Han Shizu

Chapter 1435 The pros and cons of the examination system
August is high in autumn, and this is really a harvest season. Even the city of Xijing is faintly filled with the fragrance of fresh rice and wheat.And for those students who participated in this autumn's Enke exam, after going through a hard and difficult exam, they also ushered in a stage of harvest.

This examination began on August 250st and ended in three days. There were more than 180 scholars for reference, and the number recorded by the imperial court was less than [-].And if you exclude professional subjects such as classics, history, law, medicine, and agriculture, only [-] people who belong to the Jinshi department will be enrolled.

In addition to the early days of Qianyou, the court lacked talents, and Emperor Liu was eager to investigate and recruit talents. At that time, the Han court opened the door to recruitment, and the threshold and requirements for the admission of scholars were also very low.

But that was ultimately caused by the environment of the times, and it was also an opportunity and benefit that the times gave to scholars all over the world in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China.But with the passage of time, the country gradually prospered, the process of unifying the world was gradually completed, and the imperial court's demand for talents was no longer so scarce, so the difficulty of the scientific examination and the threshold for employment naturally increased.

In the past ten years, every time the imperial court took the exam, the average number of people enrolled in the Jinshi Division was only 140, which was a three-year period.Coupled with the fact that Emperor Liu advocated "being practical and practical", there are also certain requirements for students' practical ability, which makes it even more difficult for scholars to pass the exam.

It can be said that in the past ten years, Jinshi of Dahan has been very valuable. Without background, lack of knowledge, and lack of ability, it is difficult to pass.

This is exactly the case, but it attracts more scholars and scholars to study hard according to the imperial court's scientific examination system and selection methods. Can be expected.

This time, because of the Northern Expedition, the Spring Festival will be postponed, and it will indeed be a blow to those scholars who have studied hard in the big man.It is also conceivable that the meaning of Enke this time, coupled with the number of people recorded, focuses on the word "en", the extra favor that Emperor Liu gave to the world's scholars.

The imperial court advocates the combination of civil and military, and the mutual benefit of yin and yang. Therefore, the current political environment of the Han Dynasty is relatively balanced.Emperor Liu did not wantonly elevate the status of literati in order to use literature to control military forces, but the tide of the times is rolling forward. With the country's order, the empire will inevitably move towards civil rule. the trend of.

Therefore, the development of the cultural undertakings of the Han Dynasty in these years is also considerable. Coupled with the balancing measures imposed by Emperor Liu, the growth of the gentry bureaucracy has become more and more obvious.

Under such circumstances, the scholars of the world will naturally feel the real spring.At the same time, the scientific examination is almost the most important and relatively fair way for ordinary scholars and students to become an official. Even if it is not to the extent that ten years of hard work is for high school, there are still countless people who choose this way.

Regarding cultural undertakings, Emperor Liu still showed a certain amount of attention. From the capital down, there are government schools in all provinces, prefectures and counties. At the same time, private schools and academies have also made great progress and development. The basis for the growth of the gentry bureaucracy.

However, even so, in the current Han court, the dominant forces are still those noble bureaucrats.How many nobles Emperor Liu conferred, and how high their status was raised, represented how much influence they had on the Han Empire.

It can be said that half of the important military and political positions in the Han Dynasty were occupied by the founding heroes and nobles and their descendants, and the remaining half, [-] to [-]%, were related to the aristocratic group, and the rest really belonged to the gradually growing gentry bureaucrats.

Therefore, the overall size of the aristocratic class still aroused Emperor Liu's uneasiness, that is, this class is not monolithic, each has its own hills and factions, and this did not arouse Emperor Liu's suspicion.

Even so, those subtle means of suppression seemed to hang over the heads of the nobles of the Han Dynasty, and the most effective measure to boil frogs in warm water was naturally to support the gentry bureaucrats.

The scientific examination is the most important method. This Enke and increasing the number of scholars admitted will allow us to spy on Emperor Liu's mind.Zhao Pu, on the other hand, was more able to figure out the holy will. As the head of the bureaucrats of the common clan, he also attached great importance to scientific research.

Zhao Pu has suppressed some people and promoted some people during his years in power, but compared with the huge aristocratic group, it still pales in comparison.Therefore, Zhao Pu was also very active in selecting and training some talents through the imperial examination.

Emperor Liu also specially asked Zhao Pu to be the chief examiner of Enke this time. The scholars hired by this batch can also be regarded as his disciples.Judging from the list recorded by Enke this time, the proportion of scholars belonging to the common clan has increased significantly compared to before.

On the screen wall next to the gate of the Gongyuan, the list of big red is firmly pasted, and the examiners swarmed around to watch, and the reaction was enthusiastic. These seemingly gentle scholars broke out extremely huge when it came to this kind of thing that affected their lives. The energy, but the officials and officials responsible for maintaining order were sweating profusely.

On the imperial list, vivid names are neatly arranged one by one. After the results were revealed, the reactions were varied. Those who failed the list were dejected, and the high school students were ecstatic. It is not easy to become an official.

In order to show his importance to this group of scholars, and to show Emperor Liu's attitude towards the imperial examination, Emperor Liu deliberately chose the Qianyuan Hall for this palace examination. This is the first time since the capital was moved. The Guangzheng Hall was carried out.

After Emperor Liu made the final decision in person, the champion of the new department in the ninth year of Kaibao appointed a scholar named Lu Mengzheng.And Lu Mengzheng is also a relatively representative category of the Han imperial examinations.

He is not an ordinary poor man, although he is not an aristocrat, he was also born in an official family. His father, Lu Guitu, lived in the prefect of Ruzhou and served as a living man for 20 years.

At the same time, Lu Mengzheng is not a scholar who concentrates on studying. He is nearly 28 years old, but he has worked as a government official for several years. He is a model of recharging energy while studying.

It is also because of his experience in dealing with officials that the policy articles he made are more insightful, and it is easier to stand out, attract people's attention, and get into the eyes of Emperor Liu.

In the past, when the court selected talents, there were many young talents at the age of weak crowns. Nowadays, it is very difficult to have no experience and knowledge, and Lu Mengzheng, the number one scholar, is already considered young in terms of the current situation.

In the selection of talents for the scientific examination, officials are selected after all. As long as they pass, most of them will want to govern for officials.After the court recorded scholars, there was a system of observing politics, but many high school Jinshi had already experienced the training of official positions before reference, and the training of Jinshi and official abilities was already before the scientific examination.

It has to be said that such a system is efficient for the court to select useful talents, because those who pass the assessment have a certain foundation, and those who do not have a high level of knowledge can also show extremely high.

But at the same time, it also makes the threshold of the imperial examination unprecedentedly high. After all, there are tens of thousands of scholars in the Han Dynasty, but before the reference, there are only a few who can have sufficient practical skills for official duties.

Not everyone, like Lu Mengzheng, has a good background and has the opportunity to have the resources to obtain exercises that are difficult for ordinary students.

Therefore, Emperor Liu did not want the imperial court to take scientific examinations to find out some scholars who only knew a subset of classics and history, but lacked knowledge of the world. The path is getting narrower.

By the ninth year of Kaibao, there was basically no such situation that no one asked about it in ten years of cold windows, and the world knew it in one fell swoop. That situation almost belonged to a kind of fairy tale.It is conceivable that in the future, it will become more and more serious.

It can be said that the current Han imperial examination system is not so friendly to most ordinary scholars in the world.Emperor Liu intended to support the bureaucratic class to balance the noble class, but under such circumstances, the bureaucratic class would also solidify in the future.

Of course, it is not entirely a disadvantage, at least, the imperial court will be more practical and more valuable in terms of selection and appointment of talents.At the same time, some scholars are also forced to choose specialized subjects such as history, law, arithmetic, agriculture, and medicine.

The Jinshi Department is for the imperial court to select political officials. It has high requirements and requires more comprehensive abilities of scholars. This is not the case for other specialties. This is also a characteristic of the Han Dynasty Examination.

(End of this chapter)