Song Lian stroked his beard and asked, "Your Highness, but you want to hire more students from the north?" ”

Zhu Biao has nothing to hide from his husband: "The north has just been pacified, the style of writing has not yet changed, I am afraid that there is a lack of scripture and righteousness, and it is impossible to catch up with the south in the last ten or twenty years, so there will be fewer and fewer northern officials in the court in the future." ”

Song Lian nodded and said: "But if you are not careful in the imperial examination, you will be easily attacked by the scholars of the world, and Your Highness must be cautious." ”

Zhu Biao nodded slowly and said, "Of course, it is fair to take the head of the imperial examination." However, some questions also have to be considered, whether Master Song can do two sets of exam questions, one for the main scriptures and one for the main test strategy, and then choose the best from the two sets of exam questions. ”

Song Lian frowned and thought about the pros and cons of this method, the southern scholars read more scriptures, and the northern scholars must have a better understanding of current affairs in the end of the war, so they can choose the best from the two sides.

Moreover, the main content of the imperial examination is not static, just like the Tang Dynasty examination emphasizes poetry, "the second time of promotion, every poetry is the first" so that some people in the Song Dynasty believe that the reason why the Tang Dynasty people write poetry so well is that they are trained by the imperial examination

Or ask: Why is Tang poetry better than my dynasty? Tang Dynasty is a scholar with poetry, so he has a lot of specialized learning, and the reason why my dynasty is not as good as it. ”

In the Song Dynasty, it began to gradually abandon the poetry endowment, Wang Anshi once said to the Song Shenzong: "Today, when I was young and strong, I should pay attention to the righteousness of the world, but I learned to write poetry behind closed doors, and I entered the official position, and I did not learn anything in the world. ”

In the Song Dynasty, the main examination of the scriptures and theories of the scriptures and theories began to be examined, and in the Ming Dynasty, the scriptures and meanings of the main examination evolved into the examination of the eight strands of literature, which was seriously rigid from the external stylistic form to the internal thought.

The trial policy is actually similar to the "argument" in today's civil service examination, which is generally the examiner who asks specific questions about current affairs and allows candidates to express their opinions, so it is also called "policy questioning", and the candidate's answer is called "countermeasures". The countermeasures are usually written in 1,000 words, but there are also countermeasures that are written in tens of thousands of words.

For Zhu Biao, a scholar who has read through the Four Books and Five Classics is of little use to him, what he needs is someone who can solve current affairs, has an understanding of the current national conditions and has certain ideas, and can assist him in revitalizing the Ming Dynasty.

Song Lian is not that kind of corrupt Confucian, and naturally he knows that those who read through the scriptures are not necessarily the talents needed by the imperial court, but the emperor has signaled that he should be the main examiner of the scriptures and righteousness, and let those scholars talk less about the government affairs of the country.

Song Lian arched his hand at Zhu Biao and said: "There is no holy will to change the imperial examination questions, and what the old minister said does not count, the holy meaning is the scriptures and righteousness of the main examination students, and it is best to test the content of the four books and five classics." ”

Zhu Biao's brows tightened, although the eight-strand text has not officially started, there are already signs, this is not good, there are too few talents who can come out under the eight-strand.

Zhu Biao said to Song Lian: "I'm going to see my father, and I am sure to persuade my father, now it's not far from the imperial examination, please Song Shi pick some current things, such as how to deal with it if you want to move the people on a large scale." ”

Song Lian looked at Zhu Biao and said softly: "Your Highness instructed the old minister to obey himself, but whether it is easy to anger the saint when His Royal Highness comes forward in this matter, it is better to let the old minister write a note, and then bring it by His Royal Highness, if the saint has a thunderous wrath, it will also fall on the old minister." ”

Zhu Biao got up and said, "Master Song, don't worry, I have my own measure." ”

Then Zhu Biao got up and went to the imperial study, presumably at this time Zhu Yuanzhang was still competing with a thick stack of chapters, at this time it was already too late, Liu Jin followed behind Zhu Biao and said: "Master, you have been busy here for a long time, you are here to rest, the slave maid will go to the imperial dining room to get some food." ”

Zhu Biao shook his head, and then he had the heart to look at the group of people behind him, the eunuchs and guards were okay, those palace maids were a little floating when they walked, they were all fifteen or sixteen little girls, and they were naturally a little weak after being hungry for a long time.

Zhu Biao casually ordered: "Leave a few people, and the rest will go back to the East Palace." ”

Liu Jin naturally knew what Zhu Biao meant, and scattered the rest of the people, leaving only his godson and the two guards who came back from Zhu Biao's expedition.

All the way to the imperial study, Zhu Biao let people know, and then strode in, and saw that his father was really fighting with the song.

Zhu Biao knelt down and saluted: "The sons and daughters participate in the father's emperor, and the father's life is long." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his son and said, "Get up, you have run a lap in the past half a day." ”

Zhu Biao got up and walked behind his father, pressed his shoulder, and now he really admires his father for doing so much work every day, and he has the heart to remove the prime minister and work for himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang relaxed and said: "The arrangement is good, and it should indeed be responsible for the accommodation of the imperial examination candidates, which is also convenient for unified management." ”

Zhu Biao knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was telling him that he had done a good job, and he didn't care that he used his own amount of silver to press the examinee.

In fact, Zhu Biao didn't know that someone among the candidates had already taken the rhythm, that is, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince heard that the candidates had not even arranged room and board, and after scolding the officials in charge, he was afraid that we would be hungry and immediately use our own silver to wrap up the inn and wait for me, the prince is wise!

Yang Xian is also actively cooperating, the candidates are in tears, they all feel that they are valued, and now the Ming Lord who can appreciate them has appeared, and he must try to win the championship, and then compose a good story with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to meet the monarch and the ministers to create a prosperous world.

Zhu Biao opened his mouth and said: "Erchen and Song Shi talked about the imperial examination, Song Shi and others expected that I am afraid that there will not be even a hundred northern scholars in the new science and technology this time, and Erchen thinks that the proportion of northern and southern Jinshi is so unbalanced, which is definitely not a good thing for the imperial court." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked stunned: "Biao'er, what you said is right, this is our carelessness, we forgot such an important thing, no, we have to call Li Shanchang and them to come over and discuss." ”

Zhu Biao hurriedly stopped him: "Erchen has some ideas, please ask my father for advice." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sat back with peace of mind when he heard this: "Biao'er has thought of a solution?" Okay, let's listen to my son. ”

Zhu Biao first asked: "Father, but does the emperor want to take the main test of scripture?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Well, we don't want those who read to criticize us, they are easy to think about other things when they read too many idle books, and they dare to criticize the policies of the imperial court after reading a few miscellaneous books, what kind of system is this." ”

Zhu Biao knew that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to completely turn scholars into wooden people who only knew how to read sages and sages, and could only read loyal to the monarch and patriotism, imprison their minds, make them lose their ability to judge things for themselves, and select officials who only obeyed the emperor's orders to strengthen the monarch's power.

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