Cutting 1719

Chapter 343 New Scientific Examination System

In Ning Yu's heart, it is a great era and an era of rapid change. The British East India Company has been established for decades, and Tsarist Russia will launch a war against Persia this year, aiming to seize the west coast of the Caspian Sea and the In some parts of the South Bank, under the superficial peaceful scene, there are many crises concealed.

In the future, Ningchu will never stop at China. Once the whole country is unified, we must consider not only the threat posed by Tsarist Russia moving eastward, but also the Western powers entering the West. Those people are not muddy The Qing court needs a real test of blood and fire in order to win.

Therefore, Ning Yu felt a sincere sense of urgency, the West would not give him more time to develop wantonly, and he was so anxious to promote the reform of the New Deal, but for others, it would feel a little I can't understand, why are you in such a hurry?

"Mr. Cui, Huaxia is now in an era of great change. This big change is not because I, Ning Chu, fought against the Qing Dynasty, but from overseas, and from a threat that has not yet been seen. This world is by no means limited to China. In the world of great contention, the present is not the only thing to look at."

"Our country can even say that our civilization, the future rise and fall depends entirely on the position it occupies in this era, but our current thinking and education are problematic. It can adapt to the past, but it cannot adapt to the future."

What Ning Yu said was a bit confusing, but Cui Wancai still felt that impatience, which Ning Yu never had, even when facing the Qing court, she never had such worries.

"Could it be that the threat His Majesty mentioned is from overseas Westerners? Although they have some knowledge, compared with my China's thousands of years of background, they don't have any chance of winning."

Even if Cui Wancai is such a character, it is difficult to predict the speed of development of Westerners in the next 200 years, and it is also difficult to predict the threat they may exist.

The obsession of the heaven and the kingdom has been deeply rooted in everyone's heart.

Ning Yu appreciates this calmness and grandeur, and hopes to maintain this domineering arrogance, but the premise is to fluctuate the gears of fate, so that Huaxia can avoid that humiliating history of sinking.

"Mr. Cui, the current Westerners are on the eve of transformation. Their technological culture and thinking have been gradually adjusted and will explode in the next 100 years. You and I may not see it, but our descendants, They will have to be greeted in a passive way."

Ning Yu sighed softly, "The key they unlocked is the missing thing I told my husband back then."

"money?"

"Yes, it is capital. It is a monster that can devour everything for its own benefit, but it is also powerful in turn. Since its birth, it has begun to change the world. It will become stronger and stronger, but the appetite It will also become bigger and bigger, from Europe to America, and then to China.”

Ning Yu didn't want to continue to popularize the basic knowledge of capital theory with the other party, and said softly: "In the face of capital, all resources will be used to the maximum, but as far as the Celestial Dynasty is concerned, we seem to have fallen into a vicious circle, and the purpose of everything is to maintain. As long as you can get by, you can keep going.”

"Anyi, you have to be at ease until you die. It's not that our people don't work hard enough, but behind this hard work, the imperial court only wants to live comfortably. The so-called prosperity of the Song Dynasty, why was it not easy?"

In the Song Dynasty, Confucianism flourished, but it was also a history of extreme humiliation for the Han people.

Cui Wancai fell into silence. He somewhat understood Ning Yu's thoughts. The emperor in front of him was by no means the same as an ordinary emperor. The so-called world in his heart was really too big.

"I understand that the officials of my Great Chu came up from the essence of Confucianism. They don't understand business and how to promote the development of business. Even if I teach the county magistrates, I can only leave them Next thought, but nothing more to do."

"However, I really hope that these future pillars of Chu will not only read Confucian classics, but also have to bend down to take a good look at how farmers plow the fields and how businessmen do business. Take a look at the lives of the common people, and feel the suffering of the common people more!"

There is not much anger in Ning Yu's words, but more of a sense of powerlessness. Although he is the emperor, and can even be said to be the most powerful person in the world in the future, he cannot truly rejuvenate the country with one word, and want to To change the status quo, we have to do it little by little, starting from the fields of education, ideology, and people's livelihood, and we must take every step.

"What Your Majesty thinks, what I wish!"

Cui Wancai saluted. He was not convinced by Ning Yu, but that they were the same kind of people, that is, they had an inexplicable sense of responsibility for the people and the world, but there was a difference in their thinking between the times.But for the common people, their ideas are the same.

After receiving the support of Cui Wancai, Ning Yu quickly set off a new round of education reform in the court, or in other words, fundamentally began to change the traditional imperial examination system to meet the needs of the country in the future.

"Imperial examination is a major event of the country, which is related to the future generations of the country. From now on, the imperial examination in Dachu will be comprehensively reformed. The imperial examination will be changed from three years to once a year. Only three levels of scholar, educator, and Jinshi will be established. All officials in Dachu will selection through the imperial examination system."

Ning Zhongjing held the imperial edict and read it aloud in the court hall. His expression was solemn and solemn, but his hands trembled slightly. It seemed that he was not holding an edict, but a declaration of war.

In fact, what he thought was not wrong, because the content of this edict is to declare war on Confucianism in the world!

The ministers in the Fengtian Palace listened quietly. When they heard that the imperial examination was changed to once a year, some people had doubts immediately, but seeing that the court chiefs hadn't spoken yet, they just patiently remained silent and waited quietly. Shoufu continued to finish the following content.

"This reform of the imperial examination will be combined with the reform of the administration of officials."

When Ning Zhongjing read this sentence, many people felt a little bad. They wanted to say something, but they were scared back by Ning Yu's stern and stern gaze.

"From the first year of innovation, everyone can take part in our Great Chu Science Examination. Those who pass can get a scholar's degree. This degree can be approved by the provincial education institutes, and they can serve as low-level officials in the local area. Responsible for public affairs, local positions must be held for five years, and those with a good official reputation and priority in evaluation can participate in the Juren examination."

"Anyone who has passed the scholar's degree and has served as an official for five years, and has a good official reputation and priority in the evaluation, and those who pass the Juren Examination, can serve as a county magistrate or above, or a provincial official with no more than a fifth-rank official."

When I heard this, the court was already in an uproar. Although the ministers had already served as high-ranking officials, they had potential resistance to this kind of reform. After suffering hard, and then coming out, it is from the mode of governor and assistant minister above the third rank, completely declared bankrupt.

"Silence! On the court, how can you wait for presumptuousness!"

Li Fu, the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, shouted in a deep voice. His cold eyes glanced at the clamoring ministers, and immediately silenced those ministers. Li Fu was originally an old minister who followed Ning Yu to conquer the world. The independent Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for the supervision of the entire Dachu bureaucracy, and it is even more deterrent than Cifu.

Ning Zhongjing also ignored those officials, but continued to read: "Those who have served as a second official in the provincial government for more than three years and have at least two years of experience in local government officials can take the Jinshi examination; Those who have served as county magistrates for more than five years in the local area can also participate in the Jinshi examination. Only those who pass the Jinshi examination can serve as administrative officials in various ministries of the central government and local administrative officials."

"Of course, these will be slowly deployed in the future, and will not be restructured all at once. Your current seats are still safe." Ning Yu said slowly, with a smile on his face.

"However, in the future, officials in the cabinet, the Executive Yuan, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple must have experience in local governance. If they just take the exam, they will not be able to become high officials in the future."

Ning Yu's meaning is very clear. In the future, the big Chu will need to climb step by step from top to bottom. Even if you are a genius in the exam, even if you can get the number one or even the best in the exam with your original strength, in the future you can only compete with other people. Similarly, starting from a scholar as an official, only those with sufficient experience in local government can participate in the next round of examinations. This is equivalent to turning the imperial examination system into an assessment method for selecting officials.

Ning Zhongjingke continued: "This reform of the imperial examination is not only to reform the method of selecting and employing officials, but also to reform the content of the imperial examination. In order to meet the needs of local administration, although the original Confucian essence will still be tested, it will Adding mathematics, agriculture, engineering, business, law, etc., the first-level examination for scholars will cover all of them, and the examination for juren will be divided into various subjects, and official positions will be assigned according to the content and results of the examination.

In this reform model, the difficulty of the examination content at the level of scholar is not high, so the assessment will be more extensive. Officials should have a certain understanding of mathematics, agriculture, engineering, business, law, etc. Officials who deal with the people.

And when it comes to the examination stage, it will no longer involve all-round examinations, but choose subjects according to individual abilities, such as selecting calculus scholars, which can be assigned to the financial bureaus of various provinces in the future, such as selecting agricultural scholars. Distributed to the agricultural departments and bureaus of the provincial capitals. And so on.Of course, although the content of the exam will be less, the difficulty will be increased appropriately.

Ning Yu's idea is very simple. The traditional imperial examination is indeed a good mode of talent selection. This mode is no problem, but the content of the assessment is problematic. Therefore, the focus of this reform is to change the content without changing the mode. Exams still have to be tested.

"The future imperial examinations will be completed jointly by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Organization, and will be responsible for the content of the assessment. Of course, the Imperial Examination Metropolitan Procuratorate will also need to be established to be responsible for examining the relevant achievements of officials, so as to comprehensively judge the results."

The last nail was completely knocked down. The ministers at this time were even more fortunate that they were all ministers of the Conglong generation and had skipped these steps, but the successors who followed were not so simple. Now, they will really start from the grassroots, otherwise there will be no day when they will rise to a high position.

Of course, for Ning Yu, this is also the sweetness he gave to these old officials from Conglong. After all, they all started fighting from blood and fire, and now they enjoy this preferential treatment, which is not too bad.

"But Your Majesty, the current scholars all grew up reading these sage books, but they haven't studied mathematics, agriculture, engineering, business, law, etc. seriously. How can they pass the exam?"

Soon some ministers reported that there were actually some loopholes in it, but many people didn't notice it at the first time.

There was a smile on Ning Yu's face. Some people reflected it so quickly, and it was not in vain to teach him, and said with a smile: "This matter is about the content of education reform. Please let the first assistant introduce it to you. .”

Ning Zhongjing immediately picked up another imperial edict and began to read: "In the future, the content of the imperial examination will be jointly drafted by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Organization. In order to cooperate with the new imperial examination system, it will be gradually established in each province in the next three years. A comprehensive new-style university will also establish new-style colleges in various provinces within ten years for students to study. In addition, it will also encourage private individuals to establish new-style colleges and universities. All learning materials will be formulated and launched by the Ministry of Education. It will not be banned, but can be retained.”

In Ning Yu's vision, education, which requires a lot of money, will naturally not be completed in one step, but will be broken down over decades and gradually improved. In three years, a comprehensive university in each province can be completed. , As for the colleges and universities in various provinces, it will be fully rolled out in about ten years, and it will not be considered for the time being.

Of course, running an education will cost money, so Ning Yu will not adopt free means, but can only reduce tuition fees as much as possible. Individuals only need to be responsible for [-]%, and by lowering the threshold, some people can also be promoted to enter the university.

As for the comprehensive free compulsory education, it just passed through Ning Yu's mind for a while, and then he gave up decisively, because in terms of the current population base, even if Ning Chu paid all the comprehensive taxes, it would not be enough, so It can only be used as an alternative plan for future financial expansion.

"The student status of every student will be recorded and registered with the Ministry of Education, so as to ensure the construction and use of talents. During the examination process, only the student status number and the examiner number are recorded. The examiner is not allowed to inquire about the student's identity, and the student is not allowed to inquire about the examiner. Even after the exam, you are not allowed to contact me privately."

Ning Yu's words, but quietly, broke the old teacher-student system by registering and filing student status with the Ministry of Education, and also broke this teacher-student dependence.

In the past scientific examinations, the scholar and the examiner had this kind of teacher-teacher relationship. Although the two had never met before the examination, as long as the scholar passed the exam, he had to thank the examiner and confirm the teacher-student relationship. Students can ask the tutor for help if they have something to do, and the tutor is famous, and the students are not allowed to refuse. Therefore, the examiners in the imperial examination era are all first-class jobs in the world.

However, this great job now will be completely gone in the future.

After hearing this, the ministers all showed wry smiles on their faces. The emperor is really good at being an official.
(End of this chapter)