Chapter 2565 The Strategy of Enriching the Country and Strengthening the Army
Author: Sheep Little Star
Chapter 2565 The Strategy of Enriching the Country and Strengthening the Army
Chongzheng Hall.
Today is the day of the Imperial Examination for the Imperial Examination, which is similar to the Palace Examination for the Gongju Examination. In the Imperial Examination, only those who have passed the Imperial Examination can participate in the Royal Examination.
Except for the Ziyun Tower where Taizu’s Imperial Examination took place, the examination venues for subsequent subjects are all in Chongzheng Hall.
Li Jie has no intention of changing the exam location or anything like that.
Therefore, this time the examination is still held in Chongzheng Hall.
The morning bell rang, the sky was dim, and the ministers who passed the pavilion followed the guidance of the guards and walked all the way to Chongzheng Hall.
Although most of these candidates have official ranks and have basically gone through the palace examination before, when I came to Chongzheng Palace again, I couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Different from the tribute examination, the subject system focuses more on strategy and theory, and this has been the case from the beginning.
The imperial examination system is nominally an imperial examination to select extraordinary talents.
What is extraordinary talent?
Of course it is different from the mainstream.
That is to say, it is the assessment of strategies other than Ci Fu.
In the cabinet examination, the assessment item is theory, while in the palace examination, strategy is assessed.
Just like the Gongju Palace Examination, Li Jie personally took charge of the Chongzheng Palace and made decisions at the Xuan Palace.
A strategy to enrich the country and strengthen the army!
This is the question for this imperial examination. After the question was announced, the chamberlain of the Royal Pharmacy Academy came on stage and handed out fifty sheets of form paper and fifty sheets of draft paper.
The reason why so many papers are issued is because of the curriculum policy, which requires the number of words to be more than 3,000 words.
Three thousand words and fifty sheets of paper are just enough.
Corridor.
After receiving the manuscript paper, Fan Zhongyan did not start writing immediately. Then, while grinding the ink with clean water, he secretly drafted the manuscript in his mind.
Rich country and strong army?
This topic is very broad, which means it is easier to answer.
Most of the people present to apply for the election are scholar-bureaucrats with official positions, who have both rich background and practical experience.
It is not difficult to say something meaningful.
However, everything has pros and cons, and while the topic is broad, it often means that it is difficult to give a good answer.
Since becoming an official in the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1015), Fan Zhongyan has successively served as the manager of the Guangde Army and the military officer, the Jiedu officer of the Jiqing Army, and the warehouse supervisor of the Yancang in Xixi, Taizhou.
These dispatches all have one thing in common, they are all ministerial posts in prefecture and county officials, and they are not the top leaders in the system.
Although he was busy with these missions, Fan Zhongyan lacked the experience of being in charge of politics.
In other words, he lacks the opportunity to see the overall situation.
certainly.
Fan Zhongyan was not without his strengths. When he joined the army as manager, he not only managed the prisons fairly, but also managed to recruit famous teachers to start schools.
When he was the warehouse supervisor of Xixi Yancang, in addition to his own responsibilities, he also did not forget to cultivate talents and founded an academy.
That is Xixi Academy.
Fan Zhongyan was persistent in establishing schools because he felt that educating talents for the country was an extremely beneficial thing.
The one who rules the world must first educate and teach the people to do good; the one who is good for the country must not first educate talents, and the way to educate talents is not first to encourage learning.
Thinking of this, Fan Zhongyan immediately clarified his thoughts.
[The minister said to him: In order to govern the world, we must first respect schools, establish teachers, gather talents, and establish righteousness.]
This sentence is Fan Zhongyan's breakthrough. This sentence is similar to "a century-old plan, education comes first".
Just as Fan Zhongyan was writing, Liang Shi on the other side also finished the draft.
[The minister replied.
Changing customs and legislating laws is what is urgent today!
I heard that officials in Quanfu were appointed in Zhou Dynasty, and they were merged with each other to help the poor and transfer the wealth of the world. In later generations, only mulberry trees and sheep would be prosperous. Liu Yangru agreed with this idea.
Today's scholars cannot deduce the legal intentions of the previous kings, and even think that the ruler should not compete with the people for profit.
However, the method of building Quanfu is not to compete with the people for profit.
This is the way of adjustment, the way of poverty.】
The official of Quanfu, that is, the subordinate official of Situ, is in charge of national taxation, purchasing unsalable materials on the market, etc.
Changpingcang is one of the similar manifestations.
However, Chang Pingcang's unified purchase of supplies is limited to grain.
Obviously, Liang Shi meant more than that.
Expand the categories and establish a similar reserve system. If items are cheap, they will be collected and if items are expensive, they will be sold.
In this way, it can prevent big businessmen from monopolizing and infringing on the interests of small people, and the court can also benefit from it.
In a sense, this is also the germination of socialist market economic thinking.
Full market competition also requires government intervention to regulate the market economy so that it does not get out of control.
In fact, it is not difficult to see from Liang Shi's writing that Liang Shi was also a big fan of Sang Hongyang.
Liquor monopoly, ironware monopoly, and salt monopoly were all Sang Hongyang's pioneering undertakings.
And Sang Hongyang himself was deeply influenced by Guan Zhong. "Guan Zi Qing and Chong" mentioned that if a husband has many things, he will be cheap, if he has few, he will be noble, if they are scattered, they will be light, and if they are gathered together, they will be heavy.
Controlling the circulation of goods and currencies through administrative means can effectively regulate the market and balance prices, while also combating monopoly mergers by big businessmen.
There is no doubt that the monopoly system is an extremely important financial means. It not only lasted throughout the feudal era, but even in later generations, the monopoly system is still an important supplement to the national economy.
And this is one of the reasons why Sang Hongyang is highly respected.
The creation of a system that lasted for thousands of years shows his talent in the world.
Liang Shi is just one of Sang Hongyang’s many die-hard fans.
(PS: Liang Shi’s answer to the policy question is excerpted from Wang Anshi’s remarks)
A blink of an eye.
The time came to noon.
Although all the exercises that need to be performed have eaten breakfast and are very full, the high-intensity mental activity consumes a lot of money.
After a long time, it is inevitable that you will feel hungry.
Fortunately, the person in charge at this time was Li Jie. If it were Renzong in history, this exam would have been miserable.
In history, when Renzong first opened the examination course, there was no lunch option. The candidates were all hungry and dizzy by the time they finished answering the questions.
Later, the ministers in the DPRK couldn't stand it any longer, so they directly wrote a letter accusing the emperor of being too negligent.
Song Renzong was also a soft-spoken man, so when the system was opened again, the candidates who were considered for the examination would be provided with meals.
Of course Li Jie would not make the same mistakes that Renzong made.
Although there are indispensable connections among those who participate in the manufacturing industry, those who dare to blatantly block people under his nose are probably not even born yet.
Therefore, most of the candidates for this program are truly talented.
Among all the candidates, in addition to Fan Zhongyan and Liang Shi, there was another one who also attracted Li Jie's attention.
Hu Yuan, a scholar from Hailing, Taizhou.
Hu Yuan was also one of the few people who participated in the system education as a commoner.
At this time, Hu Yuan, the famous Mr. Anding in later generations, although he was over thirty years old, looking at the Song Dynasty, he was still an unknown little transparent.
When Li Jie saw the name Hu Yuan, he was actually a little surprised.
After that, he sent someone to check and found that Hu Yuan also participated in the imperial examination in the second year of Tiansheng. Unfortunately, he failed to pass the provincial examination.
After failing the exam, Hu Yuan did not leave Bianliang, but lived in Bianliang for a period of time.
Until a few days ago, Hu Yuan met Li Wei, a Hanlin scholar, by chance, and was recommended by Li Wei to participate in this program.