Chapter 374

Wei Hao rushed to the examination room of the scientific examination, at this moment, those candidates were divided into a large number of teams to line up to enter the venue, many or so Jin Wuwei troops were maintaining the scene, the imperial examination was presided over by the Ministry of Rites, the chief examiner was a squire of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Xiaogong was the main person in charge, at this moment, he was also standing on the high platform, watching those candidates enter.

"Uncle Wang, Uncle Wang!" Wei Hao stood below, and when he saw Li Xiaogong, he shouted.

"Yo, Shenyong, quick, come up!" Li Xiaogong saw Wei Hao, and immediately beckoned Wei Hao to go up with a smile, and Wei Hao went up to the high platform.

"It's still beautiful here, so many people are entering the venue one after another!" Wei Hao stood on top, looked at the people below, and said with a smile, there was a dense team below.

"More than 12,000 people, you see here, the temporary sheds are all prepared for those candidates, and they also prepare stoves, and at night, they have to make a fire in the examination shed." Li Xiaogong said with a smile. "This is the largest imperial examination, more than 10,000 people, and it is estimated that there will be more next year!" Wei Hao stood there and said a little proudly, this has its own merits.

"Next year, it is estimated that it will exceed 20,000, do you know how much the rent of those houses near the book building is? A single room costs 100 yuan a month, and three or four students live together, just to be able to go to the library to read books conveniently. That's a lot easier to make money! Li Xiaogong said to Wei Hao.

"That's good, there are still a lot of families in that area of Xicheng, and there is an extra income? It's also good! Wei Hao nodded and said? Then thought about it for a while? looked at Li Xiaogong and asked, "Uncle Wang, how many scholars are there in this imperial examination?" ”

"Your Majesty approved? 200 people? At most, 200 people, will be thrown into various departments at that time? Let them sit up first with the smallest officer? Top 20? You can directly grant the position of prefectural magistrate! Li Xiaogong said to Wei Hao.

"Take so much? These people are in luck! "Wei Hao, listen? Said very happily.

"Huh? The court now continues to have talents, especially the talents of the children of the poor family, only if a large number of children of the poor family are reserved, there will be no way for the family to do so when the time comes? So? Talent needs to be reserved? Your Majesty wants to spend five years? Reserve a thousand men for the court,

Originally, the population of Datang has increased a lot, and the number of officials also needs to increase? The other is that now many officials are old, and some want to return to their hometowns, and many positions will be vacated! So it's good to keep more talents, five years later, 50 people will be taken every year, and then the competition will be big! Li Xiaogong said to Wei Hao,

Wei Hao nodded, it is true, now Li Shimin urgently needs to cultivate a large number of children of the poor family, I am afraid that when the children of the family make trouble, there will be no one available in the court, but now the children of the family do not dare to make trouble, they also know that the trend is here, if they still mess around, the court will not be unavailable.

"The King of the River, the King of the River?" At this moment, the eunuch next to Li Shimin, Wang De, came over, and Li Xiaogong saw it and immediately trotted down to greet him.

"Princess, why are you here?" Li Xiaogong came to Wang De's side and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty said, in half an hour, I want to come here to inspect, I want to see the situation of the candidates, this year's scientific examination is the largest number of people since the establishment of my Datang, Your Majesty also wants to come and see the grand occasion!" Wang De said to Li Xiaogong.

"Oh, okay, half an hour, well, that's enough, those candidates have basically all entered the examination booth!" Li Xiaogong took a look at the queue behind him and found that it was already less than half, and it was estimated that the time was enough.

"Okay, the little one is here to inform you, you remember to arrange it here!" Wang De continued to Li Xiaogong, Li Xiaogong arched his hand,

Soon, Wang De left,

Wei Hao learned that Li Shimin was coming, so he prepared to leave.

"Where are you going? Wang De has seen you, and he will definitely tell His Majesty, are you still leaving? Li Xiaogong took Wei Hao's hand and said.

"Uncle Wang, I'm just here to see the fun!" Wei Hao looked at Li Xiaogong incomprehensibly, this has nothing to do with him.

"The old man knows, but you are here, the old man is also more down-to-earth, don't go, accompany the old man here, wait for His Majesty to enter the examination room, it is estimated that you can't bring too many guards, you kid is going to go, you are also a captain, the fight is still so powerful, you are here, the old man can rest assured!" Li Xiaogong stood there and said to Wei Hao.

"No, Uncle Wang, Your Majesty will definitely bring the lieutenant over, I am not on duty!" Wei Hao looked at Li Xiaogong in embarrassment and said, he didn't want to see Li Shimin, he was afraid of being fooled.

"It's okay, Your Majesty likes you, if you run away, what will Your Majesty do if I want someone? You just stay, you can't go, you don't have anything to do anyway! Li Xiaogong still refused,

Wei Hao had no choice but to sit on the high platform, looking at the candidates below, many of them were very young, of course, there were also those in their thirties and forties. Soon, all those candidates entered the examination room, Li Xiaogong told Wei Hao not to run, he had to go in and make arrangements, so that the people inside could prepare,

And at this moment, the exam papers are also being distributed, after all, there are more than 50 subjects, so the content of the candidates' exams is not the same, but they are all regulations, within three days, those exam questions must be completed, and the papers can be handed in after three days, and it is not possible to submit the papers in advance. If you can't write it, you can just sleep in the exam room.

Li Xiaogong inspected inside and found that there was no big problem, so he came out of the examination room, and after a while, Li Shimin's driving was outside the examination room.

"Yo ho, you kid didn't run?" Li Shimin came down and saw Wei Hao, and immediately asked with a smile.

"Uncle Wang didn't let me, I originally wanted to run!" Wei Hao said to Li Shimin depressedly.

"You're embarrassed to run, I've been surrounded by those ministers every day these days, just because of you, you have no conscience, and you dare to run?" Li Shimin pointed at Wei Hao and said.

"Father, weren't you surrounded by ministers one day?" Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin helplessly and said, thinking in his heart, he wanted to slander himself again.

"Hmph, rabbit cub, they are staring at me every day, let me make a holy decree, let you hand over the workshop, it's annoying!" Li Shimin looked at Wei Hao and said, Wei Hao smiled, Li Shimin then looked at Li Xiaogong and said, "All in?" ”

"I'm in, and now the exam has begun, and this time there are more than 12,000 candidates, of which about half of the candidates are from poor families! Very good! Li Xiaogong immediately arched his hand and said.

"Oh, that's good, that's good? There are half, then there are six thousand, well, good! Li Shimin was very satisfied at the moment, and walked forward with his hands behind his back, and Li Xiaogong also followed.

And Wei Hao stood there still, watching Li Shimin and them pass, Li Shimin arrived at the gate of the examination room, and said: "Shen Yong, Chongyi, Chu Liang, you three accompany me in, well, what about Shen Yong?" ”

Li Shimin turned his head and didn't find Wei Hao, so he asked, and then saw Wei Hao standing in the place where he had just greeted him, Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao,

Li Xiaogong hurriedly beckoned to Wei Hao, and Wei Hao ran over.

"What do you mean? Do you want your father to invite you to come? Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and asked.

"No, father, this is an important place for exams, and the sons dare not enter without an order!" Wei Hao immediately said with a smile.

"Take your saber and accompany my father in to have a look!" Li Shimin said to Wei Hao,

When Wei Hao heard it, he immediately beckoned his own soldiers, and the soldiers immediately sent their own sabers, and Wei Hao took his saber and accompanied Li Shimin to go inside.

After arriving inside, Wei Hao also saw the ancient scientific examination for the first time, the candidates in it were a small single room, surrounded on three sides, and one side was open, which was convenient for the officials to check, Li Shimin just went to see those students answering with his back hand, Wei Hao also looked at it, and found that their calligraphy was written very beautifully.

Wei Hao accompanied Li Shimin to watch all the time, but he couldn't see anything, and after turning around, Li Shimin also went to the place where the examiner rested.

"It's really good, more than 10,000 candidates, this is a talent reserved by the state, and these people can be used for big tasks." Li Shimin sat there and said with emotion.

"Father, in fact, the sons have something to say!" Wei Hao thought about it for a moment and spoke.

"Well, say!" Li Shimin said happily.

"More than 10,000 people come to the capital to catch the exam, in fact, it is a waste of manpower and material resources, and for the candidates, it is also a huge pressure, living in the vicinity of Chang'an City is good, if it is a student living in the south, it is not easy for them to come to a trip,

Moreover, the court does not have much reward for scholars, that is to say, if you are admitted, you can be an official, but those who are not admitted will have no benefit at all, so that many children of poor families will not see any hope, they can read or not, and in the end, there will still be not many children who can study, so in the imperial examination, there are still things that can be changed! Wei Hao stood there, looked at Li Shimin and said.

"Oh, let's hear it!" When Li Shimin heard it, he didn't refute it, he wanted to hear what Wei Hao had to say.

"Father, in fact, it can be divided into three layers, one is the township examination, that is, each state capital organizes its own student examinations, and each exam goes to a fixed proportion of students, called Xiucai, if Xiucai, they can give benefits, they are considered to be scholars recognized by the court, and they can give some benefits,

For example, if you don't worship officials, you can give a certain amount of money and food every month, and you can also be tax-free, for example, their family's farmland is completely tax-free and exempt from labor!

Xiucai, you can go to the capital to take the exam, and you can become an official in the exam, and you can be an official, but you can also not be an official, and the court will give more rewards.

And after passing the examination, you can participate in the palace examination, that is, Your Majesty, you personally take the exam, and those who pass it are called Jinshi, and if you are a Jinshi, the court will confer officials.

Moreover, what Erchen means is that the scientific examination is once every three years, for example, now the test here is to lift people, then they need to determine the list before last year to take the Xiucai test, and report to Chang'an, as long as it is Xiucai, you can come to the test, and if you win the lift, you need to participate in the palace examination.

Stipulate the number of times each candidate participates in the palace examination, such as three times, after taking the palace examination three times, if you have not passed the examination, then you cannot take the examination, and after the palace examination is successful, it is a jinshi! Wei Hao said that his thoughts on the scientific examination, these ideas have the same and different places as the imperial examinations of later generations, anyway, Wei Hao is according to his own understanding of the imperial examinations.

"Well, what you said makes sense, so many people come to the capital to take the exam, it is indeed a bit of a waste of money and labor! And for the children of the poor, it is also a pressure! Li Shimin heard it, nodded and said.

"Yes, more than 10,000 people eat and drink, but they need a lot of money, and Your Majesty also needs to pay attention to those candidates, you can't say, it's just the glory of being admitted, and those who are not admitted also need encouragement, so that more people can be inspired to study!" Wei Hao stood there and arched his hand and said,

Li Shimin nodded, and then asked Wei Hao, "The three exams are all once every three years?" ”

"Yes, the three exams are once every three years, in addition, the selection of talents, Erchen means according to the local population, for example, Chang'an has 500,000 people, then Chang'an needs to take 200 Xiucai each time,

And others, such as Huazhou, Huazhou has a small population, only less than 100,000 people, so there are only 40 people who take the show, and after the show is passed, the national show will come to Chang'an to take the test.

For example, in an exam, 500 people are selected, and then the current and previous people can take the exam in the palace, only the policy of governing the country, and test those students for the governance of the Tang Dynasty.

In addition, for the imperial examination, Erchen has some opinions, that is, there are too many subjects in the examination, I heard that there are more than 50 kinds of subjects? Wei Hao said and looked at Li Xiaogong and asked, Li Xiaogong heard it and nodded.

"Well, what do you think?" Li Shimin stared at Wei Hao and asked.

"Erchen believes that it would be good to divide it into five or six kinds, and the subjects need to be re-planned, such as taking the Four Books and Five Classics as one subject, taking the arithmetic as one subject, taking the Gewu as one subject, and taking the Tang Law as one subject.

In addition, the ministers of other subjects do not know, and the division of these subjects can also select qualified talents for the court, such as those who take the arithmetic test, they can go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry and other departments, after all, each department needs such talents, and those who take the examination of things go to the workshop of the court, as well as the Ministry of Industry.

Those who take the Tang law can go to the Criminal Department, Dali Temple to serve, and the counties in various places are also okay, so that the court can get better talents! Wei Hao continued to say his thoughts to Li Shimin.

"Well, this is good, I also think that there are too many subjects, Shen Yong, you write your ideas into a recital, send it to the palace, and I will let those ministers discuss it together!" Li Shimin heard it and said to Wei Hao.

"Yes, Father!" Wei Hao heard it and said with his hand.

"Well, let's go, we'll go back too, don't bother here!" Li Shimin stood up as he spoke, and then prepared to go back, when he went back, he didn't forget to tell Wei Hao to write this recital, Wei Hao nodded,

After leaving the examination room, Li Xiaogong also entered, Li Shimin stood there with his hands behind his back, and asked Li Chongyi to leave first, leaving Wei Hao.

"Shen Yong, when are you going to sell the shares of that workshop?" Li Shimin asked Wei Hao.

"Erchen still wants to go to the palace to ask you, Erchen's idea is that now he needs to post an announcement, originally yesterday Erchen wanted to post it, the imperial examination under consideration is a major event in the court, and it shouldn't steal their limelight,

So what Erchen means, wait for the end of the imperial examination, and then announce it, within 10 days, they can all go to register, the registration fee is a penny per person, Erchen is worried that someone will sign up randomly, in addition, so many people work, they also need to be paid, 10 days later, prepare to draw lots, after the lottery, pay the money within three days, and do not pay the money within three days, indicating that the other party has given up, we can sell it again! Father, do you think this is okay? Wei Hao stood beside Li Shimin and reported.

"Okay, then after the scientific examination, you will post an announcement to go out, I estimate that there will be a lot of people to sign up, and you must be ready when the time comes!" Li Shimin said to Wei Hao.

"Erchen knows, so Erchen did it?" Wei Hao looked at Li Shimin and continued to ask.

"Well, go for it, this matter was originally decided by you, you just do it according to your own will, and the father will not interfere!" Li Shimin nodded again and said,

Soon, Li Shimin went back, and Wei Hao also went back, and as soon as he got home, he saw Li Lizhen and Li Siyuan drinking tea in their conservatory.

"Yo, two daughters-in-law, why are you willing to come to see me?" Wei Hao went in very happily and asked them a little hehe.

"Hmph, shameless, went to see the scientific expedition?" Li Lizhen asked Wei Hao.

"Well, I talked to my father for a while, and I have something to do today?" Wei Hao asked with a smile.

"Yes, we want to buy shares in the workshop, we still have the money!" Li Lizhi said directly.

"Forget it, there's really no need, each of our workshops will have 1,000 shares! At that time, it will also be handed over to you to manage, what do you buy to do, now I am worried, according to the regulations, if all those shares are sold this time, our family will have to earn more than 200,000 yuan, eh, how can this money be spent? Wei Hao sighed as he spoke, there is no reason to give this money to the royal family.

"Ah, so many?" Li Siyuan looked at Wei Hao in shock and said.

"How did you get so much?" Li Lizhen also stared at Wei Hao in surprise and asked.

"What's the way, I also want to take 20% of those workshops, and now that they're sold, I have my share, you say, more than 200,000 yuan, what can I do? How can I spend this money, buy a house or something, forget it, I don't need it, I have everything at home, and I suddenly feel, it's so boring, so much money! Wei Hao sat there and sighed again,

Li Lizhen and Li Siyuan looked at each other, and then fought around Wei Hao, he had never seen such a pretending to be a person, with so much money, he was still worried.

The three of them quarreled for a while, Wei Hao sat there, and said seriously: "Seriously, how should this money be spent, give advice to the husband?" ”