The power of the aristocratic families in the south is no less complex than that in the north and Guanzhong. After all, there was once a saying that "kings and horses" share the world.
When Yi Guan traveled south, it was not just etiquette and culture that crossed over, but also the aristocratic families that had become increasingly powerful since the Later Han Dynasty.
He called Chen Shuda to talk, not to intimidate him, but just to give him a signal. He used Chen Shuda's words to warn those southern aristocratic families and ask them to be more honest.
For now, it is impossible for Li Zhiyun to touch them. Because the Guanlong nobles have not yet completely lost power, and the Shandong family is showing signs of rising again. What's more, he plans to bring the Southern family and the Shandong family into a fight.
But, it's really disgusting.
"In this prosperous age, there is a danger of being cooked by fire." Li Zhiyun murmured. He saw how aristocratic families in those places behaved a few decades later.
"It cannot be left to future generations. It must be solved by myself." Li Zhiyun's eyes gradually became firm.
There are some things that can only be done by him. It's not that he wants to give his descendants a stable world, but that his descendants simply don't have the ability to do that.
The aristocratic family is like poison, it has already penetrated into the bone marrow. If you want to completely remove it, you can't do it without great perseverance and great means.
Historically, the end of the Tang Dynasty was never able to completely solve the problems of the family. It was not until the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms, that the world was destroyed, and the roots of the family were completely dug up.
For now, you have to endure it.
If he wants to defeat all the nobles in the world with the power of one person, he must have extraordinary achievements. He must make the entire empire run in his own hands.
Just as the First Emperor was alive, the surviving members of the Six Kingdoms were nothing more than bandits in the mountains.
If he does that in the future, he will inevitably lose his reputation.
However, I don't care.
In late February, the imperial examination officially began. As the candidates entered the examination room, the Imperial Guard troops were dispatched and the entire examination room was surrounded by water.
Shangguan Yi took the wooden sign, found his examination room number, looked at the environment of the examination room, and found nothing inappropriate. When he was at sea, the situation he encountered was far worse than now. For him, the environment here is completely acceptable.
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However, he could accept it, but other pampered scholars might not be able to accept it. Complaints came to his ears from time to time, making him smile with disdain and feel a little melancholy at the same time.
If he had never drifted on the sea, he would probably be as stupid as those scholars who don't know what they mean.
Soon, the officials in charge of invigilating the exams severely reprimanded them and told them that if they wanted to skip the exam, they could get out immediately.
After a while, the complaints gradually disappeared.
As time passed, the exam officially started half an hour later.
The three test papers, just like the first major exam, are divided into three papers: "Wen", "Li" and "Cewen". Each paper has a full score of 100 points.
The examination time is three days.
Shangguan Yi took a deep breath, opened the document, and began to read the questions.
After a moment, he sighed, and it turned out that just as he and Ma Zhou had guessed, every question was all-encompassing and so difficult that it made people dizzy.
For example, one of the fill-in-the-blank questions asked how many generals participated in the Battle of Changping. When most people see the question, they will subconsciously write "Bai Qi" and "Zhao Kuo", but in fact the answer is far from that simple.
Because he and Ma Zhou had studied that fill-in-the-blank questions are different from multiple-choice questions. There is only one correct answer for multiple-choice questions, but there are multiple answers for fill-in-the-blank questions.
If he wanted to get five points for each question, he had to write more than four answers. Thinking of this, he silently added Lian Po and Wang Lu after Bai Qi and Zhao Kuo.
A question involves multiple characters and a historical fact. The breadth of knowledge involved cannot be described as complex, it should be extremely complicated.
Time goes very slowly, but also very fast. For those scholars who write like a god, time always feels that time goes very fast, but for those scholars who do not have enough knowledge reserve, time goes very slowly.
After half a day, some people could not help but sigh. Some of them were even ready to give up on the exam.
Emperor Li Zhiyun also came to inspect the examination room this time. However, when he came, no one else was allowed to follow him. He wore a plain robe, like a minor official, and walked around the examination room with his guards as if on inspection tour.
Sometimes, he would stop and read the answers written by those scholars, and sometimes, he would order people to send out those losers who did not want to pass the exam.
I noticed that his scholars were basically messed up guys, because the really hard-working scholars were brainstorming and trying their best to solve the problem.
After a round of inspection, he found that most of the scholars did not have the ability to score high in the exam. This time, there might be even fewer who could score above 200 points.
After all, he wants top students, not average students.
If you want middle-level students, there is absolutely no need to hold the Chang'an Grand Examination. The talents provided by local aristocratic families are enough to govern the place, so why go to such trouble. It is impractical to promote poor families at the moment, because there are too few children from poor families to compete with those aristocratic families.
What he wants to do is to make the imperial examination better and better and the system more and more perfect. Just like in war, stand up and set up camp to fight a long war.
When they walked out of the examination room, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui were already waiting outside.
"His Majesty."
"No gift."
Du Ruhui said: "Your Majesty, the test questions this time are no less difficult than the first time."
"I know." After a pause, Li Zhiyun said with a smile: "The Shangguan Yi you recommended answered the questions quite well. It seems that you are very optimistic about him."
Du Ruhui shook his head and said: "To be fair to your majesty, I have little contact with him, but Yang Xiang knows a lot about him. The younger members of my family have no talent to serve your majesty, so I can only trust Xiang Yang once and recommend talents to your majesty." "
"Really?" Li Zhiyun smiled.
"Wei Qing."
"I'm here."
"The matter of rectifying the administration of officials needs to continue and cannot be slacked off. There are very few scholars taking the exam in the south this time. This is my fault for ineffective education."
Upon hearing this, Wei Zheng immediately understood that the emperor was dissatisfied with the southern scholars.
"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will fulfill my duties faithfully."
"Very good." Li Zhiyun patted him on the shoulder, "Please work harder and pay attention to your health."
"I understand, thank you for your understanding."
Li Zhiyun nodded, raised his feet and left.
"Farewell to Your Majesty."
After the emperor left, Du Ruhui and his two men straightened their backs.
"The southern scholars have gone too far this time. It's not surprising that they didn't come the first time. After all, no one came from so many places. But this time, they didn't come. This means they don't take His Majesty seriously. ." Du Ruhui shook his head and said.
After Wei Zheng heard this, he narrowed his eyes and said, "In my opinion, if it's not because the scholars didn't come, it's probably because the local officials didn't report the matter, which caused the news to be blocked. It needs to be rectified."
"You are going to offend someone again." Du Ruhui joked.
Wei Zheng chuckled and said, "I am such a person. If you ask me to go to the Ministry of Rites, I may not be able to take my time off. If I stay in the Ministry of Personnel, even though I offend others, I can at least do some practical things that I consider to be practical."
"Are you mocking my vegetarian diet?" Du Ruhui asked.
"That's not true, I'm just talking about other people." Wei Zheng curled his lips and wanted to name the person who said the corpse meal was called Li Shuliang, but after thinking about it, he let it go.
After all, the other party is a member of the royal family.
Du Ruhui said helplessly: "I know you are upright, but sometimes you should be more tactful. There are many officials in the government and the public, how can you ensure that they are diligent and diligent. This time you are investigating the south, it is better for you to restrain yourself. Otherwise, things will get worse.
Your Majesty may not be able to protect you."
Hearing this, Wei Zheng frowned and fell into deep thought.