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Shaobing Song Chapter 25 Preparation for the Examination (Part 2)

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    Chapter 25 Preparation (Part 2) "It is impossible to rule the world together." Zhu Chongjiu also put away the regret and fatigue 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.  It is just a matter of gathering the strength of the world to seek common welfare for the people of the world. As for the scholar-bureaucrats, if they want to gain power, they must show some real skills, not just rely on monopolizing knowledge. " "The world is for the common good," is the saying in the Book of Rites.  The famous saying has also been recognized as the truth by scholars in the world since the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, Liu Bowen has no objection to this. However, the words "The king is the spokesman of the people and must gather the power of the world to seek common welfare for the people of the world".  It was far beyond the scope of his understanding. As for Zhu Chongjiu's sentence "Scholar-bureaucrats gain power simply by monopolizing 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 gain access to it, and you can profit from the Internet market by looking left and right." In the past few years, Zhu Chongjiu has been living day and night with female top students, and his ancient prose skills have improved by leaps and bounds. He quoted a line from "Mencius" to clarify the original meaning of the word monopoly.  .  A monopolist is someone who controls trade from the top of the market. The ancients have known for a long time that in order to obtain maximum profits, they must monopolize the business. Since the beginning of the imperial examination, the way scholar-officials controlled the court relied on their monopoly of knowledge.  Regardless of 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, they will most likely come from local prominent families. When scholars from local prominent families take control of government affairs, they will take the initiative to replace their own people.  Or classmates or classmates seek benefits, and then join forces with other scholars to publicize the eyes of the gentry all over the world.  Children from poor families generally cannot afford to study. Even if they can barely afford to study, in most cases they will not be able to take the local exams because they can't find recommenders like Zhao Junyong.  officialdom.  Therefore, China's scholar-bureaucrat class never cares about the change of dynasty or the invasion of foreigners. Anyway, no matter who is in power, the power and interests of their class can be guaranteed. However, they care very much about the concept of all-created equality promoted by Huaiyang.  , because this concept seriously violated their most fundamental interests, causing them to criticize him verbally and with writing. Even if Zhu Chongjiu died one day, they would like to dig up his grave and whip his corpse.  "But in the northern land, there are also people with far-sighted knowledge." After thinking about it for a while, Liu Ji murmured a reminder.  "After I return to Yangzhou, I will immediately announce to the world that by 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.  Those who pass three exams and can pass two will be sent to local officials after six months of training at the university. Those who pass three exams in a row can enter the university for one year of training and then, depending on their results, enter the three levels of government affairs, supervision and privy council.  He serves in the Academy and subordinate bureaus." Knowing 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, compete with the scholars trained by Huaiyang himself, and then be completely branded as the Grand Manager's Office of Huaiyang. According to the Great  Governing the place according to the rules of the General Manager's Office, rather than relying on things like reputation among colleagues, family background, and mentorship, let alone being an official in Huaiyang while remembering that he had enslaved the entire China but only gave them  These people benefited the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties.  "This." Listening to Zhu Chongjiu's serious words, Liu Bowen murmured in a low voice again. After another moment, 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 would be happy to respond, but the gentry pays taxes and food just like the common people." "This cannot be changed." Zhu Chongjiu shook his head without thinking, "Unless he is too poor to pay taxes, he is the emperor.  When you go down to earth, you have to be like the common people." "Including the Kong family." "Including the emperor, I will do it myself," Zhu Chongjiu responded firmly.  "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 to scholars such as the Kong family, Meng family, and Yan family.  In the eyes of the descendants of the saints, some preferential treatment was given to Buddhists, Taoists, and even several prominent families in the north, or to the Han military princes, some privileges beyond ordinary people, in exchange for their limited cooperation and to reduce their resistance.  After all, you need someone to take the lead in everything you do. The above-mentioned families and forces with great influence in the local area have all ceased to exist. Other gentry and celebrities with less powerful status cannot afford to cause too much trouble. When the storm comes,  After the Huai'an army established a firm foothold in the north, the General Manager's Office flattened the other princes, and then slowly took back the privileges originally granted.  "It's nothing, but it can't be." Contrary to his expectation, Zhu Chongjiu appearedOn the issue of taxation, he changed his usual courage to accept advice and did not want to give any discount at all. "Why do those who do not pay taxes have rights, why do they have to take the people's support and ride on the people's heads to dominate?  According to Zhu, rights and obligations must be equal. Unless you are born with a disability or are in your twilight years, you will enjoy as many rights as you fulfill your obligations. No one can be excluded from this.  The battleship jumped, and Liu Bowen's body also rose and fell. "I'm afraid the resistance will be very great. Those aristocratic families have lost 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  "That's right." Zhu Chongjiu shook his head and interrupted loudly, "Otherwise, the Song Dynasty would not have been forced to Yashan." The Song Dynasty had been raising scholars for three hundred years and had given full preferential treatment to monks and Taoist priests.  When they 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 Kong family, surrendered one after another. There were less than ten thousand people who could really stay and live and die with the Song Dynasty.  one part.  This is not the cruelest example. After all, during the Yashan disaster, hundreds of scholar-officials jumped into the sea with the little emperor. In the Ming Dynasty, the scholar-officials still refused to pay taxes and grain. Even the eunuchs could not take away the mines controlled by the scholar-officials.  Every penny, even if the national treasury is at its bottom, the tax increase must be levied on the farmers, leaving the scholar-bureaucrats without a penny. In addition, they also vigorously support maritime smuggling while preventing the imperial court from developing financial resources from the sea. As a result, the Manchurian soldiers  As soon as they arrived, the scholar-bureaucrats "had itchy scalps and the water was too cold" and immediately knelt down to greet the king. However, the intruders and Western thieves who were forced to rebel had shed the last drop of blood in their bodies for the sake of this country.  There were so many absurd examples in his memory, so on the issue of raising soldiers, Zhu Chongjiu had no intention of compromising with anyone. Looking into Liu Bowen's eyes, he gritted his teeth and added, "Zhu can ask the General Manager's Office to take out Quanzhou and confiscate it."  The proceeds, as well as future dividends from sea trade, can be used to redeem part of the land from aristocratic families instead of directly depriving it of it. If they are willing to devote themselves to industry and commerce, Zhu can ask Huaiyang Company to put up part of its equity for public sale, or ask Yousi to directly find part of it.  The workshops that have been built are resold to them. If they are enthusiastic about politics, Zhu said just now, we in Huaiyang can also liberalize the imperial examination to attract more scholars to build a new country together, and even make some adjustments to the examination questions.  "So that these gentry who only study Confucius and Mencius all their lives will not lose their reputation, but" 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 is alive  One day, they gave up hope. At least, when it came to paying grain and taxes, they didn't even have to think about it. Zhu was not the one who refused to give them a way to survive. But if they still refused to go when they had so many ways to survive, they still had to follow him.  Zhu is right, haha, they can just go ahead and do it, but Zhu wants to see if Huaiyang's 150,000 soldiers will be ready by then." "Lord," The deck under his feet shook violently again, and Liu Bowen's hand moved.  The body also moved forward and backward.  What he has learned is the art of the emperor. In order to achieve his goal, he does not care whether the means are bloody. He has just used Chen Youding to kill all the Pu family and Pu family's lackeys in Quanzhou. He even prepared many words before, trying to persuade Zhu Chongjiu to go on the Northern Expedition.  When it was time to kill, he would definitely kill. However, Liu Bowen's sword never intended to attack the entire class of scholar-bureaucrats.  In his original vision, killing and co-opting were necessary means, using privileges and high-ranking officials and generous salaries to win over the scholar leaders, gentry leaders, the shrewd ones among the Han military princes, and some of the upper echelons of the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, and at the same time, those  The stubborn guy followed the Meng Yuan court all the way to the dark side and killed them all without hesitation. One hand was hard and the other was soft. As long as it was done well, the Huai'an army might not be able to gain a firm foothold in the capital city.  But now, Zhu Chongjiu's target for the Northern Expedition is no longer just the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasty, not just those stubborn people, but the entire north, and even the whole world's gentry and noble families, officials and minor officials, and even monks and Taoist priests.  Doubt, in this way, the difficulty of succeeding in the Northern Expedition immediately increased tenfold.  "What Zhu wants to build is a completely different country, rather than 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 him away.  Open and let the sea breeze roar in from outside.  It was already early winter, the sea breeze was very cold, and his voice was also without any warmth, "Zhu doesn't like killing people. Although they call Zhu a butcher, if Huaxia can be completely out of the fateful cycle of reincarnation, Zhu will not."  I am afraid of raising the butcher's knife again, even if the gods and Buddhas in the sky stand in my way, Zhu will have to fight his way out, otherwise, Zhu's life and his actions in the world will have no meaning. "  Note 1: In the previous section, there will be no floods after I die, from LouisThe mistress of the 15th, Madame de Pompadour, the original text is, after we die, there will be a flood. She spent extravagantly on Louis XV and the other two, which led to the rapid intensification of social conflicts in France. Shortly after their deaths, the French Revolution broke out.
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