Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 374 The Imperial Examination System

However, if it was dismissed so easily, they weren't here to make a fuss.

Although Lu Qian was taken aback by Xiao Yu's words, he reacted later and said again, "So, Mr. Xiao, you know how to farm, work, and do business?"

Xiao Yu shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

"That's it, we scholars, as long as we can manage these farmers, craftsmen, and businessmen, why do we need to do these things!" Lu Qian seemed to have found a breakthrough point, and raised his voice.

"What you said makes sense. Therefore, the imperial examination system of the imperial court also selects Jinshi in liberal arts. If you have enough talent, the position of Shangshu Zuopushe, the old man in the future, may belong to you.

However, the imperial court also needs officials who can farm, work, and do business.

Sun Zhengming, the governor of Anbei that you mentioned just now, is an official who knows how to farm. With his promotion, our Guanzhong has a bumper harvest of cotton, melons, fruits, and grain this year.

If there are many officials in our imperial court who are good at farming like him, then the people all over the world will have enough food and clothing. Although the old man is above him in official position, he thinks that he does not have as much impact on the country as he does.Do you have any objection to this? "

If you say that it is not good for all the people in Guanzhong to have a good harvest, then the people in Guanzhong will not agree. As soon as Xiao Yu said this, many people who had benefited from the bumper harvest expressed their support, and the scene once again fell into a turmoil. Of course, everyone is saying that Xiao Yu is right, the imperial court should have more officials who teach everyone how to farm.

Lu Qian expected that there would be a large number of people, and the scene of forcing the emperor to compromise did not appear. Instead, thousands of them fell into the accusation of tens of thousands of people, feeling a little weak.

"Sun Zhengming is just an example. Our Tang Dynasty is indeed based on agriculture. However, only scholars can manage the production order of farmers. You can't generalize."

"Then tell the old man, why didn't the imperial court choose a person who knows farming to manage the farmers, but choose you who don't understand farming to manage the farmers?"

"This...scholar reads well and knows how to educate the people."

"The old man seems to have told you before! The imperial court also recruited literature students to educate the people. However, the people not only need to understand, but also need to master better production and living skills.
For example, there are hundreds of large factories in Weinan. Officials who understand industrial technology are needed to guide and organize them to work. The products they produce need people who can manage commerce and organize to sell them all over the world.

Scholars like us cannot teach these things. "

What Xiao Yu said was simple and straightforward, and all the people present could understand and nodded their heads in agreement.

In fact, it is not that the ancients did not study production skills, but that these research results are usually preserved in the form of written records, and over time, they are all mastered by scholars.

And these scholars who have mastered the knowledge will use the knowledge in their hands to control the stupid common people who don't understand anything. In this way, the aristocratic family is born.

The main reason why these aristocratic families formed during the Han Dynasty are rich is that their production technology is a level higher than that of ordinary people. The production under their auspices is a little more than that produced by the people themselves. The country has The surplus must be that they have the most surplus in their hands, which leads to the rulers having to rely on them to obtain some resources.

Lu Qian was at a loss for words by Xiao Yu's words, the court recruited professionals to do professional things, the reasoning made sense!

However, he still had a plan, and said, "Even so, it is not necessary to give them official titles! Just like the previous Ministry of Industry, isn't it also the scholars who are in charge of the craftsmen? Wouldn't it be better to let them work under their subordinates?" alright."

Hearing this, Xiao Yu smiled and said, "First of all, the imperial court said in the announcement of the scientific examination before that no official will be awarded in this scientific examination. Whether it is Jinshi or other subjects, it is just an intern. Qualifications, the imperial court can't know a candidate's ability, morality, recuperation, and whether he can be an official through a single examination paper, but only by letting them practice their duties and seeing their actual ability before making a decision.

Secondly, you said that in the past, was the Ministry of Industry in the past as powerful and complex as Datang's current Ministry of Industry?Do you know how many industrial households there were in Datang before, and how many industrial households there are in Datang now?
You probably don’t know, then, the old man will tell you that at the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were no more than [-] households and less than [-] workers. Now, only in Shanyang and Chang’an, there are more than one million people engaged in industry. The amount of industrial technology involved is so complicated that you, an ordinary person, can’t imagine it. Just a telescope can give my Tang’s army the upper hand on the battlefield without any defeat. You know these things ?
You probably don't understand, because you are still talking about the past, the old man asked you, where are the dynasties that only used scholars as officials in the past? "

Xiao Yu tried his best to make his voice full of vitality, showing the effect that Sun Xiangfu wanted to play in the defense manuscript, and when he finished speaking, the scene was already silent.

The magical thing of the telescope is just a legend to the common people. They just feel that it is a very powerful thing from the name, but they don’t know what its function is. It turns out that Datang is because of the workers The telescope produced is invincible on the battlefield.

Lu Qian was stuck. It seemed that the imperial court's reform of the imperial examination made sense in every way, and he could not refute it. However, he still had a trump card, which was the power issue that the king would definitely be more sensitive to.

"However, the grassroots believe that the new imperial examination system still has many inadequacies. Letting the common people decide whether a student can be an official is not to put the civil rights above the imperial power. If this is the case, the common people will only choose to obey their own people as officials. , and even together with such people, to form a local government that does not obey the orders of the central government, and to resist the imperial power, wouldn't this cause chaos in the world?"

Regarding this aspect, Sun Xiangfu was also prepared in his defense, Xiao Yu was about to answer, but was stopped by Li Shimin, and said, "Let me answer this question!"

Li Shimin took a few steps from the car to the edge of the car, scanned all the surrounding people with his eyes, and said loudly, "I heard an old saying: the king is the boat, the people are the water, and the water can carry the boat. Can capsize.

If I cultivate a benevolent government at the top and show compassion to the people at the bottom, and the people support me, it is reasonable.

If I do not practice benevolent government and harm the people, it is reasonable for the people to oppose me.

However, I do not rely on the power of one person to govern the world, but the power of all officials. How can I ensure that these officials implement my benevolent government in the local area, instead of harming the people?This requires supervision.

For the supervision of officials, the method used in the past dynasties is to send higher-level officials to inspect, but the officials and officials protect each other, with little effect.

The great talent Xiao Xiang thought of the method of using these people under the management of the officials to supervise the officials. I think it is very feasible. Whether the officials are doing good things for the people in the local area, only the local people know.

If an official can please all the local people, it at least shows that he is qualified.

As for what you said, the people only choose to obey their own people as officials, that is the real overstatement, the people can only rate the level of governance of the officials, and whether the officials go or stay is determined by the court. The various evaluations are based on the decision, and public opinion is only one of the reference standards.

If some people think that it is beneficial for them to fight against the imperial power, then I will let them know how powerful the Tang Dynasty is under my rule. "

The domineering side of what Li Shimin said, he told everyone directly, I treat the people well, and the people support me, and I treat the people badly, and it is reasonable and reasonable for the people to oppose me. However, opposition is opposition, and if you want to rebel, I will Even if you have all kinds of reasons to oppose me, if you can't beat me, everything will be in vain.

These are some sensitive topics that are taboo, and Li Shimin directly brought them up, which not only showed his confidence, but also showed his openness.

In feudal society, what is important is to treat the king as his father, the son does not speak of his father's faults, you have to listen to what the father said is right, and you have to listen to what the father said is wrong, but Li Shimin's move, But it is tantamount to announcing to the world that he allows others to say his fault.

Perhaps, it is precisely because he has such a mind that he has such an enlightened political atmosphere in the Zhenguan Dynasty in history!
Lu Qian didn't dare to continue talking, because at this moment, the eyes of all the surrounding people looking at Li Shimin were full of worship and superstition. In their opinion, this is a good emperor who really cares for the people!

The hearts of the people are with Li Shimin, now, what he says is right, whatever is right, I don’t know who started it, the long live sound of mountains and tsunami sounded at the gate of the city, even if it was far away at the gate of the imperial city to welcome the emperor’s car Empress Changsun could hear it clearly.

But Lu Wenyuan and others who were waiting for the news at the gate of the city in the teahouse turned dark, knowing that something was wrong.

The scene at the gate of the city has already determined that the new imperial examination system cannot be shaken. Those students who originally wanted to have a large number of people were crushed by all the common people and retreated into the crowd in desperation. flee the scene.

Sun Xiangfu didn't let people study them deeply. The information of the main instigators has already been recorded by him. Those followers who can reform themselves can also be given another chance. After all, the court is short of people now. !
Moreover, it doesn't matter even if they come from aristocratic families, the power of the people is extremely powerful, and under the supervision of the people, there are not many people who can commit crimes.

Amidst the cheers of the people, Li Shimin's car drove into the city, and Xiao Yu who followed behind was also relieved. However, the imperial examination!The most important thing is that it is still in the exam session. After Li Shimin returns to the palace, he will definitely read the exam papers given by Sun Xiangfu and Xiao Yu for each subject. At that time, he will probably have to explain again.

"I'm afraid that with the matter of the gate of the city, the number of candidates will more than double. Xiao Xiang, it seems that we have to do coolies for a few days to arrange the examination room!"

During the conversation just now, Sun Xiangfu's eyes kept scanning the faces of the common people. Among them, many people who didn't understand the imperial court's selection system, after hearing Xiao Yu's explanation, they all felt excited to try it.

Because although they saw that engineering, medicine, and even business can be used as a reference, they also saw the words that the current imperial examination does not award officials, which made many people confused about the purpose of the imperial court holding this imperial examination. People think that since there is no official job, they still have to take a hammer test, but now they all understand that passing the exam is only the first step to become an official.

(End of this chapter)