Daming: Is There Imperial Examination Fraud At The Beginning? I Cry As A Candidate During The Test

Chapter 11 The Ming Dynasty will fall, and the Donglin Party must be blamed!

Zhu Biao didn't take it seriously.

It’s okay to think that there are disadvantages in recruiting scholars with stereotyped writing.

Everything has pros and cons.

This is natural.

He looked calm and even comforted Ye Xuan.

"Sir, everything has pros and cons, just like a double-edged sword. In order to maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty, my father chose to use the Eight-legged Doctrine to recruit soldiers. This is also the emperor's helplessness and compromise."

"There is no way to have both in this world."

"Sir, do you think so?"

Seeing his unconcerned look, Ye Xuan frowned slightly and showed a serious look on his face.

He couldn't help but remind.

"Your Highness, do you think that the eight-part essay recruitment can really maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment.

"Sir, what do you mean?"

"The scholars selected by the Eight-part Examination are all scholars who are loyal to our Ming Dynasty. Couldn't this make our Ming Dynasty prosperous for thousands of years?"

A corner of the inner hall.

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression also became serious.

He chose stereotyped writing to recruit scholars and imprison the literati's thoughts.

The reason is that these literati are obedient.

Be loyal to him and Ming Dynasty.

However, if he can't win scholars with stereotyped writing, what's the use of him trying to recruit scholars with stereotyped writing!

Ye Xuan couldn't help but shake his head when he saw Zhu Biao's naive attitude.

"Your Highness, how can the human heart be controlled by dead things?"

"The so-called human heart is fickle."

"Although the examination content of the eight-part examination is based on the Four Books and Five Classics, which restricts the minds of the literati, but after they enter the court and become officials, they are exposed to various rights in the court. What do you think they will do?"

"No matter how much they read the Four Books and Five Classics, do you think they can really be as free from desires and desires as the Confucian Saint?"

"Human beings have desires."

"Ambition will also grow."

"The method of selecting talents by letting the stereotyped scholars be selected will only lead to the death of the Ming Dynasty at the hands of those scholars."

Zhu Biao's complexion changed slightly.

The Ming Dynasty died at the hands of scholars.

How can this be!

He didn't believe it in his heart.

Although there are drawbacks to using stereotyped writing to recruit scholars, it is not so harmful!

"Sir, are you not being alarmist?"

Zhu Biao frowned.

Ye Xuan said that the Ming Dynasty would die at the hands of those scholars. This was undoubtedly saying that his father used stereotyped writing to recruit scholars, which not only failed to win over talents, but also led to his own destruction.

This made him feel unhappy.

Ye Xuan looked at Zhu Biao's unwillingness to admit it and thought:

Really stubborn.

In history, a large part of the destruction of the Ming Dynasty was related to scholars.

Although stereotyped writing can imprison the thoughts of literati.

But it cannot restrain the ambitions and desires of literati.

Even if you instill good Confucian moral ideas such as social order, humanistic etiquette, etc. into the literati every day, their ambitions and desires should still grow.

This is without delay.

Just because they have read the books of saints does not mean that they have truly become saints without desires or desires.

Why did the Ming Dynasty perish?

This is about a faction - the Donglin Party.

Donglin Party was originally a lecturer at Donglin College.

They raise dissent on social issues.

This group of people was later called the Donglin Party.

Most of the Donglin Party were Jiangnan scholars, a collective of civil servants in the imperial court, and a model for scholars all over the world.

Originally, this group of people was supposed to benefit the people and society and stabilize the Ming Dynasty. However, it happened that this group of scholars who were selected by the Eight-Partu Scholars became one of the reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, the demise of the Ming Dynasty cannot be ignored because the social contradictions at that time had reached an irreconcilable point.

The scholars of the Donglin Party also played a lot of roles in the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

This group of people represents the interests of the large landowner class.

In layman's terms, it means the interests of landowners and businessmen.

After Emperor Chongzhen came to power, the eunuch party fell.

The rise of the Donglin Party.

What will these scholars do now that they have no competitors?

This group of scholars represents the big landowner class. They are pampered and do not see the suffering of the people. It is okay to let them talk in the court, but if there is trouble, none of them will be useful.

Naturally, they will not reform their own class.

So they turned their attention to the bottom of society.

The bottom class of society began to be radically reformed by the Donglin Party.

As a result, people are in dire straits.

The so-called officials force the people to rebel.

People at the bottom of society are forced to have no way out, what will they do?

The results speak for themselves.

rebel.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a clear example of rebellion at the bottom of society.

And Li Zicheng was also such an unfortunate person.

He was born into poverty.

It was not easy to become a small postman.

But he caught up with the big layoffs at the end of the Ming Dynasty and was laid off.

There is no way out.

Need to apply for a job again.

no way.

Li Zicheng could only rebel.

Later, Li Zicheng joined the rebel army, rose through the ranks, led the army into Beijing, and destroyed the Ming Dynasty.

If Li Zicheng could always be a postman.

Have a stable meal to eat.

Of course he won't rebel.

The Donglin Party's reforms aimed at the bottom class of society forced the people at the bottom of society to rebel and could not survive.

Although both the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party are trying to make money.

However, most of the money made by eunuchs comes from wealthy families.

There is still some restraint towards ordinary people.

But the Donglin Party is different.

They come from wealthy families.

How could he attack rich people?

They can only take action at the grassroots level.

There is an example that shows that this group of scholars from the Donglin Party are even worse than the Eunuch Party in terms of being greedy and amassing money.

Emperor Chongzhen prayed to his ministers to donate one million taels for military expenses.

All these ministers were crying.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zicheng handed over money to these ministers.

Copy out more than 70 million taels!

One can imagine how terrifying it is for these Donglin Party scholars to make money.

How can scholars selected by such stereotyped scholars not to perish the country?

At that time, the leading figures of the Donglin Party, Qian Qianyi, Hou Fangyu and others, were still bent on betraying the country and seeking glory. They had no idea of ​​​​loyalty to the emperor and serving the country.

This can also be seen that the stereotype of recruiting scholars cannot make them loyal to the Ming Dynasty at all.

"What is the use of talents selected through this kind of imperial examination?"

"Except for knowing the Four Books and Five Classics, he is basically useless."

Ye Xuan sarcastically said.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the intellectuals of the Donglin Party were still ordinary people at the bottom.

The eunuchs even know that there is little money at the bottom, so they prey on the rich.

The scholars in the Donglin Party can be described as sanctimonious.

Zhu Biao was stunned.

Ye Xuan's words made him feel excessive.

The talents who take the imperial examination are not completely useless, right?

Zhu Biao didn't know what Ye Xuan was thinking. If he had known what Ye Xuan was thinking, he might have already sided with Ye Xuan and criticized the "talented people" selected by the Eight-Part Membership Recruitment.

Standing in the corner, Zhu Yuanzhang heard Ye Xuan say that the Ming Dynasty would die at the hands of scholars, with displeasure on his face.

The people he singled out were all loyal to the country.

How come Ye Xuan turned into a fool in the country?

He didn't think the people selected by the Eight-gut Scholar Recruitment were so unworthy.

"This kid is talking nonsense!"

"Even if the people we select have their thoughts imprisoned, they are definitely not as bad as this guy said!"

"Mao Xiang, are you right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Mao Xiang beside him.

Mao Xiang suddenly felt Alexander.

He nodded repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, you are right."

"This kid is talking nonsense."

Zhu Biao wanted to refute Ye Xuan at this time.

"Why do you, Sir, speak so harshly of those officials selected through the imperial examination system?"

"I'm not trying to make them look bad, they are bad."

"Think about it, these scholars who passed the imperial examination have no understanding of productive labor or the suffering of the people after they get power. What will they do when they enter the official career?"

"They will certainly not exploit the interests of their own class."

"So, they can only exploit the people at the bottom and engage in corruption!"

Ye Xuan said.

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