Chapter 258 Testing true Confucianism? What a foolish king!

In a wine shop on the street of Guangzhou Prefecture that just reopened today, two young men were drinking Daming Tibetan Immortal Wine and looking at the patrol soldiers of the Ming Dynasty reserves who occasionally passed by on the street. They chatted with each other.

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"Tsk tsk, do you know how many? The heads chopped off at the vegetable market a few days ago were all pulled by carts! The governors of Guangdong and Guangxi were also beheaded." The man in green sipped his wine, shook his head and sighed.

The man in blue looked up at his friend and said indifferently: "Why should I count those heads? Anyway, they will all be chopped off! Those dog officials deserve what they deserve! Besides making money every day, they also bully ordinary people like us."

"By the way, have you signed up for the Ming Dynasty Civil Service Examination in the past few days?" the man in Tsing Yi asked, changing the topic.

"No, I've studied it. They are just old officials. They have no future. It's better to take the imperial examination in an upright manner." The man in blue nodded.

While the two were talking, there was a commotion among pedestrians on the street, with people running quickly in one direction.

This situation immediately attracted the two people in the wine shop. The man in Tsing Yi walked out of the wine shop and grabbed a passerby and asked.

"Brother, what happened? Why are you all running in that direction?"

The pedestrian who was pulled was still a little angry at first, but after he saw that the person who held him was dressed as a scholar, his frown softened.

Scholars are respected no matter which dynasty they belong to.

Naturally, there are Guards at the Imperial List to maintain order. The old scholars are making trouble, and the Guards soldiers who regard Emperor Zhu Da as God will not tolerate them.

"The laws of our ancestors cannot be abolished! This is simply chaos!"

Zhu Kezang's idea was to send these sour scholars to various parts of Southeast Asia to educate the indigenous people.

While learning Chinese, what they need to learn more is ethics and loyalty to the emperor.

This move will undoubtedly reduce the entire examination process, but accordingly, because the general examination is cancelled, the number of people who pass the provincial examination will naturally not be as high as before.

"Let me go! Let me go quickly! I want to see the emperor. The emperor must have made this decision after listening to the slander of the traitor."

So these children in Guangdong are very depressed.

However, Zhu Kezang didn't care about his obsession or not. His idea was to send all these old scholars who couldn't carry their shoulders or lift their hands to these places to become teachers.

When the two of them arrived at the place where the imperial list was posted, it was already crowded with people who came to watch.

"Is the old scholar making trouble?"

As for how to deal with it?

However, these scholars can still understand that this is a special matter.

And those old academics who are making trouble, haven’t they just been studying this all their lives?

So this job is very suitable for them.

But all they got in exchange was that the rope tied to their bodies got tighter and tighter.

"You are acting against the law! You are contrary to the laws of our ancestors! You are a fool! You are a fool!"

It just so happens that the aboriginal people in these places do not need to learn any advanced knowledge. Instead, what they need to learn is the Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Constant Rules of Confucianism.

Then various places in Southeast Asia can take advantage of this to set up private schools first.

But what is said later is that they cannot understand it anyway.

"However, to maintain order in the world and benefit the people, officials are especially needed. Therefore, I have decided to reopen the imperial examination and... I will announce it to the world so that the envoys will know about it."

But now, we have returned to the Ming Dynasty. This time, the Imperial Examination was mentioned in the imperial list, and there is hope for becoming an official!

Both of them are children. If they are unable to participate in this year's provincial examination, it means they have to wait three more years!

Therefore, the reopening of the imperial examination in Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly excellent news for them.

"The imperial list is posted in front! I heard it's about the imperial examination. It looks like you are all scholars, so you should go and have a look." The passerby left after speaking.

As soon as the old man said this, he immediately aroused the agreement of several people around him.

The Four Books and Five Classics are only bonus points and not the content of the main examination. The main examination content is "Theory of True Confucianism" recently compiled by Emperor Zhu Kezang, as well as "Gongyang Zhuan" which is related to True Confucianism, and finally "Sustainability"

, "Policy Theory".

I have spent my whole life studying without sleep and food, only to be completely rejected in one day. No one can bear this.

Soon, this matter reached Zhu Kezang's ears.

"Go, go quickly!"

He is called the Naturalized Confucian Supervisor. He is a ninth-grade official and is responsible for Confucian education in the naturalized areas.

"By God's blessing, the emperor has issued an edict: There have been bandits within and rebel slaves outside. This dynasty has been in ruins for decades. Carrying on the legacy of the late emperor, I have hidden my troops overseas in hard camps to this day. Now I will fight bravely to restore Guangzhou and build it."

Those who are slaves and hypocritical officials, who do not speak honest words, do not act morally and righteously, harbor filth and misbehave, take bribes and pervert the law, for this reason, they will all be punished!"

Someone was struggling and shouting loudly.

Just chop off these people's heads?

It was stated in the imperial list that because all officials were abolished and the Ming Dynasty was in urgent need of officials, the joint examination was cancelled. The provincial examination was directly followed by the palace examination.

This decision directly caused many people to break their defenses.

These people have been taking the imperial examinations all their lives, isn't it just to become an official?

The two people standing at the door of the wine shop looked at each other after hearing what the passerby said, and the excitement in their eyes was beyond words.

However, after listening to the contents of the imperial list, the expressions of the two of them and the other scholars present changed again and again.

Far apart, the two of them could already hear the voices of the officials reading out the imperial list.

This is not necessary, he won't kill someone just because of a few words, and even waste can be recycled and reused.

These people have been taking the imperial examinations all their lives, and even when their hair is gray, they still only have the reputation of being a scholar. Most of them will never be able to go any further in their lives. Taking the imperial examinations has even become an obsession for these people.

The old man with a gray beard immediately shouted loudly with a red face.

A large group of wolf-like soldiers immediately rushed into the crowd and arrested all the old scholars who were causing trouble.

Listening to Chen Yonghua, Zhu Kezang was not surprised.

Especially those old academics with gray hair on their temples who have not yet passed the entrance examination.

The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty who were responsible for reading out the imperial list had a loud voice, and even the two people on the outermost periphery could clearly hear the contents of the imperial list.

"Instead of taking the Four Books and Five Classics, take the arithmetic and Confucianism exams! This is like child's play!"

After all, not taking the Four Books and Five Classics test is indeed too cruel for these old scholars who have spent a lifetime taking the test to become a scholar.

The Qing Dynasty was supposed to start the provincial examination in Guangzhou in August this year, but the Ming Dynasty came over and the Qing Dynasty was unable to hold the provincial examination in Guangdong!

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"Imperial List!"

Just give them an official name. For him, it is just a matter of address.

In other words, this is an order directly issued by the Emperor of Heaven.

You said that being a ninth-grade official was too young?

What are you thinking? The Imperial Academy's Xue Zhengye has just been promoted to the ninth rank official position.

You are a sour scholar who is not qualified to be an official, but you also slandered the Emperor of Heaven in the street. The Emperor not only failed to hold you accountable, but instead rewarded you with official positions. Such a thing would never have happened in any previous dynasty.

This matter was decided by Zhu Kezang!
Chapter completed!