Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 1808: The imperial examination ended, the top three were selected, and the sudden persuasion

As the people of Yanbei waited eagerly, the imperial examination finally came to an end. A total of one hundred people were shortlisted for the palace examination, and all of them had the opportunity to serve as officials in the court.

Before long, some of them might be transferred to some counties to serve as county magistrates or county lieutenants, or they might be transferred to fill vacancies of some low-level officials.

Wang Yu personally summoned the remaining 900 people and proposed an additional way for them to advance, which was to join the Ministry of Education and go to the countryside to educate illiterate people and their descendants. Those who made achievements could be promoted.

This Ministry of Education was established by Wang Yu not long ago. It was temporarily placed under the Ministry of Personnel and was under the unified control of the Ministry of Personnel.

Nowadays, in this strange continent, with the emergence of papermaking and printing, educational resources have become possible to popularize to ordinary people.

But, in fact, everything is not that simple! The current possibility is just a possibility.

Even if these things are placed in front of the people, if no one teaches them, they can't even read them, what's the use? Papermaking and printing technology, even if it makes it possible for books and cultural knowledge to be popularized among ordinary people, but there must be someone who is qualified enough to be willing to teach you.

  Nowadays, one of the biggest problems in this strange world is the lack of educational resources!

The official schools of the imperial court were mainly concentrated in a few large cities, and lacked certain degree of popularization, but the advantage was that although only one in a hundred or even a thousand were selected, after entering, those lower-class people at least had the opportunity to change their class.

Even if one's official school is the worst, if one cannot become an official after graduation, it is still easy to be a clerk.

If it is like Da Cang Academy, the future will have even more infinite possibilities.

Private schools are not only of varying quality, but most are not large-scale. The only large-scale ones are those headed by the various schools of thought.

However, they cannot replace official schools and cannot be expanded to every place.

  Moreover, private schools, whether they are the Hundred Schools of Thought or ordinary private schools, need to make a profit. After all, you can't let people get fever while they are hungry, right?

Even if someone is willing to starve himself to generate heat, he can only illuminate one place at most. If he illuminates too many places, no matter how big his family and business are, he can't afford it.

Therefore, private schools require a considerable amount of tuition fees. How can ordinary people afford this tuition fee?

Therefore, although it seems that educational resources can be popularized, the results are not so good.

This is why, among all the schools of thought, the vast majority are actually descendants of aristocratic families! In fact, schools of thought like Confucianism are almost one with the imperial court.

Among the various schools of thought, even if the remaining ones were not from aristocratic families, they were at least from a humble family or a powerful family.

The poor family is a noble family that has fallen on hard times, while the powerful is equivalent to the landlord class.

These two classes are just inferior to the aristocratic families, and compared with ordinary people, they are the ones that ordinary people will always look up to.

There are simply very few ordinary civilians who can truly blend into the various schools of thought.

The purpose of Wang Yu establishing the Ministry of Education was essentially to expand the teaching staff of official schools, so that those scholars who failed the imperial examinations could go to the countryside and the grassroots level in Dacang, so that the people at the bottom could truly enjoy the right to education.

However, not everyone is willing to do this kind of glamorous thing.

Therefore, if these people can make achievements, Wang Yu will make an exception and admit them as officials, which is the promise or bait he makes to them.

Unfortunately, Wang Yu still underestimated the difficulty of doing this. How could these failed scholars agree to educate the peasants in their eyes? Only a very small number of scholars who were born ordinary people were willing to go.

Except for a few, the rest are at least a powerful class, owning at least a few hundred acres of land, and can employ dozens or hundreds of people. They even have some reputation in the village.

  For people like them, there are so many paths to choose from!

If worst comes to worst, just take the test again in three years.

Therefore, apart from a few scholars from ordinary common people, there were hardly any people left who were willing to go.

Wang Yu was helpless about this, but he couldn't force it. A forced melon is not sweet, and education cannot be taken lightly.

He certainly has the means to make these people agree to do these things for him, but if they don't really want to do it, letting them serve as teachers will only destroy future talents.

Moreover, all things are difficult at the beginning. For many things, we are not afraid of moving slowly, but we are afraid of not moving at all.

Therefore, just like Guan Zhong’s reform, since it has already begun, there is no need to worry about it moving slowly. The important thing is to proceed steadily and step by step.

Wang Yu personally set the essay questions for the palace examination, which were about the current chaos in Da Cang. He asked all the students taking the palace examination to come up with ideas in order to decide the top candidate.

The reason why it is Da Cang instead of Tian Xia is because Tian Xia is too big. It is so big that most people here can only have a vague understanding of the situation in other dynasties. In this case, giving them questions is completely irrelevant.

Only three people will be awarded the title of "Jinshi Jidi" in the first class, the first one is Zhuangyuan, the second one is Bangyan, and the third one is Tanhua; the second class will be awarded the title of "Jinshi Chuancheng" to several people, and the first one is generally called Chuanlu; the third class will be awarded the title of "Tong Jinshi Chuancheng" to several people.

Only three people will be selected from the first class, and these three people will be the biggest winners of this imperial examination.

Xun Ping proposed to divide the world into three parts, namely Wang Yu, Prince Jing, and the rest of the alliance. He proposed to accumulate strength, look for opportunities, sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers. When Prince Jing and the allied forces were both defeated in the fight, he would send a million troops to the south and wipe out Da Cang in one fell swoop.

This section of Xun Ping's policy essay is almost equivalent to the last section of Guan Zhong's Cang Ce.

However, Guan Zhong's Ping Cang Ce was built from scratch, while Xun Ping is now standing on the shoulders of giants. The difference between them is obvious.

Su Li, whom Wang Yu had always been secretly optimistic about, proposed a strategy of forming alliances, instigating the princes to fight between two tigers and driving the tiger to devour the wolf, in order to speed up the pace of unification.

It was another local talent, Gu Ling, who proposed to vigorously develop domestic affairs, use the strong national strength as logistical support, oppress the princes with weak national strength, thereby forming an arms race, defeating their foundations, and creating opportunities for military.

Gu Ling, this should be another surprise in this imperial examination.

In the original historical trajectory, this person could not be compared with a figure like Bai Luodi. He was even inferior to a figure like Su Li, but in the midst of the chaos in the world, he was also a figure who could leave his own words in the history books. Of course, Wang Yu did not know this.

What really impressed him so much and made Wang Yu promote him greatly in the future, and even made him get promoted faster than many people with more qualifications and abilities than him, was, most importantly, his boldness, which was exactly what Wang Yu wanted.

Although some of his behaviors may displease Wang Yu, it must be said that they are also to Wang Yu's liking.

"Ding, Gu Ling, Command 52, Force 46, Intelligence 96, Politics 98, Charisma 90."

He is a talent of both political and intellectual caliber, and this quality is quite good.

In this imperial examination, his talent was among the best, otherwise he would not have been able to enter the competition for the top spot.

"So I think that if we want to pacify the Great Cang, firstly, it is for the sake of reality, and secondly, it is for the sake of name! The reality is to develop domestic affairs, and what is the name? It is the name of great righteousness!"

"General, now that Da Cang has no emperor, it is difficult to carry out government orders. General, you are of royal blood, and the Wang family of Zhendong has been a noble family for generations. Moreover, General, you have attacked the Dongyi, rejected the Beidi, and expelled the Xirong. Internally, you have pacified the north, allowing millions of people to live and work in peace."

"With the talent and virtue of the great general, you should ascend the throne as soon as possible and pacify the Great Cang in the name of justice!"

No one expected that, they thought Gu Ling's speech had ended, but they did not expect that the so-called major developments in domestic affairs were only the first half of his speech, and the real focus was in the second half.

When the second half came out, not to mention the students present, even many ministers in the court were so frightened that they almost fell to the ground.

It’s not that no one present has thought about this kind of thing, but no one has dared to do it yet.

If you succeed, it will naturally be a great achievement. As a loyal minister, promotion and wealth will be a piece of cake for you.

But if you say something like this before the time is right, and you fail, you may even lose your life.

So, in their opinion, this person is really brave!

Everyone was watching Wang Yu carefully, trying to figure out what he was thinking. If Wang Yu showed even a little bit of desire, they would not be left behind.

  When standing in line like this, you can't be careless!

If you lose your balance at this time, even if you are a genius with extraordinary abilities, it will be difficult for you to enter the core circle.

However, in this kind of matter, no matter what Wang Yu really thought, he certainly would not reveal his attitude right away. Therefore, he had a calm expression at all, and others could not tell what he was thinking even if they wanted to.

"The mandate of Heaven is not prevalent, it only belongs to those with virtue. The way of heaven is declining, and the world has lost its order. Since the great general was born, his virtue has spread to all directions, his benevolence has benefited all things, and his power has been spread throughout the country. I believe that the throne of the emperor is only suitable for the great general." Zhao Anling closed his eyes and concentrated for a moment, gritted his teeth, stomped his feet, and stepped out and spoke.

After all, he is nominally the head of all officials. After he opened his mouth, the meaning of this was different.

Zhao Anling actually didn't want to be the first one to stick his head out. To be precise, it wasn't that he didn't want to be the first one to stick his head out, but he didn't want to be the first one to stick his head out before things became clear.

However, his current situation forced him to take the risk.

Wang Dangzhi, who was one of the two prime ministers together with him, has now become emperor, and he has also successfully completed his historical mission. The disbanding and reorganization of the Zhendong Army has been officially implemented step by step.

However, because this is a big project, if we move too fast, the impact will be too great, so we have to proceed step by step and start implementing it bit by bit. After all, the plan has already been worked out, and it is only a matter of time before it is officially completed.

Wang Dangzhi's historical mission has been completed, so what is he going to do after being promoted to the position of prime minister?

At this time, the less Wang Yu took action, the more securely Wang Yu sat on the position of prime minister, but the more uneasy Zhao Anling became.

It is precisely because of this that, although this matter is somewhat difficult to decide, it also allows Zhao Anling to see a plan in it, an opportunity to try to withdraw from it.

No one wants to be cannon fodder, and people like Zhao Anling are even less willing to do so. Whenever he gets a chance, he will try to withdraw from it.

Zhao Anling had never doubted that Wang Yu was aiming for that position. He saw it clearly when Wang Yu resolutely stepped out of Yanbei and kicked the door.

If you don't want more, why would you give up the position of General Zhendong?

And in the entire Da Cang, the only position more important than the position of General Zhendong is that one.

What happened later proved his guess.

Since Wang Yu is so interested in this position, then in this situation, Zhao Anling can only stand firmly on this side regardless of whether he is right or wrong, and win more favor. At least, he can't fall to the level of Wang Dangzhi.

Of course, Zhao Anling didn't expect much for this.

  Those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters. Those who have achieved great things have all given up many things behind them. Wang Yu could give up even Wang Dangzhi, so why couldn't he give up Zhao Anling?

Therefore, talking about affection with a monarch is sometimes useful and can play a huge role. But when it comes to some necessary situations, these affections are worthless.

Countless facts in the past have proved that when the time comes, the monarchs, after weighing the pros and cons, ultimately give up their so-called feelings.

The reason why Zhao Anling stood up at this time was that he wanted to take a gamble. Wang Yu did not reveal his ultimate goal in time.

As long as Wang Yu himself thinks that the time has not come to that point so soon, then today's persuasion is doomed to fail.

To put it more seriously, the losers can be directly labeled as the next traitor.

With this hat put on, Zhao Anling's position as prime minister would definitely not be kept. With his many years of management in Yanbei, the worst that could happen is that he would stay away from officialdom and become an idler in the future, but it would be better than facing such an unknown future with a 90% chance of being bad.

This is the result that Zhao Anling is most looking forward to now.