jdhmnovel Chapter 549 I won't lose out, you bastard!
Chapter 549 I won't lose out, you bastard!
The famous Grand Councilor and Grand Secretary once said: I don't want your money, I just want to use your money to do your things!
The famous saying of He Zhongtang also applies to Yang Shaofeng and Lao Deng.
Do you think it was I who wanted your craftsmen?
Wrong.
I don't need your craftsmen; I'll use them to do your work.
Putting aside everything else, let's just talk about the Dengzhou University after it was built.
Who are the students of Denzhou University?
The students of Dengzhou University are not my students, but Zhu Biao's students.
Who will reap the biggest benefits?
It's not me, but Zhu Biao, you old Deng, and even the entire Ming Dynasty.
How much benefit can I, as an official, obtain?
So, this is equivalent to me taking your craftsmen to do things for you, Zhu Chongba, the number two henchman of the Crown Prince's party.
Seeing Yang Shaofeng's self-righteous and arrogant demeanor, Emperor Zhu was so angry that he laughed.
They were talking about moving the capital, and this bastard steered the conversation to infrastructure.
We were just talking about infrastructure when this bastard started asking for craftsmen again.
Emperor Zhu glanced at Yang Shaofeng, snorted coldly, and said, "Don't you still have several hundred personal guards in Ningyang County?"
Yang Shaofeng immediately became wary and cautiously said, "There are a few training."
Emperor Zhu was nearly driven to his death by Yang Shaofeng's answer.
After all, he had said hundreds, while this bastard had only said a few.
The difference in numbers is quite large.
Emperor Zhu said with a forced smile, "Don't worry, this time we'll borrow five hundred personal guards from you, and later we'll transfer a thousand-household detachment from the Embroidered Uniform Guard to you."
“These men will receive training here while also serving as your personal guards.”
"I won't let you down, you bastard."
Yang Shaofeng's face immediately darkened.
This old man is really becoming more and more inhuman.
First, borrow five hundred personal guards from me, then send over a thousand Imperial Guards.
Then I will be responsible for the food, clothing, lodging and transportation of a thousand Imperial Guards, and I will also be responsible for their training and equipment.
Once the training is complete, Old Deng will issue another transfer order to remove all these personnel.
He's certainly got a good plan!
Yang Shaofeng became increasingly displeased with the thought, but after a moment's consideration, he bowed to Emperor Zhu and said, "The guards of the Imperial Son-in-Law's Mansion were originally assigned to me by my father-in-law. They are also genuine soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. My father-in-law, please feel free to use them."
This time, it was Emperor Zhu's turn to be wary.
As I said before, this bastard is always inhuman, yet he has the temperament of a watchdog. It's easy to stuff things into his hands, but it's a real struggle to take things out of his hands.
Now that he's so readily agreeing to transfer the Imperial Son-in-Law's personal guards, is he planning to set a trap for us again?
Emperor Zhu pondered for a moment, then spoke before Yang Shaofeng could say, "Our use of your consort's personal guards this time is not for nothing, nor is it to take advantage of you."
Yang Shaofeng raised an eyebrow slightly and said righteously, "Father-in-law, you are wronging your son-in-law. How could your son-in-law have ever had such a rebellious thought?"
So you knew this was a blasphemous thought, you bastard!
When the hell did it ever happen?
Shouldn't it be that it's not nonexistent?
While cursing under his breath, Emperor Zhu snorted and said, "We're going to arrest all those gentry who run illegal coal mines, as well as the officials who got involved."
“Although the local garrisons can also do this, we always feel that they are not as capable as the manpower of your Prince Consort’s mansion.”
"Don't worry, all these officials and gentry will be sent to Dengzhou Prefecture later."
After a slight pause, Emperor Zhu added, "Also, you should write a report on whether private mining will be allowed in the future, and how the existing mineral deposits should be managed. So that Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen can make improvements as soon as possible."
Upon hearing that Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen were involved, Yang Shaofeng immediately nodded in agreement: "Father-in-law, rest assured, I will write it down as soon as I get back and give it to you first thing tomorrow morning. It will not delay important matters."
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Just as the Imperial Son-in-Law's personal guards were out arresting people, Zhu Biao, Li Shanchang, and Liu Bowen were having a headache together.
"This year's Enke exam should increase the number of admissions for students from Sichuan."
Zhu Biao was the first to bring up the matter of the special imperial examination in the fifth year of Hongwu's reign, and he set the tone directly.
"Don't worry about whether they have real skills or not. As long as their character is acceptable, everything else will be easy to handle."
"As for those students from Jiangnan..."
Before Zhu Biao could finish speaking, Liu Bowen interjected, "Your Highness, I believe that students from Jiangnan should not take the same exams as students from Sichuan, Lingnan, and the North. There should be some differences between them."
Zhu Biao was slightly taken aback, but Liu Bowen continued, "Taking Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Jiangxi as examples, these places have a stronger literary atmosphere, more scholars, and relatively better learning."
“If the same set of exam papers is used, I’m afraid students from Sichuan, Lingnan and Beiguang will be at a disadvantage.”
"In my opinion, it would be better to take this opportunity to have the Ministry of Rites prepare several different sets of provincial examination papers, arranging more difficult ones for students from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi, and relatively simpler ones for students from Sichuan, Lingnan, and the North."
As Liu Bowen finished speaking, Zhu Biao was completely bewildered.
What am I thinking?
My idea is to be stricter with scholars from Jiangnan during the provincial and palace examinations, and a little more lenient with scholars from Sichuan and the north.
But who would have thought that Liu Bowen, that old scoundrel, would be even more ruthless than I am, and would directly create several different sets of test papers!
Zhu Biao gave a soft "hmm," carefully considering the issues he had discussed with Yang Shaofeng in Dengzhou. He suddenly chuckled and said, "I have some rather immature ideas, and I hope that the Duke of Han and the Earl of Chengyi can help me make a decision."
"The first thing is to wait until the provincial examination is about to begin, then draw more people from the Ministry of Rites to be responsible for setting the questions, and the chief examiner will be responsible for compiling these questions into an examination paper."
"However, before the provincial examination is completed, the people responsible for setting the questions and the chief examiner need to live in the designated place until the provincial examination ends."
"At the same time, the Craftsmen's Camp was no longer responsible for printing the exam papers. Instead, the prisoners held in the Yingtian Prefecture prison did the printing. The inspectors and the Grand Governor's Office were responsible for supervising the whole process and transporting the exam papers to the various provincial administration offices."
"The second thing is what Cheng Yibo just mentioned: we are preparing to produce several different sets of test papers. One set will be used for Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Jiangxi, and another set will be used for other places."
Zhu Biao slowly explained his plans, while Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen nodded in agreement, though they both had headaches.
I nodded because Zhu Biao's ideas could, to the greatest extent possible, prevent cheating in the imperial examinations.
The headache, however, was that the Ministry of Rites had enough officials.
To put it bluntly, drawing personnel from the Ministry of Rites now is tantamount to snatching people from the hands of Kong Xixue of the Northern School and Kong Xilu of the Southern School.
One of them is compiling the "Hongwu Great Dictionary" and the complete "Hongwu Zhengyun", while the other is compiling the "Hongwu Great Encyclopedia".
If you try to snatch someone from them, won't they go crazy?