SFS Chapter 329 Enke
Chapter 329 Enke
Bei Jing thought about it on the first day of the first month, it was wonderful.
Move! Move now!
As soon as the father and daughter reached a consensus, the bad intentions that had been passed down from generation to generation began to bubble out.
Bei Heng directly assigned the task to Bei Jingchu, asking her to choose the location of the new capital.
Bei Jingchu went back and looked at the map for several days and came up with three alternative locations.
The most recommended one is Luozhou, which is located in the center of the Grand Canal and has developed water transport.
The emperor did not say whether he agreed or not. Moving the capital was a big deal, so he had to discuss it with others first.
But there was something more urgent than moving the capital. The emperor wanted to open a special examination one year in advance.
Originally the imperial examination was held every three years, but the large city that was conquered by Yuhun needed people to manage it.
In the past, I complained that there were too many idle officials and there was no place to use them. As a result, now that all the people have been sent to Yuhun, oh no, Yuzhou and other places, there is still a shortage of people.
Fortunately, it was already spring, and although the preparations for the spring examination were a bit hasty, we were able to recruit people quickly to take up the posts.
The imperial examination was handed over to Bei Jingchu. Bei Jingchu, who thought she could take a two-day break now that the dog tyrant had returned, was now very resentful.
My bad mood reached its peak when I saw the list of registered candidates.
The aristocratic families almost account for the majority, not to mention the poor families, even the new rich who have risen this year are not enough to compare with them.
Bei Jingchu rubbed his slightly swollen temples and felt a little headache.
Kings throughout history have known that aristocratic families are a threat, so why don’t they suppress them? Because they are powerful.
The power of the aristocratic families comes from the large number of people who serve as generals and officials, but they cannot ignore them.
Knowledge was not easy to come by at that time, and the better books and teachers were monopolized by the upper class.
Just like the teacher who taught the royal children in the Hongwenguan, he was wise and open-minded, knowledgeable about ancient and modern times, and humble, and his thoughts were a thousand years ahead of his time.
The teachers in the aristocratic families are certainly not bad. Some of them have extensive connections and can hire a great talent who is hidden from the world and may even be better than the teachers hired by the royal family.
But for students from the common people, it was good enough to find a literate teacher, and those who could pass the examination to become a boy's student were considered to be great men.
It is common to teach and educate people by rote, which has produced generation after generation of old-fashioned and nerdy people.
Many of the books that the children of aristocratic families casually picked up from their own libraries were rare copies that poor students would never be able to access in their entire lives.
People like Qin Yuping who have emerged from among them are not geniuses picked from ten thousand, but one picked from a hundred thousand.
However, this gifted young man who had amazed his fellow villagers and neighbors in his hometown only had an admission ticket when he came to Beijing, and he might not even be qualified to meet Bei Jingchu.
Therefore, if you want to promote people from poor families, you must have someone available first.
Bei Jingchu slumped back on the chair tiredly.
Just then Xu Chengzhu came to report matters to her. Bei Jingchu rubbed her brows and called him in.
After Tianxuan Niu Ma finished his report, he did not leave. He stayed where he was and said hesitantly, "Your Highness seems to be troubled by something. Would I be honored to share some of your responsibilities?"
It was a rare occasion that someone volunteered to work overtime, so Bei Jingchu pulled him aside and started to complain.
The little mouth opened and couldn't close, babble: "There is no way to learn, but the scientific examination requires the bucket effect."
"You have to learn in difficult circumstances and be an all-rounder. This is asking too much."
Xu Chengzhu asked in confusion: "What is the bucket effect?"
Well...the amount of water a bucket can hold depends on the shortest piece of wood. If you want to do well in the exam, there can be no short boards.
but......
"It does not matter."
Her Xu Jialing was a very qualified listener. Whether he understood or not was secondary. But those eyes that looked at her wholeheartedly made her feel that her troubles were being listened to seriously.
Bei Jingchu couldn't hold back when she started to complain.
"Some people are not suitable for studying one or two subjects, so the college entrance examination is more reasonable..."
Bei Jingchu stopped talking and said, "Yes, isn't it enough not to require a jack of all trades?"
There are many more war gods who are good at only one subject.
Letting liberal arts masters study science and letting science masters study liberal arts is a waste of talent!
Once she had an idea, Bei Jingchu immediately spread out some paper and organized her thoughts.
He drove the confused Xu Jialing out and threw away the main weapon after using it.
After writing down a draft of the charter, she was so excited that she rushed to the imperial study to find the emperor.
Bei Heng was very interested in her proposal. After reading the charter, he asked, "Does the prince mean to let the six ministries directly recruit the talents they need?"
Bei Jingchu nodded and explained, "For example, in the Ministry of Revenue, the most important thing is mathematics. If officials are required to be proficient in classics, then that would be putting the cart before the horse."
"The Ministry of Rites needs to be proficient in classics and scriptures, and the other things are secondary."
"Anyone who can pass the examination to become a boy is not a fool. If the requirements are too low, he can also be promoted to a scholar."
“It doesn’t mean that the current system will be abolished, it just means adding a special recruitment channel.”
"In this way, the number of poor students who can be used by us will increase greatly. There will be fewer people in power in the aristocratic families."
After Bei Jingchu left, a palace servant made a small mistake but was not punished.
Eunuch Jiang knew that His Majesty was in a good mood. Every time after discussing government affairs with the Crown Prince, His Majesty's mood would improve.
He could understand that the heir he chose never let down his guard and was extremely resourceful and resourceful. As a father, how could he not be proud?
Just like he was extremely pleased as he watched Long Shou grow up and become more and more outstanding.
His Majesty was only mildly happy and didn't often show off his children, which was already very reserved.
As for the few less outstanding heirs of the throne...
Your Majesty is also very relaxed. It is good enough if there are one or two outstanding children in a generation.
As the chief eunuch in front of the emperor, he had a very accurate understanding of the emperor's thoughts.
The prince was a heir who satisfied His Majesty in every way, except that he was a little soft-hearted. He wanted to tell Long Shou to get close to the prince and become a close confidant like the Minister of the Central Secretariat or General Lei.
......
The upcoming Spring Examination is being watched closely by all the noble families in the capital. After all, every time, there will be young men from the family who will take advantage of this opportunity to achieve fame and fortune.
However, the emperor and the crown prince's obvious trend of supporting the poor and suppressing the aristocratic families began to make them worried.
They discussed with each other, and many people came to Chang for help.
As the most outstanding young man of this generation in the aristocratic family, Chang Tingyi met many people and was tired of saying the same thing.
In front of the guests, he put on a polite smile and comforted them with a little contempt: "Your Majesty and the Crown Prince have agreed to support the poor, but the poor don't even have a few books in their collection, where can they find good seedlings?"
"There's no one else available. Even if we don't want to, we have to be the only ones to use us."
"The children of noble families are indeed a little arrogant, but their knowledge is solid, so what are they afraid of?"
The person on the other side was convinced by him and his frown relaxed.
Chang Tingyi confidently analyzed: "Especially since there are so many officials to be assigned to Yuzhou and other places this time, even if all the poor students who enter the government are filled with them, they can't fill half of the vacant positions."
"The situation has been like this for a hundred years, and it will not be different this year."
Those poor students also think so.