Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

Just as his foundation was the armed forces, his class enemies were the gentry and landowners of the former Ming Dynasty.

In order to suppress those gentry and landlords in the former Ming Dynasty who were unwilling to cooperate, he had to reuse Wu Xun in various ways, and even opened the door to Wu Xun to suppress the remnants of the former Ming.

But is this normal?

This is obviously not normal, or even completely deformed!It is even turning the clock back in history!

Throughout the ages, dynasties have changed again and again, the root cause of which is the uneven distribution of resources!

That is to say, a very small number of people who rule the vast majority of people control the vast majority of survival resources, leaving the vast majority of people with no way out.

This is the root cause of thousands of years of historical reincarnation and dynasty change.

Throughout the dynasties, countless emperors, generals, and sages are also working hard to reverse this.

For example, the aristocratic family that once controlled most of the living resources has disappeared in the long river of history.

For example, the birth of the imperial examination system, the opening up of channels for talents to rise, the consolidation and weakening of classes, and the redistribution of resources to a certain extent.

For example, since the founding of Daheng, the world has been bloody washed with butcher knives, the land has been transferred to individuals, and tough and bloody resources have been redistributed.

But ... this is also in the historical cycle rate.

After all, the replacement of dynasties and endless wars are a subtle redistribution of resources, and his bloody massacre from top to bottom is also a redistribution of resources.

But this is just the beginning. How to keep the results of resource reallocation is the most fundamental reason to avoid or delay the arrival of the historical cycle rate.

But no matter what, the few people who hold power must not be solidified.

Once solidified, no matter how evenly the resources are allocated, it will completely rot in a very short period of time!

And in order to suppress those people in the former Ming Dynasty, he opened the door to Wu Xun.

Let the military force, which already has hereditary characteristics, easily step into the officialdom from the army.

If things go on like this, in just a few years, they will inevitably become aristocratic families who occupy the upper echelon of power and have tentacles all over the world.

The so-called governance of herdsmen will also become an internal affair of these powerful families.

Hundreds of martial arts, that is, hundreds of powerful families!

They will be entrenched in every part of the country, firmly controlling everything in the country, and the channels of ascent will be completely blocked.

Ability will no longer be the basis of talent acquisition, but what is the bloodline is the most fundamental element.

Those at the bottom, before the empire collapses, will always be at the bottom.

The so-called redistribution of resources must be a big joke.

Everything that Emperor Zhaowu did will only be a big joke in the end!

"Imperial examination..."

The Son of Heaven pursed his lips, and this word that had troubled him for more than ten years also came to his mind again.

What he has always thought about is how to change education and the selection system.

But... after so much experience, many policies related to education and talent selection have also been tried.

Such as colleges, such as education reform, school inspectors...

Strictly speaking, these, more or less, have disadvantages, and even, for a country, they are not as good as the imperial examination.

For example, the talent selection system he wanted to establish at the beginning, that is, education popularization, the imperial examination became a public examination similar to later generations.

The academy serves as a supplement, that is, promotion training, and the most important new learning development.

Such a development, it seems, seems to be a rather good education selection system.

But the problem is that under financial pressure, it is impossible to popularize education, and the education system that goes up in layers is destined to be an elite education that excludes the vast majority of people.

As for elite education, it is difficult to define whether it is good or bad, but elite education can easily involve the most deadly word of fairness.

But universal education, let alone whether the imperial government can afford it, even if it is affordable, the production conditions of this era cannot accommodate so many educated people.

Clearly, in this day and age, only elite education is the option.

Of course, the education system is based on the framework of the times, and the most fundamental problem lies in the selection system.

Whether it is a universal national examination or a progressive selection of candidates for the imperial examination, this is the most critical and fatal question.

The Son of Heaven has always believed that the most fundamental purpose of the talent selection system is not to select virtuous and capable talents, nor is it to bring all useful talents into the ruling system, so as to prevent talents from drifting outside and causing rule instability.

In Tianzi's mind, the most important purpose of the material selection system is to open up channels for promotion and carry out subtle resource redistribution.

At the same time, we must avoid class solidification to the greatest extent!

This is the role of the material selection system in the mind of the emperor.

The universal national examination and selection of talents can achieve the purpose of selecting talents, and can also achieve the purpose of bringing talents into the ruling system and avoiding instability.

But it is difficult to achieve the goal that the emperor wants.

A child from a poor family must be gifted by the sky to pass the examinations of elite education and enjoy the state's education subsidies.

Otherwise, the poor children simply cannot afford the high educational expenses.

Even if he passes the elite education that is assessed layer by layer, in the end, he has two choices, one is to enter the academy, study new knowledge, and take the technical route.

But before there is a fundamental revolution in new learning, this road is too narrow.

The other is to participate in the universal national examination, after passing, and finally become a small official from the ninth rank.

No matter how talented and talented he is, with no background, how many levels can a small official from the ninth rank climb up in his lifetime?

The biggest possibility is to spend a lifetime in one or two positions in a county,

And those with a background, even if they have no talent or virtue, can still make it to the top.

Bad money drives out good money, and in the end, it will lead to class solidification, and the civil and military affairs of the whole dynasty are all idiots!

However, the imperial examinations are different. With a progressive selection system, even poor children can change their lives against the sky once they are named on the gold list!

According to the usual practice, Jinshi applicants, even if they are the top three and the same Jinshi, the last one is also a seventh rank!

If it is the No. [-] scholar, looking at the Ming Dynasty, these people, as long as they don't make fatal mistakes, the worst ones are often important ministers like the Minister of the Ministry!

Throughout the history, the education system and the selection system are complementary. The education systems of the past dynasties are mostly the same, and the limitations of the times are also inevitable.

But since the emergence of the selection system of the imperial examination, the upward channel has really been broken.

Throughout the dynasties, how many poor children have skyrocketed because of the imperial examinations!Even if they have reached the peak of being a minister, there are quite a few who dominate the country's strategy!

Ascend to the Tianzitang in the morning, and become Tian Shelang in the evening!

This sentence alone captures the essence of the imperial examination selection system!

As for the universal national examination, unless it imitates the imperial examination and sets up the top three, otherwise, it will be difficult to achieve the positive effect of the imperial examination selection system on the circulation of upward channels and breaking the solidification of class.

But the universal national examination, setting the top three, is obviously too child's play.

After all, the fundamental purpose of the universal national examination is to select "officials", not "officials"!

And if it is advanced layer by layer, it is no different from the imperial examination.

But it has to be admitted that it is not in line with the times to award officials of the sixth and seventh grades at the beginning of the imperial examination. After all, with the evolution of the times, officials are not just the function of herdsmen.

The prosperity of business and the development of new learning have brought about increasingly high requirements for the quality of officials.

Excellent knowledge, and a deep understanding of the officialdom and the grassroots are indispensable.

If you only know about boasting, you will become the Donglin Party.

And these problems are also the fundamental reasons why Daheng has not formally determined a material selection system for five years since it was founded.

How to balance the present and the future, how to give consideration to talent selection and fair promotion channels to the greatest extent, and restrain class solidification...

A lot of thoughts are churning in the emperor's mind. The emperor knows that it doesn't matter whether he wants to smooth the way to ascend or break the solidification of class.

The most fundamental method is to allow the upper echelons to have as many real new faces as possible.

Only in this way will it be difficult to solidify class, hereditary rights will be difficult, and the channels for advancement will be barely smooth.

How to let as many new faces appear in the upper class as possible, and how to make these new faces competent for the upper class, and not let these new faces become a hereditary convenience for the upper class...

This is what he, the emperor, really needs to consider.

But it is obvious that there are advantages and disadvantages. Regarding the talent selection system, it is impossible for the emperor to achieve a perfect system.

The root of all problems lies in people. If Daheng has been a wise and insightful sage from generation to generation, even if all the systems are a mess, Daheng can still prosper!

The class is solidified and the channels for advancement are not smooth. In the final analysis, it is just a matter of a few people and a few families. If the situation is not right, find an excuse to kill a group of people, and the position will be vacant.

Besides, isn't his position as the Son of Heaven the greatest class solidification and the greatest hereditary power in the world?

Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but smile, the so-called cycle rate, the so-called change of dynasty, everything is still a human problem.

No matter how good the system is, it must be implemented by people.

And this is only a problem with the Daheng civil service system. The problem with the general system is far more serious than the civil service system!

"Troublesome..."

The Son of Heaven shook his head, and casually threw aside the memorandum filled with the exchange of benefits.

You can't have your cake and eat it at the same time. In Daheng, anyone and any faction has its own meaning of existence. If there is a disadvantage, there is also an advantage.

Nowadays, what the emperor wants is benefits, so he selectively ignores disadvantages.

Until when, the meaning of existence is gone.

Then it's time to liquidate the "cons".

Those who are interesting, low-key and sensible, the emperor may tolerate its existence, but those who are not, then go to hell...

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Chapter 644 Mountain and Sea

When the Son of Heaven was thinking about it, the door of the palace was pushed open, and the wind and snow poured in. Immediately, Er Dezi walked in quickly covered in wind and snow.

"Your Majesty, news from Quanzhou has arrived."

A dossier was also handed over to the emperor.

The emperor picked it up casually, flipped through a few pages, and saw the wanton lawlessness in the book, which came into view very clearly.

After just a few cursory glances, the emperor put it aside, and the outcome of the matter was already doomed.

Now that it has started, there must be an explanation.

Wu Xun's confession is already doomed, the only thing that is uncertain now is what kind of confession Liu Qiyuan will give?

And this explanation will also mean how far this eucalyptus will spread.

Should it stop at the corruption of the sea, or implicate the center?

The thoughts flashed away, the emperor rubbed his forehead, and then forcibly suppressed his thoughts. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish, and haste makes waste. But these years, everything has been too fast and too deformed. Adjustment is definitely not a one-time effort.

Thoughts were silent, and the sound of flipping through the paper reminded me again that the emperor was once again immersed in this never-ending state affairs.

Compared with the emperor's attention to this eucalyptus, outside the palace, this sudden change naturally caused a lot of trouble.

On the occasion of the New Year, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Department of Shipping, and the Taxation Department drew up an inspection team in just two days, led by the left governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and rushed to Quanzhou.

As Wu Xun's sole support in Beijing, the mansion of Duke Yasukuni once again fell into turmoil.

Civil and military, new and old, when the fog dissipates and the bayonets are red, the forces of all parties sitting on the sidelines end one after another.

For the first time since he came to power, the Son of Heaven has not personally arbitrarily ordered the order, but sat on the clouds, overlooking the intricacies of this order.

This alone is doomed to the special significance of this great eucalyptus. From conquering the world to ruling the world, the emperor is also slowly adapting to the changes in this general environment.

After all, the order that governs a country must have a good ability to adapt, not all tied to one person.

The Son of Heaven saw this very clearly.

The fact that the Son of Heaven has not left the field means that this big event is far different from previous big events, where the Son of Heaven personally ended the stage with a table-throwing punch, but everything was trapped in the laws of order.

No matter how big the turmoil is, it will not affect the order outside the situation.

In the entire Daheng world, except for the order involved in the situation, everything else is still moving forward steadily.

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In the cold winter of the new year, the mighty migrating people, after several months of long journey, seem to have arrived under the Shanhaiguan Pass.

The former Xiongguan Pass in the North, the Shanhaiguan Pass that has gone through countless blood and fire, with the pacification of Liaozhen Houjin, its strategic position seems to have slipped in a straight line.