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When Xie Qian knew the question of the last exam, he couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, this is too nonsense, what's the use of this question?" Ji Zhi and Junan are the same, and they will not stop the emperor from doing so. ”

Li Dongyang smiled slightly and didn't say anything. After all, Wang Jing and Wang Wei are not children, and they are also very principled in terms of personality. will not sit against the emperor's will in order to conform to the emperor's wishes.

Instead, he mentioned another matter, "By the way, Gu Zuo, the former household servant, and He Jian, the former minister, are still at home, and the emperor has not arranged a place for the two of them to go. ”

Xie Qian was also puzzled, but he suddenly thought of a possibility, "Does Your Majesty think that there were too many ministers of the DPRK and China some time ago, so you want to slow down this period of time and retire the two of them?" After all, the age of these two is also over sixty-five. ”

Although Li Dongyang felt that the emperor had promoted these two people to the rank of Doctor Guanglu from the second rank, he obviously had the intention of leaving them. However, as the so-called Sacred Heart is unpredictable, this matter may not be like Xie Qian's speculation, it seems that it is really necessary to talk to the Holy Lord about this matter.

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In the Maoqin Palace, Zheng De, who was practicing calligraphy, heard the news of Wang Jing and Wang Wei's arrival, and when he saw the roster that the two of them were holding, he understood why they came.

"Your Majesty, this is the roster of the scholars in the Enke Society examination, a total of 300 people have been admitted, and your Majesty is invited to look at it." Wang Jing presented the roster.

"Two elders, please take a seat."

Zheng De made a gesture of invitation, then flipped through the roster roughly, paid attention to the three names in front of him, then gently closed them and put them aside, and said, "This roster is decided." ”

To be honest, Zheng De really doesn't know a few people on this roster, and he has no way of knowing whether he has real talent or learning. However, if you are selected according to your test scores, you shouldn't be far behind. After all, Wang Jing and Wang Wei are quite upright ministers, and they can't do this kind of favoritism, and of course it is inevitable to mix in some nerds. But this matter is harmless, after all, if you want to really determine the ranking, you still need to take the next palace test before it can be decided.

"The next thing is to prepare for the palace exam." Zheng De looked up at the two, "But before that, I have something I want to discuss with the two Aiqing. ”

The two of them glanced at each other when they heard this, only to hear Zheng De continue, "The imperial court has now officially implemented the retirement system, and all officials who have reached the retirement age from the third rank and above in the court have been ordered by me to pay tribute, and the next step is the retirement arrangement for officials below the third rank." However, I will leave this matter to the Ministry of Officials Shangshu Hanwen to finish. What I want to tell you is that in the future, I have decided to limit the age of those who can participate in the imperial examination to less than forty. ”

After a slight pause, he raised his eyes and glanced at Wang Jing, flashing with an inexplicable meaning, "I also told Zhang Sheng, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, about this before, but he didn't agree in the end." ”

This is a bit meaningful, for Zhang Sheng, who seems to be flat but is actually secretly degraded in the right capital imperial history, although Wang Jing has heard that he is disliked by today's saints, but he doesn't know too much about the real situation, but now when he hears Zheng De say this, he understands a little. I also understand what the emperor means when he says this, implying a warning. However, he is not a person who likes to follow the crowd, so he still had the courage to ask, "Why does Your Majesty limit the age of the scholars who participate in the examination, after all, the age of those who can take the final scientific examination for high school scholars is about thirty, and it is really common for forty years old, and this thing seems to have never happened in all dynasties." ”

The emperor obviously didn't want anyone to question his decision, and Zhang Sheng was obviously a lesson from the past, but he didn't expect Wang Jing to dare to ask at the risk of disapproval. Even Wang Wei sweated for him when he heard this, but Zheng De didn't get angry, but moved out the set of rhetoric he had said to Zhang Sheng before, and finally added, "I stipulate that my Ming officials retire from the fourth rank and below sixty Zhishi, if a person is promoted to the middle of the forty years, how much can he do?" Life is not just a path for the imperial examination, if you are obsessed with it for most of your life, even if this kind of person who values fame and fortune so much really wins the examination in the end, I think it will be harmful to my Ming. ”

Wang Jing also felt that what the emperor said was reasonable, but he still felt that it was inappropriate, "Your Majesty, the imperial examination is held once every three years, and the person who can participate in the examination must be a person or a prisoner." Most of the scholars in the world can gain fame and fame, and most of them are of different ages. If this were to force the age limit of the scholars to participate in the imperial examination to be under 40, some people would be able to take the imperial examination several times, while some people would not be able to participate in the examination at all because of their age after obtaining the status of a lifter in the township examination. Ten years of hard work has changed such a result, is this unfair or thin? ”

Regarding this question raised by Wang Jing, Zheng De once thought deeply. I didn't expect the former to think so far-reaching, which also reflects from another aspect that this is indeed not in vain Zheng De spent his time getting it into the cabinet.

"I have already thought of a solution to this matter, the first is to reform my education system. The two-level system of Chinese school and government, prefecture and county school has been changed to a three-level system of county school, government school and national school, and all children who will be six years old next year must enter the county school to receive education, and the county school system is nine years, and the children who enter the school only need to pay for books. After the completion of the nine-year school system, they will take the high school entrance examination, which is the county school graduation examination. Those who pass the grades are awarded a primary diploma and those who have achieved excellent results are selected to continue their secondary education for four years. ”

"After the expiration of the four-year school system, I will take the national unified college entrance examination, that is, the school graduation examination. Those who pass the grades will be awarded a secondary graduation certificate, and those with excellent grades will be selected to enter the Guozi Supervision School to receive a four-year higher education, and the graduation examination will be taken at the end of the four years, and those who pass the results will be awarded a higher graduation certificate, and have the opportunity to participate in the examination, and at the same time, the time of the imperial examination will be changed from once every three years to once a year, so that everyone will have an equal opportunity to participate in the imperial examination? ”

When the two of them heard the emperor's words, they were also shocked by the emperor's thoughts, and they didn't know how the emperor came up with these things. Wang Wei felt that something was wrong, "Your Majesty, if you can get the opportunity to participate in the general examination after graduating from Guozijian, then wouldn't it be unnecessary to hold the children's examination and the township examination?" Isn't that a bit excessive? ”

In the Ming Dynasty, those who were able to participate in the township examination must be prisoners or imperial examination students. Both of these are from the government, state, and county schools, and the former is selected from the Guozijian to be called a prisoner. The latter is that the provincial school officials hold two-level examinations for annual examinations and scientific examinations, which are divided into six grades according to their results. Those who are listed in the first and second class in the scientific examination are qualified to participate in the township examination and are called imperial examination students.

Obviously, it has become a prerequisite for these two to participate in the township examination, that is, they must become students, which is commonly known as Xiucai. The entrance examination to obtain the qualification of students is called the children's examination, also known as the small examination and the small examination. The children's examination consists of three stages: the county examination, the prefectural examination and the hospital examination. The college examination is presided over by the provincial academic administration, which is also known as the Admiral College, so this level of examination is called the college examination. Those who pass the college examination are called students, and then they can be divided into prefecture, state, and county schools to study.

And now the emperor has actually elevated the identity of the prisoner in the Guozi Prison, from being able to participate in the township examination to directly participating in the general examination, is it necessary to hold the children's examination and the township examination? As long as you take the high school entrance examination and the college entrance examination, such as Guozijian studying for four years and graduation, you can easily obtain the qualification to participate in the entrance examination, it is no wonder that Wang Wei will object to this.

"What Aiqing said is reasonable, so I decided to change the children's examination to the high school entrance examination in the future, and the township examination to the college entrance examination, wouldn't it be just right?" Zheng De said with a smile and a stick.

"Your Majesty, how can this be easily shaken by the country's capital?" Wang Wei still faintly felt a little uneasy.

Zheng De raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with an unkind face, "I just relaxed the admission conditions and age of the county school, as long as my Ming people are over six years old, they can be enrolled in school, is this a shake to the country?" ”

Wang Wei was silent, after all, according to the emperor's practice that anyone can enter the county to study, it is obviously a thing that is quite beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

But the imperial examination system is an ancestral system after all?

Wang Wei was entangled for a while, and finally couldn't help but look at Wang Jing who was in deep thought on the side, faintly asking for help. The latter seemed to sense the former's gaze, raised his head and glanced at him, he naturally heard the conversation between the two, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, why are primary, secondary, and higher graduation certificates issued after the children's examination, the township examination, and the Guozijian graduation examination?" ”

"In fact, I implemented the nine-year county school system, not so that the people of the world could finally participate in the scientific examination. I just hope that through these nine years of education, they will be able to read and reason, read and write, and gain a foothold in the future society. In the same way, the purpose of the four-year secondary education and the four-year higher education of the Guozijian is the same, but they receive a higher education than the basic education of the county school, and the purpose is not only to master the basic literacy and hyphenation, but to master a higher level of survival skills, so as to gain a foothold in the future society. In a word, the purpose of my reform of the Daming School is not to let these students finally participate in the imperial examination and run to the official career, but to hope that they can learn something useful for themselves and be able to better support their families in the future. ”

When Zheng De's words came out, Wang Jing and Wang Wei were silent, unable to say anything for a while, and they didn't expect that the emperor's thoughts were so far-reaching, and the purpose was so simple but revealing a trace of greatness. It also made them feel that their eyes were narrow, and they were not even as good as a teenager who grew up in the deep palace, and they felt a little ashamed.

But when they saw the royal court minister sitting on the side, they were all relieved, presumably these must have been told to the emperor by this favorite minister next to the emperor!

Of course, if Wang Tingxiang knew what the two of them were thinking at the moment, he would definitely feel that he was lying down for no reason again.