Three days later, the imperial court issued another edict. Kaienke, for the country to choose talents.

What is Encore? In short, if you are willing to work for the state for free for five years, you will be assigned to teach in various local government schools. As long as you work hard, you can become an official official of the state after five years.

But not everyone can go to such a good thing, and it is still necessary to go through selection and selection to confirm character, knowledge, and teaching talent. Of course, the threshold is much broader than that of the imperial examination. From then on, Enko was held in the year following the imperial examination. Again, once every three years. It provides more prospects for those scholars who have fallen behind.

Of course, if you are confident that you are talented enough to pass the imperial examination, and you are unwilling to serve for five years before becoming an official, then you can not participate in Enke, wait for the triennial imperial examination, and if you are on the list, you can enter the officialdom in advance.

The above is all the explanation of Enke, and for a time it was a national sensation, and students from all over the country poured into Chang'an City.

But behind Enke, in the planning of the emperor and others, they paid more attention to Enke's selection of materials. Because these students who have been teaching and training in the private sector for five years will have a better understanding of the people's livelihood and hardships if they become officials in the future, and the hard experience of these five years should be a good thing.

Enko put it in two months, what will be the test? Different from the imperial examination, this time the school teacher was selected, who was in charge of Mongolian learning for children from all over the world, so in terms of knowledge, the three-character scripture, the thousand-character text, and the sound and rhythm enlightenment were examined.

In terms of character, take a case study. In terms of teaching level, I also wrote a personal opinion on Mengxue.

Among them, there are three books of Mongolian learning, which are three new books, and none of the students have ever read them. But now it has spread all over the country for sale, so all students are required to familiarize themselves with these three books as soon as possible within two months of the exam.

At the same time, as three brand-new textbooks, everyone has different opinions when they read it, and there needs to be a unified guidance. So the writers Xu Jingzong, Cen Wenwen and others came to the stage. The imperial court set up a stage outside Chang'an City, and every day they took turns to go up to lecture on books.

Such a big scene, such a good opportunity to read and write, not to mention the candidates who came to take the exam, even the farmers, porters, vegetable sellers and others who had a little leisure also spontaneously bought the three books of Mengxue and often came to listen to the lectures and read and write.

"Brother Yan, how is such a grand occasion of open-air lectures compared to the legendary Jixia School Palace?" During the break, Cen Wenwen asked casually.

Xu Jingzong, the word Yan clan, one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace, Botong classics, known as a talent. It's just that because I'm young, I've been in charge of literary writing behind the scenes, and I rarely go to the front of the stage.

Cen Wenwen, the word Jingren, Wude voted to Tang in the fourth year, and served as the secretary Lang in the first year of Zhenguan, and has been in charge of confidential documents by Li Er's side. Later, Xiao Rui asked him to write a book.

Hearing Cen Wenwen's question, Xu Jingzong laughed, "Brother Jingren, today, the grand occasion of national literacy far exceeds that of the legendary Jixia School Palace. ”

"How so? It is not enough to compare the number of people alone, when the Jixia School Palace was contended, although the number of people was not as large as today, but all of them were dragons and phoenixes among the people, and the grand occasion was unprecedented. Cen Wenwen asked.

Xu Jingzong waved his hand and said, "A hundred schools of thought are contending? Isn't there a hundred schools of thought here today? We have a lot of people from all walks of life here, right? ”

Hundreds of industries are contending?

Cen Wenwen laughed out loud and gave Xu Jingzong a thumbs up, "That's right, all industries are contending, there are no commoners in the Jixia School Palace." ”

Xu Jingzong said with emotion: "We have to thank Master Hou for giving us this opportunity, otherwise you and I would still be buried in the first case." How can it be like today, on a high platform, in front of the crowd to preach. You can also leave your name on the three books of Mengxue......"

Cen Wenwen thought deeply, "Yes, the three volumes of Mengxue are written by Hou Ye and Mr. Zhao, but we are also listed, and we are also pushed out to give lectures on behalf of the author. ”

"Two adults, there are people who are listening to the class also want to sign up for the exam, we can't answer......" The subordinate came to report, something happened in front.

The two quickly stopped chatting and walked quickly to the podium.

Gathered to make a noise was a group of young porters in rags.

"Everyone, everyone, don't be crowded, if you have any questions, you can ask them one by one, and we will answer them on the spot." Cen Wenwen shouted with a paper horn.

Soon the crowd stopped the commotion, and a young man spoke as a representative, "My lord, Your Majesty has opened Enke, claiming that those who have landed in the imperial examination can sign up for Enke." Enke mainly assesses the understanding of the three volumes of Mongolian studies. ”

"But those of us also come to study with a few adults every day, and I have been studying the three volumes day and night, and I have learned all the words in them."

"But we are not the losers of the last imperial examination, we are just a group of porters who have never studied......"

Got it, they also want to sign up for Enko. It's just that it's restricted by today's Enco rules and can't sign up.

Cen Wenwen was embarrassed, and turned his head to look at Xu Jingzong next to him, "Brother Yan, this question?" It doesn't seem like you and I can answer. ”

Xu Jingzong nodded and said, "Indeed, we need to go back and ask Your Majesty." ”

Cen Wenwen said loudly: "Everyone, because I want all the people in the world to have books to read and be literate. Therefore, His Majesty deliberately opened his grace and held Enke to recruit talents. The purpose is to select a group of talents who are willing to serve as Mr. Xuetang and are qualified to teach the three volumes of Mengxue. It's just that the Enco rule has been set......"

Seeing the disappointment on the faces of this group of young men, Xu Jingzong grabbed the loudspeaker and shouted: "The rules don't say that the industry is restricted, and the porter coolies are not allowed to sign up. However, the imperial examination space is limited, and whether the examination can be expanded, we need to consult the imperial court. Thank you for your understanding. ”

"Thank you, both of you."

After pacifying the rioters and leaving Cen Wenwen to continue lecturing, Xu Jingzong hurried to the palace.

Li Er was overjoyed after hearing this, "The people's enthusiasm for reading and literacy is high, and after only listening to books for a month, dare to say that they have completely mastered the three volumes of Mengxue?" It's genius. Since you are a genius, why not give you a chance to register for the Enko exam? ”

was about to order that anyone could sign up, but Xiao Rui persuaded him, "No." There are many speculators in the world, if anyone can sign up if they are released, then we don't have such a big venue, and we don't have so many exam papers to prepare. It's better to give those people a chance to pre-select. ”

"Hou Ye is right, Your Majesty, there are too many people who listen to the lectures, up to the sixty-year-old old peasants, down to the dolls of a few years old, there are more than 10,000 people every day, if they all sign up, isn't it a waste of the court's manpower and material resources?" Xu Jingzong said worriedly.

Li Er asked, "Zang Feng, how to pre-select?" ”

Xiao Rui pondered a little and said: "Simple, open a small examination room, all candidates who sign up outside the rules must first write out the three volumes of Mengxue in front of the examiner, so that they can take the exam exceptionally." Otherwise, you are not eligible to participate in Encore. ”

"Great idea! This will surely lead to the selection of talented people. Xu Jingzong stroked his hands and praised.

Li Er nodded with satisfaction, "In this case, then instruct the Guozijian to send someone to supervise this matter immediately." ”

Chang'an is unprecedented, the more like this, the more worried the five surnames and seven wangs are, according to this trend, Datang is about to flourish in the style of writing, we are running out of time, we must find a way to stop them. Let those mud-legged people be as literate as we are? Outrageous?