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In the original history, by the Qing Dynasty, the imperial examination system had actually done more harm than good, and under the ravages of Western powers, China had come to a life-and-death juncture. ↖ Top ↖ Story ↖ ↖,

As a result, some people of insight began to talk and campaign for the future of the Chinese nation.

They have seen the strength of the West's ships and guns, the backwardness of science and technology, and the truth that if they are backward, they will be beaten, and they believe that the reason for backwardness is the lack of qualified personnel, and the reason for the lack of qualified personnel is the scourge of the imperial examination system.

In the process of the development of the imperial examination system, it was basically dependent on China's self-sufficient small-scale peasant economic model; The invasion of Western colonizers brought about the capitalist economy of the West, as well as Western culture and science and technology.

After the Western powers opened China's doors by force, the traditional small-scale peasant economy almost completely collapsed under the impact of external forces.

The collapse of the small-scale peasant economic model has put the entire social system attached to it in danger of collapsing, the first of which is the imperial examination system.

The imperial examination system was simply unable to cope with the challenges of Western culture and education, so it fell into an unsustainable predicament, so the call for abandoning middle schools and introducing Western studies increased one wave after another.

Like Zhang Zhidong, a scholar in the Tongzhi period, wanted to revitalize foreign affairs, the first thing was to advocate the abolition of the imperial examination, he wrote in a notebook: "The imperial examination will not be abolished for a day, that is, the school will not be able to flourish for a day, the scholar will never have real knowledge, and the country will never have the talent to save the time." China will never be able to become rich and powerful, that is, it will never be able to compete with other countries. ”

Some people even shouted that the imperial examination was the bane of China's bullying by foreign powers.

Under the circumstance of changing people's minds, the imperial examination system at the end of the Qing Dynasty was forced to be abolished.

However, now because of Qin Mu, history has taken a turn at the end of the Ming Dynasty, at least so far, the Chinese cultural system has not been impacted by a stronger civilization, and everyone still believes that Chinese culture is the most superior. This time. If Trade proposes to abolish the imperial examinations, it will inevitably meet with the opposition of all scholars, and the resistance will be unimaginable.

The imperial examination system has lasted for thousands of years, has penetrated into every cell of society, and has formed an intricate, ubiquitous, and incomparably close meridian in the whole society, which has a profound impact on the economy, culture, politics, education, and almost every social level.

If you change it rashly, not only will the scholars not agree, but I am afraid that they will be ordinary people. will also oppose it with one voice.

Therefore, so far, Qin Mu did not dare to discuss the matter of reforming the imperial examination directly with the ministers at all, so as not to startle the snake.

Liu Ru has always known the importance of it, and usually serves the Mo Pujia Palace, and has never leaked a word to the outside world, which is very trusted by Qin Mu. She knows that this trust is not easy to come by, and she cherishes it in her heart.

She is different from ordinary palace maids. Ordinary palace maids have families, and according to the regulations of the Great Qin Inner Palace, if they do not get the emperor's favor, the palace maids who have reached the age of twenty-three must be released back to their hometowns. These ladies were elected to the palace. There is also a monthly salary to receive, which is more like engaging in a profession.

Liu Ru has no family, is alone, and has no connection with the outside of the palace. And fortunately by the emperor, it is impossible for her to leave the palace in this life, and the emperor's trust is her only reliance.

Nevertheless. The matter is serious, Qin Mu still specially told her: "If so, if you say anything about the imperial examination, you can't mention it to anyone anymore when you leave this palace." ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your trust, the servant knows."

In today's Pujia Palace, except for Qin Mu and her, there is no second person.

Outside the hall, the pear blossoms and snow, a touch of spring smoke surrounds the temple, light and cloudy and rainy.

Liu Ru is wearing a white sprinkled flower and smoke shirt, a long skirt with red and golden begonia flowers, a snow-white wrist wearing a red gold ring bead nine-turn exquisite bracelet, and a blue Ruyi silk ribbon at the waist, making her slender willow belt even more windy, with round and full breasts, and the fragrance is intoxicating.

Under the agarwood carving Four Seasons Ruyi screen, a bottle of cloisonné three-legged elephant trunk incense burner wafts out of the ambergris, mixed with the faint body fragrance on Liu Rushi's body, which can boost the spirit.

After Liu Ru added tea to him, he said softly: "Your Majesty said that the imperial examination system has led to the distortion of social mentality, which may be true, Gu Yanwu, Wang Fuzhi and many people of insight have also repeatedly called for the reform of the imperial examination.

In fact, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, many people felt that the Eight Shares of the Scholars imprisoned the minds of the scholars, and in the early years of the Wuchang Eight Shares Forum, everyone was also arguing about this matter, which led to the abolition of the Eight Shares of the Great Qin.

The imperial examination has been improved and repaired many times from the Sui and Tang dynasties to the present, but it is obvious that everyone just wants to work hard to repair it, and no one supports the abolition of the imperial examination system.

The servant doesn't know what His Majesty's mind is, but in any case, if His Majesty wants to achieve his goal, the servant feels that there is one thing that must be done, that is, public opinion first. ”

When Qin Mu heard this, he couldn't help but bow his head frequently: "Public opinion comes first, it's good"

Liu Ru smiled and said, "Didn't Your Majesty do this before every reform was implemented? From His Majesty's edict on the Northern Expedition, to the abolition of the Eight Stocks, to the judicial reform, which of them did not first use public opinion to guide? The words of the servant are just picking up His Majesty's teeth.

Qin Mu knew that she was quite intelligent, and she had not discussed the matter of the imperial examination with the ministers at present, so he hugged her to her lap and sat down, and said in a harmonious voice: "Since the development of the imperial examination system, it has done more harm than good, resulting in many deformed social phenomena. But as you said, it is possible to reform the imperial examination system, but I am afraid that it will not be abolished. If you have any thoughts today, tell me directly. ”

Liu Ru was secretly a little surprised, she mentioned that the abolition of the imperial examination was just to test Qin Mu's meaning, but from Qin Mu's words, he really had the intention of abolishing the imperial examination, but he knew that the resistance was too great, so he took the initiative to retreat.

Qin Mu put his arms around her slender waist, buried his head in her chest and arched, and said softly: "You don't have to be surprised, I know very well that the original intention of the imperial examination system was to expand the selection of talents and break the monopoly of official positions by the clan.

After arriving in the Song Dynasty, in fact, there was no shortage of talents in the previous dynasties, and the monopoly of officialdom in the world had already been broken. In fact, the imperial examination system has become a means for the emperor to unify the thinking of scholars and buy the hearts of the people in the world in order to consolidate his rule. ”

Liu Ru is sexy lips opened slightly, and then reacted from the shock, and hurriedly wanted to come down and kowtow to ask for sin, but was hugged by Qin Mu and couldn't come down.

"Your Majesty, the servant is terrified!"

"Hehe, who doesn't know this truth? This is just Zhou Yu beating Huang Gai, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer. It's something that everyone in the world knows, but no one wants to break it. ”

"But Your Majesty, since you know that the imperial examination system is an important cornerstone of Great Qin's rule, you are also"

"It is precisely because it is an important cornerstone of Great Qin's rule that I don't want it to rot, let alone let it continue to distort the entire society. You don't have to worry, the stakes are high, and I won't abolish the imperial examination rashly.

However, it was indeed too hot, scorching the entire land of China, and there were too many honors attached to the imperial examination, and the connotation of the imperial examination was greatly overweighted, so heavy that the whole society was almost suffocated.

I want to cool it down, lose weight, and let it gradually return to its roots. The essence of the imperial examination is to select some civil officials for the imperial court.

I wondered, why was the imperial examination so hot, and why was there so much overweight? If you look into the reason, it is because for the fairness and authority of the imperial examination, the previous dynasties almost blocked all the promotion roads outside the imperial examination.

The ancient Dayu water control let us understand a truth, it is better to block than to sparse. Blocking other avenues for advancement, the imperial examination itself may have been fairer, but it has created a greater injustice in society as a whole.

For example, many people are obviously very talented, but they are excluded just because they did not pass the imperial examination. Many mediocre people can become officials by memorizing the four books and five classics by memorizing the imperial examination, which is unfair to people.

For another example, many disciplines are obviously necessary for social progress, but because there is no way to promote in these disciplines, no one studies or studies them. This is an injustice to knowledge.

Under these and so many great injustices, the whole society will inevitably be distorted. This is the serious consequence of violating the laws of nature and forcibly blocking other paths to promotion. ”

"But Your Majesty, if you don't block other ways of promotion, won't the significance of the imperial examination be greatly reduced?"

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