Daming Military Empire

Chapter 606

In the 16th year of Chongzheng, 1643 AD, many major events took place in history.

In this year in history, Li Zicheng established the Dashun Dynasty, conquered Chengtian, Xi'an, Yulin, and Tongguan, and went straight to the capital of Daming.

In this year in history, Qing Taizong Huang Taiji passed away, the six-year-old Shunzhi Emperor Fulin ascended the throne, and Prince He Shuorui Dorgon was regent.

In this year in history, the famous general Sun Chuanting died in the battle from Tongguan to Weinan, and Daming lost hope of a final comeback.

At this time of the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was already in danger and could be destroyed at any time, but at this time of the Chongzheng Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was rich and powerful, and it was about to usher in its heyday.

At this time, the Ming army is about to take down the entire Siberian Khanate, which can be described as invincible;
At this time, the Ming Navy has assembled thousands of super battleships and is preparing to fight for supremacy at sea;

Most importantly, it was this year that Emperor Chongzheng of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Cijiong began to change the backward feudal system and officially implemented the "Law of Chongzheng of the Ming Dynasty".

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, the first issue of "Beijing News" in Chongzheng's [-]th year was released on time. To the surprise of all those who bought newspapers, a booklet was included with each newspaper purchased. Chongzheng Law".

What surprised them even more was the content of "Da Ming Chongzheng Law". If "New Beijing News" hadn't been published by the Ming Dynasty's Tongzheng Shisi, which is now the Daming Communication Department, they would even think that someone wanted to spread rumors and make trouble.

The power of the emperor should be governed by rules, and the common people should also have rights. Although these have been circulated for thousands of years, it seems that there seems to be such a meaning, but there has never been a real explicit regulation. The so-called "the people are water, the king For a boat, the water can carry the boat and overturn it.","The people are the most important, the community is second, and the king is the least.",That is basically just talking, which emperor really thinks that the people are more important than himself? !
In addition, the daily affairs of the imperial court are all handled by the cabinet, and even the selection of officials is decided by the cabinet. This has always been the dream of scholars, and it is also the focus of competition between the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor. There is no need to argue about anything, as long as it is done well, the emperor will not care about it!

The dream of countless literati in the Ming Dynasty has been realized in this way?All of this is too simple, it makes people feel so unreal, but "Daming Chongzheng Law" clearly stated in black and white that the emperor no longer cares about the daily affairs of the court. Supervise it!
No one thinks it is unreasonable to supervise. If there is no supervision, civil servants can be lawless, and that is unreasonable.

But, is the emperor really delegating power like this?All the scholars couldn't believe it, but some had to believe it, because "Daming Chongzheng Law" was made by the emperor, that is to say, it was written by the emperor himself, and it has been implemented since this year.

All of a sudden, the whole Ming Dynasty went crazy, whether they were scholars or not, whether they could read or not, everyone was going crazy.

All the common people have gradually heard that there are rights and obligations, and their sense of belonging to Ming Dynasty has become stronger. The so-called "everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world." Gradually, it is no longer a slogan, because they really know They felt that the rise and fall of the world really had something to do with them, and at the same time, they supported the emperor even more, because they clearly felt that the emperor was really good to them.

Whoever treats me well, I will treat them well. This is human nature, and those who don't know good and bad are a minority after all.

The upsurge caused by "Daming Chongzheng Law" has not yet passed. Only one day later, on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty and the Ministry of Education of the Ming Dynasty jointly published an article in the "New Beijing News". Another doubling, that is, the number of Jinshi nominated for the gold list in the Ming Dynasty will reach about [-], which is nearly three times more than the original two or three hundred!
Now the entire Ming Dynasty was once again a sensation, the so-called "bridal chamber festive night, when nominations for the gold list.", Zhongjinshi was originally a matter of honoring the ancestors, and now the chances of Zhongjinshi have tripled, how can we not make the world's scholars ecstatic.

Some hopeless Juren once again saw hope. Out of more than 4000 people, two or 300 people were selected, or three or 8000 people were selected out of more than 400 people. The chances of being nominated for this gold list are indeed not many, but now, they can choose 8000 out of 800 people. People, one in ten can be nominated for the gold list, and those who can be admitted to Juren are not ordinary people. If there is hope, who will give up? Choose one out of ten, maybe, if you are lucky, you may be in high school.

As a result, the entire Ming Dynasty rushed to the capital frantically. Those who originally planned to give up, and even those who had given up for several years, couldn't hold back. Almost all the Juren rushed to the capital.

According to the final statistics of the Ministry of Education, the number of Daming candidates participating in the imperial examination this time has reached a terrifying 9000 people. Even if Daming doubled the enrollment of the township examination last year, it should be about 8000 people. Out of nowhere.

All in all, with the addition of the candidates from the vassal state who came to Beijing this time, the number of candidates participating in the Guiwei examination has exceeded 2000, and the number of participants has also tripled. Such a grand event is unprecedented, so many Candidates are also a test for the Ministry of Education of the Ming Dynasty, because the board and lodging of candidates are all arranged by the Ministry of Education.

Fortunately, after the expansion of the Guozijian under the Ministry of Education, the area has expanded by five times, covering a quarter of the original capital. You must know that the original capital had a population of millions, that is to say, the Guozijian If you want to let go of the construction, it will not be a problem to live in 20 people.

Huang Daozhou also made arrangements earlier. Originally, the Xin Guozijian had built nearly [-] houses. He also directly gave the Guozijian students a big holiday. Anyone who did not participate in this exam will come to study after the imperial examination is over. In this way, More candidates can also live.

Now the examinees of Daming finally realized how powerful Daming is now. Candidates from the original capital or those who have been to the capital are better off. Those who have never been to the capital will be frightened by the huge capital, with a population of three to four million. What is the concept of the city at this time, amazing, my Daming!

Candidates from the vassal state were even more stunned. Let alone the capital, even the size of the Xin Guozijian is considered a huge city in their place. A school is even bigger than a city. What kind of concept is this? For the kingdom of heaven!
I won’t repeat the process of the general examination and the palace examination. The Chongzheng Dynasty also held many imperial examinations. Zhu Cijiong is naturally familiar with the palace examination. However, this time he did not meet a candidate he knew, and he did not even hear about it. .

Therefore, he simply didn't get involved in the ranking of the gold list, and decided the ranking entirely based on his performance.

Why hasn't he heard of any candidates this year?In fact, this is not surprising, because this was the last imperial examination in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty died in the second year after the exam. These candidates had no chance to show their talents at all, and it is normal for them not to be famous in history.

However, it was different in the Chongzheng Dynasty. Now the Ming Dynasty is rising like the sun, and the light will surely shine on the whole world. They will no longer pass away in obscurity, and many people will surely leave their names in the history!
(End of this chapter)