Chapter 258 Civil Servants, Written Exam
In Quanzhou Prefecture, just when Luzon Island was a new look, the concepts of "civil servants" and "written tests" were also spread throughout Quanzhou.
"My master, go to Luzon to work? Then is this still a citizen of the Ming Dynasty?" a small vendor shouted in shock.
For those of them, the influence of "interconnection between officials" is far less important than leaving their hometowns to travel to Luzon. In their minds, Luzon is where they travel thousands of miles to the Central Plains.
"It's good if you are a man. How about the people of Daming? What's the good thing about being a Daming citizen? Do you eat well or be able to eat enough? But if you go to Luzon, there will be no difference between men, women, old and young, and fifty acres of land and fifty acres of…"
There was a singing document in front of the list. After listening to the small vendor's words, he immediately said.
Next to the list of the articles in the written test, there are also lists for recruiting immigrants. The clerk shouted loudly, and he definitely deserved the money given to Zheng Zhilong.
You can say that this immigration policy is really tempting, especially for the lower-level people in Fujian. Not to mention the 50 acres of people, that is, five acres of land or ten acres of land, it can be heart-warming.
How many of the people who went to Southeast Asia in history were wealthy merchants? Aren’t they all poor people who couldn’t afford to eat?
However, in the eyes of some higher-level people, Zheng Zhilong was suddenly so "unscrupulous" that he actually "opened the imperial examination and won the imperial examination" himself, which shows that others are really about to "get out".
"It's really wonderful to communicate with officials. Marquis Zheng is so arrogant. In this way, the illnesses and diseases of the clerks will definitely be wiped out in one go."
Some people speak without back pain when they stand.
"Of course, Annan Hou is very brave, otherwise how could he dare to be so unscrupulous?"
"Brother Jia said this very much. Zheng Houduan's boldness is simply a big deal. He just doesn't know what Luzon will be like in the future..." A man said with a complicated expression. What kind of background in Quanzhou people know best. Who would have thought that he would reach the present level?
That is a foreign country.
Even if it is far away from overseas and thousands of miles away from the Central Plains, it is a king who is a place that is called a lonely king.
From a low-level civilian to a current prince, Zheng Zhilong's achievements are enviable.
"It is said that Luzon Island is thousands of miles in a radius and has a wide area. It is also like spring and summer. The land is rainy and fertile, so it is a rare and excellent place."
"After all, it is the land of overseas barbarians. If you enter it, you will be barbarians. There are so many things that you can admire. Don't say that it is fifty acres, or five hundred acres or five thousand acres, and you don't even see it."
Some people envy love, some people are aloof, they just don’t know if he is doing this on purpose.
"Brother Yi is talking about. Luzon is an overseas barbarian after all. Moreover, it is hard to say whether the Zheng family can be stable. Once they make a mistake, they will be ruined, but they will be wasted great time in vain." Ying shouted immediately.
"Yes, right, right. A mistake will lead to eternal regret. Looking back, it has been a hundred years. You should be cautious about this matter." There are not only one or two people who are not optimistic about the Zheng family, or they tend to be emotionally inclined to Zheng Zhilong.
Everyone can pick the bones from eggs.
"Although the Zheng family has strong military power, it has never been possible to conquer the world immediately since ancient times. The Marquis Annan and the gentry in the world have deep grudges, and it is definitely not something that can be compensated for in just a few words. Looking at the Marquis Annan, they are not a person who will bow their heads easily. Isn't this so-called civil servants and written tests a copy of scientific examinations and fame? Marquis Annan wants to replace the literati and officials with civil servants. Haha, this is really too whimsical."
"Mr. Zheng is really too eager. He doesn't care about his identity. Those who come can sign up for reference. In this way, he will be forced to select some greedy and profit-loving vendors and others as officials. He will be corrupt as soon as he is established. How can such a family and country be better?"
Scholars are also talking about this. To be honest, most of them look down on the position of clerks, especially those with fame or fortune, or the children of the whole family. Naturally, they look down on the civil servants of the Zheng family even more.
Although Quanzhou Prefecture has been controlled by Zheng Zhilong for a long time, the people here have been quite adapted to this. But there is another class that is always far away from the Zheng group. Faced with Zheng Zhilong's increasingly huge force, he can still watch all this purely with the mentality of a bystander.
This class is the gentry of Quanzhou Prefecture, especially the noble families of high-ranking officials from generation to generation.
They were the backbone of the Ming society. Compared with Zheng Zhilong, who was born in a disgrace, and compared with Zheng, who had many excessive measures, they naturally tended to be more inclined to the Ming will they have adapted to. They would definitely not have any good feelings for the Zheng family, which disrupted the "traditional social order".
Of course, due to the powerful strength shown by Zheng, they did not dare to openly show a confrontational attitude.
These people are all proletarians, have great families and great business, and always have many concerns.
Even though Zheng Zhilong changed his previous state of not interfering with the gentry class in Quanzhou Prefecture in the past two years, he had been ruthless against it. However, for the sake of interests, the gentry family in Quanzhou Prefecture still focused on watching the Zheng family's actions and did not have the awareness of raising the flag to oppose it.
Even this time, that was the case. Although they were shocked by Zheng Zhilong's "bold and arbitrary", they all regarded Zheng Zhilong's bold and arbitrary as a sign that the Zheng family was about to leave their hometown and go overseas to create a new country.
Under such a "big situation", they all are extremely happy.
It is small to be happy for the Ming Dynasty, and it is big to be happy for themselves. They can finally get rid of Zheng's suppression.
However, there are all kinds of birds when the forest is big, and some people are impetuous, and there are always some people who are down-to-earth and low-key, especially those who are relatively poor in their families, or some old children who fail to pass the exam.
For them, their great future and ambitions are not in mind. They should try their best to find a place to live and support their families and children. This is the first priority.
A very obvious example is that those who write letters from home on the streets at the temple gate every day are also literate and snippets. If they can have a choice, would they be more willing to go to the yamen to be a document with a low social status but quite powerful power?
And Zheng Zhilong is even more intimate with officials. There is no way to start with the word "lowly".
The accounts of some shops, even slaves from wealthy families, are a good opportunity to change their families.
In short, when Chen Ding received the specific number of applicants, he handed it over to Zheng Zhilong, and he was also surprised. Because the people who came to register were not only Quanzhou, but also from other prefectures, and the total number was close to 3,000. However, after seeing the specific analysis of these people, he smiled a little. "Give it, you brothers will take a look."
Among the nearly three thousand people, there are less than one scholarly students and less than one child child. What is there to say? It fully demonstrates the disgust of Zheng Zhilong in the current gentry class.
But the sky is pitiful. Zheng Zhilong has not yet been asked to take the exam for the subject. For example, separating the law from internal affairs, introducing industrial and commercial taxation, and introducing craftsmen and technicians will not guarantee that the crazy impeachment of Zheng Zhilong will be launched in Jinling City again.
In Jinling City, there are still many complaints about Zheng Zhilong. The hypocritical scholars and officials have transformed into the Virgin White Lotus, and have greatly whipped Zheng Zhilong's cruel methods used by the Bangbangites on Luzon Island.
Since the black on the big duck can't be washed away, then just wash the Bangbang Yamen? Zheng Zhilong's behavior of knocking over a boat with one shot is indeed a point of being picky.
But Emperor Chongzhen was not affected at all. When Zheng Zhilong's sign of him clearly came to Emperor Chongzhen, "recommending the title" was a foregone conclusion.
The civil and military officials in the court did not have much objection to this. Even Zhou Kui quietly closed his mouth.
Whether it is the Donglin Party or the loyal court like Zhang Guowei, why don’t you want to see Zheng Zhilong get out early?
The only controversy lies in Zheng Zhilong's title ban.
Like Duke Quan and Duke Min, these are either place names or titles that have been banned in history. Although the dispute is not big, it is difficult to calm down for a while!
It can be said that the entire Jinling did not see Zheng Zhilong's actions in Quanzhou as if he hadn't seen them, that is, the Newspaper made a big talk, otherwise many people would not know about the Jiangnan land.
"Dad, Zheng Hou's request is too simple, right?"
Fourteen-year-old Chen Yonghua shouted in disbelief after watching Zheng Zhilong’s reply to Chen Ding.
With this condition, he could pass the exam with his eyes closed.
First, we don’t take the policy theory, let alone the eight-legged article. What Zheng Zhilong wants is the ability to express language and characters. It is roughly to give an example to the candidates to write a report based on it, and only require that they can describe clearly and express examples smoothly; then there are some simple math problems.
The difficulty of the entire exam is roughly the level of elementary school students.
Of course, the percentage system thing still made Chen Yonghua very curious.
In short, Zheng Zhilong’s requirements are very low and simple, and Chen Yonghua feels that he can definitely pass the registration.
However, Chen Ding would not ask his son to register. As his son, Chen Yonghua's future is to go straight to the secretary's office and the attendant's office, where there is no need to start with a civil servant.
He has two tasks now: first, prepare for printing and second, prepare for the examination room.
Although this is just a low-level written test, the confidentiality of the test questions also needs to be foolproof. For exam rooms with as many as 3,000 people, from invigilators to students' safety and convenience, etc., it must be foolproof.
These are all disciples from his subordinates. If there is a fire, it will be bad.
In the officialdom and scholars of the Ming Dynasty, he was the teacher of these people, and these civil servants who passed the exam were also the foundation of his future Chen Ding and his connections to the officialdom in the future.
If officials are in harmony, it is impossible for all minor officials to enter the top officials, but there will always be the lucky one who can successfully cross the dragon gate.
Chen Ding was just a small juren under the Ming Dynasty, not even a Jinshi, but now he can "select a scholar" and become a master and a master to recruit disciples. As long as he thinks of this, he will be so excited that he can't do it himself.
Think about the Zheng family after he seized the world, he was not only one of the best figures in the Zheng family's civil officials, but also so many disciples. Why should that young Jiang Zhe fight with him?
A great opportunity, if you don’t stay by Zheng Zhilong’s side to show your presence, you actually went to lead the troops to fight...
Chen Ding really didn't know what he was saying to him.
Chapter completed!