First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 176

Zhu Yidou's group was completely destroyed, and Zhu Yuanzhang immediately disposed of the original Jiqing Road officials. There were more than 80 people who were corrupt and even murdered.

Later, among the prisoners, he screened out more than 170 generals and officials who had committed crimes such as killing good people, robbing civilian women, etc., and all of them were executed.

There were more than 300 heads, dripping with blood, more than the sum total of executions in the past three years.

Zhu Yuanzhang was quite satisfied, "Mr. Zhang, finally, there is no massacre, this is your credit!"

Zhang Ximeng grinned, you really can talk, everyone outside calls you a butcher, what exactly counts as a rolling head?

Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang's understanding of Dakaijie and Zhang Ximeng are not in the same dimension.

But there is one thing that neither of them can ignore, and that is the urgent need for talent, especially those who run the place.

Zhu Yuanzhang has already ordered to change Jiqing Road to Yingtian House and Taiping Road to Taiping House, and other places are also making adjustments. This is not as simple as changing a brand. The officials, organizational design, and division of powers must all be redesigned. came. In a word, push to rebuild!

In the past, most of the officials of the Yuan court had to be re-recruited from outside, except for a few who could continue to retain them.

In a word, you need to open a department and get a doctor.

"Sir, what do you want to do this time? Do you want to follow the example of Yuan Ting and hold a lively imperial examination?" Lao Zhu asked seriously, the Zhang family was considered authoritative in the Yuan Dynasty when it came to the imperial examination.

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "My lord, the imperial examination is actually just a form. It is nothing more than bringing people together, and through relatively fair assessments, to find some talents and enrich them to the corresponding positions. So the real key is who can participate. The exam, the lord plans to pass the exam again, how many talents will he absorb?"

As soon as Zhang Ximeng opened his mouth, his argument was different from others... Lao Zhu also asked Li Shanchang, and even asked Jia Lu and Zhu Sheng about this matter. These people generally recruit talents with humility, pay attention to practical talents, and choose scholars for their articles. Wait, it's all good, but it's just a little bit mean.

Talking to Zhang Ximeng now, Lao Zhu suddenly became enlightened. He seemed to understand that they were all recruiting scholars and recruiting talents, but there was a basic question, what is talent?

Really, if you read ancient prose, many poems and prose often express the sigh of unmet talent, but if you study it carefully, they really have no talent except for writing poetry and prose.

It's not that you don't have talent, it's that you don't have talent!

In history, the talent problem in Zhu Yuanzhang's early stage was generally recruiting and taking the initiative to seek refuge.

For example, Li Shanchang met on the way to Chuzhou. After crossing the Yangtze River, he accepted Su Ru Tao An and Li Xi, followed by Wang Guangyang, Yang Xian and others. Relying on these people, the overall situation in the early stage was propped up.

It was not until the first year of Wu, that is, Lao Zhu, who basically established his status as the king of the southern region, preparing for the Northern Expedition and competing for the national championship, did he announce the establishment of the second department of civil and military affairs to recruit talents through examinations.

After the official enthronement, it was not until the fourth year of Hongwu that there was the first formal examination, and only 120 people passed the examination.

With the help of Zhang Ximeng, Lao Zhu was ready to take the imperial examination more than ten years ahead of schedule.

From the perspective of the site, Lao Zhu is not much larger than in history, but from the perspective of internal construction, it is earth-shaking and completely different.

"Master, there are two types of talents. One is the talents in the eyes of the people, and the other is the talents that the country needs. It depends on how the master chooses."

"Is there no talent that the country needs in people's eyes?" Lao Zhu asked in a deep voice.

"Maybe there is, but fame is one thing, and ability to do things is another. And since ancient times, there has been no first in literature, and no second in martial arts. Hongru, a famous genius in the world, maybe just a few people. Ten, twenty However, the governance of a country is different. Thousands of people are needed. Among these people, there must be many people who are not well-known people. They are not famous people in the world, but they are just officials who can do things honestly. ."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, "What you said makes sense, you must have both ability and political integrity to choose someone, right?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled again, "That's true, but how rare are people with both political integrity and talent! Does the lord think how many officials are needed at the moment to be able to manage the sky?"

Old Zhu paused, "Ying Tianfu has hundreds of thousands of people, at least thousands of officials!"

"Then the lord is going to pass the assessment, how many people to choose?"

"This..." Lao Zhu pondered.

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "My lord, it is true to say that you have both ability and virtue, but the sage also said that at the beginning of human beings, people are inherently good. Except for a very small number of people in the world who can't use them, they have no virtue or little. How many people are there? And the so-called selection of people with both ability and political integrity, if there is no supervision and no review, who can control their own hands and feet?"

"That's why it is said that the gentleman is careful and independent, there are not many true gentlemen in the world, and most people are ordinary people. Give them opportunities, strict management, and clear supervision. "

Zhang Ximeng lowered his voice, "My lord, let me say a few words that are too much. The so-called selection of talented people who are famous all over the world, and the selection of talents with both political integrity and talent. According to this standard, there are only a few dozen people who can be selected by the lord at the moment... these dozens of people. What can I do, fill up the prefects of several prefectures, fill up the magistrates, arrange some supervisors, leave a few counselors who accompany the army, help the lord plan military affairs, and supply military supplies, we can do this."

"How to choose and enrich the people who work in the government, county, and military? Isn't it for these 'virtuous and talented' celebrities from all over the world to choose? Does the lord think so?"

After Zhang Ximeng said a few words, Lao Zhu suddenly changed color!

He quickly realized the root of the matter... In fact, this is not a question of virtue, talent, but a question of how many talents his lord can directly use.

More fundamentally, it is the fundamental question of how much power he can have!

Old Zhu became serious, and after a long time, he sighed, put his hand on Zhang Ximeng's shoulder, and said from the bottom of his heart, "Sir, only you can tell us this!"

Needless to say, Zhu Yuanzhang already knew.

In fact, after a little scrutiny on the imperial examination, you will find a very interesting situation. Take the Ming Dynasty as an example, the imperial examination every three years, each time three or four hundred people are admitted, and there are also one or two hundred people.

In turn, looking at the official positions of the Ming Dynasty, those of the seventh rank and above, from the county magistrates, the prefects, the inspectors, and the governors, to the six ministers and nine ministers in the capital, the ministers, principals, and foreign ministers of each department should have only a few thousand people.

That is to say, ten imperial examinations and 30 years, just to rotate these official positions.

If the average age of a jinshi is 30 years old, and the average life expectancy of an ancient person is 60 years old... what will happen?

The logic is closed!

That is to say, once a person is admitted to the jinshi, even if he is a top-ranked jinshi, he can be sent to be a county magistrate. The perfect life to lie down and win!

Before being admitted to the jinshi, you may have ten years of cold window, and you may be tempted, but as long as you are admitted, you will only be happy.

No disease, no disaster, unrestrained and unrestrained, when you are a master all your life, your descendants will still be able to enjoy happiness.

Look, the imperial examination is a beautiful thing!

Of course, the DPRK-China partisan struggle and each other's guns and arrows are naturally indispensable. But I'm sorry, this is just the ups and downs of the scholar group. Even those who lose the struggle, whether they go to Nanjing Liubu or return to their hometown to be otaku, are 10,000 times higher than ordinary people.

People just went from thirty-three days to thirty-three days.

In a word, the imperial examinations seem to be the imperial court's grand ceremony to select talents for the country.

But after a little analysis, you will find that the imperial examinations are nothing but the metabolism of officials.

Moreover, through the limitation of the number of people, the intensity of competition has been greatly reduced.

It only protects the interests of elite scholars who can be admitted to the jinshi.

It is roughly that apart from Oxford and Cambridge, other universities are not regarded as universities, and scholars who cannot be admitted to the jinshi are not considered scholars. And once admitted to the jinshi, you can guarantee a lifetime of glory and wealth. As long as you don't die, you can live well and comfortably. Humphrey per capita belongs to yes.

Except for Zhang Ximeng, no one would tell Lao Zhu about this kind of thing.

With the exception of Lao Zhu, the other emperors, facing the already perfect closed-loop imperial examination system, the civil service group had no other way than shouting.

The emperor, who was a little promising, could only release the guards, relying on the domestic slaves and vicious dogs, to fight against the mature civil service group. The result is self-evident.

"Sir, we need to recruit more talents and increase the number of recruits... But won't that increase expenses again? In the end, doesn't the burden still fall on the people?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Master, even if there are fewer admissions, no one can do local matters. It is also necessary to recruit scribes, but there is no need to pass the imperial examination. Isn't Mr. Li originally such a small clerk! Master, more admissions, UU reading www. uukanshu.com allows people to enter leniently into Yan Sheng... There are more people coming in, and the standard is lower, so there is no need to spend huge sums of money to support them as in the Song Dynasty. And when there are more people, the competition will naturally become fierce. Originally passed the imperial examination, You can get the position of a magistrate. Now passing the exam is just a clerk. If you want to be a magistrate, you need to work hard to get out of the siege... Please think about it, lord, can you choose a group of real people? Officiant?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and was completely convinced, without any doubts.

Lao Zhu finally finalized a plan to recruit talents, and the first batch of recruits planned to have as many as 500 people.

The news spread quickly, and even Dan Tu, who was not far from Yingtian, got the news.

A Confucian of Dantu named Ouyang Su was dumbfounded in the face of such a handwriting. What kind of calculus is this surnamed Zhu doing?

He had no idea for a while, so he had to write to his old friend what had happened in Jinling these days and ask him for his opinion.