Chapter 2493 Please give up the imperial examination
Author: Sheep Little Star
Chapter 2493 Please give up the imperial examination
[Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty, based on the story of the second year of Xianping, ordered Nan Province (referring to the Ministry of Rites of Shangshu Province) to release the results and cancel the palace examination]
On the first day of the provincial examination, Censor Zhongcheng Liu Jun wrote a letter asking him to cancel the palace examination.
Generally speaking, if there is a period of mourning, the imperial court will suspend the imperial examination.
For example, in the palace examination in the second year of Xianping, Zhenzong was in the period of keeping filial piety. In order to show benevolence and filial piety, Zhenzong canceled the palace examination, and the final examination ranking was based on the provincial examination.
Historically, this was also the case in the second year of Tiansheng's reign. The imperial court issued an edict to cancel the imperial examinations and to refer to the provincial examinations.
Therefore, Liu Jun's suggestion does have some truth.
However, for three dynasties, imperial examinations have been suspended during the Liangyin period. It was the Zhenzong who first started to do so. The Taizong dynasty did not do this.
Not only did Taizong not stop the palace examination, but he changed the Yuan Dynasty eight days in advance. Before the end of the ninth year of Kaibao, he couldn't wait to change the Yuan Dynasty and set the title of Taiping and Xingguo.
Although the history of the Song Dynasty is not well compiled, the sentence in the Chronicle of Song Dynasty Emperor Taizong highly summarizes the nature of the God of War of the Song Dynasty.
If the death of Taizu is not over a year and the Yuan Dynasty is changed within a year, the Duke of Fuling County (Qin Wang Tingmei) is demoted to death, the martial arts king (Zhao Dezhao, a disciple of Taizong) commits suicide, and the empress of Song Dynasty (Empress Taizu) is not mourned, then future generations will not be able to discuss it. What?
To put it simply, the War God of the Song Dynasty demoted his younger brother to death, forced his nephew to commit suicide, and did not follow the funeral rites after the death of his sister-in-law. These incidents, one after another, all reveal one thing.
The position is not right and you feel guilty!
(Daily one black/dog head)
Precisely because of Taizong's "lessons from the past", Li Jie did not stop the imperial examination. Although it was a bit over-the-top, it was not completely untenable.
If he came not from the Renzong Dynasty but from the Yingzong Dynasty, then he probably would not be able to circumvent the etiquette system and continue to hold the palace examination.
In the late Song Dynasty, the most important thing was the laws of ancestors, and the key period for the formation of ancestor stories was the two dynasties of Zhenzong and Renzong.
Especially the Renzong Dynasty, as the longest-reigning Song Dynasty emperor (42 years), most of the reasonable and unreasonable systems were officially established by the Renzong Dynasty.
Therefore, Li Jie followed Liu Jun's memorial and continued to leave it unpublished.
Liu Jun's memorial can be ignored, but Wang Zeng's memorial cannot be dealt with accordingly.
Although Wang Zeng is only the magistrate of Qingzhou at the moment, his colleagues still hold high positions in the court.
Compared with Liu Jun's memorial, Wang Zeng's introduction is obviously more organized.
Wang Zeng's main argument is that provincial examinations have three advantages and palace examinations have three disadvantages.
The provincial examination director is the first, and the tribute and promotion officials are all masters of the two systems (internal system and external system), and the examiners are also people with CI skills in various pavilions.
At the same time, the provincial examination also has supporting systems such as invigilation, inspection, transcription, and name anonymization.
In short, the provincial examination system is more complete and the probability of favoritism is greatly reduced.
Compared with the provincial examination, the examination system of the palace examination is much simpler. Although the emperor will personally attend the palace examination, he will only make an appearance and will not stay in the examination room all the time.
Secondly, the evaluation system of the palace examination is not as complete as the provincial examination.
The provincial examination is the second longest, and the examination time is more reasonable. One day is for poetry and prose, one day for argumentation, and one day for policy. Poetry and prose can reveal the art of diction, and policy and argumentation can reveal talents.
One exam per day, divided into three days, is enough to give Juzi enough time to come up with ideas.
What about the imperial examination?
There was only one day, and the exam included poetry, poetry, and policy. In a hurry, the article written by Juzi would inevitably fall short of the standard.
As a result, Juzi's rhetoric skills and talents may not be able to be displayed.
As for the third longest provincial examination, the examination papers are more rigorously judged, and the examiners have nearly a month to evaluate the essays.
Until it is repeatedly confirmed, the list will be released again.
The time left for the imperial examination is only ten days, and the number of people taking the examination is much less than that of the provincial examination.
Finally, Wang Zeng also mentioned in his memorial that if the officials were worried that "if the provincial examination results are released, the favor will go to the officials", then there is no need to be like this.
Is there any favor in the whole world that does not come from the Son of Heaven?
Whether it is the results released in the provincial examination or the results released in the imperial examination, the only person to be grateful for is the emperor.
Seeing this, Li Jie was indeed a little amused.
Wang Zeng's memorial is really confusing, and the three longs and three shorts he mentioned are indeed facts.
Compared with the provincial examination, the palace examination does have some shortcomings.
But it's not as serious as Wang Zeng said.
The original intention of Taizu's creation of the palace examination system was to change "favors go to yousi" to "favors go to the master".
The power to select officials is like the power to appoint and remove personnel, which must be firmly in one's own hands.
In fact, what Wang Zeng said above was a "stealth change of concept."
What does it mean that all kindness comes from above?
If this is really the case, why did Song Taizu change the imperial examination system in the name of fairness?
In addition, even if there is an additional level of palace examination in the imperial examination, the connection between the master and the disciples has not been changed.
Why were Lu Yijian's bamboo slips appreciated by Wang Dan?
His origin is certainly one aspect, but the other aspect cannot be ignored.
In the third year of Xianping's reign, Wang Danquan was informed of the Gongju Examination. In a sense, the candidates in that subject were all Wang Dan's disciples.
The master and his disciples have always been one of the strongest connections.
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Qingzhou.
Songlin Academy is adjacent to Yunmen Mountain in the south and Yanghe River in the north. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. The scenery is very beautiful. At first, Songlin Academy was just a private school.
Because Wang Zeng had studied here when he was a boy, after he won the provincial title and the first prize, Songlin Academy suddenly became famous in the local area.
Twenty years have passed, and Songlin Academy has become the most famous academy in Qingzhou.
After Wang Zeng was demoted to Qingzhou, he often visited the academy. When his interest arose, he would also give lectures to the students in the academy.
Wang Zeng had feelings for Songlin Academy. Over the years, Wang Zeng successively donated hundreds of acres of fertile land as school land.
Not only that, he also donated a large number of classics.
On this day, Wang Zeng came to the academy quietly. When he returned to the academy, he told no one except the mountain chief.
After all, he came here to relax.
During the recent period, Wang Zeng felt very depressed.
He was one of the many opponents of the government-monitoring system implemented by officials.
Although Jinshi's observation of politics does help new Jinshi to quickly become familiar with political affairs, what will local officials think?
Sending Jinshi to various state capitals is nominally to observe government affairs, but what is it actually about?
It's surveillance!
In addition, the standard for selecting scholars has also changed from Ci Fu to paying equal attention to Ci Fu and policy theory.
However, in Wang Zeng's view, selecting scholars based on strategies is quite detrimental to the children of poor families.
If you want to write a good policy essay, erudition is the foundation of foundations.
The word "Bo" is the weakness of children from poor families.
Books have never been cheap, and even if woodblock printing technology has matured, their prices are still not cheap.
According to the current prices, a set of "Han Shu" costs 5,000 yuan. Although there are 100 volumes of Han Shu, with an average of 50 words per volume, the price seems to be very low.