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After so many years, the people have also become accustomed to the convenience brought to them by the New Deal. If someone goes against the grain and tries to overthrow the new policy, I am afraid that the people will not agree to it, and they will definitely complain, and it will even cause political turmoil.

After all, the New Deal was entangled with the interests of too many people, and the interests of the bureaucratic class were weakened to a minimum. And the workshop owners, businessmen and other forces have gradually become the climate, which should not be underestimated.

These businessmen, rich and literate, have already had many children of businessmen who have entered the officialdom.

These people represent the interests of the new class, and even the old-style bureaucrats dare not despise them.

Winter went to spring, and in the noise of the New Year, it once again came to the imperial examination once again every two years.

This year, the number of Dashun's lifters exceeded 300,000.

This is still the number of people who have been reduced by layers of selection.

And these 300,000 people have to compete for the quota of nearly 1,000 junior soldiers, which can really be said to be thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge, and without any real ability, it is impossible to stand out. Lu Chengqi closed the channels of "Nasu" and "Menyin" again, and even gave officials, only Zhang Zai had this honor over the years.

The imperial examination has long become the only way for the imperial court to select talents.

Do you have real materials, saying that it is useless, you have to take the test to know.

It's all the same question, you can't pass the test of others, how can you prove that you are better than others? If you don't have any skills, how can you serve the public after becoming an official?

The exam has become a matter that Dashun Shizi takes for granted. Regardless of background, rich or poor, there is no favoritism, only fair and strict, fair and open examinations. It's a mule or a horse, and it's pulled out to slip away. If you can't adapt to the exam, it proves that you are not suitable to be an official, so it is better to find another way out as soon as possible.

The imperial examination is a little innovative every year, so that many conservative scholars can't adapt to it for a while, and they are complaining that they will not be able to study in the future.

They still hold on to the Four Books and Five Classics, but they don't know that the current imperial court attaches more importance to the ability to do things and the ability to adapt to changes. Those who can only blindly read dead books have been eliminated. And only the true elite can stand out in such a varied exam. What the imperial court wants is not an idler who messes around, but an official who can really do things, can put down his body, and think about the people.

It's not that you can't be selfish, you must definitely put the major affairs of the court first. But if your selfishness is higher than your public heart, I'm afraid that the Supervision Department will come to your door.

No wonder those conservative scholars sighed that it was getting worse and worse to be an official these years, or that it was good to be an official back then, and they were greedy if they wanted, and there was no punishment at all. To be such an official, it is better to go into business. But their already rigid minds, let alone business, even ploughing the fields, don't know if they will run out of rice.

One month after the spring exam began, the scholars who could take the palace exam were pasted out of the list.

In this year's palace examination, there were 1,200 Zhongjin scholars.

There are not many positions that may be arranged, which is a pain for the officials. It seems very inappropriate to have so many idlers.

After Lu Chengqi received the recital from Wu Xianzhi, the secretary of the ministry, he thought about it for a while and asked Wu Xianzhi to come to meet him.

Wu Xianzhi entered the vertical arch hall with apprehension.

"Wu Qing, how many idle ten-rank officials are there now?" Lu Chengqi asked straightforwardly.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are three thousand five hundred and sixty people." Wu Xianzhi is really very dedicated, and he even remembers clearly how many idle white-collar officials at home are good.

Lu Chengqi nodded and said: "The treasury has been unable to make ends meet all these years, and there is still a large amount of tax coupons that are about to be repaid. It's not enough to just eat and not work. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" Wu Xianzhi wanted to kowtow to Lu Chengqi, and he simply said what he wanted! Others say that he has not moved for more than ten years, because he has been favored, but who knows the bitterness? He has been conscientious for more than ten years, he doesn't dare to make a mistake, and he is not even close to people, it is useless for anyone to intercede, he only speaks based on his political achievements, so that he is now almost a lonely minister.

The more lonely the minister, the easier it is for Lu Cheng to come in. Since Wu Xianzhi has done a good job, there is no need to change the secretary of the ministry.

It's just that Wu Xianzhi tried his best, but he couldn't vacate a vacant seat, which really hurt him.

"Well, I'm determined to create a competitive position." Lu Chengqi pondered for a while before he said slowly.

"Competing for a job?" Wu Xianzhi didn't know why, and hurriedly asked: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is competition for a post?" ”

"It's very simple, from the beginning of this imperial examination, the idle ten-rank official will always be this one, and the future one's will not follow the ten-rank official with a position and be promoted. If you want to be promoted, you must serve. What should I do if there are few positions and many people? Naturally, it's the exam. Each yamen has a different emphasis. For example, the gap in the Ministry of Engineering is the largest, and the content of the exam must be relied on professionally. For example, it is necessary to take arithmetic and natural science; Needless to say, the household department naturally has to test arithmetic, accounting, farming, etc., and as for the official department, it is necessary to test how to distinguish political performance, how to promote according to political performance, and so on. In this examination, the questions will be written by the chief officials of each yamen, and I will personally review the examination before the examination can begin. Lu Chengqi said, "This is competition for posts." ”

Wu Xianzhi was stunned for a moment, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, will this cause the anger of those idle ten rank officials?" ”

"What's there to be angry about? If your skills are not as good as others, you should learn again. Live to be old, learn to be old, don't think that you just need to finish the imperial examination! Lu Chengqi frowned, a little annoyed.

Wu Xianzhi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's move has created a precedent, dare to think that others dare not think, admire!" ”

"Don't be a sycophant, let's arrange it well." Lu Chengqi said, "You don't have to be too rigid, there are more and more jobs in many yamen, and more and more people are needed, you have to increase your official position appropriately, and you can't stick to it without changing." In this world, nothing is set in stone! ”

Wu Xianzhi bowed down and said, "Chen Yong is subject to holy teachings!" ”

"You stand down first!"

"Retire, Your Majesty!"

A few days later, such news circulated in Chang'an City, and it came from such an authoritative newspaper as "Dashun Minbao".

"What? After passing the Jinshi exam, do you want to take the exam again? ”

"Isn't it, it's just a toy!"

"Shhh, don't talk nonsense, this is planned by His Majesty himself. I heard that there are too many idle ten-rank officials, and there are not so many official positions for a while. You think, if you don't retreat some people from above, how can you rise? ”

"But what does it mean that this is no longer rising?"

"That is to say, the salary of the idle ten-grade official is determined, and if you want to be promoted, you must work hard and take an official position......"

"This ...... I've almost forgotten the classics, what should I do? ”

"It's okay, I heard that I don't take these tests, but I want to test some knowledge that has been applied to the world. For example, farming, mulberry planting, silkworm raising, arithmetic, utensils, etc., are still the topics of the chief officials of each yamen, all of which are things that they need to understand after becoming an official in the future. ”

"Kuye, I don't understand any of this!"

"This is very easy to do, if you take the agricultural test, go to read "Qi Min Yaoshu", if you take the arithmetic test, learn "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", if you test the utensils, "Wood Scripture", "Construction of the French Style", "Iron Smelting Book", ...... But you also have to see clearly, you can only apply for one yamen, and if you review well, you should be fine. ”

"But there are more than 3,000 people, competing for hundreds of official positions?"

"Well, it depends on whose knowledge is good. But it doesn't matter, the newspaper also said that there are exams in summer and winter a year, and if you don't pass the exam, you can take the exam again, and Yu Lu will also send it. ”

"Thank you, brother, I'm going to buy books and read ......."