"Your Majesty, just study Confucianism in the school! As for the practical learning that His Majesty said, let them learn from their father and brother! Li Gang thought for a while and spoke.

"One thing their father and brother know is quite limited, and we gather all the practical experience of the whole country and extract the essence of it, will we not be better than their father and brother? Second, learning practical learning can increase knowledge and understand things, and even if you don't engage in these practical studies in the future, you should know something. Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still feels inappropriate." Li Gang frowned and said.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also thinks it's inappropriate." Li Ruoshui also spoke at this moment.

"What do you think?" Zhao Chen's gaze swept over the faces of the other military ministers and said.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks it's feasible! The purpose of increasing practical learning is to let students all over the world learn some tangible things, which is very beneficial to the growth of students! Wang Shu said.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also thinks it's good!" Hu Quan also spoke at this moment.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thought he could join Shixue! Wechen originally studied in Jiangnan, but later the world was in turmoil, and Wechen ran from Jiangnan to Guanshan to seek refuge with His Majesty! After joining the Production and Construction Corps, Weichen found that what he had learned before was basically useless, and many things were re-learned in the Production and Construction Corps! In this case, why not let the young people of the world learn something tangible from the beginning? Wang Shipeng also said.

"Wechen disagrees." Li Chuwen thought for a while and said.

"Tell me about it, too!" Zhao Chen looked at the military machine Zhang Jing below, most of these military machine Zhang Jing were promoted from the Production and Construction Corps, and they were not very old.

They also spoke one after another, and almost all of them supported Zhao Chen.

A smile appeared on Zhao Chen's face, it seems that young people support their reforms! Especially the young people represented by Hu Quan and Wang Shipeng who came out of the production and construction corps! For example, Hu Quan and Wang Shipeng are both famous scholars in history, and they are all from Jiangnan scholars, but now they all understand that the practicality of Confucianism is limited, and some practical things should be added.

"Your Majesty, even so, it is a difficult thing to formulate a practical study book!" Li Gang said again.

"It's not that hard! We can gather some practical leaders from all over the world, such as masters of farming, treasurers who are skilled in arithmetic, and so on, and ask them to talk about some of their skills and write them in a book! In the future, we will be able to add new knowledge every few years! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, once the books are decided, they will be used for thousands of years, how can there be a reason for constant change?" Li Ruoshui said.

"From ancient times to the present, practical learning has been constantly improving, and our knowledge should naturally continue to improve! The farming methods of today's people are very different from those of the ancients, and the arithmetic of today's people is very different from that of ancient times! As for practical learning, we should also divide it into many categories, agriculture, arithmetic, business, etc., and compile them into books and teach them to students! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, in this way, there are too many books that students need, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to master so much knowledge!" Li Gang said.

"We can teach students all over the world from the shallow to the deep, just enrolled, just learn literacy, a year later add some simple arithmetic, and then add some more advanced knowledge! The four books and five classics of Confucianism, countless books, students can master, not to mention some practical learning? Zhao Chen said.

"What Your Majesty said, the old minister still can't agree! Lao Chen still thought that he should only teach Confucianism! Li Gang shook his head again.

"We can discuss this matter later, and you all think about it when you go back! Let's talk about the imperial examination, and I will tell you my opinion first! I have also discussed this matter with Yu Yunwen, and Yu Yunwen has agreed! The imperial examination should not only rely on Confucianism, but also add practical content! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, by no means! There may be some use for increasing practical learning in the school, but the imperial examination can never change, and the imperial examination can only test Confucianism, and cannot join the so-called practical learning! Li Gang was shocked when he heard the uniform, and immediately said.

"I only know Confucianism, I don't work hard and I don't divide the grains, how do I do things after entering the court and the government?" Zhao Chen said lightly.

"Your Majesty, haven't all dynasties come over like this? Officials only learn Confucianism, and then become magistrates, and can slowly learn practical learning while in office! Li Gang said.

"Since you can study in office, why can't you study well early, and then take the exam during the imperial examination, and only after passing can you do things for the court and the government?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, the ancient system is immutable!" Li Gang said anxiously.

"Ancient? Teacher, do you know how long this imperial examination system has been until now? Zhao Chen said.

"About five hundred years." Li Gang thought for a while and said.

"Yes, the imperial examination system has only been more than 500 years now! When the Three Emperors and Five Emperors were not selected, they did not use the imperial examination to select talents, and during the Qin and Han dynasties, they did not use the imperial examination to select talents! It wasn't until Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui that they began to try out the imperial examination in order to break the gate valve system! In the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was popular! The Tang Dynasty fell until this dynasty, if you don't count the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, it has only experienced one and a half dynasties! This is not an ancient system, so why can't it be changed? Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, from ancient times to the present, we have studied Confucianism and governed the world with Confucianism! Joining Shixue now will inevitably affect the status of Confucianism! Li Gang said again.

"Teacher, let me ask you another question, after reading Confucianism, can you really govern the world? If you don't read Confucianism, won't you be able to govern the world? Zhao Chen thought for a while and said.

"This ...... Perhaps. Li Gang said.

"The teacher is wrong again! Confucianism did not dominate the world until the Han Dynasty, before the Han Dynasty, a hundred schools of thought contended, and the Qin Dynasty was governed by the Legalists! Han Gaozu Liu Bang has not even read a book, and he doesn't know a few big characters, but he can still govern the world, and he is a generation of saints! Xiao He and Cao Shen were all jailers in the early Han Dynasty, they were just guarding the prison, and they didn't learn Confucianism, they just knew some words, didn't they also govern the world? Among the Confucian scholars in the world, how many people can surpass them? I was a martial artist when Taizu was a martial artist, Taizong didn't read many books back then, and my founding minister Zhao Pu of the Great Song Dynasty only read half of the Analects, and his knowledge was far inferior to some of today's students, didn't they also govern the world? It can be seen that whether you can govern the world or not has little to do with whether you have read Confucianism! Zhao Chen said.

"This ......" Li Gang stayed there, unable to argue.

What Zhao Chen said is a well-known fact, especially when it comes to Song Taizu, Song Taizong and others, which cannot be denied at all.

The practicality of Confucianism was limited, and there were few Confucian scholars who died of studying. It's just that Confucianism pays attention to "loyalty", so after the king ascended the throne, he immediately used Confucianism as a tool to promote the world.

"In addition to these, I have another idea, which I have discussed with Yu Yunwen before! How can a scholar, who has studied for ten years, know nothing about the world's major affairs, and know nothing about agricultural and commercial affairs? From the Tang Dynasty to the present, anyone who has been awarded the Jinshi has either stayed in the Hanlin Academy or become a local county magistrate! Let's not talk about him who stayed in the Hanlin Academy, those who can become county magistrates just by dying and studying, can they really govern the place well? They may not be as good as a small official in the county! Among the founding names of the past dynasties, there are many small officials, such as Xiao He, Cao Shen, Zhao Pu and others I said earlier are small officials, because they have been in the local area for a long time, they know how to govern the place, and when they draw inferences from one another, they naturally have experience in governing the world! It can be seen that a scholar who reads dead is not as good as an experienced official! Therefore, I think that after the imperial examination, students should not immediately control one side, but should become local subordinate officials or officials! If they are really good, then they will inevitably perform outstandingly, and it is not too late to be promoted to local officials after they have made achievements. Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, you can't do that! It is only after ten years of cold windows that no math can be lifted, how much sweat and hardship have been shed, and only then can he become above everyone! They can take charge of one side and become the magistrate, which is also compensation for their hard work! Your Majesty is now letting them work as subordinate officials and officials, how can this make the students embarrassed? Li Gang said.

"The students work hard, don't the rest of the people in the world work hard? Everyone in the world is hard, do you have to become above everyone? If you are really good, why not stay in the place for a while, if you really perform well, the court will naturally reuse it! Moreover, I have another idea, in the Han Dynasty, if the local officials performed well, they could still be officials, and after arriving in this dynasty, even if the officials performed well, they could not be officials at all because they had not won the imperial examination! I thought that if the junior officer did well, he could also take some simple exams and be promoted to become an official! Zhao Chen said.

After Zhao Chen finished speaking, many of the ministers below frowned, but some nodded lightly.

The weather in April was not very hot, but at the moment there was a feeling of heat in the temple.

"Wang Shu, what do you think of what I said?" Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty is right! Immediately after the imperial examination, it is easy to make trouble, those students don't understand anything, they just know how to read, and reading well may not be able to govern one side well! Your Majesty, Weichen also has an idea, the imperial examination should be added to the current affairs! For example, the size of our country, the situation of our neighbors, the various laws of our country, what is our country's attitude towards farmers and merchants, how to collect taxes in various places, how to operate the checkpoints to go to sea, and some of the most basic knowledge they should know! From now on, there will be no more people who are not diligent and do not divide the grains in this imperial examination! Wang Shu said.

"You're right!" Zhao Chen nodded.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still can't approve of it! Lao Chen still thinks that the imperial examination should only take Confucianism, and only Confucianism should be studied in schools everywhere! Li Gang was silent for a while before saying again.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks so too! Confucianism is the general outline of the world's learning, and people in the world only need to learn Confucianism well! As long as you know Confucianism, you will be proficient in agriculture, arithmetic, business, etc.! Li Ruoshui is also the way.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also feels that it is not appropriate to join Shixue." Li Chuwen also said.

And Hu Quan, Wang Shipeng and others stood up again to support Zhao Chen, and for a time there were two opposing factions between the DPRK and China, old people like Li Gang did not support change, and young people like Hu Quan and Wang Shipeng supported change.

"You go back and think about this matter, and then discuss it." Zhao Chen said.