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  Chapter 215 213 [Imperial Examination Reform Proposal] (addition for the leader "BirdZ")

  Xiong Wencan was sure that this trip would be successful in recruiting security, so he brought his official uniform and official seal.

   Naturally, everything should be kept simple, otherwise eunuchs, pedestrians or Jin Yiwei would have to be sent to announce the decree.

  It's a pity that the official uniforms are also somewhat simple. Zhao Han couldn't help complaining: "Are you sure I won't go to court? There is only one official uniform."

  Official uniforms are official uniforms, usually only worn when on duty. Its overall shape can refer to the official costumes of the Song Dynasty in film and television dramas, and the hat has long and thin wings.

   For formal occasions such as sacrificial ceremonies, court meetings, and sutra banquets, there are special court clothes.

  As for the "manchu beast" and the short-winged black gauze hat, they belong to the official uniform, and you can find someone to sew them yourself. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the uniforms were so messed up that military officers of the sixth rank dared to wear the uniforms of the first rank, and no military officers below the fifth rank wore the common uniforms at all.

  Xiong Wencan said with a smile: "If Zongzhen Zhao comes to Beijing for an audience, a set of court clothes will be issued."

   "I'm afraid the emperor won't let me go." Zhao Han casually threw the official seal to the secretary, which is useful at critical times.

  Xiong Wencan didn't dare answer these words, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "Nowadays, thieves are everywhere. If one day invades Jiangxi, I hope that General Zhao will put state affairs first."

  Zhao Han was obliged to say: "This is natural, as long as the thieves dare to come to Jiangxi, I will kill as many as they come!"

   "So it's up to Zongzhen Zhao." Xiong Wencan clasped his fists in thanks.

  Yang Sichang made a policy of "four positives and six corners, and a net on ten sides", and Jiangxi is also one of them. Assisting in the suppression of thieves is nonsense, as long as the rogues are not allowed to enter Jiangxi, Xiong Wencan, the governor of Jiangxi, is considered qualified.

   After the big things are done, Xiong Wencan is in a good mood and feels that he has come to the right place.

  With Zhao Han's composure and forbearance, he will certainly be able to keep his promise, and will not attack the city indiscriminately to attract the attention of the court. And with Zhao Han sitting in Jiangxi, who can also guard against the invasion of bandits, Xiong Wencan has nothing to be afraid of.

  The only scary thing is that Chongzhen felt that Xiong Wencan was very capable, so he was transferred to the north to be the governor to exterminate the thieves...

  Zhao Han and Xiong Wencan were quite fond of seeing each other, and even sent them to the pier in person.

  After the warship sailed past Jishui County, Zhu Guoxun finally relaxed and asked, "Fu Shuai, will this Zhao thief really not rebel?"

   "Don't call Zhao thief again," Xiong Wencan reminded, "Since you have recruited, you will be a minister of the same dynasty. It is definitely unbelievable to replace it with other rebels, but Zhao Yan will not rebel."

  Zhu Guoxun wondered: "Why?"

  Xiong Wencan asked back: "Has Zheng Zhilong rebelled?"

Zhu Guoxun and Zheng Zhilong have been fighting pirates together for several years, so it is very clear: "Zheng Zhilong is not a fool. After he was recruited, he has an official status and is no longer conscripted by the court. He can also join the officers and soldiers to conquer other pirates. It is he who has laid down the territory." Yes. Zheng Zhilong has no reason to rebel."

   "The same goes for Zhao Yan." Xiong Wencan laughed.

   Zhu Guoxun thought about it carefully, and then suddenly realized that it was exactly the same!

  The difference between Zhao Han and Zheng Zhilong is that one is at sea and the other is on land. As long as the sea is counted as the territory, isn't Zheng Zhilong Zhao Han?

  Zhu Guoxun felt that he had learned it again, and hurriedly bowed: "Mr.'s teachings have enlightened me in humble positions, and I will benefit endlessly in this life."

  But said that Zhao Han returned to the General Military Mansion and immediately summoned several core officials to discuss matters.

"Next year's development plan," Zhao Han said straight to the point, "First, bring back many counties in Southern Jiangxi that were occupied by Tian Bing, and control the main water and land routes in southern Ecuador; Third, expand the peasant associations in the north to the entire Nanchang Prefecture; fourth, the new peasant associations should be developed in Fuzhou Prefecture; fifth, continue to dig roads in the mountains; sixth, encourage the development of industry and commerce , you can’t just rely on land tax; Seventh, you can take a look at this outline of cultural and educational development.”

  The education reform outline was circulated in the conference room, and all officials, including Pang Chunlai, were confused.

  Zuo Xiaoliang asked: "Let scholars and Juren go to elementary school again, this may arouse the resentment of scholars."

Zhao Han said with a smile: "It's not really that they are allowed to go to elementary school. They can study at home. If they pass the exam, they will graduate from elementary school. Moreover, although I don't recognize their fame, it's not that they are not allowed to be officials. Everyone here , and it is impossible to go to elementary school again. But it must be explained that those who have completed elementary school and middle school seriously will be promoted to become officials faster in the future!"

   "The general town wants to abolish the imperial examination?" Li Banghua asked.

"How could it be abolished?" Zhao Han explained, "The method at this stage is only suitable for a small area. In the future, when the territory becomes larger, the imperial examination must be restored. My idea is this. A scholar should first graduate from elementary school and then graduate from middle school. You can take part in the imperial examination in one prefecture, which is equivalent to today’s Taoist examination. If you are admitted in the Taoist examination, you will be a scholar. If there is a vacancy in a school, or a county-level government office, the magistrate can organize a public examination, and you can participate if you have the reputation of a scholar. As many officials and teachers as there are shortages, we will recruit as many scholars as possible, instead of recruiting a bunch of scholars and waiting to become officials."

  In fact, it is the county-level civil service examination and the school's recruitment of teachers.

  Pang Chunlai and Li Banghua looked at each other, thinking about the pros and cons.

  Scholar's fame can take the public examination, I'm afraid it's not necessarily popular. Because the so-called civil servants are actually officials in ancient times, and most scholars look down on officials!

  Pang Chunlai expressed this concern.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "Whether you are a civil official or a soap official, as long as you have outstanding performance, you can always be promoted. Scholars look down on officials. Firstly, civil officials cannot be promoted, and secondly, soap officials are really low-level slaves. As long as they can continue to be promoted, I am afraid There are countless scholars vying to become official officials. Isn’t this the case now? Even people from the Ming Dynasty are willing to start as official officials under my rule.”

  Xiao Huan asked: "Is it the same for Juren and Jinshi?"

"Yes," Zhao Han nodded and said, "Whether it is a scholar, a Juren, or a Jinshi, I will not give any preferential treatment. According to the ranking in the examination and the actual official vacancies, you can directly serve as a minor official in the government office, and the highest can be a second official at the county level."

   "Aren't you going to be an official in a different place?" Li Banghua interrupted suddenly.

  Zhao Han said: "It is necessary to be an official in a different place, but if you are in a different place within the province, you only need to go across the government. It is too inhuman to be a small official across provinces. Of course, after being promoted to the chief official, you must be transferred across provinces."

   "Where is Jinshi?" Li Ke asked.

Zhao Han said: "Jinshi is eligible to participate in public examinations of any level across the country. However, it is still not possible to directly become an official of the seventh rank or above. Put it outside to practice for the county magistrate, don't think that you can always be a Beijing official if you are admitted to the Jinshi."

  Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, all feeling sad for the future scholars, so how involved should they be?

  But wouldn’t Daming choose a scholar?

  Especially in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, although Jinshi could be an official, many of them were just idle jobs with no power or influence.

  Among them, the officials in the capital are very miserable. The prices in the capital are already expensive, and they have to rent a house to live in, and they can't afford to pay for it. It is difficult to support myself by relying on that dead salary, and I don't know when it will be reused.

   And Zhao Han’s reform is that scholars, candidates, and Jinshi are equivalent to a kind of academic qualifications, and are eligible to participate in various levels of public examinations.

  As many positions as there are vacancies in the government, only a few people will be recruited in the public examination, and those who are not selected should do what they want.

  You can find other jobs first, and wait for the next public exam, without delaying the court or yourself.

Zhao Han also said: "After the unification of the world, if there are too many scholars waiting to become officials, an age limit should also be set. Seventh-rank officials must retire at the age of sixty, fifth-rank officials must retire at the age of sixty-five, and third-rank officials must retire at the age of sixty-five. An official must retire at the age of seventy. If he is over thirty-five, he cannot take another examination for Juren!"

  All of this is to avoid redundant officials.

  As long as you sit on the dragon chair, scholars are very adaptable, just don't go too far.

  For example, Zhu Yuanzhang once abolished the imperial examination for ten years. What else can scholars in the world do except scold a few words? Later, when the imperial examination system was restored, it was not scolded by scholars, but corrected by Zhu Yuanzhang himself.

  The reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang found that the imperial examination had shortcomings, and the officials selected had no experience and could not do what they wanted. Therefore, the imperial examination was abolished and the recommendation system was introduced, so that the recommended officials could do things as soon as they took office, which was tantamount to handing over the responsibility of cultivating officials to the society.

   Who knows that the recommendation system is not as good as the imperial examination. First of all, the officials recommended are mixed, and secondly, there are a lot of nepotism.

  Zhu Yuanzhang tried to reform the recommendation system, but it was useless to change it. In the end, the imperial examination system was restored.

   As long as the imperial examinations are not abolished, Zhao Han can do as he pleases.

   Li Banghua asked: "In the future, when we open subjects, we will take the examinations for scholars, candidates, and Jinshi, and those "Mathematics" and "Geometry" will also be included?"

  Chongzhen has officially ordered to add content such as the art of war and strategy in the two-level imperial examinations of the township examination and the general examination.

  Chongzhen, the last emperor, can do it. Why can’t Zhao Han be the founding emperor in the future?

   However, the marking system must be changed.

  At this time, the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty were purely based on stereotyped essays, and the examiners only valued stereotyped essays, that is, the content of the Four Books and Five Classics. Other official document writing, case resolution, art of war, etc., are all discretionary bonus points. Although I still have to take the exam, but if I take the exam, it means I didn't take the exam. As long as your stereotyped essay is excellent, you can pass blank papers in the other exams.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "This is how I imagined it. The first test is stereotyped, with a full score of 100. The second test is official document and law, with a full score of 100. The third test is mathematics and geometry, with a full score of 100. The fourth The field test of Datong Theory, the full score is 50. A total of 350 points, the ranking is based on the score."

  After asking clearly, no one objected.

   Li Banghua, who was born as a Jinshi, did not object, because the content of the imperial examinations in the past dynasties has been constantly adjusted.

  Don’t regard the ancient times as too rigid and rigid. The Guozijian in the Ming Dynasty even used the credit system all the time. There are monthly exams every month and annual exams every year. You can be promoted to a higher grade after completing the number of credits. After completing all the credits, one can graduate from the Imperial College.

   As for Zhao Han's statement, there is no need to copy Zhu Xi's remarks, so there is no problem.

  Because since the rise of Yangming Xinxue, stereotyped essays have deviated from Zhu Xi in various ways. Some candidates will even study the examiner's preferences, first investigate which faction the examiner is from, and then use this to choose whether to write articles with psychology or science. Neo-Confucianism is not Zhu Xi's set, but a new Neo-Confucianism that emerged in the mid-Ming Dynasty.

   Zhao Han said so much, but he just made it clear in advance, because the education system will be officially adjusted next year.

  As for the reform of the imperial examination, it will be implemented after the death of Chongzhen.

  (Thanks to the leader of Piao De Feng NJ for the reward, and ask for a monthly pass by the way.)

  (end of this chapter)