Li Guanqi's words are very heavy, how did Zhao Pu bear it? hurriedly left his seat, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "The minister is ignorant, please also ask the emperor to teach!" ”

"Get up and sit down! When you kneel like this, it seems that I am an unreasonable faint king. Li Guanqi pointed to Zhao Pu's seat unhappily, then turned to Qin Minzhong and said, "Gongmian, what do you think?" ”

Qin Minzhong also feels a headache now, generally speaking, since the examiner is not favoritism, then it is true that the list should be announced truthfully, but when such a list is announced, the students and even the people outside Jiangnan Province will definitely be dissatisfied, and they are afraid that it will cause more trouble at that time.

If this list does not satisfy the scholars in other places, then the squires, landlords, and local celebrities behind these scholars will all be offended by the imperial court. To put it too much, it is a question whether Li Guanqi's dragon chair can continue to sit steadily.

Qin Minzhong could see these problems, but these words were not something that he could say directly as a courtier, he hesitated for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, it seems that it is not that the admission of the main examination is unfair, but that the students of other provinces are indeed inferior to the students of Jiangnan Province. ”

After Qin Minzhong finished speaking, he glanced up at Li Guanqi, and seeing his noncommittal expression, he continued: "I think that the reason for this situation is not just because the readers of the other provinces are not working hard enough. Rather, because Gangnam Province is more affluent, scholars are more able to concentrate on their studies; At the same time, the current course is about current affairs, and Jiangnan Province is closer to Jingshi, so the information that can be learned is more abundant than that of other provinces, and this disparity is caused by a combination of many reasons. ”

Li Guanqi's face softened slightly. looked at Zhao Pu and said, "Zhao Pu, do you understand now?" ”

Zhao Pu's face turned a little redder, and he hesitated and said, "The minister is ignorant." Although Lord Qin analyzed the reasons why the scholars of other provinces could not pass the Jiangnan Provincial Scholars' exam. However, the selection of scholars in the imperial court is based on the merits of the article, not on the basis of regional differences, since the main examination has not been in vain, why change the list? ”

Li Guanqi's eyes swept to Yue'er beside him and nodded gently. knew that she had the same idea, and most people thought the same way, so she had to say seriously: "Take a scholar? Why does the imperial court want to take scholars? ”

"Naturally, it is to choose the best herdsmen's officials!" Zhao Pu replied subconsciously.

"You also know that officials are used by herdsmen?" Li Guanqi said angrily and happily, "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." If this trend is allowed to continue, the imperial examination will be controlled by Jiangnan Province alone, and at that time. The officials all over the world are from Gangnam Province. The rest of my people will be outcast, they have no hope of entering the office, they will inevitably turn away from morality, how will I end? ”

Faced with Li Guanqi's question, Zhao Pu couldn't answer it at all, because he really didn't think of this level, although he still thought that Li Guanqi was a bit alarmist in his heart, but it didn't mean that there was no possibility as Li Guanqi said.

looked at Zhao Pu, who was speechless. Li Guanqi continued: "Whether it is a person from Jiangnan Province or people from other provinces, they are all great cadres. They are all my people.

It is a fact that the culture of other provinces is not as good as that of Gangnam Province, and it would be unfair in itself to let this disparity go unfair.

Sage Zeng Yun: Do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequality, do not suffer from poverty but suffer from anxiety. There is no poverty, and no widow. Ann is unleaning. You are all my humerus ministers, don't you understand this truth? ”

Li Guanqi's words made Zhao Pu speechless, bowed his head in shame, and Yue'er nodded again and again. In fact, there is a deeper reason why Li Guanqi did not say it. Because there are some things that the emperor cannot say to his courtiers.

What Li Guanqi said was terrifying, but in fact, he himself knew that the common people would rebel unless they were cornered, because they couldn't pass the exam, at most they would march and complain, and it was still impossible to rebel. But if Li Guanqi doesn't stop this trend now, then one day, he will be the official of Jiangnan Province in the court.

What is the most taboo thing about being an emperor? It is the courtiers who form a party. The township party is the easiest party to form. No one is perfect, and it is normal for fellow villagers to take care of each other, and if they take care of each other, it is inevitable to form gangs. At that time, the crooks will be formed, and the stability of the country will be undermined.

As the saying goes, "those who do not seek the overall situation are not enough to seek a domain, and those who do not seek eternity are not enough to seek a time." Li Guanqi is now the emperor, he has to think about the whole country, not a certain person or some people, for the stability of the whole world, he must use the seemingly "unjust" method to turn this seemingly "fair" imperial examination to the real "just" line.

Having said that, Qin Minzhong and Zhao Pu have already understood that the list of Jinke is definitely going to be changed, and Zhao Pu has now been persuaded by Li Guanqi, and he will not oppose it again. But Qin Minzhong had other concerns, and after a little hesitation, he said, "Your Majesty, do you want to tell Yang Bozheng and Lin Bai about the change of this list?" ”

Li Guanqi smiled softly and said, "Gongmian, I know what you're worried about? Since they did not cheat for personal gain, I naturally did not punish them. However, this change of the list can't be known to them first, otherwise with Yang Bozheng's arrogance, he will fight with me if he doesn't want the black yarn on his head. I don't have the skills to fight him. What's more, he is the leader of the world in the world, and I may not have said anything about him! ”

After a pause, Li Guanqi continued: "Let's think about how to solve the problem of cultural level differences in various places!" ”

Qin Minzhong pondered for a while, and then said: "The minister thinks that in the future, the imperial court can order other provincial governments to strengthen cultural and educational matters, and the imperial court will allocate funds to build more government schools and county schools, and then invite more Confucian scholars from Jiangnan Province to give lectures and professors in various places. ”

Li Guanqi shook his head slightly and said: "Ten years of trees and a hundred years of people, although your strategies are good, they all need time, and the imperial examination will be held once every three years, so you can't change the list after revealing your name like this next time, right?" ”

Qin Minzhong's face flushed slightly, and he lowered his head and said, "Minister...... Ashamed. ”

Li Guanqi leaned back on the chair and said a little tiredly: "It's no wonder you, I haven't thought of any good way now." (To be continued......)