HLnovel Chapter 216 "Is it their fault that they were born in the North?"
Chapter 216 "Is it their fault that they were born in the North?"
[In fact, the North once had a brilliant culture and was the center of politics, economy and culture. However, due to long-term wars, the social order was unstable, homes were destroyed, production declined, and people fled, so the decline of culture was inevitable.
Compared to the unstable north, the south is obviously more suitable for the stability that the people need. Although suffering also has its own culture, who among the people does not yearn for peace and stability?
The people live and work in peace and contentment, society is stable, the country is prosperous, and culture is flourishing.
It connects the past and present, and is the longing of the world.
Sprinkle flowers└(＾w＾)"
Well, it took me more than 20 minutes to finally explain the differences between the north and the south since the Tang and Song dynasties. Now let’s get into the main topic of the “North-South List” case.]
＜Huh, I’m gradually forgetting the topic hahaha [covering my face]＞
＜Some people in the comment section who are biased towards certain regions should stop embarrassing themselves [rolling eyes]＞
＜Really? No matter which direction we are, we are all one family [heart]＞
＜May our motherland prosper! I wish our motherland will become better and better! ＞
＜Airborne 23′5″ Success~＞
[Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che: Amazing cohesion]
[Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty Zhu Houzhao: Hahahaha, no matter what time it is, there will always be regional discrimination. This is also our Chinese tradition [covering face]]
[Emperor Jiajing of Ming Dynasty Zhu Houcong: Isn’t the biggest regional black emperor Zhao Da the first emperor of Song Dynasty?]
[Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin:? I warn you not to say anything without basis]
[Ming Chengzu Zhu Di: Who then said in the stone inscription that “Future generations will not use southern scholars as prime ministers”]
[Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng: Zhao is big, the road is narrow]
[Song Renzong Zhao Zhen: Well, this rule was no longer useful during the previous emperor’s time]
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Liu Che thought about fighting the Huns after he ascended the throne, but was stopped by all parties. He could only twist everyone into a ball, respect Confucianism, and adopt the idea of revenge!
Well, the Chinese people in later generations are very united.
It must be the teacher’s credit.
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Zhao Kuangyin saw that the cousins of the Ming Dynasty were singing the same tune, and said that as an emperor, how could he dare to engage in regional discrimination? And what kind of title is that! Zhao Da? Why are they all shouting along with the light curtain!!!
I wanted to refute it harshly, but when I knew that Zhao Guangyi's descendants came out to admit that this thing really happened, Zhao Kuangyin felt that he had no way to defend himself...
Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Pu who were present were looking at Zhao Kuangyin, and Qian Chu and Li Yu who were from the south were also looking at Zhao Kuangyin.
"???"
Zhao Kuangyin began to think about when and where he would say this ancestral precept.
boom!
He slammed the table and angrily said to Li Yu: "It must be you who resisted the Song army in the original history without knowing what was good for you, which made me take this bad decision!"
Li Yu: "..."
I wanted to ask him maliciously why he discriminated against southerners, but I didn't expect him to blame me!!!
Zhao Da is really vicious!!!
Afterwards, Zhao Kuangyin announced directly at the court meeting that he would never say that his descendants would not use southern scholars as prime ministers.
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[Well, ahem. I know you've been waiting for a long time, let's talk about the "South and North List" case!
In fact, the matter itself is not complicated. In the second month of the Dingchou year of the 30th year of Hongwu, the imperial court appointed Hanlin scholar [Liu Sanwu, a native of Chaling, Huguang] and royal palace official Bai Xindao as examiners.
Liu Sanwu was obviously a southerner, and later generations said that Bai Xindao was also a southerner, but there is also a view that he was actually a northerner, because Zhu Yuanzhang was always careful in his work and it was impossible for him to have both the chief and deputy examiners be southerners.
I also tend to believe that Bai Xindao was a northerner, not a southerner as later generations have said.
Phase 1 begins
Initially, 52 candidates including Song Cong were admitted. After the imperial examination, the top scorer was [Chen?, from Minxian, Fujian], the second place was [Yin Changlong, from Taihe, Jiangxi], and the third place was [Liu Shizhen, from Shanyin, Zhejiang].
When all the test results were announced, people who took the test regularly were furious. To be more precise, people in the northern part were outraged!
Because all the people admitted in this exam are from the South, not a single person from the North!
Phase 2 begins
Therefore, all the failed candidates from the north jointly wrote a petition to "submit a memorial to the three of us southerners, requesting our hometown to be separated from us".
They said that all the examiners were from the south and were biased towards their hometown. That’s why all the admitted people were from the south! This is unfair! This is a shady deal! This is cheating in the imperial examination!!!
Am I sorry for being born in the North?
When our old Zhu saw the memorial, he was furious. What?! Such a terrible thing happened under our rule!
"I ordered the Confucian officials to re-examine the failed papers and rank them among the best in literature and logic. The 11 people including the Reader [Zhang Xin, from Ningbo, Zhejiang], the Lecturer [Dai Yi], and the Right Chanshan [Wang Junhua, from Ninghai, Zhejiang] will each examine ten volumes."
Zhu's original intention was to recruit the tallest among the short men and recruit more northerners. However, after reviewing the papers, the ones he submitted were still not good, and even contained many taboo words.
The third stage
Then someone else reported Liu Sanwu and Bai Xindao to Zhu Yuanzhang. They secretly asked Zhang Xin and others to deliberately select the poor papers from the candidates and submit them.
Well, Lao Zhu is really angry this time. Do you think that I can be so arrogant just because I have a better temper in recent years? !
Imperial examination cheating is always a serious matter, so regardless of whether it was the examiners' fault or not, they were given another chance. In the end, they did not take the exam, and Zhu Yuanzhang ended up under various public pressures.
"Execute Xin Dao and Xin and others, and station Sanwu at the border."
The spring exam results are invalid.
In June, Zhu Yuanzhang personally conducted the examination and reviewed the examination papers. He selected the top scorer as [Han Kezhong, from Yanzhou, Shandong], the second place as [Wang Shu], and the third place as [Jiao Sheng, from Shanxi], a total of 61 people, all from the north. This is the summer list, also known as the northern list.
＜Jiangxi and Fujian are both imperial examination families, but I feel that the examiners are also from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so they must have personal subjective preferences [eating melon]＞
＜Haha, if you are bad, just practice more. If you can’t afford to lose, then don’t take the exam [rolling eyes]＞
＜To put it bluntly, after the Southern Song Dynasty, a group of scholar-gentry formed in the south, monopolizing the academies. The teachers were from the south, and the examination papers were also prepared by the southerners. They had all the say, so how could the northern students take the exam?＞
[Ouyang Xiu, Year 2 of Song Baoyuan: This...marking the place of origin after each person's name...isn't that too much]
[Emperor Wu of Han Liu Che: Humph, Old Zhu, your subordinates are all from the south, right? You have suppressed them a lot in the past, right? It is already the 30th year of Hongwu, and I guess you don’t have many years left to live.]
[Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang: Well, I think this matter is not simple, it is very likely to be a test for you]
[Tang Taizong Li Shimin: The academic cliques monopolized the academies... This is no different from the aristocratic families]
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Ming Dynasty Hongwu 29th year
Liu Sanwu's heart, which had just been put at ease, became heavy again.
He is already 83 years old this year, and he only has a few years left. He will die next year...
Thinking of this, his standing body became a little shaky, and he was supported in time by the scholar standing next to him, so that no blood was splattered in front of the emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang, considering his old age, had him helped down to have a good rest.
Looking around at the ministers in front of me, there are people from Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Huguang... Tsk, there really are a lot of people from the south.
"The academic cliques... and they are monopolizing the academy! Do you think I am just a decoration or a blind man? Why do you still want to follow the aristocratic family's way!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's anger was chilling, and everyone pleaded guilty.
"I am old, and I have only a few years left, but that doesn't mean my temper has changed. Since you have forgotten, I will let you recall it!"
"They are disciples of the emperor, not your cliques for personal gain!"
"You guys who only care about your own interests and ignore the interests of the country deserve to be killed!"
The ministers below complained. They really didn’t think that His Majesty’s temper had improved, nor did they really think that His Majesty couldn’t hold a knife. What on earth had they done? How dare they test him? Aren’t they courting their own death!!!
Because the current Zhu Yuanzhang did not need to pave the way for the grandson, the balance in his mind for the next successor had already tilted towards Zhu Di. So the old Zhu was still the old Zhu without any change.
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The northern students were angry, cursing, and all kinds of voices mixed together.
"So, being born in the North is their fault?!"
"Why can they be so glorious while I am so miserable?"
"It's not fair, it's not fair!"
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