Chapter 70: The Imperial Examination
Li Hao looked at the Buddha jumping over the wall and doubts flashed in his eyes, the Buddha jumping over the wall is yellow, but it is definitely not so golden, he looked at Wan'er and asked: "Wan'er, have you improved this Buddha jumping over the wall?" β
Wan'er nodded and explained: "I did improve some things, and replaced the dried abalone in the soup, which I also prepared last night, and when the Buddha jumped over the wall, it happened that the soup was viscous and poured just right." β
Li Hao got up and lightly fanned on the Buddha jumping wall, and instantly a rich fresh fragrance came to his nose, and this taste made him intoxicated for a while, "Wonderful, it's really wonderful, Wan'er, your cooking skills are getting better and better." β
"Don't wait, let's get started!"
As soon as the words fell, the people who had long been unable to hold back began to act, and Li Shimin was even more anxious, he directly shoveled off the head of the Buddha jumping over the wall with a spoon and sent it to his mouth.
For a while, the rich fragrance rushed straight to the back of Li Shimin's head, and he enjoyed it softly, "Li Hao, I found that everything from Lijiazhuang is a good thing, this Buddha jumping over the wall is really wonderful!" β
"I never thought there would be anything so delicious in the world."
Hearing what Li Shimin said, Li Hao was inevitably a little proud, "That's natural, the things that our Li Jiazhuang people come out of there inevitably have a little fairy spirit." β
Li Shimin stretched out his finger and pointed at Li Hao, "You kid will put gold on your face." β
"Let's drink!"
Li Shimin spoke, and Li Hao naturally followed the two of them and picked up the wine glass and poured it into his mouth.
Feeling the burning in his throat, Li Hao enjoyed it, and this is the taste that feels like this.
In later generations, Li Hao was also half a wine barrel, and in this era, he forgot about this stubble, if it weren't for the famous daughter Honghou who drank today, he might not really be able to think of such a thing as soju.
Subsequently, after a few glasses of soju, everyone was all red, and even Li Hao was a little drunk.
Suddenly, Li Shimin patted Li Hao on the shoulder and asked, "Li Hao, let me ask you, what do you think of Datang now?" β
As soon as these words came out, the whole room became quiet, and none of the people present were not human spirits, and they were all waiting for Li Hao's reply.
Li Hao said very casually: "It's good, the current Datang at least won't let the people starve to death." β
Hearing this, how could Li Shimin not know what Li Hao meant, Li Hao was perfunctory to him.
Suddenly, Li Shimin's face became serious, "Li Hao, don't worry, boldly say, there are no outsiders here." β
After that, Li Shimin glanced at Fang Xuanling and the others, and Fang Xuanling and the others quickly picked it up and were clinking glasses with each other.
Li Hao straightened his body and asked with a serious face: "Lao Li, do you really want to know?" β
Li Shimin nodded firmly, seeing this, Li Hao also said bluntly, "There are a lot of internal and external troubles." β
"Internal worries are the five surnames and seven hopes you mentioned before, but if you think that there are only them, then you think too simply."
"In fact, the existence of five surnames and seven hopes restricts Datang's recruitment of talents, and also restricts the burst of knowledge."
"To give you an analogy, if you keep learning how much one plus one is equal, then you will never know how much one plus two is."
"People are very intelligent, but if you teach them limited knowledge and solidify their minds, you will become a stubborn person."
"In this way, not only will the future development of the Tang Dynasty be restricted, but if the protΓ©gΓ©s of the five surnames and seven wangs touch the court, they will not report to the group for warmth."
"Don't talk about anything else, let's just say that if this generation of ministers all quit the court, then the court needs fresh blood, and these fresh blood are either poor scholars, or protΓ©gΓ©s with five surnames and seven hopes."
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Li Hao didn't have any problems with his analysis, Li Shimin nodded again and again when he heard what he said, and Fang Xuanling and the others stopped their movements and listened to his explanation carefully.
Li Hao drank the wine in the cup and stared at Li Shimin with his eyes, and now Li Shimin fell into deep thought.
Li Hao said that each of these sentences is particularly important to Datang, and if it continues to develop according to the current situation, tragedy will happen one day.
After a long time, Li Shimin opened his mouth, "Li Hao, do you have any methods?" β
Hearing this, Li Hao smiled happily, he stretched out his hand and patted Li Shimin, "Lao Li! Isn't the solution always in your head? β
"Remember the bookstore on Trade Street? There are a lot of learning materials for the people of Datang, and there are even many of them with our annotations. β
"And the school, isn't this the best way to deal with the five surnames and seven hopes?"
"I won't say what else I can do, I think you already have the answer."
Hearing Li Hao's last sentence, Li Shimin's face was a little complicated, yes, he thought of a way to break the deadlock, this method has been brewing in his heart for a long time, and several ministers here understand it.
Li Shimin sighed, and finally said what he thought in his heart, "Li Hao, you are talking about the imperial examination!" I did think about it, but the people who came up from the imperial examination could also be people with five surnames and seven hopes. β
"If it's like you said, there is a high probability that they will form gangs and factions, and the court will not be chaotic at that time?"
"If that's the case, wouldn't my Datang be unavailable?"
Li Hao looked at Li Shimin with disdain, "Old Li, your brain is still not bright, you can't think of a way to solve it in such a simple way, I really don't know how you become an emperor." β
"Since you are worried about the five surnames and seven hopes, you need to make this kind of prevention, and the topics of the scientific examination in previous years should not be used again."
"Since you want to recruit courtiers, you need to know what kind of abilities courtiers need to have."
"You just need to make the question ......"
Li Hao attached himself to Li Shimin's ear and said his method, and the latter's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard his method, "Wonderful, this is really wonderful, why didn't I think of such a good method." β
Li Hao pursed his lips, "If you think of the question of asking for advice, it's me." β
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Seeing that the two of them said a word, Fang Xuanling was as curious as if they had been scratched by a cat, and they also wanted to know what the two were talking about.
What is the method that makes Li Shimin so happy.
Li Shimin wants to reopen the scientific expedition, they know very well, and even they are involved in it, but they have never found a way to solve the problem of the five surnames and seven hopes.
Now they finally have a way, but they don't know how.
Suddenly, Li Shimin threw out a new question again, "Li Hao, how to solve the matter of examiners from all over the country engaging in favoritism and fraud if the question is revealed?" β
"After all, in some places, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and with the entrenchment of five surnames and seven hopes, there will definitely be problems in the imperial examination."