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

Chapter 12: The consequences of the imperial examination system in the Ming Dynasty, the literati formed a party and fought together!

Zhu Biao frowned.

"Is it really that serious?"

“Shouldn’t those selected by the eight-part guanxi guanxi garrison department be good officials with high moral character?”

"Will they be as miserable as Mr. said?"

"of course not."

Ye Xuan said with a half-smile.

Before Zhu Biao could breathe a sigh of relief, Ye Xuan said:

"They are worse than you think!"

Zhu Biao was dumbfounded.

Ye Xuan sat on a chair, holding a cup of tea and said:

"Never use your own judgment to speculate on human greed and ambition."

"I admit that the stereotyped writing of scholars may be able to brainwash some officials who are honest and love the people, but Your Highness, what do you think is the probability that the stereotyped writing of scholars can brainwash out such officials?"

"It's just minuscule."

“Lower than finding a needle in a haystack.”

Zhu Biao has not experienced much in the world and has little understanding of Ye Xuan's words.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was different.

Zhu Yuanzhang started from a young age.

Experienced countless things in the world.

He had a lot of insights into Ye Xuan's words.

People's hearts are fickle.

One moment I can call you brothers, and the next moment I can stab you for power.

Human greed and desires are endless.

Because of this, he wanted to use stereotypes to recruit scholars, use the imperial examination system, and use the Four Books and Five Classics to brainwash the world's scholars so that they would be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and make them honest and honest, and be good officials.

Let them be good ministers.

Let them not be greedy.

Be a good slave.

At the same time, I also want to suppress those who are rebellious.

However, even if Zhu Yuanzhang used stereotyped writing to recruit officials, he could not suppress official corruption.

Corruption.

Every dynasty has it.

Ming Dynasty also has it.

Zhu Yuanzhang imposed severe punishments on corrupt people, killed them as a deterrent, and even set strict laws, but there were still officials who succeeded him.

There is no end to the killing of corrupt officials.

On the surface, those corrupt officials disappeared.

You thought they were gone?

of course not.

They just keep a low profile on corruption and make money without putting it out in the open.

Corruption is difficult to eradicate.

This problem still exists.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to use stereotypes to recruit scholars, imprison the minds of scholars in the world, use the Four Books and Five Classics to corrupt them, and instill in them the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, etiquette, justice, integrity, honest government, and love for the people.

We also hope to eliminate official corruption.

But this failed.

Eight-legged essays are useless.

Those officials are still corrupt.

Officials who recruit scholars through stereotypes are also corrupt.

"Is it true that, as Ye Xuan said, stereotyped writing is not a good strategy to recruit scholars?"

Zhu Yuanzhang began to reflect.

It takes less than a second to reflect.

He began to defend himself.

"impossible."

"This is absolutely impossible."

"The idea of ​​using stereotyped writing to recruit scholars and control the literati that we have worked so hard to come up with cannot be useless."

He didn't want to admit that there was a problem with recruiting scholars with stereotyped writing.

The original intention of the eight-part examination was to select good officials who were deeply influenced by Confucianism, had noble moral character, and were loyal to the country and the people.

However, Ye Xuan now said that it was useless to recruit officials with stereotyped writing. The selected officials would still be corrupt and the corrupt would continue to be corrupt. This was difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to accept.

However, it is true.

The fact before Zhu Yuanzhang was that even if he used stereotypes to win scholars, he could not restrain people's greed and desires.

Corruption still existed in Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Biao frowned slightly and tightened his hand on the tea cup.

"Sir, I disagree with what you said."

"Although there are problems with the imperial examination system under the eight-legged examination system and it cannot contain people's hearts, you can't say that scholars who enter the official career under this imperial examination system will destroy our Ming Dynasty."

"Isn't this a bit exaggerated?"

Zhu Biao retorted.

He felt that what Ye Xuan said was indeed a bit exaggerated.

A group of scholars destroyed a dynasty through corruption?

How can this be.

impossible?

Ye Xuan smiled.

Nothing is absolute.

Everything is possible.

Ye Xuan raised a finger and shook it, "Your Highness, the literati group in the court is corrupt. Do you think a dynasty cannot be destroyed?"

"You are wrong about this."

"The corruption of the literati group will inevitably squeeze the interests of other classes. They come from the big landlord class and can only suppress downwards."

“And who are they going to oppress?”

"Of course they are the people at the bottom."

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it."

"When people are squeezed to the point where they can no longer survive, they will rebel."

"I believe His Majesty must be deeply touched."

"The people rebelled."

"The dynasty fell."

"Isn't this common?"

"There were countless examples of rebellion in the previous dynasty."

In the history of the Ming Dynasty, the Donglin Party is a living example.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked solemn.

He was also a peasant rebel.

The officials forced the people to rebel.

The people have to rebel.

If it is true, as Ye Xuan said, that the literati group is corrupt and exploiting the people at the bottom, the people may really rebel, and his Ming Dynasty may really be over.

Zhu Biao also understood this truth, but he was still taking chances.

"Previous dynasties, such as the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty."

"They also conduct imperial examinations to select talents."

"Although it is not the case of using stereotypes to select scholars."

"But the group of scholars selected to enter the official career did not destroy the entire dynasty through corruption."

"Your Highness, you must know that the Tang and Song Dynasties are different from our Ming Dynasty."

Ye Xuan's mouth went dry as he spoke.

He picked up the tea next to him and took a few big sips.

Zhu Biao was a little anxious.

"no the same?"

"What's the difference?"

"Wait... Gudong... Gudong... Rong Chen takes a sip of tea to quench his thirst..."

Ye Xuan wiped the tea stains from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and continued:

"Prince, think about it."

"In the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were many aristocratic families in the court."

"There are some forces here."

"Those scholars who passed the imperial examination and entered the court, even if they are in a group, can they be more powerful than those aristocratic families?"

"Scholars in the Tang and Song Dynasties were suppressed by aristocratic families and could not form any influence at all."

"And this group of scholars usually join aristocratic families."

"The Ming Dynasty is different."

"There are no aristocratic families in the Ming Dynasty."

"The imperial examination system has been very complete in the Ming Dynasty. There are provincial examinations, general examinations, palace examinations, and general examinations every three years. This system of selecting scholars is fully mature."

"Under this system, there will be a serious problem in the Ming Dynasty!"

"question?"

"what is the problem?"

Zhu Biao quickly asked.

He didn't understand that if the imperial examination system was perfect, problems would still arise?

This is too outrageous.

Ye Xuan looked at Zhu Biao like a primary school student and continued to teach:

"Think about it."

"There are no aristocratic families in the Ming Dynasty."

"The imperial examination system is perfect and literati continue to enter the court. What will happen?"

"That is, after countless literati pour into the court, without the oppression of other forces, they will form literati collectives and political parties!"

“Then, partisanship emerged!”

Ye Xuan opened his hands, as if pictures were emerging behind him.

Scholars continued to pass the imperial examinations and enter the court.

With no one to suppress them, this group of literati who became officials began to form cliques and gradually grew in strength.

He gradually became a powerful force in the court.

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