The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Since the Ming Empire listed the imperial examination as the only way to become an official, Emperor Hongwu stipulated that "non-imperial examinations are not allowed to be an official, and non-Hanlin are not allowed to enter the cabinet", which has elevated the imperial examination to the supreme position, and can even determine the political strength of the empire. .

How could the ruling bureaucratic and gentry class not use their power to control the imperial examinations?

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Chapter 1056 Various trails of imperial examinations [1]

For the grand ceremony of imperial examinations, which is related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor would never want to see this illegal grabbing, so it must be guarded against.

But blinded by profit, even the imperial power could not prevent the various forces from reaching out to the imperial examination.

Especially after the prince became an adult, he gradually controlled the Ministry of Rites. In the recent imperial examinations, the trend of cheating has intensified, and students from poor families have gradually been excluded.In the last test, Luo Wanhua, Huiyuan of Zhejiang, lost his name to Sun Shan, which is a typical example.

But different from the eloquence and quarrels and scolding in the past, in this secret meeting, the representatives of all parties lowered their heads and drank tea one after another, never mentioning the division of quotas, just observing each other secretly between the tea bowls.

In the central position, a backbone from previous years could not appear this time.

Prince, Zhu Zaihou.

As a means of buying people's hearts, Zhu Zaihou has intervened in the imperial examination several times in a row and controlled it in the middle. He has become the biggest black hand behind the imperial examination.

But this year the emperor temporarily imprisoned the crown prince for one year, and the crown prince is still locked up at home, crouching in a corner and drawing circles.

The Qi Dang, Donglin Dang and others thought that the princelings would definitely stop now, and they even missed Ding Wei's imperial examination division.

Some people even had the idea to go to Yan Song secretly, have a talk, and test Yan Song's tone.

Seeing that the [Wen Xin Tang], which has been in operation for many years, is about to fall down and be scattered, facing the danger of being destroyed, Xu Jie was ordered in the face of danger, received a secret order from someone, and brazenly sent out invitations to hold this Wen Xin Tang.

Seeing that Wenxintang fell into silence, the host, Xu Jie, the leader of Wenxintang, let out a long laugh and stood up slowly.

He looked at Guan Yingzhen, Yuan Shijiao, Shen Yiguan, Li Sancai and the others, and laughed: "Everyone, what's the matter? Why are everyone so downcast?‖?"

All the party leaders present at the meeting smiled awkwardly, but the smile was uglier than crying.

"Everyone is just worried. The imperial examination of Ding Wei Ke, the emperor's decisive decision, is thunderous. He wants to reform the bad government and get rid of the many drawbacks of past fraud. Yan Song is appointed as the president and Lu Bing is the vice president. I am afraid that this time he will not be able to win big Cake, isn't it?"

Xu Jie walked slowly in front of the party leaders, his old-fashioned shoes with thousand-ply soles chirping on the ground.

Several party leaders couldn't help but nodded.

This is what they fear and worry about.

"Hmph!" Xu Jie smiled faintly: "Everyone, don't underestimate yourselves, feel that you have done something shameful, and feel guilty when encountering turmoil. Since the birth of imperial examinations, no matter what dynasty or generation, they dare not say I am absolutely fair. The so-called absolute fairness does not exist!"

He sneered and said: "Take the Jiangxi Gang as an example. Everyone knows that in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangxi people monopolized the top three places in the Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations, and the No. Gradually monopolized the cabinet. In the early years of Yongle in our dynasty, Yang Shiqi, one of the three Yangs, said that "the number of officials from all directions is not prosperous in Jiangxi". Endless." Hmph, as for Shoufu, one after another, Xie Jin, Xia Yan, and now Yan Song, do you still think that Jiangxi people are really superhuman?"

As soon as he mentioned Yan Song, he became angry and gritted his teeth.

The crowd began to whisper.

"Yeah, it's so strange! Why do Jiangxi people dominate the imperial examinations for hundreds of years?"

"Even now, Jiangxi people are still unstoppable in the imperial examination! Only the Zhejiang students who have risen in recent years may be able to beat one or two. Other provinces, even Nanzhili, are hard to match!"

"This is strange, I have never studied it."

"The first imperial examination in the founding of the country, Wu Zongbo, the number one scholar, is from Jiangxi."

"What's that? I went to the eighth imperial examination, that is, during the Yongle period. The candidates who took the exam in Jiangxi shined brilliantly. Not only the number one scholar was from Jiangxi, but also the second place in the first class and Tanhua, and even the top four in the second class. Yes, they have won the top seven places. Moreover, among the 470 candidates admitted to Jinshi, 110 candidates are from Jiangxi! It can be said that the scenery is monopolized, and there is no second place!"

This group of people chattered wildly, talking about the miracle of the Jiangxi candidates with gusto, spitting stars flying around.

"It's all because of cheating!" Xu Jie yelled, shocking the important officials.

"what?"

"what?"

".々Impossible!"

"If the emperor knows, how can he not investigate this matter?"

Guan Yingzhen, Yuan Shijiao and other provincial party leaders were puzzled.

Xu Jie sneered and said: "I'm telling the truth! Believe it or not! One of the great advantages of Jiangxi people is that they are in groups! They try their best to support their own people! Since Jiangxi people won the first champion in the early years of the founding of the country, they took advantage of Emperor Hongwu admired Jiangxi, the old base of scrambling for the world, but discriminated against the opportunities of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Suzhou and Hangzhou generations occupied by Zhang Shicheng and Chen Youliang, and began to monopolize the imperial examinations by extremely despicable means!"

Everyone groaned, and suddenly realized.

Speaking of the imperial examinations, people from Jiangxi, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu (South Zhili) are basically a troika that goes hand in hand.

But unfortunately, when Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, Zhejiang has always been under the control of Chen Youliang.Chen Youliang relied on Zhejiang's outstanding people and incomparable wealth. In terms of fighting for world hegemony, Chen Youliang was often blocked by the old (Zhao's) Zhu.

After Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world, his remaining anger did not dissipate, so he transferred his anger to the people of Zhejiang.Especially for Suzhou, the capital of Chen Youliang, it was even stipulated that the candidates in Suzhou were not allowed to take a test at the beginning of the founding of the country, and they were not allowed to be an official, as a punishment for the people of the capital, which is a rival.

It was also from then on that, relying on Emperor Hongwu's regional discrimination, the Jiangxi Gang took the opportunity to rise strongly in the Ming court.

But what does this have to do with the imperial examinations of later generations?

Xu Jie walked slowly and said with a sneer: "It has a lot to do with it! Do you know that the Jiangxi Gang has a custom, that is, every year of the Great Competition and during the New Year's greetings, the person with the highest official position will call Jiangxi Help all the high-ranking officials, bachelors, and academics who are eligible to be selected as the chief and deputy examiners to meet together?"

"Huiwen?" Many party leaders looked at each other.

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Chapter 1057 The cunning Jiangxi Gang are all Yan Thief bastards xx! 【2】

"Yes!" Xu Jie sneered, "It's the same as ours. It's called Huiwen, but it's actually a secret meeting! Leak the topic!"

"No way?" Guan Yingzhen was a little disbelieving: "If this custom has been practiced for hundreds of years, how could the emperor not know about it? How could it be possible to ignore it?"