Wentang

Chapter 528
Yue Shan took Ma Zhou directly to the palace to meet Li Shimin.

"Haha... Cui Lan, Cui Lan, you are finally willing to send me the big talent." Li Shimin said happily.

? ? ?Ma Zhou was puzzled, what does the emperor mean?Why did you send it here?Could it be that he knows me?

The next moment Li Shimin helped him clear up the confusion: "He often praised you in front of me for being a prime minister. I asked him to recommend you to be an official, but he also said that you still need to study for a while, which is deliberately intriguing."

Ma Zhou was very grateful, but he didn't expect Yue Shan to pave the way for him: "The dean is too famous, Zhou is ashamed."

"Sage, I brought you here. How to arrange them is irrelevant to me. You talk, I have to go to the Imperial College to discuss the imperial examination with Bachelor Kong, so I won't accompany you." Yue Shan smiled lightly.

Li Shimin's attitude is too exaggerated, but it is understandable, is it to buy people's hearts?Judging by Ma Zhou's flattered look, it is estimated that Li Shimin would let him die now without hesitation.

When he left, Li Shimin said enthusiastically: "Sit down, King Bin, I have been looking forward to today's meeting for a long time."

Seeing Ma Zhou's puzzled look, he said again: "I have read all your works, and you are worthy of the talent Cui Lan said."

Then he said to Zhao Meng: "Bring the things in the fourth grid on the third floor."

Zhao Meng walked to a bookshelf on the left, took the book box from the fourth grid on the third floor, and placed it in front of Ma Zhou under Li Shimin's instructions.

"open to take a look."

After receiving the instruction, Ma Zhou carefully opened the book box, and was stunned when he saw the contents inside.Inside the box are the theories and manuscripts he wrote in his spare time.

"This..." Ma Zhou was both excited and puzzled.

"Cuilan handed these to me one after another. The writing is really good, and it touches my heart. I have always wanted to talk to you face to face, but he said that you still need to settle down so that you are not suitable for official career, so it has been delayed until today." Li Shimin said.

Ma Zhou put down the bookcase, got up and solemnly bowed to Li Shimin, saying, "The sage treats me like a gentleman, and Ma Zhou will repay him as a gentleman."

"Haha...don't be so restrained, come here, let's sit down and talk..." Li Shimin was happy in his heart, but said seriously on his face.

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Besides, Yue Shan went to Guozijian after leaving the palace, and met Kong Yingda and Dou Lukuan who had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Yue Hou, you are here, tell me what is going on with your imperial examination reform." Dou Lukuan said as soon as he met Dou Lukuan, holding Yue Shan's hand.

"Shouldn't you talk about this year's imperial examination first?" Yue Shan asked.

"Is there anything to say about this year's imperial examinations? The time is too tight to use the new imperial examination method. Just follow last year's method. Kong Jijiu and I are familiar with this matter, and we have already arranged for someone to do it. The new imperial examination is important, so hurry up Tell this old man." Dou Lukuan said anxiously.

"Just tell him well. Doulu didn't sleep all night when he went to school, and he found me before dawn. If you don't come, he will go to your house to look for you." Kong Yingda said aside.

so enthusiastic?Yue Shan was puzzled at first, and then he figured out the reason, power.

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of ritual sacrifices, but Honglu Temple is also in charge of ritual sacrifices, and Zongzheng Temple also has related functions. It can be said that it is the most embarrassing department among the six ministries.

But it is different if you have the right to hold the imperial examination. The Ministry of Rites can become the most powerful department after the Ministry of Officials.

Yue Shan didn't despise him because of this, everyone has selfishness, as long as he doesn't abolish the public because of selfishness.

"I think so..." So Yue Shan talked eloquently, talking about part of the new imperial examination he was planning.

"The Tang Dynasty is too big, and the imperial examination is only held in the capital. The poor students who travel far away cannot afford the road expenses. If they reluctantly enter Beijing to catch up with the exam, it's okay to pass the exam. If they fail the exam, they will end up ruining their families..."

"Set up Taoist examinations in each province to select the best candidates. Only those who pass the Taoist examination can enter Beijing to take the Beijing examination. In this way, students will not blindly enter Beijing after knowing their own level, which can effectively reduce the burden on students... "

"The Ministry of Rites has stepped forward to build tribute colleges in various places. As a special examination place, it can also send officials to supervise and guide the local style of study with the Imperial College at ordinary times..."

"There are too many subjects, and I only know about [-] kinds. There are too many repetitive and impractical ones. For example, Mingjing and Naming. If you can recite scriptures and write well, you can be admitted. Can such a person govern the country? "

"So I think the subjects can be simplified, or even directly reduced into two subjects. One is the Jinshi subject, which can be used as an administrative official after admission. The second is the law subject, which is used to select officials for the criminal department. The rest of the subjects are all deleted..."

"The content of the exam must also be changed, and it must be standardized and unified..."

"I think it's possible to set up three exams. One is erudition, which assesses the breadth of knowledge of scholars, so as to avoid the kind of rotten Confucians who don't work hard and don't distinguish between five grains."

"The second is Mo Yi, pick out a few sentences or a paragraph from the classics, and let the scholars explain their own understanding, so as to examine their understanding of the sage's learning..."

"Three is policy theory, take what has happened or is happening and the problems encountered as the topic, let candidates analyze the problems and give solutions..."

"Jinshi only needs to test these three items. The criminal division is more professional, and officials must be familiar with various laws. Therefore, the law department can add one item to clarify the law..."

Yue Shan did not mention the establishment of an academy system at the township level, nor did he mention the selection examinations at the prefecture and county levels, but only mentioned the establishment of tribute colleges at the provincial level.

The reason is not complicated. A complete system cannot be built in three or two days, and the relevant staff cannot be trained in a day or two.

The invigilators and those who approve the test papers must be directly appointed by the imperial court.If this right is handed over to the local government, it will definitely be snatched away by the local aristocratic family, and the imperial examination will change.

The imperial examination must be in the hands of the imperial court, and the local government can at most assist in some peripheral work.

After completing the establishment of the Beijing and Daoist examination systems, it will be pushed down to the county level, step by step. The Yueshan plan is to complete this plan within five to ten years.

However, there is no simple person who can sit in the position of the six ministers, and Dou Lukuan also vaguely glimpsed Yue Shan's huge plan from these words.

Will he object?No, on the contrary he was excited.

If he really did what Yue Shan said, then the Ministry of Rites would have too much power.Think about it, a set of imperial examination system from the central to local counties, the authority of the Ministry of Rites has expanded dozens of times in one go.

So he unconditionally supported Yue Shan's plan.

But after listening to Yue Shan's explanation, he had new doubts.

"Dare to ask Yue Hou, I can understand Mo Yi, Ce Lun, and Ming Fa. I have never heard of the subject of erudition, so I don't know how to come up with the question?"

(End of this chapter)