Zhu Di, who was sitting on the other side, was dumbfounded when he heard Zhu Gaoye's words.
The problem that he had never thought of before was now so clear in front of him.
His nephew Zhu Yunwen was the most convincing example.
Zhu Yunwen was brainwashed by those rotten scholars. If his nephew inherited the throne in the future,
It was very likely that they would be controlled by those civil officials. The so-called ruling by the bow was just a joke.
Zhu Di couldn't help but look at Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang also thought of Zhu Yunwen at this moment. The more he thought about it, the more he felt a chill down his spine.
If what Zhu Gaoye said was true, then the severity of this matter might be far beyond his control.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little unwilling, so he said to Zhu Gaoye,
"Although these pedantic scholars are sour, they are still serving the country and the people. There is nothing wrong with restricting the imperial power.”
When Zhu Gaoye heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, he couldn't help but sneer,"
"Hmph, if only it was as simple as you say.”
"If these people can really serve the country and the people, then I naturally won't be like this.”
"Unfortunately, these people don't think so.”
"In the eyes of these pedantic scholars, there are rules of etiquette set by their sages and teachers. Everything has to conform to the standards they have set.”
"The more rules there are, the more restrictions there are on the Emperor. When the Emperor wants to do something, the first thing he thinks of is not what benefits it will bring to Great Ming after it is done.”
"It's about what benefits this matter can bring you.”
"These pedantic scholars will bring out etiquette and ancestral systems to stop this matter. Even if this matter is beneficial to the country and the people, these people will not let this matter succeed.”
"In this case, what else can the Emperor do? They could only be manipulated by these civil officials. Once they resisted, the emperor would be described as an unpardonable fatuous ruler, and they themselves would be loyal officials who were harmed by the fatuous ruler.”
"Can such a pedantic scholar really serve the country and the people?”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Gaoye's words, he fell into a huge shock and did not know what to say.
After thinking for a long time, he could only slowly open his mouth and say,
"These people bullied Ruler and deserved to die.”
Zhu Gaoye smiled and said to Zhu Yuanzhang,"
"This matter cannot be blamed entirely on these civil officials. If it were not for the current Emperor, they would not have done this.”
Zhu Gaoye's words made Zhu Yuanzhang even more confused. Why was it the fault of the sour scholar one moment, and then it was his fault the next? What was Zhu Gaoye trying to say?
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang said,"
"His Majesty works day and night, waking up early and sleeping late for the sake of the people under the heavens. How can he blame His Majesty?”
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Gaoye smiled and said,"
"His Majesty's heart is naturally good, but his actions have given these civil officials a reason to stick together.”
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang had been completely led away by Zhu Gaoye's words, so he asked,
"I hope that little friend will not be stingy with your guidance."
Zhu Gaoye shook his head and said,
"It's still the same sentence. The formation of anything is not a one-sided reason, but there is also a fundamental reason.”
"For example, the root cause of those civil officials forming cliques is the current imperial examination system.”
Zhu Gaoye's words shocked Zhu Yuanzhang again.
There was no other reason than that the current imperial examination system was set by him. If according to Zhu Gaoye, the civil officials had banded together to resist the imperial power because of the imperial examination system that he had set, then the reason was really because of him.
But what was the reason for Zhu Gaoye's words?
However, these words were like sitting on pins and needles to Zhu Di, and he felt his scalp go numb.
Zhu Di looked at his father with a guilty conscience because he knew very well that Zhu Gaoye was criticizing the imperial examination system.
It could be said to be one of the works that his father was most proud of.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang's lack of knowledge was one of the reasons for this, the root of it was that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to pursue fairness in the selection of officials from the north and south.
The North and South Case that happened back then had a very wide range of implications, because when the imperial examination system was born, a problem was born.
That was the problem of the standard of scholars in the north and south. Since ancient times, the south had been the fertile land of the Central Plains Dynasty and bore a large portion of the economic taxes, while the north was relatively barren.
Correspondingly, the education level of the north and south was a problem. For example, only two of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties were northerners, and the other six were southerners. This gap became especially obvious under the imperial examination system.
The strong became stronger and stronger, while the weak became weaker and weaker. By the time of the Southern Song Dynasty, half of the country had fallen into the hands of the Jin people. The Zhao and Song dynasties were struggling to survive south of the Yangtze River, so the imperial court could only choose officials from the south, which further led to this gap.
In addition, when the Mongolians took over the Central Plains, they slaughtered thousands of miles of land in the north. The culture was almost cut off, while the south was relatively intact.
When it came to the Great Ming Dynasty, this situation became even more obvious, especially during the North-South Case. All fifty-one people on the list were from the south, and there was not even a northerner. Naturally, it caused strong dissatisfaction among the northern scholars.
These northern scholars collectively complained to Zhu Yuanzhang and suspected that the imperial examination was rigged. Otherwise, there was no way to explain why the names on the list were all southerners.
When his father heard this, he was naturally furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. However, the final result of the investigation was that the scholars of the south did not cheat at all. This situation was completely caused by the education level of the north and south.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't announce this result to the public because once this result was announced to the public, it would inevitably cause opposition between the scholars of the north and south. At that time, it was very likely that the entire north would be in turmoil.
This was definitely not what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see, and the final result was naturally extremely bloody. He even re-opened the imperial examination to select scholars, and another list was filled with northerners. This was considered to have appeased the northern scholars and did not cause any greater turmoil.
This incident also prompted Zhu Yuanzhang to formulate the eight-part essay system, and formed a relatively stable environment for the imperial examination.
But now, Zhu Gaoye said that this eight-part system was his father's stupid move, which made Zhu Di shocked and confused.
What was his son trying to say?
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