Chu Tian showed off the Jinluan Hall and came to the side hall.

Emperor Xiang Yanran was having dinner alone, and the table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas was all tasted.

In today's court, the ministers are still in a confrontation, and if this major matter is not resolved, he has no appetite!

Cai and the great eunuch waited on the side.

Chu Tianxiu licked his face and walked over, "Your Majesty..."

"Oh?"

The emperor glanced at him, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and asked lightly: "Little Dusk Marquis, why did you come to me?" ”

"It's not a new thing yet!

The minister couldn't figure out what these officials were thinking. The lords of the gate valve want to let their children take the position. The Confucianists wanted to put the Confucian scholars on the throne. For the sake of a central official, the fight is inextricable!

Did they think about the emperor in their hearts?

Can't they see what the emperor needs? ”

Chu Tianxiu was heartbroken and said, "The minister really can't stand it, so he came to the emperor!" ”

"Oh... Tell me, who do I need? ”

The Emperor narrowed his eyes.

"It's simple, the emperor needs to be a capable person. No matter what background he is, as long as he can do a good job, he is the talent that the emperor needs.

is as mediocre and deceitful as my little faint marquis, but he can also do some serious things and relieve the emperor's worries. As long as you can make contributions, you can be an official.

Being able to work for the emperor is the most important thing.

As for the background, whether it is a scholar, a Confucian scholar, or a gentleman... That's not the point! ”

Chu Tianxiu rebuked bitterly.

Xiang Yanran looked at Chu Tianxiu and fell silent.

Alas~!

This civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, princes and princes... There are few ministers who are as sensible as the little dusk marquis.

As the emperor of Great Chu, he really didn't care much about the origin of his courtiers.

Of course, a high-ranking scholar is okay, and of course a poor family is also okay.

What he values is the interests of the entire Great Chu, and he needs a group of capable officials to manage the country of the Great Chu well and solve the internal and external troubles.

The four seas are clear, and the rivers and mountains are eternal.

The Emperor was satisfied.

It's just that... The courtiers did not see it that way, and most of them fought for the interests of one faction and one clan. For the sake of a central official who holds power, he will not hesitate to fight for his head and break the bloodshed. After this year's competition, maybe we will continue to fight next year.

Although Xiao Duhou is a gentleman, he has never fought for any big official position, but has done a lot of things that are beneficial to the entire Great Chu.

Like making faint paper, setting up a newspaper, and helping Li naturally refine gunpowder, which is not a great achievement for the benefit of the country and the people.

I didn't see Xiao Duhou licking his face and asking him to be a high-ranking official!

Look at those courtiers again, how many of them have come up with decent political achievements?!

Although Xiao Duhou's moral character is not noble, he is able to work, working hard like a ploughing ox, and doing the hardest and most tiring work on the fertile soil of Dachu.

Eating the cheapest grass.

But three mouthfuls of the most aromatic and nutritious fresh milk were squeezed out.

This is also the place where he, the emperor, is most satisfied with the Marquis of Xiao Du.

"It's still a little faint marquis who understands my heart!"

Xiang Yanran sighed slightly: "I am very relieved, if everyone is like this, what sorrow do I have!" ”

Cai and the great eunuch looked at the emperor cautiously on the side, full of gratification.

Look at the "flattery" on Xiao Duhou's face, his words are full of "bewitchment", and there are hidden attacks on other courtiers in his words.

Is the Marquis a loyal minister?

Loyalists?

Bah~!

No matter how much gold is put on his face, it can't hide his flattery of the queen mother, flattering the emperor, and slandering other courtiers behind his back.

is a traitorous number one traitor.

On the contrary, the emperor likes to listen to this.

Cai and the great eunuch were silent in their hearts.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have an idea to completely dispel the idea of those courtiers vying for power and profit."

Chu Tianxiu hurriedly said.

"Oh, let's hear it!"

"The minister has been thinking for a long time, but because of the misunderstanding of the world, no one recommends him to the office. It was by virtue of self-recommendation that the minister was able to serve the emperor.

There are countless talented people in the world, all because there is no recommender, they can't get out.

Therefore, why not let the world's talented people follow the example of Wechen to 'self-recommend'?

All people in the world, who feel that they have the ability, no matter their background, do not need the recommendation of any princes, ministers and high-ranking officials, they can lift themselves up to the imperial court.

As a result, tens of thousands of talented people will surely emerge in the world, vying to serve the imperial court.

The imperial court only needs to design the most stringent examination system, eliminate more than ninety percent of the unqualified people, and select the most outstanding and capable people to be used by the emperor.

There is no recommendation from the prince and the prince, and there is no need for any recommendation from the central officials, everything is based on the imperial examination.

This is a policy of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, completely abolishing those selfish courtiers, relying on the right of recommendation, favoritism and fraud to elect their own people to the throne.

From 'other lifting' to 'self-lifting'.

The emperor can use the examination system to select the best talents from all over the world.

The minister called this new system the 'imperial examination system'! ”

As soon as Chu Tianxiu's words came out.

Suddenly, Emperor Xiang Yanran was stunned.

Hey~!

That's right!

Bootstrapping, assessment?

Why didn't he think there was such a way?

The previous "year-old system" or the "Zhongzheng system" were all in circles in the "recommendation of others", and it was difficult to get rid of the suspicion of favoritism.

If you change it all to "bootstrapping", everyone can recommend it. Of course, the courtiers had nothing to do with favoritism.

bypassing the dispute between Confucianism and the lords and nobles, anyone can serve the imperial court.

Then design an assessment system, get rid of all those stones, and sift out the gold.

Wonderful!

It's wonderful!

Xiang Yanran's heart swelled with countless thoughts.

Cai and the great eunuch both opened their mouths in surprise.

Little Dusk's brain is so easy to use.

The emperor and the courtiers couldn't come up with a solution after all the troubles, and the impasse was broken by the little faint marquis!

"What a great idea! ... Still, I'm a little worried. The Confucianists and the nobles of the gate lords did not agree with this law and vigorously opposed it. No matter how good this method is, it can't be passed in the court. ”

Emperor Xiang Yanran was happy and worried.

This bootstrapping obviously deprives the Confucian faction and the lords of the gate lords of the right to recommend. I'm afraid that there will be another quarrel in this court.

If the ministers join forces to oppose it, this plan will not be passed at all.

"The minister is willing to ask for help, and try his best to convince them!"

Chu Tianxiu immediately patted his chest, and immediately smiled flatteringly: "If the minister convinces them." Please also ask the emperor to give him the grace to serve as the first chief examiner of the imperial examination! ”

"Smack!"

As soon as Chu Tianxiu's words fell, his brain hurt from eating melon seeds, and tears of pain came out.

saw that it was the emperor who hit him on the head with a melon seed.

Xiang Yanran's face was gloomy, "Election officials, this is my power." What are you thinking? ”

Don't you think that if you make a meritorious service, he, the emperor, will not kill people?

"Your Majesty, listen to the ministers.

This person takes the exam by himself, and the number of people who will definitely take the exam is tens of thousands, and the emperor can't preside over it himself, so this imperial examination system must be divided into at least four rounds of exams!

The design of the minister is divided into the county examination, the county examination, the national examination and the palace examination.

In the first round of the 'county examination', those who pass the county examination are children.

In the second round of the 'county examination', children are eligible to participate, and the top ten are selected from hundreds of thousands of children in their counties to be selected as Xiucai and allowed to participate in the national examination.

In the third round of the 'national examination', from among the 1,000 talented candidates from 100 counties in the world, they participated in the unified national examination in Jinling City, and the top 1,200 people with the highest test scores were admitted to participate in the palace examination. Regardless of the results of the temple examination, at least one person above the rank can be a official.

These 200 people, after this layer of rigorous examination and selection, will definitely be the most outstanding talents in Da Chu.

They then sit for the final round of the temple examination.

Finally, the fourth round of palace examinations was presided over by the emperor himself. Those who pass the palace examination are Jinshi. Jinshi ranks in the top three, the champion is the leader, etc., and is sent by the emperor as an official. The rest of the eliminated people are still lifters, but they can be officials first, and then officials after training.

At most, the minister will preside over the third national examination, and select some suitable people from thousands of talents for the emperor's selection. ”

Chu Tianxiu rubbed his head and cried.

Emperor Xiang Yanran's face finally soothed.

I see!

Designing four rounds of exams and selecting talent at various levels sounds like a good idea.

In this case, the role of Xiao Duhou, the chief examiner, is at most a "central official". There is not much difference from Kong Hanyou and Wang Su as the central officials.

Pick out a group of capable and talented people for him, the emperor, to select in the palace examination.

The last examiner, who decides the official position, is still him, the Great Chu Emperor.

"Okay, you go and persuade the Confucian faction and the gate lord Xungui faction, and make great contributions, and I will appoint you as the chief examiner of the Great Chu National Examination."

"Emperor Xie!"

Chu Tianxiu grinned, rubbed his head, painful and happy, and walked out of the side hall.

A slap in the head.

The thief hurts!

However, the emperor finally let him serve as the first chief examiner of the imperial examination. It was an intellectual property fee paid to him by the emperor.

Kong Hanyou, Wang Su and the emperor all agreed, and the intellectual property fees were paid separately.

His position as the chief examiner of the Great Chu National Examination has been secured.

...

After Chu Tianxiu left.

Side hall.

Emperor Xiang Yanran had a solution, and finally had an appetite, continued to eat, and said lightly: "Cai He, what do you think of the imperial examination method?" ”

Cai He is a eunuch in the palace, not any party in the faction of court officials, and he does not get involved in the court dispute, and the onlookers can see it more clearly.

Cai and the great eunuch pondered and said carefully: "The old slave doesn't dare to jump to conclusions. However, it sounds like the imperial examination of the little marquis seems to be very good.... At least it's more reliable than the 'Zhongzheng system'.

This 'Zhongzheng system', no matter which official recommends him, must be his own person first, and it is still difficult to avoid the many drawbacks of the 'year-old system'. ”

"Yes, this 'Zhongzheng system', fighting back and forth, is nothing more than Wang Su promoting the noble scholars of the gate lord, and Kong Hanyou promoting Confucianism. People from their own families cannot talk about true righteousness.

Replace the recommendation with an exam, regardless of the faction, the capable and the mediocre.

This may be the law of eternity!

Xiao Duhou still has the ability, and he has ideas and new ideas. I am a little looking forward to what kind of test questions he, the chief examiner, will design to assess the ability of all candidates. ”

Emperor Xiang Yanran was very pleased.

Of course, he will always feel very relieved until he sees the exam papers of the Great Chu National Examination from Xiao Duhou in the future, and his face is so confused that he doubts that his life is wasted.