Chapter 113: The Imperial Examination Ends
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for making a voltaic battery, obtaining the [Open the Electricity Era] achievement, and getting a gift box! ”
Li Jing didn't expect that he would be able to achieve achievements by making voltaic batteries!
So what are you waiting for? Hurry up and open the big gift box!
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 100,000 catties of cotton and a set of cotton playing tools. ”
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining thirty boxes of fireworks. ”
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for getting a thousand cases of beer. ”
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining 300 new looms. ”
This time, the rewards are different from the past, and they are all closely related to life.
With cotton, you can make cotton clothes, cotton pants, and quilts, and you will no longer be afraid of the cold this winter!
Fireworks can be saved until the Chinese New Year, at this time there are no fireworks in Datang, let alone fireworks, not even firecrackers, because gunpowder has not yet been invented.
Compared with these things of eating, drinking and having fun, Li Jing cares more about the new loom, which can greatly increase the speed of weaving and weave more and better cloth.
"Regent, I didn't expect this telegraph to be so magical, especially since it can also print automatically, if it can be applied to life, printing books will not have to be so troublesome!"
Liu Bowen said with emotion.
The military generals summoned by the system will be re-implanted into their memories, so that they can become real Tang people.
Liu Bowen's words woke up Li Jing, Datang's printing technology is too backward.
With the rise of the imperial examination, people's demand for books has increased greatly, and books that originally relied on manual copying are not only labor-intensive, but also costly.
In order to solve this problem, Datang invented engraving printing to solve the problem of printing books.
Engraving printing can be invented, mainly because of the inspiration of the seal, to create engraving printing, to the Northern Song Dynasty, Bi Sheng according to the engraving printing, further invented movable type printing, and again save costs!
"This is not a difficult matter, I have a way to solve it, I will get here first today, you go back and give it a try, how far is the frequency distance of the telegraph!"
Li Jing said.
"Retire!"
Liu Bowen saluted and retreated.
After experiments by the Railway Division, after determining the distance of the telegraph frequency, more telegraph machines were built, as well as a few more steam locomotives.
Telegraphs were also used in the military to deliver military newspapers!
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A few days later, the three expeditions were over, and all the papers had been basically copied and sent to the reviewing officials.
After the review of the officials, the list of students who passed the imperial examination will be announced, and those who are on the list will go through the final test, Li Jing will personally take the palace examination!
In this imperial examination, a total of tens of thousands of people participated, and as many as ninety percent of the scholars who passed the provincial examination reached ninety.
Compared with the later dynasties, the imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty is still relatively relaxed, and there is a lot of room for free play.
These selected scholars include children from poor families, children from wealthy families, children from wealthy families, and noble sons and nephews.
So many people refer to it, among which there are many heroes and heroes, capable people and so on.
In front of Li Jing's desk, there are now letters of recommendation handed over by various families, pushing the scholars they approve to Li Jing.
In addition to the examination, the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty also had two items: submission of papers and recommendation, and scholars selected their excellent works before the examination and sent them to the officials and nobles or celebrities to create a reputation for themselves.
After reading it, if you appreciate your talent, you will recommend it to the examiner, or play it to Li Jing and speak for the scholar he likes, so that the scholar has a better chance of entering the office.
For such a situation, Li Jing also has a headache, although he is now in a high position and power, and he hates this way of going through the back door in his heart, but he can't ignore the reactions of some ministers.
If this system is abolished now, this is a slap in the face of the emperor's relatives and famous families, and they will not fight with you!
For the sake of social stability, they can only acquiesce in their behavior, as for whether to adopt it, Li Jing still decided to take the results of the list as the standard, if it is recommended by ministers and relatives of the emperor, it is not unacceptable to be on the list.
After all, governing the court is not about fighting and killing, but about human feelings!
Therefore, Li Jing could only open one eye and close one eye, pinching his nose and admitting it.
Even if they can be on the list, they must pass his Li Jing's test, and as for how to arrange them in the future, they will naturally be sent to the local area.
Otherwise, the examinations of state and county officials will not be held in vain!
If you want to be promoted, you must make achievements in the local government, and a person who has been a magistrate and has outstanding political achievements is naturally better than a guy who can only play tricks.
If Datang wants to go to the top and create a prosperous era, it must be a capable and hard-working minister!
If you rely on a group of wine bags and rice bags, you can only rule the world, and it would be good not to destroy the country, and you can also hope to create a prosperous world.
The harm caused by the solidification of the class and the literati mouth cannon party can be said to be vividly displayed in the Ming Dynasty, and the harm caused by the Donglin Party in the Ming Dynasty is a bloody lesson.
There is also the Song Dynasty's rule of the world with scholars, which is also not a small harm, the north and south of the Song Dynasty add up to more than 300 years, but they are bullied by the surrounding barbarians, and they can only pay tribute every year.
Ruling the world with scholars and doctors has led to the situation of redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses!
The Song Dynasty had many redundant officials and redundant soldiers, which led to the imperial court spending a lot of unnecessary funds every year to support these useless officials and soldiers.
As a result, the finances of the entire imperial court were aggravated, and they could only extort from the people, and finally led to the rise of the people who could not survive.
For more than 300 years, the peasant uprisings have never stopped.
It is precisely because he knows these hazards that Li Jing can't let these people have room to grow.
Everything must be in accordance with Li Jing's plan, and if officials in the Tang Dynasty want to be promoted, in addition to making military achievements, they can also have a local resume.
This is especially true for civil servants!
However, Li Jing is not worried, most of the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty can determine the country when they get off the horse, and they can manage the people when they get off the horse.
"I hope these people don't disappoint me......"
Li Jing thought in his heart, raised his head and asked, "The Ministry of Officials assessed the local officials, how was the assessment?" ”
"This is the assessment list sent by the officials!"
Ximen Yang immediately handed the list sent by the officials to Li Jing.
Li Jing opened it and took a look, and it was full of the names of the officials in the Ministry of Officials, their hometowns, what achievements they had made, and so on.
He saw many famous ministers in the Kaiyuan period on this list, such as Song Jing, Pei Yaoqing, Cui Xiyi, Zhang Shuo, etc., as well as Di Renjie, Zhang Cambodia, Jinghui, Cui Xuanwei, Yuan Shuji, Huan Yanfan and others.
These people are the pillars of the country and have made outstanding contributions to the prosperity of Datang.
The evaluation of them by the officials is quite pertinent, Li Jing wrote a quasi-word on the list, allowing the officials to give them promotions according to the list, so that they can shine in their new positions.
After the review, Li Jing asked people to send the list back to the ministry, and as for the people recommended by the dignitaries, let it go first!
It's not early now, Li Jing should also go to the backyard to see his princess, after marrying in the door for so long, Li Jing has never snubbed the other party.
The main thing is that Li Jing is anxious to have a child, which is very helpful for him to consolidate his rights in the future.
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Three days later, when the list was released, all the scholars gathered in front of the list to look for their names, and when they saw their names on the list, they would cheer and jump.
The next day, these scholars gathered together and came to the Xuanzheng Hall together.
"His Royal Highness the Lord Regent has arrived!"
The eunuch's voice sounded in the main hall, and Li Jing walked out of the side hall on the side.
"See the Regent!"
All the scholars who passed the provincial examination respectfully saluted Li Jing.
"You don't have to be polite, please take a seat!"
Li Jing came to the main seat and sat down, and said with a smile.
"Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Regent!"
The scholars returned to their seats and sat down, waiting for Li Jing to come out with the exam questions.
Li Jing's topic is very simple, that is, as a magistrate, how to manage the people under his rule, if he encounters nobles oppressing the people, what should he do?
A total of 10 questions were listed, all of which were related to people's livelihood and civil affairs, and Li Jing asked everyone to complete these 10 questions within 45 minutes.
If someone fails to answer the question beyond the time, even if they fail, those who fail will be sent to the countryside to experience the hardships of the people.
Only those who have answered ten questions within the specified time and have six correct questions can be considered qualified and qualified to become a member of the Datang official sequence.
At the beginning of the time, the scholars worked hard to write down their own ideas, how to govern the place, they had their own opinions, as for the contradictions between the peasants and the nobles, of course, they punished the peasants.
Datang is an aristocratic society, with strict class hierarchies, and the gap between each level is not a little bit, it is an unpleasant gap, even if you have money, the bigger the official does, and there is no prominent family background, it is still looked down upon.
Time passed minute by minute, forty-five minutes were about to pass, and in the last five minutes, a scholar finally handed in the paper, and the first person to hand in the paper was none other than Bao Zheng!
Immediately after that, scholars handed in the papers, and everyone returned to their original positions after handing in the papers, waiting for Li Jing to be awarded the official after reading the papers.
Li Jing personally read the papers, and when he saw the satisfactory papers, he would applaud!
After reading all the papers, Li Jing discussed with the minister for a while, and determined the distribution plan for the qualified people, and where they should be sent to be officials.
After deliberation, it was decided to confer on the top 100 prefectural officials, from the sixth rank to the seventh rank, and the rest of the people were awarded to the adjutants who assisted in the management of the prefectural order, such as the chief bookkeeper.
Li Jing awarded Bao Zheng the county order of Qingyuan County from the six products!
In addition to Bao Zheng, seven scholars were also awarded county orders from the sixth rank, eight from the sixth rank, ten from the seventh rank, twenty from the seventh rank, twenty-five from the seventh rank, and thirty from the seventh rank to the county order.
The rest were awarded official positions such as the chief secretary according to their ranks, and after the official positions were conferred, a celebration banquet was held to celebrate them becoming officials of the Tang Dynasty.