Chapter 1277: Imperial Examination (1)

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The imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty is fixed, once every three years, during this period there are county examinations, government examinations, etc., a level of selection, after the county examination is called a child, after the government examination is called a student, or a show, if there is no identity of Xiucai, is not eligible to participate in the township examination, the township examination is carried out in the provincial capital of the provinces, the imperial court sent to preside over the township examination, after being admitted, it is called the lifting of people, with the identity of lifting people, it is called the master, students and children, all are called scholars.

After the township examination is the examination, which is also very important, passing the examination, being called a tribute, eligible to participate in the most rear-end palace examination, and the tribute students who can participate in the palace examination are all called the emperor's students, that is, the protégés of the Son of Heaven.

It's a pity that the protégé of the Son of Heaven in the Ming Dynasty almost does not exist, the township examination and the meeting examination before the palace examination, the lifting people and tribute students in the examination, have long been carved up by the examiner, and become the examiner's students.

Such rules for the imperial examination have lasted for thousands of years, and there has been no change in the whole except for small-scale perfection during the period, but this time the situation is different, and the emperor asked to change the rules of the imperial examination.

Wanting to change the rules of the imperial examination is not a trivial matter, Zhu Xianxuan and others expressed clear opposition, and many prime ministers have completely unanimous opinions, they believe that the imperial examination has lasted for thousands of years, and has long formed a fixed rule, and all the scholars in the world are aiming at this goal, and suddenly changing the rules of the imperial examination will not cause chaos in the world and make all the scholars panic. It will affect the stability of the DPRK situation.

In fact, the emperor's so-called revision of the rules of the imperial examination did not hurt the muscles and bones, mainly because he questioned the county examination and the general examination, the prefect presided over the county examination, and the prefect presided over the examination, and the fate of the candidates was completely in the hands of the prefect and the prefect. This is not very suitable, everyone's point of view is different, the admission criteria are different, maybe the previous prefect or prefect, and the later prefect have different views, and the perspective of the problem is different, it is very likely to cause candidates to be at a loss.

The imperial examination is very torturous, and many candidates have spent their whole lives on it. Since I was a child, I began to read the Four Books and Five Classics, and when I was old, I was still familiar with these books, and I was able to memorize them, but I couldn't get in. The years have passed and I have become disconnected from society. Except for reading, I can't do anything, which really fulfills the words of a useless scholar.

Su Tiancheng proposed to change the rules of the imperial examination, but he did not expect to encounter such strong opposition, and he hesitated for a while.

The imperial examinations that began in the Tang Dynasty have sent a large number of talents to various dynasties and generations. In the case that the vast majority of people are illiterate, the imperial examination does have different advantages from the ordinary, and it cannot be abolished for the time being, and the imperial court can only rely on this method to select talents, if it really wants to abolish the imperial examination. Then it is necessary to popularize the school, and it is a government-run school, so that the children of the common people can enter the school to read and understand the truth.

Popularizing the academy not only requires a lot of silver, but also a certain amount of time, thinking that such a thing, like a war, can be taken down in a few days, that is impossible, even if anyone guarantees that it can be done, it is also fooling.

Education is related to many aspects, the common people can't eat enough, how can they send their children to study, even if the government bears the cost of studying, but students always need to eat, many times, the people in the school may also be the main labor force in the family.

There is also the problem of changing concepts, the popularization of schools means that the children of ordinary people's families must receive education, it means that the elite class of society will undergo major changes, and groups of commoner children will stride into the imperial court.

It is unlikely that a decision to make a change will be made without adequate preparation.

After a fierce debate with Zhu Xianxuan, Yang Sichang, Fan Jingwen, Zhang Pu, Xu Eryi, Zhou Yanru and others, Su Tiancheng had no choice but to accept everyone's suggestions and basically conduct the examination in accordance with the imperial examination model of the previous dynasty.

But there is one thing that Su Tiancheng insisted, that is, regardless of Han, Manchu, and barbarian, all can participate in the imperial examination, and people from the Western Regions can also participate, not to mention the vassal states that belong to the Great Jin Dynasty.

This immediately expanded the scope of the imperial examination and also had a significant impact.

After the issuance of the holy decree, the scholars of the Nanyang countries came to the Great Jin Dynasty early and entered the school in Fuzhou County to study, and some scholars also came to the Western Regions, and the people of Fuzhou County often saw some blonde and blue-eyed barbarians on the street, holding the Four Books and Five Classics in their hands, reciting with relish.

What caught Su Tiancheng's attention was a large number of candidates from Japan.

At this time, unlike hundreds of years later, Japan still worships the whole of China, from the heart, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, has huge ambitions, invaded Korea during the Wanli period, after the conquest of Korea, and then conquered the Ming Dynasty, but unfortunately such a move, suffered a heavy failure, Wanli Emperor in this matter, not confused at all, ruthlessly cleaned up the Japanese invaders, and the Japanese invaders were out of breath.

When Su Tiancheng served as the governor of Jiliao, he vigorously developed Laizhou, Dengzhou, and Qingzhou, and later spread to the whole of Shandong, and many people in Shandong and other places did business by themselves, and witnessed the prosperity and wealth of Shandong.

The Great Jin Dynasty unified the world, avoided the cruel fighting, entered the capital at the lowest cost, more than half a year, officials at all levels in accordance with the requirements of the imperial court, began to perform their duties, in this process, the Metropolitan Procuratorate played an important role, supervised officials at all levels, punished a group of corrupt officials, and for those officials who were prey on the common people, they would not let go, so that when the name of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was mentioned, some officials who were not clean on the buttocks, their bodies would tremble, and their faces would turn pale.

The system is also slowly beginning to exert its power, and the government at all levels has acted in accordance with the system, and there are few unscrupulous measures.

The recovery of the south and other places is rapid, almost every day is changing, the recovery of the north is also very fast, at least commerce and trade began to flourish, the common people finally have a place to do things, when the farming is not working, go to the county seat, and if you are lucky, you can enter the workshop, earn some money, and maintain your life.

Such a major change in various parts of the Great Jin Dynasty can be felt by the common people, and the rest of the people can also feel it.

All kinds of changes have spread to many places through the merchants who came to do business.

In his heart, Su Tiancheng's impression of Japan is not very good, but he will not vent his anger hundreds of years later in this dynasty, and even ask the Great Jin Naval Division to attack Japan on a large scale, and also create a few massacres, such a move is not very suitable, and the division is unknown, unless Little Japan is restless and ready to move, so that he can find a reason to send troops, of course, when it enters the stage of exploitation in the later stage, what will happen, that is a matter of the future.

The imperial court also expressed concern about the large number of Japanese who came to participate in the imperial examinations.

However, the imperial court paid the most attention to the candidates from Houjin.

In fact, the Houjin also carried out the imperial examination, following the practice of the Ming Dynasty, recruiting talents through the imperial examination, helplessly many Liaodong Han people, for the imperial examination of the Later Jin, did not have much interest, so the imperial examination held by the Houjin, the Han people involved were not very many, plus the rules of the Houjin, the Manchu people do not need to participate in the imperial examination, with the background, you can be hereditary, that is to say, the Manchu people start when they are born, because of the different identities, the treatment they enjoy is not the same, if they cannot enter the court as officials, You can also enter the Manchu Eight Banners, get promoted through fighting, and quickly become an official of the DPRK and China.

Therefore, in the past, the imperial examination held by the Ming Dynasty also participated in many Han people from Liaodong.

This time, not only a large number of Liaodong Han people participated, but even Manchu people participated.

The Manchu people distributed in the area of Montenegro, as well as Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Xuancheng and Xuanzhou, gradually integrated into the Han people, and they began to follow the rules of the Han people, urging the children of the family to study, and becoming reasonable people.

The Great Jin Dynasty relaxed the restrictions on the imperial examination, and the Manchus were able to participate in the imperial examinations held by the imperial court, so the Manchus in these places also had to participate in the imperial examinations.

As a result, in the imperial court, the debate over whether to allow the Japanese and Manchus to participate in the imperial examination was very fierce, and there were many people in favor and many against.

After the last controversy, this controversy came to the emperor, and the emperor's sentence covered the coffin: the sea is tolerant and tolerant.

The magnanimity of the Great Jin Dynasty is definitely different, if even the Japanese and Manchus can't tolerate it, showing a scared posture, how can they show their bearing, people want to participate in the imperial examination, even if they come, there is nothing remarkable, after the examination, they will enter the court as an official and act in accordance with the requirements of the court.

The imperial examination of the imperial court of the Great Jin Dynasty is about to be held, and it has begun to cause unprecedented heat, and there are a lot of discussions among the readers, and there must be opinions on the fact that many barbarians can participate in the imperial examination, but there are also readers who believe that this is because of the strength of the imperial court, thinking about the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, Chang'an is also so generous, which shows that the barbarians worship the imperial court and hope to become a person of the Great Jin Dynasty and be able to serve the imperial court.

(I am starting to write a new book "Iron Blood Crossing", I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I have made major adjustments, and I am confident that it is stronger than "Ming Politicians", and I look forward to receiving support in the future. (To be continued......)