Yang Xuan returned to CD in May of the fourth year of Yongli (1650 AD), and in addition to dealing with daily affairs, visiting relatives and friends, Yang Xuan paid the most attention to the construction of a new school.

After half a year of hard work, five new-style schools have been established in the capital city, and nearly half of the other states and counties have also begun to prepare for the construction of new-style schools.

Seeing Yang Xuan so highly respect the new-style school, this made Qian Bangxin, Liu Changlin and others, who were born in Jinshi, deeply uneasy, and repeatedly recounted the many benefits of the imperial examination.

At first, I didn't think about it, but then I thought about it, isn't the modern high school entrance examination a biochemical version of the imperial examination system in the past? In the past, only classics and history were examined, but in addition to liberal arts, the modern high school entrance examination also includes mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

In this way, it seems that the high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination and the imperial examination system are in the same line, since they are in the same line, why should they reject it?

At this time, Yang Xuan also realized the importance of the teachers of the new school, so he decided to hold a township examination in the provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.

Different from the past when 20 or 30 talents were selected from thousands of talents in the township examination every year, this time, in addition to selecting more than 100 talents, it is also necessary to select hundreds of talents who can be created to serve as officials of the yamen and the backbone of the new-style school.

Although Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered the scholars in the past, now that the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan have all been recovered, under the persuasion of everyone, Yang Xuan had no choice but to open a branch to take scholars.

In June of this year, candidates from all walks of life gathered on the CD), in addition to many movers, there were also some local officials who also hoped to become famous in one fell swoop.

In the past, the main exams were Moyi, Tijing, Strategy, and Poetry four subjects, and now they retain the Theory of Questioning (two subjects are combined into one), and the two subjects of Paste Sutra Moyi (two subjects are combined into one), and arithmetic and physics are added in addition to the two subjects.

Pasting the scriptures is equivalent to filling in the blanks in previous lives, pasting a few words from the Pentateuch to fill them in. And Moyi is equivalent to the explanation question of the previous life, stirring up a passage from the Four Books and Five Classics, and then asking everyone to write the meaning of the sage.

The content of the examination of the two subjects of the Paste Sutra and Moyi is no longer the Four Books and Five Classics, but also the pre-Qin princes, which are historical records and general knowledge of governance.

The purpose of the policy question is very simple, that is, to ask everyone's views on Wang Yangming's "unity of knowledge and action", and to first examine the laws that have just been formulated, such as salt administration, Tian Fu, Ding Fu, Shang Fu, mine Fu, and volunteer recruitment.

What makes everyone even more annoyed is arithmetic, although the topic is quite simple, but many people don't know it at all. Arithmetic is simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, simple acres and engineering measurement.

Physics is all about the seasons of the year, heat rise and contraction, engineering technology and some common natural knowledge.

Looking at the questions that came out, Qian Bangqi was surprised and said: "Lord Wang, in the past, the imperial examination had to test the scriptures and poetry, why didn't you take these two subjects this time?"

Yang Xuan said with a smile: "The capital superintendent army, everything needs to be targeted, in the past, the imperial examination mainly selected outstanding scholars as officials, so that the world knows that he will become famous in one fell swoop."

In addition to the selection of more than 40 scholars, more than 500 scholars need to be selected to enter the military and political school to study military politics, and in the future, they can serve as local officials and help local governance.

Or as the backbone of each new school, in order to promote the new school in the local area. ”

Qian Bangxin shook his head and said: "Lord Wang, the imperial examination is a scholar, in the past, through Moyi, Tijing, and Strategy, the four subjects of poetry and fu can also be used, why do you want to add two subjects of arithmetic and physics this time?" ”

Yang Xuan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Dujian Army, there are many poor talents in the township, they have no skills at all except teaching, and some of their lives have fallen into extreme poverty, which makes people sigh every time.

Although the poem is very beautiful, you also know that the poet Saint Du Fu is in exile and has no food and clothing, and the poet immortal Li Bai is also ill-fated.

Therefore, poetry is encounterable but not sought, if you want to Su Shi's article is well written and has a strategy for governing the country, of course, it is the best, if there is no this, we have to retreat to the second, that is, to apply what we have learned, advocate practical learning, and oppose virtual learning. ”

Shi Xu Kongtu, the head of the academic administration, looked at these topics and said: "Prince, the prince is ready to change the bad habits of the imperial examination system, change Zhu Xi's science, change to Wang Yangming's psychology, and change to Mencius. ”

Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Xu Changshi's eyes are like torches, and he has insight into everything.

If officials don't know the current legal code, how can they govern the people?

If the officials don't know simple arithmetic, aren't they deceived by the officials below?

If officials don't know the 12 solar terms, don't know simple physical and natural changes, how to deal with the four seasons, and how to be the parents of the common people? ”

Fan Kuang, the financial secretary of the royal government, smiled again and again: "Lord Wang, if it falls apart today, although it is very good to choose people with the unity of knowledge and action, many people do not know much about arithmetic and physics, so it is quite difficult to choose people." ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "That's it, this time arithmetic and physics are equivalent to the past courses."

For those who are unable to pass arithmetic and physics, although they can be granted the status of lifters, they can not be appointed to official positions until they pass the training in the official training hall."

After some bargaining, Fang added arithmetic physics as an exam subject.

Candidates entered the examination booth one after another, and there were as many as 5,000 people, although it was much less than the peaceful and prosperous times, but it was also very grand.

As soon as many people enter the examination booth, they see that it is not the Four Books and Five Classics that they have reviewed at all, but the vertical and horizontal studies, but the famous allusions such as historical records and Zizhi Tongjian.

When discussing current affairs, many children of the family are quite opposed to the new policy, so they only know the disadvantages of the new policy, and they are not right at all when answering.

And arithmetic is even more so, many people are not familiar with simple calculation methods at all, and many people cannot simply calculate the area of various acres of land and tax figures.

When examining physics, the situation is even more unsightly, some children of the family are difficult to do the twelve solar terms, and they don't know what to do in that solar term.

Expecting the failure of the imperial examination, some people are ready to make persistent efforts, isn't it said that the scope of the scriptures, Moyi, and questions has been expanded from the Four Books and Five Classics to the Warring States Princes, and expanded to the historical records, Zizhi Tongjian, and Song history? In that case, as long as you keep up the hard work, you can go to high school next time.

Although arithmetic and physics are more difficult, as long as you ask the bookkeeper for advice, as long as you read a few more miscellaneous books, it will not be too difficult.

But some other people don't see it that way, it takes a lot of time to review the four books and five classics, and now they actually take another thing, just after the exam, Wang Zhidao felt quite unconvinced, and came to the Shu Wangfu with more than ten friends to petition, claiming that the exam was unfair.

Driven by it, it can be said that there are crowds of people watching and watching the excitement around.

Hearing that someone was making trouble, Wu Zhaoyuan and Fan Kuang thought that it was probably caused by the imperial examination, and these people used to be familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, but now they will naturally be resentful when they see that the examination is hopeless.

Because of the crossing identity, Yang Xuan of course attaches great importance to the new imperial examination method, which is different from the past imperial examination, on the basis of the past imperial examination subjects (such as pasting scriptures and ink meanings, and asking questions), if you add arithmetic (the prototype of modern mathematics), plus physical and natural science (modern physics, chemistry, biology, nature, geography) knowledge, such a simple change, isn't it a modern college entrance examination subject?

In the previous life, the subjects of the college entrance examination were only Chinese (including the scriptures and ink meanings, and the questions), mathematics, physics, and chemistry, although because the natural sciences had not yet been established in this era, and the knowledge of arithmetic and physics was very simple, but the future development was unlimited.

Let everyone enter the palace square, that is, the gate of the carrier hall in the past, and come to the square with two or three entourages after dressing themselves.

Looking at the more than a dozen Xiucai kneeling in front of him, there were more than a hundred standing next to him, all of them looking indignant, some of them were equivalent to the group of students who occupied the Legislative Yuan in Taiwan.

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Oh, there are seven or eight of you here, and those who want to confess?"

This king has always been magnanimous, as long as Chen Qing, as long as it is said one by one, this king will not be held accountable. ”

Hearing Yang Xuan say this, he knelt down more than 20 more, Yang Xuan smiled, asked the scribe to push a whiteboard, and said with a smile: "In this way, you say it one by one, don't say repeating words, the scribe will record them one by one.

You can also see that I give everyone half a piece of incense kung fu Chen Qing, if you don't finish it after the time, stop directly.

The one who comes first, Wang Zhidao, you take the lead, stand up and speak, you come first. ”

Wang Zhidao stood up in fear and arched his hand to Chen Qing.

After an hour, everyone's problems are basically listed, mainly focusing on four points:

The ancestral system was changed without prior notice, and the study of historical records and knowledge was not within the scope of the examination, and arithmetic and physics were useless

Yang Xuan bowed his head from time to time, and asked for a long time: "Oh, everyone, everyone said to change the ancestral system, oh, there is a student next to him, you are here, tell me about the Qin and Han dynasties, what is the official selection system in my country?"

Some people just think that they will be invincible in the world after learning a few books and five classics, which is really the frog at the bottom of the well, and Yelang is arrogant. ”

When the person who was selected heard this, he was quite flustered, and immediately said that the Han Dynasty was filial piety and honesty, and the imperial examination system only began in the Sui Dynasty.

Yang Xuan saw that everyone had almost answered, and said with a smile: "In this way, it seems that this change of the ancestral system is not valid, this habit is gradually improving."

Everyone is a talent, everyone think about the past you have met these magistrates, although you are from the imperial examination, on the surface you are sanctimonious, behind the scenes of male thieves and prostitutes, corruption is rampant, so to speak, this time the strategy Wang Yangming's unity of knowledge and action is very important.

Are there many officials around us who have done a very good job in the Four Books, Five Classics and Eight Strands, but who are in a mess in the governance of the local government, think about it, is this what we want?

In this way, it is imperative to change the ancestral system, and as long as it is beneficial to the people, of course it should be changed.

This time, we will expand the scope of the exam, which is of course necessary.

And everyone said that there was no prior notice?

This is indeed a problem, but everyone thinks about it, our imperial examination is to select talents, everyone is now a show talent, even the countryside and villagers know a lot of historical records, capital governance, Warring States Policy, Spring and Autumn Some allusions, if you don't know, you see, are you a learned person?

Of course, the things you mentioned are also reasonable, I will work with Wu Changshi to re-determine the next exam books, in addition to the four books and five classics, historical records, and some important deeds of Zizhi Tongjian, I will also formulate some books, but the main purpose of this is to hope that everyone can learn from history and know the rise and fall.

But this time, everyone is at the same level, and many people can answer very well, which proves that people's knowledge is far above yours.

Also, you guys say that arithmetic is useless and physics is useless, what do you think? ”

The onlookers on the side saw Yang Xuan explain like this, some of them had already figured out their thoughts, it seemed that this prince advocated the unity of knowledge and action, and immediately raised his hand, and Yang Xuan ordered him to come out to talk.

Everyone saw that they could behave in front of the world-famous King Shu, and they were even more enthusiastic, watching everyone refute their reasons to the fullest, Wang Zhidao's face was pale, and he quickly knelt down to admit his mistake.

Of course, Yang Xuan didn't think much of himself, and said with a smile: "Everyone, I am less than thirty years old, why can I implement the new policy, why can I defeat the Tartars, this is one point, that is, the unity of knowledge and action, that is, to master the above knowledge."

This time, I also blame the king for being too anxious, hoping to elect a large number of like-minded people like me, so that we can go on a northern expedition, expel the Tartars, and restore China, but I can't imagine that there are still some people who are holding on to the defects, which is regrettable.

I was also born in a poor show, and I only won the deputy list in the cold window for ten years, and I couldn't think of fainting in front of the Gongyuan for a while, of course, until the hardships that Huai Cai did not encounter.

Although 40 oranges were selected this time, it was also necessary to select 400 outstanding soldiers to enter the military and political schools and education schools.

As everyone said, although historical records, general knowledge of information and governance, arithmetic, and physics are useful, we have not learned much in the past.

This time it is just the threshold of raising people, and all high school students will be left in the Gongyuan to study arithmetic and physics, and only after everyone has passed the training, will they be decentralized, and the township chief at the most basic level will sit up.

As the king often said, the soldier is the national program, the soldier is the goal of the country, the soldier is the brain of the country, and the soldier is the upper limb of the country.

If you want to become a general, you must go through 3 months of devil training, and after completing the training, you can go to the battlefield several times, and if you can really get the support of your brothers, you can be promoted to squad leader, squadron leader, brigade captain, and division chief.

Everyone also knows that the captain is an official position of the eighth grade, and the secretary chief is an official position of the ninth grade. Just like Fan Mingshan, Chen Huaixi, Ma Mingluan, Zhou Zheng and others were only talented in the past, and now they are all generals of the fourth grade.

Probably everyone knows that our volunteer army is different from many people, the soldiers are required to make summaries every day, and the squad leader, squadron leader, and brigade leader are required to practice writing every day, and after three or five years, they can basically read newspapers and understand military books.

Just like many people in the army used to not have a single big character, but now they can understand a military book of tens of thousands of words, such as "The Actual Record of Military Training".

Now that the Tartar invasion is imminent, in addition to the imperial examination, everyone can also choose to be a soldier. Even if you don't want to, you can devote yourself to serving as a small official in Fuzhou County, or be aggressive, gain the support of the local people, become a councilor, and become a township mayor to benefit one party. ”

When everyone heard this, they pleaded guilty.

Thinking of the fact that students occupied the Legislative Yuan in his previous life, and thinking that there might be a disorderly democracy, Yang Xuan stood up and looked at Wang Zhidao and the others and said: "Everyone, the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband, but we have now established parliaments in various places, and everyone can also submit a petition to petition.

But look at you, half-filled with tinkling water, you actually ran to the gate of the palace to petition, if everyone relies on their own privileges to do things that violate the law and discipline, how will they govern the country in the future.

Wang Zhidao and these five leaders will all be stripped of their fame and sentenced to 2 years of hard labor, and the others should be used as a reference, everyone is a scholar, and they must think more about problems with their heads. ”

Everyone's faces changed greatly, and Wu Zhaoyuan admonished: "Although the students collide with the prince, I hope that the prince will not strip them of their fame for the sake of their pity." ”

Yang Xuan shook his head and said: "Wu Changshi, I am also a scholar, and when I participated in the imperial examination that day, I was calculated, and I still remember the scene of calling the heavens and the earth to be ineffective.

This king can empathize with what they think and think, although this king can forgive them this time, but in the future, others can still do this kind of thing in the future, so what should I do?

According to the law, Wang Zhidao and others should have been sentenced to 3 years of hard labor, but this king has already shown mercy outside the law and only sentenced him to 2 years of hard labor, which can be regarded as an open side.

You say that Wang Zhidao and the others have a personal future, and after stripping off their fame and serving their labor, they can choose to join the army, and they are also literate and ink-literate, and they will definitely be able to get a good position after three months of training in the army.

Even if you don't join the army, you can choose to start from scratch, as long as you gain the trust of the people, you can start from the government officials, parliamentarians, and township heads, and it is not impossible to become a county governor or prefect in the future.

The ancients said that if you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world? I think Wang Zhidao and others are above the top, and punishing them like this is in the hope that they can change their ways, and I hope that they can start from small things and practical things, so that they can benefit the people and be respected as husbands. ”

Seeing that Yang Xuan did not block the career of Wang Zhidao and others, and kept saying that he would design their career in life, Wu Zhaoyuan and others would of course not object, and Wang Zhidao and others were also lucky, and they were grateful and kowtowed to Yang Xuan again and again, claiming that they must follow what Yang Xuan said, change their past mistakes, and serve the people sincerely.

Under the leadership of the two officials, Wang Zhidao and other six people were taken out of the palace, and everyone saw that this was the result, and they also dispersed.

In this imperial examination, Tang Zhen, a student from Dazhou, was selected by Yang Xuan as Xie Yuan, and Gu Shanzhen, a student from Xindu Feimi and Neijiang, followed closely behind.

Tang Zhen character cast 10,000, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty emperor Zhu Di teacher Tang Yu of the eleventh generation of grandchildren, although its reputation in later generations is not prominent, but some people will be Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi, Wang Fuzhi and listed as the four great enlightenment thinkers in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. However, now Tang Zhen is about 20 years old, although academic ideas have not yet been formed, but as a hot-blooded man, Tang Zhen, like many intellectuals of his time, felt that the Ming Dynasty continued to have civil turmoil and built slaves to steal Erjing, so he advocated Lu Wang Xinxue and opposed Cheng Zhu Lixue.

Tang Zhen believes that the monarch of the Ming Dynasty did not implement the policy of enriching the people, but implemented a policy of forgetting the people, abusing the hair, and harming the people, which caused "the four seas, increasingly poor, and the agricultural empty, the industrial empty, the city empty, and the official empty" (excerpt from Tang Zhen's book "Hidden Books").

Tang Zhen believes that Yang Xuan's new policy has changed this phenomenon and made the people rich in political reform measures. It is believed that the government will increase the revenue of the government treasury by clearing the land, cleaning up the household registration, and collecting taxes, and the government will vigorously promote the construction of local reservoirs, roads and other infrastructure through the county government and the province, and return the silver taels to the people through the high-income soldiers.

In addition, after the collection of taxes, the government at all levels began to devote itself to the development of local agriculture, handicrafts, and commerce.

It is believed that silver, as a loan currency, restricts the exchange of money and loans, and hinders the development of commerce. Yang Xuan devoted himself to silver banknotes, thus expanding the money supply and ensuring the circulation of social and commercial money. (Many are adapted from Tang Zhen's "Hidden Books", although Tang Zhen is only 20 years old now, but after Yang Xuan implemented the New Deal, many views gradually became clear, as a supporter of the New Deal, and more systematically demonstrated the measures of the New Deal)

Yang Xuan looked at Tang Zhen, Fei Mi, Gu Shanzhen, Shen Xunwei and other more than 400 people selected from Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Guihu, and Guangzhou, walking back and forth, listening to each of them speak, and sometimes even sighed, who said that the ancients were conservative, and many people of insight already had a certain enlightenment thought in thought and behavior, but because of the barbarian suppression, they did not develop.

It took an hour and a half, and after finally listening to everyone's speeches, Yang Xuan said with a smile: "Everyone, you may also know that one of the main reasons why the Ming Dynasty fell to the brink of destruction is that many people advocate Cheng Zhu Lixue, and serious detachment from reality is the main reason.

In addition to retaining the past, Moyi, policy, and current theory, this imperial examination not only added past historical knowledge and practical problems in terms of policy inquiry and current theory, but also increased arithmetic and physics, which is to ask us to abandon the ethereal things of the past, and to ask us to understand and grasp the laws of historical development in the past and understand the most basic laws of nature, and then we can solve practical problems for the people.

A total of more than 400 people were selected in this examination, and most of them advocated applying them to the world, rather than engaging in a lot of illusory things like Cheng Zhu Lixue.

Ladies and gentlemen, one of the main reasons why I have become a prince in charge of six provinces alone from a failed person to a prince today is also that I have been upholding the application of the world in the past ten years.

In order to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, I practiced with ordinary soldiers.

In order to clear the land and clean up the household registration, I went to the farmer's field with ordinary officials and ordinary people.

In order to improve the ordnance and improve the tools, I worked with ordinary craftsmen to strike iron, cast iron together, and studied two-wheeled carriages, steam engines, and rice mills.

In order to increase the circulation of commodities in society, I went out of mines and workshops to learn about salt and mining affairs, ensure the circulation of commodities, and reduce the prices of various daily necessities.

Ladies and gentlemen, although I am busy with general affairs, I spend about 30 percent of my time outside the yamen and the barracks, and the rest of the time I go to various places to understand the actual situation of the people and solve their suffering.

Ladies and gentlemen, in addition to me, all the officials of our Shu Wangfu are like this. Take the first four (Sichuan) Xie Yuan Zou Jianchen as an example, Zou Jianchen followed me five years ago, was busy with general affairs all day, and now he has just been promoted to the prefect of Guiyang Prefecture.

This king hopes that everyone will take Zou Jianchen as an example, not to be a big official, but to solve the practical problems of the people and benefit the people. ”

When everyone heard Yang Xuan say this, they all apologized and said yes.