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On the wall of the Jinling Gongyuan, the admission list of 1,000 children in Jinling County was officially announced on red paper. The rest are not hired, and naturally there is no qualification to take the next exam.

Tens of thousands of Confucian scholars were outside the Tribute Courtyard, weeping and grief-stricken.

Only then did they lose hope that had just been ignited by the imperial examination.

However, they were not convinced!

Since it's an exam, at least it should be fair.

If you take the "Poems", "Analects", "Spring and Autumn"... and other Confucian books.

All of them read it often, and all of them read it, and if they can't win the exam, they will lose the exam. They didn't have anything to say.

I blame myself for being stupid, I am stupid, and I can't remember.

However, if they choose some agricultural books, medical books, and ink books that they don't read at all, their eyes are black, where are they convinced!

This is a crime of non-war.

If you fail the test, you can't blame them.

Who is to blame?

Of course, blame Xiao Duhou, the chief examiner, for being mediocre and confused, and he will harm them Confucian students.

"Oh my God!"

"Xiao Duhou's 'Imperial Examination Pit Confucianism', this is a deliberate attempt to cause our Confucian students to fail well in the exam!"

"It's useless to reason with others, then let's go to the emperor to comment on reason!"

"Let's go, let's sue the royal court!"

"Yes, this imperial examination is related to my 100 counties and 100,000 counties, and more than 100,000 scholars, so it must not be counted like this. You can't let Xiao Duhou continue to mess around! ”

"Please, Holy Lord, abolish the whole department!"

"Take Confucianism!"

Several Jinling celebrities raised their arms and shouted.

Under their leading instigation, hundreds of Confucian scholars were extremely sad and angry, and their hearts were tragic, shouting loudly and heading for the palace.

If they don't overthrow Xiao Duhou's all-discipline system, how can they Confucian scholars get ahead!

Dong Xianliang stood in the distance, looking at the Confucian students, and his heart was sad.

Going to the palace to protest is a huge risk. If the emperor hadn't been angry, he would have said it. In case the emperor is angered, I am afraid that a piece of people will fall to the ground.

Because of his previous "Yin and Yang Calamity", he wanted to warn people with natural disasters, which had already made the emperor feel unhappy. Even for this reason, he almost clashed with Xiao Duhou and was dismissed.

Xiao Duhou's counterattack was too sharp.

In order to protect him, the teacher did not allow him to participate in this Confucian protest.

Just let a few famous Confucian scholars and hundreds of thousands of Confucian students go to the palace to protest and fight for the abolition of the whole department and the replacement of Confucianism.

...

Morning.

Throne room.

The three princes and nine kings, the courtiers are in the court, and their expressions are solemn.

This is the Early Dynasty, not the Great Wu Dynasty. Many princes did not enter the court to participate.

Emperor Xiang Yanran was listening to Yin Wangxu of Jinling Mansion and his report on the Jinling County Examination.

Jinling City gathered tens of thousands of candidates, accounting for a huge number in the entire Great Chu Dynasty. Therefore, from the county examination of Jinling City, we can see the county examination of the entire Great Chu Dynasty.

The emperor was quite interested in the results of the county examination.

Whether it is the annual examination or the imperial examination, it is all for him, the emperor of Great Chu, to "take materials". If you can draw materials, it is a good system.

The emperor is looking forward to whether the imperial examination system of the little dusk marquis will have any effect.

Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the palace.

The cry was so loud that it even faintly spread to this palace.

The bus of the bus house made Yang Jiang's face look hurried, and he came to the Jinluan Hall with this thick book of ten thousand words in his hand.

"What?"

The Emperor frowned.

"Your Majesty, thousands of Confucian scholars knelt outside the palace gate and wept, and submitted a letter of 10,000 words to the bus house, saying that this imperial examination and county examination was a great injustice.

Most of the questions were books they had never read.

Confucian scholars said that the examination papers were unfair, and the results were naturally unfair.

The Confucian scholars in Jinling requested that the imperial examination adopt unified books, and that 'all subjects should be abolished and Confucianism should be taken', and the emperor should be the master of the hundreds of thousands of scholars in the world. ”

Yang Jiang handed over the book of 10,000 words and said urgently.

In the hall, the faces of all the courtiers were shocked.

Thousands of Confucian scholars gathered outside the palace to protest, and although it was not a mutiny, it was also a major event.

This is almost forcing the palace!

Emperor Xiang Yanran's face sank when he heard this.

Thousands of Confucian scholars went outside the palace to petition and submit petitions to the bus office. This, in the history of the Great Chu Dynasty, is one of the few events.

He couldn't help but look at Kong Hanyou.

Confucianism in the world seems to be loose, but it has a backbone.

That is Shandong Kongmen, the current head of the family, and Kong Hanyou, the prime minister of the dynasty.

Without the nod of Kong Hanyou, the leader of the Confucian sect, the Confucian scholars in Jinling would not dare to make such a big move outside the palace gate.

Emperor Xiang Yanran said coldly: "Lord Minister, what does this mean? What is the matter, the court can't be discussed, it has to be petitioned by thousands of Confucian students, tens of thousands of words?! ”

Kong Hanyou took a deep breath, took off the prime minister's hat, and bowed his head to the ground.

"Your Majesty!"

"The Marquis of Xiao Duan presided over the imperial examination, and the minister deeply agreed."

"But the minister did not approve of the general practice. The minister thinks that the standard of assessment should be the way to govern the country, not the small art of carving insects.

We should study the scriptures with knowledge and seek talents for the country.

A fixed number of classic books were used as the materials for the imperial examination.

If you take everything test, you must have learned a bunch of useless miscellaneous studies.

Craftsmen learn to strike iron, farmers learn to farm, and so on... This is not a study required by the officials who assist the Holy God in governing the world, and should not be a subject of the imperial examination.

Officials only need to understand the general principles of governing the country and being a human being. Other minor techniques, no need to be proficient in everything.

The ministers begged the saints to give the Confucian students in the world a fair chance. ”

Kong Hanyou said bitterly.

He didn't want to make such a decision.

However, Xiao Duhou was too ruthless, and the imperial examination system deposed Confucianism, forcing him, the leader of the Confucian faction, to have no way to retreat.

The entire imperial court, the imperial historians of the Imperial History Observatory are not the opponents of the little dusk marquis.

If he doesn't fight now, it will be too late when the four rounds of the big exam are over.

Once this all-discipline scholar formed a fixed rule in the Great Chu Dynasty, Confucianism may decline from then on.

He, the head of the Confucian family, was also in vain when he became the prime minister of the court, and instead of becoming a sinner in the decline of Confucianism, it was better to fight, and if he failed, he hung up his crown and left.

"Oh~!"

Emperor Xiang Yanran's eyes were faintly angry.

Xie Huyong has just taken the initiative to "resign". He agreed, and let Xie Huyong retire from the position of prime minister, and no longer become a stumbling block to Gengzi's new policy.

Kong Hanyou also wanted to resign to force him to take the Confucianism exam.

I really thought that he wouldn't agree?!

Hum!

Kong Hanyou is a rare Confucian official in the court, and the rest of the senior officials of Jiuqing are almost all from the noble faction of the gate valve, and they only think about the interests of the gate valve.

If it weren't for the lack of people under his command to promote Gengzi's new policy, based on Kong Hanyou's actions of "forcing the palace" today, let Kong Hanyou resign and return to the opposition now.

He also needs Kong Hanyou to be the prime minister and promote the new policy.

Emperor Xiang Yanran took a deep breath, endured it, and said, "I know what Kong Qing meant." Everyone, what are your opinions, let's hear it! ”

"Ministers, agree with what the prime minister said."

"The big examination of the imperial examination should focus on thought! It is categorically not advisable to take many miscellaneous studies together. ”

The Confucian scholars of the Imperial Historical Observatory.

However, the courtiers of the rest of the gate faction were silent.

In this county examination, the gate lords and nobles took a big advantage, and they naturally agreed to take the whole subject.

The life and death of Confucianism is what matters to them.

However, there is no need for them to charge forward and fight against Cheng.

The little dusk marquis hasn't made any effort yet, what are they anxious about.

"Your Majesty.

The imperial examination is the idea of Xiao Duhou. The minister also had doubts, and he didn't know. Why did he insist on it? ”

Imperial Doctor Wang Su arched his hand and said, "Why don't you listen to the opinion of the little dusk marquis?" Let Xiao Duhou and Master Kong, as well as the thousands of Confucian students outside the palace, talk about the big truth in this? to solve the confusion in our hearts! ”

"Not bad!"

"Since there is a disagreement between the Lord Prime Minister and the Little Dull Marquis, let's talk about it, and everyone listens. Whoever makes sense, we wait to support whom! ”

The courtiers immediately seconded the proposal.

"That's it! Spread my will, and ordered the Marquis of Xiao Duan to come to the palace and discuss the imperial examination with Master Confucius and the Confucian students of Jinling, whether it is a Confucian scholar or a general scholar. ”

Emperor Xiang Yanran said: "Set up Sima Gate, I and Zhongqing will listen to it outside the palace gate, the two of you have a high opinion." ”