Chapter 335 Players preparing to participate in the imperial examination
Looking at the map, Li Yan hatched a crazy plan.
However, to implement this plan, the staff office still needs to demonstrate the feasibility, plus prepare materials and organize mobilization, which cannot be completed in a short period of time.
Now Li Yan still sets his sights on Wuwei City.
Today's Wuwei City is the tentacles of King Jianning's influence extending to the Central Plains.
After Wang Chengwei entertained Wang Jun, a bold idea came to his mind.
What does it mean to be a small tax collector in Wuwei City?
Living in Longyou, Wang Chengwei is just an ordinary player.
You are already playing games, so why not give it a try?
The Taiyuan Wang family is considered the worst among the five surnames and Qiwang.
But to be ranked among the fifth and seventh surnames is not an ordinary family.
Although Wang Jun is a side branch, he is still one of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.
After going offline, Wang Chengwei carefully checked the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty.
The Imperial Examinations of the Tang Dynasty were a pioneering period, and many systems were not as standardized as those of later generations, but they already occupied most of the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty.
Whether you are from a poor family or a wealthy family, if you want to enter the officialdom, you need to pass the imperial examination.
According to the regulations of the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, each state capital must recommend talents to the imperial court and go to the capital to take the imperial examination.
According to the prosperity of the state capital, there are 3 people from Dazhou, 2 from Zhongzhou, and 1 from Xiaozhou. Those who are recommended to take the exam in the capital are called Gongsheng.
In addition to Gongsheng students, imperial students from the two capitals were also eligible to take part in the imperial examination, and these were the candidates who took the exam.
Now the two capitals have fallen, but according to historical development, the emperor will hold the imperial examination again in Fengxiang Mansion this year.
It was this imperial examination that Wang Chengwei was interested in.
Normal imperial examinations are held in spring, also known as Chunwei.
But it was only in the spring of this year that the emperor's chariot arrived at Fengxiang Mansion, so spring was also deduced to autumn.
Counting the days, if nothing unexpected happens, the imperial examination will be held in Fengxiang Mansion at the end of September.
It is already July. If he sets out now, Wang Chengwei will definitely be able to catch up with the imperial examination in September.
Liangzhou where Wuwei City is located is Shangzhou. According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, the governor of Liangzhou was also qualified to recommend three people to participate in the imperial examination.
Designed in the early Tang Dynasty, there were six imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty.
There are six disciplines: Xiucai, Mingjing, Jinshi, Mingfa, Mingshu and Mingshu.
The Scholarship Examination has the highest requirements. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Emperor Taizong punished the governors of various regions because the talents recommended by various prefectures to take the Scholarship Examination were not good enough.
Since then, fewer and fewer people took the Xiucai Examination, so much so that by the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the Xiucai Examination had ceased.
Ming Jing, the assessment is the degree of understanding of the meaning of the scriptures.
In the Tang Dynasty, according to the degree of proficiency in the classics, they were divided into nine official classics: Tong Er Jing, Tong Three Jing, Tong Five Jing. As long as you were really proficient in the scriptures, you could freely choose to take the exam.
The first step is to paste the scriptures, which is to select some silent words about the sky in the scriptures you have memorized.
This is a piece of cake for players. Anyway, players can use the panel to query scriptures at any time.
The second part of the oral test is the interview with the examiner. The examiner sets questions and the candidates answer them. This is a more difficult part for players.
But as long as you have enough skills in classical Chinese, you can still take the exam.
Finally, there is the written test, which tests policy theory, which will be the essay questions for civil service examinations in later generations.
This requires candidates to explain the topic and propose solutions to various practical problems.
The examination of the Jinshi subject is similar to that of the Ming Jing subject, but the oral examination in the second part is changed to a composition.
Compositions are poems and poems, and each poem or poem tests the candidate's attainments in literature.
In the early Tang Dynasty, Ming Jing subjects were more valuable than Jinshi subjects. However, with the development of imperial examinations, the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to literature, and Jinshi subjects gradually became the most valuable of the six subjects.
By the mid-Tang Dynasty, there was an unspoken rule that "prime ministers must come from Jinshi", and the background of Jinshi was also higher than that of officials who entered the officialdom through other channels.
But despite this, the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty still had many loopholes.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was no system of copying papers with names of lakes as in the Song Dynasty. The examiners who corrected the examination papers could see the names of the candidates.
Moreover, the examiner's power was extremely great. In the Tang Dynasty, the examiner was called the master, and any student accepted by the master was naturally his ally.
The Niu-Li party struggle in the mid-Tang Dynasty was actually a fight between the two Tang Dynasty prime ministers and their disciples.
In this era, taking the imperial examination cannot be achieved by just relying on talent and learning.
Wang Chengwei is preparing to take the Jinshi examination. There is no interview in the Jinshi examination, only scriptures, poems and policy discussions.
Among them, the sutra-posting is a question for players to get points. As long as Wang Chengwei downloads the Nine Sutras, he will definitely pass with full marks.
Although poetry is a bit more troublesome, relying on the huge number of poems in later generations, it is not difficult to get by.
As for strategy, is it difficult to defeat players?
But as mentioned before, the exam may not be a problem for Wang Chengwei, but if he wants to pass the exam, he still needs connections and resources.
Wang Chengwei saw an opportunity when he met Wang Jun this time.
Wang Jun is a side branch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, but even if he is a side branch, he is one of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.
There are many aristocratic families in Hedong. Among the seven prime ministers of the current emperor, Pei Mian comes from the Pei family in Hedong, and Cui Yuan comes from the Cui family in Hejian. These are large families that frequently marry into the Wang family in Taiyuan.
If he can match the Taiyuan Wang family's brand name and use this brand to make friends with the Prime Minister, Wang Chengwei will have a chance to be admitted to the Jinshi!
This is a very important opportunity!
After being admitted as Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty, they still had to take the civil service examination before they could be awarded official positions.
However, there have never been many vacancies in the Tang Dynasty, but for a Jinshi who has been in the second year of virtue, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Because of the destruction caused by the Anshi Rebellion, various yamen in the imperial court are now very lacking in talents.
That's why Emperor Li Heng restarted the imperial examination without regaining the capital.
The top few Jinshi can be awarded positions from the eighth or ninth grade.
This can already be granted to the county magistrate of an ordinary state or county. If you stay in the capital, you can be a supervisory censor.
Able to obtain an official position in the imperial court!
Doesn’t that mean you have a lot of experience?
Of course Wang Chengwei knew that King Jianning and the players could not just stay in Longyou.
Enhancing the Central Plains cannot only be achieved by fighting.
Now King Jianning can attack Shuofang and Hehuang, but once he sends troops, he will be regarded by the world as a traitor like An Lushan.
Although axioms are all within the power of power, even in modern society, the role of morality is immeasurable.
Even if you are as powerful as a big country, you must also put on the mask of democracy when you want to do things. This is the power of people's support.
If King Jianning wants to take over the Central Plains, he cannot rely solely on force.
The establishment of the Dudu Mansion with a backyard represented the line of King Jianning.
In addition to preparing to enter the Central Plains militarily, we must also enter the Central Plains politically.
In other words, King Jianning's power must also have power in the court and participate in the central political game.
Wang Chengwei obviously saw this opportunity.
However, the most urgent task is to let Wang Jun move his family to Wuwei first.
As long as the Wang family recognizes Wang Chengwei's identity as the Taiyuan Wang family, he will have a ticket to open up joints when he arrives at Fengxiang Mansion.
Many times, the status of a wealthy family is just a stepping stone, but most ordinary people cannot even get this stepping stone.
Wang Jun was treated well to Wang Jun in Wuwei City for a few days, and Wang Jun also saw the stability and prosperity of Wuwei.
The dazzling array of goods in the shops and the confident and secure people were all scenes that Wang Jun did not see when he fled from Taiyuan to Lingwu.
Although Lingwu was relatively far away from the rebellion, Lingwu's soldiers were all deployed to the counter-rebellion front line, and the entire Lingwu city was in a very depressed state.
Not to mention Taiyuan, after Shi Siming occupied Taiyuan, he imposed levies and forced all men over the age of fourteen to join the army.
Even a prominent family like the Wang family in Taiyuan was forcibly conquered by Shi Siming, and he also forced the Wang family in Taiyuan to donate a large sum of money.
Wang Jun's idea of moving his family to settle in Wuwei City became even stronger.
However, although Wang Jun's family is a side branch, there are hundreds of women, children and servants in total.
Although the Wang family has some wealth, if they cannot purchase land, the wealth will be wasted.
Wang Jun asked quickly:
"Uncle Clan, I wonder if it is possible to purchase land in Wuwei?"
Sure enough, there is drama!
It seems that Wang Jun has already considered moving his family here.
It’s not in vain that Wang Chengwei took him around Wuwei City these days.
Wang Chengwei said: "There is no land trading in Wuwei City."
As expected, there was no land left, and Wang Jun felt a little disappointed.
Wang Chengwei changed the topic and said: "Now Liangzhou is granted land according to the Ding mouth. If the clan nephew moves his family here, I am willing to be your guarantee in the Governor's Mansion and grant the land according to the Ding mouth."
Grant land?
Wang Chengwei's eyes lit up.
There has long been no land left to be granted in Hedong, but I didn’t expect that there would still be land left to be granted in Hexi?
Wang Chengwei said: "Wuwei City suffered from military disasters one after another, and many people fled. After Dasuo Maungyue, a lot of land was vacated, and Xue Chengshou decided to re-grant farmland in Liangzhou."
"But if you want to get land in Liangzhou, the governor's office has an additional requirement."
Additional requirements?
Wang Jun quickly asked: "What's the request?"
Wang Chengwei said: "The governor's office requires that for every ten acres of land, one acre of land needs to be set aside to build a workshop. If multiple households join together, a large workshop can be built."
"In addition, the city guard also requested that large families must be divided into separate groups for land granting. The same clan and surname cannot be granted to adjacent lands."
Wang Jun was stunned.
Wang Chengwei said: "My nephew, this is not because my uncle doesn't want to help you. It is His Royal Highness Prince Jianning's consistent policy to suppress the wealthy clan."
"But my uncle also said that a big clan like us shouldn't always focus on a piece of land, but should have a longer-term view."
Wang Jun asked doubtfully: "A long-term perspective?"
Wang Chengwei said: "Land is used to grow food, but a good workshop can earn far more money than the land."
"Instead of annexing land and exploiting the people, it is better to build factories and start industries, and get support from the governor's office."