Li Xuan has always reformed the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty, and the object of reference is naturally the education system of later generations, but it is not only the education system, but also the civil service examination system.

It's just that the system of later generations can only be used as a reference, and naturally it can't be copied in one go, otherwise, it is easy to be unadaptable.

Li Xuan's idea is to gradually reform the traditional imperial examination system into a combination of civil service examinations and modern education, and it also integrates some elements of the traditional imperial examination, after all, many things cannot be discarded at will.

For example, the word imperial examination, in fact, can not be lost, at most it is to change the way and content of the examination, but the core of the imperial examination is not actually the method and content, more important is to give the scholars in the world, especially the middle and lower class scholars, a space to rise and evolve into the ruling class.

And this is also the core of the civil service system in later generations!

Only by attracting the best talents to the ruling class can we maintain our rule for a longer period of time.

This is also an important factor in Li Xuan's insistence on expanding the scale of the examination, and now the examination system of the Tang Dynasty is about to completely evolve into a civil service examination system.

Since the first two years in Zhili opened a sub-examination room, after the trial did not happen any big mess, so in last year and this year's examination, is successively expanded in scale, this year's examination, in addition to the four provinces of Zhili, but also in Hebei, Hubei, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Shanxi six provinces opened the examination room.

About 1,200 people were admitted to the Jinling examination room, while a total of 3,400 people were admitted to the examination rooms of the four provinces of Zhili and the six provinces, and as the number of students was admitted, Li Xuan also followed up with a policy, that is, the distribution grades of new science and technology scholars and doctors also continued to decrease.

At the same time, on the occasion of this year's township examination, Li Xuan once again issued a policy, the core of this policy is: next year, that is, the eleventh year of Xuanping, all provinces within the empire must open examination rooms at the same time, and when the time comes, all provinces and provinces will open examination rooms, and students from various provinces can go to each examination room to participate in the imperial examination.

At the same time, it is also stipulated that the scholars admitted to the examination venues in each province are also divided into first, second, and third classes and awarded officials respectively.

And the point is actually on the later award!

The new policy stipulates that the new jinshi and doctor admitted next year will be awarded the ninth grade of the third grade, the second grade will be awarded the eighth grade, and the first grade will be awarded the eighth grade, which will once again lower the official grade of the new jinshi than in previous years.

And the students directly recruited from all over the country are awarded the nine products.

There is no way, with the passage of time, the vacant positions in the Datang officialdom have gradually been replenished, and the vacant positions in the middle and high-level are basically gone, and at the same time, Li Xuan is also thinking about completely completing the reform of the civil service system, so it is inevitable that the grade of the new science and technology jinshi will be lower and lower.

In the current Tang Dynasty official system, generally from the nine products and the nine products, that is, the grass-roots scribes, clerks or something, in the past, people of this grade were directly recruited by the local government, and the management was not very strict, but it must not be like this in the future, according to the existing plan, if you want to be a civil servant in the future, even if it is the lowest from the ninth grade, it is necessary to raise people.

This series of imperial examination reforms did not cause much repercussions, because the imperial examinations have changed almost every year in recent years, and many people can guess that the high-level is gradually promoting the reform of the imperial examinations, and it is estimated that the reform of the imperial examinations will not be able to stop until the ultimate goal is reached.

What's more, after the reform, the opportunity for scholars to become officials is greater, although it is impossible to say that it is impossible to be the same as before, and the Jinshi in the examination is immediately a middle-level official of the sixth grade and the seventh grade, but there are only nine grades and eight grades, but it is better to have a grade than nothing!

Before the Ming Dynasty, how many people were admitted in a year, but only two or three hundred.

But now, how many people are admitted in the Tang Dynasty a year? Start with a few thousand!

This has expanded the number of new officials tenfold, which means that more than ten times the number of scholars have been included in the ruling class of the Tang Dynasty, making the ruling class of the Tang Dynasty more stable.

The best way to prevent reading people from rebelling is not to keep an eye on him day and night, but to turn him into his own person!

The imperial examination system is being reformed, correspondingly, the education system is also being reformed, with the gradual formation of the normal schools opened a few years ago, after the emergence of a large number of normal graduates, the Tang Dynasty is the first time to usher in the expansion of secondary and higher education!

In just ten years of Xuanping, there are two universities established, two newly established universities, one for Guangzhou University, two for Tianjin University, one south and one north, which can be regarded as a supplement to the higher education system in the south and the north.

As for the Royal Institute of Technology, this one is not an ordinary university and is not included in it.

In addition to the six comprehensive universities, the empire also has a total of more than 20 normal schools, basically every province and province has a normal school, and the size and faculty are based on the population and economic situation of each province, so the strength of these normal schools is weak, with no more than 100 students, such as Guiyang Normal School, but there are also normal schools that are large enough to compete with comprehensive universities, and even the academic system is close to comprehensive universities, such as Jiangnan Normal School.

Jiangnan Normal is located in Suzhou, where literati gather, and Jiangnan Province is a place where the literary style is prosperous, of course, and more importantly, Jiangnan Province is rich!

Its campus buildings and equipment and other hardware facilities are not worse than Jinling University, but the teachers are a little worse, no way, this thing money is useless, those high-level talents can go to the university to teach, but not to teach in the normal school.

But even so, Jiangnan Normal is also strong, with more than 1,300 students in the school.

In addition to these universities and teachers, there is another special type of government education system, that is, preparatory schools, which can be regarded as higher education in modern terms.

Because the preparatory school is very simple, it is for those who are ready to go to university, but those who can be admitted to the preparatory school will never apply for the normal school.

This can be seen from the fact that the number of preparatory schools is less than that of normal schools, and there are only twelve preparatory schools in the current empire, which is much less than the more than twenty normal schools.

Under the normal and preparatory schools, there are ordinary middle schools, most of which are run by the state government, and this number is more, because when it was first prepared, each prefecture and province directly under the prefecture needed to run one, and it was directly converted into a secondary school, and these middle schools were numerous and uneven in quality.

Elementary schools are sponsored by the county, generally speaking, a county will have at least one primary school, but some counties will also have two or even more, at the same time, the empire is open to private education, as long as it is registered and approved, then the former private school can be turned into a private primary school.

Therefore, within the scope of the Tang Empire, in fact, the number of private primary schools is very, very large, and many villages with a slightly larger scale may have a private primary school, which is the kind of private school in the past.

Therefore, whether it was before or now, in fact, the main force of basic education in the primary school stage of the Tang Empire has always been private schools, and as for the government-run primary schools, just a little bit cannot meet the huge educational needs.

Not only elementary schools, but also secondary schools and even higher education have traces of private schools, and there are many of them, such as the famous Songjiang College, which is recognized by the Imperial Ministry of Rites and Rites as a graduate of the school or the entrance examination of various universities, just like other normal schools.

On the one hand, people are seeking fame, and it is a very respectable thing to run a school in these years, so many gentry and landlords are happy to donate money to run the school.

On the other hand, people are naturally also trying to solve the problem of their own disciples' education!

The literary style of Jiangnan Province is too prosperous, and there are countless readers, if you want to fight your way out of so many scholars and be admitted to these schools in the preparatory department or Jiangnan Normal School, to be honest, it is not small, and it is more difficult than directly going to the exam.

In order to give their children a way to continue their studies, bypass the restriction of lifting people, and thus obtain the qualification to directly participate in the examination, these gentry and landlords will generously contribute to the establishment of this Songjiang College.

And Songjiang College is currently the most successful private college of higher learning in the empire, with a standard normal education system, and the teachers are all dug from government schools at a high price.

Of course, this fee is not usually expensive!

Private schools are not those public normal and preparatory schools, although self-financed students are also expensive, but they are not too expensive, and as long as the grades are good enough, they can also get scholarships, but in Songjiang College, the tuition is much more expensive, there are thousands of taels of silver a year and so on, ordinary small rich families can't get it.

At present, higher education is mainly government-run, while enlightenment education is mainly private.

However, this situation will definitely not last long, education is fundamental, especially basic education, in the past two years, Li Xuan is very interested in running basic education, on the contrary, he is not so interested in running higher education.

Because Li Xuan felt that a small number of talents with higher education were enough, and there was no need to train everyone as college students, which was not a good thing.

After all, people with higher education will have higher needs, but the high-quality needs that the empire can provide are also limited, and it is impossible to meet too many people.

If there are too many people with higher education, it is easy to have a kind of trouble, that is, some of the high-level talents who fail to obtain high-quality demand in the society will eventually sprout dissatisfaction, and then make all kinds of troubles, such as making revolutions...... All kinds of snapping ......

Faced with this kind of problem, Li Xuan decided to school Americans to engage in elite education!

Let a few talents receive higher education, and let them become the backbone of society!

As for ordinary people, it's good to go to a university, just go to elementary school.

The workers needed in the future industrial revolution need to graduate from college, and primary school is enough!

Therefore, primary school is more important than college!