Chapter 510 The New Court

Author: There are dragons in Nanshan

Chapter 510 The New Court

The six ministries and nine ministers of the Ming Dynasty have been around for a long time. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, six ministries were established, namely Situ, Sima, Sikong, Siko, Daxingren, Zongbo, and after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, they evolved into six ministries: Li, Hu, Li, Military, Punishment, and Work.

The development of the nine ministers was different. During the Qin and Han dynasties, they referred to the nine departments of Fengchang, Langzhongling, Weiwei, Taipu, Dali Temple, Dianke, Zongzheng, Shunshi and Shaofu. Later, they gradually shrank, and by the Ming Dynasty, there were only Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taipu Temple, and Honglu Temple.

In addition, the Censorate and the Tongzheng Envoy Department are basically all the power institutions of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the Hanlin Academy, it is the Ming Dynasty's literary and historical research and talent reserve institution. There are about 300 new Jinshis produced in each imperial examination. Generally speaking, the top 100 will stay in the Hanlin Academy, copying and writing every day, accumulating experience, and waiting for opportunities.

With the rise of the Academy of Sciences, the status of the Hanlin Academy has gradually declined because these Hanlin men only read classics and history and do not involve other disciplines. Now that the new policy has been fully launched, traditional scholars have become increasingly struggling.

Zhu Qizhen directly changed the Hanlin Academy to the Institute of Literature and History with a big stroke.

Then I wrote two big words on the cabinet and made a fork at the back.

When Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Secretariat, our descendants of the Zhu family should not forget their roots, and just do it!

Yu Qian continued to serve as the Minister of War, Cao Nai served as the Minister of Personnel, and Kuang Ye had submitted three resignations, but it seemed that he could not do it anymore, so Zhang Yi took over as the Minister of Rites.

Peng Qing needs to set up a new Maritime Governor's Office, which is on par with the six ministries, and set up consulates in overseas countries, and dispatch officials for a long time.

The Academy of Sciences has changed the most, and it is necessary to separate the disciplines related to the other six ministries and be divided into six ministries, such as the Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology of the Ministry of Revenue; the Institute of Civil Engineering and Water Conservancy of the Ministry of Works; the Institute of Weapons and Equipment of the Ministry of War, etc.

In addition, the Academy of Sciences is also responsible for teaching and imperial examinations, and divides the exam questions into different categories such as liberal arts, science, engineering, and martial arts. Students can sign up based on their own expertise and take the corresponding exams.

Three days later, Belin entered the palace with a thick charter.

Zhu Qizhen looked through it carefully and felt very satisfied.

The Academy of Sciences is reliable in doing things, taking into account almost all aspects, and all processes are very perfect.

"Yes, just click this!"

Belin looked respectful and asked, "Your Majesty, do you really need to send a cabinet ticket?"

"No, you can draw up an imperial edict directly and take it to the Sili Supervisor for sealing."

"I dare to give advice, it seems... it's not very good..."

Zhu Qizhen glared at her eyes and said dissatisfiedly: "I asked you to go, you can go, there is no need to say much!"

Belin swallowed and said, "This time Enko's question-setting person..."

"It goes without saying that of course it is from the Academy of Sciences! You should go back and select people now and set up an Enke question-setting team. No matter who you are, once you are selected, you need to be temporarily isolated from the outside world and be cared for by the Jinyiwei. I will send someone to send three meals a day until the exam starts!"

"Before this, if someone leaves without authorization, he will be punished according to the leak of the test questions!"

Belin wondered: "Are you going to choose all from the Academy of Sciences?"

"You are the examiner, you'll decide!"

"I suggest... the examiner of literature and history should be selected from the Hanlin Academy?"

"I have said everything, you can decide and report it to me for review!"

"Yes, I'll make arrangements now."

Belin felt very stressed, unprecedented.

When the Academy of Sciences was first established, he opposed the opposition, was independent, and dared to criticize everyone. At that time, there was no pressure.

Now it is different. Through continuous changes, the Emperor has brought the Academy of Sciences to an unprecedented height.

The imperial examination is the foundation of the court. Whoever presides over the imperial examination is the most powerful person in the court.

Belin thought about it and said, "Your Majesty, you really don't need to discuss it with the cabinet?"

Zhu Qizhen said lightly: "I have withdrawn the cabinet and will announce it to the world tomorrow!"

"Ah? It's really withdrawn?"

"I said I would withdraw if I retreated. Can I still joke with you?"

"That teacher..."

"The Maritime Governor's Office was established, with Peng Qing's family as the Governor's Minister, in charge of maritime trade, maritime transportation, diplomacy and consulates in overseas countries."

Belin thought hard for a while, then said, "I understand!"

The emperor is determined to do big things, and no one can stop him this time.

At present, every reform is good, and the only problem is that the steps are too big, and I don’t know if it will be ripped off.

If a case of rebellion and regicide is forced into another case, the mountains and rivers will be in turmoil and blood will flow into a river.

The next morning, the court issued three edicts in a row.

The first step was to investigate the case of San Yang's rebellion, with more than 50,000 officials involved in the case. The main culprit killed nine clans, the second three clans were killed, and the second beheaded again. The lightest was exile to guard the border.

According to statistics, there are as many as 300,000 people involved in the case, which shocked everyone.

The second edict was to reorganize the imperial institutions, abolish the cabinet, add the Maritime Governor's Office, and also to the Hanlin Academy, Academy of Sciences, etc., each one was written clearly and clearly.

This news is so shocking that it has almost changed for scholars.

However, the third edict shocked them even more.

Kaienko, and this time Enko's method is very different from before.

As the most important eight-legged essay, it has become an ordinary category. Others, such as mathematics, engineering, water control and road construction, are even more excessive. There is also a martial arts subject, examining military strategy and riding horses and archery.

The edict was issued, and all the scholars in the world felt like they had lost their parents and wanted to cry without tears.

These three edicts undoubtedly killed the scholars!

From then on, the order of the world will be re-established, and the connections, wealth, and network of relationships accumulated by the gentry from generation to generation will be wiped out and started again.

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Guishan Academy, Wuxi, Jiangsu.

The great scholar Sun Changhe was teaching, and a man dressed in a servant came in a hurry, holding a large envelope.

"Sir, letter from the capital!"

Sun Changhe suddenly looked unhappy and didn't see me giving a lecture. Why do you have to read the letter now?

"Let go!"

"yes!"

The servants didn't dare to say much, put down the envelope, turned around and left.

"...Learn from it, question it, think carefully, distinguish it clearly, and practice it thoroughly. This is the doctrine of the mean. Today's course will end here. I heard that the emperor wants to open a charity, and you need to study it well and strive to be famous on the list."

The students stood up to say goodbye, and then Sun Changhe picked up the envelope and saw several thick stacks of paper inside.

I took it out and took a look, and my face began to become weird.

After killing so many people, the Jiangnan gentry was almost uprooted. It was so cruel!

Fortunately, I haven't been involved in these bad things in recent years, but instead devoted myself to teaching here, and instead avoided the disaster.

Open the second letter...

"ah!"

Sun Changhe jumped up directly, sweating all over, and his face was very frightened.

Abolish the cabinet and castrate the Hanlin Academy, this...

This is digging the roots of the Ming Dynasty!

"Crazy, the emperor is crazy..."

Sun Changhe murmured in his mouth, trembling and opening the third one...

Plop!

This time, the tense nerves couldn't resist, and their eyes turned black and they fell to the ground.

"Sir, sir!"

When Sun Changhe opened his eyes, he saw himself lying on the bed, with several familiar faces in front of him.

Xia Shaopeng, Cen Guangyao, Wei Hao and others are all their students, and they have already passed the imperial examination, and are only one step away from becoming an official in the court.

"You...why are you back..."

"As soon as we walked out of the academy, we received news from our home. There seemed to be a major change in the court. We wanted to ask for advice from our husband, but we saw him fainting on the ground."

"It's over, the Ming Dynasty is over!"

Sun Changhe couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Look at it. The news is true. It was an edict issued by the emperor himself. Let's take a look..."

Everyone had just seen it, and they were silent.

"There are treacherous and treacherous in the court!"

Sun Changhe hugged his head and cried bitterly. These news was really sadder than his father's death.
To be continued...