Sima Gate, the outermost gate due south of the palace. Inside the Sima Gate, it is the mansion where the bus house is located.

The bus government usually accepts documents from local officials, letters from subjects, as well as conscription and reception, and receives letters of recommendation from the people.

However, since the reform of the annual examination system into the imperial examination system, their burden has been slightly lighter.

The imperial examinations were held in the local tribute courts, and special local officials were in charge.

Emperor Xiang Yanran drove Sima Gate and sat high on the palace gate, ready to listen to the face-to-face debate between Kong Hanyou and Xiao Duanhou.

After Cai and the great eunuch took a group of eunuchs to rush forward, they sent people to the Pingwang Mansion to summon the Marquis of Xiao Duan and arrange this public debate.

Taiwei Li Rong, Imperial Historian Wang Su, and the two three princes were seated on the left and right.

The rest of Jiuqing, Taichang Lu Zi, Lang Zhongling Cui Haoran, Tingwei Zheng Jingrong, Dahonglu Liu Qi, Zong Zheng Xiang Hong, Taifu Wang Xiao, Wei Wei Cheng Bushi, Shaofu Xiao Gongwang, Danong Ling Yang Chu and other high-ranking officials, sat on both sides of the palace gate and listened together.

The courtiers, who were in a smaller position, could not sit down on the Sima Gate Palace, so they could only go outside the palace gate to sit and sit down.

"Lord Wang, what a clever proposal you have!"

Yang Chu smiled and said in a low voice.

Let Kong Hanyou and Xiao Duhou debate in public, this is to make their contradictions public, intense, and rapidly deteriorate.

In this way, the two families of Confucianism and Xiao Duhou will not get together again in the future, and they will want to pit these nobles.

Anyway, no matter what the result is, they sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and win and not lose.

"Where!"

Wang Su smiled and said: "The more you argue, the clearer the truth in this world. Whoever makes sense, we are naturally supporting. I'm also curious about why Xiao Duhou loves to take all subjects! ”

...

The main minister, Kong Hanyou, went out of the palace.

"Fellow Confucians, rise up!"

"The emperor Shengming has allowed this official and the marquis of Xiao Duan to debate the imperial examination in public outside the palace, whether to adopt all subjects or Confucianism. Everyone retreated to the side of the palace gate and listened to the debate. ”

"The little dusk is approaching in a moment, and the venue is out!

He said to the Confucian scholars who knelt outside the palace gate, crying blood and writing books.

"The Emperor Shengming!"

"Prime Minister Xie Cheng administers justice for us!"

Suddenly, thousands of Confucian scholars couldn't help but cheer and boil when they heard this.

The emperor did not directly listen to the Marquis of Xiao Du, but gave them a chance to debate. This gives them one last chance to salvage the bigger picture.

As long as the prime minister can overthrow the little faint marquis on the spot, and only Confucianism is tested in the imperial examination, their Confucian students will usher in an unprecedented prosperity.

The Confucian scholars immediately gave way to the venue outside the palace gate.

On the left and right sides of the palace gate, Kong Hanyou sat on the ground on the right side.

Thousands of Confucian scholars sat down behind the Prime Minister Kong Hanyou.

It seems that there are many people, and there is a large area. They represent the Confucian scholars of Jinling, and they also represent the tens of thousands of Confucian scholars in the hundred counties and thousands of counties of the Great Chu Dynasty.

On the other side, it is the position of the little dusk marquis. Of course, it was an empty lump, and there was no one standing nearby.

Obviously, no one will be on the side of Xiao Duhou.

Soon, this shocking news quickly spread throughout Jinling City, causing a sensation in the city.

Those Confucian scholars who did not participate in the protest also rushed to cheer outside the palace, gathering thousands of people.

Many princes and gentlemen rushed to the outside of the palace to observe the grand public debate between Master Kong and the Marquis of Xiao Du.

Even the old prime minister Xie Huyong took a carriage, surrounded by the sons and daughters of the Xie family, and rushed to observe this big debate.

The crowd gathered outside the palace to watch the excitement was increasing, almost tens of thousands.

Outside the palace, surrounded by a flood.

...

A team of eunuchs came to the Pingwang Mansion and informed the Marquis of Xiao Duan to go to the palace immediately.

Not long after, a troika left the Pingwang Mansion and headed straight for the palace.

"Husband, this time the palace is urgently summoned, and you and Master Kong are ordered to debate the dispute over the imperial examination in public. I am afraid that this move is not good. ”

Li Yu was in the carriage, a little worried.

Earlier, the husband had just offended the lord Xie Hu Yong, and the lords and nobles were still annoyed by the husband and the marquis.

Now the prime minister, Kong Hanyou, turned his face and refused to admit it because of the imperial examination. This public debate is clearly to trample on the husband.

Husband, this can be regarded as offending all the court officials.

After that, how can you mix in the officialdom.

"Yes, the county lord is right. That Confucius is not a good thing, he must have gathered a group of Confucian scholars to embarrass his uncle. ”

Zu'er also nodded repeatedly.

Chu Tianxiu closed his eyes and pondered, thinking about this matter.

If he traveled to the Tang and Song dynasties, or even the Ming and Qing dynasties. The general trend of Confucian supremacy has been achieved, and everything is not mentioned.

If he goes against Confucianism and preaches the whole imperial examination, it is estimated that the bones will be dusted by the Confucian scholars, and there will be no scum left. In that case, he can only pretend to be a grandson, either as his little marquis, or obediently participate in the imperial examination.

However, this Great Chu Dynasty is different, the "Huang Lao's Technique" officials are huge, and they are still far from "Confucianism".

Although Confucianism has become a huge force at the bottom of the Great Chu Dynasty, and tens of millions of Confucian scholars have gathered in Jinling City alone, it is far from reaching the level of a single response in the court.

The faction of the gate lords and nobles is the core of the court officials.

Although these gate lords also read Confucianism, they also read the books of Huang Lao and read all kinds of miscellaneous books.

They read everything and learned a lot.

The scholars put the interests of the family first, and did not care too much about the rise and fall of Confucianism.

Confucianism is not good, change the doctrine, and life will continue to be the same.

Huang Laozhixue has been flourishing for sixty or seventy years, and I haven't seen their lives be difficult.

The Great Chu Dynasty, now is the eve of the rise of Confucian power in hundreds of counties and thousands of counties, shouting "depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone"... It is only one step away from the hegemony of Confucian officials.

One step away, there is a huge disparity between heaven and earth.

Since Confucianism has not yet dominated.

Of course, Chu Tianxiu is not afraid to shake Kong Hanyou, and if he suppresses Confucianism, he will suppress it, so what.

Emperor Qin suppressed Confucianism, and Confucianism had no other way than to scold Emperor Qin and smear him desperately.

He also has the opportunity to nip in the bud Confucianism's ambition to "respect Confucianism alone".

"Don't worry, you are prepared for your husband."

Chu Tianxiu opened her eyes and smiled lightly.

When the "imperial examination system" was introduced, he had long expected that there would be today. That's why I laid the groundwork early and grabbed the position of the examiner.

Kong Hanyou and the Confucian officials had dreamed of "deposing the hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone", but because of the imperial examination, it was shattered overnight, and they were definitely unwilling.

The Confucian scholars in the world will definitely fight back, wanting to bring him down as the chief examiner.

It's just that Chu Tianxiu didn't expect it to be like this - Confucian leader Kong Hanyou wanted to discuss the pros and cons of Confucianism and Confucianism with him outside the palace gate, in front of Confucian scholars and Manchu officials.

Since everyone is talking together, let's come!

What he Chu Tianxiu is afraid of is that others will use knives and guns, and he can't beat them alone. He is not afraid of other people's mouths.

The main minister, Kong Hanyou, and the Confucian scholars talked together, and he was not afraid of anything.

...

In front of everyone's eyes, a carriage from the Ping Palace's mansion arrived at the Sima Gate of the Imperial Palace.

Chu Tianxiu got out of the carriage and asked Li Yu and the others to wait outside.

He was led by the eunuch to the palace gate.

Chu Tianxiu arched his hand towards the emperor Xiang Yanran at the palace gate, "The minister is called to listen to the holy order!" ”

"Little Dusk Marquis. Master Confucius and Confucian students have a lot of opinions on the questions of the imperial examination, and they think that the Confucian examination is better than the whole subject, and they want to debate it with you in public. I and the Secretaries want to hear your thoughts, and you two speak freely. I won't pursue it. ”

Xiang Yanran pointed to the outside of the palace gate and said.

"Yes!"

Chu Tianxiu arched his hand and looked at the right side of the palace gate of Confucianism.

Then he sat on the ground on the left side of the empty palace gate, the only piece of Tuanpu, and the prime minister Kong Hanyou was far away, sitting calmly on the ground.

"Prime Minister, please advise!"

Chu Tianxiu smiled and said.

"The emperor has appointed you to be the chief examiner of the imperial examination, and you are fully responsible for the imperial examination.

This should not interfere. However, the imperial examination is a major event of the country, and it is related to the foundation of my Great Chu Dynasty. ”

Kong Hanyou glanced at Chu Tianxiu and said indifferently.

"The imperial examination, the selection of officials for the emperor.

The courtiers, above are the emperors, and below are the people. The duty of a courtier is to assist the king and rule over the people of the world.

All the classics of my Confucianism are all about the way of being a man and the way of a minister, respecting the king and loving the people.

Officials, respecting the king and loving the people is the first priority, why care about the details?

It doesn't matter if you don't know the details, just recruit some officials who understand and assist the officials.

On the contrary, other miscellaneous theories, such as peasants, Mohists, and miscellaneous families, are all talking about trivial matters. Talk about how craftsmen make iron, how farmers are good at farming, how weavers weave... What does this have to do with being an official?!

These doctrines are not wrong in themselves.

They can be taught by the people themselves, and they do not have to be included in the imperial examinations at all.

There is only one important task in the imperial examination, and that is to 'select officials for the monarch, respect the monarch and love the people', not to select skilled craftsmen.

Therefore, it is believed that only five to ten Confucian classics should be used as exemplary teaching materials, and fixed textbooks should be used to conduct the imperial examination, and the talents should be selected.

The rest of the schools are not allowed to enter the imperial examination.

But I don't know why the little dusk marquis is stubbornly grasping these erudite schools, and they don't let go of the details, and they all put them into the imperial examination.

Confusing the core of 'electing officials for the king, respecting the king and loving the people'? ”

Kong Hanyou's remarks did not dwell on anything else, but went straight to the core of the imperial examination.

Grasp this core to death, and let the little faint marquis quibble about the rest, and he doesn't pay attention to it.

"Well, that's great!"

"That's exactly how it should be!"

"The imperial court selects officials, and 'respecting the monarch and loving the people' is the first. Other details are cumbersome and not important at all. ”

"The imperial examination, the abolition of the hundred schools of thought and the ——! of Confucianism"

The thousands of Confucian scholars present had ruddy faces, and immediately shouted loudly, and even excitedly shouted the slogan they had always dreamed of.

"It makes sense, after all, it is the election of officials, not the selection of craftsmen... Those who are officials, if they learn otherwise, it is useless! ”

Those gatekeepers, nobles and scholars who were listening to many people couldn't help but deeply agree.

The truth that Master Kong said was clear and unambiguous.

Among the hundreds of schools of thought, only Confucianism has truly explained the great truth of being a person, a king, and a minister.

The rest of the Taoists talk about being at ease. The Mohist school is either too fratern, or it doesn't talk too much about the big reason at all, and just pays attention to the subtleties of the craftsman.

It is somewhat inappropriate to use it for the imperial examination and select officials for the imperial court!

Emperor Xiang Yanran nodded slightly.

Elect officials for the king, respect the monarch and love the people!

The concise and practical slogan of Confucianism naturally he liked very much in his heart.

This is the core of the Great Chu Dynasty and the foundation of Qianqiu.

"Depose the whole department, respect Confucianism!"

Outside the entire palace, the excited shouts of thousands of Confucian scholars echoed.

Today, they will definitely abolish this "all-subject" examination, and let Confucianism dominate the imperial examination of Dachu.

"Alas~!"

Chu Tianxiu was silent, shaking his head and sighing a little.

The Confucian scholars looked at the problem this way, and he was also very helpless.

Kong Hanyou couldn't help frowning, he raised his hand slightly, and thousands of Confucian students quickly quieted down.

"Little Dusk Marquis, today you and I debate in public, each saying his own reason. Why sigh? If you feel that it is unreasonable, you can just admit defeat, and your true appearance will not chase after you. ”

Kong Hanyou shouted.

"The Prime Minister's great principle of respecting the monarch and loving the people has been finished? Then I'll talk about the little truth of being a human being! ”

Chu Tianxiu glanced at the thousands of Confucian scholars outside the palace, and sighed: "In the imperial examination and county examination, there are 10,000 candidates in Jinling City, and in the end, there are only dozens of people and jinshi, and they can serve the emperor."

You scholars and Confucian scholars, there are 9,900 people left, what are you going to do next?

A better one is a strategist, a lobbyist, a private school teacher, and a bookkeeper, a doorman of a large family, and a storyteller in a restaurant、... The most depressed can only write letters on the street, sell calligraphy and paintings in the Qinglou painting boat, and be in the company of singers and dancers?

There are even more shameless ones, who rely on their families and mothers-in-law to support themselves, and have studied hard for decades... Those who are full of stomachs are also full of them, but they don't see the slightest ability to support themselves.

However, you group of scholars are the most knowledgeable and knowledgeable people in Dachu. The hope of the Great Chu Dynasty is in you!

Those farmers, craftsmen, and weaver girls don't even know a word, and the hopes of the people of Dachu are pinned on you scholars.

You are left with the 9,900 scholars, staring at the officials. If you are not an official, you will be decadent, and you will live like this?

Do you still want to be embarrassed?

I'm not scolding Confucianism.

I am scolding you scholars all over the world, if you are not an official, you will not be able to serve the king, and you will not be able to 'respect the king and love the people'?

Haven't you ever thought that if you are not an official, you can also work hard and serve Dachu in a down-to-earth manner?

This little marquis is fighting this marquis today, the examiner doesn't want it, the county order is improper, and I will teach you how to behave! ”

The more Chu Tianxiu scolded, the more happy he became, he simply rolled up his sleeves, stretched out his fingers, and pointed at the noses of the thousands of Confucian students opposite, and scolded.

As soon as the little dusk marquis said this, thousands of Confucian students outside the palace were dead silent, their faces were flushed, and they wanted to burrow into the cracks in the ground.

Xiao Duhou's yang finger was tricky and vicious, poking at the deepest sore spot in their hearts.

Yes, the scholars of Da Chu can learn to read and write, and there is only one reader among hundreds of people, who is one of the few "masters", how proud he is in his heart!

However, in addition to scholars, in addition to being officials, most of them Confucian scholars can only do menial work, earn a few copper plate money, and endure all kinds of grievances in life.

Strategists, doormen, and private school gentlemen, these livelihoods are a little decent.

The rest of the livelihood is unbearable and not worth mentioning.

Even merchants, singers, and dancers earn more than them, and live much more chic than them.

Their hearts ache and they can't talk to anyone!