Although Li Shimin didn't quite believe it, he hadn't tried it yet, so he didn't say much.
"What solutions do you have to solve the problem of Quan?" Li Shimin asked.
He has always wanted to reduce the proportion of aristocratic families in the imperial court, but there was no good way.
This is also the reason why he has been tolerating the aristocratic family. He is afraid that the officials of the aristocratic family will leave with their seals, so that no one will be available to the court.
"Your Majesty, isn't there an imperial examination? You can open a subject to get a scholar." Lin Xuan said.
The imperial examination system was founded by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty. It was a major development and reform of China's official selection system. The imperial examination system was open to all talents in the country, regardless of birth or family background, and selected officials based on their talents through subject examinations. The imperial examination system was inherited in the Tang Dynasty
And development.
"The Tang Dynasty originally used imperial examinations to select scholars, but how many people from poor families were literate? The ones chosen were not from aristocratic families." Li Shimin said disappointedly.
Lin Xuan said disdainfully: "Your Majesty, poor families make up the majority in the world. No matter how small the proportion of those who study is, there are still a lot of them. There are always some talents among so many people. As long as students from poor families are slightly biased, others will see that they can succeed in studying.
Aren’t there more people studying?”
Life in a poor family is inherently difficult, and most of the books are in the hands of aristocratic families. There must be a gap between students from poor families and those from aristocratic families.
Don't be biased. Most of the people admitted are children from aristocratic families. Children from poor families have no hope of getting ahead. Who has time to study?
Li Shimin said: "Can people selected in this way be able to govern the world well?"
"Your Majesty, the purpose of studying is to broaden your horizons and learn principles. Which book teaches people how to be an official? What is the impact of knowledge? Officials are not selected to become great Confucians and learn knowledge." Lin Xuan said.
Lin Xuan's words suddenly made Li Shimin realize, yes, knowledge is not the main criterion for being an official.
"As long as your majesty takes the imperial examination as the only way to select scholars and selects more students from poor families, there will naturally be more and more talents available to your majesty in the future. Without these, the aristocratic family will naturally slowly decline." Lin Xuan said.
Decline is real, disappearance is impossible, but there will never be a big family like Wu Xing Qi Wang.
Li Shimin was thoughtful and asked: "Is there anything else?"
"I've finished speaking!"
Lin Xuan was speechless, you are not finished yet, I am saying so much for the sake of your daughter, otherwise I would tell you so much.
Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Then you go back."
"Your Majesty, Princess Changle..." Lin Xuan was anxious, where was the promised test?
I've been talking for so long without even taking a sip of water. You're going to ask me to go back after I finish talking?
Li Shimin said angrily: "I will find an opportunity to announce this matter after the year."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lin Xuan said happily.
After working so hard for so long, it was finally not in vain.
Li Shimin waved his hand, signaling Lin Xuan to step back.
Lin Xuan bowed and bowed, then slowly withdrew.
After Lin Xuan left, Li Shimin sat there and thought for a long time, and then said: "Gao Shilian, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wei Ting, the imperial censor, Cen Wenwen, the minister of the Zhongshu, and Linghu Defen, the minister of the Ministry of Rites."
"Yes!" Li Mu responded.
Gao Shilian and others were working in the government office, which was not far away, so they arrived not long after.
"I will see you, Your Majesty." Gao Shilian and others saluted.
Li Shimin smiled and said: "Without courtesy, I have called you here because I have something for you to handle."
"Please give me your Majesty's orders!"
"The Chronicle of the Clan has not been compiled for many years. I intend to let the four of you be responsible for re-writing it. What do you think?" Li Shimin said.
"I will accept your order!" Gao Shilian and others agreed without thinking too much.
Li Shimin was worried that they did not understand what he meant, so he hinted: "All ministers in the court who have made meritorious deeds should be ranked at the forefront according to their merits, so that future generations can learn from them."
Gao Shilian and others are all good people. As soon as Li Shimin said it, they understood what Li Shimin meant.
Several people smiled bitterly, this was an offending job, but they had already agreed and it was hard to refuse now.
…
Lin Xuan was in a very good mood and hummed a little tune all the way back home.
He came to the yard where his parents lived, and was going to talk to Lin Dongyang about building a house.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qing was the only one there.
"Mom, what are you doing? Where is my father?" Lin Xuan asked.
Zhang Qing put down the account book in his hand and said: "Isn't it almost the Chinese New Year? I went to inspect the store at home. My mother is settling the accounts!"
"Mom is so awesome!" Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Zhang Qing said proudly: "That's right, your father is good at doing business, but he has to rely on his mother to settle accounts."
"Mom, can you handle all the calculations with so many account books?" Lin Xuan looked at the thick pile of account books on the table and felt a little distressed.
Zhang Qing sighed and said: "Mom is getting older and is not as good as before. Now my eyes hurt after reading a few pages. You don't know how to help me!"
"Mom, if you didn't tell me earlier, I'll do the math for you. I'm very good at doing the math!" Lin Xuan said, getting ready to get the account book.
Zhang Qing slapped Lin Xuan's hand back and said angrily: "Who asked you to help your mother like this? The male is outside and the female is inside. If you want to help your mother, just marry a daughter-in-law and she will hand over all these things."
give her!"
"Mom, I'm only fourteen years old, why are you so anxious!" Lin Xuan smiled bitterly, full of routines.
However, he didn't plan to tell his family about Li Lizhi now, after all, Li Shimin hadn't issued the decree yet.
"Alas~" Zhang Qing sighed and said: "Xuan'er, you will be fifteen after the New Year, and it's time to get married. Originally, your parents were supposed to help you arrange your marriage, but your parents are incompetent and all they know are businessmen.
Now that you have a title, of course you cannot marry the daughter of a merchant."
"Mom, my marriage has been settled." Lin Xuan didn't want to make his mother sad, so he was ready to tell the story about Li Lizhi.
Zhang Qing asked in surprise: "Tell your mother, whose daughter she is!"
"Mom, she is a princess. Your Majesty promised to marry her after the new year!" Lin Xuan said.
"How is that possible? You must not be just talking nonsense to make your mother happy. Xuan'er, this kind of joke is not allowed!" Zhang Qing said quickly.
Lin Xuan was lucky enough to be knighted. She was already very satisfied. She never thought about having a princess as her daughter-in-law.
"Mom, it's true! How dare I say such nonsense?" Lin Xuan was helpless. This was the reason why he didn't intend to say it before.
I’m afraid no one will believe it!
Zhang Qing asked suspiciously: "You didn't lie to your mother?"
"Mom, don't worry, I definitely didn't lie to you!" Lin Xuan said with certainty.
Seeing that Lin Xuan didn't seem to be lying, Zhang Qing said happily: "My son's ability to marry a princess is the virtue accumulated by his ancestors over many lifetimes. If it doesn't work, I will call your father back as soon as possible and tell him the good news."
"Mother~, this matter will have to wait for His Majesty's decree before it can be spread." Lin Xuan quickly grabbed Zhang Qing.
"Yes, yes, when will His Majesty issue the decree?" Zhang Qing asked.
In her opinion, His Majesty's decree is a certainty.
"Mother, Your Majesty said that he will issue an order after the new year!" Lin Xuan said.
"It will take so long." Zhang Qing was a little disappointed.
Lin Xuan was speechless. The Chinese New Year is just a few days away. How long can it last?
"Mom, I'm a little sleepy. Let's go back and take a nap first." After Lin Xuan finished speaking, he ran away quickly.