Datang all-rounder

Chapter 186

Seeing that Fang Xuanling was gone, Nan Ping came out, put his hand on Wang Ke's arm and asked, "Master Fang, why did you come to find the general today? Could it be that you have something to call the general?"

Wang Ke patted the back of Nanping's hand with a smile and said, "No. Uncle Fang just came to ask me something, it's nothing."

Nan Ping followed Wang Ke to the house, coquettishly said: "Since it's not official business, can the general tell my concubine what it is?"

Wang Ke thought about it and there was nothing he couldn't say, so he said it, but after he finished speaking, he still felt wrong. This eldest grandson Wuji is a relative, so he can be regarded as Nanping's uncle.It would be hard to say this if Nanping accidentally said it, Changsun Wuji didn't say that he was favoring Fang Xuanling, and put Changsun's family on the head of others!
Wang Ke hurriedly said to Nanping again: "We can only talk about this at home, don't tell others, or I will get into trouble again!"

Nan Ping covered his mouth with a smile and said: "The general also knows. He gives advice to this and that without thinking about it one day outside. He doesn't know who he will offend one day. Don't worry, general, I am not a concubine. I'll tell anyone, even Lanling and the others won't!"

Nanping thought about it and said: "This exam is a good way. I can become an official based on my own talent, and I don't have to rely on anyone's influence. In this way, I don't know how many talented people can be recruited for Datang. General's idea But it's really good."

After Nanping said this, Wang Ke fell silent. It was only then that he remembered that when he discussed this matter with Comrade Li Er, he had only given a general idea. I planned to talk about the steps to carry out after the event. As a result, there were many things to do later, and this matter was put on hold. Now that I have time, if I don’t quickly implement the matter, then this year’s autumn test may be in vain. It won't be possible until next year.

The more Wang Ke thought about it, the more frightened he became, he couldn't help but turned around and walked outside. Nanping didn't know what Wang Ke was talking about, so he asked suspiciously: "General, why is this? Is there something wrong?"

Wang Ke turned around and said with guilt on her face: "Suddenly remembered something, I have to tell the emperor quickly, otherwise it will be too late. I'm really sorry, I have to leave you alone at home again!"

Nan Ping would think of something from time to time for his husband, and the habit of running out immediately has been passed several times, and it has become natural now, and when he heard that he was going to talk to Comrade Li Er, he knew what it must be It's urgent.

Nanping would not stop Wang Ke from doing business. Although he still wanted Wang Ke to stay with him, he didn't show it. Said to Wang Ke: "General, be careful all the way. I am waiting for the general at home."

Wang Ke waved to Nanping and hurried to the palace.

When Comrade Li Er saw Wang Ke, he asked in the first sentence: "What's the matter with you, kid? You came to see me at this time, you don't come here to cheat for food and drink!"

Wang Ke was taken aback when he heard this, and raised his hand to look at his watch to realize that it was already past noon, and he was only thinking about things just now, so he really didn't notice that it was already this time.

Wang Ke was not in a hurry to explain her reason for coming, and said with a playful smile: "I didn't even think about cheating and drinking. I just thought of one thing and rushed into the palace. But I really didn't eat. If the emperor Poor, I still want to thank you for giving me something to eat."

Comrade Li Er pointed at Wang Ke and scolded with a smile: "You are not in good shape, you just talk about things if you have something to do, and you want to come here for a meal. If you don't explain things clearly today, I have nothing to eat here!"

Wang Ke knew that the matter would be finished in a while, so she was not in a hurry, and continued to laugh and say: "Your Majesty, I don't have the energy to talk about it if I don't eat. I'd better reward the minister with a bite of food before we talk about it!"

Comrade Li Er saw that his son-in-law really had nothing to do with him, and he felt a little hungry after being told by Wang Ke, so he had to beckon the eunuch to serve the food, and said to Wang Ke while eating: "Boy , don’t think that I can casually tell you about my love, if what you said later is not a big deal, don’t blame me for being ungrateful and want to accuse you!”

Wang Ke didn't speak, just laughed and stuffed things into his mouth.Now he has made up his mind not to say anything to Comrade Li Er, he will only talk after he has filled his stomach.Anyway, what you say now is all false, and it is true only when you eat something in your mouth so that you don't feel hungry.

After what happened last time, Comrade Li Er already knew that Wang Ke's food was not so good at eating. If he was too slow, he would be at a disadvantage.Although last time I and Wang Ke competed to eat, it made me uncomfortable for a long time, but compared to how I only ate a little bit on weekdays, I still feel quite comfortable.

Comrade Li Er is very experienced today, staring at the food he likes to eat is a rush, but Comrade Li Er knows this time, he can’t compare with Wang Ke, after all, he doesn’t have Wang Ke to eat on weekdays If you fight him at this time, you will feel uncomfortable again.

Comrade Li Er stopped eating when he felt that he had had enough, and urged Wang Ke: "Hurry up, boy, how long are you going to eat in such a slow manner? I'm still waiting for you to talk about something!"

Wang Ke said while eating Hesai nonsense, "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, you don't want to urge you to eat, so you have to wait until the subject has finished eating."

Comrade Li Er looked at Wang Ke like that, wishing he could slap him.But he couldn't lift his hand.Comrade Li Er himself didn't know why. Comrade Li Er liked this kid inexplicably. What kind of idea is this kid.

Comrade Li Er didn't know what was going on with him, he just felt that he and this kid were very close, and this really made Comrade Li Er unable to understand.

Finally, Wang Ke was full. He called the eunuch to come over and pack up the things, and asked for tea to drink a few sips. Then he leaned on the chair and said to Comrade Li Er contentedly: "Your Majesty, I have eaten well." Alright, now it’s time to talk about it.”

"Have you finished eating?" Comrade Li Er looked at Wang Ke with a satisfied face, and said with discomfort in his stomach: "If you are full, tell me quickly. I want to hear what you have to say!"

Wang Ke chuckled, took another sip of tea and said, "Your Majesty, what time did your majesty plan to carry out the matter of using examinations to select talents that the minister and the emperor mentioned last time?"

Comrade Li Er was taken aback. He didn't expect that Wang Ke came to him in a hurry just to talk about this matter. For a while, he was busy with other things, so he really forgot about this matter. Think carefully Thinking about what I said that day, I felt a little anxious. I said that day that the first exam would be held when autumn came. If I still can't come up with a charter now, it will be delayed.The words I said can't be counted!

Comrade Li Er asked with no expression on his face: "Why did you think of this today, kid?"

Wang Ke didn't hide anything, and told about Fang Xuanling's visit to him today, but he didn't say what he said to Fang Xuanling at the same time. Instead, he told Comrade Li Er in a different way. Said: "Your Majesty, I think that it is no longer suitable for the needs of our court to be recommended by the ministers of the court. Although this internal selection does not avoid relatives, external selection does not avoid enemies. But after all, what everyone knows is extremely limited. Now our court urgently needs a large number of talents, which cannot be satisfied only by the recommendation of ministers. I also ask the emperor to hurry up and improve this system so that the court can recruit more talents!"

Comrade Li Er said with a deep expression: "I have thought about this issue for a long time, and now I am determined to reform this system, but I don't know where to start. The boy talked about this today, and I don't know what is the best way to do it." ?”

Where does Wang Ke have any good strategy? He just learned from history that the imperial examination system was established by the Sui Dynasty, developed in the hands of Comrade Li Er, and then perfected by Wu Zetian to form a complete system. It was only later in the Song Dynasty that a palace examination was added, and this system was not abolished until the end of the Qing Dynasty.In modern times, due to the emergence of a large number of schools, this system has been completely forgotten. However, at the current level, it is completely impossible to imagine the same selection as later generations. It has to be based on the imperial examination system. Come on, but with the appearance of Wang Ke, there will be no such thing as Wu Zetian and the Song Dynasty in the future. Wang Ke is going to come up with a complete set of imperial examination system now, so that people in the future can follow it!

Wang Ke slowly said following the procedures of the imperial examination that he knew: "Your Majesty, the examination should be divided into several levels. First, the county will hold an examination every year. All those who are willing to take the examination are collectively called Tongsheng. Let's call this examination for the time being. The exam is called the 'Children's Examination'. Those who pass the exam can be called 'Xiu Cai', and only those students who have obtained Xiu Cai are eligible to take the official imperial examination."

When Wang Ke said this, he looked at Comrade Li Er and saw that he was concentrating on listening to his explanation, so he continued: "Every two or three years, the imperial court organizes an examination in each province. Only qualified students can take part. Since all the students in this exam are from the local area, let's call this exam the "rural exam". These people are called "juren", and the No.1 of each Taoist is called "Jieyuan". There must be a certain limit for the number of people admitted in this exam, and what I think is a limit of 1 people each time, and No.[-] is called "" Huiyuan'."

When Wang Ke said this, he checked what he said and it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it, and then he continued: "There is one more exam at the end, and the emperor is invited to take an exam on the 1 candidates admitted in the hall. Let's call it the "Palace Examination". The emperor personally selects the top three among them, and the top one is awarded the title of "Jinshi and No. 2". No.3 is called "No. [-] Scholar", No.[-] is called "No. "Tanhua"; Erjia bestowed the title of "Born Scholars", and the rest are Sanjia. These people are then appointed by the court according to needs, or stay in the capital, or go to various places to take up official positions. In this way, the talents of our dynasty It will be replenished continuously.”

After listening to Wang Ke's introduction, Comrade Li Er thought for a while and asked: "Boy, why do you have to let me take another exam on these admitted people? It's okay to just decide who is the best among the 300 people." Yet?"

Wang Ke understood what Comrade Li Er meant. With these 300 people, Comrade Li Er felt that there was no need for him to take another exam. In Comrade Li Er's view, this was superfluous and completely unnecessary.

Wang Ke explained: "Your Majesty, this palace examination is very necessary. First of all, the top three are the faces of all the students of the Tang Dynasty. Not only must they have excellent literary talents, but also this person must not be ugly. There is another question, This palace test can test a person's psychological endurance. If he is under the majesty of the emperor, he will be at a loss and unable to answer the questions. The psychological endurance is not enough, and you can't hold your breath when things happen, this kind of person can't be used to great advantage!"

Hearing Wang Ke's explanation, Comrade Li Er also understood a little bit, nodded and said: "The boy's words make some sense, it seems that this palace test is really necessary."

Seeing that Comrade Li Er understood, Wang Ke quickly said, "Your Majesty, there is one more thing. This is the most important reason for the palace examination!"

"Oh?" Comrade Li Er thought that Wang Ke had finished speaking, but unexpectedly Wang Ke had a reason, so he looked at Wang Ke and said, "What is the most important thing, come and listen to me!"

Wang Ke then said: "Your Majesty, each batch of admitted students may form a small group. The person who invigilates and admits them is their teacher in name. If there is no imperial examination, then these people will It is possible to gather under the ministers who invigilate and admit them, and become the disciples of these ministers. Once something happens, there may be people who pervert the law, which is not in line with the law! And the emperor opened the palace examination, and these people are the emperor's students Now, they are called "Students of the Son of Heaven" and have nothing to do with any ministers. They can only be loyal to the emperor and contribute to the imperial court. In this way, there is no fear that some young people will form cliques for their own self-interest and harm the interests of the imperial court! Your Majesty, why not do this."

Wang Ke's words immediately hit Comrade Li Er's weakness. Comrade Li Er is very afraid of forming a party for personal gain.

Comrade Li Er said with a smile on his face at this time: "Very true! My boy is now looking at the problem more and more deeply, and his consideration is becoming more and more comprehensive. Very good! This matter is like this. Ji and Fang Qing discuss it, and we will handle it accordingly."

Seeing that Comrade Li Er was going to leave, Wang Ke hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this matter can be done. But what about this year? This year can't be forgotten. The court is eagerly waiting for talents."

Comrade Li Er was stunned, and asked back: "What does that kid think this year?"

Wang Ke's words were actually for the conversation between himself and Fang Xuanling. He couldn't say something to reassure Fang Xuanling, so he just ignored it.

Wang Ke said cautiously: "Your Majesty, you can't come according to the procedure at this time, or the system will be promulgated as usual, and it will be cheaper to do it this year. Arrange a time and start the exams at all levels. There is still more than half a year left." Time, hurry up before it's too late."

Comrade Li Er tilted his head and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll just write down the decree, you go and Wuji and Fang Qing to get a charter." Wang Ke will discuss with Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling.

As a result of Wang Ke's will, he wanted Comrade Li Er to bow and retreat, and ran to find Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling like flying.

(End of this chapter)