emperor has deepened, or these people, or these officials, for what is the situation is different, when changing to the Ming Dynasty, nothing can be implemented quickly, the emperor's holy decree is always out of shape, and the emperor also relies on eunuchs and brocade guards to consolidate power, but the effect is still not good.
The Great Jin Dynasty abolished the East Factory, abolished the Jinyi Guard, the duties of the palace guard, is to guard the safety of the palace, investigate and deal with the affairs of officials, all of them are directly responsible for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, including the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, the eunuchs are limited to the palace, the so-called Bingbi eunuchs, palm print eunuchs, etc. do not exist anymore, Zhongshu Province is responsible for the custody of the jade seal, all the holy decrees are issued after the review of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, and the emperor gave the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs very great power.
It is said that this kind of thing was impossible to imagine before, isn't the emperor afraid that the civil and military ministers below will seize power, if someone rebels and wants to be the emperor, wouldn't it be a big trouble.
Zhou Yanru, who has experienced a lot, after careful experience and observation, felt that the emperor's practice of managing people and affairs with the system proposed by the emperor is the foundation of the stability of the court situation.
It is precisely because of the realization of this truth that Zhou Yanru does things more dedicatedly, and he can even understand some of the emperor's ideas as quickly as possible, for example, the emperor attaches great importance to the imperial examination, Zhou Yanru analyzed that the emperor not only takes into account the lack of court officials, but also thinks of recruiting talents and expanding the influence of the Great Jin Dynasty in various places, so he is also as thoughtful as possible in many arrangements for specific matters of the examination.
Zhou Yanru didn't know what he did, and the emperor was also very satisfied with what he did, and let the Ministry of Rites be fully and specifically responsible for the imperial examination, which is the proof.
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