Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 1145 Postscript 2·The senior time traveler is so awesome

This "Ming Territory Map" is in color and follows the four-color theorem.

Xie Yan just glanced at it casually, and in his heart there were ten thousand alpacas running past.

The northernmost territory on the map includes Lake Baikal and is labeled "North Sea Lake".

The main area of ​​Outer Mongolia, as well as the Lake Baikal area, is called the "Yanran Protectorate".

The Hulunbuir Grassland and surrounding mountains, as well as the eastern areas of Outer Mongolia, and parts of northern Russia, are called "Dingbei Protectorate".

The central part of Inner Mongolia and a small amount of eastern areas are called "Monan Protectorate".

The Songliao Basin (former Linhuang Protectorate), which spans Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning, was cut into several parts. One part belongs to Beijing, one part belongs to Hebei, one part belongs to Liaoning, and one part belongs to the Andong Protectorate.

The territories of Liaoning Province and the Andong Protectorate are both very large. The former is "Liaoning + half Jilin + a small amount of Inner Mongolia", and the latter is "Heilongjiang + half Jilin + a large amount of Russian Far East territory".

Most of the western part of Inner Mongolia was assigned to Ningxia Province.

What is even more outrageous is that South Korea and North Korea have directly become North Korean provinces.

Kyushu, Hokkaido, Tsushima, Sado Island, Yakushima, Oki Islands, etc. in Japan have all become "Yingshu Governor's Palace".

The whole of Australia plus New Zealand is called the "Australian Governor's Mansion".

To the west of Sichuan is the "Tubo Protectorate".

Xinjiang became the "Anxi Province" and owned the entire Ili River Valley and most of Kyrgyzstan.

Further west is the "Seven Rivers Protectorate".

To the south of the Qihe Protectorate is the Dawan Kingdom, and the word "vassal" is marked in parentheses.

Most of Vietnam became the "Cochin Province".

The remaining half of Vietnam, plus the entire Cambodia, and part of Thailand, is called "Southern Yu Kingdom" and marked as a vassal.

The vast Southeast Asian regions such as the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines and Indonesia were home to a large number of governor-general offices and vassal states.

Xie Yan stared at the "Australian Governor's Mansion" and was basically sure that it was the work of a time traveler.

If the world line is just off track, it is unlikely that the place is called Australia. It's too much of a coincidence, it's probably the name given by the time traveler.

Xie Yan asked: "Will there be no rebellion in such a large country?"

Wang Sheng said with a smile: "Rebellions occur every three to five years. Every two or three years, there will be news in the newspapers that officers and soldiers successfully suppressed the rebels. Anyway, the newspapers are all about victory in the battle. If there is a real defeat, it will not be published."

Xie Yan looked at the map and said: "This vassal called Dawan Kingdom has a huge territory. Does it often raise troops to rebel?"

The country of Dawan borders Congling in the east, the Caspian Sea in the west, and the mountains of Afghanistan in the south. It seems to be a vast territory, but in fact it is mostly desert areas.

Wang Sheng said: "Dawan is the most loyal country and has been fighting all the countries in the west and south. When they couldn't win, the Ming Dynasty would also support them with money, food, and arms, and even once the Ming Dynasty even sent troops in person. The Ming Dynasty even sent troops in person. If the Qihe Protectorate is in danger, the army of Dawan Kingdom will also go north to help. "

Xie Yan said: "You know quite a lot."

"Everyone knows," Wang Sheng said, "The Ming Dynasty, Nanyu Kingdom and Dawan Kingdom have always been countries of father and son, and their founding monarchs were the two princes of the Ming Dynasty."

Xie Yan murmured in a low voice: "That time-traveling senior is really awesome."

"What did Lang Jun say?" Wang Sheng didn't hear clearly.

Xie Yan said casually: "I mean Taizu Taizu of the Ming Dynasty is really powerful."

Wang Sheng said: "Not only is Taizu powerful, but Emperor Taizong is even more powerful. Emperor Taizong has never been defeated when he personally commanded the army since he started his army, and he has conquered a huge territory in decades. In this map of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if the vassal states are not included, there are Ninety percent of the country was expanded by the Taizong Dynasty."

Xie Yan asked: "What is the reign name of Taizu?"

"Hongwu," Wang Sheng said excitedly, "the coins of the Hongwu Dynasty are very valuable. Whether they are gold coins, silver coins or copper coins, as long as the quality is not too bad, they can be sold at high prices. I heard that the coinage technology was insufficient in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. After ten years of recycling and recasting, there are very few Hongwu coins in existence. "

Xie Yan murmured to himself: "Hongwu, Hongwu, it's true..." Suddenly he asked again, "Isn't Emperor Taizong's reign name Yongle?"

"How could it be Yongle? Taizong is the famous Divine Rune Emperor! By the way, in the early years, there was another era name, called Fuxing Zhonghua." What Wang Sheng said is common sense.

Xie Yan had a strange expression: "Reviving China...what the hell is this year name? How many years has it been since the founding of the Ming Dynasty?"

Wang Sheng scratched his head: "More than a hundred years ago. We have to read the book and do some calculations to find out exactly how many years it has been."

"Is there any history book of this dynasty?" Xie Yan asked.

Wang Sheng replied: "There is definitely no official revised history. But there is a brief history. Scholars will learn it after enlightenment. It mainly talks about events in the late Song Dynasty and the early years of the Kingdom."

"Can you find it at home?" Xie Yan asked.

Wang Sheng walked to a corner of the study room, pointed to the used textbooks and said, "There must be some here."

Xie Yan knelt down to search together. When he saw the words elementary school and middle school, he felt more and more outrageous and nonsense: "Can you tell me about the academic system of the imperial examination?"

As Wang Sheng told him, Xie Yan felt more and more that Emperor Taizong was awesome.

But it was in the later years of Emperor Taizong that he reformed the imperial examination again.

There are four years of primary school, three years of middle school (junior high school), and three years of university (high school) with liberal arts and sciences.

Generally, students enter school at the age of seven and can take the imperial examination at the age of seventeen. But in fact, there is no strict distinction, because the number of government-run schools is insufficient, and there are still a large number of village schools, community schools, and private schools.

Therefore, there is no unified primary school examination or secondary school examination.

The three levels of honors of Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi still exist. The first two are more like a diploma, without any political or economic privileges. If you have the honor of Xiucai, you can easily find a job by applying for a job in a business company.

As for Taixue, it is more like a modern university and research institute. There is currently one in Luoyang, Kaifeng, Beijing, Nanjing, Chengdu, and Lanzhou. You will have the honor of Juren upon graduation, and the graduation pass rate has been improved.

Jinshi is also divided into Wen Jinshi and Li Jinshi. The content of learning is roughly the same, but there is a difference in depth. For example, in addition to the required mathematics for liberal arts, you must also master the superficial knowledge of natural sciences.

Medical, mechanical, military and other technical schools have all been transferred to certain universities (actually similar to technical secondary schools and junior colleges). Such students still take the imperial examinations, and if they obtain the honor of Jinshi, they can immediately become art officials. If they fail to pass the imperial examination, they will be given priority to take the examination for clerks in government offices at all levels. If they apply for a job in a trading company, companies and factories will generally be eager to hire them.

"Fuck you..."

Xie Yan couldn't help but swear after hearing this. The senior time traveler is too awesome.

Xie Yan is currently a college student (actually a high school student, called differently). He can take the imperial examination after studying for another year. It's okay to take the exam now or in two years. There are no hard requirements anyway.

However, official schools do not allow repeating. You can review by yourself after taking the exam for ten or eight years, or find a private academy to study slowly.

This is another compromise of Emperor Taizong to the traditional imperial examination. He tried his best to get closer to the modern education system, but he had to give in for various reasons.

Especially the financial issue.

It is impossible to open public schools on a large scale, and private schools must be used to supplement them.

Where did the finances of the Ming Dynasty go?

It went to pay salaries to civil servants!

The establishment of formal clerks has been increased several times, which means that all cadres at the section and section levels have been formalized, and some section clerks have also been formalized, so as to minimize the number of temporary workers in government offices at all levels.

At the same time, the requirements for formal clerks have been raised: formal clerks in government offices above the prefecture level must have the title of scholar to apply for the examination. Formal clerks in central agencies must have the title of juren to apply for the examination.

If there is no title of scholar or juren, then one can only slowly rise from a lower-level department. This is equivalent to increasing the upward space and mobility of clerks. A low-level clerk does not have to stare at becoming a grade official, but can also dream of being promoted to a clerk in a higher-level government office.

There are several history textbooks in front of Xie Yan.

It is traditional Chinese characters, but it is simplified as much as possible.

For example, the character "无" is not written as "无". Not to mention the popular writing method in the market, even Song Huizong's own copybooks have basically written it as "无". At that time, only official documents, books or copied Buddhist scriptures were written as "无".

Since the folks had naturally simplified to that extent, Emperor Taizong simply simplified textbooks and official documents.

There is also "yun", which is not written as "yun".

In fact, oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions have always been "yun", and "yun" did not appear until the seal script appeared.

Volume 1, ancient times.

When the world was first created, people ate raw meat and drank blood, and then slashed and slashed to cultivate the land.

In the history textbook, examples are given of the aborigines of overseas islands and some ethnic minorities in China.

Then there are the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Leizu raising silkworms, Cangjie creating characters, Dayu controlling floods, etc., most of which belong to ancient legends.

Volume 2, Xia and Shang.

Volume 3, Western Zhou, Spring and Autumn, and Warring States.

Volume 4, Qin and Han.

This set of history textbooks calls the ancient times the tribal era, the pre-Qin era the feudal era, and the Qin and Han dynasties the county era.

The history textbook for the second grade of middle school (junior high school) ends with the Qin and Han dynasties, and the first grade does not learn history.

Xie Yan quickly flipped through the pages and pointed to the author's name on the cover and asked, "Why is the editor's name not only wrapped in a separate line, but also printed one space higher? None of the other authors did this."

Wang Sheng explained, "That's the name of Taizu. This set of history textbooks was also edited by Taizu in his later years. At that time, dozens of great scholars were summoned, and even some foreign scholars were invited to assist."

"There has been a dispute over the past few decades. I heard that there was no difference at the beginning. Later, a space was left blank, then a separate line was wrapped, and finally it was wrapped and printed one space higher. Now there is still a dispute every now and then. From time to time, scholars appeal in newspapers to ask the Ministry of Rites not to print Taizu's name directly."

Xie Yan immediately thought of a joke, the principal Chang who left a space blank.

The history textbook for the third grade of middle school (junior high school) talks about the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Xie Yan found the first-year university (high school) textbook.

The beginning is the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, and then it talks about the Song, Liao and Western Xia, and briefly describes how Gaochang, Annan, Dali, Bohai and other countries split off. It also talks about how the Goryeo Kingdom was formed and how it sent troops to annex Han lands such as Pyongyang.

Xie Yan noticed that in this history textbook of the Ming Dynasty, the Song and Liao Dynasties were classified as the Southern and Northern Dynasties, while the Western Xia, Gaochang, Annan, Dali, Bohai and other countries were separatist regimes.

The most outstanding achievements of Taizu and Taizong of the Ming Dynasty were to merge the Song, Liao, Southern and Northern Dynasties into one, and to wipe out the countries and restore the old lands of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Although Xie Yan was not very familiar with history, he understood the purpose of compiling history books at a glance.

To determine and enhance the legitimacy of the Ming Dynasty court, especially to establish the legal system over the northern grasslands and the northeast region!

The second-year university (high school) textbook finally talks about the last years of the Song and Liao Dynasties and the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with the brief description of the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the revolution from Song, Liao and Ding to the Ming Dynasty is written in extremely detail.

In the Liao Kingdom, a foolish king was in power, traitorous ministers were in power, and the people were in dire straits.

In the Song Dynasty, the weak king was in power, the traitorous officials were in power, and the people were in dire straits.

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty replaced the Song Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty replaced the Liao Kingdom.

The Jin Kingdom also had a weak king in power, treacherous ministers were in power, and the people were in dire straits, so the Jin Kingdom was also destroyed.

These contents are not empty slogans, but detailed analysis.

For example, the foundation of the Song Dynasty's rule lay in the vast number of small and medium-sized landowners, small and medium-sized businessmen, and self-cultivated farmers. They were the main source of finance and taxation for the Song Dynasty. When a large number of small and medium-sized landowners, small and medium-sized businessmen, and farmers went bankrupt, the Zhao and Song Dynasty's finances could not make ends meet.

The same is true for the Liao Kingdom. Its rule was based on small and medium-sized herdsmen, small and medium-sized landowners, self-cultivating farmers, and self-herdsmen...

Of course, the Song Dynasty's three-redundancy problem has also been described, but in the final analysis it is a financial issue. Including the fact that the Song Dynasty's army could not fight, it was also a financial problem. Even the Forbidden Army had more than half of its soldiers doing business, otherwise it would be impossible to survive with the little military pay.

Finally, the time traveler appeared.

The names of Zhu Guoxiang and Zhu Ming were all replaced by new lines and squares in the book. This was of course done by the later monarchs and ministers.

The book briefly describes the father and son who were originally from Guangxi. Their ancestors moved to Guangdong due to the war, and then went to sea to do business, but were shipwrecked and went bankrupt. He traveled to Daming Town, Xixiang County, Yangzhou, Shaanxi Province, and stayed there because of the poverty of life. He was even so poor that he didn't have a penny.

The next narrative was also added by later generations of emperors and ministers, and was claimed to be from the narration of Bai Sheng's eldest grandson.

But it was said that the father and son were on the bank of the Han River when they saw the Baoguang shooting out of the sky. They walked towards the Baoguang for three days and discovered the Talisman Treasure Armor (Heavenly King Armor) and the Divine Talisman Sword.

Then the neighing of war horses was heard.

A very majestic Pegasus, its rope was entangled in a tea tree by the river. Tianma actually said human words: "If you help me get out of trouble, I will help you calm the world and save all people."

What the hell?

Xie Yan couldn't laugh or cry when he saw it. A good history textbook actually included such unofficial history jokes.

Little did he know that this content was added by Ju Ming's grandson.

It caused great controversy at the time. Most scholars in both the government and the public opposed it, but the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty still forcibly revised the teaching materials.

The history book not only adds the Tianma uttering words, but also adds the Feng Shui pattern of the Ming Dynasty with the tiger sitting on the dragon's plate.

Even the two founding queens found out that some fortune tellers had said that they were extremely valuable.

After reading each article, Xie Yan was amused.

Suddenly, the smile on Xie Yan's face disappeared, and he thought of a question: Is this a father-son double penetration? Or did the time traveler give birth to a son, and wait until the son grows up before they start doing things together?

But obviously, even if Emperor Taizong was not a time traveler, he must have received modern education from his father.

Xie Yan read the content at the back carefully, and he felt that it should be worn alone.

Because all kinds of inventions and creations were made by Emperor Taizu (actually it was Ju Ming who was too lazy to name himself).

The Emperor Taizong was revered as a Confucian master, and he even passed the top tier exam when he was young. It was obvious that he was an aboriginal son educated by time travellers, and he was also skilled in both civil and military skills.

"Is there a telegram now?" Xie Yan asked suddenly.

Wang Sheng was reading other books by himself, and did not even raise his head when he heard this: "There was a telegraph in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. In the past, only high-ranking officials could use it, but later it became a small official in the county government. People who paid money to entrust the telegraph could use it. More and more, the imperial court simply let the civilian population go."

Xie Yan asked again: "Is there a train too?"

Wang Sheng said: "Yes. There are even railways leading to the grasslands and the Western Regions. They were all built by the late emperor after he suppressed the rebellion."

"The former emperor is the previous emperor?" Xie Yan asked.

Wang Sheng nodded and said, "Yes, Emperor Dingtai."

Xie Yan asked: "How many emperors have there been since the founding of the Ming Dynasty?"

Wang Sheng whispered: "Seven. Your Majesty today was less than ten years old when he ascended the throne, but he was the grandson of the late emperor. At that time, there was also a prince's coup. I don't know how your Majesty escaped from Luoyang and went to Chang'an to get electricity. The troops from all walks of life were diligent and the Kaifeng Forbidden Army killed them before they arrived. The Luoyang rebels turned against each other one after another, and the rebellion was put down in less than a month. "

"King of Power and Diligence..." Xie Yan felt awkward hearing this.

It has only been more than a hundred years from the end of the Northern Song Dynasty to the present, and the normal development should be the end of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Trains and telegraphs in the late Southern Song Dynasty?

That's outrageous!