Capital.

In ancient times, especially in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to change a person's identity and status, the easiest and most important way is the imperial examination.

In particular, this Enke is the first imperial examination after the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, and according to the usual practice, the first imperial examination after the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, there must be a few people who will become important figures in the court.

What's more, this time Enke will be personally examined by the Son of Heaven, and the two elders of the dynasty, the first assistant and the second assistant, will serve as deputy examiners.

There is still nearly a month before the day of the examination, and the capital is already crowded with scholars from all over the world, but the Yigan Guild Hall Inn has become in short supply.

The capital is lively and lively, and the court and the central government are also running in an orderly manner, and they are in the palace.

Zhu Changluo and a group of ministers were discussing the matter of Enke this time.

"Your Majesty, the date of this examination is set for the tenth day of the first month of next month, and the list of examiners is here, please take a look at it!"

The matter of the same examiner has already been finalized, and there have been various rumors in the government and the opposition, after all, this kind of thing cannot be hidden, and now that the scientific examination is approaching, it is time to announce the candidates for the same examiner.

In this scientific examination, Zhu Changluo personally presided over the examination, the first assistant Wang Xijue and the second assistant Zhen Ji were the deputy chief examiners, Zhu Geng, Shen Li and Li Tingji, the three cabinet ministers each occupied one of the same examiner seats, and in addition to them, Ye Xianggao, the counselor of the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites, Guo Weixian, the left deputy imperial envoy, Wu Daonan, the head of the household department, Shi Jikai, the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, and Liu Yijing of the Ministry of Rites were also among the same examiners.

The candidates have already been born after the game of all parties, so naturally there is no problem.

But at the moment of this order, Zhu Changluo quietly put it aside after watching the recital, and said gently.

"This matter is not in a hurry, gentlemen, I read the transcript handed over by the Ministry of Rites the day before yesterday, there are more than 3,000 scholars who went to the capital to take the exam this time, but there are ninety out of nine of the scholars, all of whom are selected to apply for the Shike, and the number and Gewu and the second subject are less than one hundred and one, such a situation, it really gives me a headache!"

Seeing that the Son of Heaven was under pressure, a group of cabinet ministers who had gradually become accustomed to the Son of Heaven's routine said that they were tired!

What I like to do most today is this kind of thing, and I have to put forward conditions with some benefits in my hand, although they are all within the acceptable range of the ministers, but this feeling is really not very good......

Especially this time, the words of the Son of Heaven made the ministers cry and laugh a little.

Which subject these scholars want to apply for, which one they can decide!

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it is mainly based on Jinshike, the so-called Qingliu is a scholar born in Jinshike, not to mention that the scholars who entered Beijing to catch the exam are not just casually able to come, these people are all the leaders who have passed the county examination, the government examination, and the examination.

This Tianzi newly drummed up the two subjects of mathematics and Gewu, it would be good to be able to be reported, what kind of number do you ask.

So for a while, the old man looked at his nose and nose and his heart, and didn't say a word......

I can't say it if I want to!

They can't drag the scholars to change their subjects, right......

But it's a pity that their emperor is Zhu Changluo, and Zhu Changluo is least afraid of silence, it should be said that for the ministers, this is also one of the biggest benefits of today, whether it is in the government or in the military and politics, the Son of Heaven rarely gives them problems, and all the problems raised by the Son of Heaven will basically be prepared in advance to solve them.

Of course, whether this method can be accepted by the ministers is another matter.

This time is no exception.

With a light cough, Zhu Changluo picked up the teacup on the imperial case and took a sip, and a scarlet-robed officer stood up and said.

"Your Majesty, the minister has two strategies to solve this siege!"

Everyone looked at the source of the voice, but found that this person was not the Son of Heaven's usual partner Li Gelao, but the newly promoted Counselor of Wenyuan Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites, Ye Xianggao.

Now Ye Xianggao has half of his feet in the door of the cabinet, and the other half of his feet are only afraid of being fast, and there are flatterers, who are already called Ye Ge in private.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Ye Xianggao can appear in the deliberations with cabinet members as the main force, but since Ye Xianggao participated in the deliberations, he still maintains his usual low-key style, upholding the attitude of observing politics, most of them are in favor of others, and rarely speak out themselves.

However, it was only a moment, and everyone's hearts reacted, Ye Ge Lao has always been low-key, whether it is before or after entering the cabinet, he does not like to be in the limelight, and the person who can instruct him to move him is about to come out......

"Sir, please speak!"

A certain person who was regarded as the initiator by the ministers did not change his face and said kindly.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the three subjects of counting, gewu, and jinshi are all sage knowledge, very broad and profound, and ordinary scholars have exhausted their life's strength, but they have not been able to find out, and they have both cultivated? I opened the first counting, the two subjects of the object, the scholars who entered the Beijing to take the examination, all entered the people with the scriptures, and entered the Beijing division with the people, since there is no proficient in the number of people, there are few people who practice together, and they should also be the talents among the people, and they will be mainly based on the Jinshi department, so the minister boldly suggested that the imperial examination, the counting, the second subject of the examination system and the line, when the minister went to the Huizhou Mansion to invite Mr. Cheng Dawei, along the way I heard that there were many students who were good at counting, but they were limited to the scriptures, and were finally blocked from the imperial examination, and the minister was attentive, A roster of math students from all over the world has been collected, please take a look at your majesty! ”

Ye Xianggao took two steps forward, took out a note from his sleeve, and handed it over.

"What do you think, gentlemen?"

After reading the recital, the Son of Heaven opened his mouth to ask the bottom.

Obviously prepared for it......

Looking at Ye Xianggao's early preparation, a group of ministers secretly complained in their hearts, but their faces were unwavering.

It should be said that what Ye Xianggao said is indeed a good way, the foundation of the maturity of the imperial examination is that there are enough students, in other words, the popularization of basic education, if you can't even read and write, what is the imperial examination?

It's just a procedure for the children of the nobles to be directly examined as officials, which is also the reason why the imperial examination has experienced the development of the entire Tang and Song dynasties, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that it was completely matured.

And the current arithmetic and gewu are similar to the original imperial examination, there are not enough students, and naturally no one comes to the exam.

This is a very real problem, and in order to deal with this kind of problem, it is natural that the threshold must be lowered, which is a matter of course, so although the ministers are a little surprised, they have no objections.

Arched his hand.

"Obey Your Majesty's Holy Judgment!"

This means that everything is decided by Your Majesty, we do not support or oppose it, you old man toss it yourself!

"Zhu Qing...... Uh, cough cough, since all the gentlemen have no opinions, then handle it accordingly, there are still more than ten days before the start of the imperial examination, in this case, now send people to various places to inform all the scholars, the examination of arithmetic and grid things has been postponed for a few days, and it is set for the fifteenth day of next month, Mr. Ye, tell me about your other countermeasure......"

Zhu Changluo habitually wanted to open his mouth to persuade a minister, but when he opened his mouth, he found that he did not object, and coughed twice in embarrassment for a while, and quickly changed the topic.

In fact, speaking of which, Zhu Changluo is also a little helpless in this matter, as I just said, the birth and evolution of the imperial examination is a complete process, and it is impossible to get a handful, although he knows the importance of counting and gewu, but it is impossible to support these two sciences overnight.

Therefore, the evolution of the official election system in ancient China is not without any reason, and at which stage history has progressed, what stage can we do, and once it is forced, the difficulty encountered will not be a little bit......

But then again, this time the bosses were so "enlightened" that Zhu Changluo was a little surprised, he originally thought that when it came to the imperial examination, these bosses would be as stubborn as usual.

After all, lowering the threshold of the imperial examination also means a reduction in gold content, which is also a big blow to Qingliu, so he has already prepared some rhetoric to convince the bosses, but he didn't expect to be stillborn by the boss by obeying the holy ruling!

"Yes! The second countermeasure of the minister is to hope that His Majesty will allow the scholars to apply for two or even more subjects at the same time! ”

Although he is plain and low-key, this is the first time that Ye Xianggao has expressed his views since entering the cabinet, and seeing that a group of ministers have no objections, Ye Xianggao's heart can't help but feel a little excited, and his voice is a little higher.

But what he didn't expect was that after saying this, the group of old adults who were still there changed their faces in an instant......

Ye Xianggao seemed to feel that countless pressures were coming at him in an instant, but in the face of the expected gaze of the Son of Heaven, he was still apprehensive but plucked up the courage to say.

"Your Majesty, among the scholars who went to Beijing to take the exam, there are many people who are proficient in arithmetic, but between the two, they have to give up the number and enter the Jinshi department, if Your Majesty can give up the scholars to apply for multiple subjects at the same time, presumably the cold reception situation of the two subjects of counting and arithmetic can be improved, and the math students from all over the country will be able to make this Enke a successful end!"

Pinching a cold sweat, Ye Xianggao retreated, it was not an easy thing to hold on to for so long under the cold air of a group of bigwigs.

"Your Majesty, this is not appropriate! Allowing scholars to take the examination in several subjects is unprecedented, not to mention that the imperial examination is set up for the selection of officials, and it is intended to select the world's talents to enter the official examination. What's more, Jinshike is a clear stream of Chinese selection, and counting, Gewu is a small path, how can the two be compared! ”

The first to stand up against it was Zhu Gelao.

Speaking of which, Zhu Ge Lao's recent life is not bad, the emperor for the sake of checks and balances, gradually loosened the shackles on the head of the Zhejiang Party, under his operation, there have been many Zhejiang Party officials who have been stagnant for many years, began to gradually move, towards a higher and more important position.

This imperial examination is the top priority of Zhu Ge's old net to recruit new talents!

The importance of Enke this time does not need to be repeated, everyone present has a bottom in their hearts, they agreed to use the inspection system before, because this matter has nothing to do with them, you know, the Ming Dynasty is not without other imperial examination subjects, such as Ming Jing, ink post and other subjects.

However, it was cancelled after not lasting long, on the one hand, because there were too few students, and on the other hand, because these subjects could not be compared with Jinshi at all.

Although it is the same imperial examination, the status of students from other subjects after the scientific examination is not much different from that of miscellaneous students, and it is considered an inconsequential matter, so in the eyes of a big man, the two subjects of arithmetic and Gewu are the same, after all, it is not a big deal, and it will be opened, and the probationary system will be used to use the probationary system, and the Son of Heaven will be happy.

However, Ye Xianggao's suggestion is to put several subjects in the same position and carry out preliminary docking, which involves a series of very complex issues.

The most obvious and acute question is, how to choose officials?

Jinshi Keqing is incomparable, it is the word Lin Huaxuan, and the other two subjects, to put it bluntly, if it were not for the insistence of the Son of Heaven, the bigwigs of the court would not be able to look down on any of them.

If the two are placed on the same level, then should they be elected according to the same criteria?

If there are two subjects in the same category, which subject should be counted according to the results?

What's more, although the imperial examination is a relatively fair examination, the adults in the court who do not have the descendants of the clan, even if they do not use their authority, simply rely on their talents, and have countless resources to accumulate the children of the clan, the probability of being able to pass the examination is much greater than that of a poor student.

If you really do this, wouldn't it be a complete mess, I don't know how many people will be beaten into the math department, so the bosses are absolutely unwilling to agree in their hearts.

Zhu Changluo is such a smart person, looking at the faces of the group of ministers below, he knew that it was too early to raise the status of counting and gewu, thought for a moment, and spoke.

"Regarding the election of officials, you don't have to worry, this Enke is a special thing, and it is also an attempt, not to make a precedent, how to do it in the future, wait for this Enke to end, and then discuss!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Zhu Changluo gave the ministers a reassurance, if they didn't make an example, the situation would be different, and an occasional exception would not affect the status of Jinshi Keqing.

But the ministers looked at each other, still worried, the Son of Heaven attached great importance to these two subjects, they all saw it, if the son of one day unreasonably got the children of his clan into the mathematics department, wouldn't their future be ruined?

However, how could Zhu Changluo not know their thoughts, glanced around for a week, and spoke.

"I have to say it again, this time, Enke, I will personally check, especially the number of a subject, although I hope to be able to recruit talents, but rather lack than abuse, if not meet the standards in my heart, all will be dethroned, in view of the number of applicants is not much, this time the matter of grading, by me, Yuanfu, the second assistant and Mr. Cheng four people to personally carry out, the students who have won the second subject of mathematics and Gewu, I will arrange for the Confucian to teach them, when the official is elected, priority is given to the selection of Sinong Temple and Guozijian, in addition, the East Palace is established, learning can not be abolished, I will select the best students from this list and be selected to be elected to the Zhan Shifu! ”