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This can be regarded as Yu Xiaotian's last promise to Chongzhen. However, Chongzhen has now changed his name to King Xin. After hearing this, he felt bitter in his heart, but he also breathed a long sigh of relief. He knew very well the mentality of those in power. People like him

The existence of human beings has undoubtedly always been a concern for Yu Xiaotian. If it were him, he would definitely not spare his life.

So these days, he has been secretly worried that Yu Xiaotian will break his promise and enrich himself. After he takes the Zen throne, he will keep him for a year and a half, find a reason to kill his whole family, and eventually kill their whole family, young and old.

Just talk about death from illness or other reasons, and no one will be able to do anything about it at that time.

But after hearing Yu Xiaotian's low-pitched assurance today, he didn't know why, but he still believed Yu Xiaotian's words, and his heart became calmer.

Since meeting Yu Xiaotian for the first time, in the past few years, he has gradually understood Yu Xiaotian's personality. Yu Xiaotian is definitely not a kind-hearted person. For those who dare to confront him, he can be said to be a kind person.

He was ruthless and ruthless. The number of his enemies who died in his hands over the years should have been in the tens of thousands if not a hundred thousand.

But at the same time, he also knew that Yu Xiaotian was a person who kept his promises. Under normal circumstances, as long as he promised something, he would never break his promise. Even his enemies had to admit this. Now Yu Xiaotian has repeatedly promised him

Guaranteed that as long as he stayed in the Zen position and kept his integrity, he would not embarrass him. Then Chongzhen believed that Yu Xiaotian was not deliberately deceiving him.

If it had been a few years ago when Yu Xiaotian came to the capital, he was forced to take the Zen position and handed over the Great Tomorrow to Yu Xiaotian, then with Chongzhen's character, he would definitely rather be in pieces than in ruins, even if the whole family

Even if he died, he would never agree to Xiaotian's request.

But after a few years, Chongzhen's character has gradually been smoothed out in this kind of confinement-like life, and he no longer has the same vigor as before. Now he has long been concerned about reviving the Ming Dynasty.

He no longer had any illusions, and being with his wife and children every day made him accustomed to this kind of life. He began to fear losing the last family ties he had, and began to think more about their future.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has ceased to exist in name only, there is no point in him continuing to stay here as this kind of puppet emperor. Instead of doing this, it is better to let go completely, end the Ming Dynasty, and leave the world to Yu Xiaotian. He can only

He prayed that he could save the lives of his children and never think about anything else.

Now that everything is irreversible, what's the point of continuing to miss this palace and this throne? Now he is no longer a lofty emperor, although he knows that after arriving in Quanzhou, he can still only be restricted to

In the palace, he continues to be a caged bird, but as long as he can keep his children, it is better than living a precarious life now.

Yu Xiaotian also reached an agreement with him privately, that is, if Chongzhen is willing, then Yu Xiaotian can give his sons a chance to change their faces and hide their identities. After the situation is stabilized in the future, he can return them

A freedom gives them a chance to return to the outside world, and even allows them to make achievements in the world.

But the premise is that they must keep their promise and never reveal their identities to outsiders. Otherwise, everything will be empty talk. Even if they are not killed, they will have no choice but to return to the cage and never be free again.

This was a special extrajudicial favor for a person who had passed away from the emperor's family. Chongzhen also knew that it was extremely rare for Yu Xiaotian to agree to these conditions. As for more things, he had no desire to do so.

Dare to hope.

With the conclusion of the abdication ceremony, Chongzhen abdicated the throne and formally gave up the throne to Yu Xiaotian. Yu Xiaotian changed the country's name to Dazhong and Yuan Chengtian, which completely announced the end of the Ming Dynasty's rule and the end of an era.

The whole of China has also officially entered a new era.

Although there were still many people who did not agree with Yu Xiaotian's ascension to the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and assassinated Yu Xiaotian twice a day in an attempt to prevent Yu Xiaotian's ascension to the throne and proclaimed emperor, they still could not stop the great wheel of history from moving forward. Yu Xiaotian's control

Afterwards, China began to enter a new era.

Once Yu Xiaotian came to power, in addition to maintaining stability in various places, he also resorted to killing those who opposed him, killing a large number of political opponents who tried to put him to death, and continuously extinguished dozens of cases in various places that tried to open armed resistance against him.

It took half a year for the armed rebellion to stabilize the situation. Only some hostile forces in various places had no choice but to turn to underground activities, but they could no longer afford to cause much trouble.

Moreover, Yu Xiaotian insisted on adopting a high-pressure policy against those forces that tried to resist his rule and intended to restore the Ming Dynasty. He implicated many powerful people in the previous dynasty and gradually eliminated these local forces.

Gradually, his dominance over the country was stabilized.

After Yu Xiaotian ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he immediately abolished the status of Nanjing as the capital, abolished all the original government agencies in Nanjing, hired the original officials on a merit-based basis, and transferred them to serve in other places. In addition, most of them were mixed, etc.

A bunch of dead officials were asked to go home and stop occupying the toilet. Many officials were laid off at once, leaving a lot of expenses.

The original Southern Zhili was divided into two provinces, and two provinces were re-established, one was Anhui and the other was Jiangsu. In the newly pacified Liaodong, two provinces were established, one was Jilin Province and the other was Liaoning Province. As for the Heilongjiang Province in later generations, it was temporarily due to

The weather there is freezing and the population is sparse. It is temporarily under the management of Liaoning Province.

In addition, he issued an order to send a force of 30,000 men, led by Meng Fei, into the Mongolian grasslands, stationed in the Guihua City area that had been destroyed in the war a few years ago, rebuilt the city, and expanded the original Guihua City.

It became a large city, garrisoned by large and medium-sized armies, and sent officials to exercise management over the entire Mongolian tribes. In the future, Mongolian provinces will be established in the areas of the Mongolian tribes, and the provincial capital will be located in Guihua City.

Regarding the jurisdiction issue in Mongolia, Yu Xiaotian decided to deal with it step by step. Next, he planned to immigrate to Mongolia in large numbers, open up wasteland and cultivate land, gradually increase the number of Han people in Mongolia outside the customs, and then gradually establish the province of Mongolia, and gradually

Build more cities, and through these cities, gradually control the Mongolian tribes from point to point, and finally complete their complete control.

As for whether the Mongolian tribes are happy or not, it is not his business. Now he has a strong army. I'm sorry for anyone who disobeys. I will first cut off your mutual trading rights, and then call on the Mongolian tribes to join the army to help fight and destroy them.

At this time, Dazhong's military strength was extremely strong, and of course they were not allowed to cause much trouble.

In addition, in the palace, Yu Xiaotian issued an edict prohibiting the continued castration system and stopped recruiting new eunuchs. The original eunuchs were diverted and resettled, and they were gradually moved out of the capital and returned to their hometowns for retirement. Only a very small number of eunuchs were left in the palace.

As for the original maids in the Ming Dynasty Palace, all the maids in the Ming Palace were sent back to their hometowns for resettlement, and a group of maids from his mansion in Fujian were transferred into the palace.

As a result, there were only less than a hundred eunuchs and maids left in the entire palace, which was far lower than the number of eunuchs and maids in the previous dynasty. The palace suddenly became cold and deserted. There was simply no way to use up so many palaces.

Yu Xiaotian then issued an order to seal up most of the vacant palaces, including various items from the previous palaces. They could not be unsealed without his order.

He only left a small number of palaces for him, his family, and the palace ladies and eunuchs to live in. He also asked the palace ladies to serve in the palace until they were twenty years old, and then they could leave the palace to find a husband's family to marry. As for the eunuchs who stayed behind

, in the future, when they grow old, they will be properly resettled to completely put an end to the deformed eunuch system in Chinese history. Moreover, the eunuchs currently retained will no longer interfere in any government affairs, and those who violate the order will be severely punished.

Then in the autumn of the first year of Fengtian, Yu Xiaotian did something that shocked scholars all over the world, that is, he advocated reform of the imperial examination system that had been implemented in China for thousands of years.

After repeated arguments and games with officials, Yu Xiaotian introduced a new imperial examination system. Although the imperial examination system was still retained, in the original imperial examination system, the chief officer reduced the proportion of the eight-legged essay in the imperial examination.

At the same time, the assessment of poetry, poetry and other aspects is no longer given high importance.

However, in the original imperial examinations, some brand-new subjects were added, and the knowledge of classics and meanings in policy questions was also greatly reduced. Classics and meanings were no longer the subject of policy questions, but were greatly improved.

The knowledge about political affairs in policy questions is the theme of policy questions.

The policy questions mainly cover issues in the economy, people's livelihood, governance, administration, management, agriculture, water conservancy and other aspects. In addition, some issues in industry and commerce are added, and various questions are asked to allow the candidates to understand these practical aspects of politics.

questions, put forward their opinions and their countermeasures, and assess students more

If they focus on their practical abilities instead of paying too much attention to their attainments in the meaning of the text, the scriptures, the meaning of the scriptures, poetry, etc., and write good articles, they may not be able to get good results in the future, but if they are in the current discussion

If you perform well in the practical aspects, you will get good results in the imperial examination in the future.

This forces future scholars to give up the previous way of doing knowledge by rote reading and rote memorization. Instead, it forces them to open their eyes, pay more attention to various practical aspects of knowledge, and pay more attention to

Knowledge about people's livelihood, economy, industry and commerce, etc. pays more attention to the actual working ability of officials.

In addition, in addition to policy questions, there is also an assessment in mathematics. If you want to be an official, you can do it, but in mathematics, you must have some attainments. Even if the requirements are not too high, at least some mathematics-related

Knowledge in this area is something that must be learned.

This can be regarded as a disguised compromise. For the time being, we have to take care of those scholars in the past. At least we cannot stand completely opposite to the scholars. In terms of running the country, Yu Xiaotian can't do without these old-style scholars now, and he must leave a path for them.

There is only one way to get promoted, otherwise it may be difficult for him to find enough people to do things for him in the future. This is also a problem that the people in power in any dynasty have to face, so in the end Yu Xiaocai made a breakthrough in this aspect.

A compromise.

Of course, Yu Xiaotian also added a new examination method in addition to the imperial examination system, that is, he established a new examination system under each ministry, called a professional examination.

Aren't some scholars not good at studying poetry, classics, and confucianism before? But they are professional in some aspects. However, such people basically have no chance of winning the imperial examination, and they cannot embark on an official career. At best, they can only be employed as officials.

Just act as a minor official and take care of some things.

But now, let’s open up a new path for you. Don’t you have specializations in your profession? This is also possible. As long as you have your professions, expertise and success, and have strong professional skills in some aspects, you can go to various ministries.

Next, take the professional exam.

These professional examinations do not test things like the Book of Songs, but only various professional knowledge.

The assessment items established under the Ministry of Personnel are mainly administrative management. For those who are proficient in management, you can choose to take the examination of the Ministry of Personnel. If you really have very good abilities in administrative management, and also in various related practical aspects

If you have unique insights and can be judged to have outstanding knowledge in this area, then you can be hired and you can work in local government in the future. The starting point is slightly lower, but it is still a way to advance.

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