Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

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As the time approached for the exam, a large number of candidates came from all over the country.

This led to the end of the wave of invitations and gifts in the Chu Palace, and another wave of submissions. After learning that Li You was in charge of this meeting, a large number of talented people frantically sent poems to the Chu Palace. , in order to soar.

One of the reasons for this is that the name of Li You's unparalleled poems has already spread throughout the Tang Dynasty, so countless people hope that Li You can comment on their works, and the more important reason is that they want to make a name for themselves and directly recommend it!

The imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty not only did not obscure its name, but also attached great importance to one's origin and fame. Just like the previous nine-rank middle-ranking system, once the requirements were met, one could skip the meeting and go directly to the exam, which eventually led to "no low-ranking family in the top class and no noble family in the inferior class". The phenomenon.

In Li You's opinion, this is simply fooling around!

Chapter 633 This is destroying the meeting!

If the imperial examinations were based on their origin, how many waste descendants of high-ranking officials and nobles would be stuffed into it?How many geniuses with poor backgrounds will be missed?

This is simply a huge waste of talent!

If Li You didn't even change this, then the imperial examination itself would be meaningless.

So Li You decisively rejected everyone's submissions, and besides, he didn't have that much time to look at the submissions.

The children of many dignitaries who were slumped as soon as they came, never thought of this, and their dissatisfaction gradually rose.

As time went on, new news of the test came out.

"The exam questions for this conference are kept secret throughout the whole process, and the guards take turns to guard them throughout the day. The exam papers are all anonymous, and their names are not revealed until they are on the list?"

Looking at the notices from the government, many of the powerful children who originally felt that their backgrounds were superior, so they could win with little effort, were immediately stunned.

This is too pitiful! ?

However, this was only the first step in Li You's imperial examination reform, and then came a more important news.

"The subjects of the imperial examinations in the past will be cancelled and replaced with nine subjects corresponding to the three provinces and six divisions. The three provinces and six divisions will directly recruit talents from them based on their grades, and the rest will be selected by the supervisors."

When the referees read the latest terms, they couldn't believe their eyes.

More than [-] subjects, if you say cancel, it will be canceled! ?

"Wait... that's not the point, look here!"

Another person pointed to the bottom of the official document and shouted, his voice full of shock.

"The content of this general examination will be completely reformed, including the examination time. There are nine completely different examination papers for the nine major subjects. The total examination time is only three days, and the examination will end after completion~...!"

When they saw this, everyone was confused.

Is this... still the imperial examinations they know?Or will they try it out?

In the past, the general examinations were basically divided into three sessions, each of which took three days.

The first is on the ninth day, the second is on the twelfth, and the third is on the fifteenth.The three-site examination items, including four-character essays, five-character eight-rhyme poems, five scriptures, and policy questions, are basically the same as the rural examinations.

In other words, the amount of questions in the exam requires candidates to do it in the exam room for nine consecutive days to complete it!

And the general examination reformed by His Royal Highness the King of Chu only lasted three days, and it was directly turned into one third. Can you still complete the examination paper?

Not only did the candidates have doubts, but Kong Yingda, who was a sacrificial wine at the Imperial College, went to the Chu palace in a hurry that day.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu! It's too much of a joke for you to try and correct this meeting? Even if those jurists did it quickly, they couldn't finish the nine-day problem in three days!"

Li You looked at Kong Yingda with an anxious face, and took a sip of tea very calmly before speaking.

"Why do you need to be in such a hurry, Master Kong? Anyway, even if you are in a hurry, you can't change this king's decision. After all, this reform was entrusted to this king by the father, so it's useless for you to be in a hurry. It's better to calm down first."

Kong Yingda: "..."

This is so heartbreaking, old man.

"But...why don't you want me to be in a hurry?" Kong Yingda said angrily, "I have already received complaints from many well-known Confucians, all of which were suppressed by the help of the old man, but even so, the old man can't helplessly watch. You will try if you destroy it!"

"Why did Master Kong say this?"

Li You asked back: "Who told you that in these three days, you need to do the questions of the previous nine days?"

Kong Yingda was stunned for a moment: "But if I hadn't done the previous questions, wouldn't it have ruined the exam even more...?"

"Then I'll ask Master Kong," Li You smiled lightly, "Have you already taken the four-calligraphy test, five-character eight-rhyme poem, five scriptures, and policy questions in the general examination before the township test? ?"

Kong Yingda nodded. After all, there weren't many things that could be tested in ancient times, so basically these were repeated tests.

"That's enough," Li You put down his teacup. "You've already taken the township exam, and you've also screened out the winners. Why do you need to take the exam again? Isn't this superfluous?"

"..."

Kong Yingda opened his mouth, always feeling that there was something wrong with this theory, but he couldn't think of anything to refute it for a while.

This...where is this superfluous?Isn't that what the imperial examinations examine?

As if seeing Kong Yingda's inner entanglement, Li You smiled and said, "Master Kong, this king will ask you one more question, what do you think is the use of the imperial examination?"

Kong Yingda thought for a while and said, "Isn't it for the imperial court and His Majesty to screen talents for officials?"

"That's right! The imperial examination is to find competent people to serve as officials and to share the pressure of the court and the emperor. If you can memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, or write good poetry, will it help your work and governance?"

When Li You asked this, Kong Yingda was stunned on the spot.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that it is indeed not very relevant, but since ancient times, everyone who wants to be an official has been tested for this knowledge, so it has long become a habitual thinking.