Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Seeing that Wen Tiren brought up this matter again, Chongzhen asked curiously, "How do you say it?"

Wen Tiren said: "Just now, the concern of the adults was also the concern of the minister, so the minister said that the wealthy households in another place should be moved first, so as not to cause big troubles. But with this official Zheng, things are different. It's a turnaround."

Seeing that Chongzhen still looked curious, although Wen Tiren didn't believe that Chongzhen hadn't guessed his thoughts, he still played in a polite manner: "The southeast area originally relied on sea smuggling for huge profits. The official's navy is in hand, if the wealthy households in the land of Suzhou and Hangzhou disagree, they will increase the blockade of the southeast sea ban. At that time, as long as a little word spreads, I am not afraid that those wealthy businessmen in Fujian and Zhejiang will not report to Suzhou and Hangzhou. Wealthy households in the land put pressure on them, and in this way, the matter became more and more complicated.”

1Chapter 17 Determination of Dendrobium Dou Scale

Wen Tiren was stunned at the Great Court Meeting the next day, when the entire court of the Ming Dynasty would appear in the court again.Originally thought that as long as Wen Tiren entered the Imperial Prison, not to mention residing in the temple again, he would be able to retire and return home. It would be considered that Wen Tiren had accumulated eight lifetimes of virtue in his ancestors!

But now?Not only did Wen Tiren come out, but he was still his chief assistant after he came out.Then contact Wen Tiren for the treatment of the Kong family after he entered the imperial prison, and now he is released again, but the officials secretly scolded Wen Tiren for nothing. I guess this guy sold the Kong family to get out today?

Chongzhen sat high on the dragon chair, looked at the ministers looking at Wen Tiren with unfriendly eyes, but continued to have a paralyzed expression, but felt secretly happy in his heart.You all hate Wen Tiren, right? If you don't hate him, I'm afraid this guy won't be able to follow me wholeheartedly.

Even a political novice like Chongzhen can see that the officials below are looking at Wen Tiren with something wrong in their eyes, how can Wen Tiren like an old fox not see it?It's just that after he came out of the imperial prison, he had already returned home.

These colleagues of mine, if it is said that they are giving charcoal in a timely manner, none of them are worse than others, hehe.No matter which house my son begged for, he either practiced Tai Chi or avoided seeing him. On the contrary, it was Jin Yiwei's eagle dog, who was ordered by the emperor to take good care of his family-the human relationship is cold and warm, and even here!

Now that he has recognized the true colors of these colleagues, or in other words, things that he had expected were spread out like this, how could Wen Tiren be happy in his heart?Since you are not benevolent, don't blame Lao Tzu for being unrighteous.Gritting his teeth secretly, Wen Tiren once again confirmed his decision to follow Chongzhen all the way to the dark. As for you scumbags, as long as Lao Tzu's holy family is not lost, you all will wait for Lao Tzu!

Now that he decided to sell himself to Chongzhen, Wen Tiren also let go of the burden in his heart. After Wang Chengen yelled "Play early if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do", Wen Tiren went out to play frankly and said: "Qizou Your Majesty, my minister There is a play."

Chongzhen still had that expressionless look on his face, and said indifferently: "Speak."

Wen Tiren first bowed and saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I believe that the measurement and regulation of Ming Dynasty today is chaotic, and the imperial court should unify it so that it can be used by the people. Only when the measurement is unified, the communication between the people of the world will be convenient."

Chongzhen grunted and said: "Tell me in detail, what is chaotic, and what needs to be unified."

Wen Tiren said: "Qi Zou, Your Majesty, is taking the weight as an example. There are big buckets and small buckets between the lifting buckets. It is common for the people to see that the big bucket goes in and the small bucket goes out. It is inconvenient for the people. Then take the length as the For example, three feet and one foot is a thousand-year-old rule, but the inch is longer and the ruler is shorter, which is still inconvenient for the people."

"I believe that to strengthen Qin and Han, the strong must first follow the same measures, the books are the same, the cars are the same track, and then the people of the country are the same, so that they can be proud of the universe. Now the old system has been in use for thousands of years. It should be reformed. make it more precise."

Chongzhen hummed again, and said to Xue Fengxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry: "What does Xue Aiqing think?"

Xue Fengxiang bowed and said: "I'm stupid, I echo what Mr. Wen said."

Chongzhen saw that Xue Fengxiang had dumped the pot cleanly, but he didn't take it too seriously, he just said indifferently: "In this case, Xue Aiqing's Ministry of Industry will take charge of this matter and re-determine the measurement regulations."

Xue Fengxiang bowed and said: "I obey the order. I am stupid. I hope Your Majesty will show you, what is the standard for measurement and regulation?"

Chongzhen really wanted to tell him about the units of meter, decimeter, centimeter, and millimeter, but it was not realistic to think about it, so he asked Wen Tiren, "What do you think Wen Aiqing?"

Wen Tiren knew that it was time to use him, so he stepped forward immediately and said: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, I think that the common folks usually use sixteen or three to advance. Advance, ten inches is one inch, ten inches is one zhang, the same is true for measuring tools, ten taels are one catty."

Hearing Wen Tiren's words, knowing that this was what Emperor Chongzhen meant, Xue Fengxiang still couldn't help but retort: ​​"Your Majesty Qi Zuo, I think what Mr. Wen said is inappropriate."

Chongzhen still groaned, and asked: "What's wrong?"

He bowed and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, according to the regulations in the Chenghua period, five dou is one dendrobium. If Mr. Xin Wen said now, ten dou is one dendrobium. It is more inconvenient for the people than before."

However, Wen Tiren opened the mouth and said: "If it is as Mr. Xue said, that is to say, take the weighing instrument as an example. There are two regulations for this object, 20 taels and 60 taels made in the Wanli period. The folks use 20 taels or 60 taels. Is it inconvenient? Furthermore, taking dendrobium as an example, at the end of the Song Dynasty, ten liters were changed to one dou, five dou to one dendrobium, and two dendrobium to one stone. Isn’t this also changing?”

Seeing that Xue Fengxiang was speechless, Wen Tiren continued: "If you want to pay attention to the ancestral system, Wen wants to ask Master Xue. In the world, order the soldiers and horses to be in charge of the market department, and once every three days, compare the scales of dendrobium and buckets in the market, and estimate their prices according to the time. Master Xue knows this?"

However, Xue Fengxiang is extremely painful, does he know what he said or not?If I said I didn't know, it would be bullshit to show that, not to mention that I was bullying the emperor face to face, but just how I became an official, I'm afraid someone will ask.If you say you know, you can think of what Wen Tiren said below.

Sure enough, Wen Tiren didn't wait for Xue Fengxiang to answer, so he continued on his own: "In the second year of Jingtai, the first year of Zhengde, and the eighth year of Jiajing, the Ministry of Industry was ordered to make dendrobium scales and distribute them to various departments to supervise the inner government. Yinke Taoist officials and internal and external yamen, to ensure the uniformity of measurement and value, anyone who privately builds dendrobium bucket scales will be punished according to the law, and those who know but not expose the incident will be investigated. This is also written in the Daming Law, you Master Xue also knows about it?"

Chongzhen groaned in his heart.I really didn't know there was such a rule.If he had known earlier, his mother would have brought it out to piss people off.How did the big fight come in and the small fight come out?If it is all unified by the government, how can there be big fights and small fights?It seems that the situation of private creation by the people has never been stopped at all!

Unhappy Chongzhen didn't wait for Xue Fengxiang to open his mouth, and said directly: "Okay, don't argue anymore. The Ministry of Industry will take the lead in this matter, and together with the Ministry of Households, I will also order Xu Guangqi's Royal Academy to cooperate, participate in the measurement of things, and re-determine. No matter what the measurement is, it is based on ten. Renaming it is different from the previous customization, so as not to confuse the people."

After Xue Fengxiang had no choice but to respond, Chongzhen continued: "The order is that after the Ministry of Industry determines the scale of the dendrobium bucket, it will be issued to the world, and all government offices must have measuring tools for the scale of the dendrobium bucket for the people to verify. Those who privately make dendrobium, bucket, scale, and measuring tools, play tricks of big buckets entering and small buckets out to harm the common people, no matter who they are, they will have their homes searched and beheaded!"

Chapter 148 Stereotyped imperial examination mixed with sand

After the matter of re-determining the weights and measures was settled, and before Chongzhen brought up the matter of the apocalyptic carpenter of Daxing, Meng Shaoyu, the Minister of Rites, went out to play first and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also has the original performance."

Seeing that Meng Shaoyu, who was usually silent in the court hall, also played in class, Chongzhen suppressed his desire to talk about the apocalypse and dreams, and asked curiously: "What does Meng Aiqing want to play?"

Meng Shaoyu bowed and said, "Your Majesty Qi Zuo, Enke is approaching in the first year of Chongzhen. Please tell Your Majesty, who will be the examiner? What is the subject of the examination?"

Chongzhen frowned and said, "What was the original regulation of the Ministry of Rites? How was it in previous years?"

Meng Shaoyu said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, in previous years, the emperor appointed the principal and vice presidents. Juren from all provinces and students from the Imperial College can take the exam. This is Chunwei."

It's not that Chongzhen himself didn't make up lessons, and he knew how fucked up the Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations were.Since the beginning of the imperial examination, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty only had policy questions, and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty started the examination of ten subjects.There were many examination subjects in the Tang Dynasty, and the permanent subjects mainly included Mingjing (classics and meaning), Jinshi, Mingfa (law), Mingzi (writing), and Mingsuan (computing).

In the Ming Dynasty, there was only one subject of Jinshi.As for Mingfa, Mingjing, and Mingsu, the content of these imperial examinations has all disappeared.So much so that some people wrote crooked poems to ridicule: "Today's son pays more attention to articles, so why do you need to talk about Han and Tang Dynasties?"

These two sentences are talking about this kind of fucking situation. In the entire Ming Dynasty, only Jinshi is left, and they are playing stereotyped articles stipulated by Lao Zhu.

How fucked up is stereotyped essay?

The eight-legged essay refers to the eight parts of the article. The style has a fixed format: it consists of eight parts: breaking the topic, inheriting the topic, starting the lecture, starting, starting the section, middle section, back section, and closing the section. The topics all come from the original texts in the Four Books and Five Classics.Each of the last four parts has two lines of parallelism and antithesis, which together form eight lines.The length of sentences, the complexity and simplicity of words, and the pitch of tones must be relatively written, and the number of words is also limited.

The main content of the test is the classics and meanings, "Poems", "Books", "Rituals", "Yi" and "Spring and Autumn", select certain topics from these five classics to write.Both the topic and the way of writing have a certain format.There are four paragraphs in the eight-legged essay, and each paragraph must have parallel sentences. Parallel paragraphs are called Sibi.The four pairings are flat and flat, and the saints cannot be blasphemed with romantic allusions. Each article includes four parts from the beginning of the strands to the binding of the strands.

Pay attention, if this is the case, it is estimated that the current academic masters will work hard, and there is still hope.The most damning thing that made Emperor Chongzhen feel Dandan's sadness was that the content must use the tone of the ancients, and free play is absolutely not allowed!

The so-called using the tone of the ancients does not mean that you learn the way of speaking of the ancients, but use the tone of Confucius and Mencius!

Damn it, the two sages of Confucius and Mencius have been buried in the ground for thousands of years, and there is a gap of more than 2000 years from the Warring States period to Daming. You let the people of Daming study how they speak?What tone did you use?

He is his mother!The wording should use the tone of the ancients, the so-called speaking on behalf of the sages!Throwing away those scholars who study ancient literature or history at Tsinghua University and Peking University, I guess these guys will also be confused!

What's more, since the sage's words are so little in total—of course, it may be for the sake of saving bamboo, so they are all "slight words and big righteousness". After the earth-shaking exam, the questions will inevitably be repeated. What should I do in this situation?

There are so many talents in the Ming Dynasty, who can be so difficult to deal with such a big deal?Wouldn't it be enough to spell two sentences into one paragraph for him?For example, a few people are lustful, but I examine myself three times a day.

The previous sentence is from "Mencius·Liang Hui Wang Xia", and the next sentence is from "The Analects".Literally, it is because I like little girls, so I have to reflect on myself three times a day.

However, if you dare to write like this during the imperial examination, congratulations, failure is a good thing, and slandering saints is a big problem!The place where this problem is solved is not lust or lust at all, but Sanseigo, but this lust, you can't ignore it!

In short, these candidates must be allowed to write colorful articles, but they are not allowed to play freely, even the allusions after Confucius and Mencius are not allowed!Of course, this is an invisible incidental requirement, and it’s okay if you have to use it. Anyway, you’ve been dethroned, so you can slowly find a place to cry.

For example, Pu Songling, a big boss of the first generation, how can this big guy get a starting point platinum or something now, but the stereotyped writing is not good, come on, stay where you are always cool, this officialdom of the Qing Dynasty is not suitable for you!What happened in the end?After repeated trials and failures, he did not become a Gongsheng student until he was 71 years old. The school teacher grew old, and finally died of illness at home.

If it's just that, it's all right, after all, Pu Songling can't do it, isn't there Lu Wanling?There are many scholars in Ming Dynasty, and there will always be some who will pass the exam.

The point is, these guys who passed the exam are more and more pitted!Those who are stupid in reading are talking about these guys, either, their minds are full of sage thoughts, and they don't understand shit, or, after playing in the officialdom for a few years, they finally got the hang of it and started to play in the officialdom.

At this point, these people are polarized again.Some of them, like Wen Tiren, understand what officials do, and people who mess with each other also understand.

For the other part, I can only say hehe.There are big greeds and small greeds, and some nonsense ones all rely on the master. Sometimes it is not clear whether the official is the master or these officials.

But I still can't change this fucking imperial examination system!No matter how stupid Chongzhen is, he still knows that scholars all over the world rely on this thing to live. If you dare to destroy this thing, it will be really fatal!

The more he thought about it, the more painful Chongzhen simply stopped thinking about it. I can’t destroy it. Take the literati and wise men of the world."