Yu Wenming looked at the man, but his face was shocked, and his pupils shrank. Because this person was sitting next to the eldest grandson, Wuji, and his appearance was five or six points similar to that eccentric little girl. It goes without saying that this person should be the famous Tang Dynasty minister Sun Wuji, who is famous in history.

He didn't expect that Eldest Sun Wuji would stand up and give himself a problem, but he saw that Eldest Sun Wuji looked at him anxiously and gestured, indicating that this was not what she meant. He immediately understood that this should be the behavior of the eldest grandson Wuji, and it had nothing to do with the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Hehe, I just mean, Miss Innocent and I have a good conversation, how can she let her brother come to embarrass me?" A smile appeared at the corner of Yu Wenming's mouth. Since he dared to stand up, and he was standing on the opposite side of the views of so many children of the family, how could he be unprepared?

Yu Wenming's eyes swept around, and Fang Kan said: "According to the following, the imperial examination can be divided into three levels: the county examination, the county examination and the palace examination. The prefectural examination is held in February every year, and the prefectural registrar of each prefecture is responsible for the assessment of applicants in the prefecture. Children who pass the assessment can take the county examination in June, and the county and the chief will be assessed by each county to determine the winner of each county......"

"In November of that year, the palace examination can be held, and the winners of the county examination from all counties across the country can come to the eastern capital to participate in the examination. This examination can then be conducted by the Ministry of Rites and supervised by the Imperial Historical Observatory. According to the number of officials who need to be replenished in the current year, they are recruited according to their ranking. At the same time, if the Holy Lord wishes, he can also personally preside over the interview and communicate with the top 10 candidates to ensure that the winners are the best talents! ”

As soon as Yu Wenming's words came out, the hall was immediately shocked.

Because the current power of the Great Sui is divided into three levels: central, county, and county. Yu Wenming's proposal that according to the location of the candidate's household registration, the county examination, the county examination, and the palace examination should be passed up at the first level, which is indeed a practical method. Even if a local official cheats, he will never be able to buy off the examiner in the third-level examination. And in the final hall exam, the emperor can personally interview the top ten. With the genius of today's saint's vision, it is difficult to get through the trick.

Li Xiuning and the eldest grandson Wujian looked at Yu Wenming's eyes, and they were a little more surprised. I wonder what kind of brain this guy is? He also came up with such a method.

"Yuwen Gongzi, your method is indeed good! Very practical! But I don't know what you think about the test subjects? Yang Luoqi finally couldn't help but ask. Because she found that the method that Yu Wenming said was really practical, it was neither rhetoric nor bull's head.

Yu Wenming smiled slightly, this method was slightly modified by him according to the mature imperial examination system in the later Tang and Song dynasties. This method has been tested in practice, and of course it is more practical and feasible.

He also knew that the subjects of the imperial examination system were mainly the Ming Jing and Jinshi. The content of the exam is scripture or current affairs. Although the subjects of the two examinations have changed later, the basic spirit is that Jinshi emphasizes poetry, and Mingjing emphasizes scripture and Moyi.

The so-called scripture is to open a page of the scriptures, cover the left and right sides, only open a line in the middle, and then cover the three characters with paper stickers, so that the test can be filled. Moyi, on the other hand, is a simple written test of the words of the scriptures. As long as you are familiar with the scriptures and commentaries, you can pass the test, and the poetry needs to have literary talent. It was very difficult to get the first Jinshi, so there was a saying at that time that "thirty old Ming Jing, fifty young Jinshi".

In Yu Wenming's view, although the imperial examination system has achieved fair selection of talents, it has given the children of poor families and civilians who were originally unable to become officials a chance to emerge. However, in terms of examination subjects, it is too narrow, from the Sui to the Qing Dynasty, it is mainly based on the examination of the four books and five classics such as the "Analects", and there is even a saying that half of the "Analects" governs the world. This is also too inappropriate.

Most of the affairs of officials are statistics, reporting, calculation, and adjudication, as well as dealing with some unexpected tasks such as disaster relief, emergency rescue, helping the people, collecting taxes, and resettlement. Although there are some principles of doing things in the "Book of Songs", "Zhou Li", and "Analects", they are all large and empty theoretical knowledge, and if you want to use these scriptures to govern the place, the so-called "half of the Analects to rule the world" is completely nonsense.

Therefore, Yu Wenming planned to lead the imperial examination to a right path when it had just begun to appear, so as not to let the elite talents in China for more than a thousand years since the Sui Dynasty have specialized in the study of the Four Books and the Five Classics, as well as the ability to compose poems and lyrics. Ignoring other aspects has led to China's scientific and technological level and political system gradually lagging behind the West.

So, he said squarely: "According to the following opinion, you can set up more subjects in the imperial examination." Not only the Four Books and Five Classics, but also arithmetic, foreign languages, martial arts, craft manufacturing and other content. I thought that the imperial court would select different talents......"

"For example, the military department needs personnel who understand war planning, arranging troops, and are proficient in the art of war, otherwise how to formulate a battle plan against the enemy? The Twelve Soldiers' Mansion needs warriors who are strong in martial arts and good at commanding battles on the spot; Honglu Temple often receives foreign envoys, and the selection of talents who can understand foreign languages is the focus. The Ministry of Industry, which is mostly engaged in the manufacture of weapons and the construction of bridges and houses, naturally has to select personnel with outstanding talents in construction and production...... This can be included in the imperial examination, making it one of the subjects, allowing candidates to choose whether to register for the subject examination according to their own characteristics! ”

Yu Wenming's words were like a shock.

The Sui Dynasty was originally very martial and included martial arts and the art of war in the imperial examination to select military officials and generals in the army, which is reasonable.

However, in the past, craftsmen were classified as "craftsmen", and they were not allowed to be elegant. Listening to Yu Wenming's meaning, these craftsmen and interpreters can also participate in the imperial examination in a dignified manner and hold official positions. It's a bit unbelievable.

Pei Ju and Su Wei glanced at each other, and couldn't help but be surprised, feeling that in this way, the imperial examination would become a hodgepodge, and anyone could take the exam. Those who know arithmetic, with those businessmen as the shopkeepers are the most, martial arts, needless to say, those small soldiers and heroes are all strong martial arts people...... Then the craftsmen and interpreters all came to participate...... The dignified literati, the children of various wealthy families, actually took the exam with these Dousheng small people and rude warriors?

However, the two of them couldn't raise an objection, because Yu Wenming also gave sufficient reasons. And these talents are indeed urgently needed by the imperial court. In particular, the current Seongyi is bent on waging war against Goryeo, and is currently building weapons throughout the country. A skilled ordnance craftsman, the salary offered by the imperial court is comparable to a seven-grade county order. They were also specially assigned to protect them. Could it be that the ranking of "scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants" formed since the Wei and Jin dynasties has been subverted because of this imperial examination?

At this time, the whole hall was stunned. At the banquet, it was so quiet that even the sound of a needle falling on the ground could be heard. Everyone was thinking about what Yu Wenming said, and they all had a refreshing feeling that the world was about to change greatly.

After the tea, Yang Luoqi finally said quietly: "Yuwen Gongzi's suggestion is indeed very shocking. But in any case, the people who can come up with these novel methods that are difficult for ordinary people to think of are quite admired by Rocky. Please continue to eat. The winners of the poetry competition will be announced soon! ”

With that, Yang Luoqi stood up, moved lightly, and walked to a small room behind him, accompanied by two maids.

And Pei Ju, Yu Shiji and Su Wei, the three old ministers, also got up at the same time and followed the princess. Needless to say, the four of them will be in this hut, according to the performance of the participants, to determine the ranking of this poetry competition.

As soon as the men left, the hall was in an uproar. The children of all the families were furious at Yu Wenming's suggestion just now. They thought that if Yu Wenming's suggestion impressed the princess and the saint, it would be a great obstacle for them to become officials in the court in the future.

"Brother Ming, you have disappointed me so much! I didn't expect you to make a show for yourself, and you would propose to let those people in the market take the exam with me and other children of the family. What is this system? "The first to be mad at Yu Wenming turned out to be another disciple of his clan, Yu Wencheng.