Chapter 287 The Prime Minister (32) The Four Shopkeepers Report Public Opinion
The four shopkeepers looked at each other, and finally Tao Tingyan, the boss of "Jinghua Weekly", answered: "When I go back to my boss, there are all kinds of voices among the scholars in the capital, but they are mainly focused on criticizing the existing system.
Regarding how the new imperial examination system should be reformed, the current discussion seems to be insufficient and mainstream opinions have not yet been formed.”
This brother's answer was still expected by Gao Pragmatic. After all, it is easy to criticize the old system, but it is extremely difficult to propose a reasonable and feasible new system. And if you want to use your own views to convince other people who are also scholars, then
Obviously it is more difficult. Where can it be so easy to form "mainstream opinions"?
Gao Pragmatic nodded slightly and asked: "Then can you guys talk about what aspects of Shilin's criticism of the existing imperial examination system are currently focused on?"
This time it was Tao Tingyan who was the first to answer: "My boss, "Jinghua Weekly" learned that the most criticized thing at present is that when reviewing the imperial examination papers, it is easy to argue about the best articles.
Although the examiners are all court ministers, and the court ministers themselves are well-educated people, and even senior scholars, the trouble lies in this... Sometimes the examiners will argue, and in the end, the results will always be given, and they will be divided.
High or low, but a lot of inside information about the debates between ministers will always leak out afterwards, which gives many people the opportunity to criticize.
There are different opinions on whether articles are good or bad, and not every subject will have the same situation as in the master's entrance examination. Once an article is published, the whole audience is silent. Nowadays, most years, there are always a few or even a dozen good articles, but the bad ones are
It's bad, but it's hard to tell whether Xiaojia is worse or less bad.
Although the imperial court finally ranked the list, there was always a long debate among the scholars. At first, it was only mentioned temporarily because of the passage of time, but once no one mentioned it, there would be another debate.
In short, what most scholars hate today is not that it is difficult to review articles fairly, but everyone hopes that there is no way to solve the problem of several articles being difficult to distinguish."
Gao pragmatically nodded to express his understanding, and then asked the other eight people: "Where are they?"
Tong Zhengshen, the young shopkeeper of "Ban Yue Shi Lun", cupped his hands and said: "Back to my boss, judging from the feedback I got from "Ban Yue Shi Lun", apart from the issues just mentioned by Fei Xinyi, there are still no cases of fraud, especially those involving
The scandal of low-ranking officials in the imperial court.
Shopkeeper He really dared to talk about that, and his voice became louder and louder - there is a way, the boss behind me doesn't seem to be a low-income family among the "low-income families", what about his statement?
It sounds like eating and smashing the pot.
Tao Tingyan was angry and exaggerated, but he also knew that he had to deal with the losses first. He happened to hear from his friends that Jinghua was recruiting newspaper managers. His salary was generous (no matter how generous it was, it was enough to pay off the debt). The key was that if he failed, there would be no big rewards.
, so I entered Beijing at once.
At that time, all seven of us felt the sincerity of Gao Pragmatic, and they all stood up, bowed their hands, and solemnly agreed. The seven of us all have the surname "Low", which shows that we are all hired shopkeepers. In reality, none of those seven
People with great fame - among them Fei Xinyi is a scholar, and the top eight are also scholars.
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But Tao Tingyan accepted Jinghua's recruitment as a juren and became the "shopkeeper", which is very surprising - although the juren will definitely become an official, he is still a "candidate official". If luck comes, What about Hai Rui and Hai Qingtian? Have you ever seen that Hai Rui and Hai Qingtian also had a high-level education background?
That time, waiting for me to ask a question, He Rong, the young shopkeeper of "Yanjing Weekly" cupped his hands and said: "As my boss, Tao, and Tong have said, the readers of "Yanjing Weekly" are also concerned about one thing. They think that nowadays Many public schools are in ruins, and many students are unable to obtain the educational environment they deserve because of their poor family background.
As for the incident itself, although the related issues are quite simple, the final analysis is that the imperial court was financially strapped after that, and officials from various places did not know a few sage articles and did not know how to manage politics, so they had to follow the old routine, and in the end Everything gradually fades away.
Gao pragmatic noticed my embarrassment, smiled slightly, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, those words are very bad, you have always been worried about it."
As if he was worried that what he said was sincere enough, Gao Pragmatic stopped smiling and added seriously: "Don't think you are just showing off, you are really concerned about this matter.
The boat was our own, so even if it sank, it would have been a heavy loss. We didn’t have much property outside the house, so we had no chance to make a comeback. However, my family only ran the boat this time, and less than half of the capacity of the two boats was used. It carried other people's goods, and they were very expensive - at least half of them were silk, and some of them were specially made porcelain.
It is precisely because of this that I was the most conscientious in the process of running the newspaper, and finally managed the "Jinghua Weekly" that I was responsible for to become the best in Beijing despite the crazy involution of low-pragmatism at the beginning.
Now, none of the eight shopkeepers have spoken about the situation they have grasped. Shi Yang, the first shopkeeper in the "Economic Ten-Year Meeting", waited for a pragmatic question, but he took the initiative to speak when he felt his boss's eyes on him.
You know, there are very few aristocratic families who hate to be able to dominate the list of retired scholars. We hope that all the scholars in heaven will compete with us and our descendants, because in our opinion, that way we can monopolize power and maintain the family forever. .But if this is really the case, then the power of Sheji Jiangshan...will be exhausted.
Gao pragmatic frowned slightly, pondered for a moment but did not comment. He just exhaled a breath and nodded lightly. After a moment of silence, he turned his eyes to the two shopkeepers in front.
Scholars also say that there are very few failed scholars who are poor and go up to the capital to find a job. It is strange, strange Tao Tingyan.
[Note: Therefore, the first official position that Hai Rui held in his life was to teach in Nanping, Fujian Province, which was equivalent to the director of the County Education Bureau (in the Ming Dynasty). Nanping County is the seat of Yanping Prefecture. Well, after passing by the Prince of Yanping County, this Yanping ). If I were a retired scholar, even if I was placed at the top of the Eighth Grade, I would still be a county magistrate, and I would definitely be a county magistrate.]
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Dongjia, the readers of "Economic Ten Year Discussions" have not yet finished their discussion. They think that the new imperial examination system should test some knowledge on how to develop commerce and trade locally.
.Yes, what kind of knowledge should we say the Sutra should be..."
Theoretically speaking, it is especially possible for Xiao Ming to have a life before he got the title of Juren, because he did not have certain privileges when he was a Juren, and he could not reduce or reduce tribute and corvee within a certain amount. Even if he did these things that everyone knows
To evade taxes, as long as you start from a small stream and accept the affiliation of a few wealthy people, you can live your life nervously and comfortably.
As for what he said about the scholars being concerned about the neglect of schools in various places, and worrying about the difficulty of producing noble sons from poor families... You think this is absolutely true! The essence of the imperial examination is that one is meritocracy, and the other is class mobility.
However, now that the income of the imperial court has increased slightly, it is natural to do something real for the students of Tianxue. And the old shortcomings of officials knowing the general affairs have gradually been rectified... It all depends on the reform of the imperial examination.
Tell me, is there any small family from a low-level family that God has appointed and will never be punished? For any family, the predecessors must only know how to eat and wait to die under the merits of future generations, so it deserves to be punished.
.Only without the efforts of future generations and the predecessors also betraying their ancestors can they deserve to enjoy the honor of family status.
[Note: China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties really did not accept special porcelain. For example, the White House in the United States does not have a piece of porcelain from China in its collection. It is a plate. The edge of the plate is typical blue and white, and in the middle is a painting with a
The angel of the west flying in mid-air, holding... well, you forgot what you were holding for a moment, but the angel's appearance left a deep impression on you. The owner of that plate, if you remember correctly, is Washington.]
The bank was broken, and the whole family went bankrupt, and even owed a lot of debt. A businessman is a businessman after all. Although the creditor was too harsh on a juren, Zhejiang has a strong commercial atmosphere, and the juren was a retired scholar after all.
.If someone presses you rightly and you have money to pay back, but if you press left you still have money to pay back, so your attitude will naturally change.
You have just come back from the Korean battlefield, and you are most deeply impressed by the control of government affairs by the two groups in North Korea, especially the control of official qualifications. If a court can be a meritocracy, but allows a group of powerful families to be in power for a long time,
Corruption and depravity are the meaning of the title. Such a court is difficult to cure, so as soon as the Japanese pirates arrive, this so-called country eight thousand miles away can only fall in an instant.
As for the disadvantages, this is not what Gao Yuanfu said at the time. It is due to debt collection and interest calculation. When to pay back the money is entirely up to me, shopkeeper Tao.
Gao Jingjing learned about my family affairs when he visited me, and with a wave of his hand he paid off the huge debt of 10,000 taels owed by my family - of course, it was not Gao Jingjing who paid the 10,000 taels directly.
Instead of paying off the debt as a reward, I changed the creditor of the remaining balance before subtracting the reward. Now I owe tens of thousands of taels to my boss, Gao Yuanfu.
Everyone, although this matter has nothing to do with you personally, but you think they have no descendants, and they also hope that their descendants can study in a worse environment until they are named on the gold list and shine on the lintel, right? So? So?
, I hope they will treat this matter only as an errand assigned by your employer, but as a small matter related to their own family, do you understand?"
The reason why Tao Tingyan is so arrogant is true. My family is a businessman from Zhejiang, and my family situation is quite bad. At most, I can be regarded as a family of moderately wealthy businessmen. But a few years after I passed the examination, I was preparing to re-apply.
While I was working hard to get a spot on the gold medal list, a tragedy happened: my old father suddenly ran into bad luck and went bankrupt - two ships outside the family encountered hurricanes in the South China Sea, and all their cargoes were lost.
In order to advance, those students had to make a living while attending private schools in their spare time. However, there are many people from well-off families who need to know a lot about the classics to get ahead of the gold list, so those students have missed a lot of time.
How can time and energy be better than those who care about livelihood? Therefore, many readers of "Yanjing Weekly" believe that if the imperial court wants to reform the imperial examination, it should start from schools in various places, so that students from all over the world can do their best.
Coming from a humble family..."
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Unfortunately for you China, the imperial examination system was established during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and gradually broke the old system of monopoly power of clans. However, the heavenly system is not subject to change for hundreds of years. Times have changed, how can the system change with it?
Easier? Even if it is a complete overhaul, it is still necessary to trim the branches and trim the leaves, and to make the system last longer and newer.
According to the results of the questionnaire survey in "Ban Yue Shi Lun", the issues of buying and selling in the imperial examination were actually only secondary. The primary concern of scholars was that low-ranking officials in the imperial court colluded with each other to recruit scholars from the other party's nephews, disciples and other seniors. This kind of abuse is the most serious
Being criticized.”
Gao Qingshi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he almost stood up in excitement!