At this time, after everyone in the hall talked for a while, they gradually quieted down. All the children of the family were silent as if they had made an appointment. There was a deserted scene at the banquet.

After a while, Fang had a twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old man, burly, with a short beard, five big and three thick family disciples, stood up and said: "In the lower is the Yuan Shangwu, and the selection of talents through the imperial examination is a wise decision of the saint, and our Yuan family naturally strongly supports it......"

After he first flattered Yang Guang, Fang said: "According to Yuan's observation, at present, the DPRK and China have both ability and political integrity, and they have won the trust of the saints, and most of the officials who have a good reputation among the people are disciples recommended by major families such as Yuwen, Dugu, Li family, Yuan family, Pei family, Cui family, Yang family, etc., which shows that the major families have deep experience in selecting talents within the clan. Therefore, it is suggested that the imperial examination can first select a few outstanding disciples from within the major families, and then recommend these disciples to the Holy Lord, and the Ministry of Rites and Officials will conduct interviews and assessments to determine the final ranking. Finally, according to the results of the assessment, their official positions will be determined......"

He said a lot in a lot of ramblings, but in fact, the core is one sentence: this imperial examination can only be selected within the scope of the gate lord clan, and it must be based on the recommendation of the family, and the work to be done by the imperial court is only to select people among the disciples recommended by the gate lords. If he follows his method, then this imperial examination is tantamount to changing the soup but not the medicine, or the gate lord clan has monopolized the source of court officials.

Yu Wenming was not familiar with these children of the family, so he asked Li Xiuning in a low voice: "Miss Li, who is this Yuan Shangwu?" It looks more like a martial artist, but he came to participate in the poetry competition.

Li Xiuning smiled when she heard this, revealing a shallow dimple, and said softly: "This Yuan Shangwu is the eldest son of Yuan Shou in the internal history, and he is also a very favored person in the Yuan family. This man is both civil and military, and he made great achievements in the suppression of the bandits in Shandong last year. It is said that the Yuan family has recommended him to the Ministry of War to serve as a captain. In fact, he is more suitable to be a military general, rather than a civilian official. ”

After Yuan Shangwu finished speaking, Yang Luoqi frowned slightly and did not comment immediately. A discerning person can tell at a glance that she is not satisfied with this method.

Subsequently, Dugu An of the Dugu family, Yuwen Cheng of the Yuwen family, and Li Jiancheng of the Li family all stood up to speak and put forward their own opinions on the way the imperial examination was conducted. Although their methods are different, they all revolve around the Gate Lords. Not only did the poor family and commoners be excluded, but even the scoring criteria for the exam required the addition of family evaluation.

Yang Luoqi was already frowning slightly at this time, secretly thinking that although these gate lords did not dare to oppose the imperial examination openly, they secretly violated the yang and the yin, and secretly set up obstacles to the imperial examination. If it is true according to the method that these disciples of the family just said, then this imperial examination will not only fail to achieve the purpose of selecting talents from the poor and commoners, but will greatly strengthen the influence of the gate valve.

Because in order to stand out in the selection within the family, the disciples of each family can only be recommended if they put the interests of the family first, and only by putting the interests of the family in the first place can they be appreciated by the head of the family and the elders of the clan.

However, Yang Luoqi also noticed a detail, stood up and expressed his opinion, and almost all of the people who tried to strengthen the influence of the gate lord clan were the children of the Guan Long gate valve family. The children of the Hedong Shi clan and the Shandong Shi clan did not speak.

She was slightly surprised, but she didn't think much about it, but still said lightly: "There are still many talented people who haven't spoken, haven't they come up with a good method?" Still don't dare to say it? In fact, you can rest assured, this is just a poetry meeting, and it is not a court meeting, don't worry about offending people by saying the wrong thing, just speak freely! ”

However, after she said this, no one spoke. Just as Yang Luoqi was a little disappointed and was about to announce that the assessment of this topic was over, when she and Pei Ju, Yu Shiji, and Su Wei went to the back to discuss the ranking of the poetry competition, someone finally spoke: "Your Royal Highness the Princess, I have some immature ideas about the imperial examination, I don't know if I can say it?" ”

Yang Luoqi looked at it, but saw that it was none other than Yu Wenming, who had performed very well before and was in the limelight.

She couldn't help but be slightly annoyed, secretly thinking that Yuwen Cheng had just spoken on behalf of the Yuwen family, and you were going to speak again, did you want to come up with some ideas to strengthen the power of the family?

But no one spoke for a long time, and she couldn't stop Yu Wenming, so she had to say: "Okay! If you have any suggestions, just say it! ”

Yu Wenming bowed his hand to Yang Luoqi at this time and said: "As we all know, during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei established the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, set up Zhongzheng officials in various counties and counties, and recommended disciples to be officials according to their family backgrounds. This system has lasted for hundreds of years, and now it is no longer suitable for the situation of our Great Sui...... Therefore, the saint will be wise and decisive, and in the fifth year of the great cause, he abolished the nine-product zhongzheng system. It also seeks to establish a new system for electing officials. ”

"According to the speculation, the Holy Lord should want to establish a set of examination systems for people who do not distinguish between scholars and Shu clans, Han and Hu clans, and cover all poor civilians. Outstanding talents were selected from among them as officials of the Great Sui. Report to Jun En and soothe Li Min. But if according to what the previous brothers said, if they continue to be recommended by the major families, wouldn't that make the Jiupin Zhongzheng system revived? Wouldn't the chief examiner become a central official who changed the soup but not the medicine? Therefore, in the next opinion, the new imperial examination must no longer limit the candidates' origins and family backgrounds. As long as you are not a criminal or a foreigner, you can sign up! Yu Wenming said eloquently.

In his previous life, he had seen some historical introductions about the imperial examination system, in which he analyzed why Yang Guang abolished the Jiupin Zhongzheng system and established the imperial examination system. Therefore, now that he is talking according to Yang Guang's "holy will", he should not have photographed the horse's feet.

Sure enough, as soon as his voice fell, Yang Luoqi's eyes lit up, and his pretty eyes looked at Yu Wenming's gaze, and he also had a little more appreciation.

But at this time, some people couldn't listen to it anymore, and a twenty-three or four-year-old child of a family immediately got up and retorted: "Yu Wenming, you have done a good job in poetry!" It's a pity that the suggestion for the imperial examination is completely wrong! A person's origin is closely related to his or her moral conduct. As the saying goes, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and only then can the door come out of the tiger. The selection of officials is not selected from among the children of our families, but from the common people of the poor family, what kind of system does it become? Can they compare with us? ”

Yu Wenming recognized that this was Dugu An, who had spoken before, and this person was obviously strongly opposed to the Shu clan regardless of the scholars, and the wealthy and the poor were treated equally. Because this will seriously weaken the influence of the gate valve represented by the Dugu Valve. Moreover, Dugu An is the eldest son of Dugu Luo, the head of the Dugu family, and will inherit the position of the head of the family in the future. With the influence of the Dugu family in the Guanlong Gate and the imperial court, it is a matter of nine times out of ten for him to be a big official, and he naturally does not want to have more twists and turns due to the imperial examination.

Thinking of this, Yu Wenming smiled and said, "Brother Dugu's words are wrong. Your grandfather Dugu Xin, wasn't he also a small soldier in the Northern Wei Dynasty? But he has outstanding talent and great strategy, whether it is in the Northern Wei Dynasty or the Western Wei Dynasty later, he has made great contributions to the Great Wei Dynasty. It became one of the "Eight Pillar Kingdoms" of the Western Wei Dynasty. But according to Brother Dugu's meaning, when his grandfather was young, because he was not a child of a family, he could not participate in the imperial examination. Isn't this a ridiculous joke? ”

As soon as Yu Wenming's words came out, Dugu An'an was speechless. The Dugu letter in Yu Wenming's mouth is his grandfather, the first head of the Dugu family. Dugu Xin is a member of the Xianbei tribe and was born in poverty, but he is both wise and brave, and has made great contributions repeatedly. And both of his daughters became queens. The eldest daughter is the empress of Emperor Yu Wenyu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the seventh daughter is the empress of Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian, the mother of the current saint Yang Guang.

Therefore, the Dugu family can become the leading family in the Guanlong Gate Valve, which can be said to be the foundation laid by Dugu Xin. Whether it is from a fair position or from the position of his own family, Duguan can't argue at all.

Just when Dugu An's face was red and his expression was embarrassed, a loud voice appeared: "Brother Yuwen is really talented, which is impossible to refute." It's just that it's useless to just say that the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is not good! The current question is to come up with a set of practical methods for the imperial examination. Do you have any good proposals in this regard? ”