Although there was some speculation, the ministers were still a little surprised to hear that the newly enthroned majesty was going to reform the imperial examination.

In the eyes of everyone, His Majesty in front of him is actually a young man, because Li Ye is only 20 years old this year. Among those present, even Lee Ying-wook is almost 30 years old, and most of the others are between 30 and 50 years old.

Young people have ideas, they want to do something big, and they can understand that. But His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and he is going to change the imperial examination, is he too anxious.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are dull, can Your Majesty elaborate on what changes have been made?" After Du Rangneng got up and saluted, he asked.

Zheng Congyan is not there, Wang Hui and Du Rangneng are the oldest of these people present, and they are not Li Ye's cronies, and most of them have relied on their own abilities to get to the present.

Originally, Du Rang could think that Wang Hui would be the first to stand up, but when he winked at him, the other party actually turned a blind eye. Not to mention Liu Chongwang next to him, there was no way, only he stood up and became the first bird.

"It's very simple, cancel the Jinshi subject, Xiucai subject, Ming Jing subject, Ming arithmetic subject, etc., and unify them into a set of test papers. The content of the examination involves current affairs, poetry, articles, scriptures, arithmetic, law, calligraphy, medicine, etc., and the best are admitted. Li Ye thought for a while and said.

When everyone heard this, they were a little surprised, this can be said to have overthrown the original imperial examination system. In the past, they were all tested separately, so there were fewer and fewer people waiting for the Ming Arithmetic subject, and finally it was simply canceled.

Among the people present, only two did not show surprised expressions, namely Li Zhen and Li Yingxu.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, right?" Du Rangneng hesitated, this is too fanciful, to be precise, it is called apostasy.

But he must not say these words, or he may be relegated to that remote place the next day.

"How is it not appropriate?" Li Ye narrowed his eyes.

He didn't show too much emotion, after all, he said at the beginning that he wanted to discuss with everyone, and if he wanted to express his position directly, it would not be a discussion.

Du Rangneng frowned and said, "Your Majesty, if you reform like this, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction among the majority of scholars." After all, the imperial examinations over the years have been dominated by the Jinshi and Ming classics, mainly relying on current affairs, poems, articles and scriptures.

Now that the imperial court has decided that His Majesty should seek stability and not make a big move. ”

Li Ye raised his eyebrows, although Du Rangneng said it more tactfully, but in fact, he didn't think it should be changed like this. To put it bluntly, they all came over like this, and naturally they didn't want the exam to change.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal. Du Shilang made sense, and it was completely unnecessary to add arithmetic, law, and medicine to the content of the exam. Arithmetic and other miscellaneous studies are actually sideways, and they have nothing to do with cultivating loyal and patriotic people.

If His Majesty insists on opening arithmetic, etc., he can set up a separate department of arithmetic and a department of law. Compared with Du Rangneng, Liu Chongwang's contempt for arithmetic is more obvious.

Or rather, his last sentence was ill-intentioned.

Does the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty have exams for the Ming Law Department and the Ming Calculation Department?

Yes, definitely.

It's just that because the future is not good, he can't be a big official, so there are fewer people who learn and even fewer people who take the exam. Even if these two exams were offered, not many people signed up.

Because when he was the prime minister, most of them were from Jinshike.

"Liu Shilang, please forgive me for this, I don't dare to agree." Seeing that His Majesty's face was a little ugly, Li Zhen, who was sitting on the side, immediately got up and acted as the emperor's vanguard.

"What is the opinion of Scholar Lee?"

Liu Chongwang called him a university scholar, not his higher-grade Jinyi Guard command envoy position, which shows that Liu Chongwang looked down on Li Zhen at all and deliberately belittled the other party.

He really didn't dare to imagine that an agency that was only in charge of intelligence was actually the chief officer of Zheng Sanpin, who was on an equal footing with him, and the other party was also a person who had failed to be a jinshi several times. It gave him a sense of shame.

An inaudible cold glint flashed in Li Zhen's eyes, and he regained his smile in an instant, "I heard that Liu Shilang once managed salt and iron affairs in the household department?" ”

"That's right, at that time, it was during the period when Prime Minister Pei Tan was serving as a squire of the household department, and he served as a counselor for a period of time." Liu Chongwang said proudly.

Li Zhen couldn't help sneering in his heart, in front of the emperor, your appearance is not looking for death or what? After seeing that the emperor's face had changed, Li Zhen had confidence in his heart.

"Dare to ask Liu Shilang if he has ever seen anyone use arithmetic during his management of salt and iron affairs? Can the household use arithmetic? Speaking of this, Li Zhen looked at Li Yu on the side, "Li Shangshu, I wonder if you can solve your doubts?" ”

Li Mi nodded, "What the commander said is right, if there is no arithmetic, the entire household department may be paralyzed. ”

Li Zhen smiled and looked at Liu Chongwang, "Could it be that Liu Shilang thinks that the people in the household department are not loyal and patriotic?" Could it be that the abolition of arithmetic is considered to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism? Can Liu Shilang come up with a better way to help the household department deal with these taxes? ”

Liu Chongwang's face was red when he was squeezed, and he couldn't help but retort, "Scholar Li is secretly changing the concept. I just think that arithmetic should not be examined together with poetry, scriptures, etc., and even if it is to be examined, it must be taken separately.

Can these people still govern the country? ”

"The so-called separate examination in Liu Shilang's mouth actually doesn't he still think that arithmetic is not important?" Saying that, Li Zhen saluted Li Ye slightly, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks what His Majesty said is reasonable." Including arithmetic in the examination can improve the ability of the entire group of scholars, otherwise it will only be a problem, how dare they let them manage the household department and the Ministry of Industry?

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The same is true for law, medicine, etc. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this move is inappropriate, please think twice." Liu Chongwang said-for-tat.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it should be safe, and it is not appropriate to add miscellaneous studies to the content of the Jinshi and other examinations." Du Rangneng got up and agreed.

Seeing that the three of them were fighting each other, Zheng Ningji stood up and saluted and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the scale of the Ming Law Department should be expanded. Since the minister served as the secretary of the criminal department, he found that there were very few people in the criminal department who were familiar with the laws of the Tang Dynasty, so wouldn't it be easy to have unjust, false and wrongful cases in the judgment of cases?

There are too many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, which will inevitably adversely affect the reputation of the imperial court. ”

As soon as Zheng Ningji's words came out, Du Rangneng looked very good.

Du Rangneng was the secretary of the Criminal Department before, doesn't this mean that he may be derelict in his duties? Zheng Ningji seemed to be speaking for the Criminal Department, but in fact, the spearhead was directed at Du Rangneng.

With Zheng Ningji's interjection, Li Yingxu and others expressed their views one after another, and there were many people who supported the reform of the imperial examination, and there were many people who opposed it.

And Li Ye sat firmly in Diaoyutai, watching the quarrel of these ministers, and did not rush to make a decision.

"Uncle Huang, what do you think?" In the end, Li Ye asked about the Dali Siqing who sat in the corner and had not spoken all the time--Li Ti, the heir of Peng Wang.

King Peng opened his eyes, obviously a little 'surprised' that Li Ye called him, but he was obviously pretending, he just didn't want to get involved in this matter, but it didn't mean that he didn't listen.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that the ministers are fighting for each other, so it is better to let Your Majesty make a holy decision." King Peng said seriously.

Bah!

Hearing King Peng's words and the mud, the others couldn't help but despise it in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces.

Since Li Ye came to power, the clan has also served in the court, in addition to Li Jiepi and Li Si as generals, Peng Wang Li Ti also served as the secretary of Dali Temple. These three princes of the clan know that their identities are sensitive, so they are also very interesting, keep a low profile, just do their own work, and do not mix the others.

The contempt for everyone is different, but Li Ye loves this imperial uncle to death, and he can't wait to hug each other and kiss each other... Forehead... Forget it.

"Ahem!"

Li Ye deliberately coughed loudly twice, and the arguing ministers immediately stopped and stood respectfully, "Since you Aiqing have your own opinions, I think it's better not to make a decision on this matter for the time being." Li Shangshu, the imperial examination is a matter of the Ministry of Rites, and you have heard the opinions of other ministers today. ”

"Obey the order!" Li Li hurriedly saluted.

Looking at the other ministers who wanted to speak and stopped, Li Ye added, "If other Aiqing have ideas about the imperial examination, they can also play." However, there is one thing, and that is that this matter cannot be disclosed to the public, including your family, until it is decided.

I will let the brocade guard keep an eye on it, and if someone deliberately leaks it out, I will definitely punish it severely. ”

In the end, Li Ye's eyes turned cold, and the idea of using the power of a scholar to force His Majesty in front of him to change his mind was suddenly extinguished.

"Obey the order!"

"It's not early, let's go back and rest as soon as possible!"

"Wait for the resignation!"

The crowd hurriedly saluted, and then walked out of the hall.

Originally, when Li Yingxu wanted to talk to Li Zhen and others, Li Ying appeared behind him for some reason, and called him, "Yingxu, I wonder if you are free?" I have something to ask you. ”

Li Yingxu was stunned for a moment, and after saying goodbye to Li Zhen and the others, he came to Li Zhen and saluted slightly, "Lord Shangshu." ”

"Let's talk as we walk?" Li Li smiled.

Li Yingxu guessed that the other party might want to inquire about the reform of the imperial examination, but the other party was an elder in the clan, and he couldn't refuse. He knew His Majesty's determination, and he didn't want the person in front of him to lose points in front of His Majesty because of this matter.

Tonight, it seems that His Majesty was frightened by Du Rangneng and other ministers who disagreed, but in fact, this will not make His Majesty change his follow-up plan.

This imperial examination reform seems to be a big resistance, but in fact it is not as big as imagined.

First of all, there are not many scholars who participate in the imperial examination, and it is estimated that the two provinces of Shu will occupy more than half. Because of the war, there were not many scholars from other places who could rush to participate in the imperial examination, so the resistance was mainly in the court.

Secondly, most of the resistance of the court came from the family, but the strength of the family was very weak at this time.

Shandong Shi clan, because of the Huangchao Rebellion and the current Qin Zongquan rebellion, the war is endless and the losses are heavy; The same is true of the Guan Sergeant clan. In addition, Chang'an has suffered three wars, and many people have been purged by His Majesty, so the resistance will not be very great.

If we do not take advantage of the current resistance to carry out the reform of the imperial examination, it will be even more difficult in the future. If it is a feudal domain, the local feudal towns will definitely not sit idly by, but the reform of the imperial examination system has nothing to do with them, so naturally they will not interfere.

(End of chapter)