When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Fang Shiyu say this, he was completely confused.

No matter who sits on the throne, the most taboo thing is to gather together with the people under your command.

If the Ming Dynasty courts were all southerners in decades, then the emperor might not have the effect of speaking as an official.

Besides, those cabinet masters and important officials in the court are all from the south. When they consider national affairs, they will definitely be inclined to their hometowns.

Then the northern provinces will become scapegoats for southern provinces.

If this continues, the northern provinces will rebel one day.

What should I do?

"Hey, Old Man, I didn't expect you to have this day of worry too."

After listening to Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Fang Shiyu was a little surprised.

He didn't expect that Old Man Zhu, who had never been tuned, would have a reliable moment.

In a blink of an eye, we saw the important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years later.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, all the important officials of the court were born in the south of the Yangtze River and the southeast.

Since these people control the government, any policies that are not conducive to their hometown will not be passed.

In the end, the rich southern provinces could not collect taxes.

The north, which had natural disasters and man-made disasters, kept increasing taxes, and the local vassal kings and gentry and tyrants took the opportunity to annex the land, resulting in a large number of farmers going bankrupt.

In order to survive, the farmers had to leave their hometowns and become refugees, and eventually became bandits who were in chaos everywhere.

The court, in desperation, decided to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.

But where to sever?

Tax revenues in the south cannot be collected, and the north is squeezed to its limit.

Officials could only work hard on severance and then ban the stations they thought were wasted.

This made Li Zicheng, who was originally eating the public meal safely, suddenly smashed his job and finally joined the bandits to make a living.

These people become stronger and stronger as they fight.

In the end, it ravaged the whole world and ruined the great rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty.

This old man Zhu is really a crow-mouthed person, and it’s not as good as bad as good as bad.

"I said Xiao Fangzi, do you have any good solutions?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was really anxious. He jumped up and down beside him, urging Fang Shiyu to come up with a solution as soon as possible.

Zhu Biao also looked at Fang Shiyu with a worried look on his face, as if the other party owed him millions of silver.

Fang Shiyu was a little annoyed by the father and son, and finally used his last killer move.

North and South ranking.

"Xiao Fangzi, what do you mean? Do you want to take the South to take the exam once and then the North to take the exam again?"

"What a ridiculous idea is this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said speechlessly.

Judging from the meaning of the North and South rankings, it seems that the South and North will take the exam once.

If it really looks like that, the court will not only have to spend more effort, but will also have endless troubles in the future.

The most troublesome thing is that if you are admitted to the rankings, where will the scholars on the list in the north become officials?

Are all sent to the north?

But the center of the Ming Dynasty was in Jiangnan.

If northern officials wander outside the center for a long time, they will definitely not have that much identity with the court.

In addition, the north is close to the mortal enemy, the north has always been the first line of defense to resist the invasion of alien races.

I don’t have that much sense of identity with the imperial court, and I’m afraid there may be another rebellion in the late Tang Dynasty.

Let’s not talk about anything else. The dispute between the two classes of Goryeo and East China is what Xiao Fangzi taught me.

Did you forget so quickly?

"Puff!"

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's anxious look, Fang Shiyu couldn't help but smile.

"I said to Old Man Zhu, I have told you over and over again. Can you listen to people finish your words?"

"Don't be so anxious, you're so anxious."

"Look at your eldest son, although he is younger than you, he is so calm."

"I am very speechless sometimes."

"I really want to know who you are the father and who are the sons."

This sentence immediately made Zhu Yuanzhang's face turn ashen.

Prince Zhu Biao glanced at Fang Shiyu helplessly.

"Benefather, aren't you trying to provoke the relationship between us father and son and push this prince into the fire pit?"

Besides, is this prince calm?

I was completely scared by your benefactor's words and didn't come back to my senses.

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore."

"In fact, there is no need to take the exam separately from the north and south to take the exam, but to admit scholars from the north and south according to the different levels of education in the south and the north at a fixed proportion."

"If His Majesty now adopts my method, in the short term, the educational advantages of the South will be crushed, and the North will be improved."

"In this way, taking into account both ends, isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"

Fang Shiyu described the purpose of the North-South rankings to Zhu Yuanzhang and his son.

In fact, the rankings of the north and south are equivalent to the country adding points to remote mountainous areas.

If you don’t do this, the more remote and poor the place is, the less anyone will be able to get into college.

If you can't get into college, you can only stay in your hometown and plant a field for your whole life.

I watched other cities become more and more developed, but my hometown became more and more poor.

This is equivalent to cutting off the rise channels for the people in remote mountainous areas and their life aspirations.

Once a person has no hope, he can do anything.

Therefore, whether it is the North-South ranking or the college entrance examination bonus, the main purpose is to give the people in remote areas a channel for improvement and give them a hope to fight.

After hearing Fang Shiyu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a serious face.

Why did you turn your head on your belt at the end of the Yuan Dynasty?

It’s not because the Tartars don’t give people a way out.

At that time, don’t talk about any upward channels, even if your life is a little calmer, you will have something to eat.

Then there may be one less Emperor Hongwu and one more farmer in this world.

In this world, fate is so magical.

"Benefactor, if the north and south are divided, how should the quota be allocated?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was missing the time, and Zhu Biao was already discussing specific details with Fang Shiyu.

Even though the Northern scholars were given 30% or 40% of the quota, according to Fang Benren, their level was probably the most of them.

If this is the case, it seems that the North and South rankings have no particularly usefulness.

"This is actually very simple. First A allows scholars from the north and south to compete freely. Whoever has the ability to get first A will get second A and third A will be distributed according to the proportion of six, north and four."

Fang Shiyu said seriously.
Chapter completed!