ebookslot Chapter 655: Reasonable Conjectures, Northern Students Who Are Dishonest In The North-South Ranking
Chapter 655: Reasonable Conjectures, Northern Students Who Are Dishonest In The North-South Ranking
While Yan Changqing wrote on the blackboard the reasons for the serious imbalance in the number of scholars admitted from the north to the south, he turned sideways and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang below, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, and asked:
"If this situation continues to develop, then in the future ministers from the south will have a higher probability of occupying high positions in the court than ministers from the north."
“Is this guess reasonable?!!”
Zhu Yuanzhang below nodded solemnly, expressing his agreement.
After all, the number of ministers from the south is much greater than the number of ministers from the north, so the probability of ministers from the south occupying high positions is naturally much greater than that of ministers from the north.
There is nothing wrong with this, as long as it is reasonable!!!
At the same time, the emperor's experience over the years also allowed him to vaguely guess what Yan Changqing wanted to say next.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang agreed with his first guess, Yan Changqing continued:
"Then, if we don't take into account the external factors of promotion or demotion of other officials, and simply calculate based on probability and proportion.
"At present, the ratio of the number of scholars recruited from the north to the south is four to one. In the future, the six ministerial positions above the court will most likely be occupied by four to five scholars from the south, while those from the north will be occupied. There are only one or two sub-ministers!!!"
"Similarly, the number of official positions in the other six ministries was occupied by four-fifths of the officials from the south, and one-fifth of the official positions by the ugly men from the north.
“Is this guess and calculation reasonable?!!”
Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes also couldn't help but nodded, expressing their agreement with this guess and calculation.
After all, the ratio of the number of scholars recruited in the north and the south is four to one, so in the competition for official promotion and promotion, the scholars and ministers from the south naturally have a great advantage!!!
For example, scholars and ministers from the north and south compete for an official position at the same time.
Scholars and ministers from the south can make mistakes and be demoted by one, two, or even two or three [but there are still other suitable scholars and ministers from the south who can continue to compete for this official position.
But once a scholar-minister from the north makes a mistake and is demoted, it is very likely that he will not be able to find a second scholar-minister from the north who is qualified to compete for the official position!!!
To put it bluntly, scholars and ministers from the south have a high error tolerance rate, while scholars and ministers from the north have a low error tolerance rate.
So in the process of upward competition, it is natural that scholars and ministers from the south with a high fault tolerance rate have a higher probability of occupying high positions, and they occupy a larger number of official positions.
Seeing that Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes also agreed with his second guess and calculation, Yan Changqing smiled silently and continued:
“Then when scholars and ministers from the south account for four-fifths of the number of civil servants in the court [if the court wants to choose Chun Wei’s chief examiner and co-examiner.
"Then do you think there will be a situation where the chief examiner and co-examiners appointed in the future will all be scholars and ministers from the south?!!"
Hearing this, whether it was Zhu Yuanzhang or the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Cang, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, their expressions were solemn.
The situation mentioned by Yan Changqing is not impossible, it should even be said that it is extremely possible!!!
In the Spring Festival that just ended last month, there were two examiners and eight co-examiners.
Among the ten people, the two officials who served as examiners were both officials from the south. Among the remaining eight examiners, six were from the south.
As for officials from the north, not to mention the position of examiner, only two of them are occupied by examiners.
If they do not pay attention to this aspect, then it is possible that the examiner and co-examiners appointed by Chunwei in the future may all be ministers from the south.
After all, before this, the examiner and fellow examiners they appointed would not consider whether the other person was born in the south or the north.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang, who had serious expressions on his face, and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, Yan Changqing continued:
"In addition, as I just said, after the destruction and suppression of Han culture by the Yuan Dynasty and the years of war, the living standards, cultural education levels, and cultural development levels in the north are all far behind those in the south."
"To put it bluntly, the current overall cultural level of northern scholars is far inferior to the overall cultural level of southern scholars!!!"
"Your Majesty and your Royal Highnesses can get evidence of this from the test papers answered by scholars from the north and south this spring."
"Then if the cultural gap between the north and the south continues to widen, or this cultural gap continues.
"Do you think there will be scholars who will be on the list in the next year, and all of them will be scholars from the south?!!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes all closed their eyes and began to think about the test-answer circles they had seen before between northern and southern scholars.
After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes all opened their eyes and frowned.
Just judging from the examination answer sheets of northern scholars that they had seen, compared with the examination answer sheets of southern scholars, they were indeed inferior.
It can even be said that the answer sheets of those northern scholars were at the bottom of this year's general examination!!!
If we continue to let this situation continue, then what Yan Changqing said just now "all the scholars who will be on the list in the next year will be scholars from the south."
Although it may be unexpected, it is very likely to happen.
"If the chief examiner and co-examiners appointed by the Spring Palace of any year are all ministers from the south, and at the same time, it happens that all the scholars who are on the list of the Spring Palace Examination of that year are scholars from the South.
"Your Majesty and Your Highnesses, how do you think things will turn out?!!"
"What do those scholars from the north think?!!"
"How will those ministers from the north react?!!"
Yan Changqing had a faint smile on his face, "Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang and the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Nan, Zhu Di and other princes below, he said calmly.
What he was talking about was actually the "North and South List Case" in original history.
In February of the 30th year of Hongwu's reign in the Ming Dynasty, there were fifty-one candidates on the list. The middle-ranked students were all students from the south. None of the students from the north were admitted. Liu Sanwu and other examiners who were responsible for presiding over the examination were also from the south. .
As soon as this incident came out, even if it aroused the dissatisfaction of many scholars in the north, didn't the northerners even have a single person who was qualified to be an official?!!
This is so unfair, someone must be operating in secret!!!
Therefore, a group of northern candidates who failed in the examination jointly signed petitions and went to the Ministry of Rites to file a complaint against Master Liu, You Dan and others for enslaving southern candidates.
Even on the streets of Yingtianfu, dozens of candidates for the Northern Juren Examination were shouting grievances along the way, or blocking officials' sedans to petition for complaints.
At the same time, various rumors were flying in the streets. Some said that the examiner took money and engaged in malpractice for personal gain, while others said that the examiner engaged in "regional discrimination." All these claims made it difficult for Liu Sanwu and other examiners to defend themselves.
After the incident reached the ears of Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already seventy years old at the time, his first reaction was that he did not believe that Liu Sanwu would favor southern students.
Because first of all, the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty in history was formulated by Liu Sanwu.
Secondly, in the original history, Liu Sanwu was already seventy-three years old when he was recommended to the court as an official. By the time the Nanbeibang case occurred, [Liu Sanwu was already eighty-five years old.
To put it bluntly, the coffin soil was already buried up to his nose.
Even if Liu Sanwu would favor a certain person, or even a few scholars, he would have no reason, and it would be impossible for him to favor an entire list of southern scholars for the sake of so-called interests.
Thirdly, Zhu Yuanzhang still recognized Liu Sanwu's political integrity and character.
When Zhu Yuanzhang summoned ministers to discuss the establishment of a crown prince at Donggemen, no one among the civil and military officials dared to say anything. Only Liu Sanwu stepped forward to persuade the crown prince.
This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Liu Sanwu to preside over the examination at that time.
When Zhu Yuanzhang read the admission list, he was also surprised.
Although the number one candidates in previous imperial examinations were all from the south, and the overwhelming majority of new candidates each time were also from the south.
But like this year, it is the first time that all the southerners are on the list, while all the northerners are not on the list.
Chen An, the top pick, is from Min County, Fujian; Yin Changlong, the second pick, is from Taihe, Jiangxi; Liu Shi'e, the top pick, is from Shanyin, Zhejiang.
Seeing this, even Zhu Yuanzhang, who believed in Liu Sanwu, had to wonder whether the examiner Liu Zhuwu and others were really partial to southern students.
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So Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered his attendants Zhang Xin, attendant Dai Yi, You Zanshan Wang Junhua, Sizhi Lang Zhang Qian, Secretary Jing Bureau Collector Yan Shuzai, Zhengzi Dong Guan, Wang Fu Chief Shi Huang Zhang, Ji Shan Zhou Heng and Xiao Yi to review the volumes.
However, the results of Zhang Xin and others' second review of the papers surprised Zhu Yuanzhang again.
Because after Zhang Xin and others reviewed the papers, they gave the same results as Liu Sanwu.
The answer sheets of the northern exams were indeed obviously inferior to those of the southern exams. All the fifty-one southern candidates passed the exam based on their true talents and practical studies [Liu Zhuzhu’s grading and penalty were correct.
Moreover, Zhang Xin reminded Zhu Yuanzhang that the name-blinding and copying system was used during the marking, and he had no idea who was who until the marking was completed and the list was announced.
So the only real result is that the Northern Juzi in that session was really good!!!
And it’s the kind of thing that’s good overall!!!
But the problem is, regardless of whether the Northern Juzi is a real talent or not, the fact that all the people on the list are Southern Juzi and none of the Northern Juzi is really not conducive to the unity of the north and the south of the Ming Dynasty.
If it is not handled well [the Ming Dynasty and the imperial court will do the best for the scholars of Zhubei City!!!
In response to this incident, Zhu Yuanzhang communicated with Liu Sanwu that it was inappropriate for all the successful candidates to be from the south, and suggested that Liu Sanwu should make up for the northern exams to calm the matter.
However, Liu Sanwu did not understand Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning and still believed that the examination was a merit-based admission, so there was no problem.
So Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Zhang Xin and others to read ten more volumes and add the northern Luxuanzi.
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However, the failed Northern Juzi examination papers were still unable to complete the supplementary examination due to language barriers and language violations.
At this time, in the court hall, officials from the north were successively impeaching Liu Sanwu, Zhang Xin and others: "It may be that they are submitting in crude documents because of their promises, but Sanwu and others are really guilty."
In other words, this situation occurred because Liu Sanwu, Zhang Xin and others deliberately submitted bad papers to deceive the Holy Emperor.
When things got to this point, even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help Liu Sanwu and others get down.
Or maybe Zhu Yuanzhang had given Liu Sanwu and others two steps before, but none of them understood what Zhu Yuanzhang was doing.
Yuan Zhang's intention was not to go down the steps.
So Zhu Yuanzhang was "furious" and suddenly issued an edict in May, accusing Liu Sanwu, the chief examiner, Bai Dunxin, the deputy chief examiner, and others as "blue jade remnants."
In particular, they seized on Liu Sanwu's old account of writing a letter to vindicate Hu Weiyong more than ten years ago, and identified Liu Sanwu as a "rebel."
In the end, all the officials involved in the case were severely punished. Liu Sanwu was spared death because he was too old and was sent to the northwest.
Zhang Xin, who had questioned Liu Sanwu, was even worse, because he was told that he had been instructed by Liu Sanwu and ended up being executed in Lingchi.
The worst thing was that Chen An, the number one scholar at the time, was also implicated and executed!!!
It can be said that he was the most unlucky number one scholar in history. He was executed just after he passed the exam!!!
The rest of the people were also sent into exile and executed.
In the following six months, Zhu Yuanzhang personally presided over the policy inquiry and personally selected Han Kezhong as the number one scholar, Wang Shu as the second pick, and Jiao Sheng as the third overall winner, which was the summer list.
Because all the sixty-one people recorded were from the north, it was also called "Beibang".
This incident set a precedent for the Ming Dynasty to separate north and south to recruit scholars, and it became a custom after Hongxi.
As for the "North and South List Case", if we want to say whether it is an injustice or not, it is definitely an injustice.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang twice hinted at increasing the number of successful candidates among the northern students in order to appease the anger of the northern scholars.
But none of them were understood by Liu Sanwu and others, but Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to give a reasonable explanation to the northern students.
So even if Liu Sanwu and others did not engage in malpractice for personal gain, nor did they favor southern students, and could even be said to be innocent, Zhu Yuanzhang still had to find a reason to sanction Liu Sanwu and others.
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Because after things escalated to that extent, it was no longer a question of whether Liu Sanwu and others engaged in malpractice and favored southern students. It was not even a question of whether northern students were incompetent.
Listing issue.
It is a major problem that Ming Dynasty will lose the hearts of students in the north, which will affect the unity and stability of Ming Dynasty!!!
Therefore, under such circumstances, even if Liu Sanwu, Bai Xintai, Zhang Xin, Chen An and others were innocent, they had to be sacrificed by Zhu Yuanzhang to appease the northern scholars.
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