In June of this year, the northern wheat harvest was once again bumper, and the grain output was even higher than last year's.

Last year, Zhao Chen just recovered the Central Plains and Yanyun not long ago, although the people of the Central Plains and Yanyun have obtained the land, but these lands have been abandoned for too long, and the fertility is limited, and it is not until this year that the land has fully recovered! Moreover, last year the farmers did not have many farm tools in their hands, and this year the number of farm tools has far exceeded last year! Last year's seeds were mostly heavy grains, but this year's seeds were carefully selected! So it's no surprise that this year's grain production is higher than last year's.

The news of education and the reform of the imperial examination has spread all over the people in the north, and the people who are proficient in arithmetic in Jiangnan and some other people who are "strange and skillful" have come to Yanjing City. The vast majority of the people are supportive of this matter, but there are some people who do not care about this matter at all, they only care about what crops they should plant in the autumn and ensure that they can harvest some crops in the autumn.

At night, the cool breeze was blowing, and at this moment, in a small courtyard south of Yanjing City, four Confucian students were sitting together drinking tea and chatting.

They all had a hint of worry on their faces.

"Your Majesty wants to reform education and join practical learning, and from now on, all students in the world will learn practical learning! I don't know if it's good or bad! You and I have not forgotten to read even in times of war, but what we read is the study of saints! "These four Confucian scholars don't seem to be young, and one of them is human.

"It is said that the imperial examination should also be added to the practical study, which is really ridiculous!" There is another humane.

"You and I were going to participate in the imperial examination, but now we are joining the practical examination, including agriculture, arithmetic, etc., we don't know anything, how to take the imperial examination?"

"Why don't you and I unite with some other Confucian scholars and send a letter to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty will not change the ancestral system!"

"I'm afraid it won't work! The world has been in turmoil for many years, and the number of Confucian students such as us is not as good as before, some time ago, Li Gang and Li Ruoshui joined forces with Yanjing Confucian students to write to His Majesty, and there were only a few hundred Confucian scholars at that time, and now it is even more impossible for the four of us to unite to many Confucian students. Moreover, the influence of Confucian scholars such as us is not as great as before. ”

"If it's in Jiangnan, the number of Confucian students there is slightly more!"

"Jiangnan is only afraid, after Emperor Jianyan arrived in Jiangnan, he wanted to compete with His Majesty today, and he had no intention of holding the imperial examination! The emperor is unwilling to hold the imperial examination, who else in the world wants to study? Reading is nothing more than why you are an official! The number of Confucian students in Jiangnan is not as good as before! ”

All four sighed there.

"I have a cousin at the military plane, I went to look for him at noon, I thought he could reveal some news to me, but he didn't say anything, hey!"

"I've thought about it carefully, even if practical studies are added to the imperial examination, there should be nothing difficult about it! Just imagine, Your Majesty has only now ordered someone to write practical books, and there are no books, how can there be difficult content? A Confucian suddenly said.

"Brother Zhao is right! Even if you add practical learning to the imperial examination, it should be very simple! We should be able to cope! ”

"I think we can learn some simple arithmetic and agriculture these days, so that we can cope with the imperial examination in the future."

"That's all I can do!"

The four of them discussed for a long time before they dispersed.

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To the south of Shanhaiguan, there is a production and construction corps of 100,000 people!

It was originally a barren place, but after the arrival of the Production and Construction Corps, there are already countless villages, towns, and farmlands!

Young people farm during the day and gather together to learn literacy at night.

Some of them are scholars, but the production and construction corps rarely talks about some advanced Confucian knowledge, and even if they do, they only talk about the Analects, the Book of Poetry, and so on.

There are also some young people who study on their own and read some more esoteric history books.

The news of the reform of education and imperial examinations has also spread to the Production and Construction Corps!

"Your Majesty should join Shixue! Confucianism is just some ways of dealing with the world, and it is good to learn those, but practical learning is a real knowledge, which is very beneficial to agriculture and business! ”

"Yes, since ancient times, there have been few scholars who have learned from practice! It's ridiculous that people who read books just to get promoted and get rich! Now that His Majesty has added practical learning to the school, people in the world are no longer studying to be officials, but to be able to better deal with world affairs, which is the right way! Reading shouldn't be just for the sake of being an official! I also heard that His Majesty reformed the imperial examination, and from now on he will no longer be determined by the imperial examination for life, and after the imperial examination, he will no longer be an official, but first sit up from the officials, if he does well, if he is really talented, then he can be promoted! If you don't have talent and ability, then even if you are good at the imperial examination, it will be difficult to become an official! ”

"I heard that there are many Confucian scholars who oppose Your Majesty, and those Confucian scholars only think about themselves in their hearts, and never think about the world! Can you learn Confucianism and be on top? I don't think so! ”

Young people are also talking about it, and there are also some young people who are interested in the "imperial examination" and are preparing to participate in the upcoming imperial examination! However, they still don't know the specific form of the imperial examination, and now everything is just speculation, the only thing they know is that the imperial examination will be completely different from before! In the past, the imperial examination was divided into children, talents, lifters, and jinshi, and they needed to be tested step by step, but in the future, the imperial examination may no longer have those divisions, as long as you pass the imperial examination, you can enter the official government as an errand! In fact, Zhao Chen's imperial examination is already similar to the civil service examination in later generations, stipulating the age of the examination and listing the relevant positions in advance! In this way, the quality of the officials of the government will inevitably be greatly improved, and now that there is a shortage of officials in the imperial court, the quality of officials will be higher than in the past if officials are selected from among the officials.

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There was a lot of discussion among the people, and news from all over the country continued to reach the military aircraft department, and then reported to Zhao Chen.

"Your Majesty, at present, in the Central Plains, Yanyun, the north, and Liaodong, there are not many people who oppose the reform of education and imperial examinations! If Wang Jinggong dared to change the law like this back then, I am afraid that countless scholars and doctors would have to attack it in groups, but after the war, except for Jiangnan, there are not many scholars and doctors in the world, and now is the best time to implement the change! In the afternoon of this day, Wang Shu came to the imperial study and reported.

"Regarding Jiangnan, you should also pay close attention! Wang De's Supervision Department is also in Jiangnan, so he also pays attention to the situation of the gentry and Confucian students in Jiangnan to prevent accidents! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has an idea, in Jiangnan, we can use the word 'drag' to deal with those Confucian scholars and gentry." Wang Shu said.

"Oh?" Zhao Chen was stunned.

"We can immediately send people south to inform the Confucian scholars and gentry in Jiangnan that we will not implement the imperial examination reform in Jiangnan for the time being, so as to appease the hearts of the people in Jiangnan! In Jiangnan, we will not be able to take the imperial examination at all in the next few years! If they don't want to change, we won't give them anything! As for the construction of public schools in various parts of the Yangtze River, we don't have to pay for it locally, it is completely the imperial court that pays for it, so they can't stop it. Wang Shu said.

"Not bad!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"It's been a long time, there is a shortage of officials in Jiangnan, and we can install the officials from the northern imperial examination in the Jiangnan officialdom! For some of the original officials in Jiangnan officialdom, we are going to rise and fall secretly, and promote them to the north! In short, under all kinds of means, Jiangnan can definitely be safely educated and reformed in the imperial examination. Wang Shu said.

"Very good, you discuss with Hu Quan, Wang Shipeng and others and write me a specific countermeasure, and this matter is settled." Zhao Chen said.

The two of them were talking here, and there was a sound of reporting outside, and after a while, I saw Qu Duan walking in.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the battlefield in Liaodong that the Koreans want to negotiate with us." Qu Duan Dao.

"Negotiations?" Wang Shu had a surprised expression on his face.

"Negotiate what?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, that's right, after you left Liaodong in February this year, the Koreans attacked Liaoyang, Jinzhou and other places several times, but they were easily repelled by us! Goryeo's military strength is too different from ours, they are not our opponents at all! Now the Koreans have stopped the fighting, but they have to negotiate with us to decide the borders. Qu Duan said.

"Deciding borders? Didn't they say to withdraw from Liaodong? Zhao Chen said.

"They want to divide Liaodong with us equally, and they don't want to go to war with us anymore." Qu Duan Dao.

"The Koreans are still ridiculous! Obviously only has such a little strength, but he is rampant and arrogant! Who are they to negotiate with us? The national strength is not as good as ours, the military strength is not as good as ours, and nothing is as good as ours! At first, I made them vassals, but they were unwilling and even despised me, and now they still can't see the form! Zhao Chen sneered.

"Your Majesty, what should you do with these Koreans?" Qu Duan Dao.

"Or follow the established strategy! We have only half a year to conquer Liaodong, and Liaodong has just resumed production, so we will have to wait at least another year before we can launch an attack on Goryeo! When the Goryeo envoy came, I went to see him personally. If we negotiate with them, we can also paralyze the hearts of the Koreans. Zhao Chen said.