In a big way, the imperial examination system is indeed a good thing for him.

But on the other hand, he's actually a bad thing.

For Hanmen, this is more than just an upward channel.

Under Wang Buxing's drastic reform, the county school actually has a certain professional trend.

In the imperial examinations in history, the content of the examination was not only about the people but also those things, but in the later stage, if you want to be a big official, you must be proficient in these things.

It can even be said that by the later stage of the imperial examination, the meaning of the imperial examination itself had changed.

He went from being a single-minded elector for the country to being a chooser while also adding the idea of partial enslavement.

And after Wang Buxing's reforms, you can also see that you have joined the idea of partial enslavement, but at the same time, it also provides a different life path for those common people.

Maybe the world can't see it clearly now, but when the Han Dynasty develops to a certain extent, this advantage will be brought into play.

Although the county school belongs to secondary education, at this stage, this level of education is completely sufficient.

Even if they can't enter Luoyang Academy, they can still rely on what they have learned to become merchants' bookkeepers, or engage in other management and clerical work.

In other words, even if you fail the college entrance exam, you have a skill that you can make a living from.

Even if you are not proficient at this stage, as long as you can put down your body to learn and explore, a few years of experience accumulation can make you handy.

If there are more talents, the business will naturally be better, and the more you earn, the higher the salary.

So all in all, that's a good thing.

But look at this matter from another angle, for example, Fan Jinzhongju, although this is a fictional story.

But in the long river of history, there are not a few things like Fan Jinzhongju.

And those who have spent a lot of energy and financial resources to study, the lifelong dream is to be able to win a fame, so that they can get out of the poor and become a real scholar.

It doesn't matter if it's for vanity, or if it's unwilling.

But for the country, for the family, what is the point of such an imperial examination?

Let's take Fan Jinzhong as an example, Fan Jin was admitted to Xiucai at the age of fifty-four, and then because of the death of his mother, Ding Wei was worried for three years, and then he was admitted to Jinshi, which is fifty-seven years old.

From a realistic point of view, a fifty-seven-year-old jinshi, what do I want you to do?

That is, there was no retirement age limit in ancient times, but even if there is no age limit, officials of the same age as you, not to mention becoming a three-level official, at least someone has become a scholar, right?

Therefore, people of this age, even if they are admitted to the Jinshi, from the national level, there is no training value.

Therefore, there is a high probability that you will be arranged to an idle department, so that you can spend a few years as an official, and then go home to retire.

What's the point of saying it other than saying it nicely?

If you occupy a place, there will be one less place for young people, and the country will have one less opportunity to train young people.

Again, what does it mean for your family?

Even if you start studying at the age of fifteen and become a jinshi at the age of fifty-seven, this is forty-two years, and during these forty-two years, you need your family to provide you with food and drink.

It is precisely this year that raising a scholar can empty a family, and even if you know how to save, your family situation will not be much better.

Of course, there will be late bloomers, but how many such people are there in the past two thousand years?

Is it just to wait for these few late-bloomers, so that countless families will suffer?

This was not Wang Buxing's original intention to conduct the imperial examination, nor was it his original intention to engage in education.

Although he is thirsty for talent, he has not yet reached the point of hunger, and it is not that he wants anything virtuous.

"The county school only enrolls children between the ages of six and nine, the county school only enrolls children under the age of thirteen, and the Luoyang Academy only enrolls children under the age of eighteen. Wang Bu Hungry directly circled an age range.

It's not scientific, and for some, it's not fair.

But how can there be so many fair things in this world?

It may not be a fair decision for them, but for their families, isn't it a relief?

Theoretically, the youngest student in the county school is nine years old, the youngest in Luoyang Academy is fourteen years old, and the youngest in the imperial examination is nineteen years old, and can participate in the imperial examination up to six times.

Wang is not hungry and does not play any way of doing it once every three years, although history proves that it is very scientific to do so, because it takes into account the ancient traffic.

But there are always exceptions to everything, and only the students of Luoyang Academy can sign up for the imperial examination, and other academies may be set up in the future.

But that's the way it is in the general direction, so it's easier to do it once a year.

Moreover, even if you pass the imperial examination, you still have to visit the ministry for two years first, and then make the next arrangements according to the situation of the visit.

And what about the oldest?

At the age of nine, he entered the county school, at the age of twelve, at the age of seventeen, he entered the Luoyang Academy, and at the age of twenty-two, he was able to take the imperial examination.

However, according to the prior age division, even if you are admitted at the age of nine, you are actually enrolled at the age of ten, that is, you enter the county school at the age of fourteen, enter the Luoyang Academy at the age of nineteen, participate in the imperial examination at the age of twenty-four, and then come again at the age of twenty-five.

One step slow, one step at a time.

This account may be a little difficult for other people, but it is very easy to pick the cang.

Secretly compared a six to the bigwigs, and then a two, the meaning is obvious, at most six times, at least two.

This gap is still very large.

"Your Majesty, you might as well allow candidates over the age of twenty-five to take the exam again, after all, they have worked hard for so many years, and it would be a pity if they didn't even have a chance to take the exam......" Xiao He thought about it, but he was still a little unbearable.

"I'm already wide enough at this age, if I have real materials, I can pass the exam once, even if I fail to pass the exam twice, what can I do? The people who went out of Luoyang Academy, they still have to go crazy outside? Wang Bu was hungry and looked at Xiao He, looked at the people who were also puzzled, and shook his head helplessly: "From the moment they entered Luoyang Academy, it was destined that their fate had been changed!" ”

"You also sacrifice your own situation to think about how much energy and financial resources it takes for a family with four walls to support a student to graduate from the academy?"

"Naturally, people like you don't care, even if they come to ten more, they can raise them, but they are different, every year of study, the family will be squeezed by them for a year."

"Besides, being an official is not just their only way out."

"Businessmen must like to recruit them, even if they don't want to do business, the county schools in each county will be happy to invite them back to teach, even if the county school can't get in, they can go to the county school."

"For a student who comes from a farming family, isn't it enough to meet the aspirations of most people if they can earn an income and be respected?"

There is an upper limit to the number of officials that the state needs, and it is impossible to say how many scholars I can accept as many officials.

Moreover, under the current system, the government is operating normally, and it is not suitable for drastic and comprehensive reform.

The intention of the imperial examination is to gradually place these systematically educated talents in batches in various positions through small batch admissions year by year.

It will take a generation to completely complete the replacement of officials.

Sometimes you need to take strong medicine, but sometimes you have to boil the frog in warm water, which is still very clear that the king is not hungry.

As for whether the replaced official is a descendant of a poor family or a powerful person, it doesn't matter to the imperial court, the important thing is that these people have received systematic education, and their thinking has changed compared to before, so they can keep up with the trend of the times.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have gone astray...... Chen Ping apologized directly to Wang Buxing.

"Chen Xiang......" Xiao He looked at Chen Ping with some surprise, although what His Majesty said was very reasonable, but once this decision was made, it would hit countless families who wanted to study.

"What if I don't pass the exam?"

"Isn't it in vain after so many years of investment?"

Xiao He originally wanted to discuss with Chen Ping privately how to persuade the emperor, but Chen Ping defected on the spot?

You are Shangshu Ling, and the implementation of the policies of the imperial court is a matter for your Shangshu Province.

And the imperial examination is helpful for Shangshu Province......

"Xiao Xiang, it is precisely because it is the ordinary people who have the greatest impact that we say that we have gone astray!" Chen Ping said slowly.

"Compared to you and me, these consumption are indifferent, but for ordinary people, this consumption is unsustainable."

"And the current three-level system of county school, county school, and Luoyang Academy is actually a complete elimination system, for ordinary people, if it is not for this material, it is a good thing to be eliminated earlier, so as not to invest more and eventually it will be a bamboo basket for water."

"But from another point of view, a family supports a child to go to the county school, even if he is not admitted to the county school in the end, he is just delayed for three or four years, and he can help the family do some heavy work after he comes out."

"Anyway, at least these people have been educated by the county school, and they teach their younger brothers or children in advance when they have nothing to do at home, and when they are old, is there a greater chance of learning through the county?"

"And if they have accepted some of the knowledge learned by the county in advance, can they learn more firmly? Is there a better chance of being admitted to the county school? ”

"After the county learns, basically there is a skill!"

"We only saw that His Majesty limited the age to under twenty-five years old and felt unfair to some people, but we didn't see it, in fact, for everyone, this is the fairest, we didn't see the real intention of this move, in fact, we can't bear to see the people's years of hard work ruined."

In the end, Chen Ping even sighed with some emotion, looked at everyone, and said: "For those of us, it is easy for future generations to be admitted to Luoyang Academy, but for them, it is not like this......"