Qian Yi then went to Jinan for an excuse. As for whether he could successfully persuade Tie Xuan to be the victim...

It should work!

After all, Tie Xuan also hates evildoers and sycophants like Yang Feng.

In fact, it's not just him.

Most of the local officials who are still in office have feelings for Yang Feng because they are determined to kill the thief and cannot save him. If they really see the hope of hoeing the traitor, as long as they are not completely self-destructive, they will not be able to help but feel guilty.

The thought of giving it a try.

This plan is very feasible.

Yang Feng is strong.

But no matter how strong he is, he can't defeat the world with one person!

What if it can stimulate the whole world to rebel?

In the final analysis, the place is controlled by the gentry. No matter how hard Zhu Yuanzhang tried before, he could not change this fact, and he never thought about changing it. If he had this intention, he would not succeed. His success was due to his final choice to cooperate with the gentry.

As a result, ancient rebels such as Liu Ji and Song Lian had to take this step if they wanted to succeed.

Not suitable for cooperation with the gentry...

That is Li Zicheng.

So if the gentry all over the world could collectively regard Yang Feng as his enemy and all resist his reforms, what would he do?

Could he still reconquer one county after another? Even if he could do this, how many years would it take? During this period, wouldn’t the Jianwen court and the vassal kings take advantage of the opportunity to rise to prominence? After all, firearms are all used now.

Guangdong is already an important iron smelting base thanks to the small iron mines in Foshan and northern Guangdong. In the past, more than half of the Ming Dynasty's civilian smelting output was in Guangdong. Now let alone old-fashioned weapons such as rapid-fire cannons, matchlock guns and even

Flintlock muskets have begun to be manufactured, and field cannons have also begun to be cast.

It can be said that it is not difficult to build a strong army.

What the Jianwen court needed was just a period of time for stable development.

After all, he had just arrived in Guangdong and had no time to complete whatever he did.

As for the feudal princes...

They were just frightened by Yang Feng's lewd power.

They knew they couldn't defeat Yang Feng, and what Yang Feng gave them could barely accept, so they chose to compromise, but it didn't mean they would just give up. If Yang Feng really fell into a quagmire of all-out resistance, then it wasn't like they wouldn't.

He will stab you in the back at a critical moment.

Of course, the important thing is to plunge him into a full-scale resistance...

land.

Nothing can be more effective than this.

The gentry may not care who becomes the emperor or how officials are selected. After all, they can tolerate even Zhu Yuanzhang, but touching their land means forcing them to fight to the death.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang was not so crazy!

Lao Zhu did indeed confiscate a lot of homes, forcing aristocratic families to open up wasteland, and imprisoning them from time to time, but he did not do it all in one go. He only selected some places, just looking for the unlucky ones, and he did not prohibit the landlords from existing.

The most he can do is restrict it. Landlords are still landowners. It can be said that he did not make a principled mistake. The gentry did not like him, but he did not touch the bottom line. Therefore, considering the face of the butcher knife in his hand, it is not that everyone can't bear it. After all,

Anyone from a wealthy family knows that the most important thing is to be patient.

But the public land law...

Crazy!

Besides, this matter is not dangerous to Tie Xuan himself.

It's nothing more than getting scolded.

It is even possible to be promoted to an official position.

What does it mean to endure humiliation and bear the burden of being a loyal minister?

Gongyuan.

"This is the hero of the world!"

Like last time, Ambassador Yang was in front of the door admiring those who walked into the examination room.

The Enke Examination has begun.

Because they are only from Yingtianfu, the total number of people participating in the Enke Examination this time is only 1,200, and this is because of the five subjects. In fact, according to past standards, there are only 200 or 300 people. Now

The selection of scholars in the five subjects led to a significant increase in the number of candidates. In addition to his 500 students who applied for the five subjects, a large number of private students were also selected. Their selection was simply a county examination, that is,

Yang Feng or the little princess set the questions, and then those who were literate in each county and signed up to take the exam were taken to the county school. The test questions were of course either eight-part essays, or just like modern exams, they were based on the subjects they applied for, and those with enough scores were selected.

To lift people up.

These will directly participate in the examination.

In fact, there are not only four new subjects, but also many non-Confucian students in liberal arts.

Especially Yang Feng does not prohibit any identity.

As long as you can read...

Of course, there must be some screening.

In fact, just give him a book, and then he can read the book out, that's it.

As for this book, it is of course the Da Gao, not the full text. Some of the content of the Da Gao was slightly edited by Wen Chen for Lao Zhu. The complete vernacular version is the Da Gao Wu Chen, so as long as you can read the Da Gao Wu Chen, you are considered qualified, and then you can

You can take the exam. So some low-level subordinates also take the exam. Of course, they are also willing to have the status of Jinshi. These people are especially proficient in the law, and they can even write articles fluently.

They are more proficient in the law than those pure Confucian scholars.

They also know the pros and cons of government orders.

Among Yang Feng's students, some originally specialized in studying law.

In short, liberal arts scholarships may not necessarily be the prizes of those Confucian scholars.

This reformed imperial examination is actually the modern civil service examination. Because enough Jinshi are selected, they will enter the officialdom as assistant second officers, and then be promoted based on their performance, and finally pass the imperial examinations one after another, and then new people will continue to enter.

Officialdom, push away those Confucian officials.

It is estimated that within ten years, both the imperial court and local officials will be filled with newcomers.

"This generation is enough, but virtue may not be enough."

Zhang Xianzong said.

He is now the boss of civil servants.

Although in fact he has been scolded bloody by Confucian scholars.

Even if you scold him, you should scold him, but the civil servants also know very well that if their group can still participate in the government, it can only rely on him, so it is still regarded as the core. As for him, he is also in Wutai Mountain after all.

After all these years, I still don’t understand the significance of these reforms, and during Zhu Yunxi’s time, many future designs were connected with him.

He is indeed a Confucian scholar.

And it’s still ranked second!

But now he is actually about to abandon Confucianism.

"You are just saying that when selecting officials, morality or talent should be given priority. So here comes the question. What Confucian scholars pay most attention to is morality, but in fact, after becoming an official, how many of them will not be corrupt and pervert the law? Taizu peeled off the skin to make the grass, can he block it?

Were Confucian scholars corrupt and perverting the law after becoming officials? You can go back and count how many of Taizu's imperial examination candidates were truly incorruptible? I'm afraid not even half of them were honest. Even among these incorruptible ones, some of them did so because they studied the ways of sages.

Is it because of your noble character that you don't take bribes and bend the law, rather than because Taizu peeled off the skin and made the grass?

Most people are afraid of peeling off the skin, right?

Therefore, it is unrealistic to select virtue through the imperial examination.

The fact that the article is well written has nothing to do with their moral character.

Qin Hui is still a Jinshi!

Are his articles well written? Even his calligraphy is very good, but do these have anything to do with his moral character? The imperial examination cannot test moral character. The imperial examination selects officials based on virtue. It seems to be a high-sounding thing, but in fact the elected officials are not the same.

Morality has nothing to do with it.

But selecting officials based on their talents is much more practical.

After all, their talents can really be seen through their results.

As for corruption and perversion of the law, since corruption and perversion of the law are inevitable in the end, and they all have to be frightened by peeling off the skin and getting the grass, why not choose someone who is talented?

Besides, doesn’t it mean that if you don’t read the books of sages, then you have no virtue?

I am afraid that most of the loyal ministers and righteous people from ancient times have not read the books of sages."

Yang Feng said.

"Then how to avoid corrupt officials? Should we continue to learn from Taizu's method of peeling off skin and making grass?"

Zhang Xianzong said.
To be continued...