After Zhu Yuanzhang gained the world, his purpose was to rebuild the feudal empire and strengthen centralization of power.

However, capitalism had sprouted at that time, and commerce and markets had developed to a great extent, which was an impact on the feudal economy.

The ideas and various "heresies" produced also had an impact on the ideological system of feudalism.

In other words, the candidates who participated in the imperial examination were no longer satisfied with the thoughts of the previous generation. They wrote new content in their examination articles, which not only included the thoughts of the scholars, but also added the ideas of Buddhism and Taoism.

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The examination articles turned out to be deviant and mixed with novel and bizarre theories. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, how could this be possible?

In order to force the students at that time to obey the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, stop heresies, and thereby consolidate the feudal autocracy, it was necessary to strengthen the indoctrination of Confucian classics and bring people's thoughts back into the orbit of official thought.

To achieve this goal, the best way is to strictly regulate the content and form of the imperial examination, so Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated it.

The imperial examination must use the Confucian classic "Four Books" annotated by Zhu Xi as the standard answer, and the article must be in the form of eight-part essay.

In this way, scholars no longer need to have their own independent thoughts, nor can they have their own independent thoughts, otherwise they will not be able to pass the imperial examination.

This is the examination-oriented education in the true sense of Ming Dynasty.

So when Zhu Ying mentioned this, Zhu Yuanzhang actually felt very uncomfortable. He even twisted his body slightly to suppress his violent emotions.

After all, the person standing in front of him was his eldest grandson, whom he had not seen for ten years and finally reunited with his most beloved eldest grandson.

In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang still doesn't know how to vent his anger on his great grandson.

If it had been his eldest son Zhu Biao, I guess Zhu Yuanzhang would have picked up everything by now and beat him.

Zhu Ying also sensed the old man's abnormality, but he still chose to continue asking:

"Grandpa also came from a poor background. He must have understood how long it takes for a blacksmith apprentice, for example, to grow into a master blacksmith."

Zhu Ying turned around and said.

Why couldn't Zhu Yuanzhang understand what the great grandson meant, but he still replied: "At least three to five years, seven or eight years is normal."

Zhu Ying nodded and asked again: "Then why does the old man think that if a student has passed the examination and became an official, how can he have the experience of serving as an official?"

When he arrived here, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually calmed down. He seemed to feel the meaning of Da Sun, and said slightly:

"Of course there are old people who lead new people. An official starts from an assistant position. After gaining familiar experience, he passes the examination and then becomes a chief official."

Zhu Ying nodded. At this point, the key was almost there.

He asked again: "The Ministry of Households is responsible for land, taxes, household registration, military supplies, salaries, food and wages, and the national treasury."

"The appointment and dismissal, examination, promotion and transfer of officials in charge of the Ministry of Personnel."

"The Ministry of War is in charge of the selection of military attachés and military status, ordnance, military orders, etc."

"It would take at least several years for an official who has never been exposed to any of the six of them to become familiar with it. He is no more than an apprentice."

"After this apprentice has just had some experience, he has to learn in another place. If he is a talented person, there is no need to say more, but there are so many talented people."

"Even some ordinary officials have to spend their whole lives studying just one job and how to better utilize their talents."

"Grandpa has watched Ouyang Xiu's "The Oil Seller" in the Song Dynasty. There is nothing else but familiarity."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and asked: "What Sun means is that officials should be transferred in their own positions. For example, officials in the Ministry of Husband should be transferred in the Ministry of Husband, and officials in the Ministry of Personnel should be transferred in the Ministry of Personnel."

"It helps officials better understand what they have learned, is this what it means?"

Zhu Yuanzhang has actually considered this issue, so when it comes to the appointment and removal of officials, most of them are in their original departments, with only some big talents.

For example, the position of Shangshu is mainly for the management of officials, so the transfer will not affect the study of the department.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, the eldest grandson's problem was obviously caused by his lack of familiarity with the court.

However, Zhu Ying shook her head and said:

"Of course not. Sun'er's intention is to open up another path to fame and fortune in addition to the eight-part imperial examination. The books that students read are not limited to the Four Books and Five Classics, but are compiled separately."

In Zhu Ying's opinion, canceling the eight-legged writing system for recruiting scholars, or suppressing the eight-legged writing system for recruiting scholars first, is a process that must be experienced.

The Ming Dynasty that Zhu Ying wanted to create was a Ming Dynasty in which people's wisdom was enlightened.

The restriction of thinking by the Eight-part Examination of Scholars was so great that later on there was even a saying that a scholar is a useless scholar.

I should have known that I was once a scholar, but I was not a helpless person.

The so-called six arts of a gentleman, every scholar must learn martial arts.

For example, the sage Confucius, who was 1.86 meters tall, was probably even more powerful than Xiang Yu in terms of martial arts.

After all, Xiang Yu, the overlord who lifted the cauldron, only weighed three hundred and fifty kilograms.

When Confucius raised the city gate, according to the situation in the Spring and Autumn Period, the lightest city gate weighed 400 pounds and faced upward.

Even Zhuge Kongming, the most famous military advisor in the Three Kingdoms.

Not to mention the value of his personal strength, but to say the least, he can take on four or five big men without any problem.

Today, the West has begun a Renaissance and an open-minded movement.

If Zhu Ying wants to lay the foundation for Ming Dynasty to enter the industrial era, he must emancipate his mind and let more thinking collide with strong sparks.

The most important thing is to improve the status of craftsmen.

If you want to carry out this subsequent series of actions, you first need a large number of talents.
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