Jingwen implemented this so-called official examination, and the examination subjects naturally could not be and what subset of scripture and history was assessed, because those were useless for grassroots work. Jingwen can use this reason to refuse to assess the subset of scripture and history, so this one works. And Jingwen's idea is actually to take advantage of this opportunity to let the world's cultural people study the knowledge of other subjects, so that the liberal arts and sciences can develop at the same time. And the subset of classics and histories, poems and songs, and the more you study, the more useless they become. These things are of no benefit to the officials, and they are of no use to themselves. But what Jingwen was most speechless about was the subject of the imperial examination, that is, the assessment, which was really a blood-vomiting thing. Although the Jinshi Department now relies on policy theory, the number of places admitted to the Jinshi Department is too small to play an important role.

Jingwen wants to take advantage of the opportunity of these official examinations to promote those things that have practical significance. As long as the officials need these, then those students will definitely study them. Many people think that it is difficult to reverse the situation of Confucianism, but it is not difficult. As long as everyone can see that they can become officials by studying other disciplines, and even that they can become officials without being discriminated against, then I am afraid that other disciplines can also have a future. Although this exam was only for a small official, Jing Wen knew that once these small officials could exert their influence in the officialdom that did not belong to them, their power would be infinite. Once half a year later, some of them have become official officials, and those officials will become the spokesmen of countless small officials, then these small officials will have the opportunity to exert their influence. Once the young officials have a future, then the enthusiasm of those students who study other subjects is even greater, so that all kinds of disciplines can flourish. Jingwen hopes to use the idea of official status as an opportunity to promote other disciplines. In order to become officials, those students will definitely study other subjects, so that they can be regarded as successful in promoting other subjects.

"Jingwen, then you say, what is the point of the imperial examination? If everyone goes to the test for this kind of little official. So who will take the imperial examination, and what is the meaning of the imperial examination? Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen continued: "Your Majesty, didn't I say it? The imperial examinations such as the Ming Jingke are for those who are interested in becoming officials directly, such as famous students, they must disdain to start directly from small officials, and they must be directly officials. Our imperial examination can be prepared for those who are interested in becoming officials directly and are deeply influenced by the ancient sages. Those who pass the imperial examination can be directly granted official positions from the beginning, while ordinary officials must start from junior officials, and if they want to obtain official positions, they must compete with many small officials. In this way, their future will be tortuous. It's much worse than those outstanding talents in the imperial examination. Moreover, when promoting, when the same political performance, priority should also be given to the promotion of officials from the imperial examination, how about this? ”

When Zhang Yang heard this, he didn't say anything. Because Zhang Yang heard that officials from the imperial examination could be promoted first, he would not say anything. Because he thinks he still has a future, it is naturally difficult to refute. However, he didn't realize that there were a lot of pitfalls!

Jingwen said that this is in the case of the same political performance. But how to measure the same political performance, isn't it the test method proposed by Jingwen? The examination method is currently the best way to measure political performance, and those students who are immersed in the study of scriptures want to become qualified officials. It will take years to get acquainted with. In a few years, they will not be able to really get acquainted with the work and achieve political achievements. In this process, in fact, those small officials have been able to have two groups of officials become officials. Moreover, there are more than 300 state capitals in Datang. Every six months, one or two become officials. However, there are only more than 30 imperial examinations every year, so they enter the officialdom in this way, and they are certainly not the opponents of officials from petty officials in terms of numbers. After about 10 years of development. I am afraid that there are more and more officials from those petty officials, which is enough to squeeze down the officials from the imperial examination. Moreover, the officials who were born as small officials have solid work experience at the grassroots level, which is much better than those new science and technology scholars, and the new class scholars are probably not opponents at all. In this way, this kind of low-level officials will definitely gradually eliminate officials from the imperial examination, and even those officials from the second generation of officials will be phased out. And in this process, various scientific knowledge can also be continuously developed, which can be studied by many people.

"Well, the imperial examination is mainly based on policy theory and scripture, and since this kind of small official wants to do things at the grassroots level, it is better to focus on practical learning. When the time comes, what to do at the bottom, then what to assess, this is the ability that the little official should be able to have. And my Datang not only needs to have some officials who can make decisions, but also a group of officials who can perfectly implement the officials' orders and policies, so as to maintain the prosperity of my Datang. Li Shimin said.

Li Shimin agreed to test these grassroots officials, because Li Shimin also knew the usefulness of these officials. The su zhì of these small officials determined the people's support for the Tang Dynasty, which played a great role in maintaining local stability. As long as there are a group of excellent officials, it is very advantageous for the implementation of national policies and the pacification of the people. Therefore, in the future, these officials must be examined, just like the imperial examination. And Li Shimin also set the tone, that is, the officials of the imperial examination are mainly responsible for decision-making, and these small officials are mainly responsible for implementation. However, it did not close the channels for the promotion of those small officials, which was tantamount to acquiescing in the unity of officials. In the future, these officials will also be able to become officials, then they will have a future future, and they will be able to clean themselves a lot.

"Okay, who will be responsible for this assessment. What is the name of this assessment? Li Shimin asked.

Jingwen immediately said: "Your Majesty, the officials are those who perform state official duties, so we might as well call them civil servants." This is also better, and it can also avoid discrimination by the people because of the past titles, or the psychological inferiority of those civil servants. And this exam is called the civil service exam. ”

"Civil servants? Performing state official duties, called civil servants? It's a fitting name. But what do these officials assess? Li Shimin asked.

"Your Majesty, the ministers thought they could be assessed on arithmetic, language comprehension, reasoning skills, and so on. We call this the Administrative Aptitude Test. Jingwen said.

"Huh? What are these topics? I'll talk about two questions. Li Shimin asked. (To be continued......)