RPAGF Chapter 215 "Strike down the local tyrants and divide the land"
Chapter 215 "Strike down the local tyrants and divide the land"
[What is known is that the working people, with their hard work, enabled the culture of the South to develop and prosper, and many talented people emerged during this period.
According to statistics, there were relatively few Jinshi in the South before the Tang Dynasty, but their number gradually increased after the Southern Song Dynasty.
According to the "Tang Dynasty Prime Ministers' Genealogy", there were 369 prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty, of which about nine-tenths were from the north. In the Northern Song Dynasty, most prime ministers were still from the north, but in the Ming Dynasty, the majority of prime ministers were from the south. The change in the number of prime ministers or prime ministers from the north and south shows that the cultural level of the north and south is changing.
Gu Yanwu, a great thinker in the late Ming Dynasty who once said, "Every man has his share of responsibility for the rise and fall of his country," pointed out in "Rizhilu·North Volume": "The current system divides the imperial examination into southern, northern and central volumes. This is a way of mediation, not a way of training. Since the Song Dynasty, it has been said that the northerners, who were from the five routes of Beijing, Hebei, Hedong and Shaanxi, were not good at writing rhymes and rhythms. Moreover, the chaos of the Jin and Yuan dynasties has made them inferior to the southerners in literature for a long time."
"Nowadays, when teaching elementary school in the south, students are first asked to write couplets, which is still the old method handed down since the Tang and Song dynasties. People in the north do not do this at all. Therefore, if you want to find students who learn to write couplets and tones, there are hardly one or two in a town with a thousand households. Besides the eight-legged essay, there are many who know nothing. When I was young, I read the Four Books and the classics with full annotations. Later, I saw mediocre teachers and poor students who wanted to speed up their learning, so they often deleted and deleted things. In the north, there are people who do not read at all."
The difference between scholars in the north and south is not only because of the war between the Jin people and the Mongols, but also because of the different learning environment in the north. The south emphasizes education and reading, while the north does not. Even if they study, it is only for exams. They do not read the full notes of the Four Books and Five Classics, but just want to quickly finish reading the abridged versions.
Gu Yanwu also clearly pointed out: "Therefore, there are two problems in the north today: one is the lack of land, and the other is the lack of people." This is a true reflection of the difference in cultural levels between the north and the south. 】
＜In Jiangnan, there are rice stalks, the silk and linen industry is prosperous, there are many mulberry trees, and bamboo is not to be mentioned. Using these as raw materials, papermaking has made new progress, and there are also various movable type printing technologies. The academic atmosphere is strong!＞
＜I didn’t quite agree with what you said before. It wasn’t until I saw the changes in the prime ministers and the first assistants that I could intuitively feel the cultural gap between the north and the south.＞
＜It seems that there were many village gangs in the Ming Dynasty. People from the same village helped each other. There were too many gangs.＞
＜I never expected that after more than 200 years of Ming Dynasty, there was still a shortage of people in the north [Shocked]＞
＜Looking at this pace, I think we will talk about the North-South division later＞
＜Gu Yanwu was an enlightenment thinker. He followed his widowed mother to learn the loyalty of Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang, and Fang Xiaoru. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he participated in the anti-Qing war and later refused to serve the Qing Dynasty!＞
[Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che: Movable type printing technology? It’s a good thing [Like]]
[Tang Taizong Li Shimin: If the Ming Dynasty did this, wouldn’t it just make the factional struggles more intense?]
[Qin Shi Huang: Okay, I take back what I said before. It turns out that it is not easy to bridge the gap between the north and the south.]
[Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang: Another loyal minister of my Ming Dynasty]
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At this time, the southern scholars before the Ming Dynasty were envious. The Ming Dynasty seemed to be quite good.
Zhu Yuanzhang concentrated, not very happy. It turns out we haven't solved it yet.
"Because the land is barren, people are in a panic; because people are in a panic, the land is deserted."
“It’s not easy to solve.”
Everyone in the hall was watching with their eyes and their noses, thinking, this is a big project, His Majesty is planning to do it again.
Ugh.
Prince of Qin Zhu Chong would feel uncomfortable if he didn't get scolded every day, and he would find every opportunity to criticize Zhu Di.
"Hey, don't you remember that you killed all ten clans of Fang Xiaoru? Times have really changed. Two hundred years have passed since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Your reputation...has also changed."
"Yes, yes, how come Fang Xiaoru became the representative of loyalty and righteousness?" The person who spoke was a naive prince.
Zhu Di's loyal fan, Prince of Zhou Zhu Su, jumped into the trap, thinking that if Fang Xiaoru became a loyal and righteous person, then his fourth brother who successfully rebelled would become a disloyal and unrighteous person!
So he said in sympathy for his fourth brother: "Fang Xiaoru is a remnant of Jianwen, and he was promoted to this level in the later period?! No wonder there was a rumor that my fourth brother killed all ten of his clans! Fourth brother, you are so miserable!"
After hearing this, Zhu Yunwen glared at Zhu Di. Humph, remember this, even if you usurp the throne, you will still be a disloyal and unrighteous person in the future!
Prince of Yan Zhu Di smiled back, at least he had seized the throne.
Zhu Yunwen: Vomiting blood.
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In the second year of Chongzhen, when the 16-year-old Gu Yanwu was still studying at the academy, his classmate and good friend Gui Zhuang said in surprise: "! You... I knew you were great!"
Ahhh, I knew my buddy was talented, but I didn't expect him to be this talented.
Other students in the academy looked at Gu Yanwu, the "future great thinker". Oh my God, he will not only be a great writer, but also a loyal minister.
Listening to the discussions around him, even though Gu Yanwu didn't care about fame, he couldn't help but blush because of his age.
Oh, I am so happy. Not only did I receive praise from Emperor Taizu, but I also became more determined in my ambition.
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[After the Southern Song Dynasty, most of the philosophers, writers, and historians who appeared in China were from the south.
In ancient times, culture and education were linked to class. It was obvious that the land of northern landlords was generally not as large as that of southern landlords. There were many landlords in the south, and they owned most of the land, leaving the farmland to tenants and servants. They spent their time reading and writing, reading and traveling, and later took the imperial examinations, successfully entered the officialdom, participated in government affairs, and completed the transformation from large landlords to government officials.
After the Southern Song Dynasty, not only did the economic center move south, but the culture also moved south, and students from the south had an advantage in the imperial examinations.
According to the Index to the Inscriptions of Jinshi Titles of Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were 89 number one scorers in various subjects in the Ming Dynasty, of which 75 were from the south, 13 were from the north, and only one was from the central region.
During the Hongwu period (including the southern and northern lists of the 867th year of Hongwu), there were 620 Jinshi in various subjects, of which 71 were from the south, accounting for % of the total.
During the Jianwen period, there were 106 Jinshi in various subjects, of whom 89 were from the south, accounting for 83% of the total.
During the Yongle period, there were 1819 Jinshi in various subjects, of whom 1519 were from the south, accounting for 83% of the total.
No matter how you look at it, southern scholars had an advantage in the imperial examinations during the Ming Dynasty.
Returning to the "North-South List" case in this question, first of all, Zhu Yuanzhang must be aware of the differences between the north and the south, and he must be familiar with the situation of selecting scholars from the north and the south for the imperial examinations.
So, let me ask a question now, why did Zhu Yuanzhang make such a fuss about the "North-South List" case in the 30th year of Hongwu? 】
＜Ahhh, damn landlord, I miss the teacher. The teacher is a real great man＞
＜Land Revolution! “Strike down the local tyrants and distribute the land”＞
＜This data makes people feel numb＞
＜Old Zhu was lucky this time, unlike the previous major cases, where tens of thousands of people were killed [eating melon]＞
[Xu Jie, the 27th year of the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty: This… um… ah…? ]
[Tang Yuanhe 12th Year Pei Du: Beat... the local tyrants... and divide the land...?!]
[Tang Taizong Li Shimin: Hiss, Land Revolution! Was this slogan proposed by the teacher?]
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Everyone was shocked by the comments on the screen. What a bold move!
The aristocratic families were already dissatisfied and worried about the new technology brought by the light curtain, and today they saw the light curtain piercing their hearts, which had reached the point of fear.
To be honest, what we are more afraid of now are the emperors of various dynasties.
However, for the heroic lord, he can turn disadvantages into advantages for them!
I have long disliked those people. The whole world belongs to me! Those who control the most land and hide the farmers are hateful!
Li Shimin adjusted his posture and looked at the light screen carefully, holding a pen in his hand. The light screen is really... a little troublesome... but it is very good!
"From Gu Yanwu's Rizhilu, we know that the Ming Dynasty was divided into three volumes: South, North, and Middle. It was adapted to local conditions."
"Your Majesty, our dynasty does not need to do this for the time being." Wei Zheng was afraid that Li Shimin would implement the imperial examination system according to the Ming Dynasty's divided paper system.
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Li Shimin chuckled, "Hahaha, Xuancheng, don't worry. I was just praising that Ming emperor. The Tang Dynasty has just established the imperial examination, and the differences between the north and the south are not yet apparent. What's more, aren't the people selected in the imperial examination still children of aristocratic families?"
When he said the last sentence, Li Shimin was even a little angry, but he could do nothing about it. How many real noble sons from poor families are there? The children of noble families have been passed down for thousands of years and have a deep foundation.
However, if they don't know what's good for them, then we should learn from Huang Chao in later generations and kill them all!
The trusted ministers in the palace saw that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty exuded a murderous aura, and they hurriedly looked at the screen while writing furiously.
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