Under the strange eyes of Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen, Zhou Zhiruo's three daughters bowed to Song Xuan and then retreated.

After a few people left, Song Lian, an old man in charge of etiquette, education, imperial examinations and other affairs, directly started spraying.

"If Your Majesty has a need, you can go to the harem and close the door, what do you like, but this imperial study is a place to deal with state affairs, and it is extremely sacred! Is it permissible to prostitute in such a place? ”

Song Xuangan laughed and said, "Before, the Emperor Taishang visited and had something to discuss, so I called the Empress Guifei and others to meet the Emperor Taishang, not what Aiqing and the others thought. ”

The place of the imperial study is a royal important place to deal with state affairs and receive courtiers, and it is indeed a little inappropriate to call the harem concubines here, no wonder Song Lian, an old man, can't see it.

Song Lian wanted to continue to say something, but was stopped by Liu Bowen and made a round, "It's an ordinary bride who passes through the door, and she also wants to give tea to her in-laws the next day."

This, the ministers can be understood, can be understood! ”

As he spoke, he touched Li Shanchang again, and Li Shanchang presented a fold as if he had just woken up from a dream.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others have negotiated and perfected all matters of the imperial examination together after the dispersal of the dynasty, and I also ask Your Majesty to take a look."

Song Xuan took the excerpt and glanced at it, and said, "It's very efficient." ”

After a quick glance, it was similar to the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty in his memory.

First of all, the county examination, the government examination, after the child, the child is eligible to participate in the hospital examination, after the examination can be called a show.

Xiucai is qualified to participate in the triennial township examination, that is, the provincial examination, and passing the assessment can be called lifting people, and lifting people at this level has the qualification to be an official.

The township test was followed by the examination held in the capital, and people from all provinces across the country participated in it, and the one on the list was the Gongshi.

Finally, the Gongshi will participate in the final palace examination in the palace, and at the end of the palace examination, the candidate will receive the honorable honor of Jinshi.

The purpose of the palace examination is not to eliminate people, but to rank and select the first-class jinshi, the second-class jinshi, and the third-class jinshi.

"What does Your Majesty think?"

Seeing that Song Xuan finished reading the excerpt, Li Shanchang asked a little nervously.

As the fundamental system for selecting materials for the country, the imperial examination has always been a major event, especially this time, as the first person in charge of the first imperial examination of the Wu Dynasty, he is also cautious.

Song Xuan groaned slightly: "At the beginning of the Wu Dynasty, the number of officials needed was huge, and the number of admissions on your excerpt needs to be modified. ”

Song Xuan pointed to the excerpt and said: "For example, in the township test, only the top thirty can get the title of lifting people when I look at the suggestions you give, this number is too small!"

Eighty or 100 people!

Subsequently, with the continuous expansion of the territory of our Wu Dynasty, the number of people raised will also increase. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Li Shanchang naturally had no opinion, and nodded hurriedly.

"There is also a test, according to your meaning, only the top 100 in the country will be taken as tribute students, and this number will also be increased to 200 people."

Gongsheng is followed by the palace examination, as long as they participate in the palace examination, these tribute students can become Jinshi, but the rankings are different.

That is to say, in the triennial nationwide imperial examination, only 200 jinshi can be selected in the end, and only when you become a jinshi can you really step into the officialdom, and the starting point is the level of the prince of Qipin County.

The Qipin County Order sounds like a small grade, but in fact it is extremely powerful.

At this point, you can refer to the county magistrates of later generations, and you can understand how much power the Qipin county order of this era has, and in terms of authority alone, the county order of this era is more powerful than that of later generations.

The Yuan Dynasty did not attach much importance to the imperial examination to scholars, but Song Xuan attached great importance to this aspect.

The imperial examination is a major event, and education is the century-old foundation of the empire, Song Xuan attaches great importance to it, and has a long chat with Li Shanchang about the imperial examination.

There are even some special wills that benefit the readers.

For example, Xiucai does not kneel when he sees officials, and children can receive rice and noodles and other daily necessities at the local government office on time every month.

For His Majesty the Emperor to attach so much importance to scholars, Liu Bowen, Song Lian and others were also very happy, and the monarchs and ministers talked happily with each other.

Until the end, Song Xuan said what he was most concerned about.

"You are all my ministers of the humerus, I only want to ask you, if the people from the provinces enter Beijing at the same time to take the exam, which provinces will have more Jinshi?"

"The Point Guard Is Here"

Li Shanchang was stunned for a moment, but he didn't dare to hide it, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, if there is no accident, the first imperial examination of the Wu Dynasty, Jinshi is estimated to be from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces." ”

Seeing that Liu Bowen and Song Lian's faces changed, he hurriedly said: "It's not that Weichen is deliberately biased, mainly because His Majesty took Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces as the foundation, and the two provinces are far from being comparable to other provinces in terms of stability and people's wealth.

And His Majesty should also be able to understand how important a stable learning environment is for scholars. Those provinces that do not have enough food and clothing, and may even face the danger of life and death at any time, if they are admitted to Beijing at the same time, how can they pass the examination of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces?

Especially in the northern provinces, since the Southern Song Dynasty has been ruled by foreign races all the year round, most of the time is in the midst of war, to be honest, the talented scholars compared to the Jiangnan provinces, that is not a star and a half. ”

Song Lian was thoughtful, Liu Bowen took over the topic and said, "Your Majesty is worried that in the first imperial examination, too few students from the north will be selected in the examination?" ”

Song Xuan smiled, "I'm not worried about the small number of students in the north, I'm worried about none!" ”

"What is it like in the north, you should also know all the way from Jinling to Beijing, the foreign rule has been too long, and many ordinary people can't even speak Chinese, let alone read and write?"

Song Lian frowned, "So Your Majesty plans to distribute a part of the Jinshi quota to students from the northern provinces?" ”

Song Xuan's jaw bowed, "That's right!" ”

"The minister is against!" Song Lian said seriously: "The imperial examination is the foundation of the empire, and it is a sacred thing, and anyone on the list should be obtained by virtue of talent!"

Just because they are poor and they are miserable, they have to give them the Jinshi quota? It's not fair! ”

In his eyes, the imperial examination is extremely sacred, and everything should be based on the results of the examination, not political compromise and territorial protection!

Song Xuan didn't blame him, he knew that this stubborn old man couldn't accept it for a while.

Not to mention that Song Lian couldn't accept it, even before Song Xuan crossed over, he couldn't accept it, and he was indignant about it.

Why do you Jingye and Huye occupy nearly half of the country's educational resources, and the students of our populous provinces have to work hard to cross the single-plank bridge, and even if they rush out, they have to be ridiculed by you as a small town?