Shinong industry and commerce, the imperial examination should be the examination of scholars! Chen Shuda, the servant of the door, still insisted that the Chen family was an imperial family in the past, and now it is also a famous family of the scholar family, and this prime minister naturally speaks for the scholar family in the palace.

Hou Mo Chen Yi, the prime minister of the Xianbei clan who was born in the Guanlong aristocracy, believed that as long as he was a person of good origin, he could take the exam. The good nationality corresponds to the lowly slaves, the lowly ones are engaged in the prostitution industry, as well as the Tanhu in the southeast coastal area, these people take the boat as their home, engaged in fishing, pearl diving, water transportation, etc., in all dynasties, this group of people has been discriminated against by the government, forbidden to land, and they are not allowed to build houses and buy houses on land, and can only stay on the water boat for the rest of their lives.

Although it is not known why this tradition of discrimination came about, this group of people has existed for thousands of years.

And slavery is different from lowly status, and slavery refers specifically to slaves.

Regardless of whether they are slaves or lowly people, they are not among the four peoples of Shinong, industry and commerce.

In some dynasties in the past, there were also merchant registrations among merchants, and this kind of merchant nationality did not refer to all the people who did business, but those who specialized in the market, such as shopkeepers, guys, etc., and the proprietors of shops and firms were naturally not considered merchants. In some dynasties, business operators must be included in the business register, which is also a kind of cheap status.

However, Daqin Xing Industry and Commerce, whether it is the shopkeeper operating in the market, the partner or the owner of the shop, is not listed. Even the Sanya sergeants of Daqin did not have an independent military status, they were all civilian citizens.

Daqin does not have a special scholar's nationality, agricultural nationality, industrial nationality, and merchant nationality, and there will be no distinction between military households, artisan households, and merchants, as long as they are not slaves and lowly families, they are all good registrations.

The Emperor coughed.

"Where are the people of good origin, how can they be divided into farmers, industrialists, and industrialists? I used to be a blacksmith, could it be that according to Chen Shilang's words, I should be classified as a craftsman? You can't be an official, you can't be an official? ”

Chen Shuda had no choice but to say, "The minister has no such intention. ”

Luo Cheng continued, "When I was in the previous dynasty, I could also become an official, so why did this dynasty go backwards? ”

However, Chen Shuda still insisted that businessmen were very special, and even if they did not inhibit industry and commerce, they could not allow businessmen to participate in the imperial examination, enter the official career, and become officials of the imperial court. His reason is that there are no treacherous businessmen, and businessmen are rich in business, if they are allowed to join the ranks, it is inevitable that the capital will not be linked to officialdom.

Several other prime ministers have supported this reason.

Although Luo Cheng thinks that this reason is not valid, it is all because in terms of money, which businessman in this era is better than those nobles and scholars, these people have both influence and capital, and they are the real rich people.

Obviously, these people just don't want these businessmen to rob them of their interests.

In the past, although the merchants were rich, the merchants had no status, so they could only rely on those noble officials or nobles, so the aristocratic bureaucrats and nobles could easily maintain their own interests and at the same time, they could easily take a large part of the benefits from the merchants.

If businessmen are allowed to become officials, then why should they still rely on them in the future, and why should they find spokespersons and backers in the court?

"My Great Qin only has the distinction of good nationality and slave nationality, and there is a law that good and low are not married, but there is absolutely no distinction between military households, artisan households, merchants, peasant households, and official households. The emperor fought with his ministers.

Today is another hard debate.

It was only at dusk that the controversy finally came to an end for the time being.

The emperor did not win, but the ministers also made some concessions to the emperor, and finally detailed regulations were drawn up on the qualifications for participating in the imperial examination.

First, women are not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.

Second, monks and vassals are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

Article 3: A person who has committed a crime may not participate in the imperial examination, and a person who has committed a crime in the same house or above cannot participate in the imperial examination.

Fourth, those who are worried about filial piety are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

Fifth, children who are not of good nationality are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

Sixth, I and my relatives who have made great contributions to the cohabitation and above, who are self-employed in industry and commerce, and who specialize in their own business, are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

In the last one, the emperor began to disagree, while the ministers insisted. In the end, they compromised with each other, and the ministers originally thought that if there were three generations of the family who specialized in industry and commerce, they could not participate in the imperial examination. However, it was later changed to a person or a father or brother who was in charge of industry and commerce on his own, and who specialized in his own business, was not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

This is only limited to fathers and brothers, which is equivalent to a family living together, and then point out that it is a family specialty, that is, a professional to do this, if it is a farmer who usually does some small business and hawker or something, it does not count, you have to be a family specialist, it is counted.

Originally, the ministers also proposed that advocates, excellent, soap, pawns, and beggars should not participate in the imperial examination. advocates are the children of people who are engaged in the Qinglou and performing business, and the soap pawn is a Xu official and a soldier.

In the end, Luo Cheng only agreed that he would not be admitted to the imperial examination, but as long as he did not violate other regulations prohibiting participation in the imperial examination, he could still participate.

In general, women, monks, criminals, lowly slaves, and those who are mourning cannot participate, and the others are fine.

"There is one subject in the imperial examination every year, and all students of the national sub-prison, county school, and county school can directly sign up for the examination, which is for the students. Students who are not from the official school will first go to the county official school to take an exam, and after passing the county assessment, they will be nominated by the county to participate in the examination. ”

"All students and township tributes, according to their place of origin, participate in the county examination in the spring of each year, and those who pass the county examination are awarded children. Then the child participates in the county examination in the county, and those who pass the county examination are awarded the talent show. After the autumn, Xiucai went to the imperial court examination in the first city of the province, and those who passed were lifted. ”

In the spring of the following year, he took the examination presided over by the Ministry of Rites in Beijing, and the person who passed was Jinshi. Jinshi also had to take the Golden Palace Examination, which was presided over by the emperor himself, and finally ranked the Jinshi. ”

After the emperor finally determined the eligibility conditions for the candidacy, he immediately took the opportunity to announce the method of the examination.

"Those who have obtained the student will no longer need to take the prefectural examination in the coming year. Those who have obtained the talent show do not need to participate in the county examination in the next year, and those who have the merit of the show talent can participate in the county official examination, and the talent is hired and awarded the position of official. Those who are admitted to the examination can also participate in the examination of the Ministry of Officials, and those who are selected can be awarded the positions of Pavilion Chief, County Clerk, County Cao Zuo and other officials. ”

"Those who pass the training examination of the Ministry of Rites, after passing the training examination of the Ministry of Officials, will be elected for official positions, and will be awarded the posts of county chief bookkeeper, county lieutenant, county clerk, etc., according to the vacancy, or enter the central provinces or county departments as officials, and be awarded the rank of eight or nine ranks."

The emperor announced a set of examinations and a system of conferring officials in one go, which made the ministers extremely sudden.

"Your Majesty, once a year, will it be too frequent?"

"Your Majesty, is it too complicated to set up county examinations, county examinations, Taoist examinations, Ministry of Rite examinations, and palace examinations for this imperial examination?"

Some people even pointed out that just passing the county examination and becoming a showman can participate in the official examination as an official, which is too child's play. And there is no precedent for letting people who have passed the Taoist examination become officials.

"My Daqin is taking a road without precedent, we can only grope forward by ourselves, this system is good or bad, it still needs to be tested in practice, try it for a few years, don't you know what is good and bad? Instead of opposing here in every possible way, opposing for the sake of opposition, it is better to go home and let your children study hard, with your conditions, if your children participate in the imperial examination, they should definitely occupy a more advantageous position, are you still afraid that you will not be able to compete with the poor scholars? Can't compete with the children of the soldiers of the farmer's house? ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were not easy to say.

"Your Majesty, may I ask what is the content of this layer of exams? How many people are admitted to each county? Du Ruhui asked, but his question was still more direct to the point.

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