Just when the court was busy with the matter of moving the capital, at a big court in mid-April, Li Yuntian made his debut in the Taihe Palace, and played a speech for the first time. The fastest and most stable update is to see the latest chapter of Perfect World. Read the website

"The emperor has a will, there is a book, and there is no book to retreat!" When the major ministries finished reporting their respective affairs, a close attendant beside Emperor Hong Xi shouted at a sharp voice.

"Qi Yu Your Majesty, the Imperial History of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, Li Yuntian, the Imperial Governor of the Imperial Palace, has a book!" Normally, civil and military officials would stand and wait for Emperor Hongxi to retreat, but not long after the words of the inner servant, a loud voice sounded in the main hall.

Immediately, Li Yuntian came out of class, strode to the front of the palace under the gaze of the ministers in the palace, since he served as the supervisor of the imperial history, due to various reasons, this is the first time he has played in the palace, so it has aroused the curiosity of many people, wanting to see what he has done.

"Your Majesty, the minister was born in the north and served in the south for several years, although he did not make any achievements when he was in office, but he had a deep sense of the difference between the environment of the north and the south. The south is rich and has abundant teaching resources, while the north is simple and has meager teaching resources. ”

After standing in front of the hall, Li Yuntian arched his hand at Emperor Hong Xi, and said loudly, "The minister thinks that there is no difference between the genius and wisdom of the northern and southern scholars, however, due to the acquired teaching, there are all the differences in the results of the examination. ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion in the hall, and everyone whispered one after another, no one could have imagined that Li Yuntian would not make a sound, and he would be shocked, and he would actually test the sword of the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed." In the midst of the discussion of the ministers, a middle-aged man wearing a four-grade civil official uniform walked out of the queue and said loudly, "How can you set a quota for opening a department and taking scholars, so wouldn't it be unfair to those scholars in the south who have studied hard for ten years?" ”

Li Yuntian recognized it, his real name was the middle-aged man, who was the right Tongzheng Shen Hong of the Tongzheng envoy Sizheng Sipin, a native of Nanzhili, and a Jinshi who was admitted in the early stage of Yongle, he was a southerner, so he naturally wanted to speak for the southerners.

"Your Majesty, as soon as this move comes out, it will definitely hit the morale of the southern scholars, and it will not be conducive to my Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this is a fallacy, and it must not be true."

"Your Majesty, if Li Yushi says, why do I need to have another examination, just let the political envoys report to the township and enter the court as officials."

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Immediately, a group of civil servants came out of the class and expressed their opposition, without exception, they all spoke with a southern accent.

In the face of those opposing ministers, Li Yuntian did not rush to fight back, because the proposal he proposed was related to the future of the imperial examination for scholars from the north, so he would not fight alone, and there would definitely be officials from the north who would speak out to help.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Li Yushi said is the truth, and it should not be confined to one style, and every time the person who wins the list is a southern scholar, and in the long run, the northern scholar will inevitably be hit hard."

Sure enough, just after the ministers who opposed it were listed, a middle-aged civil official who was in the fourth rank stood up and opened his mouth to say, he was Lu Yu, the young secretary of Taichang Temple, and a native of Taiyuan Mansion, Shanxi.

"Your Majesty, as Li Yushi said, there is no difference in the genius and intelligence of the northern and southern scholars, and the reason why the results are uneven is actually due to the difference in the acquired nature, and the northern scholars are already at a disadvantage, how can they compete with the southern scholars?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Li Yushi's words are reasonable, if the north is rich in the south, the northern scholars will definitely be able to compete with the southern scholars."

"Your Majesty, if you talk about talent, the northern scholars are not inferior to the southern scholars, and now the imperial examination is strong in the south and weak in the north, in fact, it is caused by external forces, please be aware of it."

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Led by Lu Yu, officials from the north came out one after another to support Li Yuntian's proposal, and the officials from the south were clearly distinguished, forming a confrontation trend.

This contest over the struggle between the north and the south has already crossed the various factions of the DPRK and the central government, and it is a wrestling between the officials of the south and the officials, and behind them are thousands of scholars.

After witnessing the scene in front of them, many elderly courtiers couldn't help but think of the dispute between the north and the south during the 30th year of Hongwu's examination.

In the 30th year of Hongwu, Ding Chouke, in February, Emperor Hongwu took Liu Sanwu, a bachelor of Hanlin, and Ji Shanbai of Wangfu as examiners, and in the spring list issued in March of that year, because the fifty-one Jinshi on the list were all southerners, it was called "South List".

Although this result reflects that the economy and culture of the south are more developed than those of the north, and the teaching environment of the two sides is very different, and the results of the southern lifter are better than the north's, but it is also mixed with personal factors.

Therefore, as soon as the southern list came out, there was an uproar in the northern part of the capital, and then they jointly wrote a letter, accusing Liu Sanwu and Bai Xinzhu of favoring the southern son.

Emperor Hongwu hereby ordered Zhang Xin, Dai Yi, Wang Junhua, Si Zhilang Zhang Qian, and Yan Shuzai, the school secretary of the Si Economic Bureau, to read ten more volumes each in the first test paper, and added the northern lifter to the list.

Contrary to Emperor Hongwu's expectations, the test papers submitted after re-reading were not good in literature and science, and there were taboo words, which were really difficult to compare with the test papers of the southern Juzi.

Later, someone reported to Emperor Hongwu, saying that Liu Sanwu and Bai Xinzhu secretly instructed Zhang Xin and others to submit a bad scroll in the north, which was later verified, which made Emperor Hongwu furious.

In May of the thirtieth year of Hongwu, Liu Sanwu was chased as the Blue Jade Party, and Liu Sanwu was punished for his old age and death; Bai Xinxi, Zhang Xin and others were executed by Ling Chi; Liu Ge, Song Cong and others were sent out; Only Dai Yi and Yin Changlong were exonerated from the crime.

In June, Emperor Hongwu personally inquired, and the emperor list was called the Xia Bang, because the 61 people taken were all raised in the north, so it was also called the North Bang.

This incident not only reflects the game between the north and the south in the court, but also shows that Emperor Hongwu suppressed the powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, and also created a precedent for the Ming Dynasty to divide the north and the south.

Now, Li Yuntian actually proposed to set a quota between the north and the south in the examination, and suddenly one stone stirred up a thousand waves, triggering a confrontation between officials from the north and the south above the court.

There was a faint smile on the corner of Emperor Hong Xi's mouth, and he looked at Li Yuntian with interest, wanting to see how he could fight back against those southern officials who opposed him.

"Lord Shen, not only the southern scholars study hard, but the northern scholars are also hanging beams, if you talk about the cold, I'm afraid the cold of the northern scholars is even worse."

After calming down in the main hall, Li Yuntian bowed slightly to Shen Hong, the right general government envoy, and said loudly, "Let me ask Lord Shen, if you let the northern scholars study in the south and the southern scholars go to the north to study, who do you think will be better in the examination?" ”

"Li Yushi, this official never makes speculation." Shen Hong's brows furrowed slightly, and he quietly rejected the question.

"Lord Shen, according to the lower officials, the winner will undoubtedly be a northern scholar who went to the south to study." Li Yuntian saw that Shen Hong had avoided this question, and said in a loud voice, "Whether it is a scholar in the south or a scholar in the north, in the final analysis, they are all the people of my Ming Dynasty, and since my Ming Dynasty has established the imperial examination, I should give them a fair way to compete." ”

"Fair?" Shen Hong couldn't help but sneer, "Just the word fairness will wipe out the hope of tens of millions of southern scholars?" ”

"Lord Shen, this is a bad word, natural selection, survival of the fittest, this is the law of nature, and it is also applicable to the world's scholars.

Li Yuntian smiled slightly, and said in an orderly manner, "Actually, even among the southern scholars, the results presented by various places due to the differences in teaching resources are also very significant. ”

"Hmph, in this way, can all the books of those outstanding scholars in the south be read in vain? There is no need to exist in those places where people gather. Shen Hong glared at Li Yuntian coldly, although Li Yuntian did not say it explicitly, everyone knew that every year, Nanzhili and Jiangsu and Zhejiang had the most titles on the gold list, while Yungui and other places had much less.

"Lord Shen, the lower officials think that studying is first to cultivate virtue, then to study, and finally to enter the office, I have tens of millions of scholars, and there are only two or three hundred people on the gold list every year. Therefore, those places where humanities gather are the places where the rest of them cultivate virtue and study, which is very important. ”

Li Yuntian's expression was grim, he looked at Shen Hong solemnly, and said loudly.

Hearing this, Shen Hong was slightly stunned, he found that he couldn't refute Li Yuntian, although the world's scholars are all taking the imperial examination to be officials, but they can't say this on the surface, otherwise wouldn't they lose the spirit of a literati?

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that what Li Yushi said was very true, the quota between the north and the south not only encouraged the northern scholars, but also encouraged the southern scholars." At this time, Yang Shiqi, who had been watching coldly, stepped forward and said to Emperor Hong Xi.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that for the sake of the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, the north and the south should be separated from the scholars." Approaching, the secretary of the ministry also came out of the ranks, and said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, that's exactly what the minister meant." Subsequently, Xia Yuanji, the head of the household, also stood up to support Li Yuntian.

Yang Shiqi is the first assistant of the cabinet, and Qian Yi and Xia Yuanji are the first officials of the six departments, and as soon as the three of them express their positions, the shape above the court immediately becomes clear.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this method is feasible."

"Your Majesty, in the long run, it will be of great benefit to me to separate the north and the south."

"Your Majesty, the northern scholars are simple and resolute, and the southern scholars are intelligent and quick-witted, all of which are the pillars of my Ming Dynasty."

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For a while, the civil officials above the court who had not yet spoken expressed their attitudes and supported Li Yuntian's promotion of the quota for the north and south.

Shen Hong's face was a little pale, now that the cabinet and the six ministries were already on Li Yuntian's side, he knew that the general trend had gone.

"Li Yushi, how much do you think this is appropriate?" Emperor Hong Xi saw that the attitude of the civil officials reached a consensus, and asked Li Yuntian with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that the southern humanities are gathered and should occupy the majority, so it is appropriate to have six in the south and four in the north, and it can be fine-tuned according to the specific situation in the future." Li Yuntian pondered for a moment and said to Emperor Hong Xi.

"According to what Aiqing said, the next department will take the scholar, and the south and the north will be recorded according to the six in the south and the four in the north." Emperor Hong Xi nodded when he heard this, glanced around at the ministers in the main hall, and said in a deep voice.

"Emperor Shengming, long live, long live, long live!" When the civil and military officials in the hall heard this, they immediately bowed down and saluted, and said in unison.

As soon as the news of Emperor Hongxi's decision to take scholars according to the ratio of six in the south and four in the north was issued, there was a jubilant scene in the Jingshi Guozijian, and most of the people who could come here to study were the northern scholars, and the southern scholars all went to Nanjing Guozijian.

Moreover, the prisoners of the Jingshi Guozijian participated in the township examination in Beizhili, so they were naturally counted as northern scholars.

In the past, the northern jinshi accounted for only 12 out of 10 in each subject, but now the admission ratio has suddenly increased to 4 out of 10, which is equivalent to having more than twice the chance of being admitted to the jinshi, how can the inmates of the Guozijian not cheer.

Because of his "righteous speech" in the court, Li Yuntian won the favor of the prisoners of the Jingshi Guozijian, and at the same time, he also indirectly offended the people of the Nanjing Guozijian, and Li Yuntian suddenly made a quarter of them unable to become Jinshi.

I have to say that after Emperor Hongxi ordered the six scholars in the south and the four in the north, whether it was a scholar in the south or a scholar in the north, the style of study was flourishing for a while, and the northern scholars saw hope, while the southern scholars felt the pressure. One