If Zhao Jin knew what they were thinking, he would probably laugh out loud.
After all, when Zhao Jin asked Cen Qianyi to relay those words, he wanted those wealthy families who had done something wrong to recognize their differences, resolve them properly, and tighten their belts in the future to stop doing such things again.
Who knows, they also had another meaning.
"Since you all have no objections." The smile on Zhao Jin's face deepened a little, "I will be personally responsible for the reform of the imperial examination, and Prince Ning will assist."
The hearts of the courtiers below jumped. They wanted to compete for the position of the person in charge. In the end, Zhao Jin was responsible for it himself, and the person who assisted him was Zhao Xingzhi.
This time, there is nothing to argue about.
After settling this last matter, Zhao Jin waved his hand and retreated.
After the imperial examination reform measures were officially announced, the people were shocked.
Scholars from a humble family had heard some rumors before. The Yao family's case was a game between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and a wealthy family, for the sake of technological reform.
In front of the notices posted in every city, there were crowds of poor people, all of whom lost their former grace and crowded in front of the notices.
"Hey! People in front of you, can you read it out? What exactly has the imperial examination changed to?"
The poor men standing in front saw the contents of the notice clearly. They looked at each other in a daze, their eyes losing focus.
The people who were close looked at their expressions in confusion, and then reluctantly leaned forward to read the contents of the notice. Then, like them, they looked in a trance.
This will make people who can't see clearly the contents of the notice feel itchy.
What exactly is written on the notice? Why do both of them look like this?
A scholar in front murmured to himself: "Am I dreaming?"
When the scholar next to him heard this, he reluctantly came to his senses, then directly grabbed the flesh of the other person's arm and twisted it hard.
"Ah!" the scholar screamed and glared at the other party, "What are you doing?"
"It hurts. It doesn't seem like a dream."
The confused scholar suddenly came back to his senses, stared at the notice with burning eyes, and read out loud every word what was written on it.
The excitement and joy in his voice was clearly audible.
Every scholar who heard this couldn't help but wonder, "Is this true? Am I dreaming?"
At this time, the group of scholars who were standing in front and were the first to see clearly the contents of the notice had come to their senses. When they heard these words, they slapped or pinched them one after another, waking up the rest of the scholars.
"Look, it's not a dream, it's real!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has reformed the imperial examination. From now on, the children of aristocratic families will also have to take the exam! We no longer need a large group of people fighting for so many places!"
The scholars in front of the announcement were so excited that they could not express any emotion at all, and some even cried with joy, attracting the attention of the people on the road.
But how can they take care of this?
I thought I would never have the opportunity to step into the examination room of the National Science Examination in this life, but now, whether I can participate in the examination depends entirely on my own ability!
Those aristocratic families only have ten places in each county, so their influence is really not big.
It should be noted that the situation was exactly the opposite before. All the poor scholars in a county competed for ten places.
Contrary to the ecstasy of the scholars from poor families, the scholars from wealthy families were almost in silence.
The general examination is scheduled in the autumn every year, and now it is summer. It is not long before the general examination. The prefectural examination before the general examination is held one month before the general examination.
They didn't have much time left, and because they had always thought that they could directly participate in the examination, they were quite lax.
Good thing now, after such a change, the previous slackness has now become a reminder!
The elders in the family also pressured their children and grandchildren to review because this was the first time that aristocratic families and children from a poor family were competing on a near-fair basis, so as not to be overpowered by the children from a poor family.
Because of this, there were many fewer noble men wandering around the streets and fences.
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East Palace.
After Zhao Jin and Zhao Xingzhi returned from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, they went straight back to the East Palace.
Zhao Xingzhi almost collapsed on the soft couch, half-squinting his eyes, "So many things are really not done by humans."
Seeing this, Zhao Jin smiled and kicked Zhao Xingzhi, "That's what we have to do. There are many more people in the government examination, and the mechanism of the general examination has also been changed. There is not much time left, so we have to hurry up."
Zhao Jin was sitting on another soft couch, the fatigue between his brows and eyes clearly visible.
However, Zhao Jin understood that what was more important than rest now was solving the imperial examination matter.
"This is the first year, and there are a lot of people watching." Zhao Jin's eyelids moved slightly, "So we can't make any mistakes."
Otherwise, those aristocratic families will definitely bite him and take this opportunity to force him to give up the reform.
Zhao Xingzhi also understood this. He opened his eyes, stared at the beam above his head, and exhaled a long breath, "This position is really not easy to sit in."
After resting for a while, Zhao Xingzhi Gulu got up from the soft couch and looked up to find that Zhao Jin had already started dealing with the imperial examination matters again.
Zhao Jin looked up and saw Zhao Xingzhi shaking his head and cheering up.
"It will be fine after this period of time has passed."
Zhao Jin held the pen in his hand and reminded: "Now each state and county has reserved very few recommended quotas, and these quotas must be strictly reviewed."
"They could take advantage of it."
Zhao Xingzhi responded dully, "These old foxes probably won't let it go."
"Hmm." Zhao Jin put down the brush in his hand, lowered his head and blew on the ink on the rice paper to speed up its drying.
"So, there may be some problems in this trial."
"Gu has people watching them. Once there is any trouble in the aristocratic family, it will be difficult to hide it from us."
Zhao Xingzhi leaned closer to Zhao Jin and lowered his voice: "Your Highness, what tricks do you think they will try in the meeting?"
"Oh, that's what comes and goes."
Zhao Jin smiled warmly, "Cheating, leaking test questions, and bribery of the invigilator are all inevitable."
"Wouldn't that turn into a case of imperial examination fraud?"
"Maybe." Zhao Jin did not come to a conclusion directly, but said with unclear meaning: "Maybe there is another possibility."
Zhao Xingzhi followed Zhao Jin's words and thought about it deeply. An idea flashed in his mind, and he suddenly knew what the other possibility in Zhao Jin's mouth meant.
He couldn't help but cursed, "If this is really the case, these people are really..."
Zhao Jin sneered and took Zhao Xing's words, "It's really terrible."
"They always put the interests of the family so seriously that they forget their own identity."
"Then, if they interfere with this imperial examination, I will let them understand what it means to seek their own position."
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