Chapter 224: Imperial Examination Reform
A month after the Hui'an Prefecture was conquered, it was already November, and the weather was getting colder.
Hui'an House.
Because of the victory in several battles, the situation in Hui'an Mansion has been greatly improved, Yu Xun and Ji Yan are hurrying to control Muzhou, Wu Yueguo did not immediately send troops to recapture Muzhou, although I don't know what the reason is, but this is a rare and precious time for Hui'an Mansion.
The Tang army in the north and south has now withdrawn from the territory of Hui'an Mansion, and the Ning State Army in the west is preparing for the Tang army, and it is unable to attack Hui'an Mansion again, but Qin Quan took the opportunity to rob a lot of people.
After more than two months of turmoil, Hui'an has finally restored precious peace.
During this time, the people of Hui'an Mansion, who always had a sad look on their faces, finally relaxed, and did not have to worry about their lives being ruined by the war. After this war, their sense of belonging to Hui'an Mansion has also become stronger.
The commerce in the city has also been revitalized again, and the merchants who did not dare to come to Hui'an Mansion for fear of war no longer have any worries.
Jiedu House.
After the Tang army in the north retreated, Lu Yuan saw an opportunity, and the time to reform Hui'an Mansion finally came.
His prestige in Hui'an Mansion was already very high, and with this war, his prestige has risen to the extreme, and if he wants to reform, now is the best opportunity.
At present, he has not yet formed a power group under his command, but if this goes on for a long time, when his power grows bigger and bigger, the power group will inevitably form and become an obstacle to reform.
Although as long as he is there, the reform can still be carried out in the future, but it is likely that many people will need to be killed before they can be forced, including many of the subordinates who are trusted now.
And now is the best time, the territory is not big or small, and the external is also temporarily stable, which is just the right time to stabilize the foundation and lay a solid foundation for the future hegemony of the world.
So what about the current reforms, starting from everywhere? Lu Yuan knows very well that the foundation of the country's strength lies in the people, and if he wants to establish a strong political power, then the focus should be on the people.
The most important thing for the ancient people was land, so Lu Yuan decided to implement land reform.
The Tang Dynasty's uniform field system was actually a very perfect field system, dividing the land according to the head, so that everyone had land to plant, and it was also this system that created a prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty.
However, in the later period, due to serious land annexation, the public land of the imperial court became less and less, and most of the fields were sold at low prices by the poor people and annexed by the rich.
The people were displaced and had no land to plant, so they were forced to rebel, and then in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, the problem of land was always a hurdle that could not be bypassed, and the land annexation was serious, as if it had become a signal of the demise of a dynasty.
The system was constantly improved, and the land rental system of later generations evolved step by step.
The greatest advantage of this system is that the land will always belong to the state, and the people cannot sell it if they want to, thus cutting off the possibility of land annexation by the rich.
Although Lu Yuan can't guarantee that this system will work forever, it is at least better than all the previous Tian Zheng, and maybe there will be a better system in the future, but this is not something to worry about now.
In order to implement rent regulation, the first is that all the land in Hui'an Prefecture needs to be taken into public ownership, which will inevitably make some rich people in the city dissatisfied, but this is unavoidable, reform will always be accompanied by obstacles, and those with vested interests will never easily give up their own interests.
That's why now is the best time, with Lu Yuan's current prestige, these rich people are just dissatisfied, and they don't even dare to say it outside.
However, Lu Yuan will not take their fields for nothing, and a certain amount of compensation is still required, otherwise when he attacks other states and counties in the future, the powerful gentry there are afraid of losing their fields, and they will unite to rebel against themselves, so that they will have some resistance, and this situation must be prevented.
In terms of compensation, the subordinate officials can slowly negotiate and come up with a proper method of appeasement.
With the land lease system as the foundation, the next thing to consider is education and personnel selection, but the current financial focus needs to be on the military, so it is not possible to build more schools immediately.
However, as long as commerce and agriculture can develop steadily, sooner or later they will have money in their hands, and then they can try to establish village schools, at first several villages to build one, and then slowly increase according to the situation, after all, the ancient productive forces were insufficient, and the development of education needed to be done within one's means.
As for the selection of talents, it is natural that the imperial examination has been reformed, when Zhang Dezhong proposed the imperial examination, the external pressure was huge, and Lu Yuan did not intend to reform the imperial examination, but only wanted to quickly get some talents and supplement them to the Hui'an government system.
However, now that the external hidden dangers have been temporarily lifted, the reform of the imperial examination can also be carried out.
Thinking of the imperial examination, Lu Yuan remembered one thing, in history, the Song Dynasty had stipulated that officials were not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.
Among the previous dynasties, the Song Dynasty's scholar group was the largest, and there were many of them, most of whom were holding false titles, eating imperial grain, and doing nothing.
In order to feed this batch of parasites, the Song Dynasty's financial income was very high, several times that of the Tang Dynasty, and the people's lives were under great pressure.
In order to protect their own interests, these scholars and doctors continued to solidify the class, and it was under their advice that the system of Xu officials not being able to participate in the imperial examination was born, which also led to the fact that Xu officials could only pursue money, and they also stood in opposition to the common people.
In this way, the three classes of officials, officials, and the people were formed.
From here, we can see the impact of the imperial examination on the country, a small imperial examination policy, the country has formed a huge change, so the imperial examination reform must be cautious.
As a modern person, Lu Yuan knows very well that classes can never be eliminated, and what he has to do is to weaken the class, blur the line between officials and officials, and blur the line between officials and the people.
Therefore, the first thing he wanted to change in the imperial examination was to find a way to eliminate the line between officials, and most of the previous admissions of officials were admitted by the local government itself, and it was just reported after admission.
This is also where the gap between officials and officials lies, everyone chooses different methods, and people naturally look down on you.
Therefore, Lu Yuan decided to expand the scale of the imperial examination, and unified the selection of officials into the imperial examination, and those who were good in the examination became officials, and those who were poor in the examination became officials, so that everyone was out of the examination, and the difference was not so big.
In addition to the reform among officials, the content of the imperial examination also needed to be revised.
During the Five Dynasties period, there were many state powers, and each country would hold its own imperial examinations, but basically they all followed the template of the Tang Dynasty, and there were three examinations, namely: Four Books and Five Classics, Policy Questions, and Poetry.
However, if the content is changed too much at one time, Lu Yuan is worried that he will be resisted by all the readers, so he is only ready to revise two items.
First, in addition to the examination of poetry, mathematics and physics should be added to the third stage of the imperial examination.
Second, women are allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.
The first can make the people pay more attention to practical learning, and the second can increase the status of women.
In this way, Lu Yuan wrote down his reform measures one after another, looking at the full piece of paper, he felt a little apprehensive and a little expectant.
Since the matter of opening the department was first proposed by Zhang Dezhong, Lu Yuan decided to hand it over to him to be responsible, thinking of this, he immediately got up and went to Shao Yin Ya.
In the lobby of the Yanei, Lu Yuan waved his hand to the officials who greeted him and said, "You don't have to be polite." ”
Zhang Dezhong said: "The festival marshal came over in person, but do you have anything to explain?" ”
Lu Yuan bowed slightly: "Yes, regarding the imperial examination mentioned by Zhang Shaoyin before, I think I can prepare now, and I plan to hand over this task to you." ”
Zhang Dezhong said: "Don't worry, the old man will definitely handle this matter, I don't know how many people will be admitted this time?" ”
"How many officials and officials are we lacking now?" Lu Yuan asked.
Zhang Dezhong was shocked, why did the marshal ask the officials? However, he still replied: "There is a shortage of about fifty officials, and there should be more than two hundred officials." ”
Lu Yuan nodded and said: "Then three hundred people will be admitted this time, and I hope that among the three examinations of the imperial examination, the third one will account for half of poetry and mathematics, and women can also participate in this imperial examination." ”
Zhang Dezhong became more and more surprised in his heart, and said: "Jieshuai, only the students of Hui'an Mansion and Muzhou who will come to participate in the imperial examination may be the only ones, if so many people are recruited, the admission standards must be greatly reduced." ”
"Then lower the admission standards!" Lu Yuan said solemnly: "Please leave this matter to the old gentleman." ”
Zhang Dezhong arched his hand and said: "The old man will definitely handle this matter." ”
Lu Yuan smiled and nodded, turned around and left Shao Yin Ya.
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