On the carriage to Xiaojiazhuang, Prince Chengqian asked the doubts in his heart, "Brother-in-law, how did you come up with the solution?" Those students who go to government-run schools are just poor children who have failed in the past, how can they be admitted to so many people after three years of teaching? Is it just about teaching and learning? ”

Xiao Rui looked at the prince with a smile, "I can see that I am using a teacher from a government-run school, who found this answer?" ”

Li Chengqian replied: "He is a six-grade director of the school under the jurisdiction of Guozijian, and he is familiar with the teaching gentlemen of all the schools, otherwise everyone would still be in the dark." Father summoned him, but he couldn't tell how you made these failed candidates three years of high school. ”

"Oh? So, Your Majesty asked you to ask? Xiao Rui was surprised.

Forehead......

Li Chengqian scratched his head and replied honestly: "Brother-in-law, I want to know too." ”

Xiao Rui didn't lose his appetite, but directly announced the answer, "It's very simple, I made a move on the exam questions. ”

Questions?

"No, it's you who made the questions, but there are a lot of people who put forward and review together, and if there is a problem with the exam questions, it is impossible to pass the proposition review." Li Chengqian didn't believe it.

Xiao Rui said with a smile: "The children of the nobles of the family have read poetry and books since childhood, and they have learned to be rich and rich. This is their advantage, but they are high-minded, arrogant, not approachable enough, and cannot suffer too much, which is their disadvantage. There are very few people like Wang Jishan and Pei Donglai, who are born in the aristocracy, but they are not confident in their status, pretentious, and willing to hand over their knots, and even deeply experience the hardships of people's livelihood. ”

"Therefore, when dealing with these people, we can't test their scriptures and truths, so it will become a competition for endorsement. We test our real-life problem-solving skills. ”

"And there will be a lot of things in governing the country, such as military, diplomatic, financial, people's livelihood, disaster management, Xing Prison, etc., from the formulation of national policies by the three provinces and six ministries, to the shortcomings of county officials in judging cases."

"The children of aristocratic families have enough vision and may be able to answer those big questions, but they may not be able to deal with the small problems of people's livelihood, especially if they do not understand the people's sufferings and do not handle the daily affairs of the people. I focused on these little things for them, and they couldn't answer them, so they could only guess by guessing. ”

Hiss......

This, this, this is a bit of a favoritism to cheat, right?

Li Chengqian was stunned, "Didn't those Confucians who audited them find out?" ”

Xiao Rui said confidently: "Hehe, someone may have found out, but I was the main proposition at that time, and these exam questions were ingenious, although they were small, they contained great truths." The sage Lao Tzu once said that governing a big country is like cooking small fresh. When we recruit talents, we have to deal with the people at the bottom, and their ability represents the face of the imperial court, how can we not carefully test and consider? ”

"Compared with taking a 20-year-old young man's strategic national policy and a century-old plan, hehe...... It's better to test how they handle their neighborhood. How much experience can you have at the age of twenty? Talking about national plans will only endorse empty talk. ”

"The affairs of the three provinces and six ministries still have to be selected from among the officials, and only capable officials who have experienced experience can dare to say that their words and suggestions will benefit the country and the people."

"This is also the reason why all the previous imperial examinations have allowed students to start from the bottom."

"However, the scientific examinations of the past dynasties have gone astray, and the net examination of some impractical and good imperial examinations has become a tool for people to form parties and run private interests."

Li Chengqian's words surprised him, but after tasting them carefully, he felt that they were very reasonable.

"Brother-in-law, fortunately there are you, otherwise Datang is all mediocre people who eat vegetarian food, and they will only seek personal gain, if so, Datang is afraid that he will follow in the footsteps of the former Sui."

Xiao Rui laughed and said, "It's not that exaggerated. There are still capable people in the court, and only then can there be virtuous ministers. The failure of the former Sui, although it was said that someone was behind the back, but it was also because the Emperor of the Great Cause was so happy that he conquered Goguryeo three times, and the steps were too big, and he was tired to death of the Great Sui. ”

"Emperor Daye is a great talent, he saw the disadvantages of the current politics, so he invented the imperial examination system. It is to break the chronic disease of the government. If he develops steadily, does not go around to fight, and gives him twenty years, the Great Sui will have three hundred years of national fortune. It's a pity...... It's all innocent people who suffer. Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer! ”

Li Chengqian glanced at Xiao Rui deeply, dare to comment on Qian Sui like this, his brother-in-law is the only one. In other words, they are all touting the Tang Dynasty, and no one dares to praise the former Sui Emperor Daye.

"Brother-in-law, can you be virtuous? This is different from what Guozi supervised. The son of the country supervises the king, the wise and the virtuous, and each individual performs his own duties and abides by his own virtues, why are you ......?"

Xiao Rui smiled and asked, "Do you know an allusion?" The king of Chu has a thin waist, and the harem starves to death. ”

Li Chengqian nodded: "Well, I read it in the library building in Xiaojiazhuang." The king of Chu has a thin waist, and the harem is starved to death; King Qi is so purple, there is no different color in the country! From "Mozi and Love", it is about those who are good at the top, and those who are bad at the bottom, satirizing those who are effective in the upper and lower ways. ”

Behavior?

Xiao Rui waved his hand and said: "It's not behavior, it's a kind of psychology and human nature!" For example, you and I belong to the aristocracy and the people in power, and we have the final say in the appointment and dismissal of the personnel below, and when they see you and me, they are all polite, even groveling. Why? Is it really because I admire your character? Hehe, absolutely not, it's because we're afraid, it's because we are in charge of their jobs and life and death, and of course they want to provide for us. ”

"This is human nature, human nature determines that they choose to grovel, even if they resist in their hearts, but in the end, most people will succumb to reality and power. Upper and lower effects are selected. ”

"Alas...... It's a sadness! No matter how good education is, it can't change human nature. It is simply impossible for you to train everyone to be a man who is not afraid of power and only believes that justice stands up to the heavens and the earth. ”

Li Chengqian was puzzled: "Why? I think brother-in-law you can do it. The brothers who came out of Xiaojiazhuang all stood up to the sky. Just like this stubborn disease in the imperial examination, I think there is a way to cure it. ”

Xiao Rui smiled bitterly: "It's still because of human nature." The superior is not a selfless saint, they are also human beings, they also have seven emotions and six desires and selfishness, and they all like their subordinates to be obedient and do not like to prick. ”

"Your Majesty is wise, isn't he? Qualified to be a saint, right? But so what? Behind his back, he also scolded Prime Minister Wei Zheng. Throughout the ages, how many people have surpassed Your Majesty? How many people can compare with the kings of the future? ”

"Huh...... Jun Ming Chenxian. The ruler of the Ming Dynasty needs virtuous ministers, so the courtiers are naturally virtuous. But the faint monarch is not necessarily, the faint monarch regards the virtuous ministers as a stumbling block, likes the praise and service of the traitorous ministers, if the Tang Dynasty produces a Ming Jun, it can prosper the Tang Dynasty for 30 to 50 years; But if he is a faint monarch, he can use all the power of the Tang Dynasty to satisfy his personal desires, and even bury the family business accumulated by his ancestors for several generations. ”

Li Chengqian listened carefully, constantly thinking and deducing in his mind, although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that his brother-in-law was right, and nodded Mu Ran, "Even brother-in-law, you can't help it, alas, ......"

Xiao Rui smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be frustrated. Telling you so much is to let you know and respect the objective law, and then use him, instead of letting you use your mantis arm as a car to change him. ”

"What is an objective law? The human nature of the upward and downward effects is! Therefore, if you want the Tang Dynasty to be eternal, it is actually simple, and you can have a Ming Jun on behalf of you. ”

Burst......

Li Chengqian said speechlessly: "Brother-in-law, doesn't what you said mean you didn't say it, everyone knows that there should be a Ming Jun on your behalf, but this is too difficult, it's impossible." In all dynasties, I haven't heard of any of them doing it. ”

Xiao Rui encouraged: "Work hard, I believe you can do it." By the way, do you want to know why those poor gentlemen from government-run colleges can pass the exam? ”

"Huh? Didn't you explain it all before? You've gotten your hands on the questions that make them more suitable for answering. Li Chengqian said, talking about governing the country, why did you talk about scientific research again?

"Hehe, that's one of them. And secondly, I secretly gave them the questions. ”

What??? It can't be, you, how are you such a person? Li Chengqian's jaw dropped in shock.