As a later generation, Sun Xiangfu knew too well the influence of the imperial examination on ancient times, both good and bad, it gave hope to all scholars, however, because of its heyday, the nation lost a lot of things.

The martial arts of the Han and Tang dynasties, precisely because of the prevalence of the imperial examination, allowed the scholars to completely rule the nation, and the final result was that the Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty by the Qing Dynasty, allowing the barbarians to rule this nation that should have dominated the world, and the Chinese civilization, which should have developed rapidly and progressed, had a temporary regression.

What is the root problem?

The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and to put it bluntly, it is profit.

After reading the book and taking the fame test, you can be a master, and everything else is inferior, so you don't want to specialize in this thing?

In Sun Xiangfu's view, it is not that the Confucianism studied by these ancient people is so poisonous to people, after all, the people who have truly achieved the correct ideas advocated in Confucianism are almost all people who have a positive effect on ancient countries.

The poison point is there, the imperial examination, it just makes people who can read become masters.

However, people who can read are not necessarily people who can do things, but what the country needs most is people who can do things.

In an era when the local authorities dominated most things in the locality, the effect of a chief official who could do things and a chief official who could only read and not do things was very different.

Sun Xiangfu believes that since the purpose of the imperial examination is to select officials for the imperial court, it should be necessary to select officials needed by the country.

can do things, and you can't appreciate how many strategies there are in your head, a person like Zhao Kuo who talks on paper, if he becomes a politician, he will only mislead the country.

And the practical ability of ancient scholars was often poor, because they gave up a lot of other aspects of knowledge in order to read good books, and there were many people who did not distinguish between grains and grains, and you expect them to lead the people and develop people's livelihood?

Just like the students who have just left school in later generations, they have only learned a set of theoretical knowledge, and most people still need to be taken care of by their parents in life, so you can directly let him be the leader of a large company, can this work?

The result is basically messing up the company, and in ancient times, it was these nerds who would harm the people in a terrible place.

Therefore, the first thing Sun Xiangfu wants to change is the model of the imperial examination, and only regard it as an entrance examination for scholars to obtain academic and political internships, which is more in line with the needs of the country.

In the elite society of later generations, what kind of people do enterprises and government departments like to use the most?

The answer is that the university practitioners who perform better in the internship work.

These good interns are basically already competent for the job, and they are very adaptable and adaptable.

The first imperial examination implemented by the Zhenguan Dynasty will have an impact on the entire Tang Dynasty in the future, and it is best to establish a good system and set a good direction from the beginning.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty got rid of it, which led to the filial piety and honesty system of the family gate valves, and the Sui Dynasty got rid of it, which led to the fake imperial examination system of the family gate valve controlling the court, and Sun Xiangfu could not use it.

"Xiao Xiangke thinks that as long as he is a scholar, he can be a good official?"

"This ······"

Xiao Yu was speechless, this question is actually impossible to answer at all, being an official, and being a good official, there is no good definition standard at all.

Therefore, in order to ensure that the imperial court can get more good officials who can do things and can do things as much as possible, after consulting with His Majesty, the lower officials decided to take scholars according to the needs of the imperial court, and the scholars are not directly let them be officials, but only give them a diploma, with this diploma, they can go to various departments of the imperial court that need manpower to study and practice in politics.

The intern is graded by the supervisor and the brother departments that have affairs that intersect with this part, and the local intern, who is led by the superior and the local people who are managed, grade the intern.

If the score is high enough, the imperial court will grant the official rank, and before being awarded, these interns can only receive the basic living allowance of the imperial court, which is almost enough to meet the food, clothing, housing and transportation.

And candidates who only get a diploma but do not participate in the implementation will not receive any subsidies. ”

In the dynasties after the Tang Dynasty, once the scholar was out of the scientific examination, that is, a person who had attained the Tao chicken and dog ascended to heaven, and Xiucai had enough edible food to take, and the person could be directly exempted from the tax of the whole clan.

A gate of the imperial examination, instantly let these scholars be promoted to the rice worm class, this is not advisable, work to get money, do not work, do not take it, this is the right thing.

In this way, whether you are a talented or untalented scholar, you can take a test and try your own level of knowledge, and the imperial court can find out the number of talents in the country according to the reference scale.

And letting those who really want to do things and can do things become officials is to block those who are not honest from the court, and invisibly break the control of high-ranking officials and dignitaries on the imperial examination. ”

Ma Zhou, as a member of the grassroots class, had the deepest understanding of what Sun Xiangfu said, and couldn't help but praise loudly.

After listening to Ma Zhou's words of admiration, Xiao Yu, who had a low IQ, quickly figured it all out, and said, "In this case, this article will be directly deleted, so that all candidates can take the exam, but I am afraid that this test paper will have to be prepared more, and the workload of marking the paper will be huge." ”

"In terms of exam papers, Xiao Xiang doesn't need to worry, no matter how many test papers, can there be more newspapers? There are papermaking workshops and printing workshops, how many test papers, Sun Dudu can provide, but in terms of grading, I am afraid that you will really be tired, and there are more officials involved in grading, it will be difficult to manage, but I am afraid that some people will deliberately suppress the poor and promote their own people. Ma Zhou continued to pick up Xiao Yu's words.

The number of officials in the imperial court is their biggest advantage, even if your production is perfect, they can also destroy it for you through the power in their hands, once there are a few people with five surnames and seven families in the marking officer, then, the candidates from several of their families will all be passed, and those children of the poor family are estimated to not even have the qualifications to become interns.

For this aspect, Sun Xiangfu naturally has a countermeasure, saying, "This is actually not difficult, as long as the vague name system is adopted at that time, the person who reads the file will not be able to distinguish."

Moreover, our test papers, in many subjects, are graded according to the standard answers, policy or answer questions, using the average score, that is, each grader, all give a score, remove the highest score, remove the lowest score, the remaining scores, calculated according to the average value, whether the test is good or not, according to the score, who can pass or not, look at the score at a glance. ”

Hearing this, Xiao Yu was stunned and said, "Vague name system? In other words, the marker doesn't know which candidate's exam paper belongs to? ”

Sun Xiangfu nodded with a smile, "Exactly." ”

Ma Zhou applauded again and praised, "Miao Ye, in this way, it will even more reflect the purpose of my scientific expedition." ”

Xiao Yu understood in seconds, and nodded and said, "In this way, it is more fair, and let's see, there are other things that need to be improved in the system." ”

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu continued to look down, only to see the second one, so he shook his head again and said, "Xiao Xiang, I'm afraid that the plan you made before will have to be reversed and restarted." ”

"Why?"

Sun Xiangfu pointed to the second way, "There is a problem with the content of your exam, although the test subjects are divided into more than 50 kinds, but in fact, except for the Ming Calculation, the Ming Law has a certain degree of professionalism, and the rest are all subjects, all of which are literature."

The imperial court this imperial examination is not only to recruit literature teachers, but to recruit talents who can be used by the imperial court in all aspects, so such as poetry, scriptures, articles, ink meanings, etc., are all set as one subject, and their writing ability can be tested.

The rest, explicitly, can be set as a subject.

The clear law can be defined as a subject.

Even courses like medicine, engineering, and business can be taken out for exams and set as a subject independently.

Because, if a person reaches a certain level in these professions, in fact, he can already become an official of the imperial court.

For example, in the Ming Arithmetic Department, you only need to master the basic knowledge of writing, have excellent computing ability, and you can enter the household department, the military department and other departments in the center, and in the locality, you can serve as the gong cao and other positions in various departments, because these officials, in fact, are engaged in calculations, account collection, cashiers and other work, can calculate, write reports, it is enough.

Candidates who are relatively strong in the Ming Law Department can go to the procuratorate of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and Yushitai.

Medicine, engineering, and business can also play a role for the country in their respective fields, for example, Weinan New Town, presided over by Binwang, has a large shortage of talents who are good at these three subjects······"

The more Sun Xiangfu said later, the faster Xiao Yu and Ma Zhou nodded, they were in charge of government affairs and specific affairs, but they knew better than Sun Xiangfu what kind of subordinates they needed, and it was really as Sun Xiangfu said, Xiao Yu's side, those who settle accounts and understand the law, are already lacking a lot.

As for Ma Zhou's side, the talents of industry, commerce, medicine, and medicine, there is a lack of howling, and the layman is stubborn to manage the things he doesn't understand, and the efficiency and effect are definitely not managed well by the insider.

However, when Sun Xiangfu said his entire plan, Xiao Yu became silent, staring at Sun Xiangfu for a long time with a pair of dim eyes before saying, "This imperial examination can be carried out according to Zhengming's ideas, however, these ideas can't have anything to do with you, all of them are designed by the old man and implemented with all his might, do you understand?" ”

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu was stunned, could it be that Xiao Yu is also a dead face like Wei Chigong, who loves to rob other people's copyright ideas?

Then, Ma Zhou, who had been listening to it with relish, thought for a few seconds with a straight face, and then solemnly bowed down and saluted Xiao Yu, "Xiao Xiang is high-spirited." ”

Seeing Ma Zhou's posture, Sun Xiangfu suddenly understood something, and hurriedly bowed his hand and gave Xiao Yu a ninety-degree bow in a dignified manner.

For the sake of Datang, this old man plans to pay again, reform, there has never been a shortage of good methods, however, most of the good methods may not be implemented in the reform, because this will touch the interests of many people.

Sun Xiangfu changed the imperial examination system formed by the former Sui beyond recognition, which would deeply touch the interests of the family, even if they were ready to enter the dormant period, they might not be able to allow it, because, in the long run, this would shake their foundation.

And Xiao Yu chose to stand up and carry this pot that angered all the families, such a pot is not so easy to carry, at least, his position as prime minister cannot be done.