Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 400 Reform
Qin Tian didn't go directly to those scholars, but took a detour into the palace first.

After coming to the side hall and seeing Li Shimin, Li Shimin and others were stunned for a moment.

"Have you persuaded those scholars to leave?" Changsun Wuji asked.

Qin Tian shook his head: "I haven't gone yet."

Everyone was a little dumbfounded, Li Shimin snorted softly: "Why did you enter the palace without going?"

Qin Tiandao: "His Royal Highness, I have already understood the situation on the way here, and I have already thought about the way to persuade them to dismiss them, but if this method is feasible, His Royal Highness must go out of the palace to tell those scholars in person. Just do it."

Hearing that he was asked to go out of the palace to tell those scholars, Li Shimin frowned immediately, and he had some ominous premonition.

"What is your solution?"

"Simple, carry out imperial examination reform."

"Imperial examination reform?" Everyone was stunned for a moment. The imperial examination system was established in the Sui Dynasty, and it has only been a few years since then, and it has only been a few exams in the past ten years. It will be reformed after only a few exams. Are you sure Qin Tian is not joking?

Everyone looked at Qin Tian, ​​and Li Shimin also looked at Qin Tian and asked, "Can the reform of the imperial examination solve these problems?"

Qin Tian smiled: "It's an excuse, just tell them that the previous imperial examination system was not fair enough, and it was really inappropriate that people with real talents and learning failed to pass the exam. Scholars, so we need to improve the imperial examination system, in this case, they will leave as soon as they hear it makes sense?",

After hearing what Qin Tian said, everyone couldn't laugh or cry.

At first, he thought that Qin Tian really had a way to reform the imperial examination system, but he never thought it was just an excuse to deceive those scholars.

Kong Yingda stood aside, frowned slightly, a little displeased, he hoped that these scholars would be able to become officials in the court, but the method Qin Tian came up with turned out to be a lie.

Immediately, Kong Yingda stood up and said, "What will happen next year when the imperial examinations are held? Those scholars will find that there is no change from usual. What will they do if they make trouble again?"

Others have also thought about this problem, those scholars are not stupid, if they lied to them this year, they will probably notice it next year, at that time, things will be even worse.

Everyone looked at Qin Tian again, but Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and said: "The imperial examinations will resume next year, there will always be a few people who will be admitted to Jinshi, and if someone is admitted to Jinshi, those who want to make trouble will not How about, how about making the imperial examination a little bit fairer next year, wouldn't that be okay?"

At this point, Qin Tian paused, and then continued: "Things, after all, have to be gradually improved, I think those scholars should be able to understand."

Kong Yingda didn't speak, Changsun Wuji smiled: "His Royal Highness, you can try this method."

Li Shimin pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Try it, let's go!"

A group of people walked to the outside of the palace, Qin Tian followed behind, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

This matter is a hot potato, and he naturally knows it. These scholars, are they easy to offend?
Therefore, he came up with a way to reform the imperial examination system. Of course, the imperial examination system was greatly reformed during the Song Dynasty, making it more fair and giving ordinary people more opportunities, but that system was developed in the specific environment of the Song Dynasty. Reforms that can only be carried out in the next generation, after all, at that time, there were fewer nobles and dignitaries, so it was convenient to carry out reforms.

If he dared to carry out such reforms in Datang, the nobles of Datang, aristocratic families and so on, would have to eat him.

He doesn't want to fight against these people, so there may be a little reform at that time, but a thorough reform like the Song Dynasty is not realistic enough.

Even if it was reform, he didn't want to get involved and offend those powerful families, so it would be best if Li Shimin came forward.

A group of people left the palace, and those scholars were yelling and wanted to rush up again, but they had just rushed a step, and suddenly saw that the leader was Li Shimin, and stopped immediately.

They are still afraid of whether it is the prince.

There was silence in front of the palace.

Li Shimin looked at those people and said: "The prince can understand your feelings, but what I can tell you is that the imperial examination will not be banned, but it will be temporarily canceled this year due to state affairs. What's more, The prince thinks that there are many places in the imperial examination that are not very fair. People with real talents are not shown. How can this work? Are you willing to work hard to learn, but lose the opportunity to enter the official career because of some unfair treatment? ?”

Li Shimin was talking, and those scholars listened, but when Li Shimin finished speaking and paused, a scholar suddenly stood up: "There is nothing unfair in the imperial examination. I think it is fair. Talented people can If you are appreciated, you can’t if you don’t have one?”

Some people questioned Li Shimin's fairness, which suddenly stumped Li Shimin. In fact, he didn't think there was any unfairness in the imperial examination system. The test papers of talented people are obviously different from those of other people. Talented people How could people be buried?
But if I don't give an example now, I'm afraid these people won't let it go.

Therefore, Li Shimin could only look at Qin Tian, ​​Qin Tian complained to himself, and asked Li Shimin to come in order to escape direct contact with these scholars, but who would have thought that these scholars would not be easy to coax.

There is no other way, Qin Tian can only bite the bullet and stand up: "Actually, there are still some places that are unfair. For example, the chief examiner knows who each test paper is, because there is a name written on it, but if someone bribes The examiner, or this person has some relationship with the examiner, will the examiner play tricks on it? The imperial court will find a way to prevent this situation, so that the examiner cannot know whose test paper is whose, so that It is only fair, of course, besides this, there are still many things that need to be improved, this year will definitely not work, everyone can wait until next year."

After Qin Tian finished speaking, everyone suddenly felt a little enlightened. This situation is so obvious, why didn't they notice it before?

There was a lot of discussion among the crowd, Qin Tian laughed secretly, you have only taken the exam a few times, it would be strange if you noticed it, the imperial examinations, the first few rounds must be relatively fair, but the more you go on, the more people will use their brains to cheat , but before no one uses their brains to cheat, naturally there will be no issue of fairness or unfairness.

Everyone felt that what Qin Tian said was reasonable, and Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief, but just when they thought the matter should be over, a scholar suddenly stood up again: "We have been in the capital for a long time, no matter what It’s fair and unfair, why can’t we let us take the exam this year, and let’s say next year’s exam won’t work?”

Some scholars seem to be very confident in themselves, Qin Tian's mouth twitched slightly: "It's not fair, it means being irresponsible to those who have real talents and real learning. The imperial court will never do this."

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