Li Wei's eyes were slightly condensed, and he understood their purpose, but he still had some doubts in his heart: "But aren't Ruan Jian and Wei Si still doing it, what's the use of them looking for me now?" ”

Not long after Ruan Jian became the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and Wei Si had to resign tomorrow, and he forced to die the two waiters with number plates.

"Ruan Jian is about to die."

Ru Taisu took a sip of tea and said slowly.

Li Wei glanced at him in surprise: "How do you know?" ”

Ru Taisu gave him an angry look, although he was isolated by the ministers when he was labeled as Li Dang at the beginning, but with the prosperity of Li Wei's power, the attitude of the wall grass in the court gradually changed, and he slowly got out of the isolated state.

"Ruan Jian is not young, and he can't stand it anymore, and they are probably about to die."

Xue Xiang sighed, said softly, glanced at Li Wei again after speaking, and said meaningfully: "And the old man, it's almost soon." ”

When Ru Taisu, Wu Bozong and others heard this, they all looked at Xue Xiang in astonishment, and then looked at Li Wei, and woke up in their hearts.

Xue Xiang's age is still a few years younger than Wei Si and Ruan Gan, and it will be no problem to work for a few more years, but when he says this now, he obviously means that he wants to give way to Li Wei.

"I see."

Li Wei lowered his head and groaned, he didn't think about it so much, his mind was all about Chen Jing and Gao Xin.

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much, the appointment and promotion of officials in the DPRK and China are originally recommended by the ministers to Your Majesty, especially after the imperial examination is suspended, the officials are all recommended by the powerful, if Chen Jing and Gao Xin are talented, you can rest assured to show your Majesty, if you are not talented, you don't need to pay attention."

Xue Xiang said softly.

Since Hongwu held an imperial examination in the third year, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped the imperial examination, as for the reason, it was that these people who were admitted to the imperial examination were boastful, talentless and virtuous, which made him very dissatisfied.

Li Wei frowned slightly after hearing this, he didn't know if these two people had talents, but it was certain that the grass on the wall was unreliable.

At this moment, Chen Jing and Gao Xin, who were not far away, also got up and walked over one after another, bowed to Li Wei with a wine glass and began to pat their ass.

"Lord Li, Xia Guan has long admired the name of the adult, and I have admired it for a long time, and I can see it today, and it is really talented and admirable......"

Chen Jing's words were full of praise, completely forgetting that he was also one of the ministers who scolded Li for being a traitor.

"Yes, yes, Lord Li is talented, he has made many meritorious deeds since he entered the court, and he has won the trust of His Majesty, and he is really a model for us!"

Gao Xin also followed up, and through some exchanges with others, the two also knew that Li Wei didn't like to be called a colt, so they changed their title.

Li Wei unconsciously plucked out his ears, feeling that there had been a lot of earwax recently, and then raised his hand to interrupt the two, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with them, and asked Chen Jing directly:

"You're a servant, aren't you? Shall we ...... Ahhh ”

Chen Jing was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that this Master Li would directly open his mouth here to test him.

Xue Xiang and the others also showed interested eyes when they saw it, and looked at Chen Jing together.

Chen Jing hesitated for a moment, thinking that he had come here, the opportunity was rare, and it didn't hurt to say some of his thoughts.

"Xia Guan thinks that there is a shortage of talents in the imperial court now, and it is difficult to make up for it only by recommendation, for the sake of long-term planning, the imperial court should still open Enke as soon as possible and use good talents!"

Chen Jing's voice fell, and Xue Xiang and the others couldn't help but nod in agreement.

The imperial examination was of great significance, and although there were some drawbacks, it was the only way for the feudal dynasty to achieve class mobility.

Of course, most of the people who can study and become officials are also rich gentry, but there are always some children from poor families who tighten their belts, chisel the wall and steal the light, and fight their way out of the encirclement in the imperial examination and step into the official career.

Although there are few such people, they are better than nothing.

The recommendation system is not good, the right to recommend is completely in the hands of powerful and high-ranking officials, these people will inevitably engage in favoritism and cronyism out of selfishness, and ordinary people who want to become officials no longer rely on their own talents and efforts, but must cling to the powerful to have a chance.

Li Wei doesn't know much about this, but he generally understands this truth, but he is not satisfied with Chen Jing's answer, although Chen Jing agrees with the opening of the department, he does not oppose the recommendation, let alone the drawbacks.

"What else?" Li Wei frowned and asked.

"And?" Chen Jing was stunned and looked at Li Wei with some doubts.

Li Wei sighed and asked, "It's so good to open the branch, why did Your Majesty stop?" ”

He didn't ask this because of the school exam, but because he really didn't know.

However, the other people present in this matter are very clear, including Chen Jing, Zhu Yuanzhang has issued an edict on this matter, and he complained in the edict, saying something "I seek talents with a solid heart, and the world responds to me with a false text, which is not the meaning of seeking talents with me." ”

Translated into the vernacular, it is suspected that these people are talking nonsense and not doing practical things.

Chen Jing told Li Wei about this, and Li Wei nodded without moving, with a look of "I knew I was just taking the school to test you".

"Then why is this happening, and how can it be solved?"

Chen Jing was a little weak when he was asked, and found that this horse master was a little difficult to deal with.

"Please also ask Master Li for advice." Chen Jing had an idea and threw the question back to Li Wei, in his opinion, since Li Wei asked like this, it was natural that there was already a good plan, and he could avoid this question by doing so now, and also created an opportunity for Li Wei to appear in front of him.

"Uh......"

Li Wei was suddenly embarrassed, instructing a fart, how could he know?

However, at this time, their table has become the focus of the audience, and everyone is watching, if he admits that he doesn't know, it will be a big shame.

Under the gaze of everyone, Li Wei panicked in his heart, his face did not change, and he muttered for a moment before saying: "This, this is because at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the world had just experienced war, and there were few scholars, plus Meng Yuan did not attach importance to culture and education, and it was inevitable that his ability to raise children would be poor at first, but in the future, the next day will be stable, and with the Daxing official school, it will naturally get better." ”

Everyone looked slightly stunned when they heard this, and only nodded lightly after a while.

"What Master Li said is extremely true, the lower officials have been taught!" Chen Jinggong said.

Although his attitude is very respectful, in fact, although Li Wei's words have some truth, they can't be said to be very brilliant, they can only be said to be reluctantly.

Li Wei twitched cheeky, and his unyielding temperament came up, and he continued with a hard mouth: "Of course, you can't just finish the imperial examination, after these students finish the examination, they have to let them start from the grassroots level, and then formulate strict assessment standards to see who is excellent and then slowly promote up, oh yes, now all the ministers of the court and the central government also have to be assessed frequently, not just let people recommend and say good things, there must be strict and clear assessment standards!" ”

Li Wei talked eloquently, and said a lot.

At first, everyone didn't care, but when they heard the assessment system behind them, they gradually became serious, and Chen Jing was even more overjoyed, if this was really according to what Li Wei said, then the authority of their officials would go to a higher level!

"Lord Li's words are very good, the next official will play Your Majesty when he goes back, please set the assessment method!" Chen Jing said excitedly.

Li Wei glanced at him, and suddenly understood his thoughts in his heart, paused, and said lightly: "Of course, this assessment cannot be attributed to one department, and it needs to be cross-assessed by various departments to prevent fraud." ”

When Chen Jing heard this, the surprise in his heart suddenly decreased, if this is the case, then the assessment of the ministry does not count, this is tantamount to letting the ministries check and balance each other.

Xue Xiang, Ru Taisu and others heard Li Wei's words, but their eyes lit up, and they all felt that Li Wei's method was indeed very good.

Li Wei didn't finish speaking, and then said: "In addition, the assessment standards must also be pragmatic, such as acres, taxes, people, etc., must be specific data, and you can't engage in anything with noble morality and outstanding literary talents. ”

As soon as Li Wei's voice fell, everyone couldn't help but nod their heads again and again, unlike just now, his words were very commendable.

At this moment, Fang Xiaoru, who was sitting at the same table with Han Yike and Dao Tong next to him, changed his face sharply, got up suddenly and came to Li Wei, and asked with burning eyes, "What did you just say?" ”

Li Wei looked at him in astonishment: "It's useless to talk nonsense? ”

"It's not this one, the one above!" Fang Xiaoru asked eagerly.

"Knowing from things, integrating knowledge with action?"

"Knowledge from things, unity of knowledge and action!"

Fang Xiaoru's spirits perked up, he repeated this sentence in his mouth, stared at Li Wei and asked:

"What do you mean by that?"

“……”

Li Wei was stunned, and said in his heart If I say I don't know, do you believe it? (End of chapter)