Ma Zhou is also a very legendary Zhenguan famous minister, Li Shimin held an essay contest that year, and asked the ministers to write an article each, and the writing was rewarded, and Chang He, who was born as a military general, won the first place.

Of course, Li Shimin knew that this Chang He had a few catties and a few taels, although he recognized two more words than Wei Chigong, but if he wanted to write such a high-level article, even if he killed him, he couldn't do it, so he asked him who wrote this article.

This Chang He is also a straight intestine, and he didn't want to hide it at all, so he directly confessed to Ma Zhou, the doorman at home.

As soon as Li Shimin heard that there was such a genius in Chang He's mansion, he hurriedly sent someone to invite him over to talk.

Unexpectedly, the person sent came back in a gloomy manner, saying that he hadn't even seen Ma Zhou's face. Li Shimin could only send a second person to invite, but this person was not much better, and Ma Zhou still did not show up.

Li Shimin looked at it, this is still an uncle, it doesn't matter if you play with the uncle's temper, I will play with you to the end, so he sent another person to invite.

It wasn't until the fourth person went that Ma Zhou washed his face and followed the man to the palace. Li Shimin asked him a few questions, and Ma Zhou answered them fluently, which made Li Shimin overjoyed, and suddenly felt that he hated to see each other late, and that night he wanted to learn from Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to sleep together, but was glared at by the queen and failed.

After this meeting, Ma Zhou was promoted again and again, and in less than a year, he was promoted to supervise the imperial history, responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, inspecting counties and counties, correcting prisons, and purging court ceremonies.

Li Shimin once carried the queen behind his back and said: "Ma Zhou and I, if we don't see each other for the time being, we will think about it." Its "basic situation" is clearly revealed. And Ma Zhou was also conscientious and gave Li Shimin a lot of opinions and suggestions, both in quantity and quality, not under Wei Zheng.

Do you know what the most important thing is?

Hehe... The most important point is that Ma Zhou is a poor family... The reason why Li Shimin promoted Ma Zhou so much is that he vigorously supports the Hanmen, why should he support the Hanmen, it is very simple, against the nobles.

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After Li Zhan walked into the Ganlu Palace, he saw the eldest grandson Wuji looking at him with a smile, and Fang Xuanling and the others were looking at him with surprised eyes, Li Zhan wanted to salute, but at this time, Li Shimin said: "Li Zhan, you just sit here." ”

After speaking, Li Shimin pointed to the position beside him.

To the surprise of everyone present, that position was made by Li Chengqian when he was in charge of the country.

"Shh Except for the eldest grandson Wuji, who kept smiling, the other three were surprised.

Here, Wei Zheng also got up directly and said, "Your Majesty... The location but...! ”

Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin said slightly: "Wei Qing... I said he could sit in that position, he could sit down, okay... Let's talk about the imperial examination. ”

After Li Zhan slowly sat down in his position, as soon as he heard that it was the imperial examination, Li Zhan was also interested.

You must know that the imperial examination began in the Sui Dynasty, however, it was the Tang Dynasty that institutionalized the imperial examination, and the examination was held almost every year, and painstaking explorations were made in the selection level of the imperial examination, the level of the national main examination, the content and method of the examination, the division of examination subjects, the formulation of examination procedures, when to be conferred after admission, and the starting point of official rank.

For example, those who participate in the palace examination are tributes, and they are collectively called Jinshi after taking the middle school. The palace examination is divided into three top admits. The first class is given to the Jinshi and the first, the second is given to the Jinshi origin, and the third is given to the same Jinshi origin. The first place is commonly known as the champion, the second place is commonly known as the list, and the third place is commonly known as Tanhua, which is collectively known as the Sanding Jia. The second first place is commonly known as the transmission of the first place...!

However, at the same time, it also showed early naivety and irregularity, the imperial examination was not the main means of supplementing officials, and the imperial court and the common people attached far less importance to the imperial examination and its winners than the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were many subjects in the imperial examination, and people paid the most attention to the "Jinshi" subject, and there was a saying that "thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi" at that time. From the perspective of the entire history of the imperial examination, the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was still in the early stage after all, and it was still in the exploratory stage.

Regardless of other subjects, the Jinshi examination is always not famous, let alone honored, and the examination is not strict. Most admissions do not rely entirely on the examination papers, but also depend on the usual level of writing, the candidate's reputation, influence on his family background, status, etc., and sometimes even do not look at the examination papers at all, the examination has not been held, and the ranking has been decided.

Because of this, some people say that "the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was just a false form". Despite this, its pioneering work cannot be erased.

And Li Zhan is also here, he will pick up the leaks for the future Tang imperial examination system, of course, now Li Zhan will not make a sound, Li Zhan is an ear at this time, just listening here, he needs Ma Zhou, Fang Xuanling and others to set up the framework of the imperial examination system.

Then there is Li Zhan's business.

Otherwise, if you let Li Zhan start this imperial examination alone, then Li Zhan really doesn't have this ability.

Li Zhan sat in Li Chengqian's position like this, and sat for nearly an hour, listening to the eldest grandson Wuji and others pull up the rules and regulations of the imperial examination, while Li Zhan sat on the side and listened to the performance meticulously, which also made Li Shimin very satisfied.

He once asked Li Chengqian to listen, but that kid was like an ant biting on a stool, and he didn't listen to it at all.

More than an hour later, after Li Shimin saw that everyone had finished reporting, Li Shimin looked at Li Zhan and said, "What do you have to say?" ”

Li Zhan looked at Li Shimin and nodded, "Your Majesty... I've just listened to the briefings of the four ministers, and I feel that everything is fine, but... I'm still a little worried, although the imperial examination system is good, there are still too few poor children who can study.

So I think the imperial court should increase the popularization of university halls and books... In this way, there will be more cold humerus like Ma Yushi...! ”

"Hmm...!" Li Shimin stroked his beard proudly and smiled: "How is it... This one of mine... Forehead... It's a hit on the head... The real purpose of the imperial examination is not only to promote talents, but more importantly, to allow the Hanmen to also participate in the imperial court.

But now we are facing the embarrassing situation of having no school to go to school and no books to read.

There are too few people who have books to read and can be self-taught like Ma Yushi...! After speaking, Li Shimin sighed, because Li Shimin also knew that he had a long way to go.

Others also stopped talking.

At this time, Li Zhan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't be annoyed... I am working on this, and in the next ten years, I think I will bring a clear future for the Tang Imperial Examination to Your Majesty. ”

"Really...!" Li Shimin looked at Li Zhan with some surprise.

Li Zhan nodded slightly: "It's true... I'm already making a kind of bamboo paper, which can replace rattan paper, can be used as book paper... And I also know a kind of printing, and the price of books is now around 500 to consistent.

I can get the price of a book down to 5 to 10 wen...! ”

After Li Zhan finished speaking... The audience was silenced, and Ma Zhou was the first to stand up, looked at Li Zhan and said: "Li Gongzi, if this is really the case, then I, Ma Zhou, will bring all the poor students in the world to kowtow to you." ”

After speaking, Ma Zhou knelt down, and the frightened Li Zhan jumped off the chair violently!

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