Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 421 The Beginning of Change
No one thought that Emperor Wanli would come back to life, which made everyone wonder how he felt.

Especially the prince Zhu Changluo, I guess he must be very conflicted in his heart. I hope that Emperor Wanli will die, it is not filial.

Say no, it must be false.

There is also the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, who have had enough of Emperor Wanli for a long time. Many people wish that Emperor Wanli would get up and die sooner.

However, something about this incident backfired.

In just one day, Emperor Wanli could eat some porridge.

After a few days, Emperor Wanli could eat greasy meals.

After half a month, Emperor Wanli could get out of bed and walk.

A month later, Emperor Wanli's health was almost recovered, and he could even move freely in the palace.

At this time, everyone understood that Emperor Wanli would not die again.

Why do you say again?Because Emperor Wanli was seriously ill a few years ago, and the funeral was explained, but he did not expect to live again.

This time the illness was worse than last time, and when everyone thought he couldn't make it through, he survived miraculously.

Compared with the "disappointment" of civil and military officials, the people of Ming Dynasty were very happy that Emperor Wanli's condition improved.

Because in the eyes of ordinary people, Emperor Wanli is considered a good emperor.

"Long live the decree, the morning dynasty will be resumed tomorrow."

On this day, when the cabinet ministers were dealing with official duties, an eunuch conveyed Emperor Wanli's will.

"Long live has returned to the morning court?"

Everyone couldn't believe it when they heard the news.

It has been deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts that Emperor Wanli has not been in court for decades.

Even if there is a dynasty, it is because of extremely important events, such as the annexation of Japan and the defeat of Lin Danhan.

Now someone tells them that Emperor Wanli is going to restore the early dynasty, which seems to be a joke.

However, Emperor Wanli's decree could not deceive anyone. After confirming that the matter was true, all civil and military officials began to discuss it.

But no matter how much they discussed, the next day, many ministers who were qualified to go to court could only go to the palace early in the morning to go to court.

"The Emperor is here!"

Under the waiting of all civil and military officials, Emperor Wanli finally arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony at six o'clock in the morning.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Seeing Emperor Wanli, all civil and military officials bowed and knelt down.

"Everyone loves you in peace." Emperor Wanli said loudly to everyone, and he was full of air when he spoke.

"At court today, I have two things to announce."

Emperor Wanli said to all civil and military officials: "I survived a serious illness this time, and I have figured out many things. In the past, I was self-willed and disregarded Daming's interests and disregarded the troubles with all your lovers. So now, I plan to serve Daming in my lifetime." Make up for something?"

After a pause for all the civil and military personnel to digest what he said, he continued: "First of all, the lack of officials in various parts of the Ming Dynasty is too great, which is not conducive to the court's rule of the region, so I am going to fill in all the vacant officials."

"Wow!"

Hearing Emperor Wanli's words, the whole court exploded in an instant.

Before, Emperor Wanli was suppressed too hard by the civil official group, so he was not allowed to do this or that.

Therefore, under the rebellious mentality, Emperor Wanli simply did not go to court, did not see officials, did not approve memorials, and wanted to make civil officials bow their heads.

However, civil servants have more backbone than Emperor Wanli imagined. If you, Emperor Wanli, do not compromise, we will not compromise. Without you, Emperor Wanli, we can still make the Ming Dynasty run normally.

All civil and military officials were waiting for Emperor Wanli to burp, thinking that if Emperor Wanli died, everything would get back on track.

It's just that everyone didn't think about it. After Emperor Wanli suffered a serious illness, he started to compromise like a civil servant.

"Long live my emperor!"

Hearing that Emperor Wanli wanted to fill the vacant officials, all civil and military officials were extremely happy.

As far as Beijing officials are concerned, Beijing and Nanjing combined lack more than 200 officials.

There are also big gaps in local officials. If all the gaps can be filled, how many people can be promoted.

At this moment in the court, no matter it was the Zhejiang Party, the Xuan Party, the Qi Party, or the Donglin Party, they were all ready to seize this opportunity to vigorously promote their own people.

However, when all the civil and military officials had different ideas, only Emperor Wanli said: "This time to fill the vacancy, I am going to personally preside over a big exam. I will mainly select young officials under the age of 40 to fill the position, and those over the age of 40 will not be considered." .”

Whoa!
Hearing what Emperor Wanli said, there was another uproar in the courtroom.

"If all the lovers don't agree with me, then let's let this matter go, and there is no need to fill up the vacant official positions." Emperor Wanli said lightly without waiting for everyone's objection.

"Long live, I agree with Long live's idea."

Seeing that Emperor Wanli seemed about to back down, some officials immediately jumped out to express their approval.

Just kidding, after finally waiting until Emperor Wanli agreed to fill the vacancy, how could he be allowed to take it back?

No matter what, I will agree first, as for what happens later, I will talk about it later.

"I agree that Long Live will preside over the exam!"

Other officials echoed the agreement.

After hearing that all civil and military officials agreed, Emperor Wanli finally showed a smile on his face, and he said to everyone: "This big exam, I plan to open it to all scholars, anyone who can read and write can take the exam.

The exam is divided into two subjects, civil and military. Anyone who can read and write can take part. This time, I will write the questions myself..."

Next, Emperor Wanli told everyone about the examination process.

This exam will last for one year and will be divided into three joint exams.

The first joint exam was a nationwide screening. After Emperor Wanli came up with questions, the royal postal system would send the exam questions to various state capitals to be printed into exam papers.

Then, the magistrates of each prefecture counted the number of people and presided over the exam. As long as they are scholars, as long as they are not over 40 years old, they can take the exam.

The answers to the exam will be published by the Da Ming Daily in the newspaper after the joint exam, and each government will approve the papers according to the answers from the Da Ming Daily, and the scholars whose scores meet the standards can participate in the second round of the joint exam.

The second round of joint exams will be held two months after the first round of joint exams, and will be held in the capital cities of each province.

The examination process is also printed into rolls by the Royal Mail system, and is also administered by provincial officials.

After the exam, the Da Ming Daily will also announce the answers, and then each province will score by itself, and those who pass the exam can take the third joint exam.

The third joint exam will be held in the capital, six months after the second joint exam.

The reason why it was set to be six months later was mainly because Daming was so big that some scholars might be absent because they didn't arrive in the capital in time.

The third joint exam will be presided over by Emperor Wanli himself, and any scholar who has passed the exam can be awarded an official position.

Hearing the examination process mentioned by Emperor Wanli, although many officials felt that it was inappropriate, it was mainly because it did not comply with the rules.

But thinking of Emperor Wanli's temper, they were afraid that Emperor Wanli would repent and not fill the vacancy, so they would not be able to cry.

Now, in order to get Emperor Wanli to agree to fill in the vacant officials, even if what Emperor Wanli did did not comply with the rules, they could only admit it by pinching their noses.

The reason why Emperor Wanli took the big exam was mainly to reserve the officials he wanted to prepare for future changes.

And this big exam is the beginning of change...

(End of this chapter)