Normally, fortresses collapse first from the inside, Ye Hua is convinced of this, and Li Xi is a treasure that Feng Dao trained and left to Ye Hua.

The first time this person made a move, he came to an earth-shattering one!

Li Shi stood in front of Ye Hua and Chai Rong in cloth clothes, talking eloquently, the arrogance in his blood, so that he was not afraid of Chai Rong, the son of heaven, you are just occupying the Central Plains now, my ancestor is the noble Heavenly Khan!

Li Xi is proud of Datang, but he knows better than anyone where the disadvantages of Datang are.

He wants to explain to Chai Rong and Ye Hua the key to the imperial examination, and Datang is the time that cannot be avoided...... The original invention of the imperial examination was the Sui Dynasty, and the purpose of selecting officials through the imperial examination was very simple, that is, to break the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, that is, to break the family's control of the bureaucratic system.

After the fall of the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty continued to adhere to this strategy.

Especially in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Er spared no effort to attack the family, suppress the status of the family, play the role of the imperial examination, and vigorously promote the Hanmen.

Li Er even exclaimed that the world's talents entered my urn!

Frankly speaking, Li Er's efforts were successful, and next, his son, daughter-in-law, and two generations of emperors continued to suppress the Shi clan, and if they could persevere, the so-called five surnames and seven sects might disappear in advance.

However, the problem was that after the Anshi Rebellion, the authority of the Tang Empire certainly did not exist, and it had to reorganize the center and change course. The royal family is not strong enough, so it is necessary to enlist helpers and use other forces.

Therefore, the family has re-ushered in the opportunity for development.

At this time, the Maison also made adjustments.

The original children of the family looked down on the imperial examination and disdained to compete with the Hanmen for grabbing.

But after the Anshi Rebellion, the family put down their figures, entered the imperial examination, and successfully mastered the imperial examination, becoming the biggest winner...... For example, the Zheng family in Xingyang, it was difficult to find a person who was the prime minister in the Tang Dynasty, and since the beginning of the Middle Tang Dynasty, more than ten prime ministers and important ministers have appeared in a row, so there is a saying of "Zheng Banchao".

Another example is the Qinghe Cui family, there is the Tang generation, and a total of 10 people served as prime ministers in the south ancestral house, Qinghe big house, Qinghe small house, and Qingzhou house, and only 2 people were the former prime ministers of the "Anshi Rebellion", and after the incident, they entered the Tang Dynasty, and there were 8 people as prime ministers.

Another example is Fan Yang Lu's family, there are Tang generation, especially since the Middle Tang Dynasty, there are more than 100 Jinshi people, this number is amazing. You must know that the Jinshi examination in the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was the most difficult, and the number of admissions was small, and it was unbelievable that the Lu family could have this result!

As the children of a family, they were proud of their achievements, and while they were complacent, they boasted everywhere that they were pure and knowledgeable. The accumulation of thousands of years and the elegance of literature are far from being comparable to those of the poor.

This kind of rhetoric is just to deceive outsiders.

The direct reason why the family can have such proud achievements is that they have adapted to master the laws of the imperial examination!

Among all the imperial examinations, the Jinshi Department is the most important, and the Jinshi Department relies on the selection of materials based on strategy and theory, and one article determines the fate.

Anyone with a little education understands that the article is very subjective.

Some people prefer spicy, some people prefer subtlety, some people think they want the ocean to be unbridled, and some people think they want the stream to murmur...... The same essay will also get different marks from different examiners.

Ye Hua remembers that in his previous life, whether it was the high school entrance examination or the college entrance examination, the teacher repeatedly reminded the students to write essays that were easy to score.

The same is true for the imperial examination, and even more important!

First of all, the handwriting should be beautiful.

Secondly, the literary brilliance should be high.

Again, the reasoning is also decent, and no one can find fault.

Also, it is necessary to grasp the examiner's preferences and write the essay that the examiner likes......

There are many officials in the family, and even the main examiner is a member of the family. They have abundant financial resources in their hands, and they can grasp public opinion and guide the style of writing...... With so many advantages, as long as you are not a pig, you have a chance to be admitted.

What's more, the above are all upright methods, other cheating, substitute exams,...... I haven't even taken it out yet!

The so-called children of the family are admitted to the Jinshi, just like the rich people enter a prestigious school, ordinary people may not be able to do things in a few lifetimes, people just wave their hands!

Of course, there are pros and cons to everything.

Blindly catering to the examiner, blindly opportunistic, in the end, the written article must be empty and boring, and there is nothing to say. Although he was able to pass the imperial examination, he could not impress His Majesty the Emperor, who wanted to forge ahead.

On the contrary, Chai Rong was furious, and once every four years, the imperial court spent a huge amount of money to open a department and recruit scholars, and as a result, a bunch of wastes were selected! Isn't this a waste of resources?

Let them be officials, they will only form a party for personal gain, greedy for personal gain, and harm the people, what is the use of such officials?

"These four wastes will be immediately removed from the Jinshi meritorious name, removed from their official positions, and will be sent down!"

A will, the four people led by Li Qin, all stayed.

There are only the Feng family brothers left, the two of them did not participate in the imperial examination, they relied on grace to enter the office, Ye Hua brought these two people to accompany and tie them up, wanting to give them a blow to the head.

In fact, the Feng brothers were indeed shocked, and the two of them knelt on the ground, trembling and trembling.

Chai Rong was furious, "Although the two of you did not participate in the imperial examination, the things you write are the same as chewing wax, empty and preachy, and you haven't even learned a single thing about Master Feng, so you are a son of man in vain!" ”

was scolded by the stinker, and the two brothers were left to kowtow and ask for guilt.

Chai Rong slowed down, and said, "You are not useless, at least this calligraphy is good, much stronger than those four things...... You will stay in the Hanlin Academy first, draft the holy decree for me, remember, in the future, you will learn more from Ling Zun, and you will read the book lively. ”

This is also looking at Feng Dao's face, of course, Ye Hua's role is not small, the two of them can be a blessing in disguise, not only were they not dismissed, but they also became close ministers of the Son of Heaven, Feng Ping and Feng Ji obediently stepped aside and secretly wiped their sweat.

Now there are only three people left: Chai Rong, Ye Hua, and Li Shi.

Chai Rong said angrily: "The officials of the family rely on the control of the imperial examination to send their own children into the officialdom, and the imperial court's talent ceremony has become a tool for them to teach and receive each other privately!" These few people are useless, and others may not be what they are, I, I am going to abolish the imperial examination! ”

"No!"

Ye Hua hurriedly stopped.

If you want to talk about the disadvantages of the imperial examination system, it is impossible to say.

But if you want to abolish the imperial examination, you have to come up with an alternative method, right?

Ye Hua asked himself, even after more than a thousand years, so many countries and so many smart people still continue the tradition of the imperial examination and use examinations to select officials. It's like the college entrance examination, there are countless people who scold, but if the college entrance examination is abolished, you can't find a fairer and more reasonable way.

If you don't speak by grades, do you rely on blood, or by money?

Obviously, none of them will work!

"Your Majesty, the imperial examination cannot be abolished, it should only be adjusted."

"How?" Chai Rong said, "At present, the children of the big families account for more than sixty percent of the imperial examinations, do I want to issue a decree not to allow the children of the family to participate in the examination?" ”

Ye Hua said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the content of the exam should be adjusted, and the number of admissions should be increased!" ”

The first improvement, Chai Rong accepted it easily, the content must be changed, he never wanted to see empty and tasteless things again. The number of admissions can be increased, which makes him very puzzled.

"Ye Qing, are you saying the opposite? The more people admitted, wouldn't it allow more children of the family to enter the officialdom? They form a party for personal gain, and control the government, how can you let me deal with myself? ”

Ye Hua shook his head, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that after increasing the acceptance rate, the situation will be very different. ”

Chai Rong still didn't believe it.

At this time, Li Shi suddenly stood up, "Your Majesty, please allow Caomin to say a few words, what the champion Hou said is actually quite reasonable!" ”

Chai Rong snorted, "You and him are both apprentices, of course you speak for him!" ”

Li Xi didn't dare to fight back, but said, "Your Majesty, the past does not forget the teacher of the future, in fact, since the beginning of the Middle Tang Dynasty, the number of people admitted to the imperial examination has been increasing. ”

"Oh? The result? Didn't you just say that the great family relied on the imperial examination to re-emerge? ”

"Qi, Your Majesty, what the grass people said is only one side of the matter, and there is another side."

"Speak!"

"That's the case, more and more children of the family are taking the path of the imperial examination, which makes the status of the imperial examination more and more respected, and it has become the right way to enter the office, and other methods are biased. Gradually, Zhongjinshi became a representative of identity, and the family and bloodline were respected, but they were not recognized by people. ”

Li Xian smiled and said, "Among the big families, there are also people who see this, such as the prime ministers of Zhao Jun Li Deyu and Xingyang Zheng Qin, who entered the Shi with Yin, they supported Enyin and opposed the imperial examination. It's just that these people are powerless to return to the sky, and the decline of the five surnames and seven sects is not just relying on the slaughter of Zhu Wen. In fact, the wealthy families at that time were far from being comparable to the early Tang Dynasty. ”

Ye Hua was amazed by Li Shi's vision, and he concluded, "Your Majesty, expanding the scope of admission to the imperial examination is to replace the wealthy with a poor family!" Replace the big clan with a small and medium-sized sergeant! Doing so is beneficial to the imperial court. ”

Chai Rong pondered for a while, and said slowly, "This method is good, but is the Hanmen willing to bear the labor of Tian Fu?" I can't kill a few tigers in exchange for a few wolves, right? ”

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