"Miss, that Zhu Gongzi just now was too domineering, he dared to bully you like this. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 On the way back, the maid named Su'er thought of the scene just now, and still said indignantly.

Jiang Yuan'er was thinking about the word "I" that the young man said at the end just now, is this young man really the son of today's great tomorrow?

She then shook her head, how could this be, maybe she had misheard. The dignified son of tomorrow actually went out of the palace late at night to see a woman in a green house, thinking about it, it feels like a fantasy. After all, the two can be said to be people from two worlds, one in heaven and one in the earth, and there will never be any intersection. How could she think of this, even she felt a little ridiculous.

Hearing her personal maid complaining for herself, Jiang Yuan'er looked calm, from the day she was assigned to the Teaching Workshop Division, she deeply understood what it meant to be involuntarily, and said lightly, "How can we, the women of the dust, not be bullied?" ”

The words revealed a deep helplessness, and even Su'er on the side was silent when she heard it. Although she is a maid, how much better can she be in the Qinglou?

Although the two are master and servant, they are actually sisters, sympathetic to each other and dependent on each other.

"Speaking of which, it's good that this Zhu Gongzi didn't mess around." Thinking of this, Su'er was also glad for her young lady.

Jiang Yuan'er couldn't guess what this person named Zhu Gongzi wanted to do when he fell to the ground, could it be that he came out just to see him?

"And how could Mama agree to let you out, aren't you afraid that something will happen to you?" The maid of Su'er was chattering like a little bird, and there were endless questions.

Fortunately, the two of them are not ordinary masters and servants, and they don't care too much about this kind of thing.

The more Jiang Yuan'er listened, the more curious she was about the identity of this Zhu Gongzi, but she also vaguely felt that the identity of this person should be a royal prince, after all, the surname Zhu was not it?

……

On the second day, Zheng De, who seemed quite refreshed, first met with Wang Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, in the Yongsu Palace, and obviously had something to say before.

"Your Majesty, among the people who participated in the Enke examination in this matter, there is a person Zhang Xuanyan who said that Confucius had never been a king in his life, and he was posthumously presented as the most holy Wenxuan king, and it was not right to say that it was not right, and it was most appropriate to be renamed the holy teacher, and the minister should think it was okay."

Zheng De glanced at Wang Tingxiang on the side when he heard this, as the same examiner of this scientific examination, fortunately it was the paper he read for Zhang Xuan. If you change to the same examiner, otherwise I'm afraid it's not uncommon for this person to get a zero egg. So when this Ministry of Rites Shangshu mentioned this, it was completely unexpected for him, and he didn't expect that this person would agree with Zhang Xuan's proposition.

However, Zheng De was apparently frightened by the title of Confucius, a sage, and thought that all Confucian disciples would worship this founder as a god. In fact, if you don't talk about others, just talk about the secretary of the royal court next to him, he is confident that his intelligence and intelligence are definitely not inferior to those so-called Confucians and saints. As for those who insist that the people of later generations cannot compare with the ancient Confucians, in his opinion, they are incapacitated, and they evaluate the people of the world according to their own level, and slander that the ability of all people in the world is not as good as Confucius's sages.

It can be said that this is the biggest outlier among the Confucian disciples, and he directly does not take the Confucian saint in his eyes.

In other words, there are many scholars in the world who do regard Confucius as a god, but there are also many people who respect Confucius only as the founder of Confucianism, and do not feel that this Confucian sage is really superior, and that he is still a person in essence. Obviously, Wang Jing and Wang Tingxiang belong to this list.

Now that this matter has been mentioned, Zheng De, who originally wanted to talk about it after a while, directly struck while the iron was hot, "Then according to Aiqing's words, go to the king and the name of Dacheng Wang Xuan, and leave this matter to the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Commandment." Wang Jing did not seem very reluctant to this matter, and then turned to the matter of school restructuring, which he mainly came for this.

"The county school is mainly divided into nine grades, namely the first grade, the second grade, and the third grade...... The maximum is grade 9, and after each school year, students can move on to the next grade, and each school year is divided into the first half of the semester and the second half of the semester, and each semester is divided into 20 weeks, with classes taking place from Monday to Friday...... The prefectural school is the same as the prefectural school, but there are only four grades. As for how to arrange the sub-eunuchs of the northern and southern kingdoms, I haven't thought about it yet. As for the detailed arrangement plan, I have already asked Wang Tingxiang to write it on it, and you can take it back and take a good look at it later. ”

Zheng De directly handed him a draft plan written by Wang Tingxiang, but Wang Jing did not expect that the emperor had already prepared. Instead, I don't have to worry about memorizing these things, so I quickly pick them up.

Then he raised two questions, "Your Majesty, the current students of the county school need to hold the county examination before they can enter the prefectural school, so what should be done with those students in the prefectural school, the prefectural school, and the state school?" ”

Wang Tingxiang also mentioned this matter to Zheng De before, the county school and the government school have changed from the previous schools at the same level to a two-level system, so the students in the county school and the government school obviously should not stay in two schools of different natures, but should be accepted by one school, so should the county school or the government school accept this group of students?

Zheng De raised his head and looked at him, "Then what do you think should be done?" ”

After Wang Jing went back last night, he carefully thought about all aspects of the school restructuring, so when he heard the emperor ask, he didn't panic much, and directly said his thoughts, "Back to Your Majesty, this year is the year of Bingmao, and the township test will be held in early August. The minister felt that all the students could participate in the scientific examination, and those who passed were selected as lifters, and those who failed could be relegated to the government school to continue their studies. ”

Zheng De was noncommittal, and asked again, "Then what should we do with these lifters?" ”

"Your Majesty can open a special permission to allow people who take the township examination before the first year of Zhengde to take the high school examination, and after the first year of Zhengde, non-Guozi prison students are not allowed to participate in the examination."

After listening to Wang Jing's suggestion, Zheng De thought about it and it was indeed a good way, "Then this matter will be decided according to what the elder said." However, it must be added that those who are over 40 years old will be deprived of the qualification to participate in the examination from the first year of Zhengde to the present; Those who are over the age of 30 will be deprived of the qualification to participate in the township examination from the second year of Zhengde to the end. lest some people fail to succeed in repeated trials and still fail to come to their senses, and in the end, they will lose their lives with gray hair. ”

The last sentence is obviously said to Wang Jing, and he has made an explanation for his decision. The latter is not a person who likes to drill the horns of the bull, and after going back last night and thinking about it all night, he also felt that the emperor did have his reasons for doing this. It is true that many scholars have repeatedly failed the scientific examination, so they are poor and even sell their children and daughters, but they still do not give up. In his opinion, this is indeed excessive, just like the emperor said, is there no other way to go except for reading and taking scientific examinations?

However, he still felt that the emperor was in too much of a hurry, and hurriedly persuaded, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should not be too urgent, after all, the majority of the current students and people in their thirties and forties, if they are restricted from participating in scientific examinations from now on and next year, I am afraid that there will be a big mess." ”

Zheng De was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously asked, "Is there really a lot of scholars who participate in the scientific examination at the age of thirty or forty?" ”

Seeing that the emperor was still suspicious, Wang Jing directly gave an example, "The age of the people who participated in the Enke examination this time is over forty, just over half. ”

"So many?"

Hearing such an answer, Zheng De couldn't help but exclaim. In the past, he just thought that some scholars such as Cai Tianyou and others in their sixties still participated in the scientific examination, and even in high school, they couldn't do much, so he wanted to limit the age of those scholars who participated in the imperial examination to prevent the emergence of such elderly candidates. However, he didn't expect that the number of such candidates was so large that it was already halfway through, which was really a bit unexpected to him.

By extension, there is a huge potential number of such candidates all over the world. If he really restricts these people from participating in the scientific expedition according to his decision just now, it also makes him realize that if he really makes these scholars, most of whom have lost their ability to survive, lose hope again, I am afraid that as Wang Jing said, it will really be a mess in the world.

Thinking of this, he was also shocked into a cold sweat, and sure enough, he couldn't take anything for granted, he would do whatever he wanted, if he didn't combine the actual situation, I was afraid that he would really have to poke a big basket out, fortunately, there was a reminder from the Ministry of Rites, thinking of this, Zheng De glanced at Wang Jing gratefully, "Fortunately, there is a reminder from Aiqing, otherwise I will make a big mistake." ”

"Your Majesty has overdone it." Wang Jing was also quite happy to see that the emperor heard his opinion.

Zheng De groaned at this time and said, "Then continue to draft according to what the elder said, all students and supervisors in the Ming Dynasty must participate in the township examination in the year of Bingmao, and those who fail must enter the school to study before they can continue to participate in the township examination of the next year, and those who fail in the list are not allowed to participate in the examination within four years, but they can participate in the township examination." And all high school students before the first year of Zhengde, including the first year of Zhengde, can participate in the township examination before the first ten years of Zhengde; All high school lifters before the first year of Zhengde, including the first year of Zhengde, can take the township examination before the tenth year of Zhengde. After ten years of Zhengde, those who are over 30 years old are not allowed to participate in the township examination; Ten years after Zhengde, those who are over 40 years old are not allowed to participate in the examination. ”

Looking at Wang Tingxiang on the side holding a long roll of yellow silk drafting, and thinking of the emperor's previous words, Wang Tingxiang also knew that the emperor must be writing an edict about this school and the imperial examination system, but he was quite curious about the content.

After Zheng De saw that Wang Tingxiang had finished writing the book, he looked up at Wang Jing who was standing aside, and said to Wang Tingxiang, "This edict will be drafted here for the time being, and when the time comes, you will order the Chinese calligraphy department to transcribe a copy and send it to the Ministry of Rites." ”

"Your Majesty, this is ......" Wang Jing didn't know what the emperor meant by doing this.

Zheng De waved his hand, "Is this edict about some of the contents of this school and scientific examination reform, most of them are not much different from what I just said." However, it has not yet been drafted, so I have decided to send a draft of this decree to the Ministry of Rites, and you can refer to it for me, and if there are any flaws or loopholes, you can point out any flaws and loopholes, and of course you can also make good suggestions. ”

Wang Jing was stunned when he heard this, and sent the undrafted holy decree to the Ministry of Rites for detailed improvement, not to mention that it was the first time he served as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, I am afraid that it is unique in the history of the Ming Dynasty, right?

He said with some uneasiness, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is all wrong?" ”

"What's wrong?" Zheng De waved his hand, "This matter has been decided. ”