Zhao Jin did not go to Gong Mansion with great fanfare, but chose a rather simple and elegant sedan.
The sedan stopped in front of Gong Jie's mansion.
Gong Jie is in charge of the civil service and has a lot of contacts with various aristocratic families. If Gong Jie can be made to relent, the matter will be more effective with half the effort.
The guards in front of the Gong Mansion saw the sedan stop and looked at each other. A guard came forward.
"I wonder who your distinguished guest is..."
When Zhao Jin opened the sedan curtain, the guard's voice came in.
"I'm looking for Mr. Gong alone."
The guard didn't recognize Zhao Jin, but in this world, the only one in the world who had the guts to call himself "lone" was the one from the East Palace.
His expression changed slightly, and when he was about to salute, Zhao Jin quickly raised his hand to stop him, "No need to make any noise."
"Yes, please come in and invite Master Gong. I will send someone to invite Mr. Gong immediately."
Zhao Jin jumped off the carriage neatly and followed the servants of Gong Mansion into the lobby.
The servants of the Gong Mansion did not dare to bring Zhao Jin to the Flower Hall.
Although the flower hall is a place for receiving guests, it is also a side hall. As a prince, Zhao Jin is a mere official. If he dares to let Zhao Jin wait in the side hall to talk about the important points, it can be regarded as a crime of disrespect.
Gong Jie came very quickly, "See His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Zhao Jin could hear the other party's rapid breathing.
"Master Gong, there is no need to be polite, please sit down."
"yes."
Gong Jie sat down at the side, "I wonder if His Highness has come to see me, but what's the important matter?"
"You all go down first." Zhao Jin put down his tea cup and glanced at the servants around him.
After His Highness the Crown Prince spoke, the servants of the Gong Mansion naturally did not dare to stay any longer.
Gong Jie blinked and realized that things might not be simple, and his body couldn't help but tense up a little.
"Sir, please don't be nervous. I have an idea and would like to ask Master Gong for his opinion." Zhao Jin said calmly.
"Your Highness, please speak." Gong Jie didn't dare to relax.
"Master Gong, what do you think of the people selected through the scientific examinations over the years?"
Gong Jie's eyebrows twitched and he said cautiously: "They are all scholars with outstanding talents."
"Being able to stand out among the children of aristocratic families can indeed be said to have outstanding talents. Unfortunately, what is more outstanding than their talents is the big tree behind them."
Zhao Jin raised his voice slightly, "However, Mr. Gong thinks, in addition to the children of the aristocratic family, are there any outstanding or even more outstanding people in this Zhao country?"
Gong Jie's expression changed slightly, and his hand on the armrest tightened slightly. Zhao Jin's words were almost completely clear, without any cover-up.
Besides children from aristocratic families, who else could there be? They were just children from poor families. If the scope was wider, there would also be sons of businessmen who had been pardoned before and could take part in scientific examinations.
"Of course there are." Gong Jie's face twitched, "However, there are still too few such poor scholars. Those who can participate in the scientific examination every year are already the top among them."
"Yeah?"
Zhao Jin picked up the tea cup, lowered his head and took a few sips, then laughed, "It's not necessarily true if you look at it alone."
"Among this poor family, there may not be many people with outstanding talents."
"But this humble scholar is too vulgar after all..."
"Pa", Zhao Jin put the tea cup on the table with a little more force. The sound of the collision with the table made Gong stop talking in the middle of his sentence.
"Master Gong, how do you think the scholars from poor families selected in recent years have performed?"
As Gong Jie was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he was naturally aware of these contents. Moreover, he could not explain clearly to frustrate Zhao Jin.
"Most of them performed well." Gong Jie's forehead was lightly sweating, and his whole body was a little stiff.
"Since the performance is excellent, it can be seen that Master Gong's concerns do not exist."
Zhao Jin raised his eyelids and directly stated his intention, "Then, it must be a good thing to directly allow scholars from all over the world to participate in the scientific examination."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!" Gong Jie stood up directly and blurted out: "No!"
Zhao Jin did not get angry, but asked: "Where can't I do it?"
Gong Jie opened his mouth, then managed to calm down before speaking, "If the world's scholars are allowed to refer to it, then businessmen and the sons of slaves can also participate in the scientific examination."
"First of all, it undoubtedly elevates the status of businessmen in disguise, which can easily shake the foundation of the country and make the world abandon its roots and chase the weak."
"Secondly, people with low status can also serve as officials in the court, which may cause dissatisfaction among the scholars in the world."
Zhao Jin nodded slightly, "What Mr. Gong said makes sense."
Seeing Gong Jie let out a sigh of relief, Zhao Jin waved his hand and said: "Then the sons of businessmen and lowly scholars are prohibited from participating in the scientific examination."
Gong Jie took his breath back again. Apart from these two groups of people, there were more scholars who came from ordinary or even poor backgrounds.
"Your Highness, there are too many scholars from the Han family and they are all uneven. They all came to Bianzhou City to participate in the scientific examination. I'm afraid something is wrong and it is easy to cause trouble."
"Furthermore, the required examination rooms will be greatly increased, and Bianzhou City may not have room to accommodate so many students."
Zhao Jin's eyes moved slightly and he smiled, "The number of people will increase, but it won't increase too much."
"How do you say this?"
"In the past few rounds of examinations before the scientific examination, if you have direct relatives in the family who are above the fourth-rank official, and non-immediate relatives who are above the third-rank official, you can directly take the scientific examination."
"The county chiefs have 80 quotas that can be directly recommended to prefectures and counties, while each county only has 100 quotas."
Zhao Jin looked at Gong Jie and continued: "The governors of prefectures and counties have 300 places to recommend to the capital, but each prefecture and county only has 350 places."
Therefore, every year, those from small aristocratic families and students from poor families compete for a small number of places, so that in the end there are very few people from poor families who can pass the exam.
Gong Jie looked a little unnatural when he heard Zhao Jin's words, "This, this has always been like this."
"It's time to change." Zhao Jin's tone was a little tougher.
"The local governor can reserve a few recommended places, but they cannot exceed ten. The remaining scholars must pass the examination."
"Immediate family members who are officials of the third rank or above, and non-immediate relatives who are officials of the first rank or above are exempted from the hospital examination and provincial examination. After taking the government examination, they can participate in the joint examination."
Gong Jie's eyes darkened. This meant that almost no one could directly participate in the examination.
"Your Highness, is this inappropriate?"
Zhao Jin raised his head and smiled, but his eyes were cold, "Master Gong, I wonder what's wrong?"
"Your Highness, don't say whether or not I agree. I'm afraid not one of the officials in the court or the noble family will agree."
Gong Jie heard Zhao Jin's determination and knew that the prince in front of him was determined to take action against Ke Ge.
The original respect disappeared from Gong Jie's face, and he almost warned: "At that time, I was afraid of Your Highness and was playing with fire. Please think twice about this matter."
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