Chapter 508: A New Policy for the Imperial Examination
Li You's victory and return to the court is a rare event in the court, so even Li Xun, who has always been regardless of the government, also got up from the fat powder pile, and set up a banquet in the palace to reward Li You, Li You's official position is now unpromoted, so he can only think of ways from other aspects, he first decreed that Li You's title was promoted to a marquis, and then he was given the glory of going to the palace with a sword and not worshipping in the court, and Zhou Bofu, Qin Shixin, Sun Chuyang and others who made contributions to this campaign also have their own rewards, In addition, the personnel arrangements of Lingnan Road are also completely arranged in accordance with Li You's intentions. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This drink is so lively, towards the Chinese military officials continue to send horses, so that Qin Shixin and others are a little fluttering, only Li You is still sober, the enemy in the open is temporarily eliminated by himself, but the enemy in the dark is still hidden in the shadows waiting for opportunities to find opportunities, the demise of the Yongzhou historian will surely make many people more vigilant, and there will be a headache for him in the future.
At the end of the banquet, Li You got a three-day vacation, during these three days he stayed in the house to accompany Zhou Nan, and never went out, many civil and military officials came to the house to pay a visit, he can also push it, except for Fan Li, Yao Guangxiao, Wang Ji and a few other cronies, the others let them wait for the time being, and it can be regarded as temporarily winning a few days of leisure.
But on the last day, there was a visitor he had to see, his father-in-law, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Zhou came to visit, he hurriedly and Zhou Nan and the two went out, "The son-in-law visits the father-in-law, the father-in-law but there is a sending, only a letter, the son-in-law will go to the house to visit, why bother to come to the door in person?" ”
"If it were a private matter, it should be so, but today I am here for business." Zhou Shou said solemnly, Zhou Nan said a few words of greeting when he saw this, prepared refreshments for them and stepped aside for the time being, leaving the hall to the two of them.
After asking some words such as father-in-law, mother-in-law, and adult body and son, Li You finally got down to business, "I don't know what my father-in-law has to discuss here?" ”
"Now that the new emperor of my Great Wei has succeeded to the throne, it is reasonable to increase Enke to recruit talents from all over the world, and now the pseudo-kings such as the Northern Yuan, the King of Qi, the King of Yue, and the King of Shu have begun to Enke, and there are quite a few scholars who take the exam, but I Jiazhou is the Great Wei Zhengshuo, but there is no movement for a long time, Lingnan Road, Jiangnan West Road, Huainan Road and those who fled from the north have many questions, and they are quite uneasy." Zhou Shou said seriously, "Now that the Taiwei has returned to Jiazhou, why don't you start handling this matter immediately, so that people of insight in the world can temporarily rest assured?" ”
Zhou Shou's mood is quite complicated now, as a scholar, he doesn't like to see the Taiwei involved in the imperial examination, but if this Taiwei is his son-in-law, it will be another matter, and he doesn't want this good opportunity to expand his strength to be taken away by someone other than Li You, so he hurriedly ran over to discuss.
"My son-in-law does have some thoughts about the imperial examination." Zhou Shou is not an outsider, so Li You did not hide his thoughts, "I think that when the imperial examination was first established, there were still more than 50 subjects such as Xiucai, Ming Jing, Jinshi, Junshi, Ming Law, Ming Characters, Ming Arithmetic, etc., whether it is proficient in arithmetic, discerning the law, or even having a skill in calligraphy and painting, it can take the exam, and it is indeed a lot of useful talents for the country." ”
Zhou Shou listened and nodded from time to time, he was also well aware of the shortcomings of the current imperial examination, "At the beginning of the founding of this dynasty, it was better, and the scholars were more focused on policy theory, and most of the talents selected were people who were proficient in practice, but in the past hundred years, it was the poetry and song as the first priority in the selection of scholars, and most of the people taken were some rhetorical people. ”
"So if you want to reopen Enke this time, you can't continue to use poetry and songs to empower scholars like before." It is undeniable that there are some people who can have profound attainments in literature, art and political talent at the same time, but good poetry writing has little to do with the ability to deal with political affairs, Li Bai is indeed talented, but it can only be a tragedy to make him the prime minister of a country.
"I don't know what the captain is going to do." Zhou Shou couldn't help but be a little worried, after so many years, the readers have adapted to this reliable way, and if they change rashly, I am afraid there will be a lot of problems.
"Restore the ancient system, and conduct multiple scientific expeditions in parallel." In this era, no matter what changes are made, it is always necessary to take a name that can be turned from the history books to be useful, "Jinshi does not test poetry and songs, but focuses on policy theory, those who are familiar with the law can go to the law department, those who are good at arithmetic can go to the science of mathematics, and if there is a person who is proficient in the study of Gezhi, he can also take the examination of the science of Gezhi." ”
"Once admitted, they will be awarded official positions according to their strengths, and those who have passed the Ming Law Examination can serve as county lieutenants or officials of the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, etc.; Those who are proficient in arithmetic can go to the household department, or come to the Taiwei Mansion to be responsible for logistics affairs; Those who are proficient in the study of Gezhi can go to the Ministry of Industry or the River Yamen to work......" Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Li Yourun moistened his throat and continued, "In this way, people can make the best use of it, wouldn't it be better than letting those waste corpses eat vegetarian food before." ”
"But the Jinshi Branch has a history of hundreds of years, not only my Great Wei, even the previous dynasty has also entered the Shike is proud, and the other subjects are few people know about it, and the future is bleak, even if the Taiwei opens the branches, I'm afraid there are not many people who take the exam." Although Zhou Shou has a good impression of this plan, he is not without worries.
"That's not a good idea." Li You already knew about this, "I will ask the officials to count the official positions that are lacking in the imperial court now, and allocate these places to the subjects according to the ability required by these official positions, for example, Dali Temple needs three directors, so these three directors can only be selected from the candidates of the Ming Law Department; The talents needed by the household department can only be selected from the candidates of the Ming Arithmetic Department, so there is no need to worry about no one taking the exam. ”
said a thousand ways and ten thousand, after all, he still wants to be an official after all, Li You now directly assigns the official position to each subject, just like the civil service examination in later generations, so that they will be worried that no one will take the exam?
"Captain's plan is very good." Zhou Shou also greatly appreciated, "But in this way, the disciplines of this imperial examination have to be carefully discussed, and it is not easy to find an examiner who can judge so many subjects in a hurry." ”
"This section is the first section, and it must be cautious, and this matter should be convened by the important ministers of the court to discuss carefully." These are of course problems, but they are not without solutions. (To be continued.) )