At this time, most of the students in Lumen Academy have already left, leaving only a few hundred students scattered among the buildings of the academy, taking exams separately according to the imperial examination system.
Xiao Cheng led a group of close ministers, led by Sima Hui, Pang Degong and others, and passed by quietly.
This exam is actually a copy of the imperial examination system implemented by the imperial court last year, and there is nothing to see.
Under the leadership of Sima Hui, everyone walked around and went straight to the house where he usually handles college affairs.
Xiao Cheng was invited to the main seat, and everyone took their seats and served tea.
At this time, Xiao Cheng looked at everyone in the room, chuckled lightly, and said:
"Lumen Academy is full of talented people. This year's imperial examination re-examination has only given thirty places. Isn't it a little short?"
This quota was not originally small.
But with the development of the past year or so, the students of Lumen Academy are no longer just two or three big cats and kittens. Today, I saw with my own eyes that the students of the academy have finished their classes, and I am afraid that there are roughly thousands of students.
Looking at it this way, thirty places doesn't seem to be too many.
Hearing this, Sima Hui quickly replied:
"Although I don't know how this year's imperial examination will be, judging from last year, the thirty places are already quite a lot!"
The number of places for last year's imperial examination re-examination was only a thousand. In addition to the hundreds of students selected by Jixia Academy this time, thirty places could be given to Lumen Academy, which is already a lot.
Having said this, Mr. Pang Degong on the side hesitated for a while, and then said:
"May I ask Your Majesty, cough, cough, cough, Master Duan, what is the purpose of issuing this imperial edict to allow students of our college to be exempted from the preliminary examination?"
Everyone in the room, even the gentlemen from Lumen Academy, actually had some idea of Xiao Cheng's identity. So at this time, everyone just pretended not to have heard Mr. Pang De's slip of the tongue.
Xiao Cheng didn't answer yet. Zhang Zhao, who was serving as the Minister of Rites and was now responsible for the imperial examination, said:
"I don't want to hide it from Mr. Pang. The reason why His Majesty and the court issued such an imperial decree today is indeed for a purpose."
"The imperial examination system selects officials not based on their background, but only based on their ability and character, so that a group of talented and learned disciples from poor families will not be left in the wilderness. This is a benevolent government initiated by your Majesty today and will benefit the ages. It is just that this political matter is related to the selection of officials in the court.
It is the foundation of a country. It is also the first time. Looking through ancient and modern historical records, there is no reference. Among them,
All of them need to be explored one by one by the current imperial court.”
Having said this, Zhang Zhao paused slightly and then continued:
"Last year's imperial examination was the first of its kind, so I didn't have any other headaches. Only the preliminary examination was used to select scholars, which really cost a lot of manpower and material resources. That's why this year, students from Lumen Academy and Jixia Academy were allowed to be exempted from the preliminary examination!
"
Hearing this, all the gentlemen from Lumen Academy suddenly showed expressions of astonishment.
Although Sima Hui and Mr. Pang De had already made guesses before, their guesses were confirmed now and they nodded with understanding.
After a moment of silence, Sima Hui continued to speak:
"What do you mean by your Majesty and the imperial court today, is for me, Lumen Academy, to take on the responsibility of taking the preliminary examination of the imperial examination?"
Having said this, he quickly shook his head and said:
"I don't think so. Although our Lumen Academy has developed a lot now, we are unable to shoulder the responsibility of selecting scholars... What do you mean by this, is our Lumen Academy doing some testing?"
Xiao Cheng nodded and said:
"That's indeed what I mean! Only through practice can we gain true knowledge of all things. The governance of a country cannot be implemented by just tapping the head, so you must see the results before it is officially promulgated."
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded, saying:
"Is your intention today to reduce the burden on the court and let the academies be responsible for selecting the scholars who will participate in the imperial examination?"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he glanced over there.
The person speaking at this time was none other than Zhu Sheng.
"That's right, the DPRK and Central Government have reorganized the system. Now, admirals for academic affairs have been established under the chief secretaries of various states and counties to take charge of the construction of official schools in various places. What the DPRK and Central Government envision is that in the future, the imperial examinations will be taken over by local official schools and private academies recognized by the imperial court.
The responsibility of screening for imperial examination qualifications." Xiao Cheng said solemnly.
Nowadays, the Yun Kingdom, due to the contributions of Buddhism, Xia and Li, is unprecedentedly generous.
Although it has not been mentioned much before, Xiao Cheng, who has freed up his hands this year, has started to take action in the country in a big way.
Policies such as building water conservancy projects, encouraging merchants, focusing on mulberry farming, and establishing official schools have already been implemented in the country. However, the official system in the country had not been reformed before, so the effects were not obvious.
Zhu Sheng looked at the graceful and noble young man sitting at his head and already confirmed Xiao Cheng's identity.
He suppressed the anxiety in his heart, took a deep breath, and spoke out words of advice:
"If this is the case, I'm afraid the effect will not be obvious!"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he immediately said:
"Tell me in detail!"
Zhu Sheng stood up quickly and said loudly:
"This method is better than nothing and cannot take over the important task of selecting scholars for the imperial court! Suppose there are two scholars. One is very knowledgeable and does not bother to use this method to directly enter the imperial examination. The other is shallow and cannot pass the official examination.
I will choose to come to Beijing and scream for the first imperial examination to gain a weak hope."
"It's because of this that ordinary people say that this method is better than nothing!"
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he immediately looked at Zhang Zhao and nodded slightly.
It was just a quick thought before, but now that Zhu Shengyi said it, it really didn't seem to have much effect, and it was a bit like taking off your pants and farting.
Xiao Cheng looked at Zhu Sheng and said loudly:
"Now that you've seen it, is there any way to remedy it?"
When Zhu Sheng saw Xiao Cheng being so obedient and asking him for his opinions seriously, Zhu Sheng felt slightly happy, and his tone became even more high-spirited, saying:
"Building official schools is a benevolent policy and can continue to be implemented. The power of local government schools to recommend exemptions from examinations can be changed to allow those who have been recognized by official schools to participate in the imperial examinations. As for the exemption from examinations, it does not need to be abolished, but the quotas need to be controlled. Passed
Those who are qualified can directly enter the imperial examination re-examination."
Translated, it means that in the future, local official schools will only have the right to issue college entrance examination qualifications. Scholars recognized by local official schools will be eligible to participate in the imperial examination.
Those who are recommended to be exempted from the examination can directly enter the imperial examination re-examination, which is a recommended system. Only by improving the status of the recommended exemption can we attract more talented scholars to take the exam and achieve the diversion effect of the imperial examination.
When Xiao Cheng heard this, his eyes moved, but he continued to ask:
"What should scholars from other countries do if they want to take part in the imperial examinations? What should scholars who are really talented but do not have the time and energy to enter official schools do?"
When Zhu Sheng heard this, he continued without thinking:
"The official school does not stipulate study time. You only need to pass the official school test to be eligible to participate in the imperial examination."
"How to prevent corruption among government officials and the buying and selling of imperial examination qualifications?" Xiao Cheng asked again.
Zhu Sheng was slightly startled and said as he should:
"Choose people of high moral character to serve as academic officials..."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhao shook his head without hesitation and interrupted:
"Talent and learning can be seen, but how can it be so easy to distinguish between high and low moral character?"
Zhang heard this and interrupted:
"Nowadays, the method of passing the official examination has been formed and can be extended to the official school. Just like the Jixia Academy, hundreds of schools of scholars use the imperial examination quotas for each family to determine the number of students in the academy in the coming year. Academic officials from various places recommend scholars
The number of Jinshi will be included in the admission officer’s assessment performance!”
As the saying goes, one person plans shortcomings and two people plan longings. Zhu Sheng just made a suggestion, and Zhang Zhao and Zhang filled the loopholes.
Hearing this, Xiao Cheng chuckled lightly, nodded and said:
"It seems that it is indeed more comprehensive than the method we discussed before..."
I thought he was a typical Confucian scholar-bureaucrat who only knew about rulers, ministers, etiquette and morals. But I also forgot that this man was also the counselor who proposed the nine-character policy of "build walls high, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly".
Xiao Cheng looked at Zhu Sheng, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said:
"Wei Chu Mansion still lacks an admiral of academic affairs. Are you willing to give up this idle teaching position and take up this official position?"
With one sentence, the eyes of the college gentlemen present immediately widened and they looked at Xiao Cheng in disbelief.
According to the current new system in the court of Yun State, the admiral of academic affairs is under the command of the official envoy of the second rank in each place. According to the system of nine and eighteen ranks, he is a noble official of the fourth rank.
Although everyone had guessed about Xiao Cheng's identity, it was still too shocking to directly grant Zhu Sheng the position of academic and political officer in the government just because of Zhu Sheng's few words of advice.
On the other hand, Zhang Zhaozhang and other high-ranking officials in the DPRK reacted mediocrely.
After all, His Majesty has a keen eye for people, knows how to make good use of them, and never skimps on the skills of a high-ranking official, a Marquis. They, who have been in high positions for a short period of time, know this best.
When Zhu Sheng in the hall heard what Xiao Cheng said, his lips trembled slightly and he could not hide his excitement.
His temperament is that of a typical Confucian scholar-official. He was so excited at this time, not because he suddenly gained a high position.
But because the young emperor in front of him was granted such an official position just because of a few words of advice, a feeling of being valued could not help but arise in his heart.
Zhu Sheng's lips twitched for a while, but he gritted his teeth, lowered his head and saluted:
"Please, please take back your order! I, Zhu, have only been promoted to a commoner. I have never been an official. I have suddenly reached a high position. My virtue is not worthy of this. The system of appointing officials in the court may be corrupted by the common people!"
Zhu Sheng had never been an official before, but he got an official position just because of a few words of advice. What should the officials who will serve under him in the future think? What should those officials who work hard in the court but have not been promoted for a long time think?
When Xiao Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but laugh loudly and said:
"Hahaha, I have always been eclectic. Since you have talents, what's the harm in using them boldly? I can still get a reputation as a discerning eye! Besides, if I were like you said, I'm afraid I wouldn't be where I am today.
Already."
At this time, Xiao Cheng saw that he had no choice but to reveal his identity, so he naturally did not want to hide it anymore. Fortunately, he was able to reveal his identity in a big way.
If Xiao Cheng had followed what Zhu Sheng said, he would not be able to control the court now! Now that he knows the talents of these people, with a little thought, he can naturally be promoted to a higher position and serve him!
But at this time, Zhu Sheng's stubborn temper seemed to be rising again.
Seeing Xiao Cheng reveal his identity, he simply knelt down and refused to accept the official position.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Cheng suddenly understood that in history, Zhu Sheng was clearly an adviser to Taizu in the early days of the Ming Dynasty, but in the end he just resigned from his official post as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and died in old age.
Xiao Cheng rubbed his brows helplessly, waved his hand and said:
"In this case, let's change the position to a sixth-grade official professor of Weichu Mansion!"
Starting from the sixth rank is actually an excellent starting point for people who are new to becoming officials. For example, when new scholars such as Hai Rui and Yan Song entered the officialdom, now they can only get official positions of the seventh rank.
However, compared with the previous four-level academic and political affairs, it is still somewhat acceptable.
All the academy gentlemen were recognized by Sima Hui and Pang De, and they were all people of noble character. But at this time, the eyes looking at Zhu Sheng could not help but be filled with envy and regret.
state.
One by one, they shook their heads subconsciously, as if they were regretting that Zhu Sheng suddenly lost his fourth-rank official position.
At this time, Zhu Sheng may have felt a little regret in his heart. But more importantly, it was a feeling of being valued by His Majesty.
His already excited heart was even more turbulent at this time.
He immediately stopped hesitating and leaned forward to salute. His expression was solemn, his eyes moved, and he said loudly:
"Common people, kneel down to thank the Holy Grace, and you will not disappoint His Majesty!"
In the sight that no one else could see, a line of writing immediately floated out from the golden finger.
[The newly appointed official professor of Wei Chu Mansion, Zhu Sheng, the loyalty value has increased by fifteen points (current loyalty value: 92)]
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Xia Kingdom, Jiangyang County.
In the southwestern army camp, King Qi looked at the secret military report in his hand and couldn't help but sigh, his eyes full of solemnity.
"Seizing the legitimate sons and daughters, one by one, they don't care at all about the important matters of the family and the country!"
At this time, King Qi couldn't help but sigh with helplessness in his eyes.
The military report in his hand was obviously the news that the imperial supplies originally placed in Huang'an County had been captured by the rebels.
Feng Chu, who was on the side, looked at the dejected King Qi above him, his eyes filled with deep meaning, and he immediately changed the subject and said:
"Your Highness, uukanshu www.uukanshu.com It is said that the rebels this time are under the name of the rebel leader of Anshun County."
When King Qi heard this, he frowned and sneered:
"Anshun County rebels? They are all trapped in Anshun County by my king's army at this time. Is it possible that they can fly to Huang'an County to capture the city where my king's soldiers are stationed?"
Obviously, in King Qi's view, Huang'an County would be captured this time, and it had little to do with the rebels.
If there was no one behind the scenes, this would never have happened!
Thinking of this, King Qi said in a deep voice:
"Just wait, Zhou Quan sent someone to report that he has rushed out of Huang'an County and is about to leave for Jiangyang County. We will know how Huang'an County fell!"
When Feng Chu heard this, his eyelids twitched and he said:
"The people behind the scenes should have some tricks up their sleeves. If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid it won't be long before the Central Government orders your Highness to wipe out the rebels. I'd like to ask Your Highness to make preparations in advance!"