Time passed in a hurry, and three days were only a blink of an eye. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info this day is the second day of the first month of March, which is the time of the palace test.

Early in the morning, before dawn, the sky was still full of stars, and the participants in the palace examination got up and went to the palace. Su Shi was also woken up by the scholar early in the morning, in fact, he had insomnia almost all night, and he squinted at the end. The first palace test in my life may also be the last, how can I sleep when I am so excited?

The scholar gave Su Shi the number to bring closely, if he didn't have this number, he would not be able to enter the palace gate. Before the scholar sent Su Shi to the gate of the palace, after handing Su Shi the pre-prepared examination basket, Su Shi was going to enter the palace alone for the exam. The Great Shun Dynasty used a three-level examination system, decomposition test (township test), provincial test and palace test, each level regardless of the previous test, whether or not you can finally enter the office, but also depends on the results of the palace test. Don't think that if you participate in the palace examination, you will be able to become an official 100%, and there are not a few scholars who are dethroned in the palace examination.

The candidates lined up, entered the palace gate by number, found out the right body, and after confirming that there was no entrainment, they were guided by the attendant to enter the Jiying Palace. A mixed map is hung outside the Jiying Palace, which is actually the seat number, and the candidates find the position in the mixed map according to the information on the test number. After sitting down one by one, there was originally an emperor who went to court and introduced the provincial yuan. But Lu Chengqi thought that this was disrespectful to other candidates, so he didn't do this, after all, there was no routine on this day.

After the candidates are seated, the lieutenants selected by the Ministry of Officials begin to distribute the exam questions. If you don't understand the question, you can ask the examiner. However, it should be noted that the test paper has no damage such as marking, and the test paper will not be accepted.

The topic of this palace examination was formulated by Lu Chengqi himself. No matter what the subject, it is the same topic: "On the pros and cons of the annexation of land by the high-ranking officials and gentry." The sentence is almost vernacular, but it points to the most serious topic at the moment, but no one dares to discuss it. Only Lu Chengqi has such courage, he needs to use a shocking topic to identify talents who are truly talented and have a long-term vision.

It's just that this one-size-fits-all approach is inevitably unfavorable to some candidates, especially those who count subjects. Lu Chengqi also has a plan to make up for it, and these arithmetic talents will be retained and reused. Anyway, he is so demanding on data, even if there are too many arithmetic talents. What's more, only a dozen or so people applied for the arithmetic discipline this time, even if all of them were hired, the plan with Lu Chengqi would be just a drop in the bucket.

Here I have to say that the Chinese are obsessed with official positions, even if Lu Chengqi halves the official's salary and includes it in the pension, there are still nearly 10,000 people who come to the examination. It's a pity that this imperial examination is really for people with real talent and learning, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a single-plank bridge crossed by thousands of troops. Lu Chengqi also deliberately stipulated that the number of scholars should not exceed 300. This is also afraid of embarking on the old road of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty. No matter how much tax the country has, there are hundreds of thousands of officials, and a country cannot afford it. Add to that the so-called million-dollar army, which is redundant; If there is too much administrative expense, this is redundancy. Most of the money of the Song Dynasty was spent on this, and the land annexation was serious, and the roots of the collapse of the country had been buried.

In Lu Chengqi's big plan, the first thing is to get rid of maladministration, and the three items of redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses must not be relaxed. The biggest problem is land.

Since the founding of the Great Shun Dynasty, it has been nearly a hundred years. The original uniform land system has been destroyed, and a large amount of land has been annexed by high-ranking officials and nobles and rural gentry. In a good harvest year, these landlords will be nicer to the tenant farmers. If there is a disaster year, the tenant farmers who have no land under their command may really have to sell themselves into slavery or change their children for food.

Lu Chengqi always believed that the land contradiction was the main factor in the change of Chinese dynasties, and the reason for this was the selfish nature of human beings and the small-scale peasant economy in ancient China.

If you want to completely change this situation, Lu Chengqi has two immature plans. One is to change the land policy and set a land tax, the more land there is, the more taxes will have to be paid, and a family with more than 300 acres of land will start to pay money; The other is to develop commerce, release the spare money of high-ranking officials and nobles to purchase land, promote commercial development, and make the germination of capitalism appear in the Dashun Dynasty, and even enter the era of capitalism. It's a pity that these two ideas are just ideas, the land is the foundation of the world, and if one is not careful, it will be self-defeating and cause turmoil in the world. If those squires rallied against the imperial power, it would also be a force to be reckoned with. The throne has been overthrown, and Lu Chengqi has nothing to play, and maybe his life is not guaranteed.

At this time, Lu Chengqi once again turned into a patrol officer, wearing an official uniform to inspect the Jiying Palace, and by the way, he checked his scholar's answer sheet. Among these people, he found two acquaintances. One is the talented Su Shi, and the other is the former prince of the Taishi, Yang Hong. He deliberately checked the answers of the two and found that their visions were extremely similar, and they both pointed out the harm of land annexation and proposed some feasible methods. It's a pity that this is just a drop in the bucket and can't achieve the goal of cure. Lu Chengqi shook his head secretly, and said in his heart: "It is said that the classes are different, but they are still class contradictions!" After these candidates become lifters, they have become the landlord class, how can they put their lifeblood in the hands of others? It seems that it is still necessary to use business to guide it......"

Lu Chengqi checked the examination room again, and there was another candidate who was quite interested, he used statistical data to explain the harm of land annexation, as well as the cases of rich people who were not benevolent to the rich, which made Lu Chengqi quite interested in his paper. Looking at his exam number again, it turned out to be the provincial yuan of arithmetic, Lu Chengqi was taken aback, and said in his heart: "People who study arithmetic also have such a vision?" ”

It's a pity that this person has no theory and has not proposed a solution, which makes Lu Chengqi still look down on him a little bit in his heart. However, compared to most people in the temple examination, this person's answer sheet is already considered excellent. The rest of them just boasted about the benefits of the well field system in the Zhou Dynasty from a historical point of view, so that Lu Chengqi seemed to see Fang Xiaoru in the Ming Jianwen period, and only boasted about the literati governing the country in his mind, recovering the Zhou rites, and restoring the well field system. There is no backbone, but there is no talent for hard work. In Lu Chengqi's heart, they have been dethroned.

After inspecting the examination room, Lu Chengqi knew what to expect, and then walked out. He already had a bold idea in mind that he wanted to put into practice as soon as possible.

As soon as Lu Chengqi went out, Yang Hong raised his head, looked at Lu Chengqi's back, looked thoughtful, and said in his heart: "What Daddy said is really right, the little emperor has great ambitions, advanced vision, and down-to-earth work. My father was defeated by greed for power, and repeatedly warned me not to seize power, but to follow the little emperor's wishes. Daddy is very accurate in looking at people, and you can't be wrong when you think about it. Anyway, what I, Yang Hong, have studied for many years, isn't it also to sell the emperor and the royal family? ”

The palace examination requires that the essay be more than 1,000 words. In ancient times, the writing of the brush was not fast, and it took many scholars a day to write a composition. After all the papers were submitted, the seal official pasted his name, checked the reader for errors in the transcription, and handed it over to the initial examiner and the re-examiner to read the paper. In the end, the ranking of the test papers will be determined by the detailed judge, and Lu Chengqi will personally hand-pick the top three, or be dethroned. A palace test can be regarded as a complete end.

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