The cold wind has not completely left Chang'an City, and the spring of the scholars has already arrived.

The annual Spring Festival will officially start today.

Nearly a decade has passed since the reform of the imperial examination, and various systems have become more and more perfect.

Although it has not yet reached the peak state of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is much better than the early years of Zhenguan.

"Huaiying, I believe that you will definitely be able to bring back the title of the first champion of Jinshi Department to Guanshishan Academy, and give the stone tablet at the gate of the academy an additional dazzling name."

At the gate of Guanshishan Academy, a group of students prepared to set off to the Gongyuan to participate in the imperial examination.

This imperial examination is even more important than the college entrance examination in later generations.

Therefore, as soon as the sky was bright, the entrance of the academy was full of various crowds of people seeing them off.

Many of these people had families in Chang'an City, and in order to appear at the gate of Guanshishan Academy before the city gate opened, they lived in the Homeinn next to Guanshishan Academy at least a day in advance.

Originally, the Chai family was secretly surprised when they saw that Homeinn had opened a branch next to Guanshishan Academy, and felt that the business of Homeinn would definitely not be good.

Who knew that was not the case at all.

Although it is not like the university in later generations, there are various small inns that are occupied by various couples on weekends.

This branch of Homeinn attracts a lot of tourists every day because of the nearby opera house and Guanshishan Academy, and people from all over the world are willing to visit this neighborhood, so the business is not bad.

"Thank you, senior brother, I will work hard not to embarrass the master."

Di Renjie looked around on tiptoe, but he didn't see Li Kuan's shadow, and was a little disappointed.

However, Liu Yuan and Lu Zhaolin both came, and he had no choice but to talk to them.

"Hee-hee, are you looking around?"

At this moment, his son and Fang Yiyu came out from Di Renjie's side.

is talented and beautiful, and the relationship between his son and Di Renjie is far closer than that of ordinary people.

Li Kuan was also happy to see Di Renjie marry a princess who was deeply favored by Li Shimin.

After all, the concubine of the Tang Dynasty is not like a pit father like the Ming Dynasty.

"Princess Jinyang, why are you here? So early, the city gates haven't been opened yet? ”

Di Renjie was taken aback, and looked at his son with some surprise.

"Ahem! Di Dacai, you are treating my Fang Yiyu as air. ”

Fang Yiyu is also a frequent visitor to the Chu Palace, and he is also very familiar with Di Renjie and his gang.

In addition, she is a good friend of her son, so she knows more about some things, and she speaks more unscrupulously.

If Fang Xuanling saw his daughter's appearance, he would probably be depressed.

"I stayed in the second brother's mansion with Yiyu last night and didn't go back to the city; No, this is the dim sum that I asked the chef in my second brother's house to prepare for you, you can bring it. ”

The son didn't talk to Di Renjie about the imperial examination, but was more concerned about his eating and drinking.

After all, in the eyes of the son, it doesn't matter much if he is not in the middle.

What Di Renjie's level is, people who know him know it.

"Thank you, princess, the academy has prepared food for everyone."

Son: ......

If Li Kuan was here, he would probably be depressed that he had such a disciple like a straight man of steel.

It is no wonder that the relationship between the son-in-law and Di Renjie has always been at the point of not having a full lovers.

"I said Di Renjie, you are treating your son's kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, hurry up and take it."

Fang Yiyu grabbed the package directly from his son's hand and stuffed it directly into Di Renjie's arms.

"That'...... Thank you Princess Jinyang! ”

Di Renjie suddenly felt that his head was a little big.

Compared with the imperial examination, how to get along with girls is more of a headache.

……

The palace of the king of Chu.

"Lord Wang, don't you really want to take a look? Today is Huaiying's first time participating in the imperial examination? ”

Cheng Jingwen sat on the stool and combed her hair while looking at Li Kuan, who was still lying on the bed and couldn't get up.

"No, there are a lot of students participating in the imperial examination in the academy this year, and I have never sent them off in the past few years, if I suddenly run over today, maybe it will make them feel too much pressure."

Li Kuan made an excuse for his laziness.

It's cold, but it's still comfortable in the bed.

"Now that so many academies have popped up in Chang'an City all at once, will the difficulty of the imperial examination become even greater in the future?"

"It's inevitable that it will become more difficult. However, the imperial court may consider appropriately increasing the number of scholars in the imperial examination. Although the number of academies has increased a lot, the number of students in a short period of time is relatively limited, and many students are not heading for the imperial examination, and there is no need for all academies to serve the imperial examination. In addition to being officials, the students of the academy still have a lot to go. ”

Ninety-nine percent of the eight or nine million college students who have gone on to graduate school have not entered the civil service.

Although today's Datang has no way to compare with later generations, the demand for talented and skilled personnel in various workshops is actually very large.

In addition, Li Kuan persuaded Li Shimin to support the Xu officials of various state capitals to be included in the system of court officials, so as to better improve the central government's ability to control the localities.

"The greater the number of scholars in the imperial examination, the greater the backlash of the Maison. In particular, when they find that the number of officials who have come from the imperial examination in the DPRK and China is increasing, it is likely that some measures will be taken to sabotage the imperial examination. ”

Cheng Jingwen's talent is not necessarily much worse than Wu Meiniang's, although she is usually very low-key, she still has her own opinions on some things.

"In recent years, although more and more Jinshi in the imperial examination have been awarded official positions by the Ministry of Officials, I have seen the relevant analysis data, and most of the Jinshi in the Zhongju are actually children of the family. They must also see this phenomenon in their eyes. ”

Whatever the approach, the children of the family are born with some advantages.

Li Kuan did not expect to change this situation one day.

"Lord Wang, do you mean that the imperial examination has not changed the situation in which the nobles of the family monopolize official positions at all levels?"

Cheng Jingwen was confused by Li Kuan's words.

If this is really the case, then what is Li Kuan's vigorous promotion of the construction of the academy for?

"For a short time, it looked like this. But once everyone got used to this way of taking scholars, the ordinary people who took place provided a way to rise. In recent years, the number of Mongolian schools and primary schools has actually increased very rapidly. Many children of craftsmen and farmers had the opportunity to enroll, and gradually the number of children of craftsmen and farmers in each academy increased. Quantitative changes cause qualitative changes, and the number of children of the noble family is a minority after all. In time, the personnel of the Jinshi in the Tang Imperial Examination will definitely be mainly the children of the poor and the ordinary people. ”

Although the children of the noble family received a better education from an early age, the average is much better than that of ordinary people.

But among the 1,000 children of the family, even if they can generally be promoted to the Jinshi, there are only 500 people.

However, among the 10,000 children of ordinary people, even if only one percent can be promoted to the Jinshi, the number will be 1,000.

With the change of time, this difference in cardinality will slowly become apparent.

"Lord Wang, if you play such a big game of chess, they can't feel it at all, right?"

Cheng Jingwen is actually quite satisfied with her current life, and she doesn't want to see the scene where Li Kuan is the enemy of the world's family.