After Fu Guibao was called, he listened to Li Rizhi ask him about the students in the county, he thought about it and said: "There is nothing noteworthy about the county school, the number of students in our Qianfeng County is not very large, in terms of numbers, it is less than that of other counties, which is related to the selection of county officials some time ago." ”

Li Rizhi nodded, he is clear about this, in fact, in terms of the proportion of population in each county, the proportion of scholars is about the same, unless it is a particularly rich or poor county, this proportion may be out of balance, but under normal circumstances, it is still about the same.

After all, in this era, land annexation is not serious, there are no super big landlords, and ordinary people can still eat enough, in this case, those who can afford to read will still try their best to provide for them, and there are not a few things about noble sons from poor families.

However, it is true that there are more scholars than in the previous dynasty, but not every scholar can be admitted to the imperial examination, and not every scholar can be guaranteed by officials, even in the era when the imperial examination and the guarantee system were parallel, not every scholar can get the opportunity to jump into the dragon gate.

Li Rizhi selected a large number of officials in the county, which reduced the number of scholars a lot, and many scholars gave up participating in the imperial examination, because they themselves knew very well that even if they participated in the scientific examination, they might not be able to pass the examination.

Rather than failing the exam and wasting time, then it is better to enter the officialdom as soon as possible, although they can only start from the lowest level of officials, but for their own ability, this is enough.

Therefore, the polarization of the scholars in Qianfeng County is quite serious, one is that they are really good at reading, that is, they want to participate in the imperial examination and enter the official career from the imperial examination, and the other is that they are very poor in learning, and they cannot choose officials in the county, and they cannot even serve as the chief at the grassroots level, so they can only live a mess.

After all kinds of failures, the latter kind of people either have money in the family to inherit the family business, or the family has a field, and the family cultivates the field, and gets a name for farming and reading heirlooms.

If you come from a poor family and are very poor, then you can only go to be a bookkeeper for others, or start some small business by yourself, if you really can't do it, then you can only find a place and set up a stall to write letters to others.

And the former kind of people are terrible, if you are lucky, you will be an official after you come out, if you are more sleek, you can be like a fish in water in the officialdom, maybe you can become a big official, a scholar or something, maybe you can reach such a height.

Li Rizhi asked Fu Guibao: "If I want to get to know these students, you said that I went to the county school to see them, and then issued a paper for them to answer, is there any other way?" ”

Fu Guibao said: "Publish a paper for them to answer, this idea is quite good, in fact, it is to rank these students in the county, which is an informal exam, which is for you to really test them in the future, it can be regarded as a score in advance, so that these students have a number in their hearts in advance."

When it comes to the real exam, you report the recommended list to Yanzhou, it is estimated that no one will say anything strange about the students, I heard that there are students who say strange things every year, what kind of exam is unfair, the examiner is biased, and even some cheating in the field will come out, although we are not afraid of this kind of thing, but we also have to guard against it! ”

Li Rizhi nodded and said: "You are quite right, but unfortunately I don't have enough experience in this area, because my uncle was the county commander at the beginning, and I have always been smooth sailing in the county, and of course my uncle can't test me specifically, so I really lack experience in this area." What kind of methods do you think other counties use to deal with such things? ”

Fu Guibao said: "It's very simple, basically just hold some banquets, everyone go out to play, and let the students make a poem."

Then everyone evaluates and evaluates, makes a name for the students, and ranks the level of poetry, which can be regarded as a solution, but it is not as good as the kind of exam you said, if we can hold a small scientific examination in the county, I think the effect should be the best! ”

Fu Guibao said that the small scientific examination in the county, of course, is very troublesome, and now most of the other counties have not started the county examination, because the recommendation system is still very popular, and the county has a lot of power to recommend students to the state, and the state officials are very willing to recommend students to Chang'an.

This is all power, it is a real favor, those students who are recommended, if they succeed, this favor will be remembered for a lifetime, for officials, why do they have to take exams if they can be recommended?

If you want to take an exam, then the room for maneuver will become smaller? No official would be stupid enough to take the initiative to cut his power!

Of course, some counties have already started the county examination, but it will not be said that it is like the small imperial examination, which is really too troublesome.

Qianfeng County had never had such an exam before, which was also related to the inaction of the previous county magistrate.

Li Rizhi wrote a bulletin with a pen, on which he wrote that all the students in the county, not only the students in the county school, as long as they want to participate in the imperial examination, or even if they don't want to participate in the imperial examination, but want to know what their level of study is in Qianfeng County, then they can come to take the exam!

The upcoming county exam, the exam is not charged, and as long as you come to the exam, then the county will give the candidates a set of pen, ink, paper, inkstone, as well as three meals a day, and the money for accommodation in the city, the county government has all been packaged, in short, the students can come to the exam, and everything else does not have to worry, the county government is in charge.

After Li Rizhi finished writing, he asked the messenger to post it, which was regarded as a notice to all the scholars in the entire Qianfeng County.

Then he wrote another letter and sent it directly to Chang'an, first to Xu Jingzong.

He said in the recital that he wanted to conduct a small scientific examination in the county, because he wanted to promote the imperial examination, popularize the knowledge of the imperial examination, and let everyone know that only participating in the imperial examination is the most orthodox way to enter the office, and study hard, so that he can become an official, don't just think about some crooked ways, don't just think that it is the right way to get to the top by taking advantage of favors, and reading books well.

After this recital was written, when Xu Jingzong received it, he naturally appreciated it greatly, thinking that Li Rizhi was too good at being a man, which was simply politically correct.

Li Rizhi firmly stood on the emperor's side every time he stood in line, and if he wanted to carry out the imperial examination, the most urgent person was the emperor, not those gate lords and aristocrats.

Li Rizhi engaged in such a small scientific expedition in the county, what other people think Xu Jingzong doesn't know, but the emperor must be the happiest, the queen must be very happy, and the prince must be very happy!

Look, Li Rizhi did one thing casually, which made the emperor's whole family very happy, this is the ability!

Li Rizhi posted the announcement, but it was only a day, and the county immediately knew about it.

After all, everyone is very concerned about the affairs of readers, even if there are no readers in their own family, but there will always be a few readers, and the county will hold an exam, which is also a test for readers, so that everyone knows that whether they have studied well over the years, and whether the money spent on reading is worth it!