Fang Xuanling directly pointed to the administrative efficiency problems brought about by the widespread use of paper.

Doing more with less people has huge benefits, as well as the government's control over the people and even the collection of taxes.

Speaking of excitement, Fang Xuanling's face was full of red, he knew the benefits too well.

"Your Majesty, do you know that when the year was last year, Yuezhou sent a year's money and grain books, as well as soldiers, households, acres and other documents to Chang'an, how much time did it take? They set out in March, and arrived in May, and there was one scribe, three servants, and twelve servants, and they brought four large boxes of papers, and they traveled through mountains and rivers along the way, carrying such heavy objects, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive. A large number of documents were sent to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs had to send three scribes to contact them, and it took nearly half a month to sort out the matter of Yuezhou. Your Majesty, if you can use a large amount of paper, you will get twice the result with half the effort, and all the documents can be directly sent to Beijing by fast horses, why do you need so much manpower and material resources, this is only one of them. In this way, the government can also streamline its treasury. It can reduce the waste of scribes. Your Majesty, what the minister said is only a small part of this benefit, and the minister cannot imagine what more benefits there will be in the future. ”

"It's just ......" Fang Xuanling's eyebrows fluttered, his expression was radiant, although he couldn't know the secret recipe of papermaking, which made him a little regretful, but after all, he was a far-sighted person, and he knew what the great benefits were.

"It's just that the minister can assert that once large-scale paper can be made, its magic is endless, and the benefits are in the future."

Li Shimin's eyes were uncertain, in his impression, Fang Xuanling has always been a calm person, and even Fang Xuanling is still so excited today, it can be seen how excited the humeral minister beside him has been.

Li Shimin couldn't help but get excited.

Wenzhi martial arts, with this, my Wenzhi can be one step closer.

Li Shimin's eyebrows fluttered and said: "Fang Qing and I can be said to coincide. This paper is wonderful, this time ...... Chen Zhengtai has made great contributions, Chen Zhengtai ......"

"The students are here." When Chen Zhengtai heard them say this, he couldn't help but be frightened, it turns out that I am so great, but ...... If paper can really be widely used, its effect is actually similar to the use of computers to replace paper in later generations.

Chen Zhengtai didn't think of this before, he thought about how much money he could make, or...... How much benefit can it bring to your own school admissions, hey...... It's still vulgar.,It could have been detached from a little more low-level fun.。

Li Shimin looked at Chen Zhengtai with appreciation: "The matter of papermaking must not be slack, I want you to increase the output quickly, I am waiting for your good news." ”

Chen Zhengtai said: "The students obey the order. ”

Responding to Li Shimin, Chen Zhengtai was dizzy, and was accused when he came, but now he is suddenly shining with gold, and he is a little uncomfortable.

Li Shimin immediately relaxed: "Speaking of Wenzhi, I remembered one thing, this is about to take the imperial examination, this imperial examination is a major event, I am ready to order Fang Qing to take the main examination, Fang Qing understands what I mean, right?" ”

Of course, Fang Xuanling understands that he is the assistant of the emperor, and it is impossible to really preside over the examination in every detail, but he can let himself be the main exam, which also shows the importance that the imperial court attaches to the imperial examination.

At this time, although there were many subjects in the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, everyone really valued the Jinshi subject, and the rest of the subjects in the examination were not valued by others.

Therefore, because the Jinshi of the Jinshi Department was too important, it was passed on, so that later, the Jinshi became a symbol of the title of the imperial examination.

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Fang Qing doesn't know what advice he has for this imperial examination?" ”

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, when the imperial examination was first opened, many rules were not standardized enough, which was also Li Shimin's biggest heart disease.

At this time, he asked Fang Xuanling, but Fang Xuanling became cautious, the matter of the imperial examination is related to the selection of court officials, and it must be cautious, and it must not be rushed, any change may have a huge impact.

Fang Xuanling has always been prudent. After all, the biggest lesson of Emperor Yang of Sui more than ten years ago was that he was in a hurry to do everything, so that in the end, it became out of control.

After learning this lesson, people have a profound understanding of how to govern a big country is like cooking a small one.

Fang Xuanling said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the imperial examination is related to the country, and now it is the Sui system, and it is most important not to make major changes for the time being." ”

Li Shimin nodded, he was familiar with Fang Xuanling's temperament, and he also felt that Fang Xuanling's caution was reasonable, and then looked at his calligraphy teacher Yu Shinan: "What does Gong Yu think?" ”

Yu Shinan's mind was full of paper, and he was stunned by the question at this time, and he couldn't answer in a hurry.

Li Shimin smiled, Yu Gong is old, and it is understandable that he can't be improvised.

Immediately, Li Shimin's eyes fell on Chen Zhengtai.

At this time, Li Shimin no longer regarded Chen Zhengtai as an ordinary young man, but ...... For such a national event, he didn't expect anything from Chen Zhengtai's answer, but just ...... I hope that through some plays, I will come to the school to take the test for Chen Zhengtai, and sharpen it well, and I will definitely be able to become the minister of the humerus in the future.

Li Shimin then said: "Chen Zhengtai, come and talk about it." ”

Chen Zhengtai didn't think about it: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the most important point of the imperial examination is only one thing." ”

I didn't expect Chen Zhengtai to really want to express his opinion.

This made Li Shimin and Fang Xuanling look at each other and smile, sure enough, they are still young people, young people are not familiar with the world, and they always have a lot of opinions.

Li Shimin still deliberately cheered up a little, although he felt that Chen Zhengtai might not be able to seek the country as an old minister, it was good to listen to what he said: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Chen Zhengtai said crisply: "Fair! ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin's face was slightly ugly.

Fairness...... That's right.

The crux of the matter is that Chen Zhengtai proposed fairness, which just shows that the previous imperial examinations were unfair.

Fang Xuanling almost laughed dumbly, and said in his heart, that is, Chen Zhengtai, a young man, dared to make such nonsense, if it was someone else, he was afraid that His Majesty would show his displeasure in public.

Li Shimin then took care of the case, still with a smile on his face, and said: "Oh, in this way, Zhengtai thinks that the imperial examination he has presided over since I ascended to the pole is unfair, right?" ”

This rhetorical question made Chen Zhengtai feel that his mentor was suspected of raising the bar.

Your uncle, you asked my opinion yourself. Isn't it true that if you have an opinion, you can correct the maladministration of the current imperial examination, and if there is no maladministration, what else do you ask? Now that I've brought up the ills, you'd be fine, and in turn deduct me from a hat.

Since ancient times, the companion is like a tiger, and it seems that it ...... The third uncle sometimes ...... It's not unreasonable.

Chen Zhengtai immediately said: "The students are convinced that it is fair for teachers to choose talents, and no one in the world knows that teachers are thirsty for talents." ”

Li Shimin's face looked a little better, and he said with a smile: "This is very much in line with my intentions." However, why do you say that I am very fair, but why do you say that the biggest drawback of the imperial examination is the word fairness. ”

"This is because ......," Chen Zhengtai said, "because the teacher is fair, but the fairness that the student says does not come from the teacher's heart." Rather, it is necessary to convince the whole world that the imperial examination is fair, and only by making the people of the world convinced of this, then the high school students will not be questioned and will be more glorious. Only in this way will there be more and more scholars who are willing to change their destiny through the imperial examination. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then, his eyebrows stretched. Finally...... He understood the original meaning of fairness proposed by Chen Zhengtai, and this ...... It's really interesting.

Fang Xuanling on the side was also thoughtful, and he couldn't help but want to hear what Chen Zhengtai wanted to say next.

"Zhengtai, you go on."

"Since we want to do this, we must first make the impression of the fairness of the imperial examination deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It doesn't matter if the teacher is fair or not. It is important that the whole world agrees with this. Students thought there were steps that could be taken to change the way people thought about the imperial examinations. Such as...... It is advisable to adopt a vague name system during scientific research. ”

"Confused ......name" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, through these two words, he seemed to understand something, the whole person came to the spirit, but the specific measures were incomprehensible.

He looked at Chen Zhengtai suspiciously.