Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 641 Scholar

At four o'clock in the afternoon, after completing the last subject of "Integrated Science", Shangluo walked out of the examination room. Today is not a college admissions test, it's just a children's test. The more important test will still be in a few days.

He was lucky. The exam room he had been assigned was in his own school, so he didn't have to rush to various nook and cranny exam rooms early in the morning to "rush for the exam."

The Children's Examination is an examination for selecting talents - although it is called a "selection", the pass rate of fresh graduates is over 85%. In places like Beijing, Fujian and Huguang that are good at exams, the pass rate can often reach over 90%.

After all, the content of the exam is quite simple for a high school student, because it is actually just knowledge points from junior high school.

But although it is simple, the meaning of this test is very important. Only those who have passed the scholar examination can be regarded as part of the "scholars". This is very important. There are a large number of ancient laws in the Ming Dynasty Code that were inherited from the Tang Code, which strictly differentiated the political treatment of scholars and people.

This did not cause any problems in the early days of the dynasty such as the Hongwu Year, because it was not even the early modern period at that time, and it was quite appropriate to call it "ancient times". According to ancient ethics, it is reasonable to distinguish between scholars and common people, and this has been the case since ancient times. But after entering modern times, such laws became inappropriate as cities expanded.

In particular, when the imperial court exempted all corvées and the tax base gradually shifted from rural to urban areas, many of the laws used to restrain peasants became completely unnecessary. On the contrary, it will increase the cost of agricultural production and reduce the already low production enthusiasm.

So several generations ago, a key reform was issued from the cabinet: the passing rate of the scholar examination was greatly improved. From 10% at the beginning, it has gradually increased to nearly 90% now. Those who fail to pass the exam in one year can continue to take the exam until they pass. As long as you are admitted as a scholar, you can be treated directly according to the treatment of scholars.

In this way, governance methods could be adapted to the new trends of thought that were rapidly expanding due to industrialization at that time without the need for large-scale changes in laws. Because in terms of setting, scholars naturally have many privileges. For example, a scholar can unconditionally receive a subsidy from the place of residence; a scholar can directly submit a post to the county government; a scholar as a scholar can meet an official without kneeling; a scholar cannot impose corporal punishment; a scholar can wear scholar clothes, etc.

If these were practiced one by one, it would be a rebellion against Tiangang, and even Xiaoling Mausoleum would emit black smoke. But after such a compromise, everyone felt comfortable. Moreover, with the popularization of compulsory education, it is in line with the historical process to grant academic degrees to most people.

As long as everyone is a scholar, and every man, woman, old and young is a scholar, the feudal etiquette will not be eaten by others - at least it will not be easy to be eaten like those "little people" in ancient times.

However, this is a case of passing the exam - if you fail, even though there is only a small probability of failing, then the problem will be big.

"Ha." He came out of the Shangluo examination room and shook his head, "It's a settled matter, although there is nothing to worry about."

[By the way, what will happen if you fail the exam? 】

"It would be great fun if you don't pass the exam! Those who don't pass the exam may not even have the opportunity to have an independent household registration and can only follow their parents. This will cause many problems, such as property being calculated according to the family instead of the individual. , if you don’t have the right to open your own door and set up a household, even basic social activities will be a problem. After all, in the imperial examination republic, the imperial examination republic, the first step of the imperial examination cannot be done, and it is even difficult to be a human being."

[Good guy, who are these people who are not scholars? 】 "Those who have committed crimes will be deprived of their honors. Those people will be sent to Haozhou. It is tragic to think about it. It is equivalent to expulsion. There are also barbarians who have no citizenship in the first place. If they are not Chinese, they are not eligible to participate. Examination. Furthermore, those who really cannot pass the exam, those with mental disabilities, these people are really blocked out by this system."

[This is nothing, after all, you have to live with your parents. 】

"Indeed, but considering very few cases, such as severe dyslexia. There are actually many people with dyslexia, but not many people are serious enough to be judged as alexia. These people have normal intelligence but just don't have it. If you can't take the exam, it's life-threatening. Although this situation is very rare, but judging from the scale of billions of people, there are still tens of thousands of people trapped in this situation. I heard the other day that the imperial court planned to An examination room where you answer the questions directly from your mouth. Tsk"

He shook his head: "The world will take another step forward soon."

Suddenly, the phone rang.

"Have you finished the exam?" Zhu Xianxian asked on the phone, "How do you feel?"

"The call you made was really timely. I was just thinking about it. It didn't really matter before I met it, but I didn't think about it until I passed it myself. Now we use the junior high school level 'Xiu Cai Examination' to award scholars. Qualifications, right? But there is always a 'natural failure rate', and some people just can't pass."

"This number is 4.21%." Zhu Xianxen replied, "I remember it very clearly. We have been trying to reduce this number. Compulsory education has been spread to all places as much as possible. Now even the mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou can provide complete Compulsory education - of course we took the opportunity to engage in a new round of reform and return, but that is another matter. But, you also realize, right? Our society based on the imperial examination republic will probably be upgraded to a cultivation republic in the future. If you are not a Qi practitioner in the future, I am afraid it will be difficult to keep up with others."

"Um"

"So, do you have an estimate for this? The natural failure rate is the same as the natural poverty rate. It is a natural law. We can only find ways to reduce it. There is no way to make this number disappear. This in itself is not a big problem. But if people who can cultivate immortality Too little, and our society may return to the early modern period, or even the deconstruction of ancient times.”

"Speaking of which," Shangluo asked, "in ancient times, how many talented people were there in the country?"

Shangluo planned to use the ratio of scholars to measure whether the scale of Qi practitioners was appropriate. After all, no matter how bad it is, we can only go back to Hongwu Year, which is not impossible. The Immortal Cultivation Clan would be doomed if it really became a powerful clan in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

"Let me put it this way, at that time, the number of scholars admitted every year only accounted for one ten thousandth or even one ten thousandth of the total population, which was even less than the proportion of doctors admitted now. Now there are only one person with a doctorate in the country. Hundreds of thousands, which is almost the proportion of scholars in early modern times.”

"Good guy, it turns out that it was as difficult for a scholar to take the first step in the imperial examination as it is to be admitted as a doctoral student now?"

(End of this chapter)