novelden Chapter 1012 You really are a talent for rising to power!
Chapter 1012 You really are a talent for rising to power!
Even those in positions of power are personally involved in poaching talent?
Just as Li Shanchang and Xu Da were looking at each other in bewilderment, Liu Bowen also jumped out.
“If you ascend to the throne, I will not compete for the young and strong men of Ningyang County.”
Liu Bowen bowed to Emperor Zhu and said, "However, a portion of the Jinshi graduates from this year's special imperial examination will be allocated to the Censorate next year."
"After all, the Censorate is responsible for monitoring whether local officials are corrupt."
"And the methods used by local officials to engage in corruption are becoming more and more covert each year."
"The Censorate also needs a complete overhaul and more staff."
"..."
As soon as Liu Bowen finished speaking, Li Shanchang immediately jumped out: "Reform of the Censorate?"
"Your Censorate has been undergoing reforms for quite some time now. You, Liu Qingtian, started copying the system of inspecting censors and supervising censors as early as the fourth year of the Hongwu reign."
"Nowadays, the provincial judicial commissioner's office is almost exactly the same as the one in Ningyang County."
"What other system do you want to change?"
Li Shanchang took the lead in organizing the group, and Xu Da did not hesitate to join the group: "Look at the Marquis of Sincerity. Although he said he didn't want the young and strong from Ningyang County, this year's special imperial examination included the young and strong from Ningyang County, and they were the best batch."
"Tsk."
“This scheme is so well-thought-out that even Ayushiridara could hear it clearly from the northern desert.”
Emperor Zhu, however, remained silent with a dark and sour expression.
The cabinet wants scholars from Ningyang County.
The Grand General's Office wants the able-bodied men of Ningyang County.
Now the Censorate has suddenly jumped out, wanting to pre-select this year's special imperial examination graduates.
The key question is, where can we find so many people to distribute?
Ningyang County has only 518 young adults who have just turned 18 this year.
First, students from fourteen counties must be excluded—these students have almost already been reserved for next year's special imperial examination, so they cannot be used as imperial guards for the Crown Prince, nor can they be taken away by the Grand General's Office; they can only be assigned to the Grand Secretariat or the Censorate.
Of the remaining 504 able-bodied men, Xu Da immediately offered to take them all, even the pot. Li Shanchang didn't want to take the pot, but he also wanted to take more than half of it.
If they were to divide it up between the two of them, there might not even be fifty able-bodied men left.
Good guy.
This is truly a case of bitter regret, year after year pressing gold thread, only to make wedding clothes for others!
What the hell?
You're saying these are people our son-in-law painstakingly trained, and we're just taking advantage of them?
Look at what you're saying! What belongs to our son-in-law isn't ours?
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu suddenly banged on the table with a righteous air and said in a deep voice, "Well, we don't care how you divide it, but Ningyang County is under my son-in-law's jurisdiction. The people that my son-in-law has worked so hard to train should of course be chosen by me, the father-in-law!"
Ok? ? ?
As Emperor Zhu finished speaking, Li Shanchang, Xu Da, and Liu Bowen all fell silent.
That's a bit hard to answer.
There wasn't even a point to refute it.
The more Emperor Zhu spoke, the more confident he became. He even planned to turn the tables and use the scholars from Ningyang County and Dengzhou Prefecture as a way of currying favor: "Well, we only select able-bodied young men who can serve as guards for the Eastern Palace, not those bookish scholars."
"Whether it's the Ningyang County School, the community school, or the Dengzhou Prefectural School, or the ten county schools and community schools under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou Prefecture, you scholars can choose first."
When the topic turned to Dengzhou Prefectural School, Emperor Zhu changed the subject again, saying, "By the way, Dengzhou University will also have many graduating students this year. Has Mr. Shanchang figured out how to settle them?"
Li Shanchang's train of thought was instantly swayed by Emperor Zhu.
Even Xu Da and Liu Bowen shifted their focus from the young men and women of Ningyang County to the imperial examination graduates.
A consistent teaching approach.
More detailed specializations.
More extensive internship experience.
The number of students was many times greater than that of Ningyang County School.
Fragrant.
The University of Denzhou is just so amazing!
Li Shanchang stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty, my idea is to borrow some staff from Dengzhou University to establish Nanjing University and Beiping University."
"We will fill the positions of newly graduated students at Nanjing University and Peking University by this time next year."
"Four years from now, our Great Ming Dynasty will have a dozen or more universities."
After a slight pause, Li Shanchang added, "Once each provincial administration commission has its own university, we will spend a few more years accumulating manpower to establish lower-level specialized universities in each prefecture."
“These specialized universities will not be like Nanjing University, Peking University and Dengzhou University, which are all-round universities, but will each have their own focus.”
“For example, the medical school of Dengzhou University may transfer some of its staff to form a new Nanjing Medical College or Liaodong Medical College.”
"These medical schools will no longer offer other disciplines, but will only offer medical-related majors."
"However, the classification is more detailed than that of the medical school at the University of Denver, and the knowledge taught is more focused on practical application."
"..."
Li Shanchang slowly talked about his plans for the university, but the more he talked, the more he wanted to quit.
Damn it, are these things something I should be thinking about?
No!
If nothing unexpected happens, these are things that the Ministry of Rites should have been doing!
The result was quite unexpected. After the textbook scandal, the Ministry of Rites underwent a major purge. From the Minister of Rites, who was a second-rank official, down to the insignificant Vice Minister, almost everyone was wiped out. Even those who were lucky enough to survive were transferred to other departments, and the entire Ministry of Rites had to be reorganized.
The work that should have been done by the Ministry of Rites has now been dumped on the Secretariat!
Sometimes Li Shanchang wanted to grab Emperor Zhu and ask: Have you forgotten who is in charge of the Ministry of Rites?
The local rites offices are directly under the jurisdiction of the local official in charge, but the Ministry of Rites in the imperial court is directly under the jurisdiction of you, Emperor Zhu, you bastard!
You, Emperor Zhu, can just shut down the Ministry of Rites whenever you want, but you leave all this mess to me!
You really are a genius at getting promoted!
Here's something important to note:
Many people don't think of the Ministry of Rites as having much presence, believing that the Ministry of Revenue manages money and the Ministry of Personnel manages official positions. If they were to travel back in time to become the emperor, they would definitely want to firmly grasp the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of War, and seize control of money, power, and military strength.
In reality, the Ministry of Rites held a higher status than the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of War.
Because the Ministry of Personnel was in charge of official hats, while the Ministry of Rites could decide "who were their own people" and "how to get an official hat."
Li Shanchang cursed Emperor Zhu in his heart for being inhuman, while Emperor Zhu became more and more engrossed in listening.
Does each provincial administration office have a university?
Do you need to set up different specialized universities in each prefecture?
When all of this is realized, won't our Great Ming Dynasty be overflowing with talented people, perhaps even more than we can use?
Seeing the corners of Emperor Zhu's mouth that he couldn't suppress no matter what, Li Shanchang felt a surge of anger rising in his heart.
I, Li Shanchang, suffer from headaches and hair loss every day, and you, Emperor Zhu, get it all for free?
Li Shanchang blinked, then suddenly changed the subject, saying, "However, there are some minor problems here."