Chapter 170 You are really a great talent!

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 170 You are really a great talent!

Han civilization, or Chinese civilization, is a terrifyingly large civilization with an incredibly powerful ability to assimilate, and it also possesses unparalleled tolerance.

Such a civilization has both advantages and disadvantages.

There are countless advantages, but also many disadvantages.

For example, if this land changes its owner, the former owner is conquered by the invaders.

The Chinese civilization, which is huge and tolerant, will find a reasonable footnote in a very short period of time, provide the conquerors with a basis for rational rule, and brainwash their own people.

For example, in the tampered sentence, if the princes use barbarian rituals, they will be barbarians; if they advance into China, they will be harmed by China.

This sentence does not mention the affairs of outsiders at all. It is obviously correcting the bad habits of one's own people.

However, it was tampered with and two more words were added, which became the basis for Yi and Di to rule China.

As for the Yi Di people who have entered China, only the Yi Di people know whether they regard themselves as Chinese people.

Of course, these things happened more than a hundred years ago and more than a hundred years later.

At this point in time, Ming Dynasty occupies a dominant position and China occupies a dominant position.

During this period, Chinese civilization still existed beyond dimensions compared to other civilizations.

Even though he has been a man for two generations, Xia Yuan still believes in the advice of the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period. What is the defense of Hua and Yi? Without him, respect the king and repel the barbarians.

There is no need to use any other method to deal with the barbarians. Either let the barbarians accept Chineseization and become members of China, or we must fight against the barbarians.

Therefore, taking advantage of this period when Chinese civilization still stands at the commanding heights, we carry out dimensionality reduction attacks on other civilizations.

This terrifying civilization forged an unrivaled sharp sword and used the sword technique called enlightenment.

Carrying out cultural invasion and assimilating foreign races in the name of enlightenment is the best solution, and it is what all dynasties have been doing.

However, this matter cannot be accomplished overnight and needs to be planned slowly.

Even if the so-called preferential treatment in the imperial examination is implemented, it will still take a long time and be a grind.

"Your Majesty, although it is written in the student policy paper that barbarians will receive preferential treatment in the imperial examination, the students do not recommend that this be implemented.

Otherwise, as the elder said, it will inevitably attract criticism from the world, and there will definitely be cases where people who are obviously Han, but in order to enjoy the benefits of preferential treatment in the imperial examination, claim to be barbarians."

Xia Yuan dared to say with certainty that this kind of random identification of ancestors would definitely happen. Extra points in the college entrance examination in future generations would attract many people to change their nationality of household registration, not to mention preferential treatment in the imperial examination.

Going to college may not necessarily lead to a good future, as Xia Yuan has experienced firsthand.

But one can become an official through the imperial examination, which Xia Yuan also experienced personally.

Although I haven't really become an official yet.

but

Thank you for the invitation. I am in the Ming Dynasty, standing in the palace, chatting with the emperor and the big shots in the court.

Isn’t this better than being an official?

Zhu Youtang had a look of astonishment in his eyes, and the ministers below also looked at each other.

You made your own suggestions to the imperial court. Everyone is sitting here and listening to you ramble on a lot. Then you say, do you not recommend your suggestions?

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Hongzhi asked as calmly as possible: "What do you mean by this?"

"What the students mean is not to give preferential treatment to barbarians in the imperial examinations, but to give preferential treatment to remote areas where barbarians exist."

"For example, in areas such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou, these places are remote and many barbarians gather there."

Zhu Youtang pondered for a while, nodded slightly and said: "I know what you mean. It is just to change the name to avoid things like attaching one's place of origin. But these places are not all barbarians. Even the southwest has the most barbarians."

Han people also account for sixty-seven out of ten of the region, and eighty-nine out of ten in the southeastern region."

In terms of reading, the Yi people are definitely not as good as the Han people, just like the foreigners are definitely not as good as the Chinese people in learning Chinese.

When this policy is promulgated, those scholars will definitely cheer and cheer, but the barbarians will probably not get much glory.

What should be done is still how it should be.

To be honest, it would be okay if only the barbarians enjoyed the preferential treatment in the imperial examination. At least Zhu Youtang could accept it, because the so-called preferential treatment in the imperial examination was not very powerful.

As long as the article's semantics are smooth, there are no deviations from the topic, and there are no typos, you can be classified as a child student or a scholar.

In other words, as long as you study, read the Four Books and Five Classics, and then be able to write articles, you can basically succeed.

And this kind of preferential treatment only extends to the level of scholar. When it reaches the level of Juren and Gongsheng, it remains the same as before.

According to the regulations of the dynasty, scholars can be exempted from taxes and corvee in their own families, but the tax exemptions for barbarians are almost the same.

Because the imperial court could hardly collect their taxes, and 70% to 80% of the Yi people did not have household registration, so how could they collect them?

Therefore, as many talents as you love will produce, so many talents will come out.

Not to mention how much can you offer?

Despite the extremely low admission standards, it is still an extremely difficult thing for the Yi people. After all, many of them cannot even speak Chinese, let alone read.

Therefore, only barbarians were allowed, which Zhu Youtang, the Ming emperor, could accept. However, if preferential treatment in the imperial examinations was implemented based on region, it would not only be barbarians, but also Han people.

The taxes in these areas depend on the Han people. When the policy is implemented, won't every family in these provinces have scholars, and then they won't even be able to collect taxes?

Although I can’t collect much tax in a year.

Facing the emperor's concerns, Xia Yuan clenched the fists in his sleeves slightly, then took a deep breath and said loudly,

"If the imperial court promulgates such preferential treatment for the imperial examination, the students' suggestion is that after this is implemented, in those areas where this policy is implemented, the children and scholars who pass the examination will only enjoy fame and fame, and will not enjoy many privileges such as tax exemptions and food exemptions.

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Upon hearing this proposal, Emperor Hongzhi was startled, and all the ministers below him were also in an uproar.

If the preferential treatment in the imperial examination just made them feel a little inappropriate, then not enjoying the privilege will make them feel dizzy.

Let me ask, can scholars who no longer have privileges still be called scholars?

Xia Yuan stood silently in the corner. He knew very well what his behavior at the moment was - Tu Qiong Ding Jian.

According to his opinion, the system of the Ming Dynasty should have advanced with the times long ago.

Many things have to be changed. We have to suppress or even deprive scholars of their privileges. It would be too rough to knock them over with a stick, so let's use a soft knife like this first.

There are more and more scholars, more and more people enjoy privileges, and the country's resources are simply not enough.

Later generations also experienced this situation, but the way they dealt with it was that the price of college students gradually dropped as the number increased.

In the 1980s, when college students were scarce, what was their future? They were assigned jobs, houses, and even power.

What will be the future for college students in the millennium, or even ten years from now?

There is no future at all.

But the Ming Dynasty has not changed. It is what it is when there are few, and it is still the same when there are many.

When the country was first founded, there were few scholars and few people enjoying privileges. This policy of preferential treatment of scholars could win over the people. However, as more and more people enjoy privileges, if the change is not made quickly, if this policy continues, the country will collapse.

What the hell.

Of course, there were many reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and there were also many reasons for the gang of Tatars to steal the country, but no matter how many reasons there were, poverty was definitely the link that could not be avoided for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

Why we are poor is because there are too many vassals who need to be supported by the court, and because there are too many officials and gentry who enjoy so-called fame and privileges. They occupy a large amount of wealth in the world, and they don't have to pay taxes.

Xia Yuan wants to change these things, not because he hates the rich. After all, he now belongs to the wealthy class and has moved into the upper class. He is a serious household with ten thousand yuan and is also a member of this group who does not have to pay taxes.

So it is no exaggeration to say that he feels that he is concerned about the country and the people and has a righteous heart.

Not only for myself, but also for the world.

He has come to this era, and he will leave his descendants in the future. Even if he has not come, he does not want this land to be devastated and smelly in more than a hundred years.

If there is an opportunity, stop it; if there is no opportunity, create an opportunity to stop it.

Thinking in his heart, Xia Yuan couldn't help but be moved by his noble sentiments.

I, Xia, am indeed a person who serves the country and the people with great righteousness.

After a period of confusion, Emperor Hongzhi felt that he seemed to have grasped the key point of this suggestion, and began to think about the pros and cons of this matter.

Only enjoy fame and no privileges.

If we really do this and make it custom-made and promote it year by year, in the future the talents in these provinces will no longer be exempt from taxes. Although there are still judges, officials and gentry, compared with the huge number of talents, they are only

It's like a drop in the ocean or a drop in the bucket.

In other words, the contribution made by the dynasty is the merit of the young scholar, and it is just fame.

But the annual revenue of the state treasury will add a large amount of taxes, and as long as this is customized, it will be like this every year.

Thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi's breathing became a little rapid, and even his heartbeat began to accelerate unsatisfactorily. Finally, he couldn't help blurting out: "You are really a great talent!"
Chapter completed!