Chapter 157 Imperial Examination System
Like after the imperial examination is popular, there will be a township examination! The examination, after layers of selection, and finally the entrance examination in Beijing, after the highest honor of the palace examination, the top three were selected, namely the champion, the list eye, and the flower. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At this time, Liu Bian's internal area was extremely short of officials, and Liu Bian did not have time to screen layer by layer, and after the number of applicants in various places around Luoyang reached a saturated state, he ordered talents from all over the country to rush to Luoyang to take the exam.
However, the imperial examination is the state's policy of selecting talents, but it has to be cautious, so Liu Wei and his subordinates discussed and decided the basic system of the imperial examination in the future.
First of all, the imperial examination is held every three years, and of course this refers to those in the capital. In the rest of the states and counties, it is once a year.
Talents who are recommended by various places are collectively called the title of 'recommended students', and recommended students can participate in the county examination held in the prefecture every year. The top 50 will be selected and awarded the title of 'lifter'. Only those who are eligible to participate in the county examination held by the county are also admitted to only 50 of them and awarded the title of 'Maocai'. Maocai, on the other hand, was eligible to participate in the state examination held by the state, admitting 100 people and awarding them the title of 'Jinshi'.
Under the layers of selection, only 100 people in each state have the opportunity to participate in the national examination held in the capital.
The national examination also only admits 100 people, called 'national scholars', and the national scholars are eligible to participate in the palace examination, and Liu Wei personally assesses them, selects the top three, and awards them the titles of 'champion', 'Bangyan', and 'Tanhua'.
And only these 100 people are qualified to be appointed to official positions.
And the rest of the people who were not admitted, Liu Wei also considered that they were the elites of various places, and specially established the Hanlin Academy!
Those who were not admitted to the national examination were admitted to the Hanlin Academy for further study, and were personally taught by Lu Zhi, Ding Guan, Cai Yong and other great Confucians, and only after three years were they eligible to serve as local officials.
The content of the exam, after Liu Wei discussed with the ministers, decided to divide it into several subjects such as Moyi, Tijing, Strategy, Poetry and Ming Calculation.
Among them, Moyi and Tijing Mingarith are the basic skills of testing talents, and the basic questions and answers raised around the Jingyi are silently written, and Mingsuan is equivalent to the mathematics that you want to be in. However, since Liu Wei founded Han Shu, subjects such as arithmetic have become very simple.
These subjects are a test of basic skills.
On the other hand, the question is a test of his true ability and learning, and it is a topic of discussion, and he puts forward his own opinions on today's forms, laws, education, etc.
At first, Lu Zhi and others thought that these subjects were enough, but Liu Wei disagreed, believing that subjects such as the Moyi Sutra were just reading dead books, rote memorization was enough, and even cheating could be correct.
Liu Wei deliberately added a subject of poetry, poetry is his own creation, which is extremely testing of real talent and learning, and it is not good to cheat, and if other subjects are done very well, poetry is a mess, and you can also see whether the person who refers to it cheats.
Later generations of Xiucai had a lot of power, and could get state subsidies and even tax reductions. This policy is extremely harmful, and with a wave of his hand, Liu Wei decided that any title has no special rights, just a title of honor. What is the champion, it is only the highest honorary title, without any special power and substantive benefits.
Why did the scholars of later generations tirelessly participate in the imperial examination, not just for power, who doesn't want to be exempt from taxes? So much so that many people in history have spent their time, from youth to old age, in exams. Naturally, Liu Wei didn't want this kind of situation.
This move can be said to be a great blow to the enthusiasm of some people to participate in the imperial examination. But despite this, the world's scholars are still proud to become lifters, Maocai, Jinshi and other scholars.
On this day, in the Luoyang Imperial Palace, in Liu Bian's study, Liu Bianpan sat in front of the case, and a large number of files were placed on the case. It is the list of counties participating in the imperial examination.
In front of the table, Xun Yu was standing.
"There are so many people participating in the imperial examination, more than 1,000 people?" Liu Wei's eyes were full of surprise.
"There are so many people who read books in the world, although books are in the hands of the family, but there are also many children from poor families! However, among these 1,000 people, there are probably not a few who fish in troubled waters! Xun Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Fishing in troubled waters? There is nothing to do, those who can be recommended by the people have some ability, so what ability is to come to Yin, and it is also a kind of ability, not to mention that there are exams to test their true learning. ”
"Even if some people get the qualification for the imperial examination by improper means, after the national examination in the future, the real Jinyiwei will investigate it clearly, and it is impossible to fish in troubled waters!" Liu Wei shook his head and chuckled.
For the imperial examination, Liu Wei also took precautions, for officials, of course, you must be cautious, of course there are people who fish in troubled waters, even if these are how to take precautions, there will be people who use interests to confuse the people to obtain the qualification for the imperial examination, of course, it doesn't matter, as long as you have the ability and ability to become a national soldier, and have the opportunity to be an official in the future, Liu Wei will naturally send Jinyi Wei to investigate your bottom line, and when the time comes, you are virtuous or greedy, and it is natural to know.
And if you don't have the ability to become a national scholar, even if you spend your effort to obtain the qualification for the imperial examination, in the end you will only get an honorary title, and it will have no effect.
It doesn't affect the big picture in the slightest!
"Your Majesty is wise!" Xun Yu arched his hand and smiled.
"These scholars are very proficient, if they are given power, will they not become powerful in the future? Do you have to guard against it? Liu Wei sighed and said.
"But why did Your Majesty give the family a chance, allowing the family to participate in the imperial examination, and even giving the officials the opportunity to recommend!" Xun Yu was puzzled.
"Wen Ruo is also from a famous family, have you ever disgusted me? I hate it so much that it is just a powerful family that exploits the people, but there are always virtuous people in the world, and there are no virtuous people in the children of the family, these people will understand me! That's why I give them a chance! Liu Wei said with a smile.
The imperial examination under Liu's decision is naturally not only for the people, only those who are recommended have the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination, and the children of the family naturally have the opportunity to participate in the imperial examination.
The family is inexhaustible, and Liu Wei can only try his best to ensure the normal operation of the system and the integrity of the officials under his command.
Liu Wei shook his head and smiled, looked through the file, looked for a while, and sure enough, he saw Yu Yunwen's name.
"Good guy, this Yu Yunwen is actually recommended by 300 households, which shows that his virtue is good!" Liu Wei pretended to be surprised.
"This Yu Yunwen has entered Luoyang, and the minister has also seen it, he is indeed decent, talks extraordinary, and is a talent!" Xun Yu nodded and said.
At this time, the imperial examination is about to begin, and talents from the surrounding counties of Luoyang are flocking to it, Xun Yu, as one of the examiners, has naturally seen these talents, presumably it must be Yu Yunwen's extraordinary, so Xun Yu wrote it down.
Liu Wei nodded, with Yu Yunwen's talent, it is naturally no problem to win the first place, but Liu Wei is not in a hurry.
"By the way, Wen Ruo, you said that you had a few classmates and friends, but I don't know if you can get to Luoyang!" Liu Wei looked at Xun Yu and asked.
"Your Majesty, only one person came to Luoyang, but he heard that His Majesty held the imperial examination, so he was itchy and wanted to compete with Luoyang talents, so he insisted on going to the minister's recommended quota!" Xun Yu smiled bitterly.
"Oh? This is interesting, isn't it Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao? Liu Wei's eyes lit up.
"Your Majesty has also heard of Bonghyo?"
"Oh, but I've heard Gongda say it!" Liu Wei said vaguely.
"So, Guo Fengxiao is going to participate in the imperial examination?" Liu Wei smiled.
"Yes!" Xun Yu nodded.
"That's okay, participating in the imperial examination can test his true talent and learning, let him compete with other students, I will also take a look, let the person recommended by Wen Ruo be extraordinary!" Liu Wei said.
"In this imperial examination, the ghost talent Guo Fengxiao, the famous minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, Yu Yunwen, I don't know what kind of sparks will be sparked!" Liu Wei said secretly in his heart. (To be continued.) )