In all dynasties, there were many empires in China that claimed to be unified by the north and the south, but in fact, there has always been a separation of thought and situation in the south and the north.

Especially in the Hongwu year of the Ming Dynasty, the fraud case of scientific research in the north and south deepened this separation.

From the middle of the Tang Dynasty to the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the north was almost in war with the northern nomadic peoples, while the south was in Taipingli. In addition, the continuous migration of clan wealthy families in the south, and of course, the literary style was much stronger than that in the north. Therefore, this time, a total of 52 Jinshi were admitted, of which 49 were from the southerners, which made me feel a little unbearable.

In this way, students in the north stopped doing it. If they failed the imperial examination, they had nowhere to vent. The students in the north seized this opportunity and not only made a big fuss in the tribute school, but also wrote a group letter, believing that the examiner Liu Sanwu was favoring the southerners.

In fact, the imperial examination system in the Ming Dynasty was very mature, and the marking system was adopted. Before the results were announced, the markers did not know the names and hometowns of the candidates. However, the north had years of war and chaos, so there was no leisure to study in peacetime in the south. If the examiner blindly favored the southerners, Liu Sanwu was indeed wronged.

Unexpectedly, when the investigation results were announced, the northern candidates became even more angry. They were angry, believing that not only the examiner Liu Sanwu had problems, but even the "investigation team leader" Zhang Xin was favoring the southerners. Zhang Xin's ancestral home is Zhejiang and he is also from the southerners.

The barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes. Anyway, the candidates fail the exam and make trouble without any scruples. In the end, in order to solve the problem, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the new top scorer Chen? and "Investigation Team Leader" Zhang Xin to behead the two of them.

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Zhang Xin and Chen were wronged, but he also wanted to kill them. This is the art of the emperor.

In order to win over northerners, how to solve the problem of imbalance between the north and the south in the imperial examination system and how to win over the hearts of northern scholars. So it was decided that the imperial examination was divided into two volumes of the north and south, and the southern volume was difficult to make the northern volume. This is different from the enrollment scores of the college entrance examination provinces in later generations, which is similar to the results of the college entrance examination scores in different provinces.

This was a good thing, but it invisibly increased the division between the north and the south.

A strange phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty appeared. The south did not care about the chaos in the north, and the north did not care about the affairs in the south.

For example, the She'an Rebellion in the South was the responsibility of the southern soldiers and the southern funds and grains, and the north did not care about it.

In Zhao Xing's view, if the task of encircling and suppressing the She'an Rebellion that had been destroyed for ten years in the south was handed over to the fierce northern troops, and with sufficient money and food in the south, it would be completed in at most two years. Thus, the rebellion that caused the Ming Dynasty to sharply reduce its income would be eliminated invisibly, allowing the Ming Dynasty to deal with the northern Mongolia and Jiannu with peace of mind.

But unfortunately, the southerners were unwilling to interfere in the southern affairs, and the northerners also believed that the southern affairs were the southerners' affairs and were unwilling to work hard for them.

Similarly, if the disasters in the northwest and the wars in Jiannu and western Liaoning, if the south makes all the financial efforts, the strong men in the north will have sufficient food to raise their energy, and the sufficient military pay will make them have high morale and sufficient equipment to crush any other alien race, then the Ming Dynasty will not perish.

The biggest manifestation of the combination of north and south appearances broke out in the Second Opium War. At that time, the Eight-Nation Alliance all reached the capital, and the heart of the empire. As a result, the Qing Dynasty was the richest, and a new army was established through the Westernization Movement. In fact, a southern provinces came to protect each other. They watched the Qing Dynasty's imperial capital be broken and the empress fled in a hurry. In the end, it led to the demise of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhao Xing actually understood the reason better than Hong Chengchou, but now he said that he was simply playing the piano for a cow.

"We still need to do our own things. In my opinion, the old brother's two ideas are not advisable."

"What do you say about Seixian?"

"It's almost impossible to rely on the south. Brother, your idea is to buy southern rice at a low price and transport it to the northwest for disaster relief, right? Not to mention that the south generously gave up its past grudges and paid for relief, it would be unrealistic to deduct a tax silver from the south. Now the Ming Dynasty's finances are not enough, and Yuan Chonghuan, western Liaoning, is a bottomless pit. Even the emperor's treasury has been stuffed in. How can the south to deduct the money again? Now not only the national treasury will not be willing to bear this money, but in fact, for the sake of the Liaoxi war, the court has already begun a discussion to increase Liaoning wages across the country. How can it be possible to provide disaster relief to the northwest and reduce the tax burden on the south quota?"

Hong Chengchou was speechless and didn't know how to answer.

Zhao Xing smiled bitterly: "Even if the emperor agrees, can the Donglin officials headed by the south stand all over the court? "

Hong Chengchou sincerely warned Zhao Xing's comments on the north and south, which was a bad comment on Donglin, at that time: "You are still young, what do you know? Don't learn from those bullshit scribes at a young age. Everything is easy to make big talk, and it's not amazing to be silent. This is not good."

Just when Hong Chengchou educated Zhao Xing like this, he had forgotten that he was a literati, a member of the Donglin Party member who was good at making big talk and wasting his country in vain.

Fortunately, Hong Chengchou was forced into the Donglin Party according to his region and official rank. Hong Chengchou also had a lot of opinions about Donglin, so he was always close and distant. Otherwise, with his ability and qualifications, even when the eunuch party was defeated and there was a huge gap in the court, Hong Chengchou was still not promoted by his accomplices and became an official in Beijing, but he was still wandering around the place and was a very high-level but insignificant idle person.

Hong Chengchou's personality is still pragmatic, and a pragmatic person will never be liked by the Donglin Party members.

Zhao Xing glanced at Hong Chengchou who was blaming him, and continued to speak his opinion calmly: "Your second solution is to let go of Zhili, Henan and Hebei, so that these hungry and cold refugees who are desperate and desperate will flock to those areas to relieve the pressure in the northwest. Is that true?"

Hong Chengchou snorted, admitting it.

Zhao Xing shouted: "Your approach can indeed relieve the population burden in the northwest, and it can indeed reduce the pressure of disaster relief and rebellion. But you forgot that this severe drought was the most important in the northwest, but Henan and Hebei were also suffering from disasters, and the situation was only slightly lighter than the northwest. At the same time, you understand more clearly that the land annexation in the northwest has made people unable to make a living. However, compared with the entire dynasty, the northwest was developed relatively late and the population was relatively small. Three or five thousand years ago, Henan and Hebei were the core of the Central Plains dynasty.

There are many families. They have already annexed more land; and the population there is far more than the northwest. In this situation, they are already in danger, but they are barely supporting it. As long as one spark is a prairie fire. If you say that tens of millions of refugees from the northwest suddenly enter their area, it will immediately detonate the disaster in the Central Plains. At that time, Henan, Hebei, and other places in the heart of the Central Plains will become more chaotic. How do you think that situation should be dealt with?"

After hearing this well-founded inference, Hong Chengchou, who suddenly realized, thought for a while and was frightened by the future situation.

Zhao Xing looked at him with his eyes slanted, his tone was full of sarcasm: "The officials in Henan, Hebei, Zhili, say you are harming your neighbors. Brother, you said, have they said you were wrong? In order to temporarily stabilize the northwest region and reduce the pressure, you drove these refugees away. Did I say you are lazy and intentionally corrupt the evil policies of other provinces? "

Looking at Hong Chengchou who was already sweating profusely, Zhao Xing smiled maliciously: "According to the previous reasoning logic of our Beizhen Fushi, I actually deducted one. To deduct you as a far-sighted and harmful country, you have a crime of ill intentions against the Ming Dynasty and hiding evil intentions, right?"
Chapter completed!