Li Zhi saw that everyone was standing on his side, and he knew that he was the one who was wronged.

So he simply stopped struggling and gritted his teeth to accept the result.

Li Shimin mentioned the issue of the imperial examination, and originally only wanted to discuss how the new education should be carried out.

However, this directly reminded Li Zhi to take advantage of the trend to change the current imperial examination system.

He opened his mouth and said to Li Shimin: "Father, this imperial examination seems to be fair, but at present, it is still more beneficial to the children of the family!" ”

Li Shimin asked suspiciously: "Where do you start with this?" ”

Li Zhidao: "The private school of this family is already stronger than the official academy, and the elders in the family can even impart political experience.

In addition, the family has a rich collection of books, and the children of the family can read a wide range of books.

Just from the beginning, it is much better than the children of ordinary people.

In this way, ordinary children often spend a lot more time than children of families to stand out from the competition. ”

Li Shimin and the others frowned after listening to Li Zhi's words.

After a while, Li Shimin asked: "The rich heritage of this family is the accumulation of many years.

If the country wants to catch up in this regard, it will be difficult to achieve it in a short period of time! ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Although there is movable type printing now, the production cost of movable type is high.

This method only applies to the printing of newly written books.

It is more cost-effective to print general books such as the Four Books and the Five Classics or engraving printing.

It also costs a lot of money for the country to print more books. ”

Li Zhidao: "The printing of books has long been automated, and the cost of this has been reduced a lot.

Otherwise, the academy outside the city would not have been able to cope with the growth of students so easily.

Ben Wang thinks that what is lacking today is only the category of books.

If we can make the collection of books in the government colleges richer, at least in terms of knowledge reserves, they can quickly approach those of private schools. ”

Wei Zheng opened his mouth and said, "Your Highness means to print books other than the Four Books and the Five Classics for the government-run academies across the country? ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "That's right." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji said: "How to choose the category? How much should be printed? ”

Li Zhi said: "There is no need to limit the category, it can be all-encompassing, and the more the better." ”

Gao Shilian said: "This is a big project, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money!" ”

Li Zhi said: "Since we want to cultivate talents for the country, we naturally don't need to worry about the cost.

The more knowledge students have, the more they will understand when they become officials in the future.

Naturally, it will be more convenient to handle official business. ”

Li Shimin said: "At present, there are still many students who have not fully mastered the Four Books and Five Classics.

Wouldn't it be easier to distract students by dabbling in too much breadth? ”

Li Zhidao: "The imperial court selects outstanding talents, so it naturally needs to uphold the principle of survival of the fittest.

Those who are proficient in the Four Books and the Five Classics will naturally have the spare time to learn other knowledge.

As for those who have difficulty understanding the Four Books and the Five Classics, they may not be able to achieve something in other areas. ”

After listening to Li Zhi's words, everyone fell into deep thought.

After a while, Li Shimin took the lead in speaking: "In this way, the students trained by the official school may not be able to become officials, just like those private schools. ”

Li Zhidao: "The country didn't need too many officials originally, and even now there are many students who have no officials to do.

It is better to encourage these people to enter all walks of life, and perhaps contribute to the development of the country. ”

Li Shimin and the others nodded after hearing this.

A few years ago, the Tang Dynasty laid off a large number of officials in Beijing, and at one time there were only more than 600 Beijing officials left in the court.

Although there has been a considerable increase in the past two years, most of them have been promoted from within the existing system.

As for those scholars who participated in the imperial examination, only a dozen people were hired together.

Some of the remaining scholars were recruited into the palaces of various kings and high-ranking officials as doormen and staff.

Some of them did choose to go into business or other careers such as teaching in private schools.

Only a few who don't give up are still trying to gain fame every year.

According to Li Zhi's idea, if these people can learn some knowledge that they are interested in, so as to enter the industry they like, it will be a good way out.

After a while, Li Shimin spoke: "There is some truth in what the pheasant slave said.

I tried this method, and if the results were remarkable, it would be of great benefit to the imperial court.

Even if the effect is not obvious, it is just a waste of money. ”

Li Shimin's words were very casual, and the main reason was that the court was rich now.

The development of commerce, especially the opening of the sea trade, brought a steady stream of tax revenues to the imperial court, which was enough to cope with all kinds of emergencies.

After listening to Li Shimin's words, everyone nodded one after another, and this matter was passed.

At this moment, Li Zhi once again said to Li Shimin: "Erchen thinks that there is a need to reform the way of exams today. ”

Li Shimin asked suspiciously: "What's wrong with the exam method?" ”

Li Zhidao: "Now the names of all candidates can be directly seen by the examiner during the exam.

In this way, those families who have some connections in the court will try their best to get through the door of the examiner and seek a higher ranking for their children. ”

Li Shimin said: "In your opinion, how to reform? ”

Li Zhi said: "Hide all the personal information of all candidates.

In this way, when marking the papers, the examiners will only pay attention to the real level of the candidates, and can achieve the real survival of the fittest. ”

This proposal made everyone's eyes shine again.

According to Li Zhi's method, those children of the family lost an invisible advantage.

Once they, like ordinary students, can only rely on their own abilities to gain fame, then many of them will be eliminated early.

In this way, when these students come to Chang'an to take the provincial examination, the proportion of ordinary students can increase a lot.

Gao Shilian opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness, this method is very wonderful, if it can be implemented according to this, it will not take a few years to think that the number of family officials will be greatly reduced." ”

Li Shimin also nodded and said: "I also think that this method is promising, and I will follow this method in the spring test next year." ”

At this point, the issue of the imperial examination is completely over.

After a little more chatter, they dispersed.

After Li Zhi returned to the palace, he hurriedly drew two drawings of the stroller and sent them to Pei Mingli.

At this time, Pei Mingli was signing several agreements on the purchase and sale of equipment with Du Chuke, the chief of Li Tai's mansion.

These devices don't make much money, but they can be a good advertisement for future sales.

Therefore, Pei Mingli did a relatively high-profile job when he signed the contract.

He deliberately put up a banner at the door of the main store of Linde.

It reads: Warmly celebrate the signing ceremony of the purchase of machinery and equipment in Wei Wangfu.