Chapter 177: Reform through Labor
Wu Sidao led his men to Nanjing. With the assistance of him and Liao Huanzhi, all government affairs were gradually sorted out and improved greatly. Although there was still a big gap in the manpower, it could at least maintain the overall operation of the government. Furthermore, preparations for the imperial examinations began. If everything went well, the imperial examinations were officially held in Nanjing in two months. The reason why the two months were separated was mainly to allow the scholars who participated in the imperial examinations to prepare and buffer, and Zhu Yicheng also had to make some arrangements.
Regarding the content of the imperial examination, from the Sui Dynasty to the present, it should be said that the imperial examination has developed to a very mature level, and it is extremely high in every link. Zhu Yicheng did not make any changes to these. After all, the form and content of the imperial examination have been deeply rooted in the minds of the students. Although the eight-legged essay founded by his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang has its drawbacks, it still has an irreplaceable position as an important part of the imperial examination.
Not to mention anything else, it can be seen from the fact that the imperial examination content will remain the same after the Qing Dynasty Chengming. The rulers of the Qing court were not idiots. If they were not good for them, how could they continue to deal with it? Besides, even later generations were kings of exam-oriented education. Changing these without authorization would not only fail to have any effect, but would instead stand on the opposite side of all scholars in the world.
The ruler's idea of considering problems is different from that of ordinary people. If it were Zhu Yicheng in the past, he would definitely be able to make a big spell on the Internet and then reform according to his own ideas, such as liberating nature, promoting science, controversy among hundreds of schools of thought, etc.
But now, Zhu Yicheng thinks much more profoundly. As a ruler, he must first consider the purpose of the imperial examination. The purpose of the imperial examination is actually a means, a link that connects the gentry class and the ruler, and it is also a hope that the lower classes, such as the Mud-legged men can one day change their destiny. As for the others, it is just a technique. Only by understanding the true center of the imperial examination system can we thoroughly grasp the tools in the hands of this ruler.
As for other messy and unrealistic ideas, they are not reflected even in the later examination-oriented education system, let alone now?
However, while holding the imperial examination, it is feasible to appropriately put some emphasis on science, or to add some subjects other than the Jinshi subjects to absorb useful talents other than the traditional imperial examinations. After discussing with Zhu Yicheng, he restored the Mingfa and Mingsuan subjects for the first imperial examination, and at the same time added another Wushu subject.
This is an attempt and test of the imperial examination. After the imperial examination, other promotion channels will be arranged for students in the Ming Fa and Ming Purpose subjects. As for the martial arts, it is easier. As for the martial arts, Zhu Yicheng started to form martial arts when he established the General Staff Department. When there were martial arts scholars, these scholars would go directly to martial arts and further study, and then enter the General Staff Department or various troops to serve.
For martial arts, in addition to martial arts scholars, officers at all levels of the Yuan Yijun will also enter the training. At the same time, Zhu Yicheng also opened Wuju kindergarten, which is equivalent to the army elementary and middle schools in the late Qing Dynasty to attract the children of officials at all levels of the Ming army to enroll.
After graduating from kindergarten, these students can not only enter the military or continue to study in the major martial arts school, but also bring reliable personnel to establish local public security, thereby gradually replacing traditional yamen runners, etc. This is also the way Zhu Yicheng used these methods to build grassroots governments and police forces in modern society, so as to change the current tradition of imperial power not going to the countryside and firmly control rights at all levels.
After rewarding all the ministers, Zhu Yicheng began to reorganize the Qing army, and the reorganization of the Green Camp was quite smooth. Such reorganization had experience as early as the Ningbo period, and it was enough to proceed according to the previous model. However, the Eight Banners had some troubles. In fact, after several major battles, the number of real Eight Banners soldiers was not large, just as Zhu Yicheng and Wu Sidao said, was only more than 3,100. It was impossible and realistic to reorganize the Eight Banners. Therefore, these more than 3,100 Eight Banners soldiers were still placed in the area specially classified as the 30,000 families and the Eight Banners.
However, there are too many of these people, and it is quite difficult to manage. In addition, the Eight Banners' extreme hatred of the Ming army has also brought great uncertainty to management.
"Is there someone in the south of the city trying to cause trouble?" Zhu Yicheng frowned and asked.
"When I return to the regent, there are too many Eight Banners Tartars, and my subordinates can't stand it." Huang Chaoyun, the commander who was awarded and promoted, replied uneasy that the Eight Banners Concentration Camp in the south of the city was managed by Huang Chaoyun, but as he said, the Eight Banners Tartars had a little more. With his more than 1,000 troops, he had to manage more than 30,000 concentration camps. More importantly, these Eight Banners Tartars, who were extremely hostile to the Ming army, were indeed a bit difficult.
In just over a month, there were people causing trouble in the concentration camp many times. If Huang Chaoyun had not led his troops to suppress him, it would have been even more fierce to say that he would not make trouble.
"Hmph! These guys are simply toasting and want to punish them if they don't want to eat!" Zhu Yicheng snorted coldly. The Eight Banners were in his hands, so he didn't think of cutting off all their heads directly. Zhu Yicheng was not a butcher who killed people. Moreover, the Eight Banners are also hostages in the current situation. With so many hostages in hand, Zhu Yicheng still has other ideas, but this does not mean that he can tolerate these Eight Banners Tartars making trouble in the concentration camp or even attempting to escape.
"Find out all the leaders and kill a group of them!" Zhu Yicheng said in a cold voice.
Hearing this, Huang Chaoyun was very happy and quickly took the order. However, he told Zhu Yicheng that there were too many people in the concentration camp that would not last long. Not to mention anything else, it was astronomical to consume food in just one day. You must know that although all Zhejiang was in the hands of the Ming army, due to the previous grain shortage, many places were still short of food, Ningbo was constantly trying to transport food from Nanyang and other places to provide relief day and night. These Eight Banners Tatars actually ate the Ming army's food for nothing.
Nodding, Zhu Yicheng also felt that it was a loss to raise these people in such a waste. He thought about it and suddenly realized that the mines in Ma'anshan, which is now in Taipingfu, had been found. With the rapid advancement of steelmaking technology in Ningbo, the demand for ore has increased greatly. The Ministry of Industry has reported to dig the mine as soon as possible to meet the requirements.
Chapter completed!