"Even so, the Ministry of Engineering is too slow, and I have to go back and urge it. Huang Lu remembered to go back and remind me. Yun Xi said. In this era, the earth dragon is equivalent to heating, and it is very difficult to have a winter without the earth dragon. Although Yun Xi, who has the idea of later generations, does not have the ability to lay the earth dragon for the people of the whole country, the various official offices are still okay. Newly built public rental housing has also begun to be laid. Huang Lu bowed and agreed.

After saying this, Yoon-hee asked Kim Seon about his work. "How many prisoners are there in Guozi Prison now? How many people are there in each parish? How many classes? At this time, the students were divided into six classes and three classes. The three halls of justice, Chongzhi and Guangye are primary, the two halls of monasticism and sincerity are medium, and the first hall of spontaneity is high. Only after graduating from higher education can he be conferred an officer.

"Your Majesty, according to the rules laid down by the first emperor, the six halls are divided into thirty-two classes, each class has about eighty or ninety people, and there are more than 2,600 students in prison. Among them, there are five classes in each of the five classes of justice, Chongzhi, Guangye, cultivation and sincerity, and seven classes in the Frankness Hall. Kim Sun replied.

"Why, isn't there a regular enrollment of students every year? Why is the number of students at different levels different? ”

"Your Majesty, there is a reason for this. On the one hand, although according to the rules set by the first emperor, the Guozi supervision system is four years, of which one and a half years for the primary school, one and a half years for the middle school, and one year for the higher school, but to enter the middle school, you must be proficient in one skill, and most students need four or five years to reach this level, but most of the students who are promoted from the middle school to the higher school only take two or three years, so there are fewer students in the second hall of cultivation and sincerity. “”

"The two, according to the regulations, can only be conferred after graduating from the rate of the hall, but in recent years, the court has needed a large number of officials, and many students who have not been studying in the rate hall for a long time have been selected as officials by the ministry before they graduate. The colleagues of the Ministry of Officials are reasonable, and the students of Guozijian themselves are willing, and it is not easy for the ministers to stop them. Jin Shan explained helplessly. As the priest of the country, he was very worried that if these students did not do well in their official positions, others would criticize him for 'neglecting the supervision of affairs' and 'eating a vegetarian meal for the corpse'.

"There's no way around it." Yun Xi comforted: "In recent years, many new official positions have been established in the imperial court, and many yamen have also been established, and there are many officials needed, so the students of Guozijian can only graduate early." ”

"Your Majesty, if there are not enough officials, why don't you increase the number of Jinshi admitted to the imperial examination? It is also possible to provoke people as officials. Kim Sun said.

Yun Xi smiled and did not speak. In his opinion, a person from a Jinshi background is equivalent to a political officer, what do you want so many political officials to do? If you want to be an official, you can, but you can only be an official, come to Guozijian to study, and after graduation, you can be awarded an official, and you can also get preferential treatment, and you can directly study in the middle cultivation and sincerity two halls.

Jin Shan saw Yunxi but smiled silently, and did not talk about it anymore, and talked about other problems in the prison now, such as doctors, teaching assistants, Xuezheng and other academic officials have uneven teaching and educating people, and there are several children of nobles who do not abide by the rules of the national prison after entering the school.

"All students, regardless of their origins, must be strictly governed by the rules, and if there is any violation, they will be dealt with according to the rules; The skills of the scholars are uneven, so you can list the ones you think should be deposed according to your own daily scrutiny, and I approve it. Neither of these things is anything to me. ”

"In my opinion, the biggest problem is that what Guozijian teaches is too simple, only teaching the Four Books and the Thirteen Classics, not the practice."

After saying this, Yun Xi noticed that Jin Shan's expression was a little surprised, and immediately said: "I am not saying that the Four Books and the Thirteen Classics are not important, on the contrary, they are very important, but there is no way to deal with many things in the Four Books and Thirteen Classics, although Song Zhaopu said that he would rule the world according to half of the Analects, but that he had already experienced step by step and knew how to govern the world according to the Analects. ”

Yun Xi believes that the official position that the jinshi selected from the triennial general examination should be administrative officials, similar to the officials elected by the general election and the heads of various departments in Western countries. They don't need to do small things, just control the big policies; In the future, the position of Guozijian graduates is to be administrative officers, handling specific matters in accordance with major policies. If some people do a good job, they can be promoted to administrative officers, but administrative officers cannot become administrative officers.

Since the future position is to be an officer, you can't just learn the Four Books and Thirteen Classics, but you have to learn things that are really related to being an official; The role of Guozijian is to provide pre-job training for these scholars who only have one mind and four books before entering the school.

Yun Xi thought about this problem as early as three or four years ago, but there were too many things he wanted to change at that time, and he put it down later. It wasn't until he returned to the capital this year that he remembered it when he attacked Rigaku, so he appointed Kim Sun as the kokuko priest and prepared for this matter.

"Your Majesty, have you underestimated the understanding of the world's scholars? It is true that some people are not talented, but such people do not consider themselves officials. Kim Sun said.

"It is true that the method of dealing with practice can be understood from the four books, but how much more time does it take for officials? There are still a few people who are extremely smart. ”

"It's not that I don't think that Guozijian will need to teach students the Four Books and Thirteen Classics in the future, but just add a teaching of practice." Yun Xi retorted again.

"Your Majesty said yes." Jin Shan was not a man who ate the ancients, and he knew that although he could theoretically govern the country according to the Analects, in practice unless he was a very intelligent person, there would definitely be problems. He asked again, "How does Your Majesty plan to improve?" ”

When Yun Xi heard that he agreed to carry out the reform, he immediately smiled and said, "I have a charter to discuss with Jin Qing. ”

"The content of the three primary schools of justice, Chongzhi, and Guangye remains unchanged, starting from the two secondary schools of monasticism and sincerity, teaching the practice of each yamen in dealing with major and minor matters; The Spontaneous Hall no longer teaches students the Four Books and Thirteen Classics, but teaches all of them practically. ”

"Starting from the two halls of monasticism and sincerity, the system of dividing subjects into households, criminals, workers, soldiers and other 'majors' is implemented, and a certain number of places for each major are allowed to students to sign up by themselves, but if there are not enough students to sign up for majors, a few people will be moved from the extra majors. In the future, all students can only serve as officials in the yamen corresponding to their majors. For example, a student majoring in household can only be an official in the household department, unless this person is very capable and can be an official position above the fourth grade. All Guozijian students should start as junior officials and be promoted little by little. ”

"In addition, in the future, the origin of Guozijian students must also be limited. The original students from the prefectures, prefectures, and counties did not have to change, and they were allowed to sit in prison, and they did not have to go through the primary school to go straight to the second hall of monasticism and sincerity. ”

"But the white body must be strictly controlled to enter the country, and the prefect must be recommended to enter the school, and only those who can be elected as officials. As for the shadow prisons, you can only manage them strictly in the future. ”

"In the end, regardless of the five primary and secondary schools of justice, Chongzhi, Guangye, cultivation, and sincerity, all students in the Frank Hall are not allowed to drop out of school to take the imperial examination, and if there is any violation, even if the literary style is good, I will never be hired." Yun Xi said all his reforms to the country in one breath.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are very much in agreement with the origin of the prisoners. To tell Your Majesty that almost every year, there are not very qualified students who enter the school, but although there are also students in various prefectures, prefectures, and counties who do not obey discipline, they are still qualified in their studies. ”

"Can you order all the inmates to start with petty officials, do you want to think again? The minimum Jinshi from the imperial examination is the county order of the seventh grade, why should the students of Guozijian be like this? Kim Sun said.

Although Yun Xi's method of replacing officials with officials is very hidden, in the past few years, there are always people who have seen it and think that petty officials who are not in the stream are officials in the past and are unwilling to do it.

"I know that many students of the Guozijian are picky and unwilling to be unpopular officials, and this kind of thinking must be broken! In the future, except for those who were born as jinshi, the rest of the people as officials must start from scratch and be promoted little by little, so that they can know how to deal with everything and be experienced in government affairs. I know that they are wrong to think that the officials who are not in the stream now are the officials of the past. How could officials in the past have a chance to be promoted? And as long as they do well, they will definitely be promoted. You are in the Guozi Prison, and you must tell all the prisoners about this. ”

"What's more, if you don't let the prisoners do it, who will let these officials who don't enter the stream do it? Continue to be controlled by local villains like the officials of the past, so that the good policies formulated by me and your Aiqing will be out of shape when they arrive in the locality? ”

Yunxi has no intention of giving in. The reform he is carrying out today is not only the reform of the Guozijian, but also the reform of the entire civil service system.

What's more, he didn't have to make concessions. There are so many talents in the world, only a few percent can be lifted in the exam, and only one in 10,000 can be admitted to the Jinshi, if you don't want to do it, there are always people who are willing to do it. 'You prisoners, in history, can only be the lowest and smallest official in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and my reform at least retains the possibility of you being promoted to the middle and high-level. Not satisfied. Yun Xi thought.

Jin Shan still felt that Yun Xi's reform was not appropriate, or that he was too eager for quick success, so he persuaded a few more words. After thinking about it, Yun Xi finally said: "Since this is the case, it is up to you to evaluate all the students of the Frank Hall, and the high ones can be directly rated as officials of the seventh or eighth grade, the medium ones as officials of the eighth and ninth grades, and the low ones as officials who do not enter the stream. "But he thought to himself, 'This is just excessive, and in a few years when the system is smoothed out, this must be abolished.'"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jin Shan accepted it. He discussed the details with Yun Xi for a while, wrote down the new articles of association one by one, and decided the matter.